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The music-and-wellness event previews its 12th annual return with a concert at the Old Dutch Church and a bike expo/block party.
Getting out on the water in a kayak is one of the most beautiful and peaceful ways to enjoy the scenery from a different perspective. If you don’t have your own boat, you can still enjoy the region’s waterways from the namesake river to its many tributaries and other bodies of water at these 12…
Since its founding in 2015, the Good Work Institute has facilitated networking and programming to strengthen the local community, economy, and ecosystem. Rooted in principles of social justice, democratization of wealth and power, and diversity, GWI’s work has historically relied on the dynamic and propulsive alchemy of group gatherings to effect change. But amid the…
New York State faces an ongoing housing crisis; currently, the number of unhoused adults in New York City is 132 percent higher than it was 10 years ago. In the Hudson Valley, the situation has been significantly exacerbated over the past two years by the coronavirus pandemic, which increased financial pressures on lower-income and working-class…
Rossi & Sons new location in Eastdale Village is a 3,000-square-foot Italian food lover’s paradise.
Officially launched in January 2019, the collaborative Cryptic Gallery at 358 Main Street in Poughkeepsie seeks to bring the Queen City’s creative class together across disciplines. The self-described “Web3-focused creative agency” is one of the few Hudson Valley galleries trafficking in NFTs, but don’t let that confuse you. The collective is also very much about…
For two decades as a primary care doctor at health centers in underserved communities around Westchester and New York City, I’ve encountered too many patients facing tragically unfair barriers to good health. Every day I am frustrated, infuriated, and saddened by an immoral system I can’t fix and can’t escape—until we pass legislation that will…
The Claverack Free Library in Claverack is hosting jazz-oriented events this month.
The award-winning percussion and dance performance show comes to Ulster County on May 26.
After traveling all over the state with an army of volunteers collecting signatures before the April 7 deadline to enter the New York Republican primary, which is on June 28, Rob Astorino barely had time to rest. But it wasn’t the subway shooting in Brooklyn that was keeping him busy, nor the resignation of Hochul’s…
Chamber Music on the Hudson’s 2022 season begins with a concert at the Senate Garage.
Sitting on 250 acres in the rolling hills of Amenia, Troutbeck has a storied past as a relaxing and refined country inn that, over two centuries, has lodged the literate likes of Mark Twain, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Burroughs, and Joel Spingarn. With a guest book like that and magazine-worthy grounds, the…
Leroy Pryce was born 33 years ago at the former Benedictine Hospital on Mary’s Avenue in Kingston, where his mom was a nurse. Watching the way she cared for other people inspired him to pursue a career in health care. In 2012, Pryce began working as a tech at Kingston Hospital, on Broadway, which had…
In May, New York City celebrity chef John DeLucie will throw open the doors to his first upstate venture: MerchantsSocial in Hudson. Located in the former Ca’Mea space on Warren Street, Merchants Social will specialize in hyperlocal fare using region’s bounty plus a Northeast raw bar, with three distinct spaces for dining and drinking, including…
On Main Street in Livingston Manor, the Haven Market is devoted to providing fresh, organic, and local groceries at wholesale prices, lifestyle products, and prepared vegan dishes, along with an onsite nutritionist and demonstration kitchen.
In an April 16 interview with New York City billionaire and budding media mogul John Catsimatidis, Governor Kathy Hochul affirmed that she would not “shut down” the state to deal with the spike in COVID-19 cases caused by the BA.2 variant. Not that anyone expected her to. No, at this point, New York—and apparently the…
In the past decade, the Sullivan County hamlet of Livingston Manor has gotten a hip makeover, with an infusion of new residents and businesses. But the village’s slogan, “Small Town, Big Backyard,” remains unchanged, emphasizing the outdoors-oriented quality of life here, shaped largely by the confluence of three waterways, which give Livingston Manor its identity…
The show presents works by six female artists.
Adult-use dispensaries continue to pop up across the Berkshires, tussling for market share to an increasingly savvy body of consumers. Here’s info on the four newest additions to the recreational cannabis landscape.
This story was reported in collaboration with The Legislative Gazette. On March 2 in Albany, hundreds of immigrant New Yorkers and their supporters woke up at the crack of dawn and made their way to the capitol building, braving cold temperatures to put pressure on lawmakers to expand health insurance coverage to undocumented immigrants. Statewide,…
The ex-Upstate member recently released her debut album.
After 40 years in Woodstock, the Center for Photography at Woodstock moves to Kingston. The inaugural show in its new home is Doug Menuez’s “Wild Place: People of Kingston.”
Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Cash for Refugees.
From the sparkling Manhattan skyline to the most flood-prone basement in Queens, New York City is powered almost entirely by fossil gas—and the huge gas-fueled “peaker” plants that spin up at times of peak electricity demand are polluting New York’s poorest neighborhoods. Scientists can measure a neighborhood’s air pollution and predict how many people will…
The iconic building at the corner of Wall and John streets in Uptown Kingston has been home to many restaurants over the years, including Alebrijes and the Kingston Tea Garden. Since 2018, it’s been Palizzata, a white-tabelcoth restaurant serving up Northern Italian fare like vitello tonnato and porchetta. But owners Eric and Joseph Cafaro noticed…
Since Mackenzie Scott, ex-wife of tech billionaire Jeff Bezos, made a $436 million donation to Habitat for Humanity—including $2 million to the Greater Newburgh chapter of the charity and $1.25 million to Dutchess County—in March, the organization has been back in the local news. While it’s hard to argue against the fact that Habitat for…
A round-up of promotions and events to help you celebrate 4/20.
On April 30, Filipino restaurant Hapag Kainan will celebrate its grand opening in Highland, NY. The new eatery, by Alvin Balbastro, is the latest in a growing constellation of businesses by Filipino American entrepreneurs in the small hamlet. Hapag Kainan will dish up rich, Filipino comfort food classics from adobo to pork sisig, lumpia, and…
The “Luka” hitmaker will perform in Woodstock on April 23.
The multiarts venue reemerges with an immersive, 12-hour performance happening.
The famed Tibetan vocalist will perform at the Old Dutch Church on April 22.
Traditional Indian vegetables, like ash gourds, gongura, and Himalayan black radish, are often hard to source in the US. But Gopal Farm in New Paltz and its sister sites, specialize in producing traditional Indian vegetables and Ayurvedic herbs organically from heirloom seeds, as well a ethical, grass-fed dairy products from their no-kill herd.
At Park Bar in Manhattan, beneath the massive arched mirror, Davina Thomasula and Megan Giometti met bartending. Now, years later, they are opening their own watering hole, Goodnight Kenny, in a historic building in Poughkeepsie, which in the ’40s was a bar called The Ritz.
Rock climbers have flocked to the crags and cliffs of the Shawangunk Ridge for decades. Though, for Deyano Manco, a biker and businessman born and bred in New Paltz, the lack of infrastructure to support such eco tourism has always been surprising. So, in early May, he will open BaseCamp in Gardiner, an “adventure outpost”…
In the past few decades, the opioid epidemic has plagued the nation, with a 200 percent increase in opioid-related deaths since 2000. The Hudson Valley and Catskills are no exception. Members of our community have stood by watching with helplessness as these drugs strip the life and humanity from innocent people. For the past few…
Lodger in Newburgh is hard to place in a tidy box. It is, in the broadest sense, a community incubator—a place where people come to break bread, learn crafts, hear music; a hub of collaboration where the Venn diagram of area creatives, farmers, and students overlaps.
Pamela’s on the Hudson, located in the Newburgh Yacht club, has been a scenic and tasty destination hiding in plain sight since 2003.
In New York, buildings are a bigger climate problem than airplanes. They’re heating the planet faster than cars. They put out more than six times as much greenhouse gas as all the methane-burping cows in the state. That was supposed to change with this year’s state budget. Not so much. “The gas ban is officially…
The yearly classical music event kicks off on April 9.
An excerpt from Philip H. Farber’s “High Magick: A Guide to Cannabis in Ritual & Mysticism,” a guide to using cannabis safely and effectively in spiritual settings.
The perennial Mountain Jam Festival favorite will bring his infectious sound to the center on June 30.
Multimedia artist Romina Gonzales presents new sculptures inspired by the new healing properties of sulfur, copper, and glass at Visitor Center in Newburgh through April 23.
The singer-songwriter will perform at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston on May 6.
When the pandemic hit, event planner Quinn Levine’s weddings went belly-up. Instead of panicking, she took the opportunity to dive headfirst into a long-time dream. She and her husband bought a 250-year-old farmhouse and turned it into Quinnie’s—part breakfast and lunch spot, part provisions market, all heart.
Field + Supply @ Chronogram is a collection of our editors’ favorite wares from the makers featured at Field + Supply, one of the Hudson Valley’s most beloved makers’ fairs.
At a pop-up gallery in Kingston this month, the painter takes Pop Art out of the gift shop and puts it back on the wall.
You’re feeling confident in the romantic realm. Enjoy it but don’t confuse it for connection for long-term commitment.
This lunation reveals the gap between idealized perception and imperfect reality.
Where you previously saw obstruction, you now see opportunity.
You have had to fight to learn to make how to make decisions free from emotional triggers, now you get to reap the benefits of that maturity.
Get clear on what you want to accomplish, this week will bring tools to see your projects with fresh eyes.
Kingston-based ceramicist and textile designer Helen Prior uses ancient blockprinting techniques in her innovative approach to pattern making across mediums.
There’s a lot of dumb luck headed your way this month. Grab hold and enjoy the ride.
Be firm but gentle. Speak your truth with compassion, but don’t let the feelings of others obscure your unique perspective.
Despite its oft-mentioned challenges, this river city is trying to pilot a course that brings economic development without rampant gentrification and disenfranchisement.
Face disfunction head-on to seek a power-sharing solution. Avoid mind games.
Anne Pyburn Craig reviews The Unwritten Book, Samantha Hunt’s reckoning with death and unfinished manuscripts. Plus short reviews of Sharkey: When Sea Lions Were Stars of Show Business by Gary Bohan, Jr.; A History of Place by Mala Hoffman; A Lynching at Port Jervis: Race and Reckoning in the Gilded Age by Philip Dray; The…
The Catskills-based food influencer and Buzzfeed veteran Alexis DeBoschnek is publishing her first cookbook, To the Last Bite, later this month.
Jason Broome reviews Lorkin O’Reilly’s latest album Marriage Material.
From Southern comfort food to Himalayan momo (dumplings) to a converted train depot-turned-cafe, here are five Hudson Valley food and drink destinations to check out this month. Darlings 838 Route 32, Tillson | Darlingsny.com View this post on Instagram A post shared by Darlings (@darlingsny) Just like there are flyover states, there are what could…
Seth Rogovoy reviews Sharp 5’s latest album Shine a Bright Light.
Neither logging company nor tree service, Hudson Valley Forestry offers ecologically minded forestry mulching with a mind toward creating a beautiful, tidy, and maintainable forest for homeowners.
Heeding Rumi, Jason Stern focuses on what to ignore.
Get ready to receive some recognition for your accomplishments.
Morgan Evans reviews Spaghetti Eastern Music’s latest album Solo Guitar Score for 2 x 2 x 4.
You will take up arms this month to defend your values to authority.
Rocket Number Nine store manager David Grimaldi shares the music he’s been listening to lately.
Brian K. Mahoney on a certain overlooked photograph by Chronogram contributor David McIntyre.
Facing pressure from large retail chains, community pharmacies are finding creative ways to stay in business.
Poems by Thomas Bonville, Ivan Jenson, John Joe Kane, George Cassidy Payne, Livingston Rossmoor, Barbara Sheffer, J. R. Solonche, Jaclyn C. Stevenson, Mike Vashen, and Jennifer Wise. Edited by Phillip X Levine.
Sydney Cash discusses six decades of artmaking at the nexus of science and innovation with Carl Van Brunt.
It’s romance season but you still need to work at it with good communication.
Arts editor Peter Aaron sits down with the legendary Weird Al Yankovic, who performs at Bardavon in Kingston
In 2017, CMH invested in the Mako Robotic Arm, a cutting-edge technologi- cal unit that helps orthopedic surgeons plan and perform partial and total knee replacements and total hip replacements with exceptional accuracy.
In the 1970s, artist Yehuda Ben-Yehuda hand-built an 1,800-square-foot house on the Little Beaverkill on five acres Woodstock that his daughter, Noa Jones, now calls home.
You’re ready for intimate connectivity and your charisma is strong, but use it wisely.
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