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Arts & Leisure

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New Amsterdam Singers Bring Program of Contemporary Music to the Chapel

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 29, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Garrison’s Clara Longstreth is music director

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MAYfest Enjoys Perfect Weather in Its First Go-Round

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 25, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Yoga and music devotees enjoyed inaugural event at Lake Surprise

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Red Circle Photo Arts Is a Collective by and for Photographers

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 23, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Exhibit opens on June 4 at Desmond-Fish

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Digging Up the Past Through Documents at the Putnam History Museum

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 23, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Volunteers Corinne Giunta and Lillian McGuinness help find the answers to inquiries

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Wylie Thornquist: Drawing Is My Favorite Thing

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 23, 2015October 5, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Garrison teenager takes top honors at Putnam Arts Council’s competition

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Kayaker Safety on the Hudson

Avatar photo by Michael Turton May 17, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Spring conditions are deceptive and dangerous

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Marnie’s Asian Kitchen to Go

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 16, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Fresh Asian takeout offered twice weekly at St. Mary’s

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Beacon Sends Messages Into Future

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 15, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

A new time capsule to connect people with their counterparts 150 years from now

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Aquatic Installation Floats in Manitoga’s Quarry Pond

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 9, 2015August 7, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Talasnik’s woven-reed structures created in response to the site

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MAYfest Brings Blend of Music, Art and Yoga to Area

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 9, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Memorial Day weekend festival debuts at Surprise Lake Camp

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Poetry Connects

Avatar photo by Mary Anne Myers May 3, 2015February 7, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

‘One Poem a Day’s second season concludes

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A Songwriter’s Circle Is Drawn at the Towne Crier

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 3, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Jake Holmes, who’s earned a living at it for decades, hosts monthly, song-filled evenings

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Sharing the Joy of Poetry

Avatar photo by Mary Anne Myers May 3, 2015January 29, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

The second annual “One Poem a Day Won’t Kill You” project

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This Romeo and Juliet Has a Very Happy Ending

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 1, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Hudson Valley Shakespeare leads find their own story

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Sunset Reading Series Starts 2015 With Victoria Redel and Sarah Yaw

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 1, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Two writers will read from work at free May 3 event

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Beacon Barks

by Staff April 29, 2015 Why you can trust The Current

An appreciation of shelters, rescue and welfare organizations

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Cold Spring Pet Supply Opens

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney April 26, 2015March 29, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Kittens, all from shelters, will no doubt draw passersby to the window

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Open Book: Gratitude, Expressed in Song

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney April 26, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Cold Spring singer-songwriter duo releases third CD

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On Golden Pond Opens at the Depot Theatre

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney April 25, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

‘I realized how funny the script was and also how poignant’

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Arts on the Lake

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney April 18, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

‘An old firehouse becomes a cultural center’

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Art for Cows and Other Creatures

by Staff April 18, 2015April 17, 2015 Why you can trust The Current

Deadline is April 22 for proposals for Saunders Farm art show

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Foundry Tour Offers Glimpses of Old Buildings in Their Heyday

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong April 13, 2015March 13, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Old photos help bring long-gone scenes to life

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Made in Philipstown

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney April 12, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

A free homegrown banquet for the people

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Rivertown Kids: Passion to Change the World, One Song at a Time

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney April 12, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Beacon’s socially conscious chorus for kids welcomes new singers and songwriters

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A Food Market on the Taconic

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