Local director’s work will screen at Beacon festival

Alison Rooney
Rooney was the arts editor for The Current since its founding in 2010 through April 2024. A playwright, she has lived in Cold Spring since 1999. She is a graduate of Binghamton University, where she majored in history.
5 Questions: Christine Kaufmann and Eileen Lahey
Behind the counter at The Main Course
Unleashing the Creative Child
Compass Arts offers variety of unusual classes
Cross Pollination
Garrison artist, co-founder of Tenement Museum, depicts the web of life
Don McLean Returns to His Roots
His classic song, American Pie, written in Philipstown
Battling Bullies
With musicals and mail, Philipstown educators teach empathy
Gallery 66 NY to Close Sept. 24
Group show by three Highlands artists ends five-year run
Week of Revolution: Back to the Beginning
Groups team up to share engaging local history
The $10 Million Women
Two Cold Spring planners land big grant for city of Hudson
5 Questions: Dick Timmons
Retiring director of facilities at the Garrison School
The Email List That Grew and Grew
Cold Spring resident behind popular listing service for artists
Catching Up with … the Cold Spring Lions
New members sought with a ‘want to help’ attitude