Category: Upstate New York
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More Than 130 Participants Unite For Upstate Art Weekend’s 2023 Programming – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] This 21-24 July, UPSTATE ART WEEKEND will connect more than 130 participating organizations—studios, galleries, art centers and more—for an extensive fourth iteration of the artful extravaganza. Founded by Helen Toomer, the visionary behind the STONELEAF RETREAT artist residency and Art Mamas Alliance, UPSTATE ART WEEKEND activates New York State’s cultural centers across a handful…
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Co-Op Cafe Euphoria Envisions a Fairer Model of Work – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] In Troy, New York, Cafe Euphoria models a radical and equitable new business model for the food industry. Operating as a worker-owned cooperative that’s run by a team of eight transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals, the cafe currently has a base wage of $18 per hour, which everyone—regardless of position—receives. Once the business breaks even,…
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Foreland’s Eccentric Inflatable Artwork Epitomizes the Exuberance of Upstate Art Weekend – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] During the 2021 installment of Upstate Art Weekend, contemporary art complex Foreland officially welcomed guests to Catskill, New York. An amalgamation of three historic buildings, comprising some 85,000 square feet, Foreland interlinks gallery spaces with artist studios, event venues and more. Transfixed by the spectacular destination and its thought-provoking programming, we returned to the riverfront complex for this year’s…
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Upstate Art Weekend’s Exhilarating, Expansive 2022 Program – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] One of the most refreshing occasions on the annual arts calendar, Upstate Art Weekend returns for a third installment this 22-24 July. The exhilarating 2022 program includes 100 exhibitions, coupled with more than 50 open artist studios—a first for the series. This is a substantial increase from last year’s 61 participants, and the 23 venues of Upstate…
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The Nostalgic Charm of Upstate New York’s Wylder Windham – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] While walking around the small town of Windham in upstate New York, it’s easy to glance right over the town’s forthcoming resort Wylder Windham—and that is precisely the point. The Wylder’s Victorian architecture looks right at home alongside the early 19th-century buildings. Onlookers may never know the hotel boasts 20-acres, considering that its picnic…
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Windham, New York – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Nestled in the Catskill Mountains two-and-a-half hours outside of NYC lies Windham, a quaint town where, as the locals have it, the legend of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle is said to have taken place. With 285 acres spanning 54 ski trails and six terrain parks, Windham’s allure often stems from its winter sports…
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New York’s Inaugural Upstate Art Weekend – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] To celebrate the creative destinations that dot the Catskills and the Hudson Valley—from Newburgh to Woodstock and even the quaint town of Hudson itself—Stoneleaf Retreat founder Helen Toomer has plotted the first-ever UPSTATE ART WEEKEND. Running 29-30 August, the exciting event series finds roughly 20 institutions banding together to highlight art outside of NYC—with much of the programming free…
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Roving Around Ghent, New York’s Architecture + Sculpture Park, Art Omi – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Through our years-long quest to participate in art adventures outside of NYC (that fit within a day trip), the 120-acre sculpture and architecture park Art Omi continues to rank high on our list. More than 60 large-scale works—and growing—can be discovered (and interacted with) on the grounds and in the on-site gallery. The organization—built around…
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Dishes and Dispatches from the Catskill Mountains – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] The undeniably charming Phoenicia Diner was built on Long Island in 1962 and moved to the Catskills in the ’80s, but it was in 2011 that Mike Cioffi bought it and transformed it into a beloved institution. Now he (along with chef Chris Bradley and author and professor Sara B Franklin) is releasing a…
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Ceramicist Jen Dwyer – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] In a former corner office on the 10th floor of 625 Madison Avenue, artist Jen Dwyer and curator Lauren Hirshfield transported guests of this year’s SPRING/BREAK Art Show into a decadent Rococo dreamland. The installation, appropriately entitled “Dreamer’s Delight” supported dozen of Dwyer’s ceramic art pieces: anthropomorphic teapots, tarot cards and curling fingers, among…
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Urban Cowboy’s Catskill Mountains Escape, The Lodge – COOL HUNTING
[ad_1] Big Indian, New York’s Urban Cowboy Lodge counters the bustling metropolis found just two and half hours south with the warm charm of a respite that’s at once familiar and unchartered. Expanding upon a sort of design universe built from their previous openings—Urban Cowboy Brooklyn and Nashville and The Dive Motel & Swim Club in Nashville—proprietors…
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Test Drive: 2020 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC 63
[ad_1] The first clue that the new 2020 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC 63 differs from most other SUVs appears at the first intersection we arrive at after leaving the 250-year-old Troutbeck Inn in Amenia, NY. As the S version we’re in approaches the corner, a front camera view of the road appears on the center display…