The Sioux Chef comes to Bard
Tuesday, October 29: Have you ever had a “decolonized dinner”?
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Why water is life
Since cold air can hold just one-thirtieth as much water vapor as very warm air, the substance we breathe is becoming desiccated.
How treating supplanted tricking on Halloween in America
There’s scarcely an American left alive today who remembers the days when treats weren’t the primary focus of the practice.
’90s Nickelodeon nostalgia comes to Hudson Valley
Calling all ’80s and ’90s babies: climate change and student debt got you down? A nostalgic, alcohol-infused evening with some Nickelodeon stars might be just the ticket. Two events in the “Nostalgia Personified” tour will be held in the next couple months in Newburgh and Woodstock.
New column: Ask a naturalist
Which kinds of trees make which color leaves? Why do we see so many spiderwebs in the fall? When were apples first cultivated in the Hudson Valley? Can woolly bear caterpillars predict the weather?
Dutchess Fairgrounds host NYS Sheep & Wool Festival
Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 17-20: There will be opportunities to shop for wool, learn different crafts, admire llamas and alpacas on parade and root for your favorite sheepdog.
Remember the Burning of Kingston
Friday-Saturday, October 18-19. While a reenactment of the Redcoats’ landing and skirmish with the local militia at Kingston Point won’t be happening this year, some new features have been added to the semiannual commemoration of the disastrous sequence of events in 1777, when British forces took over the city, setting buildings afire as they moved from east to west.
Brew U Beer Festival returns to CIA
Saturday, Oct. 19: Guests can tour the CIA brewery with head brewer Hutch Kugeman, talk to local and regional brewers, taste their beers and learn what’s unique about their breweries, all while enjoying food for which the CIA is world-famous.
VegFest brings “two days of fun, activism and food” to Kingston
Saturday/Sunday, October 19/20: The third annual VegFest comes to BSP with cooking demonstrations, music, screenings, speakers and dozens of holistic vendors in the daytime and a concert of music, art and poetry by vegan artists, called Kingston Animalia, on Saturday evening.
Slow handwriting rules at Kingston’s Brush & Reed
Saturday, Oct. 19: Perhaps the only studio of its kind, Kingston’s Brush & Reed Fine Art Calligraphy Studio is devoted entirely to the craft, aesthetics and truly global history of the calligraphic traditions.