Arts & Leisure

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Philipstown Reform Synagogue Welcomes the New Year 5771

Park has a majesty all its own, as multiple generations of Philipstown moms and dads (and beleaguered babysitters) can attest.

The Dar Williams Summer Concert has been rescheduled for Sunday September 5th at 5:30pm. Photo courtesy of www.darwilliams.com .

Join fellow current and former owners in sharing information about Frank Dushin and honoring this esteemed local architect.

Dionysus, patron deity of the theatre, is tired of seeing lousy plays! What to do? Simple! Go to the underworld, find the greatest playwright ever and bring him back from the dead!

The group of seniors who attended this past Saturday’s (Aug. 21, 2010) Cold Spring Seniors’ Picnic know each other well and see each other often.

The Butterfield Library’s 2010 Battle of the Books team.

Friday, August 20 brought the Philipstown Rec day camp programs to a close.

To act or not to act? The oft-repeated pearl of wisdom is “if you have to ask yourself if you want to be an actor, you shouldn’t be one.”

Figuring out when to visit Stonecrop Garden used to be perplexing, but they now now welcome visitors every weekday, and many Saturdays, from April through October.

The Cold Spring Village Board will hold the annual Senior Citizen Picnic on Saturday, Aug. 21, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at Mayor’s Park on Fair Street.

A tale of pickle pushers, golf ball shaggers and cow milkers

Water and sky: The fireboat John J. Harvey docks at Cold Spring over the Aug. 14-15 weekend. (Panorama photo by Russell Cusick)

The Desmond-Fish Library book sale is a well-established local tradition

The historic fireboat John J. Harvey, a nautical hero, will visit the Cold Spring dock this weekend, Saturday, Aug. 14 and Sunday, Aug. 15, and give free tours and rides

A crucial part of their mission: collecting data on the many birds which visit during the summer season.

Eight enthusiastic high schoolers who attended Garrison Art Center’s Summer Art Institute, had the chance to enrich and expand their artistic talents.

Philipstown pooches learn how to be good neighbors at Rec’s Outdoor Obedience Class

The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (HVSF) and the Philipstown Depot Theatre join to present theatrical events outside the big tent.

Fascinating exhibit explores history of local business

Community rowing

As you taste the delicious fillings inside of those tempting corn husks at the Cold Spring Farmers’ Market you can be grateful that the muse didn’t come to Lisa Krivacka during a bad patch in her life as a fine art painter.

The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s more popular plays and the reason is amply demonstrated by the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival at Boscobel this summer.