Upstate Films’ new co-directors have big plans for big screens
Upstate has dropped its lease on Woodstock’s Tinker Street Cinema. On the more hopeful side, it is “in discussions” to purchase the Orpheum Theater in Saugerties.
Business
New Paltz shop offers ‘tools for healing and magic-making’
“I think that many people are trying to take their health and wellbeing into their own hands, and we’re providing tools that can help them do that,” said owner Dana Cooper.
Navigating change: Local job recruiter teaches transformational skills
A self-employed executive search specialist for the past dozen years, Saugertesian Andrew Cowan has seen major changes in the country’s employment habits, changes that have mostly accelerated during the now-receding pandemic.
Overlook Bakery now open weekends in Woodstock
Peruse the photos of Rosie’s culinary handiwork and you’ll immediately see why these desserts are in such demand. They’re true works of art, decorated with fresh fruits and flowers, curls of shaved chocolate and swirls of icing, stenciled hearts formed of poppyseeds.
End of an era as Murphy’s in New Paltz closes its doors
“Friendship, Loyalty, Love” was the motto of Murphy’s Restaurant and Pub, and all three were on ample display when the venerable New Paltz watering hole had its final day of operation on Sunday, April 18.
A cut above: Saugerties’ Lewis and Scott Barbershop
This past October, barbers Anthony Lewis and Xavier Scott joined forces and surnames to open their own shop, Lewis and Scott. They aimed to create a modern, comfortable space for men to get a haircut. They appear to have succeeded.
Hot donuts are made to order at Half Moon Rondout Café
After the pandemic upended their lives, a Kingston couple decided to open a coffeeshop.
Gardinerite finds market, community with new coffee company
Like so many of us one year ago, Leann VanDerHeyden was forced to reinvent her life when Covid-19 came around.
Saugerties antique shop offers fun, eclectic treasures discovered on yard-sale expeditions
Jennifer Tsakis, owner of Saugerties’ Pop Vintage Antiques, has been in the antique business for 24 years, starting out in a three-foot-wide antique booth in Annapolis, Maryland, to now selling fun, affordable finds from the 50s to the 80s at her 106 Partition Street location.
Plans move forward for New Paltz piano bar
The former location of Murphy’s is being transformed.