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Day Trip: Victoria Pool at Saratoga Spa State Park

Hudson Valley Good Stuff — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:29:00 -0400

This past weekend my husband and I went on a day trip to Saratoga Spa State Park. We take the kids to Saratoga Springs once a year for an overnight getaway, but we always go in the winter.…

First All-Vegetarian Elementary School Visits Catskill Animal Sanctuary

Caroline Budinich — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:20:58 -0400

Today, June 19, the Catskill Animal Sanctuary, a refuge for rescued farm animals and horses in Saugerties, will get a special visit from New York City's first all-vegetarian public school. The 50 third graders will get up, close, and personal with the sanctuary's 30 horses, 800-pound pigs, and one of their 2,000-pound steers, Tucker.…

Peter Barrett's New Web Series: Cook {Uncook}

Jennifer Gutman — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:51:00 -0400

Chronogram Food & Drink Editor Peter Barrett is collaborating with Craig and Staci of HandPicked Nation for a web series called "Cook {Uncook}," which will be released in short episodes as the videos are shot and edited. The series is an unscripted cooking show that ties together food and music.…

Berkshire Choral Festival Returns

Peter Aaron — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Another Tuesday, another area music festival—that I just didn’t have the space for in my yearly round-up of summer fests—to let you know about.

The Berkshire Choral Festival, which takes place from mid July through early August in Sheffield, Massachusetts, has been ongoing for over 30 years.…

This Weekend: Solid Sound, Wilco's Arts and Music Festival

Marie Solis — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:04:00 -0400

Indie rock band Wilco hosts their third annual Solid Sound arts and music festival—a three-day event from June 21 to 23 at MASS MoCA that engages all five senses. The North Adams, MA, festival allows concert-goers a unique sample of Wilco's own taste in music, as they handpick every band featured over the weekend.…

Woodstock Farm Festival: Every Wednesday Through October

Hudson Valley Good Stuff — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:03:00 -0400

Woodstock Farm Festival Wednesdays started on May 29, and will run until October 23 for the 2013 season. It's a lovely community scene, and as one vendor says, it seems to get bigger and bigger every month.…

What Every Healthy Dad Should Know

Wendy Kagan — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:00:00 -0400

On this day of backyard barbecues and necktie gifts, it's a perfect time to remember what keeps the men in our lives, well, in our lives. For as long as possible.…

Wholeshare: A Click and Ship Food Revolution

Jennifer Gutman — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Buying local, organic food is an ideal for many, but it's not always practical. Higher quality foods often mean higher prices, and a single specialty market might not offer as wide of a selection as a major supermarket.…

Chef Shack: The New Food Truck in Saugerties

Hudson Valley Good Stuff — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:42:00 -0400

Have you seen the new food truck in Saugerties at 208 Ulster Avenue? I was in Saugerties on Wednesday running an errand when I remembered that I wanted to try out the new food truck which sits right across from the Lumber Yard.…

Top Five on Friday: Things to Do with Dad

Jennifer Gutman — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:00:00 -0400

June 16 is Father's Day, and whether it's your old man, your old man's old man, or a friend or sibling who is now an old man, it's a day to show the dads in your life how much you appreciate them. Here are our top five picks for things to do in the Hudson Valley this Father's Day.…

Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival at Croton Point Park This Weekend

Caroline Budinich — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Clearwater (also known as the Great Hudson River Revival), one of the most beloved music festivals on the East Coast, kicks off this weekend at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson. Co-established by local treasure Pete Seeger, it started as a fundraiser for the construction of the sloop Clearwater.…

Saugerties Guitarist Connor Kennedy Plays Record Release Event

Peter Aaron — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:00:00 -0400

No, he’s not the guy who dated Taylor Swift. This Connor Kennedy (note the spelling; two n’s in his first name, not one) is, arguably, the Hudson Valley music scene’s fastest-rising young prodigy.…

A Whole Lotta Somethin'

Eric Francis Coppolino — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

The latest installment of Eric Francis Coppolino's Planet Waves Weekly. by Eric Francis Coppolino There's a whole bunch of something in the air. Two things are happening at the moment.…

Podcast Episode 15: Greg Frederick

Chronogram Staff — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Greg Frederick discusses his Vinyl Pop Art series, which is on display at Orphic Gallery through June. by Chronogram Staff Greg Frederick, a Brooklyn based artist whose portrait of Amy Winehouse is featured as Chronogram's June Parting Shot, recently joined the show to discuss his collection of portraits, mostly of iconic musicians, fashioned out of fragments of vinyl from LPs and 45s, paper sleeves and all. Frederick, an avid music fan, started his Vinyl Pop Art series about three years ago.…

An Ode to Sunrise Bagels & Deli in Kingston

Hudson Valley Good Stuff — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:57:00 -0400

I really love bagels. When I lived in Queens and Manhattan, I used to eat them a few times a week because delicious bagels are so easy to find in the city.…

Terrier Thrown From Moving Truck Awaits New Home

Jennifer Gutman — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Sometimes bad things happen to good dogs. On the afternoon of Monday, June 3, a terrier mix somewhere between the age of two and four was thrown from a black, flat-bed truck on Powell Avenue in Newburgh.…

Hunter Mountain's Taste of Country Music Festival Kicks Off This Thursday

Caroline Budinich — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:41:00 -0400

The 2013 Taste of Country Music Festival lines up big names in country music for a two-stage event at Hunter Mountain from June 13 through 15. The inaugural Taste of Country lineup incorporates three diverse generations of country music, including Willie Nelson and Family, Lady Antebellum, and Hunter Hayes, showcasing country music's impact on people of all ages.…

NYMPH Hypnotizes Hudson This Month

Peter Aaron — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Self-described “spiritual psych” band NYMPH is something to behold. The Brooklyn group’s heavily hypnotic, wildly psychedelic head stew imbibes deeply from the trance-like ritual sounds of the ancient, indigenous music of Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.…

Terrapin Red Bistro in Rhinebeck: An Elegant, Refreshing Spring Lunch

Hudson Valley Good Stuff — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:57:00 -0400

Terrapin Red Bistro Restaurant in Rhinebeck invited Hudson Valley Good Stuff to lunch last week. The last time I ate there was three years ago during the week of Chelsea Clinton's wedding.…

Women's Studio Workshop Sells Artists' Texts to Library of Congress

Marie Solis — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:00:00 -0400

It is typical for the Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale to receive requests for their artists' hand-bound books from esteemed institutions in the United States as well as from around the world. However, their most recent sale may be the most noteworthy yet: In May the workshop sold the works of over 200 artists to the Library of Congress, our national research library, for $52,000.…

PS21's Summer Season Kicks Off This Sunday

Caroline Budinich — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Preforming Spaces for the 21st Century, or PS21, is located on an apple orchard outside of the rural town of Chatham. The seasonal performance tent is installed at the beginning of each summer and rests on 18 acres of a 100-acre nature preservation.…

YMCA Kingston Farm Project Fundraiser at Boitson's

Jennifer Gutman — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 09:00:00 -0400

The ease of shopping and eating locally is just one of the many pleasures of living in the Hudson Valley. Regional markets, farms, specialty food shops, and craft wineries, breweries, and distilleries offer a sustainable circuit so that you need not ever travel too far for good, wholesome food products.…

Top Five on Friday: Old-Fashioned Date Nights in the Hudson Valley

Jennifer Gutman — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:36:33 -0400

The days of sock hops and poodle skirts may be over, but that doesn't mean you can't still enjoy an old-fashioned date with your sweetheart. Saturday evening activities of days gone by aren't just appealing because they are of another time, but because they are timeless.…

Family Fun on a Rainy Day: FASNY Firefighting Museum in Hudson

Hudson Valley Good Stuff — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:36:00 -0400

If your kids like fire trucks, dressing up in fire gear, and learning about fire safety and emergencies, then they will love the FASNY Firefighting Museum in Hudson. We went there with the kids on a rainy Saturday.…

Spring for Sound Festival Shakes Up Millerton

Peter Aaron — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Somehow there’s just never enough room in Chronogram’s annual summer music festival spread to give ink to all the worthy warm-weather performance events happening in the area. Besides the space confines of the magazine and the need to change it up with what we cover, it increasingly seems there are dozens of new festivals popping up every year—but of course that all makes for a good problem for local music lovers to have.…