Tag: Audrey Brand

  • The New Paltz Clean Sweep

    The New Paltz Clean Sweep

    There aren’t many things that motivate the average college student to get out of bed at 8:30 on a Saturday morning. However, the New Paltz Clean Sweep is an annual tradition that offers a sense of community, a great volunteer opportunity, and a feeling of accomplishment. The annual event in New Paltz is one of…

  • Fair Trade for Dummies

    Fair Trade for Dummies

      If you often find yourself in the organic foods section of your local grocery store or if you shop or eat at the majority of places in New Paltz and the Hudson Valley, you have probably come across the term “fair trade”. Many people associate the term strictly with organic food, but it can…

  • Undiscovered New Paltz: The Awareness Shop

    Undiscovered New Paltz: The Awareness Shop

    For students and residents alike, New Paltz hosts a variety of resources for health of the mind and body. But what about spiritual health? The Awareness Shop, right next to the Convenient Deli plaza on Main Street, is an often overlooked yet abundantly unique and useful source for all or most unconventional needs. Many who…

  • Dorsky Faculty Exhibit Offers Fields of Vision

    Dorsky Faculty Exhibit Offers Fields of Vision

    About Fields of Vision The SUNY New Paltz art faculty exhibit, entitled “Fields of Vision” began April 13 and will run until June 23. The exhibit’s opening night was April 12 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Samuel Dorsky Museum on the SUNY New Paltz campus. Fields of Vision tells the narrative of…

  • Wade Lewis Poetry Slam Returns to New Paltz

    Wade Lewis Poetry Slam Returns to New Paltz

    The second largest collegiate slam poetry competition on the east coast returned to New Paltz on March 1 and 2. Teams included Yale, Dartmouth, Wesleyan, NYU, Middlebury, SUNY Oneonta, Brown, Geneseo, Urban Lyrics and the SUNY New Paltz Slam Team. This year’s competition featured host Omar Holman and special guest, two-time Individual Poetry Slam Champion,…