Author offers up old family recipes to evoke a delicious past & help the Phoenicia Library
Rebecca Miller Ffrench was trying to figure out how to recreate her local bakery’s apple-cider doughnuts at home, when her eldest daughter, Anna, made a helpful suggestion. “Why don’t you make the doughnuts…
Kids Almanac: Get a job, fly a kite & make way for Pet Palooza, Cupcake Festival & Phools
When I saw Fa-Mulan, the title of Cocoon Theatre’s latest production, the first thing I thought of was Mulan of Disney fame. I wasn’t alone; Ada Graham-Lowengard, 12-year-old homeschooler and local actor playing…
Skip the annular eclipse & get eye protection for transit of Venus
Much media hoopla will be made of next weekend’s “Annular Solar Eclipse” on May 20. Should you travel to California or Texas to see it? Don’t bother. An annular eclipse is when the…
Spear of destiny: High season for freshly picked asparagus
With fresh asparagus, the higher your income, the higher up the stalk you cut the tip. – Bill Rathje It may be the ultimate vegetable. It is probably the most elegant: fancy…
Viral video hero Zach Wahls reads from My Two Moms this Saturday in High Falls
Zach Wahls is a 20-year-old Civil Engineering student at Iowa State University. He’s an Eagle Scout and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church. He’s a state champion debater, and a beloved son…
Kids Almanac: Mother’s Day, birds, blossoms, boxing & baklava
In his work Birds and Poets, John Burroughs describes the contrast between the course of change that we experience through the passing of loved ones and friends, moving in and out of houses…
When it’s 73 degrees, Woodstock moves at speed of sound – literally
I don’t know why I never realized this before: Woodstock happens to move exactly at the speed of sound. Given its reputation for music, isn’t this a cool thing? Doesn’t it suggest some…
Hudson hosts Ramp Fest this Saturday
A group of Hudson Valley and New York City chefs are heading to a restored factory in Hudson on May 5 to celebrate the ramp: a wild onion that traditionally nourished mountain folk…
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo, con gusto
I don’t know much about Cinco de Mayo I’m never sure what it’s all about. – from the song “Mexico,” by Cake This year marks the 150th anniversary of Cinco de Mayo,…
Kids Almanac: Free comics, Cinco de Mayo, Hudson Valley Fair, swap bikes & learn to fish
Hudson hosts largest children’s book festival in New York State The fourth annual Hudson Children’s Book Festival takes place on Saturday, May 5: not just a book festival, but the largest book festival…
