Scale models: Fish painter Flick Ford publishes new book
Like a modern-day aquatic version of John James Audubon, Hudson Valley-based artist Flick Ford creates vividly accurate watercolors of fish
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Local authors to turn out at local bookstores for Indies First
This Saturday, November 30 marks the introduction of Indies First, an idea started by author Sherman Alexie and backed by
Knitting Yarns at Woodstock’s Golden Notebook
They say that knitting is making a comeback. For some of us, it never went away – rather, it got
Art of Doing authors at Woodstock Library this Saturday
Did you ever wonder how successful people get that way? Putting aside sheer luck, it seems that they must know
Best-selling nature writer Diane Ackerman at SUNY-Ulster
It wasn’t always so, but in modern times, there has been a tendency to put “good writers” and “good scientists”
Common core: The Big Apples of New York
Ever wonder how New York City came to be known as the Big Apple? So did A. L. DuBois, a
Robert Thurman to speak about Tibet at SUNY-New Paltz
A groundbreaking show of contemporary Tibetan art at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY-New Paltz is the perfect
Game of Thrones readings on Sundays in Woodstock
I’ve been meaning to read the Game of Thrones books – or book, I should say, seeing how George R.
All under one Shawl: The Big Read in Poughkeepsie
A National Endowment for the Arts program called the Big Read starts in Poughkeepsie on Sunday, October 20 with the
Holocaust literature for young & old focus of Resnick Lectures in New Paltz
This season’s lineup for the Louis and Mildred Resnick Lecture Series will focus on “Holocaust Literature for Young and Old: