From the solemn to the sublime this Memorial Day weekend
Whoever came up with what’s generally regarded as the first weekend of the summer season as the most appropriate time
All posts by Frances Marion Platt
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival unveils new season, new artistic director
After 27 years of helming the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (HVSF), which delights audiences from near and far with its
John Turturro delivers a lovable, low-key Lothario in Fading Gigolo
If you didn’t know that Fading Gigolo was written and directed by its star, John Turturro, you’d probably think that
Amy Speace at Phoenicia’s Empire State Railway Museum this Friday
If, like me, you cherish abiding nostalgia for the long-gone heyday of the great female singer/songwriter, you definitely need to
New Paltz Regatta 2014 undeterred by Wallkill floodwaters (with photo gallery)
[portfolio_slideshow id=7381] Photos by Lauren Thomas It was touch-and-go in the week leading up to last Sunday’s New Paltz
Gulabi Gang filmmaker Nishtha Jain to talk about the Pink Sari Revolution in Woodstock
From the Nigerian bush to the shadowy corridors of the Vatican to the fictional land of Westeros, the subject of
The IBM Years on view in Kingston
In his highly influential study of the corporate suburbanization of America in the 1950s, The Organization Man, sociologist William H.
Only Lovers Left Alive is a wry, elegiac tale of vampires
These days, when one describes the work of an independent filmmaker, the term “quirky” is often among the first adjectives
Stalking the wild box turtle in Gardiner this Saturday
There’s something primeval about encountering a turtle, whether terrestrial or aquatic. If you’ve ever heard the hissing breaths of surfacing
Beltane fest returns to Tillson this Saturday
Spring is finally, incontrovertibly back after a long and harsh winter, which gives us all a reason to celebrate by