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Wooden it be nice?

Hurley Reformed Church hosts Mid-Hudson Woodworkers’ Show this Saturday


There is something primal about objects fashioned from wood. The feel of a finely turned bowl, the delicacy of an intricate carving, the shape and tone of an exquisitely built musical instrument: A...

October 20, 2011 12:00 PM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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CIA Chef Rob Mullooly teaching “Preservin​g the Season” at Country Cupboards in September
Fall feasting

Rhinebeck’s Country Cupboards & Warren Cutlery’s slate of seasonal cooking classes


Crisp mornings and earlier sunsets contrive to get us all into the kitchen, where we can warm up as something gurgles on the stove or bakes in the oven. And with all our favorite holiday feasts jus...

October 16, 2011 12:00 PM | 1 1 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Photo of Lou Harrison by Eva Soltes
Junkyard jive

Bard in Annandale hosts concert of Lou Harrison’s “American gamelan” compositions for found-object orchestra this Saturday


Everyday objects contain their own kind of music. That was one of the discoveries of the late composer Lou Harrison, who performed his music on his own handmade instruments, collected in an assembl...

October 13, 2011 12:00 PM | 1 1 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Piece by Henrietta Mantooth (above); Gary Hill’s SIne Wave, 2011 (below), Mixed media installation
Want Tibet?

Woodstock’s Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery hosts art show with Gary Hill, David Van Tieghem & Henrietta Mantooth plus Green Living Day workshops


What better time to host a program of green living that acknowledges the beauty and temporality of all living things than in mid-October, when the autumn leaves are at their peak, cascading to the ...

October 06, 2011 12:00 PM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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A monthlong display of art in 17 storefronts in New Paltz is another offshoot of the COTA celebration. (Photo of this piece at the New Paltz Cinema by Lauren Thomas)
Muse on this

Celebration of the Arts returns to Huguenot Street in New Paltz on October 8


Visual artists, writers, poets, dancers, musicians and other performers will take over Historic Huguenot Street in the fifth annual Celebration of the Arts on Saturday, October 8 from 11 a.m. to 5 ...

October 02, 2011 08:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Seeing in the dark

Ione’s Dream Festival returns to Kingston this Saturday


If you think that other people’s dreams are boring, you will likely be surprised at Ione’s Dream Festival, where dreams are celebrated as the deepest source of creativity, auspicious and always-tru...

September 29, 2011 12:00 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Leapin’ lizards!

Hudson Valley Reptile Expo returns to Civic Center in Poughkeepsie this Sunday


The Hudson Valley Reptile Expo is coming to the Mid-Hudson Civic Center this Sunday, September 25. The event, which Herpnerds co-owner and promoter Jen Jones said is family-friendly, is a much larg...

September 22, 2011 11:48 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rocks, paper, maybe even some scissors

Dutchess Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck host Gem & Mineral Show as well as Rubber Stamp, Scrapbooking & Paper Arts Festival this weekend


Gems and minerals, rubber stamps and paper arts: All will be on view at paired daylong events at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds this Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18. The 42nd annual Gem &...

September 15, 2011 12:29 PM | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kingston corner (wall & Front streets) stereoview, 1870’s | Jeffrey Kraus, Photographic Antiques
Seeing double

Jeffrey Kraus of New Paltz is world’s leading dealer of stereoviews


In the 1930s Bernard Kraus opened the Raven Book Shop, located on Fourth Avenue amid New York City’s famous “book row.” The private libraries that he bought up sometimes came with boxes of photogra...

September 08, 2011 12:38 PM | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Adirondack Landscape by Ted Braggins, monotype
Home is where the art is

Art Studio Views 2011 tour takes off from Rhinebeck this weekend


There’s no better way to judge the scenic impact of a place, along with the cultural acumen and sensitivity of its resident artists, than to amass a couple of dozen professionals into a regional ar...

September 01, 2011 08:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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