Blog entries - April 2008

Scary stuff out on DVD

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The classic tale of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow continues to inspire creative types nearly 200 years since Washington Irving penned it. Now, the latest film to pay horror homage is released on DVD today by First Look Studios. Entitled Headless Horseman (obviously these folks wanted to cut right to the chase, literally), it debuted in theaters last October.

This film follows seven youngsters who end up in a mysterious town on Halloween night, only to discover, yes you guessed i [...]

Want to meet this guy?

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OK, I couldn't help posting this. Just in case you are on the fence about coming to Sheep-to-Shawl today (or tomorrow) at Philipsburg Manor, just try and resist this guy, who was snapped last week by one of our primary photographers, Bryan Haeffele.

For those of you who haven't been to the site, that's the Philipsburg Manor house in t [...]

Sargeant captures cooking, open-hearth style

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Ken Sargeant is a Croton-based videographer and HHV fan. Van Cortlandt Manor is a Croton historical site - and its staff is a big fan of Ken!

Recently he visited Historic Hudson Valley food historian Lavada Nahon as she was preparing a meal in VCM's reproduction open-hearth kitchen, capturing it on video and posting a snippet of the results on YouTube.

Van Cortlandt Manor offers limited enrollment open-hearth cooking workshops throughout the year, where you help p [...]

Irving tale hits the Metropolitan Playhouse stage

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Washington Irving may be best-known for his classic tales of a horseman sans head and a guy who slept for 20 years - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, respectively - but he wrote a heck of a lot more than that, much of it quite worthy of 21st-century minds.

That's why I'm excited to hear that the Metropolitan Playhouse is s [...]

Sheep? Sure. But don�t forget the lambs

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Cute animals, scrappy border collies chasing geese and sheep every which way, wool shearing and spinning...what's not to love about Sheep-to-Shawl at Philipsburg Manor ? Well, if it rains the ground gets a bit soggy but other than that...

And of course, check out those newborn lambs. If that doesn't grab ya...

The big event is next weekend. [...]

Kykuit tix are online, opening weekend is May 10-11

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Electronic bugs be gone: Kykuit tour tickets are once again available online. The Rockefeller estate opens for the season on May 10 with a new, streamlined tour menu - Classic, Grand, Kids, Timesaver, and one the Kykuit gurus like to call "Selected Highlights." Pretty much everything up on that hill is a highlight, so I' [...]

When we say 'Hands-on,' we mean 'Hands-on'

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Historic Hudson V [...]