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The Highlands Current - News for Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison) and Beacon, New York

January 27, 2020

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Alison Rooney

Alison Rooney

Rooney has been the arts editor at The Current since its founding in 2010 and has lived in Cold Spring since 1999.

Arts & Leisure

Prints from the Far North

By Alison Rooney | January 26, 2020

Inuit artwork on display in Beacon

Arts & Leisure

Turning Things Upside Down

By Alison Rooney | January 24, 2020

Depot’s Flipside series begins with dance

Arts & Leisure

Two Stores in One

By Alison Rooney | January 24, 2020

Furniture and home retailers co-habitate in Beacon

Arts & Leisure

Women Helping Women

By Alison Rooney | January 22, 2020

Group to hold clothing sale fundraiser

Arts & Leisure

An Arabic Adventure

By Alison Rooney | January 17, 2020

Cold Spring resident returns from Peace Corps assignment in Morocco

Arts & Leisure

Back to Ballet

By Alison Rooney | January 11, 2020

Women take up where the girls left off

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A Lifetime of Art

By Alison Rooney | January 10, 2020

Friends mount memorial show for Don Alter

Arts & Leisure

Deeper Vision

By Alison Rooney | January 10, 2020

Seattle transplant opens Beacon gallery

Arts & Leisure

Handmade and Heartfelt

By Alison Rooney | December 29, 2019

Beacon writer explores the power of personal craft

Arts & Leisure

Listen Up!

By Alison Rooney | December 21, 2019

A guide to local podcasts, from cooking to movies to travel and careers

Arts & Leisure

A Holiday Tradition Comes to Beacon

By Alison Rooney | December 14, 2019

New resident to read ‘A Christmas Memory’

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Memorable Holiday Sweaters

By Alison Rooney | December 14, 2019

Although you may well want to forget

Arts & Leisure

Endangered Species, Close to Home

By Alison Rooney | December 13, 2019

Artist incorporates animals into sculpture

Philipstown News

Life Lessons from Local ‘Celebs’

By Alison Rooney | December 7, 2019

St. Basil’s program guides kids past trauma

Arts & Leisure
Choi Fairbanks

5 Questions: Choi Fairbanks

By Alison Rooney | December 7, 2019

Beacon resident created cello choir

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