It may still feel like high summer here in the hazy, hot and humid mid-Hudson Valley; but in the realm of retail, seasons seem to keep accelerating. Back-to-school gear appeared on store shelves the instant the previous school year ended, and you can bet that the day after Labor Day, you’ll already be seeing Halloween costumes and candy displays. Can signs counting down the number of shopping days until Christmas be far behind? In fact, thinking that far ahead may not be such a bad thing wh...
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Innovative, outrageous, world-class… It has always been difficult to focus on one adjective that adequately describes the gathering of filmmakers, actors, musicians and artists who congregate each year in Woodstock to share their work. The Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) brings in superlative talent – and the audience is none too shabby, either. Running this year from Wednesday, September 29 through Sunday, October 3, the event will bring in a record number of filmmakers, ranging from establish...
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In a movie career of nearly five decades, Robert Duvall has gone from playing a menacing, mysterious hermit (Boo Radley) in To Kill a Mockingbird to playing a menacing, mysterious hermit in Get Low – and everything in between, of course: cops, robbers, cowboys, soldiers, astronauts, doctors, Joseph Pulitzer and Josef Stalin. In Get Low, Duvall delivers another memorable performance as Felix Bush, a Tennessee recluse who decides to throw himself a funeral. Get Low is based on a true, unlikel...
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When the fine folks behind the wonderful eatery called Terrapin link up with one of the prime movers behind Mountain Jam, good things will happen. In this case, we have the daylong affair known as the Hudson Valley Green Festival. Josh Kroner, the head chef and founder of Terrapin, and Paul Schiavo, co–founder of Mountain Jam, have put together an impressive lineup of artists, educators and locally based organic food producers to converge on Mills-Norrie State Park in Staatsburg this Saturday...
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