The ghost of Tom Joad treads the boards at SUNY-Ulster
John Steinbeck’s masterwork The Grapes of Wrath was the best-selling book of 1939, winning its author a Pulitzer Prize for
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Captain America loses some innocence but gains some coolness in new film
People who prefer Marvel to DC Comics generally express that preference in terms of the characters in the Marvel superhero
Saved by the Seal-Folk: The Secret of Roan Inish in Rosendale
Red Hook’s great independent filmmaker John Sayles isn’t particularly known as a creator of movies for kids, but in 1994 he
Don Byron’s New Gospel Quintet to raise the roof in Stone Ridge
The reed-player and jazz composer/interpreter Don Byron’s New Gospel Quintet routinely raises roofs and brings audiences almost involuntarily to their
Red Hook hosts Read Local Literary Festival
The upcoming third annual Read Local! Red Hook Literary Festival will take place on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and
Bruce Katz headlines Pro Jam 5 at Hudson’s Club Helsinki
The Hudson Valley has long served as a home and haven in the hills for many professional musicians, but as
Hudson Valley Philharmonic performs Mahler’s massive “Resurrection” Symphony this Saturday
Why, in this post-Enlightenment age of sophisticated science, do so many otherwise-rational people still cling so tenaciously to belief in
Graphic novel titans Art Spiegelman & Neil Gaiman at Bard
Once upon a time, comic books were for kids – particularly kids who didn’t care much for reading real books.
Actor/author Stephen Tobolowsky headlines Woodstock Writers’ Festival
“I’d rather be a writer than an actor,” said Stephen Tobolowsky, a character actor you’ve probably seen in one of
“333” Songwriter Showcase this Friday in Woodstock
When I was a young, unfocused, undisciplined musician, dwarfed by my older brother’s long shadow on the high school dance