Social ferment: International Pickle Festival returns to Rosendale
Every year, people flock from all over to Castroville, California for its big Artichoke Festival. Closer to home, Saugerties holds
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Celestial gratitude
I have a prized handwritten, original letter from Aldous Huxley, in which he mentions that “Gratitude is heaven itself.” There’s
New Paltz hosts Long Path record-breaker Ken Posner this Saturday
Admit it: If you love to hike, you’ve probably fantasized at one time or another about doing the Appalachian Trail.
Kids’ Almanac (Nov. 21-28)
[portfolio_slideshow id=9587] Photos by Dion Ogust The darkness of the whole world cannot swallow the glowing of a
UPAC screens Hitchcock’s North by Northwest this Friday
The 1959 Alfred Hitchcock suspense thriller North by Northwest will be screened on Friday, November 22 at 7:30 p.m. at
Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush
Folks old enough to remember the Vietnam War may recall that perhaps the single greatest factor (besides the thousands of
Greek Festival this weekend in Kingston
St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church, located at 294 Greenkill Avenue in Kingston, will host its annual Greek Festival Friday, Saturday
Robert Reich makes economics palatable in Inequality for All
According to the Victorian Era historian Thomas Carlyle, economics is the “dismal science.” Carlyle was reacting specifically to Thomas Malthus’
It’s all in the motion
Still-life paintings are nice, but motion is what grabs our attention. Fortunately, nature always obliges: Nothing in the universe is
Anti-bullying subtext makes Ender’s Game more than a sci-fi romp
Any parent who has ever had an offspring who was bullied knows both the heartache of watching one’s child suffer