Kids’ Almanac (7/5-7/12)
Revolution on Huguenot Street!
Columns
Living with chipmunks
It is the year of the chipmunk. These pocket-sized creatures are having a banner year, invading my yard in great numbers. I have a spending posse. As a group, they’re officially named a scurry.
Kingston After Dark: Kingston’s yacht rock ship is coming in
Do you like piña coladas? Getting caught in the rain? And have you ever wondered why this city, blessed with a fine marina for tying up your boat and then tying one on, doesn’t have a more passionate yacht rock scene?
The value of outrage
Truth be told, as this administration slides deeper and deeper into wanton cruelty, I long for incivility. I yearn for it. I am filled with intemperate rage.
Kids’ Almanac (6/28-7/5)
Climb the firetower at Ferncliff Forest | Family Fun Day at FDR | Young People’s Concert at Maverick | Independence Day celebrations
Childhood’s end
Thoughts on the lack of maternity wards in rural areas and the effects of separating migrant children from their families.
Kids’ Almanac (6/21-6/28)
See Willy Wonka on Bannerman’s Island and the Boatbuilding Challenge & Brightwork Makers’ Festival in Kingston
Kids’ Almanac (6/14-6/21)
Bardavon hosts Teen Film Festival | Swim season opens at Minnewaska | Free Family Day at Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz
A focus on the strange Evening Star
During the next three months, from now through September, Venus will visibly shift to the left. Each evening at nightfall, it will still hover at about the same height. But it will continually migrate south, or leftward, as it marches through the zodiac through Cancer, Leo, Virgo and into Libra.
Masterpiece Cakeshop theater
Pride Month kicked off with the Supreme Court ruling in favor of a baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding. Much is being made in the discussion around this ruling of how narrow it is. To my LGBTQ friends and family, it’s a frightening decision anyway. For those who fear that their basic humanity is conditional, and might be revoked at any moment, Masterpiece looks like a foot in the door. Today, it’s a cake. Tomorrow, it might be a lunch counter.