Film on Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives in Rhinebeck
In these times when taking active responsibility for one’s own wellness has become not just trendy, but actually a financial
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Death Café convenes in Kingston
In most settings, serious talk of one’s mortality would be a conversation-stopper: a downer, a real bummer that would cause
A Bend in the Crick of Time in Saugerties
You might well wonder: What exactly is a “crick,” and how does it get bent in time? The dictionary gives
Slideshow: Between the Tides Festival
[portfolio_slideshow id=3941] The Between the Tides Festival was held Sunday, Aug. 18 to benefit the Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy. All photos by
Hunter Lovins lectures on Gross National Happiness at Bard
Among the contemporary nations of the Earth, my hero is the little Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. In 1972, the Bhutanese
Ashokan hello: Summer Hoot this weekend
The inspiration for the Summer Hoot Festival, which debuts at the Ashokan Center August 23 through 25, was partly the
Kingston Festival of the Arts & Taste of Kingston
In Europe especially, arts festivals are among the great pleasures of summer, stimulating unusual creative connections and bringing in cultural
Kids’ Almanac (August 22-29)
Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my
Catch Brad Mehldau at the Falcon in Marlboro
I grew up with an unfortunate default reverence for jazz players, an across-the-board assumption that they all carried cards and
Pedro Soler & Bryce Dessner to play BSP in Kingston
On 2011’s exquisite Barlande, 74-year-old flamenco guitarist Pedro Soler engages in a musical dialogue with his 29-year-old-son, cellist Gaspar Claus.