Rosendale’s Market Market closes
Market Market Café, the restaurant, bar and alt/rock “micro-venue” at the corner of Route 32 and Madeline Lane in Rosendale, has officially gone out of business after ten years of operation.
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Gardiner taps new Planning Board/ZBA clerk
The board voted to accept the supervisor’s request to hire Maureen TerBush Vickner to take over the part-time position of clerk to the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals.
Mid-Hudson Adirondack Mountain Club offers free cross-country ski lessons
Got some holiday poundage to lose and a New Year’s resolution to become more physically active, but no network of outdoorsy buddies on hand to lend support and encouragement? You’re not alone; the ADK has plenty of organized outings to offer, even in the dead of winter.
Playing the hand we’re dealt in Molly’s Game
It’s based on a memoir written by an Olympic-caliber skier sidelined by a serious injury who makes a shady new career running high-stakes poker games, then refuses to name names once her operation is busted.
Who was George Clinton, anyway?
A primer on Kingston’s own soldier/statesman.
Susan Zimet’s YA book on women’s suffrage due out January 16
In her introduction to the book, due to be published next month by Viking, Susan Zimet recalls how news of commemorations of the 2017 centennial of the enfranchisement of women in New York State made her realize that this wasn’t a familiar enough story.
New Paltz’s Gomen-Kudasai celebrates New Year with tenth annual mochi-pounding
In Japan, mochi is comfort food: sticky balls of rice with a satisfyingly chewy texture, topped with a variety of sweet or savory toppings. It’s also said to bring good fortune, so it’s traditional to serve it at holiday meals. The New Year is an extra-special time when it comes to mochi: Not only are you supposed to eat it, but you’re also supposed to get involved in making it. Pounding the rice, or mochi-suki, is a raucous group ritual meant to purge yourself of all the things that you want to put behind you in the old year.
Thomas Cole talk kicks off bicentennial of artist’s move to America
Sunday, January 7: Salon lecture at Catskill’s Cedar Grove. A traveling exhibition of works by the Hudson River School founder will open on January 30 at the Met, then get packed up and shipped off to London in June.
A long time longing in Call Me by Your Name
Expect to hear a lot of praise heaped upon this deeply romantic gay coming-of-age tale. Count this reviewer among the few who were not totally ravished by it.
Game attitude: Engaging cast makes Jumanji 2 surprisingly diverting
Sometimes a movie is worth seeing simply because the actors seem to be having such a blast playing off-type; Jumanji 2 is that sort of movie.