Photography by Beth Schneck People come to New Paltz to reinvent themselves. It’s why the French Huguenots settled there in 1678. It’s why students go there to study at the…
So, when I first moved to this corner of the planet, I kept hearing cool, creative people being referred to as “makers.” Makers? Really? Aren’t they simply artists and designers…
Every night of live music is a holiday in my book. There’s nothing that fills my soul quite like sharing sonic vibrations in a room full of beautiful people. Looking…
We all know the story about the shoemaker whose kids go to school with holes in their soles. I live with the other kind of shoemaker, the one so jacked…
Photography by Mike Ruiz Matthew Modine/Madonna. Madonna/Matthew Modine. For those of us in a particular generation, when Matthew Modine’s name comes up for whatever legitimate reason—his winning turn in the…
So, when The Mountains’ new design editors, Eduardo Rodríguez and Herman Vega, were tasked with visually representing the current residential interior design of this region, they were more than up…
Music is about style as much as anything else. From prohibition flappers and early rock ’n’ rollers to hippie seekers, gutter punks, hip-hop MCs and emo kids—the freshest musical trends…
During the first season of All in the Family in 1971, its Episode 5 was titled “Judging Books by Covers.” Its story line was a gay one concerning Archie Bunker’s…
Photography by Kitty Sheehan I was with my in-laws at Donny Malone Auctions in Saugerties in the mid-1980s. The Hellers of Lake Hill, NY were well-known—they sold Tiffany and…
