Long Day’s Journey into Night on stage in Rhinebeck
Friday-Sunday, 3/10-12: The posthumous publication of Eugene O’Neill’s acknowledged masterpiece left us with one of the most memorable dysfunctional families ever staged.
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Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman is an existential whodunit
We know that Rana has been interrupted in her shower by a mysterious intruder; we know that she has been injured, and that bloody footprints lead away from the scene of the crime.
Women’s Studio Workshop’s 20th annual Chili Bowl Fiesta draws a crowd to SUNY Ulster
The Chili Bowl Fiesta fundraiser put on each February by the Women’s Studio Workshop (WSW) just gets more popular and more successful every year.
Think small: Tiny house festival will be held at Ulster County Fairgrounds on Independence Day weekend
Tiny house dwellers, as well as 25-30 actual houses, will be in attendance, preaching the benefits of minimalism.
SUNY-New Paltz revives Sean O’Casey’s Shadow of a Gunman
March 2-12: While we give thanks that Ireland is nowadays tourism-friendly, the Irish Republican Army and its English overlords and their Protestant allies having worked out a cessation of hostilities that seems to be sticking, it’s impossible to appreciate Irish culture fully without an understanding of its long history of quashed rebellions.
See Louise Brooks in silent classic “Diary of a Lost Girl” with live piano in Rosendale
Sunday, March 5- Ever since the final debate of the 2016 presidential race, feminists across America have been proudly proclaiming themselves Nasty Women. So it seems like an auspicious time to reexamine the legacy of one of the most notorious nasty women of the silent screen era: actress Louise Brooks, whose short black bobbed hair inspired a generation of flappers and whose outré lifestyle and controversial characterizations generated both outrage and admiration among moviegoers.
Name that stream in Rosendale
Town officials are looking for anyone who might know the name of the stream that passes behind the Rec Center. If they can’t come up with a historical name, they’ll give it one.
SUNY Ulster Food Pantry provides free groceries for needy students
Attending a community college is often a crucial first step toward greater financial security for the poor and near-poor in this country, but it’s tough to concentrate on schoolwork and achieve academic success when you’re malnourished.
There’s still time to catch Moonlight before this Sunday’s Oscars
There’s much to be appreciated about this movie: its spare-but-lovely score, its sensual, metaphoric use of water and moonlight, the fine acting even by the youngest of its cast.
“Bridges of High Falls” exhibition showcases history of the hamlet’s spans
The exhibit at the High Falls Emporium Gallery Space is a stroll through industrial archaeology going back to the late 18th century, when the first covered bridge over the Rondout was built.