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

June 04, 2020

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Alison Rooney

Alison Rooney

Rooney has been the arts editor at 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.

Arts & Leisure

A Note to Readers

By Alison Rooney | March 20, 2020

We welcome your ideas and suggestions for arts coverage

Arts & Leisure

Seeing the Light

By Alison Rooney | March 13, 2020

A performance highlights the work of blind photographers

Arts & Leisure

Lies We Tell Ourselves

By Alison Rooney | March 13, 2020

Company to present performance, parlor game

Arts & Leisure
Matthew William Robinson

Building with Pieces

By Alison Rooney | March 8, 2020

Beacon artist deconstructs, and reconstructs

Arts & Leisure
Curtis Huber

The Fiddler at Haldane

By Alison Rooney | March 6, 2020

Drama students connect with Broadway classic

Philipstown News

Growing Older at Home

By Alison Rooney | February 28, 2020

Group wants to help residents ‘age in place’

Arts & Leisure

Music Man

By Alison Rooney | February 28, 2020

On his new album, James Sizemore handles everything but the instruments

Arts & Leisure

‘Why Am I Living Through This Again?’

By Alison Rooney | February 28, 2020

In a one-woman show, Ivy Omere tells her story

Arts & Leisure

Big Questions

By Alison Rooney | February 22, 2020

Philosopher leads discussions in Beacon

Arts & Leisure
Mike Heintzman

5 Questions: Mike Heintzman

By Alison Rooney | February 22, 2020

Comic writer will perform in Cold Spring

Arts & Leisure

Up for The Count

By Alison Rooney | February 21, 2020

Depot Theatre to present new musical

Shattered But Unbroken

By Alison Rooney | February 18, 2020

An unlikely hero in a play for elementary students

Arts & Leisure

Comic Sensibilities

By Alison Rooney | February 17, 2020

Monthly book club focuses on graphic novels

Arts & Leisure
Marjorie Tarter

5 Questions: Marjorie Tarter

By Alison Rooney | February 14, 2020

Co-owner of Hudson Valley Marshmallow Co.

Beacon News

Holocaust Remembrance Set for Feb. 15

By Alison Rooney | February 14, 2020

Related play next weekend already sold out

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