Longtime Philipstown Rec Commission Member and Depot Theatre Board President
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.
Posted inArts & Leisure
Artifice, Lust, Deception, Gimme: The Way of the World
World’s End Theater is back at the Depot
Posted inArts & Leisure, Philipstown News
Gabriela Mikova: Singing the ‘Sounds of Spring’ at Boscobel and Beyond
Lyric Soprano from Czech Republic
Posted inArts & Leisure
Mini-Master Classes from Local Musicians at Haldane
Visiting professionals help students
Posted inArts & Leisure
Grown-Ups Can Shake Their Groove Things at The Taxpayer’s Ball
‘Multi-media Dance Extravaganza’
Posted inArts & Leisure
Teen Substance Abuse Combated With Humor
Haldane Guest speaker Dr. Matt Bellace
Posted inArts & Leisure
Boscobel’s Recently-Hired Executive Director Resigns
Short tenure there marked by clash with Friends Of group
Posted inPhilipstown News
Kismet: A Store and a Fateful Way of Life for Its Owner
Caryn Cannova revamps her Main Street store
Posted inArts & Leisure
Roy Orbison’s Music and Life Story Told in Song by The Lonely
Musical trio performs a show about the singer at the Depot Theatre
Posted inPhilipstown News
River Architects: Historic Renovation with Modern Interjection
Hartford and Juhee Lee-Hartford conduct workshops
Posted inArts & Leisure
The Old Put Ran From the Bronx to Brewster
Talk at Historical Society of Forgotten but Remembered Railroad
Posted inPhilipstown News
Embracing the People of Newburgh Through Portraits
Garrison Photographer needs to raise $14,000 for special outdoor Exhibition
Posted inArts & Leisure
Lure of Pancakes, Syrup, Music, Brought Many to Little Stony Last Sunday
For the 23rd year in a row
Posted inArts & Leisure
The Limitless Possibilities of Improv
Cold Spring’s Diana Hird brings improv workshops to Main Street
Posted inAround Town
All Ages Battle Natural and Man-Made Obstacles in Rec’s Mudder Race
Friends of Philipstown Rec host April 1 fundraising adventure trail run
Posted inBeacon News
New Congregants and Their Enthusiastic Rabbi Energize Beacon Hebrew
Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek calls the synagogue ‘resurgent’; aims to make it “a place of creativity and rootedness in tradition.”
Posted inPhilipstown News
They’re Rockin’ the Boat at Haldane: Guys and Dolls is the Spring Musical
Four shows this coming weekend feature many double-cast roles
Posted inArts & Leisure
Battle of the Books Blasts Off at Butterfield
Reading program for middle school students culminates in 25-team regional competition
Posted inAround Town
Personalizing History: Holocaust Survivor Tells Her Story to Haldane and GUFS Students
Marion Blumenthal Lazan reminds them: “You are the last generation who will hear first-hand accounts”
Posted inArts & Leisure
Garrison Art Center Mentor Show Celebrates Months of Interaction
Exhibit of Mentee works is culminating event in one-on-on process; School Invitational Exhibition also on display
Posted inArts & Leisure
Yvonne Rainer Retrospective Continues at DIA
Choreographer’s creations performed amidst gallery’s art works
Posted inArts & Leisure
Gallery Swapping in Hopes of More Gallery Hopping
Cold Spring’s Marina Gallery and Beacon’s bau Gallery exchange spaces
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Unique Sewing Classes Create Historic Apparel
Needle Arts Guild’s line-up includes re-enactor costumes, retro fashion, and summer sewing camp
