New Paltz Regatta launches as usual May 7 — but don’t fall in
The good news is that the regatta will return this year. The bad news is it still takes place in the Wallkill, which recent tests confirm isn’t safe for swimming or wading.
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People’s Climate March over the Hudson draws 3,000 citizen activists to Walkway
Signs of the graphic variety were much in evidence, displaying slogans ranging from Washington Post headlines and quotes from Teddy Roosevelt and the Lorax to puns, pleas, rhymes and artwork. Many referenced the Hudson River, and a few pop culture, such as “Climate change is the new Death Star” and “Every disaster movie starts with an ignored scientist.” Perhaps most poignant of all was a very small girl bearing a sign that simply said, “Earth Inheritor.”
Gardiner seeks environmental analyses for three major development proposals
The projects in question include a 70-unit “eco-cabin” resort.
Beethoven’s Ninth at UPAC in Kingston
Saturday, April 29: There are scholars who contend that late-18th-century German poet Friedrich Schiller’s original version of “Ode to Joy” was titled “Ode to Freedom,” but that he subsequently toned down its potential political implications. The rebellious spirit of the work was reinforced in Ludwig von Beethoven’s 1824 musical setting in his Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125, and people around the world have since embraced it as an expression of defiance, solidarity and survival as well as pure exultation.
John Cariani’s Cul-de-Sac on stage in Hyde Park
Opening Saturday, April 29: Considering that his Almost, Maine recently supplanted A Midsummer Night’s Dream as the most frequently performed play in US high schools, and that his Love/Sick is being produced by community theatrical companies all over the map as well, actor/playwright John Cariani could just sit on his laurels from here on in, living very well indeed off his residuals. But he’s at it again, tweaking a macabre comedy about consumerist suburbanites with something to hide. The playwright will attend opening night.
Rosendale waterway may be dubbed Kristic Creek
Streamy McStreamface, take a back seat: There’s a new frontrunner in the contest to name the small waterway that passes behind the Rosendale Recreation Center on Route 32.
Mike Boylan’s Planning Board chairmanship contested in Gardiner
It’s an age-old question in politics: How long should the same individual be permitted to hold the same power-wielding post?
The Red Turtle is masterful animation that simply needs to be seen
In Northern Europe, its analogue would be a selkie legend, but in this case the shapeshifting woman (or perhaps goddess) is a sea turtle, rather than a seal.
Spring Gala for St. Joseph’s Church features “experiential” auction
This year, the church will not hold a Festa in late summer.
Rosendale dodges EPA bullet by changing wastewater plant project designation
What do you do if you’re a municipality trying over a period of years to get funding for a major infrastructure project, and a regulatory agency changes the rules in the middle of the game, then sends you a letter chastising you for your lack of compliance? Well, maybe that’s when you need to do a little goalpost-moving of your own.