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.
Voices
Kids’ Almanac (9/6-9/13)
Walkway hosts StarWalk with live astronaut on Friday night, Heroes’ Day at Hudson River Maritime Museum and more.
Morte Las Vegas
Morte Las Vegas, where beneath the faux glamour, the phony fleeting thrills, the perpetual hope that the next card or the next number will produce untold riches, and the cut-rate abundance, the bottom line is always the bottom line. R.I.P. America.
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.
Letter: Respect the anthem
“If the NFL owners and players’ greed tempts them to dishonor our fallen, then the public has the right and responsibility to abandon them and their sponsors, and the players should be freed to choose whatever form of protest they select on the playing field,” writes a reader from Ulster Park.
John Faso has no rap experience
John Faso and his Republican surrogates have attacked Antonio Delgado over his former occupation as a rapper, despite Faso himself having no rapping experience whatsoever. Not even a mixtape.
At risk of development?
Should the New York City metropolitan area have more people and more jobs? If so, how many more? Where in the 31-county region should they be located? And what needs to be done to ensure a habitable environment for everybody?
Saugerties Times letters (8/30-9/5)
Library budget and trustee vote; Saugerties – a future Long Island?; vote for VanBlarcum; thanks for the tree work; why do we need signs in school zones flashing car speed over the summer?; McCain the hero.
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.