Top thinkers duke it out over “American Exceptionalism” at Bard
Itching to pick a fight with someone today? Are you aghast at the apathy of your fellow Americans, who seem
All posts by Frances Marion Platt
Introducing our regional alternative currency, the Hudson Valley Current
“The purpose of the Current is to flow.” That, in a nutshell, encapsulates the economic philosophy of Chris Hewitt, publisher
Putting the fun back in funeral in This Is Where I Leave You
What does it say about our times that dysfunctional family comedies have become a freestanding subgenre in the moviemaking universe?
An explosive plot: Equivocation in Rhinebeck
Efforts by politicians to entice or intimidate media people, artists, tastemakers and opinion-shapers in order to frame and spin their
Neil Gaiman on stage with author Audrey Niffenegger at Bard
Successfully recruiting Neil Gaiman to join the faculty last year was more than just a brilliant branding maneuver for Bard
Retrace the footsteps of Sojourner Truth’s escape in Esopus
For many years I’ve been maintaining that if the Town of New Paltz had a white male hero associated with
Hugh Masekela coming to Woodstock Film Festival
Don’t wait until the movies that you most wanted to see at the 2014 Woodstock Film Festival are already sold
Cauliflower Festival in Margaretville
Like other much-maligned members of the cabbage family, the humble cauliflower tends to go underappreciated nowadays. Mark Twain famously wrote,
Creative Music Studio concert series in Big Indian
Folks who remember the Creative Music Studio (CMS) in Woodstock in the heady days of the 1970s and ’80s must
Hudson Valley Garlic Festival in Saugerties
One of the earliest signs that glorious autumn has come to upstate New York is the reappearance of the by-now-venerable