Globelamp (aka Elizabeth Gomez aka Elizabeth Le Fay) is in the Woodstock-Kingston area to record the follow up to 2016’s The Orange Glow, released on Wichita Records, at Bohemesphere Studios in Saugerties. ‘I’d never been to Upstate New York,” she says. “I like it here. It reminds me of the Taylor Swift album Red.’
There’s a campaign to urge second-home owners to register Upstate in the hopes of increasing Democratic turnout. These are dark times, and there is much at stake nationally. But local politics are no less important. And it is ludicrous to suppose that the only way to build a solid platform for better representation in NY-19 is to import voters from more left-leaning areas to drown out the voices of full-time residents.
As Hawaii resumes H-bomb air raid warnings, and nuclear brinksmanship continues, we take a further look at what a strike on New York City would mean for the Hudson Valley.
I must have been nine, maybe ten, when four guys and an accordion destroyed Christmas carols for me forever.
In the spirit of the holiday, and in defiance of the greater narrative, here are a few of the things I’m grateful for this year.
Our intrepid local geology columnists examine signs of glaciers at North Lake’s Site 151.
Quitting social media means losing touch with friends and family and missing out on local news, especially in rural areas.
Very respected legacy acts are taking Kingston seriously as a tour stop nowadays.
At this time of year, we pay for our shimmering green summers and picture-book snowbound winter days with long stretches of damp and grey and chill.
Night Sky columnist Bob Berman has two telescopes that he wants to give away to stargazers who need them.