Take your pick: Where to get fresh Hudson Valley apples
The Hudson Valley is a great place to pick your own apples or buy them by the peck. Here’s a rundown of local orchards in Ulster, Dutchess and Columbia counties. (With map)
Entertainment
Chris Gethard performs this Saturday at Colony in Woodstock
Saturday, Oct. 14: The telling and receiving of personal truths – not spiel, characters or joke setups – is the heartbeat of Gethard’s comedy, even when he is doing conventional standup. He seems driven by the impulse to divulge, to articulate a self and to connect.
Film festivals remind us of the Hudson Valley’s distinctive beauty
Need an urban area? We have it. Need a suburban street? Have it. Apple orchard or farm? Yup. Shoot on the water? We can do that. Seasonal shooting? Winter, summer, spring or fall. All of it.
Woodstock poet Del Marbrook imaginatively weaves together plots and style
“Old age showers you with clarities and simplicities if you don’t struggle,” writes this former journalist who grew up in the Woodstock of the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Lekker, popular Stone Ridge all-day breakfast spot, reopens as Hash
The business was sold this past April to Lekker’s original chef, Page Moll, and his wife Shala. The sign outside now reads “Hash,” but the sunny space, the casual café atmosphere and the great menu are very nearly the same.
Artist plans multimedia project on NYC watershed
Catskill Waters, a watershed-related community art project, is holding a fundraiser on October 14 that artist Keiko Sono of Bearsville describes as a hybrid of “a multi-media art project, culinary bliss, and a social and economic experiment.”
Another successful garlic festival in Saugerties
The air was rife at Cantine Field with sounds and pungent smells: the buzzing of bees, the sizzling of grills, the calls of carnival barkers peddling their foodstuffs, and the ambient chatter of hundreds of festival-goers.
Plenty of local talent and familiar scenery at this year’s Woodstock Film Festival
The festival, which runs from Oct. 11-15, features many films by local directors and shot in the Hudson Valley.
In dark times, it’s good to be positive: O+ Festival in Kingston
Friday through Sunday, Oct. 6 to 8: There will always be more holes than badges in your quilt of cultural literacy. Don’t let that deter you from new explorations and acquisitions. San Francisco cult darlings Deerhoof headline this musically diverse festival.
Field + Supply at Hutton Brickyards in Kingston
Friday-Sunday, Oct. 6-8: This modern makers’ fair is the brainchild of designer Brad Ford.