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Art Receptions and Performances

As there is Talk Like A Pirate Day, there must be a national day for this some place, but I don’t know what it is. Therefore, I declare May 4 as Give Things Back That Are Not Yours Day, or rather, the first Monday of May. I have a pile of books, movies, [...]

Great forecast for a super weekend

NYSDEC’s Hudson River Estuary Program and Hudson River Fisheries Unit has initiated a volunteer-based river herring monitoring program during the annual migration of river herring from the ocean into freshwater tributaries to spawn. They are looking for volunteers to monitor streams from now until 5/31.
Monitoring involves looking to see if, where, and when herring [...]

Films, art, books and a really neat event on Saturday

Remember, this is Library Week – Amnesty on those missing cards, overdue and lost books, and a reminder of just how cool your local library is.
Swarm season for bees is approaching and you might be lucky enough to see one. Honey bee swarms are important and should never be sprayed or killed. Call a beekeeper [...]

Go do something fun!

Eat out! Restaurant week continues today, April 3. www.hudsonvalleyrestaurantweek.com.
Geri Loughery and Blackie, her Ukulele played at Loopey’s this past Sunday and was fabulous. She sang great old Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks and Townshend songs as well the 1934 Stars Falling on Alabama. Did you know George Harrison was a closet [...]