Adam Snyder is performing a benefit concert for the Kingston Natural Foods Buying Club on April 18. Here are the details from the press release:
“Adam Snyder, globally re-known for for his solo music as well as his work with The Waterboys and Mercury Rev, will be performing a benefit concert for the Kingston Natural Foods Buying Club at 7 p.m. on April 18.
The concert will take place at the buying club’s storefront at 33 Broadway in the Rondout section of Kingston. Seating for this intimate performance is limited. Suggested donations are $25 for KNF members and $30 for non-members. For more information, email ki******************@***il.com.”
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If you’ve never heard Adam’s work before, this is a great opportunity to see him perform live. What makes this performance special is the setting is intimate setting. Every row is front row.
Regarding his music, check out this review of a prior record by Adam: BBC Review.
In celebration of Earth Day there will be a street fair on Satuday, April 25 between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Clinton Avenue United Methodist Church, which is on the corner of Clinton Avenue and Liberty Street in Kingston.
There was an interesting story in The New York Times this past week on the 
Last night, “something extraordinary happened” at Gabriel’s on John Street: twenty six community leaders gathered for an intimate meal and a “pointed discussion on the positive efforts being had in the city of Kingston,” according to Plankingston.org.
There’s an article from the Associated Press that was sent out this weekend asking people to stay out of caves that might be inhabited by bats, who have been taken ill with a myterious illness. Given that the Kingston and Rosendale areas are full of caves, the advice should be of particular concern. Read the story, 
Over 200 Kingston High School students walked off campus and gathered on the sidewalk at City Hall about 11 a.m. today to protest the school’s pending “closed campus” proposal. One student said she wasn’t sure who had organized the walkout, but said school officials had warned students earlier in the day that they would be suspend any student who participated in the walk out.
My wife Nell and our daughter Marina recently spent a cool March Sunday boiling down five gallons of maple water into three, small jars of the best maple syrup I’ve tasted in some time. The sap was tapped at our friend Jeff Parker’s house in Hurley.