Amen to art
Friday-Sunday, July 28-30: Secret City Woodstock returns this weekend. It has been called a tent-revival meeting for artists, a salon and even a “church of art.”
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Downpour fails to dampen spirits at Gardiner 5K
The annual Gardiner 5K Classic Run/Walk every July always seems to happen on one of the hottest and most humid days of the summer. This year was no exception. But this time, the humidity that accompanied temperatures hovering near 100 degrees all day became a drenching downpour that let loose from the sky just minutes before race time.
New Paltz Central School District sets the tone for the 2017-18 school year at organizational meeting
Newly-elected board members Kathy Preston and Teresa Thompson were sworn in by district clerk Dusti Callo, who then administered the oath of office to the board’s choice for their president, Michael O’Donnell, and vice-president, Alison Easton.
Thousands enjoy Rosendale Street Festival’s return
Music is definitely the focus of the festival, and all proceeds over and above the $55,000 cost of putting on the event benefits the music departments of the Kingston, New Paltz and Rondout Valley school districts. Proceeds help fund scholarships for area youth to attend music summer camps or music schools and provide instruments for qualified area students. Admission to the festival was free, but goodwill donations gratefully accepted.
Pig Toast at Catskill Animal Sanctuary
Saturday, July 15: After treating the pigs to watermelon, visitors will enjoy a gourmet vegan barbecue prepared by Sanctuary chefs.
Monastery Vinegar Festival in Lagrangeville
Saturday-Sunday, July 15-16: The vinegarmaking at Our Lady of the Resurrection began four decades ago, when the monastery’s founder, Benedictine monk Brother Victor-Antoine d’Avila-Latourrette, came across a vinegar recipe dating to the Middle Ages.
Highland marks the fourth
Hot and humid weather with some rain didn’t appear to dampen the enthusiasm of the hundreds of attendees who streamed into Town Park for a picnic-style event culminating in fireworks.
Summer evenings at Water Street Market in New Paltz offer free movies and live music
Films are shown Mondays. Upcoming titles include: “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Cinema Paradisio,” “Mask,” and “Lion.” Music is perform Thursdays. Upcoming acts include Cornbread Jam, Vicki Russell and The Big Distraction.
New Paltz teachers say 1st grade class sizes too large, ask board to reconsider cuts
Members of the New Paltz United Teachers (NPUT) organization attended a recent school board wearing their signature red t-shirts emblazoned with the word “Respect” on the back.
New Paltz ditches Columbus, will celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Classroom lessons will be developed to support the new focus, with the period between Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Thanksgiving Day be used “as an opportunity to honor and respect indigenous peoples and their contributions to this region and the Americas, in an effort to build a more aware, inclusive and knowledgeable school community.”