Escape room, Mad Science, planetarium & robotics at Bright Ideas Festival in Stone Ridge
Sunday, Apr. 28: Admission is free, and it’s an event offering hands-on activities for attendees of all ages. “Space” is this year’s featured theme.
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Garvan’s in New Paltz to host luncheon honoring Dr. A. J. Williams-Myers
Not only was he one of the primary moving forces in the Black Studies Department for decades (and its longtime chair), he is also the former director of the New York African American Institute, a member of the New York State Freedom Trail Commission, historian for the African Burial Ground Interpretive Center in New York City and a much-published historian.
Newburgh schools’ Kristine Campbell-Defoe to teach from New Zealand
In Newburgh, where the districtwide motto is “We Are One,” a third-grade teacher with 21 years in the classroom is taking the message halfway around the globe in May.
Green Energy Fair at Basilica Hudson
Sunday, April 14: Come for an afternoon of presentations by community leaders and alternative energy experts at Basilica’s post-industrial space in Hudson. The fair features an intensive focus on exploring both community solar and bioenergy – the generation of energy from food waste and similar organic materials – as vital and viable examples of the move away from the archaic, destructive energy models that have left us in climate chaos.
Civic Center hosts inaugural Hudson Valley Tattoo Fest
Friday-Sunday, Mar. 29 -31: In addition to featuring more than 200 tattoo artists from around the country (bring your legal ID if you plan on getting some ink), the Fest features live music, food and drinks, tons of vendors, contests, prizes and ice skating.
Blessing of the bikes at Woodstock Harley-Davidson
Saturday, Mar. 23: Get your bikes and riding bells blessed by Pastor Frank in this annual ritual.
The eyes of Carrie Haddad
The pioneering gallerist looks back at Hudson’s remarkable renaissance.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Shamrock Run returns to Kingston
Sunday, March 10: The City of Kingston is gearing up for its 32nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, preceded by its 31st annual Shamrock Run. Both follow essentially the same two-mile Broadway course, which is mostly flat but ends with a long downhill approaching the Rondout riverfront. The run is believed to be the largest between New York City and Albany.
Ashes on the go: Hudson Valley Episcopal churches announce Ash Wednesday locations
Episcopal churches in Ulster and Dutchess are, for Ash Wednesday, leaving their sanctuaries and setting up places where people can partake in the ritual of the imposition of ashes.
Get matched for a Friend Date, if you dare, at Dakota Lane’s Lovefest in Woodstock
Saturday, Feb. 16: “When I was a kid in Woodstock, I got my little brother to write these secret notes with me. We’d write love notes, notes of positive affirmation, like ‘You’re doing great; just keep going!’ And we would spread them all over town, slip them into chocolate -bar wrappers in the Grand Union and put them into library books – just dozens of notes everywhere.”