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Madera Vox performs at Shadowland on March 3
One of the first things students are taught in a Music History class is to stop calling it classical music, please. “Classical,” of course, refers to one specific period, one set of innovations…
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Chili Bowl Fiesta in Rosendale
Chili resonates this time of year. Is it the name, or just the food’s warming attributes? Or could it be the fact that Women’s Studio Workshop of Rosendale’s annual Chili Bowl Fiesta, where…
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The power of the mythmaster: Joseph Campbell doc in Rosendale
Joseph Campbell urged us to “follow our bliss” in order to live beyond the self-imposed limits and cultural restrictions that keep us from our full potential. He was a mythologist, a writer of…
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The Vagina Monologues in Kingston & New Paltz
Lara Hope got hooked on The Vagina Monologues when she was attending SUNY-New Paltz, and her annual production of the play, now in its third year, has become an important fundraiser for Family…
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Kids Almanac: In Sojourner Truth’s footsteps & other journeys for the young
“Those are the same stars, and that is the same Moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever…
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Music on Main: the New Paltz music scene
New Paltz starts late and ends late. That’s just the way it is and always has been. When performers at the local arts centers, small theaters and dinner clubs are thanking you and…
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From Gryffindor to Eelmarsh House with Dan Radcliffe
Poor Dan Radcliffe. Though it’s difficult to muster up much pity for a kid who had made enough money by the time he reached puberty that he would never have to work again…
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The Aurora Borealis will soon be back
“Are we there yet?” asks the impatient youngster on a family vacation. And that’s the same question posed by the world’s aurora-watchers waiting for the current solar cycle to reach its peak. Well,…
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Going to pot in Highland
The Hudson Valley region’s best-kept secret just might be West’s Ceramic Supply, tucked into an industrial court off Route 9W near Highland. A family-owned business now in its 47th year, West’s supplies Skutt…
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Smithsonian museum founded by Kingston native
The Freer Gallery of Art, located at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, is considered to be the nation’s foremost museum of Asian art. It recently received national attention when the famous Peacock…
Madera Vox performs at Shadowland on March 3
One of the first things students are taught in a Music History class is to stop calling it classical music, please. “Classical,” of course, refers to one specific period, one set of innovations…
Chili Bowl Fiesta in Rosendale
Chili resonates this time of year. Is it the name, or just the food’s warming attributes? Or could it be the fact that Women’s Studio Workshop of Rosendale’s annual Chili Bowl Fiesta, where…
Starr Library, oldest in the system, celebrates 150 years
While it’s hard to resist the cut-rate prices of used books from online purveyors such as Abe Books, some of us will always prefer browsing the shelves to clicking through the lists onscreen….
Be careful what you wish for with this mild winter
Witch hazel blossoms on February 5! Not here, but down in Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania: a public botanical and pleasure garden around which I had some time to wander before giving…
Joanna Underwood speaks on ending oil addiction
Go to energy-vision.org to see a photo of people boarding a bus in Oslo, Norway. Then read the caption – “Since September 2009…80 city buses powered by bio-methane made from sewage gas. Mobile…
The power of the mythmaster: Joseph Campbell doc in Rosendale
Joseph Campbell urged us to “follow our bliss” in order to live beyond the self-imposed limits and cultural restrictions that keep us from our full potential. He was a mythologist, a writer of…
Fall in love with Italian food again at New Paltz’s A Tavola
It takes hope – or gall – to pad into a popular restaurant at 6 p.m. on Valentine’s Day (observed) without reservations. Yet up the few stone steps we went, through the familiar…
Richard Striner discusses his book Lincoln’s Way at FDR site
Hyde Park is literally steeped in history, and no place more so than in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt complex that includes the FDR Presidential Library and Museum. Dedicated to preserving historical material and…
Show of 15 Ulster County artists in Rhinebeck
Tom Luciano, who lives outside Phoenicia and runs a top-shelf antiques shop in Hudson, came out of SUNY-Purchase’s Art program like a bolt a while back. I remember when he remade my garage…
The mysterious blonde & La Rubia’s Dance Party in Saugerties
That palace of all things hot and tasty, New World Home Cooking in Saugerties, is hosting an event this Saturday night billed as “La Rubia’s Dance Party.” Those with a smattering of Spanish…
