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An elected official from the Hudson Valley is blasting on the longest-running show currently airing on NBC.
When married New York City Ballet soloists Troy Schumacher and Ashley Laracey were invited to visit the sprawling Wethersfield estate in 2020, they were scoping possible summer performance venues for Schumacher’s company, BalletCollective. But the grand house and grounds in upstate New York inspired a different idea: a site-specific Nutcracker production. The COVID-19 pandemic had shuttered theaters, canceling seasons around the country and leaving dancers without work. But Schumacher saw an opportunity to create an immersive experience for small, socially distanced audiences. He quickly secured funding, consulted medical professionals, and hired 23 dancers, mostly from NYCB, to produce BalletCollective’s Nutcracker at Wethersfield.
A new survey reveals the Christmas movie New York loves most.
I t was a record breaking grand opening weekend at the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF), for the new exclusive exhibit, Everybody Loves Raymond: Celebrating 30 Years. Visitors were all raving with positive reviews, stating that LIMEHOF has created another hit exhibit following up the hugely successful 2-year run of the Billy Joel – My Life: A Piano Man’s Journey exhibit.
New York’s Gaming Facility Location Board made history this morning, voting to award all three remaining bidders full casino operating licenses — a sweeping decision that will bring billions in private investment to the region and reshape entertainment in Queens and the Bronx. The approvals mark the culmination...
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Forty years ago, one of the most legendary comic strips in modern history was published for the first time. While its run "only" lasted a decade, Calvin and Hobbes has entered a tier of cultural reverence reserved for a select few. From newspapers to anthology books, Calvin and Hobbes is...
Christopher DiCesare, a Valley Central graduate, is at the center of Netflix new documentary series True Haunting.
On November 7, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul attended the opening of the Studio Museum in Harlem’s new building. The facility is located in Harlem and represents a $160 million investment in the arts. New York State contributed nearly $11 million, including over $7 million from the New York State Council on the Arts and $3.5 million from Empire State Development, as recommended by the New York City Regional Economic Development Council.
The ring was a network of spies active during the war, organized by Major Benjamin Tallmadge and General George Washington to provide information on British Army operations in the city of New York, the British headquarters. Its members operated mostly in New York, Long Island and Connecticut between late October...
More than 85% of the river’s islands have been eliminated and most of the river’s side channels have been filled in. About half of the river shoreline between Troy and the Mario Cuomo Bridge (formally Tappan Zee) has been engineered. For thousands of years the Hudson River has...
