This Month’s Featured Articles…
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. The Asian-inspired dining destination, which was unveiled in April 2019, is accented with a kaleidoscope of bold, colorful lanterns, as well as images of Buddha and the ubiquitous “beckoning cat” that is believed to usher good luck to Asian businesses. […]
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 Pilobolus welcomes audiences to its Five Senses Festival starting July 21, that’s exactly what will transpire. Named for laboratory experiments being performed by one of the troupe’s founders father at Dartmouth in 1971, the innovative modern dance company has performed in over 65 countries worldwide, been featured on the 79th Annual [...]
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, since it is very difficult to “knock” on a tent …. but a rattling that shook the entire structure. Meehan could see the light outside and wondered why his guide, Leonard, was disturbing him at this early hour. […]
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 and, with puffy eyes, strolled through the big double doors of this titan of a local landmark. Two decades have crept by since students, teachers, and staff flooded the halls of Roe Jan, but the memories remain. […]
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 these days. […]
