About Abby Audenino

Abby Audenino is a writer, social media manager, content creator, and advertising outreach coordinator at Main Street Magazine. She writes about a little bit of everything, and her work has previously been featured in Hudson Valley Magazine and Westchester Magazine. Abby graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in communications with concentrations in journalism and public relations from Marist College in May of 2023. She also obtained her certificate in copy editing from the American Copy Editors Society. Abby can be reached at abby@mainstreetmag.com.

Stissing Center for Arts & Culture brings local filmmakers to the big screen with Pine Plains Festival of Shorts

On Saturday, November 1, and Sunday, November 2, Stissing Center for Arts & Culture in Pine Plains, NY, will be hosting the inaugural Pine Plains Festival of Shorts, a curated, non-competitive showcase of short films created by filmmakers from Pine Plains and other nearby localities. 

The festival will serve as a fundraiser to upgrade […]

By |2025-10-28T14:13:06-04:00October 31st, 2025|Featured Article, The Arts|

Celebrating simple, elevated home cooking with the launch of The King Cookbook

One of autumn’s most anticipated cookbooks, The King Cookbook, by Annie Shi, Clare de Boer, and Jess Shadbolt will be released on November 4. Annie, Clare, and Jess are the women behind New York City’s beloved restaurants King and Jupiter, the newly opened wine bar Lei in Chinatown, and Stissing House in Pine Plains, […]

By |2025-10-28T14:10:07-04:00October 31st, 2025|Featured Article, Food|

Photographer Spotlight: Christina Georgiou

In honor of Photographer Appreciation Month in October, we’re highlighting some of our local photographers. Get to know more about Christina Georgiou below! 

Your name and type of camera you use / prefer?

Christina Georgiou / Panasonic LUMIX G7

What type of photography do you most often do or prefer (subject matter)?

Street photography / […]

By |2025-10-27T09:54:35-04:00October 27th, 2025|Main Street News, The Arts|

Photographer Spotlight: Julian Diamond

In honor of Photographer Appreciation Month in October, we’re highlighting some of our local photographers. Get to know more about Julian Diamond below! 

Your name and type of camera you use / prefer?

My name is Julian Diamond. I personally use Nikon’s DSLR system for the majority of my work, but I’m a big believer in the […]

By |2025-10-14T10:23:34-04:00October 20th, 2025|Main Street News, The Arts|

Pine Plains voters approve $12.9 million capital project

On Wednesday, October 15, voters in the Pine Plains Central School District approved a $12.0 million capital project proposal. The project includes a variety of necessary health and safety improvements in the school district’s buildings, as well as improvements to athletics fields and the courtyard at Stissing Mountain Jr/Sr High School. 

“Addressing […]

By |2025-10-17T13:25:19-04:00October 17th, 2025|Main Street News|

Photographer Spotlight: Angela Christian of Carried Away Photography

In honor of Photographer Appreciation Month in October, we’re highlighting some of our local photographers. Get to know more about Angela Christian of Carried Away Photography, based in the Hudson Valley, below! 

Your name and type of camera you use / prefer?

I’m Angela Christian, and you won’t catch me without my Canon R6 MKII and my […]

By |2025-10-17T09:00:10-04:00October 16th, 2025|Main Street News, The Arts|

The Dutchess County-Poughkeepsie Land Bank awarded over one million to launch redevelopment projects

The Dutchess County-Poughkeepsie Land Bank has been awarded a $1.07 million grant through the New York State Homes and Community Renewals (HCR) Land Bank Initiative. 

The Dutchess County-Poughkeepsie Land Bank, a partnership between Dutchess County and the City of Poughkeepsie, works to “promote equitable and sustainable development through the rehabilitation of vacant, […]

By |2025-10-09T11:09:40-04:00October 10th, 2025|Main Street News|

Photographer Spotlight: Marlena Aakjar

In honor of Photographer Appreciation Month in October, we’re highlighting some of our local photographers. Get to know more about Marlena Aakjar of Photos by Marlena below! 

Your name and type of camera you use / prefer?

 Marlena Aakjar | Photos by Marlena, I use a Nikon D850

What type of photography do you most often do […]

By |2025-10-09T11:31:57-04:00October 9th, 2025|Main Street News, The Arts|

Photographer Spotlight: Christopher Hodson of Cooked in Connecticut

In honor of Photographer Appreciation Month in October, we’re highlighting some of our local photographers. Get to know more about Christopher Hodson of @cookedinconnecticut below. 

Your name and type of camera you use / prefer?

Christopher Hodson. I use canon products because they are what I know and prefer. I currently use a Rebel T7i […]

By |2025-10-01T10:00:11-04:00October 6th, 2025|Main Street News, The Arts|
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