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The most amusing cat videos of the past year are featured in “CatVideoFest 2021,” which opens this weekend at The Moviehouse in Millerton, N.Y. Photo by Adina Voicu from Pixabay
There are many reasons to rejoice that the beloved Millerton, N.Y., movie theater, The Moviehouse, is open again (and now has an elevator and an ice machine!).
Good times have been rolling at Sharon Playhouse in recent weeks, first with the ABBA tribute band performance on July 10, which attracted an estimated crowd of 300 people (and yes, everyone got up and danced and sang along to “Dancing Queen,” and no, Meryl Streep and Christine Baranski, who starred in the ABBA film “Mama Mia,” did not attend).
It was an overflow crowd at Standard Space on July 2 for theopening of a show of work by Josh Frankel. Missy Mazzoli performed a live piano accompaniment to one of the artist’s animated pieces. Photo by Standard Space
Standard Space in Sharon, Conn., opened a new show on Friday, July 2, of drawings and animations by Joshua Frankel called “Emergent System.”
The competitive cycling season peaks in July with the Tour de France, which ends with the ride through Paris on Sunday, July 18. The Tri-state region offers cycling events on a gentler scale, such as this one that was photographed in 1985 for The Lakeville Journal. File photo
Ardent cycling fans are no doubt already glued to their screens, watching the excitement of the 2021 Tour de France, which began on June 26 and continues until Sunday, July 18.
Action Wildlife Foundation Inc.
337 Torrington Road, Goshen, CT,
860-491-9191, www.actionwildlife.org
Farm zoo with animals from around the world. Drive through or walk. Petting barn, hayrides. Wheelchair accessible. Check website for seasonal hours.
Definitely a “family affair,” Susan Saccardi, at left, produces a vast array of baked good in her home bakery business, Suzie’s Sweets. Her son, Dean, assists in many aspects of the business, from managing the web presence to helping in the bake kitchen. Photo by Leila Hawken
Flour can be a fickle ingredient. In the right hands it is essential to creating all sorts of baked wonderments. In the wrong hands, well, its use can bring disappointing results.
Yes, we’re talking about the Tomato Pie War (again!). This is an interesting tale of a clash in one small area town, and it’s worth telling again because, well, it’s summer and soon the tomatoes will be ripe and ready for roasting and there will be a recipe at the end of this article.
This May, approximately 385 years after Dutch noble houses, their scullery maids and footmen alike, rushed greedily to acquire the prized perennials, Salisbury, Conn., had its own little burst of tulip mania.
Riding along the Harlem Valley Rail Trail on a summer day, cyclists will soon experience the thrill of riding over the clear blue waters as they ride from the center of Millerton in the direction of Copake. Photo by Kaitlin Lyle
One of the things I love best about this area is that there are few limits to where you can ride your bike.
I have been on a bike for more than a decade, and I’ve ridden everywhere from the Hotchkiss Library in Sharon, Conn., to all around Block Island, R.I., and along sections of the Harlem Valley Rail Trail.
James Shepherd’s path to becoming the state’s main commercial grower of hops was paved with challenges. It has taken six years of trial and error, sweat and perseverance, to successfully reintroduce a crop that once had roots here but fell out of use due to Connecticut’s fickle climate.
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