Tag: Chatham

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    Dancing in the gardens and fields

    BodySonnet collective set to perform in Stockbridge, Chatham   The dance group BodySonnet will perform Sept. 4-5 at Chesterwood in Stockbridge, Mass., and Sept. 6-12 at PS21 in Chatham, N.Y. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer CHATHAM, N.Y. A woman turns her head to the sky. She arches with her shoulders open, her head read more

    Dancing in the gardens and fields
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    Out of the tent, into the theater

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    New building lets PS21 expand season, host larger audiences The new theater building at PS21 will allow the performing arts venue, which previously hosted summer performances in a tent, to offer programming year-round. Courtesy photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer CHATHAM, N.Y. After holding its events in a tent for 12 years, PS21 is about read more

    Out of the tent, into the theater
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    In time of division, flag project aims for unity

    Group in Columbia County creates flag, banners with optimistic message Cheryl Roberts of Spencertown shows off the purple-and-white flag she designed for Keep Hope Alive International, a new nonprofit group dedicated to promoting responsive government, religious liberty , tolerance, justice reform and other causes. Susan Sabino photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer CHATHAM, N.Y. In read more

    In time of division, flag project aims for unity
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    Riding to the rescue — Chatham farm helps horses

    Chatham farm gives sanctuary to equines saved from slaughter By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer CHATHAM, N.Y.   The mule Emma, one of the animals rescued by Equine Advocates, stands with the group’s founder and president, Susan Wagner. The group currently cares for 81 animals at its sanctuary in Chatham. Susan Sabino photo The four-legged residents of read more

    Riding to the rescue — Chatham farm helps horses
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    Reviving the Corkscrew route

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    Newly opened rail trail feeds dreams of a wider hiking network By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer STEPHENTOWN, N.Y.   A sign welcomes visitors the newly opened Corkscrew Rail Trail in Stephentown. The trail extends along 2.5 miles of a long-defunct railroad route that once stretched nearly 60 miles from Chatham to Bennington, Vt. John Townes photo read more

    Reviving the Corkscrew route
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    Small theaters struggle to convert before film reels disappear

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    By THOMAS DIMOPOULOS Contributing writer   “Wait a minute! Wait a minute! You ain’t heard nothin’ yet.” The movie industry is arguably experiencing its biggest technological revolution since Al Jolson spoke those first words, in “The Jazz Singer,” to usher in the era of the talkies in 1927. By the end this year, the major read more

    Small theaters struggle to convert before film reels disappear
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    Markets with a mission

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    Food co-ops expand their reach – and goals – around the region They did far better than that. By the time of its official grand opening on July 23, the co-op, with its old-fashioned barrels of bulk goods and signature 1950s appliances, had signed up 213 members. Those members paid either an annual $20 fee read more

    Markets with a mission