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Gray Fox by Kate Hyden "From the Low Mucklands to the Highlands to the Catskills, Art is Deeply Ingrained in our Region" Artists and Poets of the geographic region in which we live and work really love this place. The topography varies from the low mucklands of the Black Dirt area to the Hudson Highlands and the Catskill Mountains and the many waterways from creeks, brooks, and ponds to the mighty Hudson and the raging Delaware (during thaws). A few cities have developed at

Spring is in the air, and what better way to celebrate than to join this MUSIC SEPTET as they present a brand new "Reunion Album" at SUNY ORANGE in Middletown. This will be a fun & free celebratory concert!

Organic Reckonings UPDATE Near the end of this brutally icy Winter, this Saturday a new Karen Gersch Art Display will be holding a (free) Reception in a warm and friendly environment at Kaplan Hall's Mindy Ross Gallery in Newburgh. This will, include a "Meet the Artist" opportunity and Classical Guitar music by Joy Zelada from 1:30 to 4pm at Kaplan Hall’s Mindy Ross Gallery. Gersch is a woman of vastly different talents who is quite adept at organizing and curating exhibits

What a treat for a bitter January-February Winter Season, and on into Spring! Dr. Jahn will beoffering these 15 Lectures at SUNY Orange, beginning this week. So mark your calendars. They are all FREE, and it is such a broad variety, that surely there are at least 5 or 6 that sound appealing for you. If you don't want to go out in the cold to drive to the Middletown Campus, invite a friend or a couple of friends to sit by the fireplace and watch it via ZOOM at home with some

Schunnemunk Rail Trail - Chester - Blooming Grove - Washingtonville - Cornwall County representatives will be at the Washingtonville Village Hall this Thursday, January 15, to give updates on this project, its design, timeline and what comes next. "Acquiring the Schunnemunk Rail Trail is a significant step in preserving an important piece of our region’s history while also creating a sustainable transportation and recreational asset for our community,” said Orange County Exec

Seeing-Eye Puppy raising Party at Chester's Tractor Supply Store A group of new Seeing Eye Puppy Dog Raisers got together in the big warehouse room at Tractor Supply in Chester.  Their purpose- to make friends in the Seeing Eye Dog Community, and start the exhilarating and somewhat daunting process of spending a year and a half to socialize these new pups, both to other dogs and to small and large groups of people.  If the laughter and camaraderie was any sign of how these ne

This event is at SUNY Orange in Middletown and it's a wonderful live children's theatre event for kids 3-9 years old. Only $5 admnission & SUNY students free.