This Month’s Featured Articles…

Hooray, it’s tomato season! There’s really nothing like a sun-ripened tomato. From the look, the feel, the smell and the taste, a ripe tomato just says summer. It’s strange to think that it wasn’t until the late 1800s that the tomato’s popularity with Americans began to solidify. Before that, the fruit that’s a relative of deadly nightshade was thought to be a fairly tasteless and potentially poisonous plant. This didn’t deter everyone, and they were cultivated and enjoyed in many places, but they were not [...]

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 restaurant business starting at age 16 and how she decided to open a tapas restaurant in the Village of Millerton seven years ago. […]

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 those scholarly historical accounts? Names? Dates? Many of us are all too familiar with how history reads, but how does it feel? For the residents of Millerton, NY, many of whom have spent their entire lives with the image of a modest, nineteenth century, three story saloon-style sporting goods store permanently etched [...]

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. […]

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 [...]