Film examines cancer survivor’s quest to track carcinogens
The famous quote “We all live downstream” seems to be attributed most often to Japanese-Canadian environmental activist David Suzuki, best-known
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Plant a Row for the Hungry with help from Cornell
The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County (CCE) has led a people-helping-people campaign to stem hunger in the region since
Tobe Carey’s newest documentary, Sweet Violets
The white and purple flowers that will soon be proliferating in the woods, fields and yards of the mid-Hudson Valley
Anemone season at Battenfeld’s
One of the characters who appears in the new Tobe Carey documentary Sweet Violets (see related piece in Alm@nac) is
Sky high: see it now while the moon and planets perform
Late summer, you’ll wonder what happened. The evening sky will seem empty. Not a single bright planet will be found
Alaska & the Aurora: pilgrimage to see the fabled Lights
I just returned from a weeklong lecture jaunt to a hot-spring resort in the middle of nowhere, 90 minutes east
Rosendale to screen Gregory Bateson biopic and host Q&A with director Nora Bateson
The Ecology of Mind, a film by Nora Bateson, celebrates a person whose teaching and work in various academic and
Celestial beauty: Take a peek at Venus at her peak
After the Moon, Venus is the brightest thing in the night sky. Nothing else even comes close. No wonder civilizations
Vegetarianism guru Frances Moore Lappé lectures this Friday at Cary Institute
Vegetarians and vegans these days have it easy, compared to what it was like back in the early ‘70s when
Kids Almanac: Save the eels, shadowtales, showtunes & signs of spring
Years ago when our son was born, I didn’t know any other area parents with a baby, and it