Beacon’s socially conscious chorus for kids welcomes new singers and songwriters
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.
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‘Philipstown: I Remember’ Brings the Town’s Generations Together
Rescheduled event takes place Thursday, April 16
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The Other Nine Months of the Year at HVSF
Shows fill the summer, but teaching Shakespeare continues year-round
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Tall County: Striving for Directness
Americana music trio brings their distilled sound to the Depot Theatre
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Fourth-Grade Filmmakers Collaborate With Burns Film Center, Jim Jarmusch, Others
All-star group of film professionals aid and abet Haldane class
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The Alternet: Keeper of 15,000 Works of Art
Installation exhibit of collaborative card-catalog artworks moves to Butterfield
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Laminated Menu Is on the Table at Dogwood April 2
Three-woman, one-man, Cold Spring + Beacon band
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Micah Parker’s Fox & Castle Designs: There Needs to Be a Story
Cold Spring–raised jewelry and textile designer launches her own line
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Two Locals Involved in Films Screening at Tribeca Festival
Premieres by writer/director Ivy Meeropol and actor Charlie Plummer
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Haldane’s 25 Years of Immersion
Full-day program aims to awaken a hunger for language and culture
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‘Dutchess County’s Seedy Underbelly’ Is Not Quite That
Colonial documents provide glimpses of life centuries ago
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How You Can Still Do the Things You Want
Free diabetes management series focuses on the positives
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Peer Mentoring at Haldane: High School Students Work With Eighth-Graders
Facilitating discussions on pertinent topics
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Haldane’s Got Parent Talent
March 26 variety night at Towne Crier lets the grown-ups strut their stuff
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Multiple Sclerosis Support Group Starts Up in Philipstown
Sharing of information on new treatments and living with the condition
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Finding Losing Ground
Downing screens film restored by Philipstown’s Nina Lorez Collins
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Those Rascally Pirates of Penzance Come to Port at Haldane
Gilbert and Sullivan operetta may be Haldane’s liveliest spring musical yet
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Pianist Michael Musgrave to Perform and Conduct Master Class
Juilliard faculty member is a Brahms scholar
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Classical Music Abounds at Depot Theatre Starting Mar. 13
Four performances over three days a feast for music devotées
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Beacon Just Got ‘More Good’
Large new space offers soda syrups, pices, teas and a hangout
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Thinking of Raising Backyard Chickens?
‘Home to Roost’ service offers advice and fresh egg deliveries
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Got Game? Groombridge Games Does
Main Street’s newest business is a center for Magic: The Gathering
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The Serenade Orchestra Opens Concert Series on March 1
Sponsored posthumously by Gordon Stewart, concerts will benefit St. Mary’s
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“My Heroes Have Always Been Strong Women”
Artist reception scheduled for Feb. 21 from 5 to 7 p.m.
