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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.

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

From Fire to Festival

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Pop-up pit evolves into event

Qwanqwa
Posted inArts & Leisure

Playing with Tradition

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Ethiopian band to perform at Howland

putnam playwrights
Posted inArts & Leisure

Bound by Land

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney October 21, 2022October 22, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Theater alliance to present stories of ‘tumultuous time’

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

The Wicked Witch, with a Twist

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney October 21, 2022October 22, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Beacon Players to debut Halloween play by local horror writer

Jim Witt
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Weatherman Could Not Have Predicted This

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney October 14, 2022April 21, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

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

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

The Artist Next Door: Shannon Herman

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney October 14, 2022October 18, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

A muralist transforms Main Street businesses

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

‘I Am Them, They Are Me’

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney October 7, 2022October 7, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Artist seeks connections with Black ancestors 

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
Posted inArts & Leisure

Improvised Strings

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney October 7, 2022October 7, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Jazzy classical sextet to play Chapel

Julia Phillips
Posted inArts & Leisure

A Novel from Remote Russia

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

National Book Award finalist to read at Chapel

rob-scheps
Posted inArts & Leisure

Return Visit for Jazz Man

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Rob Scheps and Core-tet will play at Chapel

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

Cabaret at the Depot

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Garrison theater presents four nights of music 

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

Dancing for Mature Audiences

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 23, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

New Beacon studio caters to adults

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

Arts Festival Will Focus on Climate

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Soon is Now returns to Beacon

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

Beacon Film Society Returns

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 16, 2022September 17, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Documentaries scheduled through November

Sarah Heitmeyer with “Reduce Me To Silence”
Posted inArts & Leisure

Calm Movements

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 9, 2022September 11, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Artist captures water in clay

Jessica PIsano
Posted in5 Questions

5 Questions: Jessica Pisano

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 9, 2022December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Author of new book about Ukraine

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

Bridge Music, with Dancing, on Film

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Choreography added to composer’s unusual work

Lauro-Lazin at work in her studio
Posted inArts & Leisure

Impossible Landscapes

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 2, 2022September 2, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Beacon artist blends digital and natural worlds

Kathryn Selman, with wine and ukulele
Posted inArts & Leisure

Something You Don’t Know About Me: Kathryn Selman

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney September 2, 2022September 2, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Philipstown resident is host of ukulele instruction videos

The Emerson String Quartet
Posted inArts & Leisure

Filling the Days with Music

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 26, 2022September 4, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Boscobel to host its first chamber festival

Amanda Gross
Posted in5 Questions

5 Questions: Amanda Gross

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 26, 2022December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Creator of sculpture outside Beacon Music Factory

“A-eye Rose,” a photograph
Posted inArts & Leisure

The Holland Tunnel Reaches Newburgh

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

A gallery born in Brooklyn embraces its new home

Madeline Sayet
Posted in5 Questions

5 Questions: Madeline Sayet

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 19, 2022December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Performing her one-woman play at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

A still from a documentary by Ophir Ariel, now in production, about a conceptual artist known as Capitalistman
Posted inArts & Leisure

What’s Funny About Parenting?

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Filmmaker, new to Beacon, plans ‘mockumentary’

Glassworks by Pierre Bowring Photos by Autumn Jordan
Posted inArts & Leisure

Beacon Glassblower Finds Work “Magical”

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Will be among artists at annual Garrison craft fair

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