Emma Roellke

A breath of fresh air: A local inventor creates a spine-friendly backpack

Dramatic plays and movies. Dance performances and festivals. Concerts, craft fairs, and comedies. The Valley is teeming with awesome events to fill your weekends from now until the first snowflakes fall

Motown royalty in Poughkeepsie, Osborne proves she’s one of us in Bethel, and the West Point Band ends the season with a boom

FDR’s Library and museum undergoes a transformation

An international conference comes to Marist

This historic lighthouse has guided ships for more than a century

Feast in the fields: Orange County celebrates its Black Dirt region

A tranquil resting spot called the Overlook Pavilion provides panoramic Valley views

Music at Bethel Woods — and in the woods; visiting Church; theater old and new

The Beacon art museum celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2013