“The Great Explainer” Bill Clinton to speak in Rhinebeck
“Sustainability” is the new catchword of our times: a shift in thinking and acting from wasteful consumerism predicated on the
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FDR site hosts talk on African American history
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project will host an author talk and
Red Hook to celebrate Hardscrabble Day
The Town of Red Hook is said by local historians to have received its name from early Dutch navigators charting
Port Ewen to unveil bronze statue of young Sojourner Truth
The most familiar images of Ulster County’s greatest historical heroine – the one on the 1986 postage stamp, say, or
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
Holocaust Museum exhibit at LGBTQ Community Center
By now we’re all at least somewhat familiar with German pastor and Dachau survivor Martin Neimoller’s recollection of public complicity
Roosevelt Reading Festival at FDR Library in Hyde Park
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will host the 10th annual Roosevelt Reading Festival Saturday, July 27. This
Talk about vintage postcards in Kingston
Relive the history of Kingston as depicted on vintage postcards in “Greetings From Kingston: A Story in Postcards” at the Historic Kingston
“Data Spill” at Widow Jane Mine
Ever since she first visited the cement mine on Rosendale’s Snyder Estate shortly after moving to the area 16 years
Row your boat – for peace & unity
After a year’s worth of buildup, the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign flotilla is finally making its way to the