Author: April Castillo

  • Renowned Filmmaker Inspires Through Spontaneity

    Renowned Filmmaker Inspires Through Spontaneity

    By April Castillo When D.A. Pennebaker landed his first prominent directorial role as head of the camera crew during the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, he said he had no idea what he was doing. He simply sent the cameramen out for the day and hoped they came back with good footage. At the end…

  • Puppy Love Gives the Gift of Healing

    As a young teenager, Britney Digilio had no idea how therapeutic and relaxing growing up with animals proved to be. She had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. Her parents ran an animal shelter, so she was always surrounded by dogs, cats and horses but it was only later in her life…

  • County Dog Park Coming to New Paltz

    County Dog Park Coming to New Paltz

    Ulster County Dog Park from The Little Rebellion on Vimeo. NEW PALTZ – Ulster County will have its own dog park at the end of September after nearly five years of dog owners rallying. Danielle Cardella, the former board president of For Paws of Ulster, remembers when the organization was in its infancy. She adopted her first dog,…