New Paltz has several locations for free food. You can find more information here.

Information about Ulster County food pantries and meal programs can be found here.

Peter Blum took participants on a sound journey using his vast range of instruments from around the world. The arrangement of instruments set up next to him was a spectacle in itself. One hand-made percussion panel was given to him by his friend, the late Jack DeJohnette, world renowned jazz drummer, also of Woodstock. At one memorable moment, his singing voice melded into an accompanying instrumental sound for an other worldly effect that I had never heard anything like before.

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Join us for an evening soundscape with Peter Blum. He will play a variety of gongs, Himalayan singing bowls, Sabian resonating bells, handpan, tamboura, ngoni, frame drum, and vocals.

Saturday, November 8 from 7:00 to 8:00pm (Community Center)

Currently on display in the Community Center lobby is an exhibit featuring world champion boxer Floyd Patterson, who called New Paltz home. He was highly regarded in the community for contributions beyond boxing. Our seniors visiting the Center remember him fondly. Exhibit provided by Ulster County Historian Eddie Moran.

The New Paltz FireWolves U13 Ultimate Frisbee Travel Team hosted its first middle school tournament at the Field of Dreams on October 12, and it was a great success! First prize was a bushel of apples generously donated by Dressel Farms. The Skytop Showdown hosted Burlington Vermont, Schenectady, NY, Maplewood NJ, Montclair NJ and Tenafly NJ. The FireWolves finished 2-2 while Niskayuna MS (Schenectady) won the tournament and Burlington took second place. The event brought happy visitors to our town and Hudson Valley Ultimate For All hopes to host another great event in the spring.

Members of Happenstancery perform at Lemon Squeeze every 3rd Sunday through December. The evenings are presented by American Legion POST 176.

Flyer here. 

Happenstancery Improv meets at the Community Center every Thursday at 7:15. 

New Paltz Gardiner Seniors enjoying a game day - in costume - at the Community Center.

On September 4th, Mike Murphy of Cornell Cooperative came to our Community Center compost bins to advise new SUNY student interns Aiden and Ben on compost maintenance. SUNY professor Eric Keeling will advise them on a research exercise pertaining to the compost. The interns will also be helping to aerate and maintain the compost system on Thursday afternoons. You are welcome to say hi!

Here is a picture of Mike explaining to Aiden, Ben, Eric, and community volunteer Steven that the compost should reach 130 degrees or more for peak decomposition activity.

Here the decomposing material is laid out on a tarp to search for the organisms that do that work.

Here is an example of one such organism.

Here a participant adds her kitchen scraps while the guys shovel the compost from one bin to another. The larger the pile, the more efficiently it will decompose, the faster it will turn to ready compost.

Here they are adding moisture to the pile with buckets of water. Water is important for keeping the microbial activity alive.

Here is a picture of the ready compost. Please take! Bring your gloves so you can sift out the plastic bits.

Elisa Parker is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and creator of Dance Groove. This class incorporates elements of Latin and Contemporary music genres into aerobic-style dance classes. It will run for 8-weeks, from September 15th through November 10th. Drop-ins are welcome and there is no prior dance experience necessary. The class fee is $10.

Monday's from 5:30 to 6:15pm. (Community Center)

Great article about Happenstancery Improv group! They meet every Thursday at 7pm at the Community Center, and it's free!

Read it here. 

Thank you to our wonderful student teachers for bringing fun and inspiring art classes to our Center! Participants loved the sessions! We look forward to more Creative Corner Fridays starting in September!

Open to middle school students, SUNY New Paltz Art Education students rotate to provide a new project every week. They will post updates on their Instagram at np.creativecorner.

To register for the new FALL 2025 sessions, click here.

FREE

Fridays from 5:00 to 7:00pm starting mid September. Please keep an eye on their Instagram for starting date. (Community Center)