The Professional
On a rainy afternoon before 52 Main started serving tapas and wine at 4pm, I sat down with Eleanor “El” Nurzia to talk about her career. El explained her history in the […]
Terni’s: Defining a Century in Small Town America
How do you define history? When we recall our time as students slumped over our desks in History class half staring, half lazily daydreaming, at the bulky hardcover textbook before us, is it […]
Lucky Pursuits
A red door embellished with a fierce gold dragon and shiny nail-heads greets guests at Lucky Dragon – a stylish Chinese restaurant that invites foodies to enjoy a “farm-to-chopsticks” experience in Rhinebeck, NY. […]
Pilobolous: Elegance, Athletics, and Imagination
It all seems so obvious. Why wouldn’t people flock to a performance by a group named for a barnyard phototropic fungus that propels its spores toward sunlight with great speed, accuracy, and strength?
When […]
Art Captured Through the Lens
By CB Wismar | info@mainstreetmag.com
Joseph Meehan’s moment of clarity may have come in the cold light of an early Arctic morning. There was a rattling at the front of his tent. Not a knock, […]
An Idle Monument
By Griffin Cooper | info@mainstreetmag.com
Twenty years have passed since the Roe Jan building held its final classes and closed its doors for the last time. Twenty years since anyone disembarked the early morning bus […]
Passing the Reins
By Ian Strever | info@mainstreetmag.com
In a 2012 report by the Social Security Administration, officials estimated that 10,000 Americans would retire each day over the next nineteen years. In other words, retirement isn’t exactly news-worthy […]
Bold Beauty
By Regina Molaro | info@mainstreetmag.com
Style, color, and an entrepreneurial spirit has long been a part of Gun Nowak’s lifestyle and livelihood. In the early 1980s, she had a trio of chic fashion boutiques in […]
Walking with History
By Griffin Cooper | info@mainstreetmag.com
When world renowned poet, naturalist, and Hudson Valley resident John Burroughs pondered about his time spent walking through the natural beauty of the area and observing its every nuance he […]
Life on the Rail Roads
By John Torsiello | info@mainstreetmag.com
Railroads were once vital links from agrarian Dutchess County to New York City and beyond, hauling produce and products from the many farms that once dotted the landscape. The rail […]