Beltane Festival in the shadow of the Shawangunks
Knights and ladies ride horseback around a circle of standing stones. From across a broad meadow, a gaily clad procession
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Spring Plow at Saunderskill Farms
Traditional pre-combustion-engine methods are kept alive at Saunderskill Farms in Accord during the annual Spring Plow, when draft horses, mules
Kids’ Almanac Apr. 28–May 5
“It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is.” – Mark Twain Get bit by the jazz
Founding fiber: Chancellor’s Sheep & Wool Showcase at Clermont
It’s time to make your way to the modest mansion above the Hudson River in Germantown for a spring family
Sara Moulton at Wine & Food Festival of New Paltz at Mohonk
In gala style, the Mohonk Mountain House hosts the Wine & Food Festival of New Paltz this Friday, Saturday and
Step out for Slabsides
When the literary naturalist John Burroughs first began writing about Nature, as he called it, the country looked askance. Where
Hop to it: TAP New York brewfest at Hunter Mountain
The largest and longest-running single-state brewfest in the country, TAP New York, returns to Hunter Mountain this weekend for its
Many droplets make a wave
Ever since Rachel Carson spoke to the masses through the 1962 publication of her treatise Silent Spring, insightful observers of our
Luke Murphy’s Attic Projects at Kaatsbaan in Tivoli
The Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in Tivoli presents Attic Projects, the first of its Upstream Residency Award-winners for 2016 on
The inside track on our local women’s roller derby league
“There’s no ‘sorry’ in derby,” explains Rackelle Roden, a recent recruit. It was hard for her when first joining the team to purposely bump into the other women on the track and not say, “Sorry!” or move aside when the goal is to move in. “There’s no moving aside in derby, either,” her new teammates told her.