A Magazine About Food, Art & Exchange In Kingston, NY Published By The Hudson Valley Current.
(Photo by Jeff Anzevino) We’re witnessing the implosion of a lot of really bad ideas right now: racism, militarism, predatory capitalism. It turns out that
Midtown Rising began in 2015, when members of the St. James United Methodist Church (that’s the big, beautiful stone building at the corner of Pearl
Rental Policies Attest to Anti-Poor Systems In 2016, Princeton sociology professor Matthew Desmond published, and won the Pulitzer Prize for, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in
This 2020 of ours is not looking like the best moment in history for interstate or international travel, which is frustrating. Lots of us have
Future Planning Needs to Take the Eternally Small Into Account The fantasy books I cut my imagination’s teeth on have proved a useful means of
On June 3, Kingston’s Walk 4 Black Lives drew hundreds to learn, commune, and stand in solidarity against police brutality and systemic racism. Seeing the
Bosom Buddies Hobnobbing in my garden are vegetables, flowers, and herbs. Some are pairs according to culinary taste, others because they are naturally great companions.
The Bard College campus is knit together from repurposed estates, and feels as though it exists in a world of its own, tucked away in
Our intimate relationship with water We live in times when we must question our actions, and see if we bring something positive to our world.
Nuestra relación íntima con el agua Vivimos en tiempos en los que debemos cuestionar nuestros actos, y ver cómo aportamos algo positivo a nuestro mundo.
Ever since we humans first cultivated plants, we’ve cursed encroaching weeds. And what were those weeds? The same plants as today, that is, any plants
One of my guilty pleasures is watching videos of how things are made. Yesterday, when I was on the computer, and should have been doing
Material capital can be thought of as non-living physical objects. Raw and processed resources like stone, metal, timber, and fossil fuels are “complexed” with each
Image: Yoko Ono. “Mend Piece, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City version,” 1966/2015. Ceramic, glue, tape, scissors, twine. Installation dimensions variable. Courtesy Rennie Museum. Photo:
I would have attended the first and second Beacon 4 Black Lives protests—on June second and June sixth—if I’d known about them beforehand. Word, it
