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May 2020

The May 2020 issue includes stories on 'Farmers’ Market Preview', '(Stay At) Home Office', and 'Beacon: A City Rises Up' among others.

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Hudson Valley Events Round-Ups

The Worker Writers School Makes Poets of Essential Workers

By Abby Foster
May 1, 2020
Hudson Valley Events Round-Ups

Performance Anxiety: Hudson Valley Artists and Art Directors on Coping with COVID

By Peter Aaron
May 1, 2020
Hudson Valley Events Round-Ups

Five Hudson Valley Online Events to Enjoy

By Peter Aaron
May 13, 2020
Hudson Valley Events Round-Ups

Five Hudson Valley Happenings This Week (Online and Offline)

By Peter Aaron
May 20, 2020
Hudson Valley Events Round-Ups

Five New Online Hudson Valley Happenings

By Peter Aaron
May 27, 2020
Books & Authors

Book Review | Gail Godwin | Old Lovegood Girls

By Jane Kinney-Denning
May 1, 2020
Music

Album Review: Pete Seeger | Think Globally, Act Locally

By Michael Eck
May 1, 2020
Music

Album Review: Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian | When Will the Blues Leave

By Peter Aaron
May 1, 2020
Music

Album Review: The Gotham Rockets | Blast Off

By Jeremy Schwartz
May 1, 2020
Music

Album Review: Jonell Mosser with John Hall | Little Black Dress

By Haviland S Nichols
May 1, 2020
Poetry

Poetry | May 2020

By Multiple
May 1, 2020
Visual Art

On the Cover | May 2020 | Little COVID Prince by Chris Buzelli

By Abby Foster
May 1, 2020
Visual Art

From Virtual Shows to Outdoor Art, Here are 6 Exhibits to Check out this May

By Chronogram Staff
May 1, 2020
Visual Art

The World is Still Beautiful: Carolyn Marks Blackwood

By Abby Foster
May 1, 2020

Farms & CSAs

Hudson Valley Farmers’ Markets in the Era of Coronavirus

By Nadine Cafaro
May 1, 2020

COVID-19 Stories

Neil Young for Dummies

By Sparrow
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Back Up Buster

By Martha Frankel
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Day 21

By Jana Martin
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Domestic Pandemic: Stories from the Home Front

By Brian K. Mahoney
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Scarlet Fever

By Marge Boyle
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Benched

By Jesse J. Smith
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

A Toilet Paper Tale

By Judith Emilie
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Cool as a Cucumber

By Adrienne Truscott
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Thursday

By Abbe Aronson
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Letter from Buenos Aires

By Marie Doyon
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Crumby

By Erica Ruggiero
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Elevator Virus

By Joe White
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

My Seder

By Laura Rose
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Every Scrap of It

By Molly Gamache
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

A New Day

By Maya Horowitz
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Closing Time

By Lisa A. Phillips
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Front-Line Grocer

By Elmore Kensing
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

The Full-Time Quarantine

By Nicole Clanahan
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

An Excellent Grocery Store

By Amitava Kumar
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Isolation To-Do List

By Pete Mauney
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Trapped

By Violet Snow
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Essential Service

By Jennifer Gutman
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Why We Stayed Home

By Kristopher Jansma
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

The Unemployed and Single Lockdown Manifesto

By Alexandra Bildsoe
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Insomnia

By Hillary Harvey
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Brushing and Flossing Daily

By Inga Hyatt
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

All This Difference

By Heather Hope Dell'Amore
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

Above the Funeral Home

By Marilyn D.
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Stories

A Day in the Life Under Quarantine

By Seth Rogovoy
May 1, 2020
Editor's Note

Editor's Note: Quaranta | May 2020

By Brian K. Mahoney
May 1, 2020
Esteemed Reader

Esteemed Reader | May 2020

By Jason Stern
May 1, 2020

Beacon

Beacon v. COVID-19: The City Rises Up

By Brian PJ Cronin
May 1, 2020

Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Eviction Moratorium Extended, New York Was Virus's Gateway

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Thursday, May 7.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso, Roger Hannigan Gilson and Annemarie Durkin
May 7, 2020
Health

The Tug-of-War Over Summer Camps During COVID-19

Full-time residents and local officials fear contagion as the debate over whether to allow summer camps to open heats up.

By Roger Hannigan Gilson
May 18, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: 1 Million Tests, Factors for Regional Reopening

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Monday, May 4.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso and Annemarie Durkin
May 4, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Legislators Weigh Raising Taxes to Close Budget Gaps

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Monday, May 18.

By Lissa Harris and Phillip Pantuso
May 18, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Local Leaders Survey; Positive Hospitalization Trends

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Wednesday, May 13.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso, Roger Hannigan Gilson and Annemarie Durkin
May 13, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: State Launches Testing Website, Expands Criteria

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from the weekend of May 15-17.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso and Roger Hannigan Gilson
May 17, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Mid-Hudson Region Cleared to Reopen Tuesday

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from the weekend of May 22-24.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso and Roger Hannigan Gilson
May 24, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Yet More Confusion Over Reopening, Plus a New Mask Order

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Thursday, May 28.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso and Roger Hannigan Gilson
May 28, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: When Will New York State Reopen?

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from the weekend of May 8-10.

By Lissa Harris, Roger Hannigan Gilson and Annemarie Durkin
May 10, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Mental Health Prioritized, Schools Closed for Academic Year

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from the weekend of May 1-3.

By Lissa Harris, Roger Hannigan Gilson and Annemarie Durkin
May 3, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: School Elections Provide Early Test of Mail-In Voting

How will school board and budget votes happen next month? Plus news from New York State, the Hudson Valley, and the Catskills from Thursday, May 21.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso and Roger Hannigan Gilson
May 21, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Another Reason to Wear a Mask

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Tuesday, May 12.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso, Roger Hannigan Gilson and Annemarie Durkin
May 12, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Widespread Confusion Over Reopening Guidelines

Looking at regional reopening guidelines, plus news from New York State, the Hudson Valley, and the Catskills from Thursday, May 14.

By Lissa Harris, Roger Hannigan Gilson and Annemarie Durkin
May 14, 2020
Health

‘Nurses have been betrayed. We are not going to let this happen again.’

Three Hudson Valley nurses talk about working through the coronavirus pandemic.

By Alexander Reed Kelly
May 2, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Billionaires in Charge, Surprising Hospitalization Trends

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Wednesday, May 6.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso, Roger Hannigan Gilson and Annemarie Durkin
May 6, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Who Is to Blame for the Nursing Home Crisis?

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Wednesday, May 27.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso and Roger Hannigan Gilson
May 27, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: More Details on Regional Reopening Plans

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Monday, May 11.

By Lissa Harris, Roger Hannigan Gilson and Annemarie Durkin
May 11, 2020
Health

‘The industry is over’: Hudson Valley Restaurants Confront the Pandemic

Restaurateurs are seeking answers about how and when a reopening might take place, but the coronavirus has revealed industrywide precarity, and the future looks unclear.

By Jesse J. Smith
May 16, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Democratic Primary Back On, Skoufis Recovered

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Tuesday, May 5.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso, Roger Hannigan Gilson and Annemarie Durkin
May 5, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: CDC Releases Detailed Reopening Guidelines

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Wednesday, May 20.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso and Roger Hannigan Gilson
May 20, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Capital Region to Reopen Wednesday

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Tuesday, May 19.

By Lissa Harris, Phillip Pantuso and Roger Hannigan Gilson
May 19, 2020
Health

Coronavirus Roundup: Phase One Businesses Reopen in Mid-Hudson Region

All the news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties from Tuesday, May 26.

By Lissa Harris and Phillip Pantuso
May 26, 2020
Politics

In Mask Law Reform, New York Grapples with the Weight of Protest History

The state Legislature voted last week to repeal an old law outlawing face masks that dates to the 19th-century Anti-Rent Wars. The timing is conspicuous.

By Lissa Harris
May 31, 2020
Social Justice

Lost In Translation During the Coronavirus Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic emphasizes the need for language justice for non-English speakers in the Hudson Valley.

By Valerie Pereyra
May 12, 2020
COVID 19

The Future of Entertainment? Look to the Past, and Drive-In Theaters

A socially distant, outside-the-home recreational activity? Drive-ins are gearing up to satisfy demand for entertainment post-quarantine.

By Dalvin Aboagye
May 29, 2020
The River General News

It's Giving Newsday. Will You Support Local Journalism?

By Phillip Pantuso
May 5, 2020

General News & Politics

Hudson Valley College Town Economies Struggle to Adapt During Students’ Absence

By Tiana Headley
May 7, 2020

Coronavirus

Changes in the Labor Department: Pregnant in a Pandemic

By Nadine Cafaro
May 1, 2020
Coronavirus

The Chaplain’s Job

By Erica Ruggiero
May 1, 2020
General Wellness

Fighting On The Front Lines

Hudson Valley essential workers share their experiences with COVID-19 as they risk their lives to help others

By Abby Foster
May 21, 2020

Aries

Aries Horoscope | May 2020

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020
Monthly Forecast

May 2020 Astrology Forecast

Our Most Needed Resource

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020
Taurus

Taurus Horoscope | May 2020

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020
Gemini

Gemini Horoscope | May 2020

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020
Cancer

Cancer Horoscope | May 2020

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020
Leo

Leo Horoscope | May 2020

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020
Virgo

Virgo Horoscope | May 2020

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020
Libra

Libra Horoscope | May 2020

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020
Scorpio

Scorpio Horoscope | May 2020

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020
Sagittarius

Sagittarius Horoscope | May 2020

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020
Capricorn

Capricorn Horoscope | May 2020

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020
Aquarius

Aquarius Horoscope | May 2020

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020
Pisces

Pisces Horoscope | May 2020

By Lorelai Kude
May 1, 2020