Holiday on Huguenot Street & Community Tree-Lighting to be held December 6-7
In New Paltz, the place to be for a sense of immersion in the Spirit of Christmas Past is of course Historic Huguenot Street.
Community
Winter Walk revisits downtown Hudson
Saturday, Dec. 7: Though the event has happened annually for the past 23 years, and has turned into a destination for out-of-towners, drawing some 20,000 participants last year, Hudson’s Winter Walk has prided itself from the get-go on a spirit of spontaneity.
New Paltz theater educator Nancy Owen helps people rewrite their life scripts
“Theater is such a great tool. It can help you achieve amazing things,” says Nancy Owen.
Faces of Kingston: Rebecca Peacock
This week in Faces of Kingston we speak to fine jeweler Rebecca Peacock about local inspirations and special aesthetics of the Hudson Valley and various facets of Kingston life past and present
Children rule as Sinterklaas visits Kingston this week, Rhinebeck next
Saturday, November 30: The Children’s Maritime Parade will wend its way down Broadway: giant puppets, grumpus heads, star lanterns, fish, flags, boat models, stiltwalkers, long rippling banners representing the River itself, Rip Van Winkle and of course Sinterklaas. The traditional Dutch antecedent of Santa Claus will make his voyage from Kingston (representing Spain) to Rhinebeck (representing Holland) on the Hudson River’s only solar-powered boat.
The best of Woodstock: Family’s Thanksgiving Day dinner
Family’s 43rd Thanksgiving dinner opens its doors 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, November 28 at the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Road. If you’ve never been to one, stop by, or better yet, cook a platter of sweet potatoes or a bowl of vegetables and bring it by. It will make your heart sing.
School for Young Artists in Bearsville provides inspiration
The route Kathy Anderson took to found her School for Young Artists 40 years ago this coming year was a bit circuitous, a bit of a crab-walk, but also very Woodstock in an old-town way. Just as the School is so very home town, both as a joyous Bearsville presence and a key element in several generations of the community’s children and parents.
Faces of Kingston: MaryAnna Fitzgerald
This week in Faces of Kingston it was a pleasure to catch up with local MaryAnna Fitzgerald, an old friend. She has just opened Uptown Hair Studio and uses low-tox hair color and all-natural hair products.
How Gardiner’s Will Sweeney cobbles together a career as an animator and storyboard artist
Will Sweeney of Gardiner is one of those creative types who was cursed, or perhaps blessed, to live in interesting times.
Saugerties junior-high students create puppets for Holiday in the Village
The Holiday in the Village parade, set for Sunday, Dec. 8 this year, will include puppets created during an after-school enrichment program with Patrick Wadden of Arm of the Sea Theater and Jodi Adams-Hill, a Saugerties school art teacher. Saugerties junior-high students created the masks, and will help bring them to life in the parade.