🌱 Lunchtime Knitting and Crochet Group and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Lunchtime Knitting and Crochet Group at State University of New York at New Paltz

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 42 and low of 37 degrees.
• Friday: Breezy; rain in the morning, temps: high: 56, low: 25.
• Saturday: Much colder, with a high of 36 and low of 30 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Esopus

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Blank Canvas NY: Blank Canvas at RMV Cellars
  RMV Cellars, 112 Burroughs Dr, West Park
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 25

• Lunchtime Knitting and Crochet Group
  State University of New York at New Paltz , 1 Hawk Dr , New Paltz
  12:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Fall Soup Sales by Rhinebeck Grange in Rhinecliff
  82 Kelly St , Rhinecliff
  4:00 pm
• Cocktails and Collection Items
  The Reher Center For Immigrant Culture and History , 101 Broadway , Kingston
  6:00 pm
• Lenape Winter Concert @ NPHS
  Lenape Elementary School , Eugene L. Brown Drive , New Paltz
  6:00 pm
• BD X PDC Beer Dinner
  Blue Duck Brewing Company , 79 Hurley Ave , Kingston
  6:30 pm
• JB & the Dirty Funk Contingency
  Mohonk Mountain House , 1000 Mountain Rest Rd , New Paltz
  9:00 pm

Friday December 19

• The Cornell: Annual Holiday Cocktail Party
  The Cornell Restaurant + Bar
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Winter Solstice: BRINGING HEAVEN TO EARTH: A NEW MOON CRYSTAL SOUND-HEALING ELEVATION with Lea Garnier and Sage Sangha
  Sage Academy of Sound & Center for the Healing Arts
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• sunday stay & play — Play Haven
  Play Haven , 402 Albany Ave , Kingston
  9:00 am
• Drum Church Sunday
  The Muse , 1 Madeline Ln , Rosendale
  11:00 am
• Drum Church Sunday with Fre AtLast
  The Muse , 1 Madeline Ln , Rosendale
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Stewart's Shops posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate- Part Time in Hyde Park. Apply here.
• Sam's Club posted a job opening for Baker and Packager Associate in Kingston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Esopus here.

🗞 Nearby News

Rosendale

• What's happening in the Mid-Hudson Valley: Dec. 17, 2025 (dailyfreeman.com)

Kingston

• Dollar Tree prepares to open in Kingston Plaza (hudsonvalleyone.com)
• Deising's Bakery celebrates 60 years of success (bakemag.com)
• Kingston Motel Re-Inspected (kingstonwire.com)

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