Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention with Martha Cheo

A relatively short and simple sequence of movements safe for people with arthritis and other physical limitations.  Research has shown this program helps relieve arthritis pain and prevent falls. New students are welcome to join anytime. FREE

Thursdays from 10:00 to 11:00am. (relocated to Redeemer Church, still at the Community Center on occasion)

We will leave from the Community Center at 10am to visit the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar Collage in Poughkeepsie, with an optional stop at La Deliziosa Italian bakery after.

Please contact Joanna at recreation@townofnewpaltzny.gov or call 845-255-2512 for more information or to register.

Current Exhibition: My Brain Finally Broke: Between Truth and Fiction

“Today we are flooded with fake images that we mistake as real, and just as many real images that seem utterly unbelievable. Truth and fiction are becoming almost indistinguishable—but were they ever?” - Jessica D. Brier, Curator

(photo) It’s Not Easy Being Seen, Farah Al Qasimi (b. Abu Dhabi, 1991)

Join us for a trip to the Orange County Arboretum. We will leave from the Community Center at 10:00am. After the garden visit, we will stop for lunch at the Gardiner Bakehouse at Full Circle. 

Please call Joanna at (845) 255-2512 or email recreation@townofnewpaltzny.gov if you would like to participate.

The Ulster County Office for the Aging Senior dining program provides a place where Seniors can visit for group meals, special events, physical activity opportunities and social engagement. The Office for the Aging operates five Community Cafés throughout the county, which offer nutritious, hot meals.

This program is open to Ulster County Seniors 60 years and older.

Lunch is served at Ellenville, Rosendale, New Paltz, Saugerties, Town of Ulster, and Woodstock. Check below for specific days that cafés are open.

Reservations and registration are required for this program. For meal reservation please call Gateway Hudson Valley at 845-331-2180.

The recommended voluntary contribution for a Community Café meal is $3.00 per meal but not mandated.  All contributions are voluntary and confidential. No one will be denied a meal if they do not contribute.  Guests under the age of 60 will be expected to pay the full price of the meal $11.04/meal.

Call the Ulster County Office for the Aging at 845-340-3456 for details.

The New Paltz Community Café is on Thursdays. Meals are served at 12 noon, but you may come a little earlier.

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

We are a group of seniors who get together weekly to socialize, share, request and/or offer help to our fellow members.

Tuesdays from 10:00 to 11:30pm. (Community Center)

• Summer Solstice Potluck and Talk at the Field of Dreams / Sunday, June 21st, 5-7pm

Celebrate the summer solstice and Father’s Day with an outdoor community potluck, and enjoy some education on the side! After enjoying great community food, and conversation, you can learn about the pollinator garden coming to this site from Ashley Gamell of PollinateHV, a project of Partners for Climate Action (PCA). The New Paltz garden is one of seven other public demonstration gardens coming to the Hudson Valley this season. Gamell will share plant highlights, pollinator insights, and design strategies from PollinateHV's work at the intersection of pollinator conservation and ecological landscape design. This free event is a collaboration between PollinateHV of Partners for Climate Action, the New Paltz Recreation Department, Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley and New Paltz Garden Club.

RSVP to Joanna at recreation@townofnewpaltzny.gov. Or register below.

• Community Volunteer Planting at the Field of Dreams / Thursday, June 25th,  5-7pm

Volunteer to help plant a pollinator garden at New Paltz's Field of Dreams Park. Please bring a trowel or soil knife and garden gloves to planting day.

This New Paltz garden is one of seven other public demonstration gardens coming to the Hudson Valley this season. This free event is a collaboration between PollinateHV of PCA, the New Paltz Recreation Department, Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley and New Paltz Garden Club.

RSVP to Joanna at recreation@townofnewpaltzny.gov. Or register below.

Yang Style Long Form with Martha Cheo

A slow, flowing sequence of 108 postures, this traditional form has been passed down through generations of Tai Chi Masters.  Tai Chi promotes balance, alignment, coordination, strength, flexibility, body awareness, circulation, immunity, and relaxation. It is largely practiced for health and fitness but becomes a martial art when internal abilities are developed with practice.  Weekly attendance is recommended because the sequence of moves is taught step by step; each class builds upon the previous one.  $15 per class ($13 for New Paltz residents) or $12 per class if you pay for a 2 month series ($10 for New Paltz residents).

While these classes are not for beginners, students are welcome to try out a class, follow along and catch up gradually. Beginner classes sometimes offered at the Living Seed in New Paltz.

Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7:15pm. (Community Center or Field of Dreams in warmer weather)

Saturday from 9:00 to 10:30am. (Community Center or Field of Dreams in warmer weather)

Free Practice (not open to beginners)

Taught by Joe Bergin (Tuesdays) and Manny Sloan (Thursdays). FREE

Tuesdays from 9:00 to 10:00am. (Community Center)

Thursdays from 9:00 to 10:00am. (Community Center)

Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention with Martha Cheo

A relatively short and simple sequence of movements safe for people with arthritis and other physical limitations.  Research has shown this program helps relieve arthritis pain and prevent falls.  New students are welcome to join anytime. FREE

Thursdays from 10:00 to 11:00am. (Community Center or Field of Dreams in warmer weather)

Town Highway workers installing our bright new signs. Thanks, guys!

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