“Exploring the Tarot” hand-hooked rugs exhibit opens on Saturday at Athens Cultural Center
“Exploring the Tarot” is a collection of 23 hand-hooked rugs, created by fiber artists hailing from Nova Scotia to Georgia.
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Newly renovated Hasbrouck House in Stone Ridge hosts Open House
Billed as a Brooklyn-based Wedding Crasher invitation, the upcoming Open House at Hasbrouck House in Stone Ridge presents a unique opportunity for anyone planning a wedding, or any other sort of large gathering, to tour the newly renovated historic inn.
Sheep & Wool Festival at Dutchess Fairgrounds
It’s all about the sheep. And goats and llamas and alpacas and paco-vicuñas and bunnies. These sweet-faced, sometimes noisy and entertaining animals grow some of the finest fleece around.
How a former IBM software engineer harnessed the therapeutic power of donkeys
They weren’t actually bred to stand in as comfort animals: the usual dogs and cats and horses that visit senior citizens’ and veterans’ homes or prisons or facilities that serve people with special needs. Yet donkeys – particularly the cute miniature ones – make for excellent partners in human/animal relational development.
Historic Graveyard Tours in Hyde Park
The Historic Graveyard Tour at St. James Episcopal Church in Hyde Park is now in its seventh season, drawing curious locals and serious history buffs into a live docudrama highlighting chosen “residents” of the 200-year-old cemetery.
Hudson-Creative seeks maker/members
“A lot of people don’t know what a maker- or hackerspace is. It’s a fairly new concept, but they’re all over the world.”
Vassar Street Brew Fest in Poughkeepsie Saturday
Long before designer microbreweries emerged to dot the Hudson Valley landscape, the stalwart patriarch Matthew Vassar owned and operated a
John Hall reads from his new memoir at Oblong in Rhinebeck
People have, perhaps, certain ideas about entertainers – musicians, actors, models et cetera – that they are one-dimensional characters who
Catskill Animal Sanctuary Shindig features live music, vegan cooking demos
The 15th annual Shindig at the Catskill Animal Sanctuary (CAS) will be held this Saturday, September 17 on the grounds
Exhibition of WPA mural sketches at Vassar
“The Depression and World War II eras were a time in the arts – painting, printmaking, drawing, film, photography, dance,