Celebrations

19th century Staffordshire figure of Romeo & Juliet. Off-the-shoulder gowns, third dresses, copper, outdoor chandeliers, glitter and food that hangs...

Early 19th Century Hudson Valley Family, by Anonymous. It's easy to hate marriage. I try and retain a healthy amount...

Portrait of a Couple by unknown French artist, 1610. In planning and executing a wedding, the big things are important....

American Gothic by Grant Wood, 1930. Marriage is changing. The terrain has shifted in terms of who can marry whom,...

Chris DiCesare (photo by Ashley Drewes) Is it better to be haunted or crazy? This was one of the themes...

Stephanie Dougherty Call them Generation Y or Millennials, those born in the ’80s and ’90s inherited a difficult economy. College...

Joe Bozlinski leading a group activity (photo by Will Dendis) There are martial arts classes. And there are role-playing groups....

(Illustration by Rick Holland) In Queens, the Mets have been rained out. High school athletic competition around the Hudson Valley...

(Photo by Will Dendis) When I moved back to Saugerties from college in 2008, I did so reluctantly, and for...

(Photo by Dion Ogust) It’s not too much, the Kiwanis Ice Arena. It’s an unassuming ice rink in a very...

(Photo by Will Dendis) The 2013 Saugerties Public Library budget passed 373 to 159. The $599,434 budget ($521,963.75 tax levy) included...

(Photo by Will Dendis) Artists tend to have some adventurer in them. It takes an itinerant mind to do what...

Photo by Dion Ogust No news may be good news for Opus 40, said Tad Richards, the stepson of sculptor...

(Photo by Will Dendis) The Fourth of July in Saugerties. A return to the scene of the crime-that-wasn’t. The crime...

(Photo by Dion Ogust) Saugerties is such a modern town, between its bed races and retro fabulous car shows and...

It’s a place that dates back to medieval times, a place where a man could not only get a haircut...

It’s been about four years since Saugerties has had an art gallery on either Main or Partition streets. But with...

Pam Perkins captains a class in positive parental discipline at the newly renovated Saugerties Public Library. Perkins can personally vouch...

Quick Chek has changed the game. Anyone who’s been to one knows how. There’s a sandwich counter; a real one,...

What do T’ai Chi Chih, the American criminal justice system, and the history of jazz music all have in common? They’re...