Silo Ridge Community Foundation brings elite show jumping to Amenia, NY

On October 4, 5, and 6, the Silo Ridge Community Foundation is hosting the Silo Ridge Masters, an elite show jumping competition featuring world ranked athletes and national classes for top junior and amateur riders, at Keane Stud in Amenia, NY, near Silo Ridge Field Club. 

In addition to the competitive festivities, […]

By |2024-10-04T11:25:53-04:00October 3rd, 2024|Animal Tips, Main Street News, Sports|

Abilities First launches Abilibee app to empower individuals with developmental disabilities

Abilities First – a Hudson Valley nonprofit provider of educational, vocational, residential, and community-based services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families – launched a free, innovative app named Abilibee on September 26.

With funding from the New York State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the app will transform the […]

By |2024-10-02T14:58:12-04:00October 3rd, 2024|A Healthier Life, Main Street News|

Sustainable, local skincare brands My Neighbor’s Tallow and Mask Skincare collaborate on new product

Sarah Mirsini, founder of MASK Skincare, and Harri Magaldi, founder of My Neighbor’s Tallow, have collaborated on a new skincare product – a Sea Buckthorn & Geranium Facial Tallow Balm. 

MASK Skincare – based in the Catskills – was founded in 2019 by Sarah Mirsini, a certified herbalist and holistic wellness educator. […]

By |2024-10-02T11:52:53-04:00October 2nd, 2024|A Healthier Life, Beauty, Health & Beauty, Main Street News|

Alan Cumming performs his cabaret show “UNCUT” at the Stissing Center

Alan Cumming brought his brand-new solo cabaret show “UNCUT,” with Henry Koperski at the piano, to the Stissing Center for Arts & Culture in Pine Plains, NY, this past Saturday. 

Actor and author, Alan began his career in his native Scotland, but gained prominence for his role as The Master of Ceremonies […]

By |2024-10-01T09:19:31-04:00October 1st, 2024|Backstage, Main Street News, Main Street Recommends, The Arts|

A Lot to Learn: Artificial Intelligence and Education

What, essentially, is intelligence? The longer we spend on this earth, the more nuanced our definitions become as they incorporate qualities such as intellect, emotion, and insightfulness, some of which can be cultivated while others seem innate, native. For as long as students have attended school, formal education has attempted to inculcate the markers of […]

By |2024-09-30T11:48:26-04:00September 30th, 2024|Main Street News, Op-Ed|

Friends of Spencer’s Corners Burying Ground restore and repair degraded monuments and gravestones in North East

Friends of Spencer’s Corners Burying Ground is a nonprofit organization based in Millerton and North East, NY whose volunteers are dedicated to the restoration and repair of the degraded monuments and gravestones at Spencer’s Corners Burying Ground. 

About Spencer’s Corners Burying Ground 

Spencer’s Corners Burying Ground is located on Merwin Road and is […]

By |2024-09-30T09:13:07-04:00September 30th, 2024|History, Main Street News|

Charmed by Clairo: Understanding her evolution as an artist and the essence of her live performance at NYC’s Webster Hall

Clairo has well and truly enchanted audiences since she fully broke onto the bedroom pop scene in 2017. In early tracks, like “Pretty Girl,” her light, clear voice shines over the synth-y, low quality-sounding instrumentals characteristic of the genre. 

As Ruby Crowhurst explains in an article on music and pop culture blog […]

By |2024-09-24T14:07:12-04:00September 24th, 2024|Main Street News, Main Street Recommends, Music, Out and About|

Franz Nicolay’s “Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music” paints a portrait of the musical middle class

On Thursday, September 26 at 6:30pm, author and musician Franz Nicolay will be in conversation with fellow journalist and author Joe Hagan at Morton Memorial Library in Rhinecliff, NY, to discuss the release of his new book, Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music. 

The book provides a portrait […]

By |2024-09-20T10:50:44-04:00September 20th, 2024|Author Profiles & Bookish Things, Book Review, Main Street News|

“Hudson Valley Abstractions” on Display at Mad Rose Gallery

Mad Rose Gallery’s new exhibition, “Hudson Valley Abstractions,” opened on August 30 and will run through October 6. The exhibit features paintings and ceramic works from three local artists: Ginny Howsam-Friedman, Basia Goldsmith, and Josh Nathanson. 

Ginny Howsam-Friedman 

A painter, Ginny received a BFA with honors from Pratt Institute and has studied at […]

By |2024-09-12T14:43:59-04:00September 12th, 2024|Main Street News|
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