Kids’ Almanac (10/4-10/11)
Why I’m a Forsyth Nature Center fan; hike the new River-to-Ridge Trail in New Paltz; dozens of ideas for local family activities.
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Maureen Cummins is writer-in-the-window for Shout Out Saugerties
October 2-28: The book Cummins will be working on has to do with the unearthing and exposing of family secrets; hence, her tenure in the window, in which she herself is exposed, “sort of parallels the book — it’s a simulacrum of the book,” she says.
Deni Bonet plays Unison in New Paltz
Saturday, October 6: The violinist and songwriter Deni Bonet burst onto the national scene in the ’90s as the first-call violinist for such era-defining artists as REM, Sarah McLachlan, the Indigo Girls, Warren Zevon, Cyndi Lauper, Robyn Hitchcock and on and on.
Bring your own water to the “Each Day, Water” installation in Poughkeepsie
Opening Reception at Art Centro, Friday, Oct. 5: Water from the Missouri and Cannonball Rivers at Standing Rock will fill the vessels, as well as water from other important places of struggle against the “Black Snake” (fossil fuel infrastructure), including our region’s own Muhheakantuc, the Hudson River. The exhibit will close on Saturday, October 27 with a traditional water ceremony by Standing Rock Water Protector Chas Jewett.
Erica’s Cancer Journey: “Autumn fire”
A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summer’s wave good-bye… The heat begins to sustain itself, balance. Like the equinox I am honoring. The teens leave, I remain. I want to be reflective but I’m just grateful to have had a summer. I thought I’d be long gone in March.
The future of cinema: Sample virtual reality at Woodstock Film Fest
Wednesday-Sunday, October 10-14: There will also be nine world premieres screened, four North American premieres, one US premiere, 12 East Coast premieres and eight New York premieres.
Is the universe conscious?
How can such an intangible thing as the fact of awareness, such as experiencing the smell of buttered corn, arise from the insentient atoms and molecules that fashion our bodies?
Garlic Festival returns to Saugerties
Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 29-30: Thousands are expected to celebrate the stinking rose at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival in Saugerties.
Steampunk Flights of Fancy at Rhinebeck Aerodrome
Saturday, Sept. 29: The event features a Victorian picnic, tea dueling, steampunk marketplace, spirits-tasting and much more. New this year is the Flying Bicycle-Makers’ Challenge, in which participants submit vintage aviation steampunk-inspired builds with winning entries featured in the Aerodrome’s live airshow skit, Flying Bicycle vs. Rocketeer.
Kids’ Almanac (9/27-10/4)
A family paradise: Do you avoid public spaces because you have active (read: loud) little ones? Curious where the heck the hamlet of Milton is? Then go to Frida’s Bakery & Cafe.