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Cheez-It Diner Opens In Woodstock For All 'Cheezy' Needs
Located in Ulster County in Woodstock, the diner offers the ultimate experience for Cheez-It fans with such treats as a cheezy milkshake, burger, or mac-n-cheese. "We saw just how far our adventure-seeking Cheez-It fans would go when they Want It. Need It. Cheez-It. last year making the drive to our Joshua Tree Cheez-It Stop outpost," said Cara Tragseiler, senior brand director for Cheez-It. "So many fans have been suggesting where we should bring the Cheez-It fun next, and we knew we needed to go the extra mile—literally—to do it again.
Red Lobster files for bankruptcy after closing 8 restaurants in Upstate NY
Red Lobster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection a week after closing dozens of restaurants nationwide. In a court filing late Sunday, the seafood chain said it has more than 100,000 creditors and estimated assets between $1 billion and $10 billion. The company’s estimated liabilities are between $1 billion and $10 billion, according to the Associated Press.
Story Screen reopening movie theater in Hudson
Story Screen, a community of film lovers who screen films and hold pop-up events, is working to reopen a movie theater in Hudson. The theater at 160 Fairview Avenue was most recently the home of the Madison Theatre, which closed both its Hudson and Albany theaters in the past few months.
Matthewis Persen House Museum set to open season on May 25th with World War II presentation
KINGSTON – Ulster County Clerk Nina Postupack has announced that the Matthewis Persen House Museum & Cultural Heritage Center will open for the 2024 season on Saturday, May 25th at 10 a.m. The Persen House, located at 74 John Street in Kingston will be open to the public every...
At the Sky High Farm Spring Picnic, Fundraising for Food Justice—And Some Fashionable Guests
The rolling fields surrounding the small town of Pine Plains, NY—where the artist Dan Colen’s Sky High Farm can be found nestled among 40 acres of pasture and vegetable fields—typically play host to an eclectic crowd of cows, sheep, and chickens. But on an overcast spring morning this past weekend, an even more eclectic crowd began trundling their way down the country lanes that lead to the nearby Kaatsbaan Cultural Park: a veritable who’s who of New York’s creative set, ready to spend the day celebrating the Sky High Farm Spring Picnic.
Book Picks - Oblong Books and Green Toad Bookstore
This week's Book Picks come from Amy Zimmerman from Chatham Bookstore in Chatham, New York and Suzanna Hermans of Oblong Books in Rhinebeck and Millerton, New York. Vladivostok Circus by Elisa Shua Dusapin, translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins. Leaving by Roxana Barry Robinson. After Annie by Anna Quindlen. Shopkeeping: Stories,...
Jeffrey Gibson Details His Painting on Art in America’s Latest Cover
Jeffrey Gibson, whose beaded painting Born to Be Alive (2023) appears on the cover of Art in America’s Summer 2024 “Icons” issue, is the subject of a profile in the magazine. From his studio in Hudson, New York, Gibson told A.i.A. the backstory of the cover image, a detail of a larger work shown here in full.Joan Semmel Details Her Painting on A.i.A.’s Latest Cover As told to A.i.A. I was listening to music hunting for words to use in my work and came across this disco song, “Born to Be Alive,” by Patrick Hernandez from 1978. As a mix of different kinds of...
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