* The Rosendale Theatre Collective is number 2 on the Pepsi Challenge, which would give it $50,000 to buy the theater.
* The Hudson Valley Youth Wind Ensembles is 6th.
* The Queens Galley's oven is no more and the soup kitchen is makings its appeal for donations on Facebook.
* We're looking for bloggers! Send me a line at ilajara@freemanonline.com.
* Stone Ridge actress Melissa Leo's new HBO series, "Treme," had its debut Sunday.
* Talking about Oscar-nominated actresses, Ulster County's Vera Farmiga is going to direct a movie somewhere Upstate in June.
