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Go for the green: Celebrate St. Paddy’s day on both sides of the river
Shamrock Run & St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Kingston this Sunday Nobody does it better than the City of Kingston – celebrates St. Paddy’s Day, that is. For the past 27 years, the…
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Los Lobos & Ballet Folklórico Mexicano to share the stage at UPAC
Carlos Moreno, Jr. started studying the fundamentals of Mexican folkdance at the age of three, when his father began to pass along his knowledge of the history, culture and artistic expressions of his…
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Robert Tonner’s exquisite dolls on view at SUNY-Ulster
Robert Tonner, Kingston-based creator of exquisitely detailed collectible dolls, was recently named SUNY-Ulster’s artist-in-residence for 2016. It’s a move likely to attract attention to the community college’s new Associate’s Degree program in Fashion…
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Weekly’s calendar of events (March 10-19)
Note to our readers: Every page marks a different date in our online Almanac Weekly calendar of events. The weekly post includes: premier listings on the first page; the events for Thursday on…
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Fiddling while Tuscany burns: HVP’s 2016 String Competition
Now in its 44th year, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (HVP) String Competition has long been an opportunity for rising young stars of classical music to give their careers a boost. Among its best-known…
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Grand prix fixe: Hudson Valley Restaurant Week
Founder The Valley Table still calls its affordable regional food celebration Hudson Valley Restaurant Week, even though the semiannual event now lasts a full two weeks each time it graces us with its…
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Local neighbors meet on Prairie Home Companion and record new CD
Trombonist Roswell Rudd and vocalist Heather Masse met on A Prairie Home Companion a few years back when Rudd performed with the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band and Masse was guest vocalist. “I first…
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New Paltz stage manager controls chaos in Broadway’s Disaster!
What could go wrong? In Disaster! a new Broadway musical set aboard New York’s first floating casino and discotheque, the possibilities seem endless. This campy, rollicking take on two “What’s not to love?”…
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Miller’s A View from the Bridge at SUNY-New Paltz
Though America prides itself on its history of being a “land of opportunity” and a haven for immigrants from all over the world, the contrary impulse to blame newcomers for all social ills…
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Maggie Smith is the neighbor from Hell
As rude, benighted and uncivilized a culture as we are, America doesn’t designate and venerate people as Living National Treasures the way Japan does, or Australia. And even if we did, we couldn’t…
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Rare bird sighting in Milton
All who wander may not be lost, but sometimes, they are seriously off-course. Take the subadult Bullock’s oriole, for example, sighted numerous times since February 18 at a backyard feeder in Milton. He’s…
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Michael Moore mines world’s best ideas in Where to Invade Next
For folks on or near the right wing of the political spectrum, the concept of “American Exceptionalism” is an article of faith. Tea Party members and Fox News pundits feel free to lambaste…
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Sole survivors: You can still get your shoes repaired in the Hudson Valley
Once upon a time in the not-too-distant past, you could find a shoe-repair shop in every community, and perhaps even one in every neighborhood in a large city. A pair of shoes was…
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Something wild: Kathy Ruttenberg’s Woodstock studio
Artist Kathy Ruttenberg lives at the end of a long road up a mountain, and at dusk it’s easy to miss the small sign off the main road. By the time I find…
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Almanac Weekly’s best places to hear live music in the Hudson Valley
In the opinion of this writer, this moment is in many respects the best time ever in the history of the mid-Hudson Valley music scene: more original acts than ever and of greater…
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How Woodstock got to be an arts colony
As mid-Hudson Valley residents, it appears to be our solemn, lifelong burden to explain to non-locals that the Woodstock festival did not happen in Woodstock. Those three days of peace, love and music, we…
Don’t frack with America: The unofficial premiere of Dear President Obama
When Jon Bowermaster’s Oceans 8 Films released the documentary Dear Governor Cuomo in 2012, its aim was to raise public consciousness about the dangers of hydrofracking, drawing on the scary experiences of our…
Denise VanBuren to receive Martha Washington Woman of History Award
When Denise Doring VanBuren speaks about how a restored Tower of Victory at Washington’s Headquarters could bring the same kind of tourism to the Newburgh area that the Walkway over the Hudson has…
Thomas Cole’s studio, demolished 40 years ago, is coming back to life
After a long campaign of research, fundraising and construction, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill is nearly ready to unveil its new “New Studio,” an on-site replica of the Italianate building…
Rosendale’s Market Market hosts comic Corinne Fisher
Continuing their presentation of independent comics, Market Market in Rosendale hosts standup Corinne Fisher on Saturday, March 12 at 10 p.m. Fisher is one half of Sorry about Last Night, her comedy writing-and-performance duo…
Ten-Minute Play Festival (with tasty treats) at the CIA in Hyde Park
Poughkeepsie’s Half Moon Theatre has been curating an annual short play festival for the past five years, and the sixth – coming up this weekend – is thematically organized to reflect the stage…
Go for the green: Celebrate St. Paddy’s day on both sides of the river
Shamrock Run & St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Kingston this Sunday Nobody does it better than the City of Kingston – celebrates St. Paddy’s Day, that is. For the past 27 years, the…
Los Lobos & Ballet Folklórico Mexicano to share the stage at UPAC
Carlos Moreno, Jr. started studying the fundamentals of Mexican folkdance at the age of three, when his father began to pass along his knowledge of the history, culture and artistic expressions of his…
Robert Tonner’s exquisite dolls on view at SUNY-Ulster
Robert Tonner, Kingston-based creator of exquisitely detailed collectible dolls, was recently named SUNY-Ulster’s artist-in-residence for 2016. It’s a move likely to attract attention to the community college’s new Associate’s Degree program in Fashion…
Kids’ Almanac (Mar. 10-17)
Prepare for a salamander invasion, hone your basketball skills or recycle your jeans Remember to turn your clocks ahead one hour this Sunday, March 13 at 2 a.m. Pi Day & Olympiad…
Weekly’s calendar of events (March 10-19)
Note to our readers: Every page marks a different date in our online Almanac Weekly calendar of events. The weekly post includes: premier listings on the first page; the events for Thursday on…
