Celebration of Lights parade, film & fireworks in Poughkeepsie
No matter what astronomical, meteorological, spiritual, historical, mythological or cultural phenomenon you personally consider the “reason for the season,” there’s
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On the Hudson Valley cheese trail
Do you say “cheese, please”? Let’s be fromage friends. A slice on a sandwich, a cube on a toothpick, a
Finding the universe: Is your house Code Green?
I just got back from leading a tour in Chile, exploring the amazing southern skies. We annually go into the Andes
Mockingjay, Part 2: “Triumph is so not what this saga is about”
The cinematic manifestation of The Hunger Games wraps up with Mockingjay – Part 2, laying to rest this fangirl’s greatest
“Winter in America” at The School in Kinderhook
“Winter in America” at the Jack Shainman Gallery’s amazing space in Kinderhook, the School, is described by the noted New
Mark Morganstern reads from his Dancing with Dasein at Rosendale Café
The 14 short stories contained within Mark Morganstern’s newly published Dancing with Dasein and Other Stories are populated with vivid
Don Byron to front eclectic sextet at Helsinki Hudson
The great jazz reed-player and student of style Don Byron came to fame with his avant-garde klezmer fusion. This was
Security Project plays Peter Gabriel at Bearsville
Peter Gabriel’s smash-hit fifth solo album, the Daniel Lanois-produced So, was the one that fully transformed the theatrical prog-rock trickster
A pleasurably tense, well-orchestrated Wait until Dark on stage in Rhinebeck
Ever since I first saw Terence Young’s 1967 film version of Frederick Knott’s 1966 Broadway drama Wait until Dark, it
Kids’ Almanac: Meet a real reindeer, build a LEGO Christmas City, bid Sinterklaas bon voyage
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.” – Henry David Thoreau Volunteering for