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

December 06, 2022


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Alison Rooney

Alison Rooney

Arts Editor

Rooney has been writing for The Current since its founding in 2010. An accomplished playwright, she has lived in Cold Spring since 1999. She is a graduate of Binghamton University, where she majored in history. Location: Cold Spring. Languages: English. Area of Expertise: Arts

Arts & Leisure
Lucius Bell

Haldane Drama Tackles the Bard

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | December 2, 2022

Fall play is Midsummer Night’s Dream

Arts & Leisure
Scott Tillitt on set at QVC

Something You Don’t Know About Me: Scott Tillitt

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | December 2, 2022

Beahive founder had encounters with QVC and the Dalai Lama (separately)

Arts & Leisure
Will Reynolds conducting The Violet Hour orchestra

The Music Before the Show

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | November 25, 2022

Beacon composer reworks an old standard

Around Town
Carole Penner

5 Questions: Carole Penner

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | November 25, 2022

Leads “Aging Gracefully” workshop in Beacon

Arts & Leisure
Maria Hart

A Deeper Look at Dolls

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | November 11, 2022

Beacon writer’s new book examines their function, fun and folly

Arts & Leisure
Katie MacInnes (Photos provided)

Time to Move Again

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | November 4, 2022

Cold Spring studio opens in former print shop

Arts & Leisure
A pop-up bonfire with two staples: flames and music Photos provided

From Fire to Festival

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | October 28, 2022

Pop-up pit evolves into event

Arts & Leisure
Qwanqwa

Playing with Tradition

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | October 28, 2022

Ethiopian band to perform at Howland

Arts & Leisure
putnam playwrights

Bound by Land

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | October 21, 2022

Theater alliance to present stories of ‘tumultuous time’

Arts & Leisure
Margaret Hamilton played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (1939).

The Wicked Witch, with a Twist

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | October 21, 2022

Beacon Players to debut Halloween play by local horror writer

Jim Witt
Around Town

Weatherman Could Not Have Predicted This

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | October 14, 2022

Jim Witt’s calendar, in its 37th edition, raises $185,000 for local kids

Arts & Leisure
Shannon Herman paints window lettering at Understory Market in Cold Spring.

The Artist Next Door: Shannon Herman

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | October 14, 2022

A muralist transforms Main Street businesses

Arts & Leisure
Alisa Sikelianos-Carter with some of her paintings Photo provided

‘I Am Them, They Are Me’

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | October 7, 2022

Artist seeks connections with Black ancestors 

Arts & Leisure
WeFreeStrings in 2018 performing "Baraka Suite," a masked ceremony with dance and spoken word based on poems by Amiri Baraka. Photo by Patricia Nicholson Parker

Improvised Strings

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | October 7, 2022

Jazzy classical sextet to play Chapel

Arts & Leisure
Julia Phillips

A Novel from Remote Russia

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | September 30, 2022

National Book Award finalist to read at Chapel

Arts & Leisure
rob-scheps

Return Visit for Jazz Man

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | September 30, 2022

Rob Scheps and Core-tet will play at Chapel

Arts & Leisure
The Empire Trio will make its debut at the Depot on Sept. 25.

Cabaret at the Depot

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | September 23, 2022

Garrison theater presents four nights of music 

Arts & Leisure
Calli Rothberg (front center) leads a class at Passion Adult Dance Studio. Photo by Alyssa Malliae

Dancing for Mature Audiences

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | September 23, 2022

New Beacon studio caters to adults

Arts & Leisure
Liz Zito, Eric Magnus and Andrew Brehm perform “The Oysters,” by Miranda Rose Hall, at Soon is Now in 2021.

Arts Festival Will Focus on Climate

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | September 16, 2022

Soon is Now returns to Beacon

Arts & Leisure
The documentary Baato highlights the impact of development in Nepal. Photo provided

Beacon Film Society Returns

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | September 16, 2022

Documentaries scheduled through November

Sarah Heitmeyer with “Reduce Me To Silence”

Calm Movements

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | September 9, 2022

Artist captures water in clay

5 Questions
Jessica PIsano

5 Questions: Jessica Pisano

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | September 9, 2022

Author of new book about Ukraine

Arts & Leisure
Members of the dance department at the Fei Tian College in Middletown perform during the Bridge Music Dance Project.

Bridge Music, with Dancing, on Film

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | September 9, 2022

Choreography added to composer’s unusual work

Arts & Leisure
Lauro-Lazin at work in her studio

Impossible Landscapes

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | September 2, 2022

Beacon artist blends digital and natural worlds

Arts & Leisure
Kathryn Selman, with wine and ukulele

Something You Don’t Know About Me: Kathryn Selman

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | September 2, 2022

Philipstown resident is host of ukulele instruction videos

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