New Paltz Climbing Film Festival
“There’s a fine line between boldness and stupidity.” So says one veteran climber in the trailer for Valley Uprising: Yosemite’s
Nature
A strange total eclipse
Of nature’s greatest sky spectacles, the total lunar eclipse probably ranks sixth. It does not take one’s breath away like
Open House Day at Slabsides
David Schuyler, author of Sanctified Landscape: Writers, Artists and the Hudson River Valley, 1820-1909, will speak about the shaping of
Retrace the footsteps of Sojourner Truth’s escape in Esopus
For many years I’ve been maintaining that if the Town of New Paltz had a white male hero associated with
How to see an aurora
Last week a powerful X-class solar flare erupted smack in the middle of the Sun. It was optimally positioned to
Neptune is more interesting than you think
Neptune – which these weeks lies at its brightest and closest of the year – is an amazing place. Give
Climate change activist Bill McKibben in New Paltz
Climate change activist Bill McKibben, one of the main organizers of the Climate March, will speak on the SUNY-New Paltz
Super Harvest Moon – or is it?
This weekend, the media will proclaim a SuperMoon. You can’t blame them; NASA sent out a press release saying that
Hudson River Valley Ramble starts this weekend
[portfolio_slideshow id=12829] Photos by Dion Ogust The Hudson River Valley Ramble celebrates the trails, the river and the historic and
News from the edge of the solar system
Two years ago, the first human-made object left the solar system. That was Voyager 1. Right now, in late August