Art & Entertainment - Hudson Valley Press-2020

Arts & Entertainment

City-Sponsored Summer Recreation in Newburgh Planned

NEWBURGH - The City of Newburgh is planning recreation activities for the summer season that will comply with social distancing recommendations. Certain traditional City-sponsored...

Micaela Croniser of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., a Mount Saint Mary College Nursing student who finished up her final semester as an undergraduate, fights COVID-19 on the frontlines and uses her artistic skills to help children cope with illness.

Student Uses Her Artistic Skills to Help Children

NEWBURGH – Creativity, innovation, and compassion: Whether she’s studying Nursing at Mount Saint Mary College or caring for COVID-19 patients at her job, senior...

Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, was one of the most influential singer songwriters in popular music. He was one of the founders of Rock n’ Roll in the 1950s and one of the most memorable performers in rock history. Little Richard was born in 1932 in Macon, Georgia and died recently at the age of 87.

Little Richard, One of the Founding Fathers of Rock n’ Roll,...

Howland Public Library Book Club Update

She’s a mean girl. She holds court like Maleficent, Mistress of Evil. Does she reign over a kingdom? No. A street gang? No. Prison inmates? No. She’s the black teenage mobster don at a prestigious Pennsylvania boarding school. This very eccentric look at the worst of humankind comes from the deepest creative crevices of young Philly filmmaker Tayarisha Poe’s mind. She’s a gifted writer and photographer who had this tale of debauchery in her sights for years. Analyzing the film Selah and the Spades.

Taking a Closer Look at “Selah and the Spades”

Cosby May Not Survive COVID-19 Pandemic

Remembering the Life of Dr. Dorothy Irene Height

First Lady of the United States Martha Washington. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Martha Washington: A “First Lady” in Every Sense

Photorealist Painter Tom Blackwell Dies at Age 82 From Coronavirus

2008 Bill Withers Tribute: Pictured are Bill Withers & Corey Withers. Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/annulla/3011590291/ Wikimedia Commons

Three-time Grammy Award Winner Bill Withers Dies