Arts Hundreds of Beavers at the Stissing Center The independently produced film has quietly developed a reputation as a modern cult favorite. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate Bucolic Contemporary on Shekomeko Creek over 19 acres of flat, fenced pasture, where a newly built house lays low along the landscape. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Isle of Klezbos at the Stissing Center The all-female ensemble has a repertoire that honors Yiddish musical traditions while expanding them with influences from other musical traditions. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Clarion Concerts: Amir ElSaffar New Quartet A project that bridges jazz improvisation with the modal sensibilities of Middle Eastern music, performed March 8 at the Stissing Center. By Jamie Larson •
Arts The Maker and The Muse: A Musical Reading at the Grace Note The Grace Note presents a staged reading of "The Maker and The Muse," imagining a young writer’s search for authenticity through a surreal encounter with 1960s New York. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Stissing Center to Open Speakeasy Listening Room, The Grace Note, February 13 On Friday nights this winter, the most interesting room in Pine Plains may be below ground. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate Ingadi: an $18.75M, 127-Acre Paradise in Pine Plains The name for this palatial estate, Ingadi, meaning “garden” in Zulu, feels apt: a tapestry of creeks, ancient trees, flowing meadows, and cultivated flowerbeds and hangout areas feel like a secret heaven. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Rosanne Cash Opens Stissing Center’s packed 2026 Season Roseanne Cash will perform with her husband, John Leventhal, at the Stissing Center in Pine Plains on January 31. By Jamie Larson •
Photo by Olya Vysotskaya Food Martha Stewart, Surprise Judge at First Stissing House Pie Fest The Stissing House’s first-ever Pie Fest, November 16, already had the makings of a Hudson Valley classic, then Martha Stewart arrived. By Jamie Larson •
Radicchio with persimmons, hazelnuts, and gorgonzola, from The King Cookbook. Food Stissing House’s Clare de Boer and Friends Launch “The King Cookbook” in Millerton Book signing with coauthors Jessica Shadbolt and Annie Shi on November 8. By Brian K. Mahoney •
