Local News from Marbletown, Rochester, & Rosendale
The community is invited, 5:30-7 p.m. tonight, Friday, Dec. 6, to come draw on the paper lining the walls of the Duck Pond Gallery, in the Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St., Port Ewen. Parts of “Harold’s Purple Crayon” may be read at this opening reception of participatory art, on display through Dec. 26. Admission is free. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and Friday, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; closed on Sunday. For more information, call 845-338-5580. Join the community for this seasonal favorite as a participant or audience member. Tuba and euphonium players of all ages perform Christmas music from around the world. Participants pay $10, and register at noon, rehearse at 1 p.m., and perform the free concert beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, in the College Lounge, SUNY Ulster, 491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge. The College String Ensemble, under the direction of Anastasia Solberg, has its winter concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, at Quimby Theater. And members of the SUNY Ulster Community Band under the direction of Victor Izzo Jr. join members of the SUNY Ulster Jazz Ensemble and the Hudson Valley Youth Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Robert Shaut and Dan Shaut, in this invigorating annual concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, at Quimby Theater. For more information, call 845-688-1949 or visit sunyulster.edu.
