Fiddler on the Roof in Rhinebeck

Front row: Howie Riggs as Lazar Wolf, Joseph Beem, Jr as Tevye, Mark Grunblatt as Rabbi by Kevin T McEneaney The 1964 classic Fiddler on the Roof at The Center…

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Arial Surprise

by Kevin T McEneaney With widest spectrum of color among all birds, they are the smallest birds, excelling in hues of blue, green, purple. Smaller hummingbirds beat gossamer wings at…

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From Bach to Mozart at Music Mountain

Music Mountain Music Shed Under a cool panorama of gray clouds, the four-month program of heightened, altitude music with summer air-conditioning and vista views opened at Music Mountain with Benjamin…

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Espressivo! Quartet Soars at Bard’s Olin Hall

Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson, Milena Pájaro-Van De Stadt, Anna Polonsky by Kevin T McEneaney Rebecca Clarke’s Morpheus (1917) for piano and viola may not be familiar to many concert attendees…

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Twelfth Night Baroque Surprise at The Stissing Center

Rachell Ellen Wong, David Belkovski, Nicoletta Berry, Nathan Whittaker, Amelie Sie by Kevin T McEneaney Opening with brief stage discussion with harpsichordist David Belkovski, The Twelfth Night Baroque Ensemble (here…

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A peony for you

photo by KTM by Kevin T McEneaney Peonies are not instant protégées. You will need to get dirt in fingernails, and possess patience three years ticking before any satisfaction arrives…

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The Smithfield Church Orchestra Pops Memories

Matt Finley, Jean Vilkelis, Rob Murphy, Lou Pappas, Piotr Kargul by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday at Smithfield Church in Amenia their annual Memorial Day concert with the Smithfield Chamber…

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What is a species?

by Bill Schlesinger Enacted in 1972, the Endangered Species Act is widely regarded as having saved various species with low population numbers from extinction. The number of individuals necessary to…

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What is Time?

by Kevin T McEneaney When moments appear to pass like minutes, turn your eyes to the bounty of Nature: buttercups bending in cool morning breeze, purple allium standing as lookout…

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Daniel Stepner & a well-caught trout

Daniel Stepner, David Hyun-su Kim, Jacques Lee Wood, Anne Black by Kevin T McEneaney In Great Barrington last Sunday afternoon at Saint James Place, there was an all-Schubert concert to…

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