Calendar of events

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 …

Join community organizer Aileah Kvashay and friends, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays for the open work-party and community lunch and 4-7 p.m. each Thursday through November for open-farm work party, food sharing and co-creative fun, plus community dinner …

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 …