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Ask a naturalist: Which kinds of trees make which color leaves?
Columns, Nature

Ask a naturalist: Which kinds of trees make which color leaves?

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Different tree species are associated with different colors. Hickory and sycamore leaves are golden-orange. Ash leaves tend to be yellow and purple. Oaks hold onto their leaves the longest and produce russet-brown foliage. Sugar maples take on an orange or red tone. There is evidence that red leaves are more prevalent when days are warm, dry and sunny, and the nights are cool (but not freezing). Red foliage has also been linked to fungus and drought.

The Laundromat deftly employs dark humor in a socioeconomic call to action
Stage & Screen

The Laundromat deftly employs dark humor in a socioeconomic call to action

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Meryl Streep plays Ellen Martin, the fictionalized widow of one of the victims of the 2005 wreck of the tour boat Ethan Allen on Lake George. Her insurance claim falls through the holes in a multileveled net of phony corporations that have bought one another out to a point where there’s no accountability left, and mild-mannered Ellen gets ticked off enough to pursue the perpetrators with increasingly singleminded purpose.

Mike Block headlines Ridge String Fling at SUNY-New Paltz
Art & Music

Mike Block headlines Ridge String Fling at SUNY-New Paltz

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Sunday, Oct. 27: The Grammy Award-winning member of the Silk Road Ensemble has been called the “ideal musician of the 21st century” by Ensemble founder Yo-Yo Ma. Block has taken a lead role in the fusion of folk, pop and classical traditions, working with kindred spirits like the classical/roots violinist/composer Mark O’Connor and with pop eminences as well, including will.i.am, Stevie Wonder and Bon Iver.