Saturday, May 13: The village will come alive with fair food and free festivities for all ages, including live animals, arts and crafts and a stage with live music. At the center of the action will be the Red Hook Public Library, which will host a giant bubble station, face-painting and “unconventional electronics,” and a performance by The Orchestra Now from the Bard Conservatory.
“We want people to mingle and linger… There’s something about that Dutch DNA – that simplicity and celebration of everyday life. It’s honest, straightforward. And to me, that’s what the Hudson Valley is like: It’s unpretentious.”
Saturday, May 13: Hit songwriter, art-rock bandleader, A-list producer and genuine technology visionary: Only Todd “Is God” Rundgren comfortably fits that description. The Wizard of Mink Hollow returns to his former home region.
A shrine for devotees of horticulture, it’s the earliest surviving private garden created by one of America’s most celebrated and influential landscape designers, Beatrix Farrand. While most of her gardens have been lost to time, notable exceptions include the Rockefellers’ Eyrie Garden in Maine, large portions of the Princeton and Yale campuses and Dumbarton Oaks, in Washington, DC: indisputably one of the great gardens of the world.
All right, Mamas, it’s that time of year again, and many of you tell me you are over the whole Mother’s Day thing. Well, let’s see about that! Here is my list of options that you might want to do this weekend after all, in honor of all of the amazing mother figures in our lives!
His office isn’t the kind of place you associate with someone who has produced a clutch of Hollywood and independent films you know and love: The Talented Mister Ripley, Cold Mountain, The English Patient, to name but a few.
“Within a year, we’ll have completely new machines. It’s very interesting when you think about a retail experience of walking into an unmanned store; everything has to be self-explanatory. Think about how ATMs work, and think about how many years it’s taken to get a flawless transition.”
Friday-Sunday, May 5-7: From all over the Northeast, car aficionados come to check out the array of hot rods, racecars and customized models on Saturday, and unmodified antique and classic cars on Sunday.
Our weekly roundup of local family activities.
Saturday & Sunday, May 5-6: See the wares of hundreds of vendors purveying fresh farm goods, handmade craft items and vintage collectibles.