Author: STAN.HIRSON

A group of friends played together every Wednesday evening in Pete and Cindy Howe’s kitchen.

A 1928 Model A Ford had been the beloved car of a much-loved father. By having it restored the family resurrected both the car and his memories.

Literally sit right in with an orchestra as it rehearses the Halelujah Chorus of the Mesiah,

Come along on a shop visit to a master bladesmith as he makes a knife just for us!

Because it is not your grandfather’s world anymore, it’s theirs! And to prepare them for their world, new educational and job skills are needed. The STEM program in Pine Plains prepares students for their community.

Not a concert, not a performance, just a chance for you be with a musician working things out.

A favorite, to eat good food and drink, listen to music, and make new friends who, on return, become old ones. Where everone LEARNS your name!

In 1939, a farmer’s wife got a movie camera as a wedding present. Decades later, her sons found a box…

I dropped in for a visit with an old friend, the sculptor Paul Chaleff. Over the 25 years that we have known each other, I have watched Paul’s work and ideas grow. We pick up on the conversation from where we left off.  

Over time, communities can fragment. Collecting photos, films, and video can stitch them back together.