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Upstate NY bakery foodies rave about is a James Beard Award finalist
Hudson, N.Y. — A beloved Upstate New York bakery that got its start in Manhattan is on the rise, right alongside its artisanal bread. Mel the Bakery is a finalist for a James Beard Award, a prestigious honor considered the Oscars of the food world. The Hudson bakery has been nominated for the Oustanding Bakery award and is in the running against four other bakeries.
Happy Mother’s Day from Mid-Hudson News
The entire team at Mid-Hudson News and I would like to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful moms in the Hudson Valley. Our mothers are the backbone of our families: They are caring, loving, patient and hardworking, and it is important that we recognize all that they selflessly do for us today and every day. My mom taught me so much and has always been there for me, and my wonderful wife, Erin, has done the same for our three children.
THEATER REVIEW: ‘Uncle Vanya’ plays at Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, N.Y. through May 19
Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, N.Y. Written by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Conor McPherson. Vanya is 47, single, frustrated, living with his mother and his niece and a few devoted servants in a farmhouse on depleted land far from the woman he loves, who has married Vanya’s aged brother-in-law. His niece, Sonya, is in love with Vanya’s best friend, a doctor who drinks too much and is in love with Vanya’s sister-in-law. At the end of the fourth act, Vanya and Sonya are pretty much where they were at the start of Act One: little changed, still frustrated, and still committed to one another personally and professionally. Playwright Anton Chekhov clearly wants us to know that the incidents in our lives don’t necessarily move us onto a new level of life but merely gently shove us back into our own reality. The current production at Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, N.Y. uses the talents of many wonderful people to deliver the playwright’s message of the futility of life’s passing experiences.
An abandoned school becomes a canvas for art galleries
In a photo provided by Yael Eban and Matthew Gamber, via The Campus shows, the Campus at the former Ockawamick School in Claverack, N.Y. Six galleries collaborated to buy the former Ockawamick School in Claverack, N.Y., for a new exhibition space called the Campus. (Yael Eban and Matthew Gamber, via The Campus via The New York Times)
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