All-around artistic visionary Mary Randolph Carter showcases the beauty of the objects we love—and of homes in the local area—in her latest book

Photo above: © Live with the Things you Love: And You’ll Live Happily Ever After, by Mary Randolph Carter, Rizzoli, 2025; all images © Carter Berg.

On March 27 at 6:30pm, best-selling author, photographer, and long-time Ralph Lauren creative director Mary Randolph Carter will appear and present at an event celebrating the release […]

By |2025-03-21T09:16:02-04:00March 21st, 2025|Author Profiles & Bookish Things, Main Street News|

The story of Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist and women’s rights activist from Ulster County

Above photo from Biography.com

In honor of March being Women’s History Month, we are highlighting a handful of important women who made strides in the social, political, and economic climates of our region. 

Sojourner Truth was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s right activist, and author in the nineteenth century. Born […]

By |2025-03-20T09:15:59-04:00March 19th, 2025|History, Main Street News|

Bob Gluck’s The Musical World of Paul Winter is a portrait of a musician, artist, and environmentalist

Author and musician Bob Gluck recently released his fourth book, The Musical World of Paul Winter. Focusing on Paul Winter, a saxophonist, composer, and pioneer of world music and Earth music—which interweaves the voices of the wild with instrumental voices from classical, jazz, and world music—the book paints a […]

By |2025-03-17T14:25:10-04:00March 13th, 2025|Author Profiles & Bookish Things, Main Street News|

The vibrant life and poetic legacy of Pulitzer Prize Winner Edna St. Vincent Millay

Above photo courtesy of Library of America.

In honor of March being Women’s History Month, we are highlighting a handful of important women who made strides in the social, political, and economic climates of our region. 

Born on February 22, 1892, Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in Rockland, Maine. Holly Peppe, […]

By |2025-03-20T09:15:15-04:00March 12th, 2025|History, Main Street News|
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