If you missed Ashawna's visit to the Community Center to talk about how to become a Mohonk Preserve Community Scientist, you can still read about it here. You can also email volunteers@mohonkpreserve.org.

(Photo by Mohonk Preserve staff.)

The next Community Dinner will take place at the United  Methodist Church, "New Connexions," at the corner of Main and Grove, on April 15th. Stay to listen to M'Bollo, music from Senegal.

See flyer here. Y en Español. This event is a collaboration between New Connexions and Thriving Together (Office of Community Wellness).

Wednesday, April 15th from 5:30 to 9:00pm. (New Connexions, United Methodist Church)

Thank you, Wallkill View Farm, for your generous donation of summer flowers and winter foliage at our Community Center entrance!

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.

The Margaret Wade-Lewis Center's Community Library is now housed at the New Paltz Community Center while the Ann Oliver house is being restored. The Ann Oliver house is the future home of the MWL Center. Come peruse the collection which includes books on African-American art, culture, biography, and history. The book check-out form is on the top shelf.

Click here for the MWL Center's website.

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

Read it here. 

Miss Lindy's Dance Hall is back this 4th Sunday!

All levels welcome. No partner needed. Lesson at the beginning. Practice your moves or learn new ones. Learn to follow or lead. Great exercise, music, and community!

FREE!

Sunday, March 22 from 1:00 to 2:30pm. (Community Center)

UCRRA Educator Eva Barret made a great presentation about Bokashi and demonstrated how to make Bokashi bran. Participants left with enough to compost five gallons of kitchen scraps.

While the Bokashi bran ferments for two weeks, Joanna is preparing buckets for a demonstration system at the Community Center hallway soon!

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"Bokashi what?"

It's a type of indoor composting from Japan that is easy, as long as you have the bran, which is what you'll have by the time you leave this workshop! 

Did you know that all the kitchen scraps you throw away get trucked 250 miles to the Seneca Meadows landfill in Watertown, New York? In diesel trucks! If you’ve ever been compost curious, if it’s been on your list of things you’ve been wanting to start doing, this is a great opportunity to make it happen!

Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency (UCRRA) educators Eva Barnett and Angelina Brandt will be here to answer questions and guide us through the fun process of making homemade bran, which is cheap if you DIY it, expensive if you buy it.

We will be setting up an example Bokashi system at the Center's hallway soon. It will be announced here when it’s up and running.

You can read more about Bokashi composting here.

Register here.

THANK YOU WENDY AT SECOND NATURE FOR PROVIDING OUR WHEAT BRAN AND MOLASSES FOR THE WORKSHOP!

Saturday, March 7th from 12:00 to 2:00pm. (Community Center)

We all had so much fun at Melanie's community sewing event! She brought in a vast expanse of beautiful, thrifted fabrics already sewn together. Participants saw combinations of patterns that inspired them, cut it out to size for an oven mitt or pot holder, stitched the pieces together on her gorgeous vintage machines, or took the project home to finish, along with patterns to make more. I'm pretty sure most left with the feeling of "I want to sew more!" It was fun doing it all together. Huge "thank you" to Melanie Gonzalez for hosting one of her incredible community sewing events at our Center! She will also be exhibiting her beautiful photographs on our walls very soon!

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Participants of the sewing workshop will learn basic techniques of hand or machine sewing and set up for a handmade home goods project. Everyone will get to explore sewing stations, prep materials, and experience vintage sewing machines and sergers.

Melanie Gonzalez is an Ulster County based photographic artist. Her photography has a concentration on vibrant double exposures of architectural landscapes and flora. Her sewing combines photographic studio skills, with textile printing, patchwork quilting, including upcycled garments and accessories. She is also a recipient of the 2022-23 Creatives Rebuild NY Grant. Melanie’s mission as a New York-based artist is to mesh the worlds of high art and street style. She produces photo art under “Melanie Gonzalez Art”: Professional International Photo, Video and Sound established in 2014, and “Piedra y Sombra Designs” as part of Suzanna Productions (Photo, Sewing and Admin., est. 2019). www.suzannaproductions.com

Free and open to the public. All ages welcome.

Register below or email recreation@townofnewpaltzny.gov to sign up.

Saturday, February 7th from 2:00 to 5:00pm. (Community Center)

Attention local seniors!

Have you, or a senior you know, ever thought about attending the Thursday Community Café Lunch at the New Paltz Community Center? 

Now would be a great time to take advantage of this wonderful service! 

With the uncertainty of federal funding, the Ulster County Office of the Aging needs more attendees, otherwise they will be compelled to move this beloved event elsewhere. Current attendees are an easy-going and welcoming bunch. Lisa, the server, is a treasure. 

Help to keep our New Paltz location! 

To pre-register for the meal, call 845-331-2180. Vegetarian options are available upon request at pre-registration.
$3 suggested donation.

Thursdays from 12:00 to 1:00pm. (Community Center)