Kids’ Almanac (Nov. 22-29)
First port of call for Sinterklaas: Kingston takes the place of Spain | Adventure Lab, Peter Rabbit puppet theater and great crafts at Olana.
Voices
Going to Mars…or at least gazing at it
The Martian surface air is 30 times thinner than the air atop Mount Everest. And if that weren’t bad enough, all that thin, barely-there gas is carbon dioxide: no oxygen. You can’t breathe there.
Wild turkeys are good eating
Turkeys admittedly have small brains, and many know-it-alls who have never hunted them consider them dumb. But when it comes to hunting, they are far from dumb. Very wary by nature, they are among the most difficult quarry to target and kill.
Kingston After Dark: The magic of Lis
Located a stone’s throw from The Beverly, Lis Bar adds yet more enticement to visit a part of Kingston that’s been overshadowed by other nightlife hot spots in town.
The Eagle’s View: Parsing the election results
What makes local elections sometimes unpredictable is that party-enrolled voters are more likely to cross party lines in local elections than they might when voting for state or national candidates.
HQ2 ÷ 2
Like it or not, the agglomeration of well-paying jobs in the nation’s most populous metropolitan areas is a fact of economic life. Despite lamentations as to the injustice of it all, more and more high-quality jobs are ending up in the priciest cities, where higher productivity must justify the high expenses.
Kids’ Almanac (Nov. 15-22)
Mini-Maker Faire in Poughkeepsie; Puppy Day in Rhinebeck; Mary Poppins the Musical; Meet a sloth at the Civic Center, and more.
Local anchors
Late last Tuesday afternoon, the Hudson Valley Farm Hub presented a program entitled “Celebrating Grains in the Hudson Valley” at the Senate Garage in Kingston. The event was half victory lap and half progress report on an ambitious, complex and intricate five-year agricultural initiative. In farming, the pace of change cannot easily be hurried.
Kingston After Dark: Ariel Acevedo’s musical home
The detail-oriented Acevedo is releasing Estados Separados (meaning separate states) via his musical project, a warm and vibrant blend of styles and influences from around the world. A release party will take place at The Beverly in Kingston on Friday, November 9.
Why Delgado won
It was not so much that Delgado did better than 2016 nominee Zephyr Teachout had but that Faso 2018 performed less well than Faso 2016 — an indicator of intense Democratic engagement in this year’s election.