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Alison Rooney

Alison RooneyArts Editor

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.

Posted inArts & Leisure

Carolyn Copeland Produces Amazing Grace on Broadway

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 12, 2015August 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Actor, interested in why the seats weren’t filled, became a producer

Posted inArts & Leisure

Justin Liberman’s Tobacco Burn Is Doing the Film Festival Circuit

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 6, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Film based on slave narratives wins Best Short Film in Kingston

Posted inArts & Leisure

Actor-Activist Canada Lee Is Subject of Script Reading

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 5, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Mona Z. Smith’s work to be read at Butterfield Library

Posted inArts & Leisure

Preparations for Made in Philipstown Continue

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 30, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Benches and vegetables part of Sept. 5 community banquet

Posted inArts & Leisure

Beacon Craft Workshop

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 30, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Helping children ‘maintain that feeling of wonder and possibility’

Posted inPhilipstown News

Cold Spring Emporium Opens Its Many Doors

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 30, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Complex on Main Street includes 10 small shops

Posted inArts & Leisure

Quinn Chandler Jewelry Photography

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 23, 2015July 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

‘I love my job. It’s both creative and technically engaging.’

Posted inArts & Leisure

Honoring the Verse as Well as the Plays

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 21, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Three poets to read at inaugural HVSF ‘Poetry Day’

Posted inArts & Leisure

Exhibition Highlights Work of Garrison Summer Arts Institute Teens

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 17, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Three-week program exposes students to creating in differing forms

Posted inArts & Leisure

Beacon Couple’s Young Adult Novel to Release Aug. 18

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 15, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Finding your way in 1980s NYC

Posted inArts & Leisure

Wilfredo Morel’s Farm Art

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 15, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Raising awareness of the lives of farmworkers

Posted inArts & Leisure

Aleksander (Alex) Danilov in The Winter’s Tale

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 19, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Hometown boy is a summertime prince

Posted inArts & Leisure

The Winter’s Tale Navigates From the Cold and Dark to the Warm and Light

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 19, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival presents less familiar yet abiding favorite

Posted inArts & Leisure

Around Since 1952: C&E

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 18, 2015November 8, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Cold Spring’s paint supply and hardware store

Posted inArts & Leisure

First Ever Beacon Jazz Festival Debuts July 25

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 12, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

‘If you think you don’t like jazz, maybe you haven’t heard the right kind.’

Posted inArts & Leisure

Burkelman Goes Brick-and-Mortar

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 11, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

First retail outpost of online, handmade home designs business opens in Cold Spring

Posted inArts & Leisure

Rincon Argentino Comes to Main

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 11, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Cold Spring café brings South American tastes to riverfront

Posted inArts & Leisure

These Songs Have Two Cultures

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 5, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

‘Cinematic guitar poetry’ from Hiroya Tsukamoto at Howland Center

Posted inArts & Leisure

Nighttime Callers: Our Owl Neighbors

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 5, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Screech owl was special guest at Nature Museum’s workshop

Posted inArts & Leisure

Breakneck Ridge Trail Stewards Assist Thousands of Hikers

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 3, 2015December 22, 2018 Why you can trust The Current

Trail Conference program provides maps, water and alternate routes

Posted inAround Town

Mrs. I and Nurse Judy Are Farewelled, Garrison School Style

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 1, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Entire school pays surprise tribute to their retiring principal and nurse

Posted inArts & Leisure

Framed: Hudson Rogue

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney June 28, 2015November 1, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Nelsonville store specializes in both custom framing and ‘antique papers’

Posted inArts & Leisure

Starry, Starry Nights: Constellation

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney June 27, 2015March 29, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

What was there before that no longer exists?

Posted inAround Town

Girls Battling Addiction Are Subject of Talk at Butterfield Library

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney June 27, 2015May 14, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Gender-specific substance abuse issues addressed

Posted inArts & Leisure

Jolly Rovers Fueled by Camaraderie

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney June 20, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Skilled trail volunteers specialize in stonework

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