New Paltz mulls stiff penalties for landlords who withhold security deposits
The village board is considering fines of up to 25 percent of the deposit for each week landlords withhold payment without a stated reason.
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Historic Huguenot Street director resigns after less than 4 months
Asked about the reasons for the precipitous split, Kaitlin Gallucci, director of Marketing & Communications, declined to elaborate beyond saying that Marybeth De Filippis “just wasn’t a good fit” with the organization.
Lloyd GOP nominates candidates for town office
Most of the candidates who will run on the GOP line in Highland this November were no surprises, and three of them were named by acclamation, with no one contesting their nominations. But the race has already produced one upset: Four-term incumbent Kevin Brennie failed to secure his party’s backing to return to his seat on the town board next year.
La Bohème anchors French-accented Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice this weekend
If your only acquaintance with Giacomo Puccini’s beloved opera La Bohème is as the source material for the stage musical Rent, maybe it’s time that you got to know the original.
Spanish galleon sails into Kingston this weekend
Saturday-Tuesday, Aug. 5-8: Hop aboard the El Galeón Andalucía, a modern replica of the type of vessel used by the Spanish Crown for maritime exploration and trade expeditions from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
A door opens for Dvorák’s Dimitrij at Bard
July 28-August 6 Originally set in 17th-century Russia, following the death of the tsar Boris Godunov, “Dimitrij” concerns a Polish-born pretender to the throne who believes himself to be the lost son of Ivan the Terrible.
Lola’s Café opens in New Paltz
After months of speculation about what sort of establishment would replace Neko Sushi in the iconic building at the corner of Main and North Chestnut Street that once housed the fabled Homestead tavern, Paltzonians now have a spiffy new place to eat: Lola’s Café.
Piano’s promise: Russian wunderkind to perform at PianoSummer in New Paltz
Saturday, July 22: Vladimir Feltsman met Ilya Rashkovskiy two years ago at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and is lavish in his praise for the young Russian, whom he considers among the most promising pianists of his generation.
Gardiner Dems pick Lindsley, Dukler, Wiegand, Rich, Stiscia and Mosher
Incumbent town supervisor Marybeth Majestic, a registered Democrat who won on the Republican line in 2015, failed in her bid to snare the Democratic Party nomination this time around.
East meets West, with complications, in The Big Sick
The Big Sick is a rom/com that’s sweet and funny but complex and smart. It stars Kumail Nanjiani, best-known as a regular on Silicon Valley.