Egyptian policy expert Emad Shahin at Vassar
If someone asked you to name the three greatest civilizations of the ancient world, you would probably cite the Egyptians,
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Town of Gardiner sells former Library to Bill Richards for $100K
After six years of abandonment and controversy about how it might be reused, the old Gardiner Library building and former
Election results in the Town of Rosendale
While Democrats nationally hunkered down for a rough slog on Election Night, Rosendale Democrats had reason to celebrate: For the
Laurel Massé at soon-to-relocate Unison in New Paltz
By the time this issue of Almanac Weekly hits the newsstands, word should be spreading like wildfire that one of
Tangent Theatre Company’s NEWvember returns to Tivoli
The mid-Hudson Valley is such a great base of operations for folks who love live theater. Aside from being only
One Book/One New Paltz 2014 dissects Philip Roth’s “Nemesis”
When the One Book/One New Paltz Committee starts meeting each February to try to weed down a hundred-or-so recommended titles
Kristen Wiig & Bill Hader are heartbreakingly good in The Skeleton Twins
The topic of suicide has been the stuff of high drama onstage since at least the ancient Greeks, and of
Fifth annual Zombiefest returns to Rosendale
With an expression of innocent trust on her face, a towheaded toddler in a raspberry-pink tulle skirt gazes up at
Benedict Cumberbatch brilliant in The Imitation Game
When The Imitation Game comes around, run, don’t walk, to see it. Norwegian director Morten Tyldum’s English-language debut, with a
Town of New Paltz adds new director of finance position to essentially flat budget for 2015
It’s that time of year again when town officials try to wrestle the next year’s spreadsheet into submission, honing a