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Arts & Leisure

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From Garrison to the Bronx, Saga of Mario the Missing Parrot Ends on Happy Note

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong July 29, 2010August 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Rescuers “have been treating him like gold”

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Summertime, and the Singin’ is Easy

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 27, 2010March 26, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Benefit Soire Highlights Depot Youth Players

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Flavor Building at Glynwood’s Seasonal Cooking Class with Mark Gandara

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 24, 2010January 26, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Use your sense-hear the sizzle, smell, smell, smell.

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Cold Spring River Festival July 18

Avatar photo by Michael Mell July 22, 2010January 26, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

2,500 people came to Cold Spring on Sunday July 18 to enjoy the second annual River Festival at Mayor’s Park.

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HV Shakespeare Festival Presents: Troilus + Cressida

by Staff July 20, 2010September 19, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Troilus and Cressida is one of Shakespeare’s less performed works and may be so because it does not fall neatly into the usual categories of tragedy, comedy and history, but contains a little of each.

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The Youngest Campers at Manitoga

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 18, 2010January 26, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Starting camp can hold as uncertainty for young campers

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We Wish There Were Fish

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 16, 2010January 26, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

We wish there were a fish . . .
Wish granted: Fresh fish is now being sold at the Farmers’ Market

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ART | “Tree (Dancing Girl),” by Michael Ballou

Avatar photo by Joe Dizney July 14, 2010December 11, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

An unexpected woodland nymph livens up the landscape off Lake Surprise Road

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Sunday on the Hudson with the Historical Society

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 13, 2010January 26, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

On the banks of the Hudson, a buzzing crowd of ladies and gentlemen gathered

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Renovators Kick Off Summer Music Series

Avatar photo by Michael Mell July 12, 2010January 26, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

The Summer Music Series got off to a great start with a performance by The Renovators . . .

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Behind the Counter: Michele Risko at Yannitelli Fine Wines

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 11, 2010April 11, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

First of a series of stories about that interesting person “Behind The Counter”

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Cooling Off at Zuzu’s

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 9, 2010January 26, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

A Tuesday afternoon scorcher, in that refuge known at Zuzu’s, in Beacon . . .

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Growing Fresh Vegetables for the Food Pantry

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney July 9, 2010September 20, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Fresh vegetables and other produce often remain beyond the reach of those most in need of healthy diets

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Slambovian Circus of Dreams Caps Community Day

Avatar photo by Michael Mell July 6, 2010May 18, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Community Day 2010 was capped off by a performance by Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams.

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HFA Artists Take Up Residency in Garrison

Avatar photo by Amy Lipton July 6, 2010December 8, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Habitats For Artists was initiated in the summer of 2008

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Local Hero: Pete Seeger

Avatar photo by Joe Dizney July 5, 2010July 8, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

A celebration of neighbors who make this world a better place to live: Let us now praise a most uncommon common man.

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Historic Beacon Theatre Sold, Restoration Planned

by Staff July 4, 2010January 16, 2015 Why you can trust The Current

The art deco Beacon Theatre (445-449 Main Street, Beacon) was recently sold to 4th Wall Productions. A full renovation of the 10,500 sq.ft. facility is planned.

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HV Shakespeare Premiers the Bombitty of Errors

Avatar photo by Michael Mell June 22, 2010June 24, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Saturday June 19 the Hudson Valley Shakespear Festival premiered its production of the Bombitty of Errors. A reworking of the Comedy of Errors, director Christopher Edwards has placed the story into the hip-hop world.

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Welcome to Philipstown Living

Avatar photo by Joe Dizney June 21, 2010October 13, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Welcome to the Philipstown.info Living pages, celebrating the creative and recreational bounty our river home.

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