BIG BUG ENERGY

Welcome in my friends. Got a good one for you this week — bugs, apologies, happenings, and a meditation that probably won't relax you. Enjoy and I'll see ya out there.

New limited hat drop. Very very limited. This is our first dad cap which was demanded by Crew Members. You want it, you got it.

Naturally, when bugs are involved, we join forces with our in-house Chief Bug Officer: Ivy who helped with designs and wrote a few fun facts on each of our featured arthropods.

MEET OUR BUGS…

PLANTHOPPER: A delightful cross between a grasshopper and a leaf, they are capable of leaping over 100 times their body’s length.

MILKWEED BUG: Their colors highly resemble monarch butterflies, the other primary feeder of milkweed, because of aposematism: coloration that warns predators of their toxic and bitter taste.

YELLOW GARDEN ORB WEAVER: These brilliant garden dwellers create webs with a characteristic stabilimentum: a thick zigzag pattern believed to strengthen the web and make it visible to birds.

CADDIS: Some orders of caddis will create protective and portable tubes from pebbles, sand, twigs, or leaves. These “cases” will help protect the larvae from predators and swift currents.

DAMSELFLY: Another patient nymph species that can exist in their nymph state for 1-5 years before emerging as adults and living for about a month. They possess a unique approach to especially hot weather- performing a “handstand” with their abdomen pointing at the sun to minimize their sun exposure.

PILLBUG: With no smell and poor eyesight, they will use tiny hairs (setae) located on their legs and mouthparts to detect their surroundings, find food, and sense other pillbugs.

Apparently the April Fools day joke about a Woodstock Casino caused widespread panic, coalitions, and calls to town hall... whoops.

I genuinely thought the 60 foot statue of the lamprey would have been obvious. My mistake — I underestimated the lamprey's plausibility. Prepare yourselves for next year. I'll do better. Or worse.

TOGETHER WITH PINK'S

Spring is officially here, my good people. Time to schedule the clean and get your home back in tip-top shape. Brush off the cobwebs, get those windows sparkling, empty out the gutters, and get the deck ready for grill season.

There's no better team to get the job done than the great folks at Pink's. They show up when they say they will, and they do the work that has earned them hundreds of 5 star reviews.

I launched a new meditation series. I use the word "meditation" loosely — and I cannot, in good conscience, promise that you'll feel fully relaxed afterward. Breathe in, breathe out.

We’re pretty picky.

The next Dinner Club is locked in for Kingston on April 23rd at 6:30PM. Grab a spot at a table.

BIG BUG ENERGY DAD CAPS HAVE ARRIVED GET ONE

MOUNTAIN MEMORY GAMES TEST YOUR SKILLS

CATSKILL PUZZLES HAVE SOME FUN

SPRING EDITION OF THE CATSKILL CREW QUARTERLY IS BEING PREPARED YOU CAN PREORDER THE SNAIL MAIL TODAY

OPEN CALL TO PRESENT AT FUTURE SOCIAL STUDIES EVENT APPLY HERE.

LAST WEEK’S UNSCRAMBLE: RED MAPLE

PROPERTY: Freer House c. 1728

PETS: Panther, Seven, and Cyrus the bearded dragon

SKY: For those gazing toward the heavens without a telescope, we have a semi-quiet week ahead. But you can still catch Venus and Jupiter shining bright shortly after sunset. Fun fact: Venus rotates backwards relative to most planets.

SIGHTINGS: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea

Your contributions go directly toward keeping Catskill Crew alive and well so we can have more fun and build a stronger community. I appreciate any and all support my friends! - Michael

ADD AN EVENT

Tubby's, Kingston – Stuck and TV Sleep at 7PM enjoy yourselves

Assembly, Kingston – Whitney with Dari Bay at 8PM get tickets

Rough Draft, Kingston – The Usual Suspects Book Club at 6PM details

Avalon Lounge, Catskill – Subwoofer Duo and Kite/Wing at 8PM have fun

Unicorn Bar, Kingston – Open Stage 3.0 at 8PM burlesque

Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre – Sip & Craft: Faux Stained Glass Suncatchers at 6PM go make some stuff

Colony, Woodstock – The Niall Connolly Band at 7PM enjoy

Park Theatre, Hudson – Game Night: Hitster Music Trivia at 7PM you got this

Kingston Library – An Evening with Revolutionary War Reenactor Hank Yost at 6:30PM awesome

The Rosendale Theatre – The Return of Bill Brooks’ Remarkable Rosendale Postcard and Photo Show at 7PM learn things

The Falcon, Marlboro – The NYNES Variety Hour: An Evening of Disaster & Triumph at 7:30PM laugh

Rose Hill Farm, Red Hook – Shattered Wine Seminar at 6PM sip sip

Left Bank Ciders, Catskill – Community Soup Night at 5PM

Catskill Brewery, Livingston Manor – Jon Dell Live at 5PM

Colony, Woodstock – Blonde Sabbath: Female-fronted Black Sabbath Tribute at 7PM sweet

Saltbox, Kingston – Cunth Night April and clothing swap at 6PM yeah dawg

Unicorn Bar, Kingston – A Queer Comedy Open Mic at 7PM

Unicorn Bar, Kingston – Purple Productions presents: Dark Forest - Garden of Deities at 8PM toxic wastelands

Camp Kingston – Plant Swap & Happy Hour at 7PM get dirty

Return Brewing, Hudson – Westfest deets

Roscoe Mountain Club – Trout Unlimited 2026 Northeast Regional Rendezvous tight lines my friends

Bearsville Theatre, Woodstock – The Peacheaters: An Allman Brothers Band Experience at 8PM enjoy

Tinker Street Tavern, Woodstock – Live tunes with Spaceheater at 8PM

Andy Murphy Neighborhood Center, Kingston – ADU Expo at 12PM details

Wiltwyck Spirits Company, Kingston – Trivia at 6:30PM see full schedule

Ulster County – Ulster County Fiber and Cider Tour at 10AM check the maps

Avalon Lounge, Catskill – Skullcrusher, June McDoom, and h.pruz at 8PM tickets

Dette Flies, Livingston Manor – Beginner Fly Fishing Workshop with Craig Buckbee at 9AM trout stuff

Lost Book Shop, Delhi – Show & Tell at 6PM generative writings

West Kill Supply, Kingston – Live Music in the backyard with Painted Blue Sky at 3PM

Art Omi, Ghent – Writers Reading at 5PM rsvp

Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston – Furniture Restoration and Repair Workshop see dates

Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill – Spring Cleanup Volunteer Day at 11AM lets go

Bushel Collective, Delhi – CineSonica #4 at 8PM live film concert

West Kill Lexington Community Improvement Association – Annual Patriots' Day at 1PM take a look

White Bar Trail Head, Southfields – Intro To Barefoot Hiking at 8:45am have fun ken

N/A Project Space, New Paltz – A Forest at 6pm exhibition

Mountain Top Arboretum, Tannersville – Sound Meditation Experience at 4PM chill out

Spiral House Park, Saugerties – Ecological Gardening at 1PM dirt

Olive Free Library – Square Dance Hootenanny at 5:30PM get tickets

Brunette, Kingston – Sunday Happy Hour with Author Nora Lange at 5PM discover

Pearl Moon, Woodstock – Queerly Queer Friends Mixer at 5PM have fun

Mamakating Environmental Education Center, Wurtsboro – Creating Butterfly Habitats at 1PM pollinators

Hudson Valley Brewery, Beacon – Home Bakers Meetup at 12PM details

Avalon Lounge, Catskill – Tatsuya Nakatani at 8PM enjoy

Rough Draft, Kingston – Rani Ban (This is Terrible This is Wonderful) Book Event at 6PM details