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Chatham WinterFest, Saturday December 10, 2016

winterfestsquare This Saturday, from 10:00am to 4:00pm, Chatham will hold it’s 14th Annual WinterFest. This festive holiday gathering includes the official reveals of the village’s decorated storefronts and window displays. The day will also feature special events, activities and holidays sales.

Events include the Winterfest World Hop scavenger hunt. To enter, just pick up a form from participating village locations. The forms will list several locations in the village, and in each location, there will be a “hidden” holiday word. Collect all the words, then bring the completed form to Beach & Bartolo, (34 Main Street), for a chance to win a gift basket filled with donated items from area merchants. There’s no fee to play and no age minimum (or maximum).

Free Hay Rides will take guests on a loop from Main Street to the Chatham Firehouse and Our Daily Bread Deli. Speaking of Our Daily Bread Deli, Chatham MED PTA and Chatham Kids Club will be set up at the deli with a variety goodies and crafts just for kids and their families. They will also be selling baked goods, Christmas cards designed by kids, and holiday magnet craft making. While there, checkout the photo booth and iconic holiday treat – chestnuts roasted on an open fire.

ADDITIONAL ALL DAY EVENTS:

Thompson Giroux Gallery: Outdoor sculpture exhibit. Artwork by William Thompson. 57 Main Street

Our Community Cares Open House: Stop by for free coffee, tea, cocoa and baked goods. 25 Hudson Avenue

SomethinsGottaGive: 10% of WinterFest sales will be donated to the Chatham Area Silent Food Pantry. Refreshments will be served. 5 Main Street

Chatham Café and Deli: Selling hot chocolate and holiday treats. 41 Main Street

SCHEDULED EVENTS:

11:00am:
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” read by Judy Staber and Thomas Chulak at the Chatham Bookstore. 27 Main Street

Noon-3:00pm:
Jazz Guitarist Joe Finn at SomethinsGottaGive. 5 Main Street
Holiday Nature Crafts, no charge, at Columbia Land Conservancy. 49 Main Street

1:30-3:00pm:
“Lost in the Woods,” a 4-piece recorder and string ensemble based in Poughkeepsie, will perform at the North River Gallery at 34A Main Street.

2:00-3:45pm:
Free screening “Home Alone” at the Crandell Theatre.

2:00-5:00pm:
Breezy Grass performing at Chatham Brewing, 59 Main Street

5:00-7:00pm:
Live at the Chatham Bookstore: Bonnie MacKay in conversation with Thomas Chulak discussing her new book Tree of Treasures: A Life in Ornaments. Followed by a Q&A. Refreshments will be served.

8:00-10:00pm
Stone Soup performing at Chatham Brewing, 59 Main Street
ADDITIONAL INFO:

Chatham WinterFest will take place in the village of Chatham of December 10. Snow date of December 17.

For more info, check out VisitChathamny.com

The Turn of the Scrooge at Ghent Playhouse, December 9 – 11

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This weekend is the final weekend of the Ghent Playhouse’s Annual Panto, ‘The Turn of the Scrooge’.

Spend time with all the familiar characters – and maybe a few new ones – as The Loons return with their own zany spin on the classic holiday tale, “A Christmas Carol,” with another terrific original British-American Panto. Great fun for the whole family!

Written by The Pantoloons
Directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher

DETAILS:
December 9 and 10 (Friday, Saturday) at 8pm
December 11 (Sunday) at 2pm

General $20.00
Members of The Ghent Playhouse $17.00
Student $10.00

For more info, visit GhentPlayhouse.org.

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Hudson Winter Walk is This Saturday, December 3!

Every year on the first Saturday in December, Hudson’s Warren street becomes a winter wonderland and celebration of the holidays. The street is closed to automobile traffic and becomes a pedestrian promenade. Most of the stores and galleries use Winter Walk to premier their holiday-inspired decorated store front windows, and stay open later than usual.

The all-ages festivities including a parade down Warren that culminates in a fireworks show. This year, which is the 20th Anniversary of Winter Walk, will also include live reindeers, and performers throughout town, including carolers, fire-throwing jugglers, and one saxophone-playing Santa Claus.

DETAILS:
December 3, 2016, 5–8 pm (Rain, Snow, or Shine)

5pm— Santa Parade kicks off the festivities from the Hudson Opera House
5pm— Phil Kline’s UNSILENT NIGHT steps off from the foot of Warren Street at Front Street
5:45pm— UNSILENT NIGHT culminates at the 7th Street Park
8pm— Fireworks at Promenade Hill

For more info, visit HudsonOperaHouse.org/Winter-Walk by clicking here.

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Polar Express Party at Roeliff Jansen Library on December 2

polar-express-2016-poster-final The Roeliff Jansen Community Library is hosting a Polar Express Party this Friday. The holiday themed event will feature a special, new telling of the Polar Express story, hot cocoa, and a visit with Santa, in a winter wonderland of surprises.

DETAILS:
December 2, 2016. 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Attendees are invited to wear pajamas to the event.

The library will close at 3:00 Friday to prepare for the party.

WHERE:
The Roeliff Jansen Community Library is located at 9091 Rt. 22, approximately 3/4 mile south of the light at the Hillsdale intersection of Routes 22 and 23.
The Party will take place in the Community and Children’s Room of the library.

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Handmade Holiday Craft & Gift Show at Spencertown Academy

handmadeholidaysquare Holiday gift shoppers and art lovers can “go local” at the Handmade Holiday Craft & Gift Show at Spencertown Academy. This high-end curated sale features jewelry, quilts, cards, children’s toys, bread boards, baskets, scarves, hand-knit socks, ceramics, handmade books and papers, tin sconces, scherenschnitte (cut paper art), holiday ornaments, including over-the-top decorated wreaths, and delectable edibles made by dozens of Columbia, Ulster, and Berkshire area artisans.