Calendar of events

Canasta is a form of rummy that uses two full card decks. Players or partnerships try to meld groups of two or three cards of the same rank and score bonuses for 7-card melds. The first player to hit 5,000 points or partnership to hit 8,500 points …

The Ulster County SPCA is hosting a free rabies for pet dogs, cats, and ferrets. clinic is offered at various times throughout the year and is made possible by a grant from the Ulster County Department of Health This is for a free rabies vaccine …

Rosendale’s Staats Fasoldt and Stone Ridge Native Carol Pepper-Cooper are among the local artists featured the LongReach Arts at the Arts Society of Kingston exhibition, “Different Together,” on display through Sept. 29, at ASK, 97 Broadway, …

The Cooks & Books group is a cookbook group that meets in the activity room of the Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St., Stone Ridge, at 12:15 p.m. on the third Friday of each month (Sept. 20) and takes turns choosing a cookbook or theme to cook from. …

The Stone Ridge Library has expanded their language conversation groups to include German, 4-5 p.m. on the third Friday of each month (Sept. 20) in the activity room of the library, at 3700 Main St., Stone Ridge. Participants should have some …

Join the community at the Redwing Blackbird Theater, 413 Main St., Rosendale for open puppet workshops ending with Miso Soup, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays and on the second Friday of each month (Oct. 11), be part of the community potluck …

Set in the Old West, the story revolves around Sabata, Lee Van Cleef, a sharpshooter and gambler who is hired by a group of townspeople to protect their bank from a ruthless gang of outlaws. Sabata employs his expert marksmanship and cunningness to …

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 …

The Kiva is located behind Marbletown Multi-Arts, MaMA, at 3588 Main St., Stone Ridge. The next special events are Barre Burn exercise, 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays (except on Sept. 18); Sound and Movement Somatic Meditation, 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays (except. …

Presented by Ellenville Regional Hospital Auxiliary, this live charity auction will be held at the Hunt Memorial Building, Liberty Square, Ellenville with online and in person bidding. Preview the auction, noon-3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20. Online …

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 …

Open to all those over 55, whether living in Marbletown or not, the Seniors hold their meetings at the Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St., across from Key Bank in Stone Ridge, at noon (a lunch meeting) on the first Friday, Oct. 4 (bring a …

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 …