‘Three Sisters’ Take the Stage

October 13, 2011 Nikki Barnhart 0

It is not plot that drives New Paltz Theatre’s latest venture, but character. For its latest production, the department will be performing Anton Chekov’s “Three Sisters.” “They were flowers in a garden of weeds,” said director Frank Trezza about the play. Once high class, the eponymous three sisters and their brother Andrei eventually fall to the lower and uneducated people around […]

Broads BRAWL on Water Street

October 13, 2011 Zan Strumfeld 0

The fiercest of Hudson Valley ladies rolled up their sleeves on Thursday, Oct. 6 at Water Street Market for the third annual “BRAWLing Under the Stars.” As their only outdoor event of the year, the members of the Broads Regional Arm Wrestling League (BRAWL) brought a packed crowd ready to donate for a cause. And donate they did: after a three-hour match of multiple women exposing their strengths, the league collected over $1,500. As a 3-year-old regional and now 1-year-old national league, BRAWL was created to empower […]