Help with resumes, interview skills, online job applications, and finding the right market for your particular job skills. Program hours are every Friday 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 5-7 p.m., and by appointment, through November 30. Open to the public.

Amanda Brennan, Public Health Education Coordinator/Opioid Educator from the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health gives a community Narcan training. If you have an expired kit, you can bring it with you and get an updated one. As part of the training, participants receive a naloxone kit. Narcan is a prescription medicine that blocks the effects of opioids and reverses an overdose. If given to a person who has not taken opioids, it will not have any effect on him or her, since there is no opioid overdose to reverse. The Department of Behavioral and Community Health offers a wide array of services and programs to become a Healthy Dutchess for our Residents, Visitors, and Businesses in Dutchess County. Contact the library to register. Happens in the East Room.

Mike Block is a cello player, singer, and composer who is a Grammy Award-winning member of the Silk Road Ensemble. Block's solo show features a mixture of original compositions and songs, arrangements of traditional folk music, and classical selections that draw inspiration from his diverse collaborations with artists such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Mark O’Connor, Indian tabla player Sandeep Das, and pop stars such as will.i.am, Stevie Wonder, and Bon Iver.

Michael Whistler’s “Casse Noisette” (The Nutcracker) interweaves the life of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with that of a deeply-closeted modern-day American high school teacher obsessed with Tchaikovsky’s music. Sugar Plum Fairies and phone sex workers collide in this tale about discovering the strength to be true to one’s self, whatever the cost. Eight performances only. Details and ticketing information at BridgeSt.org.

Live performance.

Bill Logan leads a hike through the Huyck Preserve to learn how you can identify trees by their bark and how to create your own tricks for memorization. Space limited, registration required. Meet at the trailhead behind the Rensselaerville Post Office.

Nathanial Kahn's Academy Award-nominated documentary My Architect: A Son's Journey is screened in association with Scott Benedict's exhibition, "Kahnscious."

"Small Show of Big Drawings From the Collection of Jack Shear" on view November 3 – November 25, 2018 with an opening reception. Works by Jared French, Nancy Grossman, Richard Haas, Ellsworth Kelly, Patrick Lee, Roy Lichtenstein, Agnes Martin, Jim Nutt, Claes Oldenburg, Martin Puryear, Richard Serra, Terry Winters, and Joseph Yetto.

Film about African-American cemetery in Kinderhook. A portal to the past lives of Kinderhook’s lesser-known non-white population, the documentary explores Black history and the efforts of some Hudson Valley residents to restore respect to the Persons of Color Cemetery. Film showing plus Q&A with the filmmaker, Barbara Reina.

"Chiddingstone, Restoring a Hudson Valley Treasure," is presented by Hudson Hall as part of the lecture series "Life Along the Hudson: Historic Country Estates of the Livingston Family." Chiddingstone, which successfully combines Italianate and Classical elements, has recently been impeccably restored by architect Hermes Mallea and interior designer Carey Maloney, partners in M(Group). Mallea and Maloney will give a tour of the house and discuss their approach to restoring the mansion. This event takes place at Chiddingstone in Clermont, NY.

Michael Whistler’s “Casse Noisette” (The Nutcracker) interweaves the life of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with that of a deeply-closeted modern-day American high school teacher obsessed with Tchaikovsky’s music. Sugar Plum Fairies and phone sex workers collide in this tale about discovering the strength to be true to one’s self, whatever the cost. Eight performances only. Details and ticketing information at BridgeSt.org.

Richard Thompson Electric Trio performs with Sisters of Slide opening.

Michael Whistler’s “Casse Noisette” (The Nutcracker) interweaves the life of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with that of a deeply-closeted modern-day American high school teacher obsessed with Tchaikovsky’s music. Sugar Plum Fairies and phone sex workers collide in this tale about discovering the strength to be true to one’s self, whatever the cost. Eight performances only. Details and ticketing information at BridgeSt.org.

"The Hudson River Valley in the American Revolution, Fortress West Point, & the Great Chain.” Col. Jim Johnson, in the uniform of the 5th NY Regiment, will be speaking about Washington’s “key of America” or Fortress West Point on the Hudson River. As the center of the colonies at the time of the American Revolution, the Hudson River Valley provided a nexus for the conflict and hosted many key figures, battles – Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton, and political events throughout the eight years of war. The American Revolution played out along the Hudson’s banks – from the first riots protesting the British Quartering Act on Golden Hill in Lower Manhattan, to the chaining of the Hudson and Benedict Arnold’s attempted betrayal of West Point in the Highlands in 1780, to the Battles of Saratoga along its northern shores where Arnold played the role not of traitor, but of hero. The Hudson River Valley was essential to the birth of our Nation.

This story hour, with Pamela Badila, provides families with the opportunity to explore stories that formed the traditions and ethics of specific cultures. Sundays through June 28, 2019.

Join local sound healer Lavender Suarez for a one-hour meditative sound bath. A sound bath is a concert of live music for healing and relaxation. Please bring a yoga mat and/or blanket to lie down on. You can also bring a pillow or eye mask. Please arrive at least 10 minutes early to settle in to the space. For more information: www.lavenderhealer.com

Troika: An evening of faerietale dream music with Dust Bowl Faeries, and Luis Mojica and Fredo Viola.

Business education for farm women. A series of classes for women who are farm owners or managers or who anticipate moving into a decision-making position on a farm. This workshop focuses on building financial skills. Participants will learn financial management tools, including financial statements, crop insurance, business planning tools, and the effective use of loans and credit. Registration required by Wed., Nov. 15. Information at cad266@cornell.edu or 845-340-3990, ext. 311.

This Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society meetings are held on the third Monday of the month.

The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting. Anyone recording audio of the meeting is urged to send it to info@wgxc.org, where we can post it for all to share. WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location. The Town Board meets the third Monday of every month.

Weekly classes will resume on Tuesdays with two levels: Advanced Beginner (5:30-6:30pm) for students of Spanish who have taken at least an introductory course in the language, and Intermediate (6:45-7:45pm) for those conversational in Spanish and who wish to further develop their skills. There will be a celebration of the students’ work at the conclusion of the series for both levels on December 4 from 5:30-7pm. Adults and high school students are welcome.

The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting. Anyone recording audio of the meeting is urged to send it to info@wgxc.org, where we can post it for all to share. WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location.

The Catskill Town Board meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Board Committee meetings usually held on the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend.

WGXC is partnering with the town of Catskill to present live audio streams of public meetings. During meetings, the live stream will be accessible by clicking the play arrow below. Additionally, listeners with iPhones or iPads may now use the Wave Farm Radio App to listen to the Catskill Town Board meetings, WGXC 90.7-FM, or other Wave Farm and partner streams. View the Wave Farm Radio App in the App Store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wave-farm-radio/id1284966744?ls=1&mt=8

Audio archives from past meetings will be available following the meeting as possible. More information at http://www.townofcatskillny.gov/.

The Felice Brothers perform a Thanksgiving-eve concert.

Help with resumes, interview skills, online job applications, and finding the right market for your particular job skills. Program hours are every Friday 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 5-7 p.m., and by appointment, through November 30. Open to the public.

Local band Steely Din performs. Steely Din are a harp (P.G. Six) and steel drum (Slink Moss) instrumental group "for a space ship to the moon." There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

Celebrate the holidays at the Ancram Opera House's Annual Open House. Drinks/hors d'oeuvres will be served from Chaseholm Farm, Crossroads Food Store, Green Acres Farm, Hudson Chatham Winery, and Miracle Springs Farm. Reservations not required, but appreciated: https://www.ancramoperahouse.org/open-house-2018

This story hour, with Pamela Badila, provides families with the opportunity to explore stories that formed the traditions and ethics of specific cultures. Sundays through June 28, 2019.

Literacy Connections of the Hudson Valley is seeking volunteers to conduct an English as Another Language drop-in class for adult speakers of other languages. No previous teaching experience or foreign language background is necessary. New volunteers are required to attend a free orientation session and complete the online training modules, which can be adapted to fit most schedules. The follow-up session is scheduled for Mon., Dec. 17 at the same time and location. Sign up for the tutor training by email to colgreene@literacyconnections.org or call (518) 828-1792, ext 104. Please provide your name, e-mail address, and phone number when registering.

Mars Williams (The Psychedelic Furs) and friends play the music Albert Ayler and also Christmas music. Subject to change but as of now the lineup includes: Mars Williams - Sax, Toy Instruments; Steve Swell - Trombone; Don Davis - Alto Sax; Ted Orr - Guitar; Steve Rust - Bass; Chris Corsano - Drums.

Environmental sound installation at EMPAC, RPI, Troy. The Isle Is Full of Noises is an environmental sound installation composed by Michael Century, RPI professor of new media and music, with the assistance of Eric Miller, Ph.D. student in electronic arts. Century’s installation employs Wave Field Synthesis speaker arrays to spatialize an 8-channel sound composition. “The Isle Is Full of Noises,” is taken from Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. The characters of Caliban and Miranda are foregrounded against the auditory backdrop of an imaginary tropical island. Visitors will hear poetic text, phonemic particles of language, birds, animals, and occasional snippets of melody. “Caliban can be taken as the figure of the indigenous people of the ‘New World,’ a slave to an imperious foreigner with magical powers Caliban’s speech, which begins, ‘Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,’ articulates with great beauty the abundance of sonic life on the island.

Weekly classes will resume on Tuesdays with two levels: Advanced Beginner (5:30-6:30pm) for students of Spanish who have taken at least an introductory course in the language, and Intermediate (6:45-7:45pm) for those conversational in Spanish and who wish to further develop their skills. There will be a celebration of the students’ work at the conclusion of the series for both levels on December 4 from 5:30-7pm. Adults and high school students are welcome.

Musicians Arone Dyer, Brian Dewan, Ross Goldstein, Alexander Turnquist, and Liam Singer take an ambient/freeform musical journey inspired by the collective ingestion of Kava, a drink we have come to know and love. What is Kava, you ask? It's a plant-based beverage originating in the Pacific islands with natural sedative, anesthetic and euphoriant properties that is quickly gaining popularity in the west as a delightful alternative to alcohol. Audience members who wish to participate in Kava consumption should arrive at 7:30 p.m. We like a concoction that pairs Kava with Oat milk, cinnamon, and honey, but can accommodate other preparations upon request. The music will begin a little past 8 p.m. Chairs will be set out, as well as a small area of blankets/pillows if anyone wishes to lie down. From there, we'll all spend the next hour+ musically enjoying our slightly altered state. There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

Al Margolis and Max Hamel are two semi-local noise performers. Henry Birdsey is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and recording engineer from Vermont, working primarily with microtonal organ, lap steel, violin, and homemade instruments. Jen Kutler is a sound-based performer and sculptor. She modifies found objects that are cultural signifiers of power, gender, queerness, and intimacy to create atypical instruments.

Help with resumes, interview skills, online job applications, and finding the right market for your particular job skills. Program hours are every Friday 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 5-7 p.m., and by appointment, through November 30. Open to the public.

Lorkin O’Reilly belated record release show for his "Heaven Depends" album. With opening bands Horse Eyed Man and Belle-Skinner. There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

Phantom Erratic #16 featuring stimulating electronic sounds and performances by: Cube, Jen Kutler, Miatta Kawinzi, HSFB, and Yvette Janine Jackson.

The North Chatham United Methodist Church hosts a Holiday Bazaar sponsored by the United Methodist Women of the North Chatham and Grace (Nassau) churches. Lunch and a bake sale will be included with all proceeds going to Mission Projects. For more information on the North Chatham UMC, please call 518-766-3535 or visit their website (northchathammethodistchurch.org). For more information on the Grace UMC, please call 518-915-3393 or e-mail Pastor Berdan at revberdan@aol.com.

Join Library Director, Michele, to learn how to make a holiday wreath for your home using discarded books. All materials supplied. Ages 16 and up. (Must be comfortable using hot glue gun.) Contact library to register; space is limited. Happens at the Tivoli Free Library in the East Room.

Storefront displays, roaming carolers, Mr. Claus, street performers throughout Hudson, and a fireworks display from the Hudson River. The 2018 Winter Walk is in its 22nd year.

Choreographer Adam H. Weinert’s "Rip the Nut" is a pantomime-style, Hudson Valley-inspired mash-up of the Rip Van Winkle story and Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite. Dancers Logan Kruger, Brett Perry, Davon Rainey, and Emma Sandall join Weinert and a host of community partners organized by Operation Unite NY for three performances.

Drop Forge & Tool is celebrating Hudson Winter Walk with our 2nd annual Kindling; a devised performance created by a group of creator/performers adept at making something from nothing. The group arrives on Thursday evening and will spend just 36 hours creating a new performance inspired by this year's theme: “gifting.” They will then share what they’ve made with the Winter Walk public on Saturday evening at 442 Warren Street. Performers: Barbra Berlovitz, Michael Hoch, Lisa Kitchens, Paul Kite, Amii LeGendre, Francis Magai, Mariana Newhard, and Micah Thomas. Accessibility Note: Performance will involve going up and down stairs.

The Rough Shapes will be performing their unique brand of surf-inspired rock, with guest vocalist Jennifer DuBois joining in for some originals and covers. There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

This story hour, with Pamela Badila, provides families with the opportunity to explore stories that formed the traditions and ethics of specific cultures. Sundays through June 28, 2019.

Wayne Horvitz is a composer, pianist, and electronic musician who has performed extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. He is the leader of the Gravitas Quartet, Sweeter Than the Day, Zony Mash, The Four plus One Ensemble and co-founder of the New York Composers Orchestra. He has performed and collaborated with Bill Frisell, Butch Morris, John Zorn, George Lewis, Robin Holcomb, Fred Frith, Julian Priester, Michael Shrieve and Carla Bley, among others. Commissioners include the NEA, Meet the Composer, Kronos String Quartet, Seattle Chamber Players, BAM, and Earshot Jazz. Collaborators include Paul Taylor, Liz Lerman, Bill Irwin and Gus Van Sant. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including two MAP grants and the NEA American Masterpiece award. Recent compositions include The Heartsong of Charging Elk based on the novel by James Welch and 55: Music and Dance in Concrete: a site-specific collaboration with dancer Yukio Suzuki and video artist Yohei Saito. He is the music programmer for The Royal Room, a performance venue in Seattle, Washington, and a professor of composition at the Cornish College of the Arts. There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

Basilica Hudson closes its 2018 season with a celebration of the arrival of winter and an interactive musical procession of candles, humans and myths. The whole family is invited to take some quiet time out of the modern world, into the candlelit past. The event is open to all. Hot cider, tea and apple cider donuts will be available to purchase. Attendees should dress warmly for this reframing and recreation of the ritual as a celebration of the natural environment as the season changes.

Produced in partnership with Harpooned Productions, Winter Spiral will be a large-scale installation and multidisciplinary performance featuring music, movement, sculpture and ritual and drawing on ancient traditions.

The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting. Anyone recording audio of the meeting is urged to send it to info@wgxc.org, where we can post it for all to share. WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location.

Weekly classes will resume on Tuesdays with two levels: Advanced Beginner (5:30-6:30pm) for students of Spanish who have taken at least an introductory course in the language, and Intermediate (6:45-7:45pm) for those conversational in Spanish and who wish to further develop their skills. There will be a celebration of the students’ work at the conclusion of the series for both levels on December 4 from 5:30-7pm. Adults and high school students are welcome.

The Catskill Town Board meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Board Committee meetings usually held on the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend.

WGXC is partnering with the town of Catskill to present live audio streams of public meetings. During meetings, the live stream will be accessible by clicking the play arrow below. Additionally, listeners with iPhones or iPads may now use the Wave Farm Radio App to listen to the Catskill Town Board meetings, WGXC 90.7-FM, or other Wave Farm and partner streams. View the Wave Farm Radio App in the App Store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wave-farm-radio/id1284966744?ls=1&mt=8

Audio archives from past meetings will be available following the meeting as possible. More information at http://www.townofcatskillny.gov/.

The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting. Anyone recording audio of the meeting is urged to send it to info@wgxc.org, where we can post it for all to share. WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location. The Town Planning Board meets the first Wednesday of every month.

The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting. Anyone recording audio of the meeting is urged to send it to info@wgxc.org, where we can post it for all to share. WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location.

The Historic Hudson Boat Restoration and Sailing Society is holding a Volunteer Rally for all society members and new volunteers. The event, open to the public, will discuss planned events leading up to the June launch date including several important fundraising and community activities. Volunteers are needed for social media coordination, an entertainment committee for an April gala fundraiser at Helsinki Club, and corporate fundraising. Featured guest speaker: Mark Lytle, Author, Retired Professor of History at Bard College who will speak on the Environment and his forthcoming book, The All Consuming Nation which explores what He calls the Obama dilemma: how to jump-start a consumer-based economy in an age of global warming.

The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting. Anyone recording audio of the meeting is urged to send it to info@wgxc.org, where we can post it for all to share. WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location.

Bobby Previte's Blueprints. Hudson valley composer Bobby Previte leads a conceptual performance, with webcasts at wgxc.org and wavefarm.org. Previte has invited some of his favorite musicians in the Hudson Valley and beyond for these inaugural concerts of his newest project, Blueprints. Starting from 1979 and going forward up to the present moment, Previte has ripped a fragment of nearly every piece of music he has written in the last 39 years and placed them all, divorced from their previous context, into one (very long) document. The ensemble will play, distort, improvise around, and sometimes ignore these fragments. Using hand signals, body movements, and the occasional odd glare, Previte conducts the musicians through the maze, taking a different path every night. Part performance, part open rehearsal, part hang out - where audience members as well as players will see the fragments projected on screen - Blueprints should be a wildly different experience each performance. There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

Calling all teens! Come make DIY holiday cards! We will have plenty of paper, glue sticks, buttons, newspapers, and crafting supplies. Pizza will be served special thanks to Broadway Pizza of Tivoli. Ages: 11-18. Happens in the East Room. No need to sign up.

Explore the night sky through telescopes following a discussion on the effects of light pollution on wildlife with the Helderberg Earth and Sky Observatory at Lincoln Pond. Desserts and hot cocoa will be served. Inclement weather date: December 8th

Rally in the Valley presents a benefit concert featuring The National and other local musicians to rally around affordable, accessible reproductive healthcare.

Bill Brovold is an educator, visual artist, and composer/musician. He has performed with Rhys Chatham, Arthur Russell, and Glenn Branca; and led the New York band Strange Farm (featuring Billy Ficca of Television and Ernie Brooks of the Modern Lovers) and the six-to-thirteen-member Detroit post rock band Larval, which features his twangy guitar alongside a wall-of-sound onslaught of horns and strings. He has released music on John Zorn’s Avant and Tzadik imprints and the Cuneiform, Knitting Factory, and RareNoise labels (a duet with Jamie Saft for the latter). His most recent releases, for the Public Eyesore label, see him paring down his sound for more intimate surroundings—closer to what he might do with a few friends in someone’s living room. Peter Aaron is a rock/noise/free improvising musician and author. He is the founder, lead vocalist, and guitarist of the influential New York band the Chrome Cranks, who have released albums on Crypt, PCP Entertainment, Au Go Go, Sympathy for the Record Industry, Bang!, HoZac, Thick Syrup, and other labels. His past projects include the hardcore bands Sand in the Face and Sluggo and the psychedelic guitar duo Avondale Airforce. Currently, he performs with Hudson Valley trio Young Skulls and with Yeah Yeah Yeahs drummer Brian Chase in the free noise project Peter Aaron/Brian Chase Duo, whose debut album, Purges, appeared on the Public Eyesore label in 2016. The soundtrack he recorded with drummer Bobby Previte for the indie horror film The Furies Inside Me is set for release on Public Eyesore/Eh? in 2018. There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

Otto Hauser on drums, Jesse Stacken playing piano, Justin Keller playing saxophone with Terence Murren on bass.

Live performance.

Santa Claus will be here, with a silent auction, food, many handmade items, jewelry, gifts, antique toys, copper pots, a door prize and 50/50 raffle to benefit the residents.

Environmental documentaries are shown twice a month at the Village of Coxsackie Office Complex at 119 Mansion Street. Contact Jeffrey at 518-478-5414 or jhaasrph@aol.com.

On December 8, Volume presents its annual Home Team Event a special night of emerging local talent, with Kate Hewett, Anna Victoria, Dani French, Geneva Zane and Karen Crumley Keats, hosted by Hallie Goodman. For 2018 we've partnered with Rally in the Valley, to close out a weekend of performances, workshops and activism in support of Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood. For more info, including author bios, visit our Facebook page.

A multimedia performance of “Peace Be With You: Letters from Rap” with the Music Now! Unit. Theodore Burnett III performs music based on letters written by his father during deployment in Vietnam from 1968-1970. Funded in part by New Music USA. Ras Moshe Burnett is a native of Brooklyn NY, born on the 22nd of March 1968 into a family of musicians. He performs on the tenor sax, soprano sax and flute in the metropolitan area as well as performing as a ten year member of Bill Cole’s Untempered Ensemble. His paternal grandfather Theodore Burnett I (“Ted Barnett” professionally) performed on alto and tenor saxophones in the bands of Chick Webb, Lucky Millinder, Earl Bostic, Jimmy Mundy, Henri Woode, Don Redman, Benny Carter and Sister Rosetta Tharpe among others after his arrival from Jamaica in 1929. He can be viewed in early film footage performing with some of the orchestras listed. He wrote music for New Canaan Baptist Church in Brooklyn from the early 70’s to the early '90s. His father (Theodore Jacob Burnett II) played alto sax, and bass clarinet in the Brooklyn area throughout the '70s and '80s. He resumed musical activity from 2000 until his passing in 2014. Ras started music studies in the public schools from 5th grade throughout high school. He played with african drum groups and reggae bands from 1987 to the early 90’s before starting his own ensembles. He is a recent graduate with a B.A in music studies and preparing for a master’s program. He is a recently published poet, his poems being featured in The Metropolitan Review. He is the founder of the “Music Now!” series in 1999, a monthly presentation of jazz and new music initially at The Brecht Forum and currently extant at The Brooklyn Commons since 2011. WGXC is broadcasting this show from the signal of our partner station, WOOC-LP in Troy, New York.

Swing dance with lesson with Harry Pisila at 7:30 p.m., and live music at 8:30 p.m. with Miss Paula and The Twangbusters with "Miss" Paula Bradley (piano, lead vocals), Peter Bearup (electric guitar, vocals), Luke McNamee (Sax), Lance MacIntosh (bass), and Bob Resnick (drums).

HackeEidePicciotto (member of Einstürzende Neubauten), Eric Hubel (member of Glenn Branca Band), plus one more TBA perform.

This story hour, with Pamela Badila, provides families with the opportunity to explore stories that formed the traditions and ethics of specific cultures. Sundays through June 28, 2019.

The library will become a planetarium with constellations on the ceiling, with the help of our new planetarium projector. There will be kids activities and star shaped cookies.

Author reading and book signing of "The Legacy of Anne Frank" by Gillian Walnes Perry. Walnes Perry, co-founder of the Anne Frank Trust UK, explores the influence Anne Frank’s life and diary has had on young people all over the world. Refreshments follow the reading. The book will be for sale with a portion of the proceeds going to the library thanks to Spotty Dog Books & Ale. The author will be available to sign copies. It will take place in the community room, which is wheelchair accessible.

Live performance.

Business education for farm women. A series of classes for women who are farm owners or managers or who anticipate moving into a decision-making position on a farm. This workshop focuses on managing land and the farm infrastructure. Participants will learn about leasing and owning land; assessing farmland quality; choosing infrastructure; farm taxes; other insurance and risk management tools for the farm. Registration required by Wed., Dec. 5. Information at cad266@cornell.edu or 845-340-3990, ext. 311.

The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting. Anyone recording audio of the meeting is urged to send it to info@wgxc.org, where we can post it for all to share. WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location. The Legislature holds a Public Forum at 6:30 p.m. to allow the public to speak on issues which may come before the Legislature. The County Legislature then meets at 7 p.m. in the Legislative Chambers. These meetings are streamed live on the night of the meetings on the county website. http://www.albanycounty.com/Government/Departments/CountyLegislature.aspx

Thalia Zedek Band performs.

Ryley Walker performs, opener to be announced.

The Cairo-Durham Central School District is looking to the future with its proposed capital improvement project. If approved by voters, the project would bring 21st century enhancements to the District’s academic programs, facilities, security and more. Voting will take place in the Cairo-Durham Middle School cafeteria. Get more information about the proposed project at www.cairodurham.org/capitalproject

Columbia University’s Hudson Valley Initiative and Friends of Oakdale Lake invite the public to share feedback on “8 Design Ideas for Oakdale Lake." Using feedback gathered at the first public meeting on October 13, the HVI has broken a design concept into eight doable parts. The December 11 workshop is a part of the HVI’s Oakdale research and design planning project, which aims to develop a shared vision for the future of the lake. Free childcare and pizza will be provided. For more information, visit friendsofoakdale.com or email oakdalelake@gmail.com

The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting. Anyone recording audio of the meeting is urged to send it to info@wgxc.org, where we can post it for all to share. WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location. The Town Board meets the second Tuesday of every month, when necessary, so call for sure to see if this month's meeting is on.

No previous teaching experience is necessary, only a love of reading, and a desire to share the gift of literacy. New volunteers are required to attend a free orientation session, and complete the training modules online, which can be adapted to fit most schedules. Trained volunteers are provided ongoing support as they work with students and classes. Our next Orientation Session will be held at the Hudson Area Library, Wednesday, December 12th from 3:30 – 5:30 pm. The follow-up session is scheduled for Wednesday, January 16th 2019, from 3:30 – 5:30 pm at the same location. You can sign up for the Tutor Training by e-mail to colgreene@literacyconnections.org or by calling 518-828-1792 ext 104. Please provide your name, e-mail address, phone number and area where you would like to volunteer when registering.

The work developed over the past three months by Urban Design students from Columbia University is displayed. We will be showing printed work and 11 short videos prepared by student teams exploring a range of topics - from the challenges of agriculture and the distribution of fresh produce, through the relationship between a small city like Hudson and its suburban and rural surroundings, to scenarios for the future of Hudson’s waterfront. Hot cider and donuts from Golden Harvest Farms.

Bobby Previte's Blueprints. Hudson valley composer Bobby Previte leads a conceptual performance, with webcasts at wgxc.org and wavefarm.org. Previte has invited some of his favorite musicians in the Hudson Valley and beyond for these inaugural concerts of his newest project, Blueprints. Starting from 1979 and going forward up to the present moment, Previte has ripped a fragment of nearly every piece of music he has written in the last 39 years and placed them all, divorced from their previous context, into one (very long) document. The ensemble will play, distort, improvise around, and sometimes ignore these fragments. Using hand signals, body movements, and the occasional odd glare, Previte conducts the musicians through the maze, taking a different path every night. Part performance, part open rehearsal, part hang out - where audience members as well as players will see the fragments projected on screen - Blueprints should be a wildly different experience each performance. There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

This Friends of the Claverack Free Library event will include a wonderful new addition this year: The fabulous little handmade books by local artist Lucy Swope. 12-5 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. These delightful small gems will make unique and cheery gifts for all ages. Swope will be present to sign books and answer questions about the many processes she uses to make her books and prints. There will also be cards, tags, and small gifts by local artists as usual. Up to 50% of all sales benefit the library.

Come to the Claverack Free Library Book Group for discussion and refreshments. Second Friday of each month. Book this month: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Kath Bloom and Aisha Burns perform. Kath Bloom comes from a place where country, blues and folk converge.

Tradition had it that a group of ordinary citizens in the small Austrian village of Oberufer would come together each year at Christmas time to perform this play for the town. It is a nativity play, told largely from the point of view of three bumbling shepherds who are visited by the angel Gabriel and who make their way to Bethlehem in search of the newborn Jesus child. This year, the Camphill Hudson Community has come together to put on this play for their friends and neighbors in the city of Hudson.

An evening of sacred seasonal jazz.

Nick Panken fronts the New York band Spirit Family Reunion. His recent solo work presents material old, new and borrowed in a more contemplative setting, furnished simply with electric guitar and harmonica. He recently completed his first solo tour in the U.K. and Ireland along with Ian Felice. https://spiritfamilyreunion.bandcamp.com/
Lord Youth is the songwriting project of Micah Blaichman of Queens, NY. Blaichman began studying the violin at age three but quickly lost all of his musical education upon becoming introduced to punk rock at age 12. Later he moved to Berlin, making a living busking ancient blues and country songs in bars and cafes, playing four-string banjo in hot jazz bands, and touring throughout the US and Europe with the psychedelic ragtime group Tik Tok Laboratories. His music has been described as old wave, folk noir, lo-fi stoner americana, and bedroom garage. Mostly it is the bizarre formalism of the American folk tradition set to mangled mid-60s song structures played through cheap 1980s pre-digital equipment. https://lordyouth.bandcamp.com/
There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

The City of Hudson Senior Center and Hudson Area Library will host, Watercolor with your Grandperson with two sessions: 1-2:15 p.m. and 2:30-3:45 p.m. with watercolorist and teacher Gretchen Kelly. It is open to grandparents, parents, children, and grandchildren. Youth and adult participants paint a picture or card in watercolors with a holiday theme using pine cones, wreaths, candles, menorah, Christmas trees, holly, gift boxes and much more. All materials will be provided. This event is free and wheelchair accessible. Registration is required. To register email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org, call 518.828.1792 x101 or visit the main desk in the library.

Ancram Opera House's storytelling series Real People, Real Stories returns with the theme "The Kindness of Strangers." This show will feature local residents telling true stories from their own lives about random acts of kindness, Good Samaritans, and the goodnesses of humanity through actions large and small.

Presented in partnership with Operation Unite NY, celebrate African-American culture and unity with friends and family with an afternoon of arts and crafts for children, dancing, drumming, a candle-lighting ceremony, and the sharing of Nguzo Saba, the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

Tradition had it that a group of ordinary citizens in the small Austrian village of Oberufer would come together each year at Christmas time to perform this play for the town. It is a nativity play, told largely from the point of view of three bumbling shepherds who are visited by the angel Gabriel and who make their way to Bethlehem in search of the newborn Jesus child. This year, the Camphill Hudson Community has come together to put on this play for their friends and neighbors in the city of Hudson.

“Speed Sisters” screening with potluck at 6 p.m., and film at 7 p.m. The Speed Sisters are the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle East. Grabbing headlines and turning heads at improvised tracks across the West Bank, these five women have sped their way into the heart of the male-dominated Palestinian street car-racing scene. Refreshments will be served and a moderated discussion will follow. For more information call 518-766-2992.

High Time perform early-era Grateful Dead songs.

Bebel Gilberto performs.

This story hour, with Pamela Badila, provides families with the opportunity to explore stories that formed the traditions and ethics of specific cultures. Sundays through June 28, 2019.

A combination of mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano with Teresa Buchholz, Marka Gustavsson, and Erika Switzer performing works from Brahms, Loeffler, and Peter Everwine’s poetry.

"Milford Graves Full Mantis," film about the jazz legend.

Katie Mullins, Will Stratton, and Alexander Turnquist perform. Mullins is a former opera singer, now playing folks songs. Will Stratton is a songwriter and guitarist living in Beacon, New York. And Alexander Turnquist plays guitar, and lives in Hudson.

This Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society meetings are held on the third Monday of the month.

The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting. Anyone recording audio of the meeting is urged to send it to info@wgxc.org, where we can post it for all to share. WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location. The Town Board meets the third Monday of every month.

The public is encouraged to attend this public meeting. Anyone recording audio of the meeting is urged to send it to info@wgxc.org, where we can post it for all to share. WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location.

The Catskill Town Board meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Board Committee meetings usually held on the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend.

WGXC is partnering with the town of Catskill to present live audio streams of public meetings. During meetings, the live stream will be accessible by clicking the play arrow below. Additionally, listeners with iPhones or iPads may now use the Wave Farm Radio App to listen to the Catskill Town Board meetings, WGXC 90.7-FM, or other Wave Farm and partner streams. View the Wave Farm Radio App in the App Store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wave-farm-radio/id1284966744?ls=1&mt=8

Audio archives from past meetings will be available following the meeting as possible. More information at http://www.townofcatskillny.gov/.

Led by The Orchestra Now’s associate conductor and Hudson resident James Bagwell, TON returns to Hudson Hall with an invigorating evening of classical greats with a dash of festive reverie for this special pre-Christmas musical treat. The program includes Corelli’s Christmas Concerto followed by Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante and Beethoven’s colossal Symphony No. 2.

Writers from "The Daily Show" perform.

Join us for this Saturday morning holiday story time and songs with Mrs. Claus. Local artist and mother of eight, Alison Wedd will delight you with holiday stories by: Ruthild Busch-Schumann, Charles Tazewell, Dylan Thomas, Jan Brett, and more. There may be a surprise visit from a locally, rescued bunny. We will have some holiday snacks on hand. Suited for younger children, but perfect for all ages.

Environmental documentaries are shown twice a month at the Village of Coxsackie Office Complex at 119 Mansion Steet. Contact Jeffrey at 518-478-5414 or jhaasrph@aol.com

In partnership with Wave Farm, Phil Kline's Unsilent Night returns to Hudson for a third year. Led by Phil Kline himself and broadcast live on Wave Farm's WGXC 90.7-FM: Radio For Open Ears. Participants gather at WGXC's Hudson Studio (369 Warren Street) inside the First Presbyterian Church of Hudson at Warren and 4th Streets (entrance on 4th). Participants can expect a route that engages Hudson's lesser traveled alleys and enclaves, and to come away with a new experience of the city's historic streetscape.

All are invited to participate. To do so:

Unsilent Night is an original composition by Phil Kline, written specifically to be heard outdoors in the month of December, always as a free event. It takes the form of a street promenade in which the audience becomes the performer. Each participant gets one of four tracks of music. Originally the music was played using only cassette tapes in boomboxes, but as vintage boomboxes have become harder to find, more people use smartphones with portable speakers to blast the music. Together all four tracks comprise Unsilent Night. Visit unsilentnight.com for more information.

Columbia County Soil and Water Conservation District invites you to explore Mud Creek under the glow of the full moon. A full moon in December is called the Cold Moon or Long Nights Moon. Learn about the moon and the creatures that come out at night as we walk along the ½ mile trail. All are welcome to enjoy this fun and reflective opportunity! Please dress for the weather. Registration required: please contact Pamela Price at 518-267-3313 by Friday, December 21 at 4 p.m.

Lou Barlow, who performs with Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr., and other groups, performs solo.

Charlie Brown Christmas video with live piano soundtrack by Wesley Harper. There should be a live webcast at wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" on any wgxc.org webpage, and scroll down to find the webstream.

This story hour, with Pamela Badila, provides families with the opportunity to explore stories that formed the traditions and ethics of specific cultures. Sundays through June 28, 2019.

ocal Charles Dickens enthusiast Stewart Sommerville will present a discussion of the Christmas writings of Charles Dickens. Although known primarily for the iconic A Christmas Carol, Dickens’ association with the holiday remains a powerful influence on Anglo-American holiday celebrations to this day. Mr. Sommerville will discuss how this relationship changed traditional Victorian celebrations of the holiday through the entire cannon of Dickens’ Christmas writings prior to and including A Christmas Carol and beyond. Light refreshments will be served.

Christmas dance party from Eric Redd, who has a new rock/house/electronica fusion single called “Breathe.” Donations at the door taken for new/gently-used warm socks/hats/gloves/coats.

Directly following Santa’s arrival on the Village Green, the Hudson Valley’s own Robert Burke Warren – aka Uncle Rock – returns to the Colony to play another rollicking set of rocking holiday tunes! Expect to hear faves like Chuck Berry’s “Run, Run Rudolph,” the Springsteen arrangement of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” and Brenda Lee’s “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree,” as well as traditional classic singalongs. “It’s a community event, for families, singletons, youngsters, elders, everyone,” Robert says. “The kitchen and the bar will be open, and they’ll be serving hot chocolate, mulled cider, and hot toddies. Folks can drop in and get warm in front of the fireplace, and connect with friends and fellow community members before heading home from Santa’s arrival.”

Djam Gong performs original music on Balinese gamelan instruments such as: gongs, flutes, drums, and metal percussion. Djam Gong is Bill Ylitalo's musical project, incorporating Balinese gamelan instruments along with occasional Western instruments such as electronic effects and saxophone. The players include: Bill Ylitalo, Brian Farmer, Chris Andersen, and others. Djam Gong (gong time) is a musical ensemble from New York's Hudson Valley led by composer and multi-instrumentalist, Bill Ylitalo. Bill has studied and performed gamelan music for 40 years and is currently the director of the Balinese Gamelan Program at Bard College. Happens on the Third Floor.

"Milford Graves Full Mantis," film about the jazz legend.

The Big Takeover, and Shock perform.

This story hour, with Pamela Badila, provides families with the opportunity to explore stories that formed the traditions and ethics of specific cultures. Sundays through June 28, 2019.

"Milford Graves Full Mantis," film about the jazz legend.

New Year's Eve performances.

One and all are invited to ring in the New Year with WGXC at the Half Moon in Hudson! Our sixth annual fundraising bash starts off with karaoke hosted by Amanda Lees, followed by dancing to the music of Blueberry (www.blueberrylounge.com) straight into 2019. Then, DJ Var (WGXC’s “Friday Night Vibes Session”) takes control into the wee hours. Your $10-$20 (sliding scale) contribution at the door benefits WGXC 90.7-FM. Food will be available all night from the Taste of India food truck, with a portion of food sales also to benefit WGXC. The entire event will be broadcast live on 90.7-FM and wgxc.org. We look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones!

New Years Eve Party with Chris Wells and The Silver Spaceship. Band includes: Jerry Marotta, Jennifer Maidman, Annie Whitehead, Jeremy Bass, and Marta Waterman.

DJ Matthew Cullen plays music for New Year's Eve at HiLo. There should be a live webstream on wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at the top of every wgxc.org webpage, and scroll down to find the webstream.

"Milford Graves Full Mantis," film about the jazz legend.

From Agadez Niger, Tuareg guitar-slinger Mdou Moctar and his band perform.

Leland Sundries http://lelandsundries.com/; and Ephemera perform. Ephemera is a four-piece music project centered around original blues, punk, surf, and garage rock compositions written and performed by local musician and artist Aaron Martin with Alex P. Wernquest (Nowadays), Wesley Harper (Patchwork Symphony), and Danny Sher (Horse Torso). Live webstream at wgxc.org (click on "Listen Now" and scroll down) and 90.7-FM WGXC.

Hudson Area Library and The Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood are proud to announce High Five!, our five-week early literacy family program. Our new winter session includes “Weaving Tales and Oral Traditions to Develop Literacy,” “Cooking as a Means of Encouraging Literacy in Your Child,” and “Stuck Indoors? Literacy Ideas for Snowy Days.” Participants will receive books and prizes each week and gift certificates to Rolling Grocer 19 will be awarded to all families with excellent attendance. Lunch is also provided and we will be emphasizing healthy foods kids like to eat. Transportation to the library is available upon request. To register for High Five!, email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org, call 518-828-1792 x101, or stop by the desk at the Hudson Area Library.

Frenchy and The Punk Celebrate the release of their new album "Hooray Beret." Imagine Siouxsie Sioux and Dee Dee Ramone had a duo that was inspired by Django Reinhardt, Edith Piaf, Toulouse Lautrec and Deepak Chopra, this is what it might sound like. The Dust Bowl Faeries are a dark-carnival band based in Hudson, NY. Accordion, singing saw, ukulele, lap-steel, guitar and percussion swirl together, creating a melange of circus, post-punk, Gypsy and psyche-folk music.

This story hour, with Pamela Badila, provides families with the opportunity to explore stories that formed the traditions and ethics of specific cultures. Sundays through June 28, 2019.

Winner of the 2018 Frances Walton Competition, this ensemble, based in San Jose, CA, performs contemporary works to transcriptions from the baroque, classical, and romantic eras. Julian Salazar, soprano; Johnny Selmer, alto; Robin Lacey, tenor; and David Cortez, baritone.

Business education for farm women. A series of classes for women who are farm owners or managers or who anticipate moving into a decision-making position on a farm. This workshop focuses on managing your business, employees and planning for transition. Participants will learn about hiring and training employees; conflict management; and transition planning. Registration required by Wed., Jan. 2. Information at cad266@cornell.edu or 845-340-3990, ext. 311.

Make some wintertime pals by folding paper into three-dimensional shapes. Learn how to create origami snowmen and other wintertime pals. Led by Program Coordinator, Laura. Materials provided.

Help Us Bring Free, Adult, English Classes to Catskill in 2019. Literacy Connections of the Hudson Valley is recruiting a team of volunteers to conduct a free, adult, English as Another Language, drop-in class at the Catskill Community Center on Tuesday evenings from 6-8 pm. No previous teaching experience is necessary! New volunteers are required to attend a free orientation session, and complete the online training modules. Trained volunteers are provided ongoing support as they work with students and classes. A new volunteer orientation will be held at the Catskill Community Center, 344 Main Street Catskill, on Tuesday, January 8th from 6 – 8 pm. The follow-up session is scheduled for Tuesday, February 5th, from 6 – 8 pm at the same location. You can sign up by e-mail to colgreene@literacyconnections.org or by calling 518-828-1792 ext 104. Please provide your name, e-mail address, phone number and area where you would like to volunteer when registering.

The Catskill Town Board meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Board Committee meetings usually held on the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend.

WGXC is partnering with the town of Catskill to present live audio streams of public meetings. During meetings, the live stream will be accessible by clicking the play arrow below. Additionally, listeners with iPhones or iPads may now use the Wave Farm Radio App to listen to the Catskill Town Board meetings, WGXC 90.7-FM, or other Wave Farm and partner streams. View the Wave Farm Radio App in the App Store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wave-farm-radio/id1284966744?ls=1&mt=8

Audio archives from past meetings will be available following the meeting as possible. More information at http://www.townofcatskillny.gov/.

Local history speaker series with a talk by David Vorhees. Widespread female violence against men is found in the records of the 1689 New York uprising popularly known as “Leisler’s Rebellion.” Indeed, women played a prominent role in the uprising. This talk by the director of the Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History explores this outburst of activism among New York women a generation after the English takeover of New Netherland.

Bobby Previte's Blueprints. Hudson valley composer Bobby Previte leads a conceptual performance, with webcasts at wgxc.org and wavefarm.org. Previte has invited some of his favorite musicians in the Hudson Valley and beyond for these inaugural concerts of his newest project, Blueprints. Starting from 1979 and going forward up to the present moment, Previte has ripped a fragment of nearly every piece of music he has written in the last 39 years and placed them all, divorced from their previous context, into one (very long) document. The ensemble will play, distort, improvise around, and sometimes ignore these fragments. Using hand signals, body movements, and the occasional odd glare, Previte conducts the musicians through the maze, taking a different path every night. Part performance, part open rehearsal, part hang out - where audience members as well as players will see the fragments projected on screen - Blueprints should be a wildly different experience each performance. There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org around 8:30 p.m. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

A night of Catskill-based hip hop with the Scoompville crew including Saville, Ferrari Scoomp, DJ L Rock and other guests. There should be a live webstream at http://wgxc.org. Click on "Listen Now" at top of the page, and scroll down to find the live webstream.

Discover signs of the winter activities of animals. David Muska, Wilderness Skills Instructor/ NYS Guide, Ondatra Adventures, will teach the fundamentals of tracking and will help you develop your skills through techniques such as clear print identification and track patterns. No prior tracking experience necessary. You may want to bring a notebook and pencil/pen and snack and water. Depending on conditions, snowshoes may be helpful and are available on a first come, first served basis.

Robin Weber, High Five! volunteer, collaborates with children’s librarian Janice Scali on special Story and Craft Hour every second Saturday of the month. Each session will have a seasonal theme with a story reading and craft activity. January 12 features The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, a winter craft activity, and dictated writing. All materials provided. For children 2 – 7 years old and their families.

Join us for openings of Exit Architecture: Speculations for the Hereafter (on view through March 3, 2019), and InConstruction: Hariri + Hariri (on view through February 10, 2019).

Preview screening of "Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World" followed by a community discussion about the importance of diversity and Native American culture. With representatives from Indie Lens Pop-Up, WMHT Public Media, and Old Chatham Quakers Outreach, Peace & Justice committee. Potluck at 6 p.m., film at 7 p.m. RSVP: To Bob Elmendorf 518-766-2992. For directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org For more information, visit: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/rumble

The Volume Reading Series this month includes Priscilla Becker, Laura Simms, and Dave King. Readings run from 7-8, followed by book-signing and a guest DJ from 8-9. For more details, including author bios, please head to our Facebook Page.

Lady Moon and The Eclipse, and Emily Ritz both perform.

Fluff up your feathers and explore birds in winter. The winter months are a great time for backyard birding. Come to Mud Creek ELC and create your own bird feeder from recycled materials. Feeding birds in winter is fun and helps birds during the harsh conditions the season brings. Learn about common backyard birds, feeding tips, and ways to attract birds to your property. We will take a stroll along the trail in search of birds, too. Columbia County Soil and Water Conservation District (www.ccswcd.org) provides educational programs and services to help residents and communities manage and protect the natural resources of Columbia County. Please contact Pamela Price at 518-267-3313 by Thursday, January 10 at 1 p.m. to participate.

This story hour, with Pamela Badila, provides families with the opportunity to explore stories that formed the traditions and ethics of specific cultures. Sundays through June 28, 2019.

Tony Kieraldo album release show, with opening act The Xylopholks.