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1May 2013
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Turning 30 Trolley MuseuM
Maple sugaring at forsyTh naTure
a Momentous year duo bisTro
TONNER DOLL COMPANYThese aren’t your daughter’s barbie dolls!
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14 Tonner doll Company Robert Tonner’s love of fashion design and sculpture mix to create an exquisite line of collectible dolls.
18 Take a Waterfront Trolley rideFor 30 years, the Trolley Museum of New York has been quietly offering trolley rides along the scenic waterfront.
21 The Maple sugar Challenge After a program of maple sugaring at the Forsyth Nature Center, Steve Noble challenges you to a taste test.
Cover photo courtesy of Faith Gimzekrobert Tonner makes a living creating beautiful dolls for adults. Photo by Faith Gimzek
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5 from The editorThe Spring season has arrived! That means its time to get out and explore all Kingston has to offer — from museums to festivals to anniversary celebrations!
7 around Town Annual Kayak Festival in June Kingston’s Three-Week Comedy Festival Continues
23 Gotta Go! Women’s Health and Fitness Expo Arts Society of Kingston Hosts “The ASKers” The Farmers’ Market Opens for the Summer Season United Way Hosts Golf Tournament at Lazy Swan
30 and another Thing... Kingston Catholic School children get a visit from Dr. Suess characters for Read Across America Day.
The Trolley Museum Turns 30! Photo courtesy of Trolley Museum
annual Kayak festival in June. Photo by Steve Noble
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I t’s May already, and spring has a comfortable grasp on the weather in Kingston. That means it’s time to get out and explore all the city has to offer.
On Saturday, May 4, there are at least 10 special tours and exhibitions at museums and galleries from the Rondout up through the Stockade District. There are also a number of festivals, including Cinco de Mayo and the annual Kayak Festival. Have fun being a tourist in your own city!
Which brings us to the Trolley Museum of New York, which celebrates its 30th birthday with a party on May 18. The event includes a cornerstone dedication on the museum’s building and a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the rebuilt line to Kingston Point. Be sure to read Jon McGrew’s story on the history of the Trolley Museum, which appears on page 18 of this issue.
For Mother’s Day, the Hudson River Maritime Museum treats all moms to free admission and the Trolley Museum offers mothers free afternoon rides along the waterfront. Look for similar specials around town and make your reservations now at one of Kingston’s great restaurants for that important Mother’s Day dinner.
I want to thank everyone again for your support of Kings-ton Life magazine. I’ve received calls and emails from your neighbors interested in sharing their ideas for stories in the coming months. I would encourage you to do the same, along with a few photos showing what you feel is special about Kingston. And while you’re at it, how about writing a feature story about your pet project or a favorite volunteer effort you’re involved with? I am always looking for new writers!
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since 2005, the Kingston Parks and Recreation Department’s Environmen-tal Education Staff has been leading guided kayak outings at Kingston Point Beach and T.R. Gallo Park. These out-ings are designed for beginners who are not familiar with kayaking or have their own equipment. During the last few years, Kingston has partnered with
many organizations to bring low-cost kayaking tours to Kingston, including Kenco Outfitters, the Hudson River Valley Greenway and the Hudson River Improvement Fund. With their help, the Department now owns and manages a fleet of more than 20 kayaks at two locations. They offer these guided tours on Friday and Saturdays to the public and weekdays to local school children interested in learning about kayaking and the natural world. —Steve Noble
in 2005
a kayak outing on lower esopus Creek. Photo by Steve Noble
Soon, you will notice your neighbor loading his or her kayak onto their car, getting ready for a weekly kayak
outing on one of the region’s beautiful waterways. Have you said to yourself, “I have always wanted to try that,” but maybe were uncomfortable trying it for the first time alone or maybe wanted to get a better appreciation of what the waterways around Kingston are like? Well, you’re not alone. The Hudson River, Rondout Creek, and Esopus Creek are all wonderful assets for Kingstonians. These water bodies can only truly be appreciated when you are sitting in a kayak, at sunset, looking back at Kingston Point Beach, or at the Rondout Lighthouse, while a bald eagle flies effort-lessly overhead. Kayaking has been around for centuries but has recently come into the mainstream and has led to a huge increase in people interested in the sport but who also want to learn about the natural ecosystems around them. The department uses these tours to educate residents and visitors about our
city’s rich cultural and natural assets while also providing a setting for fun amongst friends. Working with our partners at Kenco Outfitters, the department hosts the Annual Kingston Kayak Festival on the second Saturday in June each year. The event boasts educational programming, boat demonstrations, guided tours and much more. This event has a small admission, but every dollar is donated to the Kingston
kayaking program to enhance and provide programs for Kingston’s youth. If you are interested in participating in one of this year’s guided kayaking tours, three different tours are offered. Friday Night Rondout Creek Paddles are a great opportunity to learn the history of the Rondout while still having time to grab dinner afterwards. Saturday morning and evening paddles are held on the Hudson River at Kingston Point Beach. These tours are designed for beginners, and equipment is provided. Prices range from $25-$35 per person. Discounts are given for children and if you provide your own boat. This year, thanks to a grant from the Hudson River Estuary Program, all Fri-day Night Kayaking Tours on the Rondout will be free for Kingston residents ($15 for nonresidents). For details, visit www.king-stonparksandrec.org or call 845-481-7336.
The annual Kayak festival features instruction on everything from “how to Pick a Kayak” and “learn to Paddle board” to “how to repair a Composite Canoe or Kayak.” Photo Steve Noble
A Time to Paddle
by Steve Noble Kingston Parks and Recreation
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free Workshopsfree WorKshoPs To create comedic masks, visual elements and texts led by Alex Kahn and Sophia Mi-chahelles (of Processional Arts Workshop), in collabora-tion with Casey Kurtti, will cover a variety of visual and verbal techniques, culminating in an absurdist impro-vised performance. Workshops will be held at UPAC and the Kingston Public Library and are open to all ages but geared toward adults and teens. More information is forthcoming at www.bardavon.org. — Chris Silva
Visual Art ExhibitionsVisual art exhibitions will be open for three weeks, from April 20 to May 12 at UPAC. The shows will feature the work of Cindy Sherman, John Cage, Nina Katchadourian, William Wegman, Kevin Frank, Alison Bechdel, Sanford Biggers, Ward Shelley, Josh Shaddock, Olaf Breuning, Ken Landauer, Kalup Linzy, William Pachner, Pat Oleszko, Liliana Porter, Tim Davis, Ariel Schrag, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Bob Snead, Lisa Sanditz, and Dana Schutz. The exhibitions have been curated by Daniel Mason. Art exhibits at Kingston Library will be up through April 29 and feature a series of William Wegman’s dog photos and a screening of his film, “Alphabet Soup.”
‘Serious Laughs’ Updateby Chris Silva Bardavon
The Bardavon is pleased to announce Serious Laughs: Art | Politics | Humor from April 20 to May 12. Serious Laughs is a three-week celebration of comedy featuring two visual art exhibi-tions and comic head-liners Kathy Griffin on Sunday, April 21, and Lewis Black on Sunday, April 28, at UPAC. In addition, comics will play in nightclubs and restaurants across Kingston — including Backstage Productions, Keegan Ales, Frank Guido’s Little Italy, Rondout Music Lounge, Sa-vona’s and Mariner’s Harbor. Tickets for all UPAC shows can be purchased in person or by calling the Bardavon Box Office at 845-473-2072 or the UPAC Box Office at 845-339-6088.
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The Arts Society of Kingston will celebrate the arts at its annual Gala on May 18, from 5-9 p.m. at the Steel House restaurant on the Strand. The evening’s main event will be the presentation of the ASKar award to three prominent area art-ists — Pauline Oliveros, Ed Sanders and Devorah Sperber. The gala will also feature dinner and cocktails, entertainment, a silent auction and an after party. Pauline Oliveros, a Kingston resident, is a Texas-born accordionist and composer and central figure in the development of post-war electronic art and music. She has published five books and released numer-ous records and CDs. Her Deep Listening Band specializes in performing and record-ing in resonant and reverberant spaces such
as caves, cathedrals and huge underground cisterns. She is a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Mills College in California. Ed Sanders, a long-time Woodstock res-ident is widely-known and respected for his book, “Investigative Poetry,” his founding of the band, “The Fugs,” and his vigorous
protest against nuclear-armed submarines. He has received many national fellowships, among them the National Endowments for the Arts in 1987. In 1998, he began a nine-volume work, “America, A History in Verse,” with five volumes published in CD format. He also invents instruments, includ-ing the “Talking Tie.” Devorah Sperber of Woodstock and NYC is an installation artist who uses spools of thread and chenille pipe cleaners to produce works that act as optical illu-sions. Some of her work uses thousands of thread spools to create pixelated versions of iconic works of art like the Mona Lisa, best seen through a “viewing sphere.” She has had exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum and the Massachusetts Museum of Con-temporary Art. For reservations, contact [email protected] or call 845-338-0331.
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Do You Know? Cinco de Mayo Fun Facts
What is Cinco de Mayo?Cinco de Mayo honors the Mexican
militia’s victory in 1862 over the French army at the Battle of Puebla. The battle happened during the Franco-Mexican War, according to history.com. It has become a celebration of Mexican cul-ture in the United States, especially in places with large Hispanic populations. Activities related to Cinco de Mayo include mariachi music, parades and street festivals. Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day. That’s Sept. 16.
Why was the battle of Puebla so important to Mexico?
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point in Mexico’s history. Mexico had achieved independence from Spain in 1821 after a long, bloody struggle. Af-terward, political infighting and take-overs wrecked the country’s economy from within, including the Mexican-American War, the Mexican Civil War and the Reform Wars. Because of its financial condition, Mexico accumu-lated heavy debts to several nations. France, Spain and England were just some of Mexico’s creditors, and they were demanding payment. France was eager to expand into Mexico. When England and Spain realized what was happening, they withdrew support. Mexico stopped making payments to France, so France tried to install a relative of Napoleon III, Archduke Maximilian of Austria, as the emperor of Mexico.
how did this battle affect the united states?
It was to the United States’ advan-tage to appear neutral. However, Cinco de Mayo has been acknowledged as important to America because the defeat at Puebla kept the French from supplying the Confederate army. It was suspected that the French wanted to help break up the Union for its own gain. Napoleon III thought the U.S. was vulnerable during the Civil War.
When did Cinco de Mayo take off in the u.s.?
The U.S. version of Cinco de Mayo originated in the Mexican-American communities of the American West, Southwest and Northwest during the 1860s. It was mainly a reaction to the Civil War.
by Lindsay JonesContributor
12 May 2013
Call for art entriesThe Call for artists’ submissions to this year’s fundraiser closes on April 30. For information about Fall for Art, please visit FallforArt.org, email [email protected], or call 845-338-8131. Corporate sponsor-ship opportunities are available.
Photo courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Ulster
A Story in Postcards
The Friends of Historic Kingston present Greet-ings from Kingston: A Story in Postcards.
The exhibition opens Sunday, May 5, and will be available for viewing every Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., from May through October in the Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery. This exhibition is free.
While here, visit the Fred J. Johnston House. Tour the interior of the c. 1812 Federal style house, the former home and showroom of nationally noted antiques dealer Fred J. Johnston, who saved the historic house from demolition in 1938. View his private collection of 18th and early 19th century antique fur-nishings and decorative arts, mostly American, in eight elegant room settings he designed.
The tour fee is $5 for adults and $2 for children younger than 16. The Friends of Historic Kingston is located on the cor-ner of Wall and Main streets in the Historic Stockade District.
For more information, please call 845-339-0720 or visit www.fohk.org. — Jillian Fis�her
Greetings from Kingston exhibit.
Photo courtesy of Friends of Historic Kingston
Kingston Catholic’s musical
The Theater Program of Kingston Catholic School this year proudly presents Disney’s “Little Mermaid, Jr.”, a story of a mermaid who longs to become human. The musi-cal is directed and cho-reographed by Lise Hopson, with assistance by KCS alum Thomas Netter. Cast members include: Jessica Noble (Ariel) Eddie Zajac (Prince Eric), John Weber (Flounder), Alexis Butler (Scuttle), Anna Sophia Gray (Sebastian), Christopher Pagnotta (King Triton) Olivia Netter and Ava Hricisak (Ursula), and Aliyah Feeney, Skylar Felipe, Jordan Morse, Sophia Sheth and Fiona Zajac (Mersisters). In the magical kingdom fathoms below, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she’ll have to defy her father King Tri-ton, make a deal with the evil sea witch Ursula, and convince Prince Eric that she’s the girl with the enchanting voice. “Little Mermaid, Jr.” runs May 17, 18 and 19. KCS is lo-cated at 159 Broadway. To order tickets, contact the box office at 845-331-9318. —Marie Dilulio, Kingston Catholic School
‘Little Mermaid Jr.’ heads to Broadway.
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Come Fall for Art at Annual ‘Fall for Art’
Fall for Art, the Jewish Federation of Ulster County’s annual art show, sale and cocktail reception, will celebrate its 17th year Thursday, Sept. 12. Held from 6 to 9 p.m. at Wiltwyck Golf Club in Kingston, last year’s event broke prior records with 400 guests. This year’s juried show will feature the work of 28 Hudson Valley-based artists working in a variety of media. These very talented and giving artists support the Federation’s mission through revenue sharing on artwork purchased at Fall for Art. The Federation’s share of the proceeds goes to its programs, and to many of the local not-for-profit organizations it supports. Additionally, it has been a tradition to donate a portion of the funds raised to a worthwhile Ulster County arts organization or program. Prior recipients include the Rosendale Theatre Collective, the Children’s Annex, the Arts Society of Kingston and the Saugerties Boys & Girls Club. The 2013 recipient will be the “Arts with a Heart” Program of the Alzheimer’s Association - Hudson Valley/Rockland/Westchester, NY Chapter. This program will consist of three 90-minute arts workshops for people with early stage Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. To be held at the Rosendale Recreation Center, the program will be the first of its kind in Ulster County sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association.
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He was recently elected president of the Uptown Kingston Business Association. The Ulster County Chamber of Commerce named him the 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year. And
in 2011, he celebrated the 20th anniversary of a business he built from the ground up. But Robert Tonner, founder of Tonner Doll Co., says he’s not a “business person.”
“Business is not something I thought of when I started to do my art,” Tonner said. “People may look at it as a com-mercial venture — but this is my art. The plus side is that people buy it.”
A world-renowned fashion doll maker, Tonner started out his business in 1991 as the Robert Tonner Doll Com-pany. At that point, he was making dolls in a kiln in his garage.
Since then, the business has gone global. In 1995, Toner partnered with
robert Tonner Combines fashion design with sculptureWorld-renowned fashion doll maker has his roots in Kingston.
by Faith Gimzak Community Contributor
15May 2013
manufacturers overseas in an effort to keep costs down. Tonner bought the Effanbee Doll Company in 2002. The company expanded again in 2011 with the launch of Tonner Toys, a children’s line. Today, Tonner is also the creative director of Wilde Imagination Inc., a popular collection with a youthful appeal centered on a melancholic character named Ellowynne.
But the test is balancing entrepreneur-ship with artistry, Tonner said, and from the very beginning, there were new chal-lenges every day.
“Starting out, I had no funding. I was putting it all on credit cards,” he said. “I made stupid mistakes, and I made a lot of great decisions.”
Back then, Tonner recalls, “I thought I could just hire a really good ‘business guy’ — but unfortunately, it’s not that easy. You have to know what’s happen-ing financially with your company.”
Tonner opened the Tonner Com-pany Store, located on Hurley Avenue in the Stockade District, in 2007. The historic building was completely gutted and renovated to create a gallery-esque showroom. The shop is also home to the Tonner Doll Hospital, where resident chief-of-staff Noreen Morris repairs and restores damaged dolls.
Fans of Tonner’s often have many different kinds of dolls in their collec-tion, such as antique dolls. These natu-rally need to be restored over time due to deterioration from age and wear. Most of her patients are these older dolls, but Morris says occasionally a Tonner doll will come in for small repairs such as a broken shoe strap or a cleaning.
The success of the Doll Hospital can largely be attributed to Morris’ unique talent and background in doll restoration. Morris previously owned a doll hospital and store on Route 28 called Carousel of
Dolls. After starting out at Tonner work-ing in customer support, her skill was quickly recognized and Tonner offered her the opportunity to run the hospital.
The Company Store and Doll Hos-pital are only a few blocks away from Tonner’s corporate offices and design studio on Wall Street. He lives in the neighborhood, too — “I can walk to work,” he beams — with partner Harris Safier, founder of Westwood Metes and Bounds Realty.
Tonner said a challenging time was in 2009, when the business started to feel the economic downturn.
“It took about a year to get to us, but we felt it. In the past few years, though, we’ve rebounded, and we’re growing again — not fast enough,” he said. “But we had to tighten our belts for sure.”
Tonner estimates that today, his companies produce about 50,000 dolls
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robert Tonner stands in front of his creations in a wall display in his store located in the stockade district. at any one time, he has more than 100 dolls on display and ready for purchase. on average, his dolls sell for $150-$200 and are considered collector’s items. Photo by Faith Gimzek
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•Tonner doll Company. It all began with the Tyler Wentworth doll. Now, there are nine fashion doll brands as well as pop culture and movie character figures.
• effanbee doll Company. It is most knows for the Patsy doll, originally made in 1928. It is Tonner’s only child doll. Updated versions were just released, including Pretty Party Patsy and Patsy’s Secret Garden.
• Tonner Toys. Tonner’s only toy line. Characters include City Girls and Maudlynne Macabre.
• Wilde imagination inc. Tonner is creative director of this company, whose popular character is Elowynne Wilde, a jaded adolescent who loves dress-up.
Tonner & CoMPany
1991The year robert Tonner made the move from sculpting as a hobby, to starting a company based on dolls he created using a kiln in his garage.
per year. Each doll, hand painted and dressed in a luxurious designer outfit, costs between $150 and $200 on aver-age.
However, some of his one-of-a-kind figures have fetched thousands at auction — like the time actor Bruce Willis won a $50,000 bid for a Tonner model of his then-wife, actress Demi Moore, at a charity event.
Many of his dolls are pop culture fig-ures based on box office smash hits. In his 2013 Mainline Collection, a “Bella Cullen” doll based on the Twilight Saga’s New Moon production is of-fered for $189. Other new dolls include “Glinda, the Good Witch” for $249 and a red-dressed “Scarlett,” priced at $224. Tonner also just released an updated ver-sion of the 1928 Patsy doll through the Effanbee Doll Company.
The fashion dolls may be toys, but they’re not for kids, Tonner said — most collectors are adults.
“I’ll admit the dolls are expensive. It’s for the collector who knows the doll world,” he said.
It’s safe to say that in the world of collectible fashion dolls, Tonner’s are some of the most sought after. Serious collectors who want the rarest dolls flock to the annual three-day Tonner Convention in Lombard, IL. This year’s convention will be held May 16-19 with the theme “Age of Innocence.”
For $400 a seat, devotees get access
to a special sales room and charity auc-tion, and at the very least will walk away with two souvenir dolls.
The Midwest is familiar turf for Ton-ner. He grew up in a no-frills small town in Indiana. Following an inspirational trip to dazzling big-city Manhattan, he began attending Parsons School of Design. After graduating at the top of his class, Tonner worked as a fashion designer for Bill Blass Sportswear. He first got into sculpting as a hobby — “I became obsessed with it,” he said — and began creating dolls, which he saw as a way to combine his love of fashion design with sculpture.
Tonner first came to Kingston after visiting friends from New York City who had weekend homes nearby. “I didn’t know the area, but I came up here and fell in love with the place,” he said. It wasn’t long before he purchased his own home in Stone Ridge. Tonner then moved the business to a loft space on Cornell Street.
“I love Kingston. I always say, any day now, it’s going to catch on,” Tonner said. “There’s this whole cosmopolitan thing going on here, if you look for it.”
So, what’s next for Tonner Dolls? Tonner said it’s shifting more toward having an online presence, and further developing the dolls’ back stories to more deeply engage buyers.
“Dolls are like fashion, you always want to keep moving on,” Tonner said.
Pretty Party Patsy has brown hair, blue/green inset eyes and wears a purple ruffle dress ensemble. she retails for $139. Photo courtesy of Tonner Doll Company
a world-renowned fashion doll maker, robert Tonner can still be found sculpting one of his creations in his design studio in the corporate offices located on Wall street. Photo by Faith Gimzek
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“I like to look back and say ‘I did a good job,’ but people always want to see what’s new.”
The doll hospitalWearing a white lab coat, Noreen
Morris stands over an operating table strewn with severed heads and limbs made of bisque, plastic and porcelain. She rubs down her patient, a 1960s 35-inch Patti Playpal with a perforated chest, with isopropyl alcohol and gauze.
Morris, known as Dr. Noreen or sometimes “The Doc,” is a plastic sur-geon and ‘chief-of-staff’ at Tonner Doll Hospital in Kingston’s Stockade District.
“This doll belongs to a child with special needs, and she has to have it back right away,” Morris said. “I like to move these types of projects right to the front.”
A Kingston native, Morris has been restoring dolls, both antique and modern, for more than 20 years.
“It’s a dying art,” she said. “A lot of doll hospitals have disappeared. Twenty or thirty years ago there were many, but now they’re scarce.”
Morris said most of her patients are antique dolls, ranging in age from the late 1800s to the 1960s. She fixes seven dolls per week on average, but some-times receives as many as 30 at one time.
The easiest repair is reattaching the limbs, Morris said, also called restring-ing — or orthopedic surgery. That takes about 10 minutes. The more extensive procedures can take upwards of 12 hours. Her longest restoration, Morris recalls, took about a month.
“Some dolls can’t be repaired, they’re just too far gone,” she said. “Many people have sent in boxes of broken dolls to be donated to the ‘doll morgue.’ I call them organ donor dolls, because their parts go to save some other child’s doll’s life.”
Morris said it’s the sentimental value of the dolls to their owners that makes the job so important to her.
“There’s a story behind every single doll. People will tell you, ‘This doll is priceless; it has sat in my grandmother’s rocking chair for as long as I can remem-ber,’” Morris said.
“I call them vessels, because they hold love. They represent the safest time of a person’s childhood. As they get older, they want that feeling back again. People are always trying to find the
childhood doll they used to have,” she continues.
The dolls are shipped in from all over, from far-away places such as California or Canada. But a few local collectors will stop in each week, Morris said, and they like to bring the dolls in in-person so they can share their story.
One of Morris’ most challenging proj-ects was a doll sent in by a New Jersey woman named Denise last October. She sent the doll in with a handwritten note:
“I’ve had this doll since about 1945. I had a very bad case of double bulbar
pneumonia and was near death and in an oxygen tent. My father’s co-workers sent this doll,” the letter read. “But the years have taken their toll and she has ‘gone to pieces’ literally.”
When Denise got the antique baby doll back, fully restored, she wrote Morris an email reading, “All I can say is, ‘Oh my God! I am tearing up as I write this.’”
Morris said it’s moments like this that make it all worth it.
“The reward is the people, and how happy they are,” she said. “That’s my reward.”
noreen Morris, who heads up the Tonnor doll hospital, gets down to work in her operating theater. her latest patient is a 35-inch Patti Playpal, who has a perforated chest. Photo by Faith Gimzek
from small beginnings making dolls in a kiln in his garage in 1991, robert Tonner opened the Tonner Company store on hurley avenue in the stockade district in 2007. Photo by Faith Gimzek
18 May 2013
Nestled up against the hillside adja-cent to the Rondout waterfront is a gem of a weekend outing. The
Trolley Museum of New York has quietly been offering trolley rides along the scenic waterfront for 30 years, this year!
The goals of the museum are to offer a ride to the public and — through exhibits and educational programs — to share the rich history of rail transportation and the role it played in the development of the Hudson Valley region.
In addition to static displays of trolley, subway and rapid transit cars from the United States and Europe, an excursion ride runs one and a half miles from the foot of Broadway in downtown Kingston to picnic grounds in a city park on the shore of the Hudson River.
The Trolley Museum of New York is a nonprofit educational museum which was founded in the Brooklyn area in 1955. In
the early days of the organization, there was no trackage, and for that matter, there wasn’t even a proper building for storing the cars. Back then, the goal was simply to save some of these historically significant but (from the railway company’s point of view) obsolete cars from the cutter’s torch.
So a small band of volunteers worked out deals to buy a few of the last remain-ing examples of some of the trolley and subway cars that many of us had grown up with. Their next challenge was to find places to store them away until a better arrangement could be found.
That “better deal” finally came in spring 1983, in the form of an offer from the City of Kingston to allow the collec-tion to be brought up here. The Trolley Museum group had cars, but no trackage. And Kingston, as it turns out, had (you guessed it) some unused trackage, but nothing to run on it. And what city doesn’t
want to enhance their tourism prospects? Bringing the antique trolleys to Kingston was simply a match made in heaven.
The first operation at the Kingston site was opened up to the public in summer 1983 following some major efforts by its volunteers to get the trackage cleaned up and reopened for operation. Plans grew for developing the site.
With a good number of trolley and subway cars to maintain, it became clear that constructing a large building was go-ing to be a major priority. In 1985, a major building project was begun. The new building was built right on the foundation of an original Ulster & Delaware Railroad building. In the ground-level portion, pits for working under the cars were still there. On an upper level, there was room for a visitors’ center.
It took three years to complete. The basic part of the building was put up by skilled contractors, but being done on a shoestring budget, everywhere that volun-teers could work on portions of it, that’s
Take a Waterfront Trolley rideFor 30 years, the Trolley Museum of New York has been quietly offering trolley rides along the scenic waterfront. An anniversary celebration takes place on May 18.
With spring blooms forming a beautiful backdrop, it’s a perfect day to take a trolley ride through Kingston Point. The trolley officially opens for the season May 11. Photo courtesy of Trolley Museum of New York
by Jon McGrew Trolley Museum of New York
19May 2013
The real way to experience the Trolley Museum is to become a volunteer. The museum is always looking for some good new volunteers. The trolley museum is a volunteer-run organization, so everyone there is a volunteer. And goodness knows, there is always plenty to do. They need volunteers for many on-going activities— everything from operating the excursion car to staffing the Museum Store and the Visitors’ Center to helping with the paint-ing and maintenance—or even just greeting people. Whether you are a rail fan, a history buff, a student, a retired person, or just someone who would like to explore a new hobby and meet people, head on down to the Strand and make some new friends. Learn more about the Trolley Museum of New York, located at 89 East Strand, on our website, www.TMNY.org. Then, stop by and be a part of it. And by all means, bring the family.
With a new facade, the museum building is resplendent in its new appearance. and people are starting to notice it. Photo courtesy of Trolley Museum of New York
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what they did. The building was completed in 1988, which just happened to also be the 100th anniversary of the nation’s first practical trolley service, back in 1888.
Even before the trolley museum’s building was started, the intent was to finish the exterior with brick facing for the lower half of the walls and clapboard siding above that. Finally, in 2011, a state grant provided the funding for the new fa-çade, and now the building is resplendent in its new appearance. Now, people are starting to notice it.
Now it is 2013. The Trolley Museum of New York has now been in Kingston for 30 years — even though it seems to be a recent discovery by many people. To kick off this year’s operating season, the museum will be holding a ceremony on May 18, to observe its first 30 years as a Kingston fixture. Details of the event are being updated on the museum’s website, www.TMNY.org.
The museum provides a ride on a trol-ley car that was built in 1925. It ran regular daily service in Johnstown, Pa., until 1960. When Johnstown ended trolley service, this car went to a group in Georgia, where it saw service on a tourist railroad until the mid-1980s.
A few years later, it was brought to Kingston, but by that point, it was in very poor condition. It took a team of very dedicated volunteers almost a decade to restore the car to proper condition. Nearly every aspect of the car had to be rebuilt: roof, body work, interior fittings, seats, windows, controls and wheels. In looking at the car now, it’s hard to believe that it used to be a derelict relic.
The trolley ride begins at the foot of Broadway, and travels along the Strand to the Museum site, located at 89 East Strand,
across from the Steel House Restaurant. From there, the ride continues eastward, back along the Strand, riding parallel to the Rondout waterfront. When the city streets move away from the waterfront, the trolley heads into the woods and finally reaches the mouth of the Rondout, giving its riders a nice view of the lighthouse and a close-up view of the Hudson River.
The ride ends up traveling along a man-made causeway, with water on both sides, and ends up at Kingston Point. A footbridge lets you saunter from there into Kingston Point Park. After a little pause to let its passengers enjoy the scenery, a toot on the whistle lets everyone know that it’s time to head back to the museum site.
Back at the main site, there’s lots to see right there within the building. The first level is the Restoration Shop, which provides space for storing and working on eight of the trolleys. Visitors can climb onto most of them and take a look at things looked decades ago — or even a century or more ago. One of the cars dates back to 1897, and four of them are from Europe.
The upstairs Visitors’ Center provides displays that give a history of the trolley, and show how trolleys helped to build our cities. Trolley travel was in widespread use before automobiles were prevalent, and by giving people an easy way to travel farther out from the cities, the suburbs were formed and cities expanded.
Other displays show pictures of trol-leys running in regular passenger service Kingston — although that ended in 1926, so few visitors remember riding trolleys here. A small seating area shows some trolley-history-related videos. And a gift shop provides “trolleyana” in the form of books, toys, T-shirts, and a variety of other trolley-related goods. It’s worth a visit.
The museum isn’t “electrified” yet, so our current operating car is self-powered. A major project for the future is to install poles every hundred feet or so to support an overhead electric wire which will power the cars and let the historic trolleys run as they were designed to be run. A significant amount of additional volunteer work will be needed to bring this to reality.
A first step toward electrifying the line was to get the trackage itself into better shape. Much of it had been deteriorating over the years, and the major project of last year was to rebuild the mainline. More is yet to be done, but the improvement is wonderful. Riders this year will be treated to a much-improved ride.
At the anniversary celebration, the mu-seum will have a symbolic ribbon-cutting to officially bring the rebuilt trackage into full operation. So don’t forget to circle May 18 on your calendar. That’s the day that they will celebrate 30 years in Kings-ton.
Take a scenic ride along the waterfront and get a perfect view of the lighthouse. Photo courtesy of Trolley Museum of New York
20 May 2013
In April, Chef-owners Niels Nielson and Juan Romero celebrated the one-year anniversary of Duo Bistro, their collaborative New American
eatery located at 50 John St. in Uptown. During a time when many small businesses across the country are struggling, Nielson says, and it seems as if theirs is on an upward trajectory.
“We’ve just started to reach critical mass recently,” he said. Duo had its biggest turnout during the O+ Festival weekend in October. Another memorable event was the midnight breakfast the chefs served on New Years Eve, part of the “1913” themed celebration. Lately, Nielson said, “We’ve been busy consis-tently.”
By late morning, the small space is packed. Customers, many of whom are parents with small children, stream in and out. Behind the counter, Romero dishes up plate after plate of a mixture of breakfast and lunch items, such as the Sausage and Brie sandwich and the Chef’s Breakfast — a creamy, spicy mixture of scrambled eggs, baby spinach, garlic and center-cut bacon served with a hunk of house-baked bread.
“We call it locally centered, organic minded, ‘Ameropean’ cuisine,” Romero said, meaning a mix of American and Euro-pean influences.
Both chefs are self-taught –– and proud of it, Romero said. There’s a definite DIY attitude at Duo. They bake their own bread, butcher their own meats, make their own sausage and even had a hand in creating the bar and tabletops for the space –– each were custom made from a wild cherry tree felled dur-ing Hurricane Irene.
“Doing it ourselves is important financially, but also, it’s the pride that comes through in the food and the environment,” Romero said. “The clients love it and appreciate it.”
Duo may be new on the scene, but both chefs have had a presence in the Hudson Valley for years. Nielson was the owner and head chef of Fez on Partition Street in Saugerties. That’s where the two first met, while Romero was cooking at Miss Lucy’s Kitchen across the street. Romero later worked at Love Bites, also on Partition.
When opening Duo, Nielson and Romero brought Shawna Chahanovich from Miss Lucy’s to run the front of the house. The restaurant now has a staff of about nine.
Nielson said Duo’s small space had to be totally gutted. Renovations began the day after Valentine’s Day last year and took two months to complete. The result is an interior that’s design feels both hip and classy. It’s divided into two rooms, with a bar and open kitchen on the left and a dining room that seats 28 on the right. Japanese watercolors line the walls, and a stained glass chandelier gives the space a vintage feel.
Nielson said the restaurant aims to target a younger crowd. “Younger people eat out more often, sometimes more than once or twice a week, so we want it to be less expensive,” he said. The chefs also try to incorporate seasonal, local and organic ingredients as much as possible.
In March, Duo started offering Groaning Table feasts every Monday evening. This is a casual family-style meal with one seating per night, at 6:30 p.m. The pre-fixe price is set at $20 per person. The first night featured a New Orleans cre-ole theme, with braised greens, dirty rice, Andouille sausage gumbo and beignets for dessert.
“We’re kind of irreverent,” Nielson said. “Our whole phi-losophy is giving our food a different spin. We put it at a lower price point because we want it to be accessible.”
Both chefs say the biggest challenge has been advertising, because it’s so expensive. They rely mostly on word of mouth, through websites such as Facebook and Yelp, where Duo con-sistently gets four- and five-star reviews.
In the future, Romero said, they have expansion plans in the works for another Uptown restaurant.
“It’s all very exciting! But we don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves,” Romero said. “We don’t want to com-pete with ourselves, and we don’t want to compete in a hostile way with other restaurants in Uptown. We are looking for our niche.”
duo bistro Chefs niels nielson and Juan romero credit their success to locally centered, organic-minded “ameropean” cuisine. Photo by Faith Gimzek
The chefs at Duo Bistro just celebrated one year of success on John Street.
duo likes to Keep it local
by Faith Gimzek Community Contributor
21May 2013
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Many local home improvement/garden stores carry the basic ingredients to “tap” your own tree. All you need is one or more Sugar Maple trees (which is the NYS Tree), a drill, spile (spout which you insert into the tree which directs the sap into your bucket), a bucket with lid or even a cut-up gallon jug, a stove to do your evaporating and a candy thermometer to check when it’s done. Step-by-step instructions can be found on the Internet. Need help identifying the trees in your yard? Please join the Nature Center staff for one of the annual “Into the Forest hikes” at Hasbrouck Park, Kingston Point Park or Forsyth Park, which all have short hikes to help identify common tree species. Please visit www.kingstonparksandrec.org for information about upcoming Kingston Parks and Recreation Programs and a map of the parks. —Steve Noble
TaP your oWn Tree Interested in doing it yourself?
The sap house, where the forsyth nature Center staff work with a dozen classes of school children from the Kingston school district. Photo by Julie Noble
Since 2006, the City of Kingston Parks and Recreation Department’s Forsyth Nature Center (FNC) has offered Maple Sugaring
Demonstrations at its Sap House in the heart of Uptown Kingston.
You may not think of the FNC when you think of maple syrup, but each year, during the latter part of February and early March, you will see the FNC Caretaker and Environ-mental Education Staff tending to the fire, checking the evaporator, providing sap taste tests and giving children and adults alike the Maple Syrup Challenge.
While the FNC is not located in a sugar bush (which is an area of forest filled with Sugar Maple trees), the Nature Center has one beautiful and very healthy Sugar Maple, located in part of the facility’s recently expanded area.
This outdoor program walks the group through various stages of Maple Syrup Production from Sap Production and Photosynthesis to Tapping and Collecting to Boiling and, of course, tasting the final product!
Throughout the course of the maple sugaring season, staff work with more than a dozen classes of school chil-dren from the Kingston District, as well as host two public sugaring programs.
During the last few years, Mother Nature has not made it easy to have a successful production of maple syrup. Our warmer winters and early spring have meant our taps must go in earlier, and our production is not as consistent as it used to be.
But one thing has remained the same — children love the Maple Syrup Challenge. Can you tell the difference in a blind taste test between 100 percent pure maple syrup made by our local producers or the alternative “Syrup,” consisting mainly of corn syrup and other unnatural products?
It’s not always easy, but many students and adults can spot the real thing and look forward to stocking this tasty product in their kitchens. For more information, call the Parks and Recreation Department at 845-481-7336.Steve Noble is an Environmental Educator with Kingston Parks and
Recreation.
Can you pick out the 100 percent pure maple syrup in a taste test?
The Maple syrup Challenge
by Steve Noble Kingston Parks and Recreation
22 May 2013
Starting seeds isn’t difficult, but the logistics of starting hundreds of different types at once can be. Some require specialized soil mixes;
others need special treatment before planting, such as soaking, scarring or chilling. Some need to be planted deeply or shallowly, while still others need exposure to specific periods of light or dark, to say nothing of individual temperature or moisture requirements.
Then, once they sprout, there is the whole business of keep-ing the seedlings watered properly, meeting their light and temperature requirements, transplanting them, fertilizing them and growing them for vegetable and flower beds. Caring for growing things means that farmers don’t take weekends off.
You don’t have to be a professional to grow your own seed-lings indoors, and it can be a very rewarding process. Here are some tips for good results.
Edit your list: Some plants are easy to propagate from seed and to transplant; others are better started from cuttings, or directly sown in the ground. Stick with easy-to-grow options.
Make a planting plan: Make a seed-starting chart based on when your garden is free of frost and the number of weeks it takes to reach transplantable size. This information should be listed on the seed packet. Our farm, which is located in Mas-sachusetts, uses May 1 as its frost-free date; your date may be different, based on location.
Prep your containers: Seeds can be started in everything from store-bought peat pots to recycled yogurt cups. Use what is inexpensive, what suits the crop, and what is readily avail-able. As a general rule, your containers should be 2 to 3 inches deep and have drainage holes. If you’re recycling plastic garden pots, clean them first with hot soapy water.
Choose your planting mix: Purchase seed-starting mix or mix your own, keeping in mind that specific crops may perform best in specific mixes. Coast of Maine makes wonderful local, organic mixes.
Sow seeds correctly: Follow what the packet says about how to plant, whether or not to cover the seeds, and what sort
of temperatures and light are needed for sprouting.General care: Most seedlings need 12 to 16 hours of day-
light every day. If you don’t have a greenhouse, use fluorescent lighting set on a timer. Water the seedlings regularly. Once they have their first true leaves, we suggest using an organic liquid fertilizer, such as one made from seaweed, to feed them. Touching your seedlings or putting a fan on them on low will make their stems stronger.
Transplant or thin: As seedlings grow, they’ll need more room. Don’t be afraid to transplant them into larger containers, or thin them out as necessary.
Harden off: It’s heartbreaking to lose seedlings to transplant shock. A week before planting, take your seedlings outside for longer and longer periods of time, keeping them out of direct sun, so that they are ready for life in your garden. Trish Wesley Umbrell is the farm administrator for Natick Community Organic Farm.
Tips for developing your own Green ThumbLooking to start your own garden? Check out these tips that can help gardeners to achieve success.
by Trish Wesley UmbrellContributor
finding the right mix of weather and soil is very important when getting your garden started.
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23May 2013
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13th annual Women’s health & fitness expoWe all know the importance of eating a balanced diet,
working out regularly and taking time to relax. But how many of us face daily to-do lists that turn fast forward into the definition of a lifestyle? When we don’t feel our best, often our instinct is to rush through each day, check-ing off as many tasks as possible, ignoring back pain, obe-sity, exhaustion and other warning signs that our health is out of balance. On Saturday, May 4, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., come to the 13th annual Women’s Health and Fitness Expo at M. Clifford Miller School in Lake Katrine. There will be fitness demonstrations, local chefs creating healthy meals, a panel of experts addressing current health and wellness topics, health screenings, and free messages, facials and acupuncture treatments—Christine Baldelli
admission for the expo is free for children younger than 12, $7 for seniors and $8 for adults. for more information, call 845-657-1080 or email [email protected].
Photo by David Plakke
united Way hosts annual Golf Tournament at the lazy swan A continental breakfast, a barbecue lunch at the turn and an after-golf celebration with brick oven pizza and awards. The shotgun start begins at 11 a.m., and the proceeds benefit the United Way Community Fund. Call now to sign up your foursome for a fun outing.
The Kingston farmers Market opens for summer/fall season A vine-cutting ceremony, plant give-away, balloon twisting and face painting add to the festive flare of Opening Day. Come to Wall Street in Uptown and shop 40 vendors offering flavorful fares to delight all of your senses. The market will be open Saturdays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Kingston arts society hosts Gala — ‘a night of the asKars’ Come to the Steel House Restaurant for an evening that features dinner, a silent auction, entertainment, an after party and the presentation of the coveted ASKars to three worthy individuals. The night begins at 4 p.m. To reserve a seat or table, email [email protected]
www.askforarts.org • 845-338-0331
www.kingstonfarmersmarket.org
www.ulsterunitedway.com • 845-331-4199
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Photo by Jillian Fisher
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24 May 2013
KinGsTon offers Tours, arT exhibiTions, fesTivalsOn Saturday, May 4, the Spring/Sum-mer Season opens with a variety of tours and art exhibitions: – The friends of historic Kingston will offer the Stockade National Historic District Walking Tour. Enjoy a narrated tour of the largest still extant early Dutch settlement in New York State and the neighborhood where York State was born in 1777. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children younger than 16. Meet at the Friends of Historic Kingston, corner of Wall and Main Streets, Stockade Historic District. Group tours offered by appointment. For more information, call 845-339-0720 or visit www.fohk.org. – The Kingston Museum of Con-temporary arts will present artwork by Molly Rausch, Norm Magnusson and David Goldin. Since 2005, KMoCA has presented some of the region’s most exciting exhibitions. KMoCA is open on Saturdays, noon until 4:00 p.m. or by appointment. KMoCA is located at 103 Abeel St. For more information, visit www.kmoca.org. – The hudson river Maritime Museum, located at 50
Rondout Landing, opens daily for the season. The 2013 seasonal exhibitions are: “rondout: A riverport” and “Trou-bled Waters: Wrecked and Sunken Ships of the hudson river.” The museum is open daily through Nov. 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. – The 13th annual Cinco de Mayo festival will be held from noon to 9 p.m. at Casa Villa Restaurant located at 395 Albany Ave. Join them for music, food, and a celebration of culture. For more information call Jose Villa at 845-331-7646. – The old dutch Church, located at 272 Wall St., will host the Martha Wash-ington Tea. The event will feature a delicious spread of savories, sweets and
a variety of teas. It will begin at 2 p.m. For more information, call 845-338-6759 or email [email protected]. – The Junior league of Kingston presents a Derby Day fundraiser, to benefit the Kingston Kinderland II rebuild, at Twaalfskil Country Club at 5 p.m. For more information, please visit: www.juniorleaguekingston.org
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hudson river Maritime Museum’s Kingston home Port and education Center. Photo courtesy Hudson River Maritime Museum
One Billion Rising was this year’s theme for Valentine’s Day, an event created 15 years ago to
generate broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls. One Billion Rising was a global event that encouraged one billion women, and those who love them, to walk out, dance, rise up and demand an end to this violence. The Ulster County event for One Bil-lion Rising took place on Thursday, Feb.
14, at Back Stage Productions (BSP) on Wall Street in the Historic Stockade District of Uptown Kingston. There was dancing, dance lessons and speakers throughout the day, including women in the arts and government. The event was spearheaded by Hale Advisors, a women-owned consulting company in Kingston. Although the event was free, donations were encour-aged for Washbourne House, Ulster County’s domestic violence shelter. For more information on Washbourne House please visit: www.familyofwood-stockinc.org.
Kingston’s one billion risingGlobal event seeks to stop violence against women and girls.
by Jillian Fisher Community Contributor
at the event, children decorated shirts to portray the one billion rising theme of ending violence against women. Photo by Tamme Stitt
25May 2013
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left, one billion rising organizers included beth bengston (hale advisors), andrea Park (ulster County yWCa), Zoey dunn (hale advisors) and Gwen Wright (new york domestic violence Prevention).
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violence Prevention panelists, including holley
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right, one billion rising’s central theme is to have a day
when all women across the world rise up and dance. The ulster event featured plenty
of opportunities for attendee participation.
26 May 2013
As the operator of a health store, I get asked a lot of questions about what “organic” is and what “organic” means. I have found that
there is no easy answer. The definition of organic food is “any food produced using
no pesticides, chemicals or synthetic fertilizers and are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents or chemical food additives.”
Does that mean any food labeled organic meets that crite-rion? Unfortunately, the answer is no. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has very lenient standards on what foods may be labeled organic.
In general, foods can be labeled as organic if they contain a minimum of 95 percent organic ingredients. Livestock may be labeled organic if they are not subject to the “routine use” of antibiotics or growth hormones.
Do you know what is in the non-organic 5 percent of the food you eat or if your steak came from a “treated” animal? No.
To further muddy the waters, Australia, Japan, India and the European Union have different definitions of what organic is, with Europe being by far the most stringent. They will not allow genetically modified organisms in their food while 98 percent of the crops grown in the United States are genetically modified.
Basically this allows the farmers to spray their crops with Roundup herbicide without harming the plants. I find it inter-esting that this practice is illegal in Europe but prevalent in America.
Another example is the recent development of a genetically modified salmon that can reach its optimum weight in half the time of a wild salmon.
Believe it or not, this species has been developed in a Boston laboratory and, against the vociferous objections of the marine coalition and the organic groups, has been approved by the FDA. No decision has been made as to whether the fish must be identified as genetically modified.
The FDA said that there is “no significant evidence that organic food tastes better or is better for your overall health.” I disagree.
I have had women in our store who have stated that their
husbands would never eat fish until they tried our fresh, wild-caught products. I have had parents who have stated that their children will only eat organic apples and our all-natural deli products.
I would prefer to eat foods that are non-GMO, have not been injected with growth hormones and antibiotics and have not been treated with chemicals and pesticides. That’s why I ask our suppliers what practices and procedures they use so I know what I am selling to my customers and feeding my family.
Whether you purchase food from big-box stores or the local markets, ask where their products come from and what is in their food. You may be surprised at the answers, or lack thereof.
Flip Groggins and his wife, Barbara, own and operate All Things Healthy, a health store that offers fresh fish, organic meats, vitamins and supplements. Find them on Facebook at All Things Healthy or visit allthingshealthyva.com.
What’s ‘organic’ food?it’s complicatedStandards differ depending on the nation, and the U.S. is one of the most lenient.
by Flip GrogginsContributor
do you know where your food is coming from? if the answer is no, maybe you should ask at the store.
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27May 2013
MAY EvENTs schedules are subject to change. Call venues to confirm event information.
Let us know about any upcoming events. Email us at [email protected]
golf course while enjoying complimentary refreshments courtesy of the club. There is no charge for Chamber members and prospective members to attend, but reservations are required. Where: The Twaalfskill Club, 282 West O’Reilly St. info: Call the Chamber office at 845-338-5100 or visit www.ulsterchamber.org.
Thursday, aPril 25 Chamber of Commerce breakfast 7:30 a.m. WhaT: Join members of the Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce for its monthly breakfast meeting. This month’s guest speakers are Assemblymember Kevin Cahill, 103rd Assembly District, and Sen. Cecelia Tkaczk, 46th Senate District. The breakfast sponsor is Center for Spectrum Services. Where: Kingston Holiday Inn, 503 Washington Ave. PriCe: Advance registration is necessary. Members $17, non-members: $30. info: Visit www.ulsterchamber.org.
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Tuesday, aPril 30 Toddlertime story hour 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. WhaT: Story Hour followed by crafts and music for children. (Ages 18 months to 3 years) Where: Kingston Library, Story Hour Room, 55 Franklin St. info: Visit kingstonlibrary.org.
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 story hour 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. WhaT: Held every Wednesday, Story Hour is followed by crafts and music for 3- to 5-year-olds. Where: Story Hour Room, Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St. info: Call 845-331-0507.
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May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Classics in religion 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. WhaT: The group meets weekly to read and discuss a new work and topic each month. Where: Community Room, Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St. info: Call Ann at 845-339-8567.
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May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Teen art lab after school art Program 3:30 - 5 p.m. WhaT: Come explore the arts: Painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, sculpture, crafts and more, with local artist and SUNY New Paltz Professor Jessica Poser. No prior experience necessary. Where: Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St. info: Call 845-331-0507.
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May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 stress reduction through Meditation 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. WhaT: Held every Thursday, this
friday, aPril 19 Kingston’s buried Treasures 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. WhaT: “Kingston’s buried Treasures” presents “The history of the Ulster County Courthouse - Birthplace of New york State” by Ulster County Commissioner of Jurors Paul O’Neill. Where: Senate House Museum, Vanderlyn Gallery, 296 Fair St. info: Call 845-340-3055 or email [email protected].
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friday, aPril 19 dJ Crazy frog 9 p.m. WhaT: Resident Steel House DJ Crazy Frog spins an entire evening with your favorite party tunes of all time. Where: The Steel House, 100 Rondout Landing. info: Call 845-527-1827.
saTurday, aPril 20 Kingston Winter farmers’ Market with breakfast on the stage 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. WhaT: The Hall is filled to capacity with more than 20 vendors selling fresh meats and vegetables, breads, pastries, jam and jelly, fresh eggs, gourmet peanut butter, honey, wine, handmade crafts, heirloom seeds and so much more! Enjoy delectable foods for your table while supporting local farmers and the local economy. Where: Bethany Hall at the Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St., in the
Historic Stockade District. info: Visit www.kingstonfarmersmarket.org.
saTurday, aPril 20 super saturday: stephen Christopher's optimystiks Magic show 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. WhaT: Dazzle by magic, illusion, high-energy fun and surprises. Where: Community Room, Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St., Kingston, NY info: Visit www.kingstonlibrary.org.
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saTurday, aPril 20 Movies With spirit: The King’s Speech (2010) 7 p.m. WhaT: Movies With Spirit is organized by Gerry Harrington at Mindspring and features a monthly movie at various locations in the area. Each screening is followed by refreshments and a discussion. A $5 contribution is suggested for moviegoers over age 12. Where: Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 22 Livingston St. info: For more information, contact 845-389-9201 or facebook.com/MoviesWithSpirit.
Monday, aPril 22 Chamber of Commerce Membership Mixer 5 - 7 p.m. WhaT: The Twaalfskill Club is hosting this month’s membership mixer. Come see this beautiful
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saTurday, May 4 13th annual Women’s health expo 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. WhaT: Join thousands of women to learn, unwind, ask questions and get all the tools you need for healthier living. This is a day for women and their families. More than 100 booths and exhibits, more than 20 free health screenings, seminars and workshops. Tickets are $7. Where: Miller Middle School, 65 Fording Place Rd., Lake Katrine. info: Visit www.womenshealthexpo.com or call 845-802-7025.
saTurday, May 4 hudson river Maritime Museum season opening 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. WhaT: The Hudson River Maritime Museum opens daily for the season and runs through Nov. 3. The 2013 seasonal exhibitions are: “rondout: A riverport” and “Troubled Waters: Wrecked and Sunken Ships of the hudson river.” Where: Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing. info: Visit www.hrmm.org.
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saTurday, May 4 arts society of Kingston first saturday reception 5 - 8 p.m. WhaT: An opening reception for ASK’s May exhibitions: A Solo Exhibition by Gabrielle Marguiles; and The ASK Annual “Square Deal” Fundraiser, featuring 8-inch by 8-inch paintings for $50. Both exhibitions will be on display through Saturday, May 25. Where: Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway. info: Regular gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday 1-6 p.m. and by appointment. For more information, call 845-338-0331 or visit www.askforarts.org.
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May 6, 13, 20, 27 bookmark Club 4 - 5 p.m. WhaT: Held every Monday, the Bookmark Club is a book reading journey for elementary-age students with Sasha Finlay. Short stories and chapter books by various authors, drawing, bookmaking, films, printmaking, comics, cartooning and bookmark making. Where: Story Hour Room, Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St. info: Call 845-331-0507.
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May 7, 14, 20, 27 Toddlertime story hour 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. WhaT: Held every Tuesday, Toddlertime Story Hour is followed by crafts and music for children ages 18 months to 3 years. Where: Story Hour Room, Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St. info: Call 845-331-0507.
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Thursday, May 9 family day at the Maritime Museum Open until 8 p.m. WhaT: All activities are suitable for families and children, plus a discount on admission. Where: Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing. info: Call 845-338-0071.
Thursday, May 11 fine arts recitals 12:15 p.m. WhaT: The Old Dutch Church presents the Fine Arts recitals. This week’s guests are the Violin Students of Leonid Polishchuk. Where: Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St., info: Call 845-338-6759 or email [email protected].
saTurday, May 11 origami 10:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. WhaT: Explore the art of Japanese paper folding with Anita barbour.
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saTurday, May 11 Preparing for a new year 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. WhaT: Learn to plant an 18th Century vegetable garden. This special Senate House event will also feature sheep shearing, basket weaving, a beekeeping demonstration, music, and spinning and weaving. Where: The Senate House, 296 Fair St. info: Visit www.senatehousekingston.org.
saTurday, May 11 Chalk Walk 1 - 3 p.m. WhaT: This community event is designed to showcase local artwork and self-expression! Registered artists will be assigned space to create mural designs. Where: Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St. info: Registration forms are available at the library or online. Email [email protected] or call 845-331-0507.
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friday, May 17 night Market 6 - 10 p.m. WhaT: The Historic Rondout Waterfront District presents a Night Market. Enjoy a Parisian-style antique market, special food, an outdoor crafts fair, a pop-up art show, a photo booth, live music and more! Where: Look for bright lights and tents on Broadway between Spring and West Union Streets (two blocks up from the waterfront). info: Contact [email protected] or call 845-340-3055.
saTurday, May 18 super saturday: defying the laws of Gravity with henry the Juggler 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. WhaT: Experience excitement, thrills and laughter with Henry the Juggler's amazing skills. Where: Kingston Library, Community Room, 55 Franklin St. info: Visit www. kingstonlibrary.org.
saTurday, May 18 Knitting Club 2 p.m. WhaT: This informal group welcomes all skill level knitters. Where: Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St. info: Contact Stephanie at
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saTurday, May 18 Coinology 101 2 - 3 p.m. WhaT: Learn how to start collecting and searching pocket change for valuable mint errors. No prior experience necessary. Where: Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St. info: Call 845-331-0507.
saTurday, May 18 a night at the asKers annual Gala 5 - 9 p.m. WhaT: The Arts Society of Kingston hosts its Annual Gala. The evening will be filled with exciting entertainment, a silent auction, dinner, cocktails,and more! This year’s honorees are All proceeds will benefit ASK. Where: The Steel House Restaurant, 100 Rondout Landing. info: To reserve a seat or table, please send an email to [email protected] or call 845-338-0331.
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saTurday, May 18 a Patriotic Concert by Mid-hudson Women’s Chorus 7 p.m. WhaT: The Mid-Hudson Women’s Chorus will perform “Salute to America,” a patriotic concert with the Hudson Valley Youth Chorale. Where: St. James Methodist Church, corner of Fair and Pearl Streets.
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saTurday, May 18 Movies With spirit: “Gospel hill” (2009) 7 p.m. WhaT: Danny Glover, Angela Bassett, Julia Stiles and Samuel L. Jackson headline actor-director Giancarlo Esposito’s action drama about a small South Carolina town still haunted by a racially motivated murder that occurred there 40 years earlier. The movie is followed by refreshments and a facilitated discussion. Evenings end around 10 p.m. Where: New Progressive Baptist Church, 8 Hone St. info: A $5 contribution is suggested for moviegoers over age 12. Contact Gerry Harrington at 845-389-9201 or visit facebook.com/MoviesWithSpirit.
Tuesday, May 21 Chamber of Commerce Membership Mixer 5 - 7 p.m. WhaT: SwimKing Pools & Spas is hosting this month’s Membership Mixer. Come see the beautiful pools and spas while networking with fellow Chamber members. There will be complimentary food and drink. Bring plenty of business cards to hand out. There is no charge for Chamber members and prospective members to attend, but reservations are required. Where: SwimKing Pools & Spas, 805 East Chester St. info: Call the Chamber office
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Wednesday, May 22 learn to row 6:30 p.m. WhaT: The Rondout Rowing Club will host a free informational meeting to learn about an exciting “learn to row” program. All ages and all abilities are welcome. Where: Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing. info: For information, visit facebook.com/RondoutRowingClub, or send an email to [email protected].
friday, May 31 united Way Golf Tournament 8 a.m. Registration, 9 a.m. Shotgun Start WhaT: Continental breakfast, barbeque lunch on the turn, and an after-golf celebration with gourmet brick-oven pizza and awards. There will be great raffle prizes, a silent auction and fabulous food. Benefits the United Way’s Community Fund. Where: The Lazy Swan Golf and Country Club, Saugerties. info: Call 845-331-4199 or email [email protected].
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AND ANOThER ThiNG . . .
In March, the faculty, students and staff of Kingston Catho-lic School met in an assembly after first Friday Mass on March 1 to celebrate Read Across America and Dr. Seuss’ Birthday, as well as to kick off their 2nd Annual Read-A-Thon. Assisting in the assembly were Dr. Seuss’ memorable char-acters, the Cat in the Hat (Lindsey Albert, KCS Class of 2006)
and Thing 1 and Thing 2 (Jessica Noble and Ava Hricisak, both in eighth grade). The Read-A-Thon, a fun way of bringing parents, teachers and students together to promote the impor-tance of reading, is designed to encourage students to become better readers by reading more often, trying out new books and have fun doing it! The Read-A-Thon ran for two weeks with each student reading for 24 minutes a day (12 minutes at school and at home), Monday through Friday. Students found sponsors to pledge $1 for each reading hour completed, with the goal of each student raising $24 (which was then donated to the Home School Association for instructional programming). Their reward for all that reading? A dress-down day and an ice cream party, as well as a book and a raffle for a variety of prizes.
The Cat in the hat leads a congo line of Kingston Catholic students Photo by Briana Metelski
students Jessica noble and ava hricisak, and alumna lindsey albert. Photo by Briana Metelski
The read-a-Thon Program raised money for instructional programming. Photo by Briana Metelski
KCs reads across americaDr. Seuss characters visit Kingston Catholic School for 2nd Annual Read-A-Thon.
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