Find the black hole in the center of our galaxy this weekend
Friday-Saturday, Sept. 14-15: There’s probably a supermassive black hole in the core of every galaxy. Ours has the weight of four million Suns.
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Kingston After Dark: September serenade
Good tidings to you, fair reader. I am writing this week’s edition of Kingston After Dark on Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s birthday, surely as good a day (and better than many) to ponder impermanence.
Opening bell
Whatever happens this year, it’s a great comfort to me to feel like the school is on my daughter’s side. They don’t always get it, but that’s what every kid deserves.
Kids’ Almanac (9/6-9/13)
Walkway hosts StarWalk with live astronaut on Friday night, Heroes’ Day at Hudson River Maritime Museum and more.
Kingston After Dark: Sound of a void
When I first heard California’s Wax Idols around 2015’s American Tragic album, I was sure I’d discovered a modern band as catchy as and with as well-written songs as The Pretenders, if Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott, et al. were way more goth. That sounds perfect, right? It really is.
Kids’ Almanac (8/30-9/6)
Free entry at Storm King Art Center, Family Day at Catskill Interpretive Center, Great Train Robbery
Ring around the Sun: The magnificent 22-degree halo
Summer offers a profusion of ice-crystal phenomena.
Port in a storm
The wickeder the world gets, the more militant I get about keeping the doors of my big old Victorian open. I am forever telling friends: please come, please stay. No, really, we mean it.
Kids’ Almanac (8/23-8/30)
Clearwater public sails from Beacon, Kingston & Kayaking 101 at Kingston Point.
The astonishing CZA: How to find the upside-down rainbow
A rainbow requires a sunshower. It must be raining. But the CZA can appear against a blue sky.