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Main Street becomes an outdoor art gallery

April 28, 2021 Jay LeRoy

Spring has sprung and a year of being cooped up inside has many of us itching to get outdoors.

The Pandemic versus the Performing Arts

March 24, 2021 Editorial Staff

This is part one of a planned two-part series about COVID-19’s effects on the performing arts in our area. In this feature, we’re taking a look at how local schools and student arts programs have responded to the challenges presented by the virus.

Artists prove to be resilient in tough times

February 24, 2021 Jay LeRoy

By now it’s a well known fact just how destructive the pandemic has been to the Arts and Entertainment industries. Concerts canceled, museums and galleries shuttered, even Broadway has gone dark.

He’s just a kid chasing his lifelong dream

January 27, 2021 Editorial Staff

Trust me on this one. You’re going to want to take some time to meet Brandon Farrier, aka BIGG.

SKAC celebrates 60 years of sculptures

February 19, 2020 Editorial Staff

Storm King Art Center is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.

HF-FMCSD educators agree with Beethoven

January 23, 2020 Mary Jane Pitt

“Music education, and education in the arts in general, is vital to the development of well rounded young men and women who learn to work independently and interdependently and collaborate for a higher purpose.”

She designed the 2nd place poster!

December 24, 2019 Editorial Staff

Each year Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education students in the Digital Design & Advertising Program create smoking cessation and prevention posters…

Kathy Jones crochets and crochets…

November 20, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

Highland Falls’ Kathy Jones will never be cold. In fact, neither will her friends or family.

Appalachian hikers display continues into 2020

October 24, 2019 Editorial Staff

Back in March, the Highland Falls Library proudly opened an exhibit by photographer Stan Goldblatt called ‘The Appalachian Trail — Fort Montgomery Project: Portraits of Thru Hikers on the Appalachian Trail’
It’s been extremely popular…

Writing’s a good crutch when facing obstacles

October 24, 2019 Editorial Staff

Joseph Olsen grew up with 10 brothers and sisters, but as a Jehovah’s Witness he often felt alienated from his peers. For companionship, Olsen turned to writing and the characters he created.