SUNY-New Paltz’s Design Week to spotlight collaborations between engineering & the arts
Already well known for both the excellence of its School of Fine & Performing Arts (whose world-class metalworking program was
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Zootopia is fun, thoughtful kiddie fare that won’t bore grownups
Hollywood studios aren’t stupid. They know that during elementary schools’ Easter break, parents all over America are looking for ways
Anne Elizabeth Quinn offers holistic health and personal renewal workshops
After 25 years as a credentialed alcohol-and-substance-abuse educator, traveling all over the Northeast from her home base in New Paltz
The Crucible meets The Exorcist in The Witch
Being an unabashed Wiccan sympathizer whose 1980s handfasting (Pagan wedding) ceremony was officiated by Drawing down the Moon author Margot
Free members’ screening of Moretti’s Mia Madre at Upstate Films Rhinebeck
Mia Madre (2015), the latest film by Palme D’Or-winning Italian director Nanni Moretti (The Son’s Room, Dear Diary, We Have
New Paltz High School Drama Club performs Fiddler on the Roof March 17-19
The way licensing rights to stage plays work, a community theater — even a school — is not usually permitted
Don’t frack with America: The unofficial premiere of Dear President Obama
When Jon Bowermaster’s Oceans 8 Films released the documentary Dear Governor Cuomo in 2012, its aim was to raise public
Thomas Cole’s studio, demolished 40 years ago, is coming back to life
After a long campaign of research, fundraising and construction, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill is nearly ready
Ten-Minute Play Festival (with tasty treats) at the CIA in Hyde Park
Poughkeepsie’s Half Moon Theatre has been curating an annual short play festival for the past five years, and the sixth
Fiddling while Tuscany burns: HVP’s 2016 String Competition
Now in its 44th year, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (HVP) String Competition has long been an opportunity for rising young