Tag: arts
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Photo Essay: Revival of Long Island’s Huntington Fall Festival
The Huntington Fall Festival is a classic Long Island event. Every year on Columbus Day weekend, the four-day festival takes up Hecksher Park and the surrounding roads. The family-friendly event includes rides, games, food, live music and more. This year, for the first time since COVID-19, the fair took place and those who were vaccinated…
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Pop A Pasty: An Insider’s Journey With the New Paltz Burlesque Troupe
Students in Professor Lisa Phillips’ Literature of Journalism class were assigned to immerse themselves in the unfamiliar. Here’s what they found: Sabrina Petroski auditions for the SUNY New Paltz burlesque troupe to learn more about the performance and body confidence. Do you ever walk into a room and feel like you’ve been transported into an…
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Filling In The Big Picture
A new collaboration is making waves at SUNY New Paltz. The group effort, pioneered by professor Dan Labbato, brings the potential of student talent from the theater, media and English departments to utilize their individual disciplines. The outcome is student-written, organized, directed, filmed and edited material. The workflow that is modeled after a Hollywood…
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Music, Dance, and Laughs: Creativity Flourishes at Coffee Shop
The open space of Cafeteria in New Paltz on Main Street is dim and warmly lit. The mellow atmosphere of the space is enhanced by a young man slowly dancing in front of the Cafeteria audience to a backing-track. It’s Monday which means it’s Open Mic Night at Cafeteria. Sign ups for artists start at…
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Dance Club Swings Into SUNY
Flapper dresses for girls, suits for boys, the Lindy Hop, a dance floor, and big band jazz music; all of the essentials for a swing dance. Some people may think this dance is out of date, but two students from the State University of New York at New Paltz disagree and are bringing it back.…