Book, panel examine legacy of naturalist John Burroughs
What we now call natural history or the biosciences were once known as “natural philosophy,” and it was assumed that
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Rosendale’s Widow Jane Mine hosts Subterranean Poetry Festival Sunday
“The Word Itself” is the theme of the 26th annual Subterranean Poetry Festival to be held in Rosendale’s Widow Jane
Steve Clorfeine’s “Correspondence” exhibition opens at SUNY-Ulster
The Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery at SUNY-Ulster in Stone Ridge will host an opening reception on Friday, September 23 from
Quilt plays BSP this Sunday
It’s a naïve, self-flattering assumption to believe that your art is a direct, gashed-vein expression of your experience, your larger
Observing cycles of nature & the media
A big reason why people observe nature is to recognize interesting patterns, like the cycles of the Moon and Sun or
Vassar Street Brew Fest in Poughkeepsie Saturday
Long before designer microbreweries emerged to dot the Hudson Valley landscape, the stalwart patriarch Matthew Vassar owned and operated a
Russian Grand Ballet performs Swan Lake at Bardavon
The Russian Grand Ballet is doing a whirlwind US tour this fall, and one of the stops happens this Saturday,
Kids’ Almanac (9/22-29)
“Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance
Mask and Puppet workshops in Rosendale
“I feel that almost everyone maintains a childlike quality throughout their adulthood. One of the nice things about the puppet form
“Sully” features fine Hanks performance, dicey Eastwood spin
The weekend on which America marked the 15th anniversary of 9/11, which could have been an occasion of unrelieved grimness,