Golden Notebook in Woodstock hosts Bruce Littlefield this Saturday
Of all the reports written by newcomers to the Hudson Valley – I’m referring to metropolitans whose enchantment with life upstate induces them to give up their weekends and big chunks of money…
Woodstock Writers Festival to feature Christa Parravani
Sympathetic resonance between twin siblings fascinates us. Reports of one twin’s experience being felt by the other, or of both twins responding to a stimulus in the exact same way, such as making…
Turn up the volumes
Before you bemoan the total disappearance of the small-time bookseller who tends to the printed word and offers full shelves of hardcopy of the same, look around your town, on corners and down…
Martha Frankel’s sneak peek of the Woodstock Writers’ Festival
Author Martha Frankel directs the local annual literary bacchanal called the Woodstock Writers’ Festival (WWF). The catchphrase this year is “Reading, Writing and Revelry,” to indicate the party atmosphere that will extend over three-and-one-quarter…
Maiden voyages: Eighty Days author to speak in Woodstock & Rhinebeck
In his newly released true adventure titled Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race around the World, Matthew Goodman tracks the remarkable journeys of two young women. Each took up the…
Hudson Valley V-Day shows & One Billion Rising events
Many of us enjoy the peace and freedom of a violence-free life. But some of us don’t – specifically, one-third of the entire female population on the planet. The statistics are shocking. One…
Meeting of the minds
Question: How many creative people does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Possible answer: one to conceive the idea and manage the installation; one to paint the ceiling; one to decorate the…
Getting glassy-eyed in Dutchess County
Ulster County may have once been known for its multiple industrial glassworks dotting the countryside, but today the higher artistry of glass is practiced with a variety of techniques in the studios of…
Iron man: Blacksmith Jonathan Nedbor of Alligerville
Jonathan Nedbor learned metalsmithing as a young man, with plans to study the craft in graduate school at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. “But I met a woman, and life happened. I…
Monster hit
The Rosendale Theatre opens to the world stage as it presents the United Kingdom’s National Theatre production of Frankenstein this Sunday, June 24. A unique retelling of Mary Shelley’s original story, Nick Dear’s…
