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Onteora walkout goes smoothly

Onteora walkout goes smoothly

About 120 Onteora High School and Middle School students, along with approximately 70 from Bennett School walked out of classes, along with students around the nation, showing solidarity with students in Parkland, Florida.

Neil Gaiman interviews John Cameron Mitchell on stage in Annandale

Neil Gaiman interviews John Cameron Mitchell on stage in Annandale

Friday, March 16: Part-time Bard College professor Gaiman is back in the Hudson Valley after showrunning the new TV mini-series Good Omens in the UK and South Africa. John Cameron Mitchell wrote, directed and starred in the cult rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. He recently directed a film based on Neil Gaiman’s short story “How to Talk to Girls at Parties,” which stars Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning. It’s due for general release in May.

Beacon’s Towne Crier hosts Clancy Tradition

Beacon’s Towne Crier hosts Clancy Tradition

Saturday, March 17: The Clancy Tradition celebrates brothers Eugene and Pat Clancy, who first started performing with their family’s Ceili Band in Ireland in the 1950s before coming to America in the ’60s, where they toured as the Irish Ramblers and performed at Carnegie Hall. 

Millerton’s Moviehouse to screen Cézanne: Portraits of a Life

Millerton’s Moviehouse to screen Cézanne: Portraits of a Life

Tuesday, March 20: Featuring interviews with curators from the National Portrait Gallery in London, MoMA in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the film takes audiences beyond the exhibition to the places Cézanne lived and worked and sheds light on an artist who is perhaps the least-known of all the Impressionists – until now.