Melissa Aldridge takes an intimate look into the human condition within public spaces. Through a series of street photography she explores people in their natural habitat and the relationship created in photos.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Edited by Tom Perpetua and Sebastian Rubino It’s a Saturday night in late February at Bangkok Café, a Thai restaurant in New Paltz, New York, where a drag show is underway. Strobe lights are flashing, the DJ is blasting top ten tracks and drag queens are making the crowd scream, […]
Photos by Steph Golub Edited by Tyler Fischer and David Tregaskis
Last month, The Huffington Post named SUNY New Paltz’s Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art as one of the “Best College Art and History Museums In the Northeast,” alongside New York museums Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College and the Neuberger Museum of Art at SUNY Purchase. The Samuel […]
SUNY New Paltz in Ulster County, New York is a public liberal arts college, but on this flamboyant campus, visual arts reign supreme. Something radical Students aren’t afraid to experiment with radical, controversial ideas or stop members of the campus community in their tracks. Take Connor Henderson, a fourth-year art […]
This story first appeared in The New Paltz Oracle and was re-packaged for The Little Rebellion with permission. Featured image used under Creative Commons via commons.wikipedia.org. Teaching at New Paltz Creative writer Owen King has lived in the New Paltz area for almost 10 years. This semester, as the English […]
Fred Seibert is a name that may not be automatically recognized (although it should), but the companies Seibert has worked for and the projects he has approved are well-known by people of all ages, all over the world. The PowerPuff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory, Cow and Chicken and Adventure Time are a […]
https://vimeo.com/207048876 Click on the 60 second video demonstrating a typical day at the gallery. Video by Jess Napp Picture the work of Keith Haring, Philip Guston and Andy Warhol, then shatter your preconceived notions of modern art and you can begin to visualize Ryan Cronin’s work. It’s loud, sometimes juvenile, […]
For such a petite soul, songwriter June Cahill has some grand ideas. They’re well-read and open-minded, but make no mistake, their take-no-s–t attitude is a force to be reckoned with. Despite the incredibly likable personality they display, there seems to be somewhat of an internal struggle for the artist; a […]
When it comes to diversity, SUNY New Paltz and the town itself have been critiqued for lacking a population of color. This, however, has not hindered many students of color at the college to take matters into their own hands by founding, joining and recognizing many of the clubs around […]
Holidays are upon us, and with them comes a commercialized pressure to give the best gifts. This season, rather than toil over what to buy for loved ones or that I-have-to-get-you-something-or-this-will-be-awkward person, you can learn to crochet the easy way and give a homemade scarf to all. Before you roll […]
It’s your typical college dorm room. There is a mini fridge stocked with seltzer beside a mass-produced wooden desk covered in textbooks, a Johnny Cash poster clinging to a poorly painted white wall and an unmade bed. In the middle of it all is a giant yellow puppet that bares […]
Kevin Kinsella wandered around the town of New Paltz with a cowboy hat, no shoes, strumming along on his acoustic guitar and warmly greeting everyone who walked by. The few who stopped to return his welcoming words discovered more than just a stranger behind that shaggy, gray beard and disheveled […]
By Ella Graffin with contributions by Alex Prawdzik On April 28 the New Paltz College Terrace was graced with the comedic presence of the alumni pair Brian Scolaro and Paul Schembri for Media and Journalism Week. The audience consisted of a mix of students, faculty, and their older alumni. This […]
By Kaycia Sailsman On Saturdays, classrooms in the Fine Arts Building at SUNY New Paltz are filled with children from kindergarten through high school in and around the New Paltz area. Students from all different grade levels are getting hands on experience working on 3D projects, sculpting, piano, photography, and […]
By Jillian Nadiak Twenty-two year old Raine Grayson is a young playwright from New Paltz who uses his work to spread awareness in any way he can about social issues from autism to LGBTQ matters. Unlike most writers, however, Grayson is transgender and like the estimated 700,000 other transgender people living in […]
By Lisa Di Venuta Will a Twitter following of just 250 people limit the success of an up-and-coming journalist? Are traditional editors and publishers being pushed out of the industry by newer, shinier counterparts like Amazon? These were just some of the questions pondered by panelists at the Woodstock Writers […]
By Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Nathaniel Sheidlower “Sit on the left or in the middle for the best view.” These instructions came from the SUNY New Paltz Parker Theater usher on March 10 as the tiny venue filled up for a matinee. However, they were given in a much calmer and […]
