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.