NEWS: MAKING HEADLINES
October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which has a goal to educate the public on risk factors, promote early detection through regular screenings, and raise funds for research.
From anxiety to depression, it seems like so many people – at least those with the resources to do so – have turned to therapy as a solution.
This annual event brings everyone together for a full day of fun, food, and local spirit—all while supporting good causes that are dear to our hearts and close to home.
OCTOBER – CURRENT PRINT ISSUE
From ghosts and ghouls galore to carved rows of corn to displays that put your porch pumpkin to shame, there are a host of places nearby to get you into Halloween mode.
Remember when a playground was nothing but a world of fun ways to be? When you didn’t overthink what you wanted to do first or how well it would go, you just started doing it?
Halloween is the second most celebrated event of the year. Here is one reason why.
“Daddddd, can we go to the mall???” It’s son number two, beseeching me to convey him and his older brother to the mall 30 miles from where I’ve horizontally parked myself on the chesterfield after a day of assiduously applying my nose to the grindstone. “Jimmy’s mom says new cards are in!”
THIS WEEK’S FEATURES
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Main Street’s 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
Happy December! The holidays are right around the corner, and like many others, we have also been busy gift shopping for all of our loved ones. We've done research on some of the best affordable, local gifts, reached out to local business to share their recommendations, and even included some of our favorites, too! Happy shopping + happy holidays!
Kingston-based Irish musician Sean Griffin discusses his new single, “People Are Mad,” and his forthcoming solo album
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Wolf Alice channels eighties pop rock on The Clearing: Album Review
Although UK-based band Wolf Alice has been making pop rock for over a decade, they find themselves right at home in a bout of [...]
Tyler Childers’ Snipe Hunter is a sharp display of a changing personality: Album Review
Tyler Childers has been quite an anomaly in modern country music. The Kentucky-born singer-songwriter has achieved massive success – his 2017 full-length debut album [...]
Kelly Finley’s moxie comes in hot. As “The Queen of Spice,” she’s built a readership on shameless love and heroines who refuse to be intimidated — and she wears that crown, black leather and all, with pride.
By day, Kelly is a Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Advisor for the Women’s & Gender Studies Program at UNC Charlotte, where she’s taught for over two decades and guided one of the largest WGS programs in the country. Her research and courses dig into female adolescence, virginity, body image, and women and work — the same threads that run straight through her fiction.
People Profiles
Stacy Bogdonoff’s studio is an Aladdin’s cave of found objects, jewels, fabric, and thread, each in its place, waiting to be bought into another life through one of her pieces.
This tree seems a fitting neighbor to his practice of working with wood and metal, forming both practical furniture pieces and wall hangings shaped through his lifelong passion for mathematics and by a drive to turn the abstract into tangible objects.
Health & Wellness
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October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which has a goal to educate the public on risk factors, promote early detection through regular screenings, and raise funds for research.
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From anxiety to depression, it seems like so many people – at least those with the resources to do so – have turned to therapy as a solution.
Every year, when spring rolls around and we all get outside, the topic of conversation eventually turns to tick season.
AUTHOR PROFILES & BOOKISH THINGS
An Open Book
Long before conversations about childhood trauma and youth mental health went mainstream, Janice Erlbaum penned a book about her personal experiences as a homeless teen during the 1980s in New York City.
Not your average romance
Romance authors, and friends, Carolina Jax and Ryan Marie Reynolds shine a spotlight on the romance book world
Facing the Music
After more than two decades, music man Matthew Zachary returned to the stage for a concert-level piano performance at Merkin Hall in Manhattan.
Loving Lucy
The children’s book, written by Emmy Award winning actress Jessica Collins and producer Lisa Melamed, offers a clever solution for families suffering the loss of a cherished pet.
FARMS AND OUR ENVIRONMENT
Here in the Hudson Valley, September (and October) are harvest season, and that means apples and pumpkins.
Instantly, the quality of choices presented became apparent, and that wasn’t simply the result of shiny packaging designed to tempt.
Great Mountain Forest (GMF) is hosting its first annual Nature Writing Retreat at the historic Yale Camp in Falls Village, CT.
“Shopping with us keeps farms alive and operating – buying from local farms is beneficial to everyone,” Donna Staron said recently.
Many of us are eager to get outside in the dirt and plant the flowers, trees, and shrubs that we will be enjoying for seasons to come.
Upon my first visit to the Bruno Farms Custom Feeds operation in Ghent, NY, it didn’t take long for the realization to dawn that this was a science project gone full bloom. As it turns out, creating solid nutritional support for animals is also a bit of an art.
But she’s definitely not just sitting back, and those ‘few’ animals have led to a host of things happening with them at the family’s Clover Brooke Farm near Hyde Park, NY.
After moving from the Hudson Valley to the Capital Region, Alisa noticed that there wasn’t the same connection between farmers and florists.
We caught up with Berkshire Agricultural Ventures to find out more about their mission and offerings for food producers across the region.
The farm is family-run by Ben, his wife Lindsey, their family, and a crew of hard-working farmers.
If you’re an apple lover like me, then you know that there are few things better in this world than a nice, fresh hard cider.
Hudson Valley Jane, a cannabis farm and micro-dispensary, is dedicated to bringing farm-to-main street cannabis to Hudson Valley communities.
Main Street is Out and About
With the holidays rapidly approaching, there are so many parades, markets, and other events coming up across the region. Though this is not a comprehensive guide, I’ve rounded up as many parades, markets, light shows, and other holiday events happening in the surrounding areas.
“In 2020, my friend and I were working on a plan to close down the street for a big hospitality event. We would have one giant table that would showcase chefs, sommeliers, and wine and hospitality professionals. Thus, the Ten Mile Table,” says Erika DaSilva of the name of her new wine shop on Main Street in Wassaic, NY.
The 12th annual Berkshire Pottery Tour is scheduled to take place on September 27 and 28 from 10am to 5pm, offering a unique experience that showcases the craftsmanship of 16 regional potters. This year’s tour features eight stops and sixteen potters on a self-guided tour.
Author of The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana – and executive producer for digital content, innovation, and strategy at WABC-TV Channel 7 – Rolando Pujol first received praise for a book he had written when he was in grade school. “In formal and informal capacities, I’ve been a writer my entire life,” he explains.
