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  • Taking the Air: Vacationing to the Catskills in the 19th Century

    Hudson River Maritime Museum 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston

    The late 19th century was an era of intense change. To escape the whirlwinds of newly booming cities, many would take vacations into the bucolic Catskill Mountains to stay at grand hotels. Learn how these vacationers would get to their destinations, what clothes they would pack, and what activities awaited them. We will also explore […]

    $5 – $10

  • Crime on the Hudson: Gilded Age Pirates and River Thieves-Lecture and Performance

    Hudson River Maritime Museum 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston

    Do you ever wonder if there were actual pirates on the Hudson River? Come and learn about a wild chapter in Hudson River history when mercenary sloops prowled the waterway, raiding mansions and plundering merchant ships. Who were these river outlaws stirring up chaos…and how did local communities and the law fight back? The evening […]

    $10 – $20

  • Sikena Khadija and Josh Kramb Artist Talk

    DRAW 20 Cedar St. (entrance at 24 Iwo Jima Lane), kingston

    The DRAW Gallery presents the closing event for Between Water and Sky by Sikena Khadija. Sikena Khadija and Josh Kramb will give an artist talk in conversation with each other. The talk will consider how place informs identity and how identity shifts within place without always announcing itself. Through dialogue, the artists will examine slowness […]

    Free

  • Batter Up! The History of Baseball in Kingston and Ulster County

    Hudson River Maritime Museum 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston

    This lecture explores the early history of baseball in Ulster County and the role the region played in the sport’s development during the mid-19th century. Long before professional leagues, baseball took root in river towns like Kingston and Rondout, where dockworkers, tradesmen, and clerks organized clubs and played on open fields. Drawing on newspaper accounts, […]

    $10

  • Peaceful Parenting with Pam Perkins

    Inquiring Minds Bookstore & Cafe 200 Main St, Saugerties

    This event is based on the Peaceful Parent Card Deck, co-written by Pam Perkins, an attachment-based parenting expert. This event will deliver practical, real-world tools parents can immediately use to navigate everyday challenges—from screen time to sibling conflict—while strengthening connection and calm at home.

    Free

  • MyKingstonKids Imagination Gala

    The Cornell 100 Rondout Landing, Kingston

    They are not about formality or perfection. They are about permission. Permission to slow down, to laugh, to play, and to remember what it felt like to be a kid again. We create a safe, welcoming space where adults can drop their guard and reconnect with joy. Saturday Morning Cartoons on a Saturday Night is […]

  • Murder Bimbo Book Launch

    Inquiring Minds Bookstore & Cafe 200 Main St, Saugerties

    Author Rebecca Novack joins us to celebrate the publication of her debut novel Murder Bimbo, which Catherine Lacey described as “Gone Girl for the Luigi Mangione era.” The exhilaratingly twisty story of a sex worker turned political assassin on the run, Murder Bimbo is an unputdownable and wholly fresh take on truth, murder, and optics […]

    Free

  • Hoops 4 Inclusion

    saugerties high school gym 310 Washington Ave, Saugerties, NY, United States

    Get ready, Saugerties! Join us for Hoops 4 Inclusion, presented by MoveIN Design, is a high-energy, family-friendly basketball showdown! It’s Community vs. In Flight, featuring members of our Special Olympics basketball team, the Ulster Tigers. Local residents will go head-to-head with the people we support and our staff for an evening filled with fast breaks, […]

    $5 – $25

  • Garden Day 2026

    SUNY Ulster Main Campus 491 Cottekill Rd, Stone Ridge

    Get ready for spring at Garden Day 2026 - Saturday, April 11, 2026 at the SUNY Ulster campus. The Master Gardener Program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County presents an all-day event (8:30 – 4:00) that includes a keynote speaker, 16 classes, the Ask a Master Gardener table, local vendors, and plants for sale. […]

    $60

  • Athens Cultural Center Charity Night at Night School

    Athens Cultural Center 24 Second Street, Athens, NY, United States

    Our friends at Night School have graciously offered to make ACC the subject of their April charity night. Join us for delicious pizza, exciting raffle items, live music, and more, all raising money to help us sustain the community arts programming that you know and love! Admission is free, there's never been a better or […]

    Free

  • Center For Spectrum Services 50th Anniversary Celebratory Gala

    Wiltwyck Golf Club 404 Steward Lane, Kingston, NY, United States

    For half a century, Center for Spectrum Services has been a beacon of excellence in the Hudson Valley—providing evidence-based education, therapy, and support for children on the autism spectrum and their families. To honor this remarkable journey and look toward the future, we're hosting Our 50th Year Celebratory Gala on April 25th at Wiltwyck Country […]

    $145