Dance Your Pants Off (And Then Some)
This past Saturday, I hopped on a bus to New York City to visit a friend and go see Portland-based electronic band Starfucker at The […]
Articles by Rachel Freeman
The Sweet Sounds of Summer
The summer is quickly approaching with a time of laziness, iced coffee, trips to the beach, lurid bikinis and most importantly, music festivals. Now is the time when these festivals are starting to announce their lineups and you have to plan your festival hopping schedule. Don’t worry, The New Paltz Oracle is here to help you sift through the overwhelming number of musical events taking place this summer. In this guide, you’ll find a variety of fests […]
Photographic Memories
When 93-year-old Annette Finestone sold her hotel business in 1978, she never expected her husband to find a bag of her old film from Japan while rummaging through things. “I found this film and I said, ‘Oh my god I ought to do something about it.’ They were just rolled up in a bag still, I didn’t even know I had them,” Finestone said. Finestone’s job as a placement officer landed her in Nagoya, Japan after a job was unavailable in France. She arrived in Japan in 1945 six months after the bombing of Hiroshima. […]