Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley is having its first fall native plant sale & bake sale!

These small plants, called landscape plugs, are less expensive than container plants and an excellent way to keep costs down while trying out some new plants. Plastic containers for the plants will be available, but you may wish to bring your own plastic pots as well. Plants are $4 each. Check or cash preferred, credit and Paypal available.

Species list: Anise scented goldenrod (Solidago odora), Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum), Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), Culvers root (Veronicastrum virginicum), Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata 'Jeana’), Golden alexanders (Zizia aurea), Golden ragwort (Packera aurea), Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum), New York Aster (Aster novi-belgii), Orange coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida), Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa), White Wood Aster (Aster divaricatus). Proceeds to benefit Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley. If you have any questions, please contact wildonesmhv@gmail.com.

Saturday, September 13th, 12–2pm (Community Center)

This was a spontaneous event created the day before, and in the excitement, it somehow didn't make it onto this website, but did get posted on Instagram and our newsletter. More reason to sign up for our newsletter!

Special thank you to Assane and his students for generously giving up his Sunday classes to join us in watching and drumming. Congrats to all the Spain fans! It was so much fun!

Lisa taught a fascinating class on how to prepare and consume dandelion stems, cattail shoots, red clover, sorrel, and pine needles. She may offer another class in the fall. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to be notified. 

Join Lisa Morganstern-Perl of Cornell Cooperative Extension for a World of Wild Edibles Walk. 

See full flyer and registration QR here.

Saturday, May 23rd from 11:30 to 1:30pm (Community Center).

From the organizers:

If you have children in the 5th-8th grade who would like to try out ultimate frisbee this is for you! See full flyer here.

Our youth travel team, FireWolves FC, holds practices on Tuesdays and Sundays and has five tournament weekends scheduled – including the inaugural NY Middle School State Championships hosted by us in New Paltz.

FireWolves Spring Practice Schedule (Open practices until early May)

Tuesdays 5:30-7:00 @ NP High School

Sundays (when no game) beginning 3/22 @ 4pm at Middle School Fields

TRY-IT-OUTS: GRADES 5-8

Know a kid who wants to try out ultimate? Run around? Have some fun? Come out to TRY-IT-OUT: April 12, 4pm at the Middle School fields. No experience necessary. Kids will receive a free disc

Questions about ultimate? Have younger kids interested? please reach out!

Tony + Amy + Chrissy + Kim

Hudson Valley Ultimate For All
New Paltz FireWolves FC

https://ultimateforall.com/ (recently updated!!)

Sunday, April 12th from 4:00 to 6:00pm. (NP Middle School)

From the Hudson Valley Community Dances website:

Elegant English Country dance grew in popularity in Britain during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in the 1500’s. The films Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility or Emma show this form of dance. English Country dancing came to North America with the colonists and was popular through the early 1800s. While Americans eagerly awaited new dance books from England, they also wrote their own dances and published their own dance books. At HVCD English Country dances, live music may be from ballads, classical music or operas dating back 500 years. Prompted by a caller, the dancers move in "figures", holding hands or by themselves. Dances are characterized by grace and elegance, eye contact, and the gliding steps of a bygone era.

Caller to be determined, live music by Tiddly Pom 
Admission $15  |  Full time students $10

Saturday, April 4th from 7:00 to 10:30pm. (Community Center)

Thank you Saints of Swing and Tank for the incredible evening! People came from all over our region - from Clifton Park to White Plains, from Wappingers to Wurtsboro. When you've got the Lindy Hop bug, it makes perfect sense to drive an hour to find a live swing band and dance floor! 

We are so lucky to have our resident Lindy Hop teacher Tank teaching here at the Center most Thursdays from 6:00 to 7:00pm. Try it out! 

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Join us for a swing dance concert at the Community Center this month! Saints of Swing will perform, featuring vocalists Marti Elkins and Dale DeMarco, and our resident Lindy Hop teacher Tank will teach a Frankie Manning solo jazz sequence to start off the evening. 

Light refreshments will be served. Board games for kids in the conference room.

$15 / $10 for New Paltz residents (cash or check)

See full flyer here.

Saturday, May 23th from 8:00 to 11:00pm (Community Center).

Haven’t played Ping Pong in 30 or 40 years? Neither had we! But we got up to speed pretty fast and we have a lot of fun without being overly competitive.

We are always looking for a new players!

Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4:45 and Fridays from 2:30 to 4:30. (Community Center)

Playspace is a free play session for babies, toddlers, and their caregivers. We have lots of space and a closet full of toys to explore!

Please email Joanna at recreation@townofnewpaltzny.gov with questions or suggestions on how to make these sessions better.

Mondays from 9:00am to 10:30am and Fridays from 9:00am to 12:15pm. (Community Center) FREE

The Gunks Cast delves into the people, places, and events that define our vibrant community. From stunning landscapes and endurance sports to local businesses and rich history, we explore what makes the Gunks truly feel like home.

Website here.

UPDATE: Organizer of the Quilting Bee is joining the folk dancers! (See Balkan Folk Dance in Classes.) Please email her with inquiries about future sessions.

Meet with others who make quilts and quilted clothing in a variety of styles and levels of difficulty and with all kinds of equipment, from sticks to fancy long-arm quilting machines.

We stitch, admire and gossip, and put on occasional short presentations of quilt techniques of interest.  Lots of free advice on tap.  Contact:  mauraz@duck.com

Temporary pause. (Community Center)