A partial solar eclipse crosses the afternoon, then the Perseids arrive under a new moon. Here is what to expect across the Hudson Valley, Catskills, Capital Region, Adirondacks and Westchester. Illustration: Hudson Valley Happenings There is something almost greedy about the sky on August 12. In the afternoon, the Moon takes a bite out of the Sun over New York. Then the Sun goes down, the Moon mostly disappears with it, and one of the best meteor showers of the year starts t

Three-day passes start at $425, and a limited number of single-day GA passes are now available. Here’s what tickets, shuttles, seating and the real weekend cost look like in Kingston.

From a real Catskills diner to a riverfront buffet, a working farm and a fried chicken waffle sandwich that requires both hands, these are 10 Hudson Valley brunches worth planning a Sunday around.

August is summer refusing to slow down. County fairs are filling midway lights, porches are turning into stages, corgis are racing at Saratoga, lumberjacks are climbing greased poles and a festival devoted to Lake Champlain’s legendary monster is taking over the waterfront. This month’s guide reaches from Westchester and the Hudson Valley through the Catskills, Capital Region, Adirondacks and Finger Lakes. You will find major concerts, outdoor theater, food festivals, cultur

Sometimes it's a flowering tree you weren't planning to buy. Sometimes it's a perfectly arranged display that suddenly gives you an idea for your front walkway. Sometimes it's simply wandering through a greenhouse filled with the scent of fresh soil, blooming flowers, and herbs, realizing you've been there for an hour without looking at your watch.

Those Tiny Black Bugs Are Suddenly Swarming Hudson Valley Yards—Here’s What to Do - They don’t bite, sting or spell the end of your backyard. But the little polka-dotted insects hopping across patios right now will soon enter a much messier stage of life.

I've spent two decades in this valley chasing swimming holes the old-fashioned way — half-remembered directions from a guy at the hardware store, a "no trespassing" sign you pretend not to see, a scramble down a bank that ruins a perfectly good pair of sneakers. So forgive me if I sound a little stunned writing this next sentence: New York State just handed us a legitimate, lifeguarded, ADA-accessible swimming hole, for free, and it's better than any of the secret ones. It

There are easier foods to build a guide around. Pizza has categories. Tacos have categories. Coffee shops have categories. Burgers are chaos. Some are smashed paper-thin with crispy edges. Some are thick enough to require a strategy before the first bite. Some come loaded with ingredients that barely fit between the bun. Others rely on nothing more than great beef, melted cheese, and confidence.

The Rhinebeck Crafts Festival returns to the Dutchess County Fairgrounds on June 6–7, and if you’ve never been, we’re genuinely a little envious of you. There’s something about experiencing it for the first time, turning a corner and suddenly realizing the scale of it, the quality of it, the sheer amount of strange, beautiful, one-of-a-kind stuff spread out in every direction, that’s hard to recreate once you know what’s coming. But honestly? It gets better every year.

The Hudson Valley has no shortage of places to get a cup of coffee. What it has, if you know where to look, is a handful of shops doing something worth going out of your way for. Not just good espresso, but places with a point of view, a reason they exist, and a room that makes you want to stay longer than you planned.

New York does this better than almost anywhere. Real farms, real soil, real seasons, and a network of growers and makers who take it seriously. You see it in the produce, picked at the right time and not a day early. You taste it in the bread, built from flour that actually means something. You feel it in the meat, raised with intention, processed with care, and brought to market by the same people who stand behind it.

BCMT in Kingston, New York belongs firmly in that second category. Led by Joshua Vogel and Kelly Zaneto, the space operates as both a working craft studio and a gallery devoted to contemporary handmade work. Under the BCMT umbrella, Vogel continues the studio practice he began when he founded Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading in 2010, designing and producing heirloom-quality furniture and objects from sustainably sourced domestic hardwoods.

This isn’t a town built for a quick stop. It’s a place you ease into. You grab a coffee, wander a little longer than planned, find yourself in a gallery you didn’t expect, and suddenly the day has shape. By the time you leave, you’re already thinking about what you missed.

The first thing you notice is the sound. Hundreds of tattoo machines buzzing at once, a metallic swarm of electricity and intention. It’s not noise exactly, it’s rhythm. Walk through the doors of the International Hudson Valley Tattoo Convention and you step into a world where art doesn’t hang on walls, it lives under skin. Artists hunched over collectors, stencil paper taped to tables, flash sheets covering every square inch of booth walls.

HVH’s 12 Stays of Christmas is back, and this is the one everyone waits for all year. Twelve wildly different dream stays, one massive giveaway, and a lineup built to make you start planning trips before you even finish reading. From waterfall views and design forward hideaways to mountain lodges, historic boutique gems, and full reset retreats, this list is pure upstate escapism, wrapped in holiday chaos, and ready to be claimed.

Two stamps down, appetite wide open. At Harvest on Hudson and Half Moon, dinner isn’t merely plated — it’s charted, stamped, and story-driven. Your Passport becomes the thread that ties each journey together: every evening earns a mark, every dish becomes a memory, and every return visit unlocks a new layer of the adventure.

tles in, and Upstate New York is packing it with everything worth leaving the house for. Think Broadway-level theatre in Schenectady, bluegrass legends in Albany, soup fundraisers that feed entire communities, wine trails trimmed in garland, and cozy lodge markets where cider steams in one hand and a handmade gift sits in the other. From pumpkin-launching festivals in the Adirondacks to Portuguese wine dinners on the Hudson, this month doesn’t ease in — it arrives with music,

Everyone thinks the best pizza stops at the city limits—but take a drive upstate and you’ll find something wild happening in the ovens. Albany, Montgomery, Poughkeepsie, Eastchester—each town hides a pie that locals swear by and foodies chase down. From caramelized Detroit-style corners to Grandma pies passed down through generations, these aren’t just slices, they’re stories. This isn’t another “best pizza” roundup—it’s a roadmap to the pies rewriting New York’s story one bi

October doesn’t tiptoe into New York — it barrels in with a calendar so stacked, you’ll wonder how to fit it all in. This is the month when haunted houses stretch longer, festivals blaze brighter, concerts hit harder, and every corner of the Hudson Valley and beyond feels electric with fall energy. It’s not just the peak of spooky season — it’s the peak of everything.

There are festivals—and then there are the ones that capture the very soul of a season. The Capital Apple & Wine Festival is exactly that: crisp early autumn air filled with the scent of cider donuts, glasses clinking with New York’s finest pours, and the hum of live music spilling across the Columbia County fairgrounds. If you’ve been searching for the perfect way to celebrate fall, consider this your invitation.