Unison Arts Center gets new director, plans new programming
“We’re spending a lot of time looking at what the community wants and what they need. We’re a community organization, and that’s who I want to listen to.”
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Vassar’s Grace Murray Hopper invented the COBOL programming language
Referred to affectionately as “Amazing Grace,” the computer pioneer, mathematician & military commander was awarded 40 honorary university degrees during her lifetime.
New Paltz native Dawn Elliott is this year’s recipient of the Martha Washington Woman of History Award
The honor is bestowed each year by Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site in Newburgh, upon a woman in the Hudson Valley who has been influential in promoting the study and preservation of history in the region.
Bongiovi named Highland superintendent of schools
Thomas M. Bongiovi was hired last October as interim superintendent. His appointment through 2021 was approved unanimously.
Maritime craft classes at Riverport Wooden Boat School in Kingston
Learn the life aquatic. Michael Puryear will offer a class in which up to four members of a family will be guided in working together to build their own Echo Bay Dory: a lightweight, car-toppable skiff, easy to row or sail, that can be built within a week.
New Paltz climbing gym’s new owner wants to provide climbers with “the place they deserve”
BC’s New Paltz Climbing Gym, the former Inner Wall, will continue to offer the afterschool activities and birthday parties for youth that the gym has always hosted, but the new owner plans to focus more on the local climbing community.
Robibero Family Vineyards offers tastings, live music and special events
As a small boutique winery, Robibero Family Vineyards concentrates on handcrafted, artisanal wines expressive of the Hudson Valley climate and soil the grapes were grown in.
Deborah Goldman’s porcelain works explore the dynamic interplay of light and form
“Porcelain has several properties that make it kind of magical,” says Goldman. “It has silica in it, so it’s glass-like; the finish is very smooth and silky. And it’s a very white material, so glazes really ‘pop.’ But I love the translucence of it; that’s my thing.”
Workshop Art Fabrication in Kingston helps artists realize their creations
“Our job is to be unseen. When people go to a museum or gallery, they want to see the artist’s name on the wall, and it’s not our place to shine. We’re there to serve the artist.”
High Falls-based artisan Jason Wayne Beever creates handmade composite horn bows
There are a number of craftspeople in the world who make handmade wooden bows for archery and hunting. But just a handful make Asiatic composite horn bows like those used thousands of years ago by nomadic warriors on horseback on the steppes of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Jason Wayne Beever, a High Falls-based bowyer, is one of them.