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Woodstock Film Festival serves up another stellar lineup featuring Uma Thurman, Steve Buscemi, Ethan Hawke and more. Get the popcorn ready. | By Sarah Carpenter just days after the autumnal equinox, for everyone across the globe, the days and nights are about equal in length—but ours will be a little extra star-studded.

Who can you thank for the extra sparkle in our corner of the world this fall? Meira Blaustein, cofounder and executive director of The Woodstock Film Festival (WFF), an annual event since 2000 that’s powered through the pandemic lockdown—in 2020, they took the movies outside using drive-in theaters including the Greenville Drive-In, in some cases setting up their own outdoor screen, car horns honking and lights flashing as a new form of applause— and came out the other side with a return to indoor film screenings the following year.

This year, the eve of their 25th anniversary, WFF honors director, producer and screenwriter James Ivory with a Lifetime Achievement Award. They’ll be showing his 2009 film, The City Of Your Final Destination

The festival also includes world premieres including Jane Weinstock’s Three Birthdays and noir thriller Stockade, but Blaustein says the programming isn’t just about the premieres. “It’s about the good films and the filmmakers we want to support,” she says.

Tim Blake Nelson produced and stars in Asleep In My Palm, another world premiere at WFF, and the directorial debut of his son,

Another family collaboration on the festival screen is The Kill Room (2023), in which area resident (and movie star) Uma Thurman shares the screen with daughter Maya Hawke. Her father, actor Ethan Hawke, was honored at last year’s WFF, where he said, “Events such as the Woodstock Film Festival are some of the few places where films aren’t viewed as units of sale, judged on their value of commerce…I’ve been to many festivals all around the world, but this is one of my favorites.”

2023’s edition of WFF’s programming features a not-to-be-missed panel of actors who direct— moderated by another local thespian, Mary Stuart Masterson—including Steve Buscemi (The Listener), Matthew Modine (I Am What You Imagine) and Brittany Snow (Parachute).

And as if the constellation of actors and directors weren’t enough, several live music performances pair with screenings this year: The Zombies following Hung Up On A Dream: The Zombies Documentary; Kiefer Sutherland after Texas Music Revolution; The Maverick Sextet following Fioretta and more.

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Moon Struck

Observatory at SUNY New Paltz welcomed the Class of 2027 with a cool tour. The on-campus observatory was gifted to the college in 2010 and houses Mr. Smolen’s original telescope, including a 14-inch Celestron Schmidt Reflecting telescope on a Paramount mount and two smaller 8-inch Dobsonian telescopes. The Observatory is open to the public for “Astronomy Night” on the first and third Thursday of each month that the university is in session. For these lucky first-year students, the sky’s certainly the limit. Photographed on location on August 26, 2023 at 9:26pm by Toni Gerunda.

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rarefied air “Tony Sarg: Genius At Play” is the first comprehensive exhibition exploring the life and art of Tony Sarg (1880-1942), the charismatic illustrator, animator, puppeteer, designer, entrepreneur and showman who’s celebrated as the father of modern puppetry in North America. The exhibit runs through November 5 at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA. His vast knowledge of puppet technology was instrumental in his design of the inaugural Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1927.

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Three must-follow accounts for all area Barbies— and Kens.

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FExclusive: Our fa ve 1990s “It” girl is still, yes, some kind of wonderful. | By Sarah Carpenter even if you haven’t seen anything she’s been in since she played the unforgettable tomboy facing unrequited love in Some Kind Of Wonderful , you’ll recognize Mary Stuart Masterson. Oh, and she rocked Fried Green Tomatoes and the adorbs Chances Are as well. For one thing, she looks the same almost three decades later (why didn’t I ask her about skincare?) and for another, she’s the type of actor whose face never left your memory—though she’s moderating the

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Meet @catskillsbarbie, the account that’s been breathing life into the beloved childhood doll (since long before Margot Robbie perfectly embodied stereotypical

“Actors Who Direct” panel at the Woodstock Film Festival. She pays it forward as the founder of Stockade Works, a Hudson Valley-based local crew training and mentorship program and Upriver Studios, a woman-led sustainable production facility in the Hudson Valley, which opened in 2020. Here at The Mountains , this ’90s “It” girl is still it for us. (but wait...there’s more)

The story behind Vassar College’s famous baked goods. Making fudge was a popular activity at women’s colleges, especially Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. In a letter written by Emelyn Battersby Hartridge, a student at Vassar, she recounts purchasing a box of fudge for 40 cents a pound in 1886 in Baltimore. Another student at Vassar claimed to have introduced it there in 1888 by selling her own batch. The diary of student Elma Martin mentions making “fudges” in 1892. An 1893 letter from Adelaide Mansfield, another student, describes “fudges” as having sugar, fruit, chocolate, milk and butter. A recipe for “Fudges at Vassar” was printed in The Sun in 1895.

Describing the confections as “Vassar chocolates,” the recipe consists of sugar, milk, butter and vanilla extract.

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Barbie on screen) by embarking on beautiful adventures throughout the Catskills region. With an appreciation for the natural wonders in our own backyards, and a perfect mountains adaptation of Barbie’s iconic wardrobe stylings, @catskillsbarbie leads her followers to unveil the majestic peaks and tranquil lakeshores.

@loupnyc Perfectl y located on Warren Street in the heart of Hudson, Loup is a cutting-edge clothing brand that infuses a modern and urban vibe into the local fashion scene. Follow this distinctly “north of Manhattan” fashion revolution and embrace the #loupspiration.

@justcallmehomegirl Tar a Boettger’s Insta drops a regular dose of creative inspo to your feed. Based in the Hudson Valley, @justcallmehomegirl shares her passion for home goods and empowers others to reimagine their living space. A definite must-follow.

It’s Flea Season

In Stormville

Come to the Stormville Flea Market and discover antiques and collectibles—from surprising treasures to brand new merch. Fun! Count us in for sure. Stormville, NY October 78; November 4 designer Leong

Ong, whose fashion credits include Oscar de la Renta and Anthropologie. He sources the pre-loved pieces to his studio in the historic hamlet Kripplebush, NY then sends them over to India for hand embroidering by the finest artisans in Delhi and Mumbai (he purchases carbon credits to offset his shipping). The result?

One-of-a-kind vintage pieces whose second act is arguably better than their first. Check out their Instagram (@the._.falls) for the latest offerings, as well as notices about upcoming pop-ups at area fairs and retailers.

The Falls one-of-a-kind vintage garments a brand new spin.

So, what’s the big misconception a lot of people still have about you? They think that I’m super organized and buttoned up. The truth is, on most days, I’m living my life like a finger painting. Our favorite films of yours are Some Kind Of Wonderful and Fried Green Tomatoes , and we’re low-key obsessed with Chances Are . Which project of yours has been the most celebrated and which is maybe the most unsung personal favorite?

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everything in moderation Masterson is moderating the “Actors Who Direct” panel at the upcoming WFF.

I’m so glad you liked those movies. I also loved making Benny And Joon And Immediate Family is one I like that most people don’t know about. Also, Book Of Stars , that I made with Jena Malone in the late ’90s.

With two movies coming out this year, can we expect a Mary Stuart Masterson don’t-call-it-a-comeback comeback? We’re certainly crossing our fingers. How sweet. While I’ve made three movies in the last two years, and had fun making them all, I’m not allowed to speak about them due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. I have several projects in development that I’m producing and will direct, aiming to shoot in the Hudson Valley.

Vintage Meets Modern

The Falls upcycles clothes from Mumbai to Kripplebush.

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The Falls: an expert curation of best-of-the-best vintage that’s been upcycled with one-of-a-kind embroidery, making every piece unique. It’s the brainchild of embroidery worn in the usa American fashion finds a home on Warren Street. says, “The ripple effect of buying Americanmade is huge, and educating my customers is part of my mission and my joy.” Green has never been—or looked— more fashionable.

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Hudson Clothier is a sustainable fashion haven. Opposing fast fashion, Founder MaryVaughn Williams says she wanted her work to carry a deeper message. Her aim has been to “define the shop by what’s being made in the US; what brands were still holding on (heritage labels) and what newer makers were arriving on the scene.”

Hudson Clothier also serves up bags, eyewear and home décor, blending classic charm with modern allure. Williams

A Bridge (Not) Too Far

The oldest covered bridge in the US can be found on the grounds of Glimmerglass State Park in Cooperstown, NY. At 53-feet across it’s also one of the shortest. The bridge, located at the historic Hyde Hall mansion, was built in 1825 and restored in 1867. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

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Sparkill’s Hollywood Tall Tale

Why a movie icon—and her sixth husband—put their Italianate Victorian home for sale in neighboring Rockland County. | By Bill Cary as someone who sees a lot of houses for sale, I’ve gotten used to the blah-blah broker- babble that comes with the territory of touring homes with eager agents doing their very best to talk up and sell their clients’ property. The same adjectives come up time and again. Every room is “spacious and beautiful,” the finishes and appliances are always “state of the art,” the views are uniformly “amazing” and everything about the place is “totally unique.”

Arlene Dahl dated John F. Kennedy off and on for a couple of years. “He was the cheapest man I ever met—never had a dollar in his pocket.”

It’s best if you can somehow leave the agent in the car and hear directly from the homeowner. When you’re buying a home, it’s worth asking to meet the owner, though chances are it’ll never happen. One of my favorite owner-led house tours was for a feature story I wrote for The Journal News with Hollywood glamour queen and MGM icon Arlene Dahl, featured in two dozen movies in the 1940s and ’50s and later the author of a thrice-weekly syndicated column that ran in 165 newspapers. She and her sixth husband, perfume bottle designer Marc Rosen, had their weekend home in the quaint Hudson

River hamlet of Sparkill on and off the market for years, priced as high as $8.5 million, then a few years later at $4.95 million, and most recently, in early August, for $3.995 million with real estate broker Richard Ellis. The 1859 Italianate Victorian, known as Treetops, is a charming antique, but let’s just say it might need a wee bit of work.

The house has two porches, and Rosen said it took him two decades to figure out why: when one’s in full sun, the other’s shaded. Real estate agents don’t have 20 years to learn about the house they’re selling you. If you want the home’s true story, that lies with the owners.

Dahl was a living doll—gorgeous, of course, with impeccable makeup and flaming red hair, but also smart-smart-smart and utterly engaging and funny, with star wattage to spare and many a story to tell.

In the late 1940s, she dated a young Massachusetts congressman named John F. Kennedy off and on for a couple of years.

“He was the cheapest man I ever met—never had a dollar in his pocket,” she recalled. He regularly showed up at her door looking rumpled and wrinkled. One night she parked him in a frilly pink negligée while she ironed his suit in the kitchen. “We all laughed—he was completely game.”

For an antique, the six-bedroom home on 7.5 acres is surprisingly big, with the expected Victorian front and rear parlors—painted pink—and a huge living room with one of nine fireplaces with marble mantels. I particularly loved the campy downstairs powder room, plastered floor-to-ceiling with Dahl’s many magazine covers from back in the day.

When I visited, it was just before Thanksgiving that year, and the dining room table was set for 14, including her son Lorenzo Lamas and his family. A nearby table was a groaning board of silver platters and serving dishes awaiting a fresh shine.

Dahl, who died in 2021 at 96, and Rosen hosted many soirees over the years, including an 80th birthday party for Helen Hayes, an engagement party for Joan Collins and annual Christmas parties that drew the likes of Carol Channing, Celeste Holm, Jane Powell, Brooke Shields, Rosie O’Donnell, Liza Minelli, Joan Rivers, Cindy Adams and Rex Reed.

Now there’s a story you won’t find on Zillow.

Manhattan Magic

what’s lovelier than Manhattan in the fall: I mean… The city transforms into a cultural mecca, hosting a seemingly endless series of events and parties from the Met Gala to Fashion Week. But amidst all the glitz and glamour, the city casts an intoxicating romantic spell, inviting you to explore its dimly lit cafes, coziest of bars and riverside sunset views. It’s as if the world’s most important city’s has come alive just for you.

Art Stop by The Brooklyn Public Library for one of the season’s hottest art shows. “The Book of HOV,” a 40,000 sq. ft. exhibit celebrating the musical legacy of Brooklyn’s own Jay-Z, feels as if you’re stepping into a living album. Grab a limitededition library card and leave feeling like a legit VIP.

Restaurant For the gastrocurious, make a reservation at Baar Baar, the perfect mix of exotic cuisine and sleek décor. Chef Sujan Sarkar treats each dish as a celebration of Indian heritage, reimagined for the Manhattan palate. From the sinfully delicious dahi puri to the savory beetroot murabba, this chic eatery will make you feel as if you’ve stepped into an episode of And Just Like That…

Bar Time stands still at Jac’s on Bond, your new favorite good rap One of the most anticipated art shows in the US is “The Book of HOV” at the Brooklyn Public Library focusing on the musical legacy of Brooklyn’s own, Jay-Z; (opposite) Baar Baar restaurant; Four Freedoms Park in Roosevelt Island. porches.com downtown bar. Nestled in NoHo’s historic Bond Street, this restored 19th century townhouse invites you to relax with cocktails and conversation in an oldworld ambiance. Sip on a caprese martini in this snug subterranean lounge and unwind in true Gotham style.

Destination Escape the hustle and bustle of the city crowds at Roosevelt Island’s Four Freedoms Park, a hidden oasis along the underrated

East River. Walk this twomile promenade surrounded by towering skyscrapers, unobstructed views of the water and leaf-filled lawns perfect for picnics. Even though you’re in the heart of the city, it’ll feel like a world away. And do take the tram—hovering high above the East River invokes an indescribable feeling.

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