Breakfast in Fur celebrate Flyway Garden release in New Paltz
Breakfast in Fur’s principal songwriter and producer, Dan Wolfe, is a heavy cat. Soft-spoken, slight of build, basketball-tall but not
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American Symphony Orchestra to perform Korngold & Tchaikovsky
Conductor André Previn once quoted a music critic’s assessment of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D Major as “more
Kids’ Almanac (Feb. 5-12)
“The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.” – Joseph Wood Krutch
J. K. Simmons terrorizes aspiring jazz musicians terrifically in Whiplash
What makes a great cinema villain? On paper we look for a bit of nuance and moral ambiguity, but on
American Sniper offers simplistic view of Iraq War, veterans’ issues
Confession: I’m reviewing American Sniper this week only because every new movie opening last week was getting uniformly abysmal reviews
Surveys show that you love our weather
Our government did a survey a few years ago, about how people felt about their region’s climate. Believe it or
NDSO to perform Rodgers & Hammerstein at new CIA theater
Whatever happened to Rodgers and Hammerstein? Young theater fans these days may know all the songs from Les Mis and
Classical Smackdown: Debussy versus Prokofiev in New Paltz
Pianist Frederic Chiu’s “Classical Smackdown” concerts – Web-enabled, crowd-judged competitions between two composers – would seem to be a somewhat
Music on the menu at Gomen Kudasai Noodle Shop in New Paltz
“When I started my business back in 2008, there was no understanding about what real Japanese food is,” says Youko
Blues Hall-of-Famer Robert Cray at Bardavon
Robert Cray is one of the most accomplished blues musicians with whom far too few people seem to be familiar. The five-time