Joe Donahue

This week's Book Picks comes from Jacqueline Kellachan from The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, NY and Lily Bartels from Open Door Bookstore in Schenectady, NY for our selections this week. Welcome All.

Bonnie Garmus has followed up the blockbuster success of her 'Lessons in Chemistry ' with 'Peck & Peck,' a funny, big-hearted novel set inside an eccentric 1980s New York poetry journal. It’s a story about ambition, art, difficult colleagues and discovering where you belong.

Bonnie Garmus has followed up the blockbuster success of her 'Lessons in Chemistry ' with 'Peck & Peck,' a funny, big-hearted novel set inside an eccentric 1980s New York poetry journal. It’s a story about ambition, art, difficult colleagues and discovering where you belong.

'UnCaged Festival: A Toy Piano Festival' comes to the Hudson Valley later this week - Three days of miniature keys, maximum sound — chamber music, new works, and experimental performance built entirely around the humble toy piano.Described by the 'New York Times' as “meticulously whimsical,” the festival brings together musicians for a weekend celebrating one of music's smallest — and strangest — instruments.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are: Jackie Berry - Lecturer of Cognitive Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and former Fulbright US Scholar to Egypt.Fatimah Gilliam - an author, lawyer, consultant, public speaker, and entrepreneur. Her most recent book is: Race Rules: What Your Black Friend Won't Tell You.Larissa Phillips - the founder and director of the Volunteer Literacy Project. She is also a columnist for The Free Press and a Greene County resident.Kathy Sheehan -Former Mayor of the City of Albany.

Tom Brady's extraordinary football career is often measured in Super Bowl rings, records, and of course longevity. But what does that kind of greatness cost? In the new book 'Brady: An American Story and the Price of Greatness,' journalist and best-selling author Lars Anderson looks beyond the statistics to explore the man behind the legend, drawing on more than 350 interviews.Anderson traces Brady's rise from an overlooked college quarterback to one of the most accomplished athletes in the history of sports, while also examining his relentless drive, discipline, and the impact of that obsession on his personal life.

'field,' a dynamic, new ideas festival is coming to Lenox October 23-25th. At a time when meaningful dialogue often feels increasingly difficult, 'field,' a festival of ideas, entertainment, learning and discovery offers a different platform - one grounded in curiosity, intellectual rigor, and respect.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are: Chris Koetzle - Executive Director of the NY Association of Towns.Libby Post - Political Consultant.Warren Whitlock - a former federal senior executive having served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Diversity & Leadership, and, Associate Administrator for Civil Rights at the Federal Highway Administration.

The 27th annual Woodstock Film Festival takes place October 14–18, 2026, across Woodstock, Saugerties, Rosendale and Kingston, NY. It is a major film event in our region.The festival nurtures and supports emerging and established filmmakers, sharing their creative voices through an annual festival and year-round programming to promote culture, diversity, community, educational opportunities and economic growth.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are: Theresa Bourgeois - Public policy and communications expert.Judith Enck - a senior fellow and faculty member in the Center for the Advancement of Public Action at Bennington College. She is the President of Beyond Plastics and former EPA Regional Administrator. Judith is co-author of the book The Problem with Plastic.March Gallagher - The Ulster County Comptroller and the former president and CEO of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley.