Calendar of events

Every second and fourth Monday of each month, Sept. 23 and Oct. 14, from 4-5 p.m., enjoy conversational French, at the Rosendale Library, 264 Main. St., Rosendale. For more information and registration, visit rosendalelibrary.org or call …

Two separate writers’ groups meet 4-6:30 p.m. on alternate Mondays at the Stone Ridge Library in the activity room, 3700 Main St., Stone Ridge, with a maximum of 10 participants in each group. The program is designed for those who are actively …

No auditions are required. The open chorus sings, 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays, Sept. 16, and 23, at St. James United Methodist Church. 35 Pearl Street, Kingston. For more information about rehearsals and membership, visit midhudsonwomenschorus.org.

The first annual Borscht Belt Film Fest, directed by High Falls resident, Jay Blotcher, a project of the Borscht Belt Museum, scheduled for Nov. 1-3 in Ellenville has issued an official call for original short films about the Borscht Belt resort …

Woodstock School of Art (WSA) kicks off the Woodstock Monoprint Invitational Exhibition, Sept. 14-Oct. 12 with the online preview of all the prints on Wednesday, Sept. 11 WSA, 2470 Route 212, Woodstock. In its sixth year, the fundraiser will feature …

Data shows that one of the most impactful things that drives voters to the polls are personalized handwritten postcards mailed to their home. Additionally, sitting around a table with new and old friends and neighbors writing and stamping postcards …

Mondays at 2 p.m. is preschool art; Wednesdays at 10 a.m. is story time, and Fridays at 10:30 a.m. is music time; all at the Rosendale Library, 264 Main St., Rosendale. For more information, visit rosendalelibrary.org or call 845-658-9013.

For their Roundup program in the month of September, the High Falls Food Co-Op, at 1398 Route 213, High Falls is featuring the Stone Ridge Library. Shop at the Co-Op anytime during September and ask to “roundup” the purchase to the nearest …

The Ulster County Food Fight is an annual food collection contest held in cooperation with 12 libraries throughout Ulster County from Sept. 1-Oct. 16. The library that collects the highest number of food items during this period wins the Food Fight …