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20 while you were sleeping
38 gone to the dogs
A penis museum, a hairball, the drug overdoses/organ donation link, and more.
21 beinhart’s body politic Larry Beinhart’s comments on this election season via his Ode to Autumn.
Art of business 22 This month: Four Seasons Sunrooms, ZephyrFloat, New Leaf Building Company, Richmor Aviation, and Rise & Root Farm.
Community pages
home & Garden 40 home: Global Palate
Exploring Fishkill, Wappinger’s Falls, and Hopewell Junction.
holiday events & gift guide 30 ‘Tis The Season
There’s no place like the Hudson Valley for the holidays.
kids & family 36 One Step Closer
Hillary Harvey examines the complex interpersonal dynamics of blended families.
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Dancer Lui-Mo, in the air, performs with the Kun-Yang Lin Dancers at Kaatsabaan International Dance Center on November 12.
FORECAST
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Nirmala Narine’s spice shop and 15-acre farm in Highland.
Food & Drink 64 Mighty Mighty Micromakers A glance at some small-scale food production businesses in the region, including Urban Apis, MacaRoys, Verde & Co., Crock & Jar, and Fruition Chocolate.
24 Kaleidoscope of Community
A snapshot of the recent Northeast Border Collie Association herding trials.
whole living 70 Fractured Care
What looking beyond the hospital curtain reveals about patient care, privacy, rights, and treatment.
Community Resource Guide 67 tastings A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 68 business directory A compendium of advertiser services. 74 whole living Opportunities to nurture mind, body, and soul.
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50 Gallery & museum GUIDe
78 daily Calendar Comprehensive listings of local events. (Updated daily at Chronogram.com.)
54 music: john hall
A profile of the Orleans guitarist and former congressman. Nightlife Highlights includes shows by Orquesta Victoria and Jonathan Richman. Reviews of Take Me Where I Don’t Know I Am by David Geenberger, Keith Spring, and Dinty Child with Keiichi Hashimoto; Afterparty by Parsonsfield; and Drum For Your Life by Pop It!.
PREVIEWS 77 An interview with Japanese-rockers Shonen Knife, playing at Quinn’s November 2. 79 “The Boombox Project” puts boombox culture on display in Hudson. 81 Three up-and-coming dance companies perform at Kaatsban this month. 83 Sapphire reads her powerful pose and poetry at SUNY Ulster. 85 An evening celebrating The Band at Woodstock’s Kleinert/James Center.
58 BOOKS: Lost and Found A conversation with Alexandra Weinbaum about her family’s Holocaust history.
60 book reviews
The Fall Guy by James Lasdun, reviewed by Lisa LaMonica; Invasion by Luke Rhinehart, reviewed by Anne Pyburn Craig. Plus Short Takes.
62 Poetry Poems by Betsy Atkins, Brett Bevell, Pauline Uchmanowicz, G. D. Burns, Matthew Diomede, Matthew Young, Ana Dooley, Emma Rudzinski, Ken Greenman, Sharon Rousseau, Tina Remine, Juan DePascuale,
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87 Ahimsa Yoga & Music Festival comes to Hunter Mountain November 4 to 6. 88 The Capitol Steps perform political satire in Poughkeepsie. 89 Celebrity chef Alton Brown plays with food presentation in “Eat Your Science.”
planet waves 90 Here Beside the Rising Tide
Eric Francis Coppolino uses sexuality and astrology to study the election.
92 horoscopes
What’s in our stars? Eric Francis Coppolino knows.
Matthew McGroarty, Bruce Weber, Sanjeev Sethi, Jan Garden Castro,
96 parting shot
Carol Shank, Martin H. Levinson, and Cristin Sauter. Edited by Phillip X Levine.
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hen Tim Davis lived in the East Village, he rarely shot photos in the city. He often left the city on excursions to find things to photograph. “I had this sense that in New York, everything was used up.” Davis explains, “If I knew about it, it must already be over.” Davis moved to Tivoli when he joined the Bard College faculty as a photography professor in 2004. Living upstate offers him a type of artistic freedom, new ways to do what he calls “walking around the back” or “climbing inside.” Sometimes, these concepts mean to imagine ideas from a new angle—they are also taken literally. One video art project, an absurdist sports competition titled “Upstate New York Olympics,” features Davis jumping over lawn jockeys and pummeling snowmen. In the four-minute Lawn Jockey Leap Frog video, Davis traverses a series of front lawns and bushes unnoticed, even as he falls sideways into people’s houses. Davis says that nobody pays much attention to anything up here. Davis’s current series of photographs, “Cartoons,” is just as zanily intelligent. This month’s cover photo Hobo Superman is part of that series, and came from an assignment Davis gave to one of his classes, based on literary critic Harold Bloom’s theory of the “anxiety of influence.” Davis subverted the idea, into what he calls the “Xanax of influence,” where the artist imitates someone whose work they admire. Davis imitated Playboy artist B. Kliban’s cartoons. The original idea: dress his mom and stepfather in Superman costumes during Thanksgiving dinner. Davis’s stepfather refused. That idea gave way to the photo of Davis and his brother-in-law Alex, two middle-aged Jewish men, sitting like hobos by a fire burning on railroad tracks in Amherst, Massachusetts. Although Davis’s work has relied on blending the ridiculous and the sublime, he admits this series is a bit more on the ridiculous end of the spectrum. The photograph is stark, the costumes slightly illuminated by the fire in an otherwise bleak, Nordic-looking landscape. The two men look nothing like the Superman we know from comic books and movies. Davis’s image blends together that sense of loneliness and bleakness with humor. Photography is his way of documenting the funny. “So much of the humor of life disappears,” Davis says. “Photography is a way to keep track of those jokes and utterances.” Davis also released his first album this year, It’s Okay to HateYourself recorded at Old Soul Studios in Catskill with his brother Benjamin’s band, Cuddle Magic. It is multigenre effort, blending folk, psychedelic, and rock with witty lyricism. Davis provided some videos to the music, visual analogies à la Beyonce’s Lemonade. (Davis jokingly insists that he “did it first.”) It’s Okay to Hate Yourself can be purchased as a vinyl or digitally downloaded on his website. He assures that it is a million seller—he has a million copies sitting in his cellar. Portfolio: Davistim.com. —Hannah Phillips
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ou’re probably put off already by the title of this piece. Not another take on the genital-grabbing antics of Donald Trump! Fear not. Although the story I am about to tell takes places in the home borough of the Republican presidential candidate (Queens, the land of my own birth and rearing), I come neither to bury, nor praise, Trump1. I’ll leave that to Larry Beinhart. His “Ode to Autumn” can be found on page 21. Regarding “locker room talk”: I was reminded of an unfortunate incident from high school, triggered2 by a comment from our art critic Sparrow. (His appraisal of Lyle Owerko’s “The Boombox Project” at Hudson Opera House appears on page 79.) Sparrow, knowing my regular exercise regimen, suggested that since I spend as much time as anyone in locker rooms, that I would be an expert on the proper etiquette of locker room talk.3 Now, while it’s true that I do see the inside of a locker room a few times a week, namely the men’s locker room at the YMCA in Kingston, most of the talk is centered on the health complaints of the geriatric men whose workout schedule I seem to be in sync with. One delightful exception4: Two men discussing when they like to have sex. They’re in the next aisle over; I can’t see them but I can hear them clearly. One says he likes it in the mornings. The other says he’s more of an “afternoon delight” kind of guy. Typical locker room talk, right? As I pick up my bag and leave, I poke my head around the corner to see the two men getting dressed. They both had to be in their late seventies. There is hope for us all yet! But on to my locker room story. It starts with a girl. Eileen Connelly. I scoped her in her hot pink denim miniskirt at the dance and got my friend Scott Dumbrowski to play wingman with her friend while I made time with Eileen. Things worked out well for me that night, and Eileen and I started dating. As did Scott and Eileen’s friend, whose name is lost in the mists of time. No doubt she never thinks of me, as I have no part to play in her story, whereas she has a crucial Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-type role in mine. Eileen and I dated for a couple of months, but then something went wrong—I think I behaved strangely in the straining and awkward way that 16-year-old boys have of trying too hard to impress; although maybe it was just
Eileen didn’t really like me—and she dumped me. Which was fine-ish, except that it seemed like I should make a play to get her back, if only for form’s sake. So I composed a note5, laying out my “feelings” for Eileen and expressing my fervent hope that she would reconsider her termination of our relationship, which had really only started. No frottage or anything. The note was full of all manner of ooey-gooey bits detailing how much I liked Eileen and how pretty I thought she was. The best effort of a budding literary stylist. The way the note was to get to Eileen was through Scott’s girlfriend, who was Eileen’s best friend. Scott was to pass the note to his girlfriend after soccer practice, she would then pass it on to Eileen, and Eileen would read it and swoon. And then Eileen and I, and her hot pink denim miniskirt, would frottage away to the sounds of “I Melt with You” by Modern English. Well, that was how it was supposed to work. Except that Scott turned out to be an asshole. Some things you should know about Scott Dumbrowski: He attended the same grammar school as me; he traveled to and from school with me every day, an hour each way on the bus; he was a ginger (I assume still is); he was on the soccer team with me; he was a close friend whom I trusted with things like notes containing declarations of love. On the way to soccer practice on the fateful day I handed the note, Scott decided to read the contents of the note aloud to the rest of teammates, all 15 of them crammed into the minivan6. As I crawled over the seats trying to get at Scott, the team hooted and hollered derisively at my purple prose. By the time I reached Scott, he was done reading the note. The fight was brief, and Scott stomped me. I spent that practice, and the rest of the season, being mercilessly teased by my teammates, which I responded to by starting fights with them, an offense punishable by running laps around the park. My teammates soon began joking that I should have just joined the track team instead. I didn’t take the bus to school with Scott after that. I didn’t go out for the soccer team again the next year either. I got my revenge on Scott, but that’s another story. Needless to say, I’m not a big fan of locker room talk.
One theory I’ve been floating lately: The real legacy of the Trump campaign could be the death of white male privilege. Nearly every outrageous utterance Trump makes seems designed to pull back the curtain on how power works in America. He gloats about gaming the system to not pay taxes and boasts about sexual assault. In the open! The first rule of power is that power doesn’t need to justify itself. If I didn’t know better (and I might not), I’d be drawn to think that Trump is running a long-duration performance piece critiquing the structure of power in America. It’s like he trying to ruin white male privilege for the rest of us! (White males, that is. Sorry ladies. And people of color. And the trans community. And the struggling everywhere.) Of course, as my colleague Peter Martin chillingly reminded me, white male privilege is evergreen. It will take more than the inflammatory flim-flam of one orangutan-haired billionaire to subvert the dominant paradigm.That’s up to us. And it doesn’t happen on Election Day—if you want to stare into the face of hegemony, just look at Hillary Clinton—but every day thereafter, when we demand real change from our government, not the lesser of two evils.
There are no warnings when it comes to the triggers of memory; the mind just fires away.
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Yes, an actual paper artifact. Back in the pre-Internet days when we had to fight off wooly mammoths on our way to school, sending bits through intermediaries was a thing.
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Drug users have become the largest and fastest-growing group of organ donors. More than 790 deceased drug users donated organs this year in the US, more than double the previous number of 340 drug-user donors, in 2010, according to the New England Organ Bank. In the United States, there have been 11,776 total donors this year as of the beginning of October, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. “It’s an unexpected silver lining to what is otherwise a pretty horrendous situation,” said the Organ Bank’s chief executive, Alexandra K. Glazier. Drug users have a higher chance of carrying HIV and hepatitis C, placing their organ recipients on a high-risk list for infection. But for some patients desperately needing a transplant, high-risk organs are better than nothing. Source: New York Times A report from the American Journal of Preventative Medicine has found repeated examples of soda industry supergiants Coca-Cola and Pepsi paying off influential health groups. Professor Michael Siegel and Daniel Aaron of the Boston University School of Public Health studied public records from 2011 to 2015, a time when cities were looking to combat the obesity epidemic by imposing soda taxes and regulations. They found that donations caused a “clear-cut conflict of interest” between health groups and corporations in the timespan, Aaron said. The American Heart Association received upward of $400,000 from Coca-Cola between 2010 and 2015. From 2011 to 2015, Coca-Cola more than $6 million per year on average to combat public health measures seeking to decrease soda consumption, and Pepsi spent $3 million per year. Source: New York Times
Reykjavik, Iceland, is home to the world’s only penis museum, which is expected to draw 50,000 visitors by year’s end. The collection of 286 penises could be misconstrued as a lewd curiosity, but the museum offers an educational experience. The collection provides a biological study through the variety and diversity in its specimens. Children under 13 get in free and tours by Icelandic school children are common. The Icelandic Phallological Museum opened its doors in 1997. Some of the organs on display include Icelandic and foreign mammals, a mythological corpse-eating cat, and a donation from an Icelandic man named Pall Arason. Four more men have committed to donate their penises, and the museum plans on expanding its collection. Source: Economist (UK) A Pakistani woman had a grapefruit-size hairball surgically removed from her stomach in 2013, according to a British Medical Journal case study published this October. The hairball measured 15 by 10 centimeters; a smaller tailshaped hair clump was removed from her intestines. She suffers from “Rapunzel syndrome,” a medical condition that causes people to obsessively eat their hair. Most patients have been previously diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder called trichotillomania, or compulsive hair pulling, a rare disorder affecting only 1 to 2 percent of people worldwide. Source: Yahoo News New research from Princeton, the University of Rochester, and the University of Chicago has found that many young men without college degrees have chosen to live at home and play video games rather than work full time. In 2015, 22 percent of men between 21 and 30 years old with less than a bachelor’s degree reported not working at all in the previous year, according to the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers. Census Bureau time-use surveys show that 75 percent of time that young men had previously spent working is now spent playing video games. Though men with a more extensive educational background may be playing just as many games, they have an easier time finding jobs because of their degrees. Source: Washington Post
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An air strike in early October killed 140 Yemeni citizens, reigniting the debate over United States involvement in Saudi-Yemeni relations. The US State Department reviewed and approved $1.3 billion worth of munitions to Saudi Arabia last year. Saudi-led airstrikes have accounted for around 3,800 civilian deaths in Yemen, many of which occurred at schools and hospitals, according to the United Nations human rights office. Human rights groups like Oxfam International have stated that the US could be complicit in war crimes by supplying weapons to the Saudi military. The Saudis intervened in Yemen March 2015, as an attempt to restore order after Houthi rebels ousted President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Source: Reuters The number of arrests for marijuana possession exceeded the number of arrests for violent crimes last year, and a disproportionate number of those arrested are African-American. A recent report, released by the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, found that law enforcement agencies made 574,641 arrests in 2015 for small quantities of drugs intended for personal use. This figure is around 13.6 percent higher than the arrests made for all violent crimes, like murder, rape, or serious assault, in 2015. Report writer Tess Borden found that although there has been a drop in crime rates over the past 20 years, including a 36 percent drop in violent crime arrests from 1995 to 2005, the number of arrests for all drug possessions has increased 13 percent. According to the report, black adults were more than four times as likely to be arrested than white adults for marijuana possession. Source: New York Times A neuroscientist claims he has found the happiest song on Earth. Researchers at the University of Missouri had already determined that songs that are upbeat in lyrical content and tone can positively impact a person’s mood and mental health. Recently, British electronics company Alba had Jacob Jolij find the world’s happiest song. Jolij studied 126 songs spanning 50 years, compiled from a UK-based survey of people’s top “feel-good” song lists. He analyzed each song’s beats per minute, key, theme, and lyrics. Two-thirds of the 2,000 people surveyed said that Queen’s song “Don’t Stop Me Now” was their favorite. “Dancing Queen” by Abba and “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys were runners-up. Source: Good Compiled by Hannah Phillips
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Larry Beinhart’s Body Politic
ode to autumn
This is an ode to autumn as the leaves fall down to the ground. Quite soon, oh Lord, we can watch the news without the election around.
The National Enquirer shouted that “Hillary Hitman Tells All!” Oh, for the days of Ghostbusters when you know who you could call.
Many aspire to be like The Donald, to be rich and crude as Trump, to feel free to reach right out, groping and squeezing the nearest rump.
We give the thanks of the season, the unending election will be done. Who could imagine so little meaning in such a grinding, relentless run.
Drudge drudged up Bill’s old affairs and said Hillary, she had them too. Bob, he got his Nobel prize but he’s lost in the sex election blues.
Donald’s world is a very special place, a grand ritzy, glitzy titty bar, where strippers truly love you when you’re a reality TV star.
`Twas not about the great issues, about our aspirations and hope. `Twas in the end, a slip of the tongue `twas an election about The Grope.
Then there’s e-mails, e-mails, e-mails. There must be some there there. Something truly pernicious. Something that would’ve made us care.
But, oh, this is an ode to autumn. A song in praise of nature’s way. Let us pack up our partisan rages in the attics of yesterday.
This is an ode to autumn, Though soon the last leaves will be done. This is a song of Thanksgiving that someone will have finally won.
There’s Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi! Chanted, chanted, chanted, by the chanting GOP. On the stump, in committee, in Congress, Benghazi, they cry, from sea to shining sea.
But the political wars of today will continue, swears John McCain. He will stop all Supreme Court nominees. Oh, John, you used to try to act sane.
It’s too easy to bash the Donald. I wish someone could explain the hair, the gargantuan gut, the orange skin, and how he can make people care.
Dear Hillary, yes, she has many faults. Little natural warmth and other lacks, even her liberal credentials are tarnished by the gold from Goldman Sachs.
It was blind idiocy that brought us the crash and slump. That gave us the blind rage that was fanned to give us The Trump.
Has there ever been a candidate so committed to being uncouth? Rarely has there been so much noise so completely detached from the truth.
But I insist this is an ode to autumn. To the golds and reds of turning trees. Why is it so warm in November? Why is climate change so hard to believe?
The idiocy and the anger they are still all around us today. Is it a vain hope that the election will finally take them away?
Yet the story is not so simple, the story is not so neat! So here’s one of Hillary’s scandals: Her staffers helped her tweet!
It is rigged, there’s fraud, it’s fixed. That is what The Donald has said. But still I wonder and still I ask, “What’s that on top of his head?”
As we came to the end of October I was having a marvelous dream, that this tawdry, sneering campaign was just being staged for Halloween.
That was a bombshell exposé. named such on the Drudge Report. Though as exposés go, you must admit, those about tweets are very short.
True, the establishment turned against him, from the left, middle, and right. Conspiracy? Or embarrassment? Trying to get the loony out of sight.
So moved am I by the season that I write in doggerel and verse. Writing as if Hillary has won, I may be doing something even worse.
It did not set the world atwitter, it did not set the world a buzz. Aides, staffers, and ghostwriters, what else do you think they does?
I don’t want to accuse The Donald as a person who tells lies upon lies. You’re entitled to choose whom you wish to believe. Him, or your own lying eyes.
I know I ought to have waited until victory and loss had come, not three weeks before the fact. It could turn out dumber than dumb.
But, this is an ode to autumn. It will end, is what we wish to say. So let’s clasp our hands in thanksgiving and carve a Trump for Turkey Day.
This is an ode to autumn, on that I must insist. Yet The Groper still he haunts me and the images still persist.
No matter, I stand by my ode to autumn. Put aside the mean and obscene. Watch the leaves as they fall, breathe the air when it’s crisp and clean.
Wait, many people adored Him, and many folks hated Her. So let’s reminisce a little bit about how good that hating were.
I see him gross with belly fat, I see him rubbing full of glee, on slender, younger women, the most private parts of their anatomy.
Here is an ode to autumn when nature turns to its rest. Let’s look to ourselves, look to our dreams, and dream of doing our best. 11/16 ChronograM 21
Art of Business
A kitchen extension/living room in Saugerties by Hudson Valley Sunrooms.
Good Day, Sunshine
Chris Smalley has loved installing sunrooms ever since he helped added one on to his parents’ home. Shortly thereafter, he opened his Four Seasons Sunrooms franchise in 1984. “That sunroom is still mom’s favorite room,” he says. “My grandfather spent his last years there, feeling like he was outside. Nowadays, we have so many designs; we’ve developed a glass that addresses overheating, heat loss, and UV rays. What I love to hear from people is, ‘We really talk to each other out there.’ It’s the place you end up hanging out.”
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Floatation Sensation
Several decades ago, it was discovered that floating in an isolation tank of bodytemperature salt-water for an hour or so could evoke theta brain waves—the state between sleeping and waking, the level that meditators strive to achieve. A floatation session, being a mini-vacation from gravity and external stimuli, has been found to reduce stress, relieve pain, heal conditions like jet lag and insomnia, and stimulate creativity. At Zephyr Float in Kingston, clients immerse themselves in five-by-eight-foot tanks with eight-foot ceilings—big enough for two, although many people prefer a solo session for introspection. Schoonmaker says she sees anecdotal evidence of floatation benefits every time the float center’s doors are open. “We have a regular who comes every week to treat anxiety and another says it helps chronic pain better than painkillers. It’s important to find a higher purpose in life, and the center and the connections we make there have helped us find ours—when a person comes out of that tank with a sigh of relief and a smile, nothing beats that.”
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New Leaf, New Life
Fans of local sourcing, take note: the New Leaf Building Company would love to help you create something new and beautiful from the lumber on your own property, Caleb White loves trees—and fine houses. A certified arborist and builder, he specialized for a while in building fine houses in trees. Now, with a second baby in the family, he’s changed the name of his New Leaf Treehouse Company to New Leaf Building Company and is broadening his horizons.
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“As arborists, we meet a lot of people and some are saddened or hesitant about taking down a tree,” he says. “But sometimes it’s necessary. It helps when we can offer to slab it up for them and create their next countertop, or maybe a deck or gazebo. Transforming a tree into an artistic structure that will last for generations is something people love—you can tell your guests that the deck they’re sitting on grew right in your own backyard.”
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Q&A
with Sharyn Richards of Richmor Aviation
Friendly Skies Who knew the Hudson Valley was home to a charter jet company and flight school? Richmor Aviation has maintained its corporate headquarters in Hudson, since 1967, when pilot Mahlon Richards won the bid to manage FBO (fixed-base operations) at Columbia County airport. Since then, Richmor has logged many thousands of skymiles and established operations in Kingston and Schenectady. We asked Mahlon’s daughter Sharyn, vice president of marketing and charter sales, to tell us a little bit about the business.
So what are charter flight customers looking for in a company? What makes a great charter experience? Safety, aircraft and pilot consistency with repeat customers, and fair pricing. They are also looking for top notch service; for example, escorting passengers from their private flight to a connecting commercial flight terminal, carrying bags to and from the aircraft or providing specific catering. They are also looking for companies with a long term track record in the industry, and next year will be our 50th anniversary!
Does the Hudson Valley get a lot of private jet traffic, charter or otherwise? It’s certainly increased over the years. With Hudson, Columbia County, and the Hudson Valley really becoming a destination, it is attracting more and more people with means, both celebrity and noncelebrity alike. All of which is great for the local economies.
Just the words “charter jet” have a glamorous ring. Is running a charter company as glamorous as it sounds? I suppose, but like any job you do for a very long time, it gets mundane. I’ve done this pretty much my whole life. I worked nights and weekends through school and summers and holidays through college; I came back after college and several years away working in the banking industry and have been full-time for 25 years next year. When I was 18, I talked with Robert Redford. Not to name drop but that was a long time ago so why not. He was flying with us at the time—I believe he was filming The Natural. And this year we had a team of surgeons with a heart for transplant on Valentine’s Day. Tragic outcome for one family, but a successful heart transplant for another.
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From left: Michaela Hayes, Karen Washington, Jane Hodge, and Lorrie Clevenger of Rise and Root Farm in Chester.
Crowdfunding Community Agriculture Four veteran food activists from New York City came together to found Rise and Root Farm in the rich black dirt of Orange County’s town of Chester in the spring of 2015. Karen Washington, Lorrie Clevenger, Jane Hodge, and Michaela Hayes are educators, organizers, and leaders as well as farmers, dedicated to the transformative power of healthy, genuine food made with love as a basic human right and one of life’s great joys. Their collective resume reads like an encyclopedia of radical urban locavorism.
They’ve made friends with the country neighbors and completed a second successful harvest, selling at Union Square Greenmarket and La Familia Verde in the Bronx as well as in Chester. Next step: build a community kitchen in a barn a mile from the farm, a four-season facility available to all local chefs and growers, where all can create more value-added products and hold educational events. Hayes, a chef and expert in the ancient arts of canning, pickling, and fermentation, can teach her magic to the Hudson Valley. Sound delicious? You can back their IndieGoGo and get a range of tasty insider perks.
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Molly Campbell sampling the wares at Fishkill Farms.
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Fishkill, Wappingers Falls, & Hopewell Junction By Anne Pyburn Craig photos by franco vogt
Fishkill Farms has been in the Morgenthau family since 1914.
The Dutchess Biercafe is Fishkill’s coziest gastropub.
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Clove Creek Dinner Theater brings together two elements of a great night out.
West Main Kitchen & Bar in Wappingers Falls fuses Mexican, Italian, and Asian influences in its New American cuisine.
Locavore restaurateur John Lekic maintains close relationships with many area farmers to source ingredients for Le Express Bistro & Bar.
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Altered State, a three-story steel sculpture by Kate Raudenbush, commissioned by Burning Man in 2008, on long-term loan to the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (CoSM) in Wappinger Falls.
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outhwestern Dutchess County has its own special savvy. Though you’ll find any corporate chain you could ever need (and some brave and clever independents) along the Route 9 strip, residents of the inmost neighborhoods—the villages of Fishkill and Wappingers Falls and the hamlet of Hopewell Junction—know that it takes more to make a life, and proudly support some of the finest hyperlocal doings you’ll find anywhere in the Hudson Valley. Take theater, for example. The County Players of Wappingers Falls are currently in their 59th season of making the community laugh, cry, and think. They’re the winners of Hudson Valley magazine’s Readers’ Choice poll for Best Community Theater this year. Go see why—check out “The Last Five Years” this month, or join the celebration of “A County Players Christmas” in early December. But you’ll also want to save an evening for the Clove Creek Dinner Theatre in nearby Fishkill, where you can satisfy your hunger for hilarity with “Over the River and Through The Woods” (November 3-20) while dining. And don’t forget outdoor fun. At Wheel and Heel in Wappingers Falls, Phil and Debby Lewis practice the art of finding the perfect fit between human and bicycle so adeptly that they’ll take your cycling to a whole new level of comfort. Thus equipped, head to Hopewell Junction and relish the 13 miles of the state-of-the-art Dutchess Rail Trail. Saturday is an especially good day this time of year, when you can enjoy the renovated Hopewell Depot’s museum full of railway lore. Down the road in Fishkill, you can contemplate the lives of wealthy colonials—and a large, important chunk of Revolutionary-era history—at the Van Wyck Homestead Museum.
You can tell a lot about a place from its library, and this sweet little region is no exception. History buffs will relish the Grinnell Library in Wappingers Falls, the sixth oldest in New York, with its picturesque turret. Inside you’ll find the important local history collections including the John R. Ferris Civil War collection, and the Clapp Paintings, village scenes rendered by a talented 19th-century Sunday school teacher. The Blodgett Memorial Library, in Fishkill, also boasts a large and well-curated local history collection. And the East Fishkill Community Library in Hopewell Junction offers the Lincoln Center Local series; you can avoid a costly city trip and catch Yo-Yo Ma, for example, in HD for free among the neighbors. Spiritual seekers will find singular inspiration at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (CoSM), an interfaith temple displaying the visionary, contemplative art of Alex Grey. You can take part in a full moon ceremony, a workshop on permaculture, attention, or magic, or attend Art Church with your sketchbook or writing pad. At the Kagyu Thubten Choling Monastery, you’re invited to retreat with meditation master Lama Norlha Rinpoche and take part in events like the Perfection of Merit: A Day of Dharma Activity. The simple definition of dharma being “cosmic order,” it’s indisputable that sustainable thinking is a major key. Merit in action, then, is also on display at the Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center in Wappingers Falls, 1,000 acres of rolling farmlands, woodlands, meadows, and ponds laced with walking trails. They’ve got a working farm there to visit on weekends, complete with livestock; the trails and grounds are open dusk to dawn 365 days a year. The land has been farmed for over 300 years. 11/16 ChronograM COMMUNITY PAGES 27
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Clockwise from left: Grinnell Library in Wappingers Falls is the sixth-oldest library in New York State; Kagyu Thubten Chöling Monastery and Retreat Center in Wappingers Falls has twice been visited by the Dalai Lama; Wheel and Heel has been a Wappingers Falls staple since 1983.
Fishkill Farms in Hopewell Junction has its own proud history, having been in the Morgenthau family for nearly a century. Current manager Josh Morgenthau has transitioned the orchard from conventional apple growing to a showplace of sustainable fruit and vegetable production. Stop in to the year-round farm store and grab some produce and baked goods, or dairy, preserves, and grass-fed meats from their fellow local farmers and artisans. Speaking of great eats, this neighborhood’s got a cornucopia of them. Try the Dutchess Biercafe in Fishkill for delicious pub grub with flair, and wash it down with Belgian and Belgian-style quaffs from 11 rotating taps. At the West Main Kitchen & Bar in Wappingers Falls, Culinary Institute-trained chef Anthony Michelin serves up New American dishes that blend Mexican, Italian, and Asian flavors in a casual industrial setting. If you’re jonesing for chocolate, head to Main Street in Fishkill, where you’ll find Alps Sweet Shop. They’ve got mouthwatering glace fruit, bark, almond butter crunch, and a host of other delectables. Handmade in the Hudson Valley for 89 years, third-generation chocolatier Sally Charkalis still uses her grandfather’s recipes. In keeping with the region’s tradition of doing the important things well, the Earth Angels Veterinary Hospital has just relocated, though they’re
still in Wappingers Falls. They’re still delivering one of the region’s most comprehensive menus of tender loving care for your companion, be they dog, cat, rabbit or small mammal: everything from microchipping and wellness visits to surgery and dental. Their integrative philosophy means that your friend will have the very best of both holistic and traditional care. And their new 6,000-square-foot building and nine-acre campus means they can now board your angels when you go away. Plus, in the spring they’re hoping to have a couple of miniature horses to make friends with. “I moved up here from the city 28 years ago and thought, ‘There’s nothing here!’ says East Fishkill Community Library director Gloria Goverman. “But I loved the area right away, and it just keeps getting better. It’s just well-curated. They stock the Wappinger Creek with trout every year; Emmeline Pond, near our library, is a great place to fish or take your kids fishing.We’re raising funds for a no-kill animal shelter. There’s a wonderful handicapped-accessible playground, Julie’s Jungle, and a 60-acre recreation complex with all sorts of sports facilities—not just ball fields but a roller hockey rink, an ice skating pond, and a skateboard park. In summer, they show movies there. I was sitting there relaxing with a visiting friend, surrounded by families at play, and she looked at me and said, ‘You live in Mayberry.’Yup. And Mayberry has always been timelessly cool.” 11/16 ChronograM COMMUNITY PAGES 29
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Holiday Events & Festivals
The Hot Sardines perform as part of Bard College’s Holiday Stomp at the Fisher Center on December 23.
‘Tis the Season
Holiday Events Roundup 2016 By Hannah Phillips
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he holiday season is upon us—cue the music, shopping, stress, friends, family, and hopefully, some joy. The Hudson Valley is home to a variety of performances, festivals, and happenings that will be sure to add some sparkle to your season. Here are a few of our selections.
Basilica Farm & Flea This post-Thanksgiving market is a way to get some locally sourced seasonal shopping done at Basilica Hudson from November 25 to 27. Basilicahudson.org Hudson Valley Hullabaloo A place to find curated hand-made goods for the holiday grab bag at the Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center in Kingston November 19 to 20. Kids under 12 are free, $2 admission fee. Hvullabaloo.com
“A Christmas Carol” Presented by Ulster Ballet Company A ballet performance of the heartfelt-holiday-classic by Dickens, at UPAC in Kingston from December 2 to 4. Tickets are $22 in advance/$25 at the door for adults, $18 in advance for UPAC/Bardavon members and seniors/ $22 at the door, and $15 in advance for children 12 and under and groups of 10 or more/ $18 at the door. Upac.org “A Christmas Carol” This Charles Dickens classic returns to the Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck with new sets, costumes, and staging. Tickets are $20. Fridays to Sundays, starting from December 2 through December 18. Centerforperformingarts.org
Sinterklass Send-Off Celebration The Sinterklass Festival Day send-off celebration will be in Kingston on Saturday, November 26. Traditionally Dutch, but non-denominational and welcoming, this event is a Hudson Valley classic. Sinterklasshudsonvalley.com
Winter Walk on Warren Street Hudson Opera House hosts their annual mile-long celebration of holiday lights on Warren Street, featuring shops, reindeer, Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and carolers. This year will include a new event, as composer Phil Kline introduces his soundscape Unsilent Night, amplifying sounds on the street. December 3 from 5-8pm in Hudson. Hudsonoperahouse.org
Celebration of Lights Parade & Fireworks The Bardavon and City of Poughkeepsie host their 23rd annual tree lighting and parade Friday, December 2 at 6:30 pm. Watch the lights shimmer and sparkle, then see a special showing of It’s AWonderful Life at the Bardavon. Bardavon.org
Sinterklass Festival Day Community and holiday celebration combine—Sinterklass Festival Day is December 3 in Rhinebeck this year, returning with a series of children’s workshops, dance, theatre, music, and storytelling around the village. Sinterklasshudsonvalley.com
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Holiday Market at Bethel Woods Bethel Woods Center for Arts hosts their annual weekend holiday market event, December 3 to 4. Visit with Santa, get photos with the elves, and immerse yourself in family-friendly holiday fun at this free event. Miracle on 34th Street will be shown at 4pm, tickets $8 for adults, $5 for children. Bethelwoodscenter.org “The Nutcracker” Sugar plum fairies and holiday storytelling as New Paltz Ballet Theatre performs “The Nutcracker” at the Bardavon. The show runs from Friday, December 9th to Sunday, December 11. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and students, and $22 for groups of 10 or more. Bardavon.org Irish Christmas in America The energetic vocal, music, and dance show features singer Niamh Farrell, dancer Samantha Harvey, guitarist Patrick Doocey, and more at the Towne Crier Cafe in Beacon December 7. Tickets are $30. Townecrier.com A Gilded Age Christmas Visit like an Astor this holiday season from November 25 to December 31, as the Beaux Arts-style mansion gets fully decorated and costumed interpreters lead tours. Special evening hours will be at Staatsburgh State Historic Site on Friday, December 9. Facebook.com/StaatsburghSHS Holiday Open House With the Roosevelts Enjoy a decorated holiday tour of the President’s place, with punch and light snacks. December 10 at the Franklin D. Roosevelt home in Hyde Park from 9am5pm. A shuttle bus will also take visitors to see Valkill, 4pm-7pm. Nps.gov/hofr “The Nutcracker” A seasonal ballet performance by Catskill Ballet Theatre returns from December 9 to December 11 at Upstate Performing Arts Center. $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and students, $22 group rates for groups of 10 and more. Catskillballet.org
Yuletide Tea at Wilderstein Historic Site A festive holiday event, featuring a variety of teas paired with finger sandwiches, homemade cakes, and cookies on December 10 starting at 1 pm. $30 for adults, $20 for children. Tickets include a tour of the decorated Queen Anne mansion. Wilderstein.org Holiday Stomp at Bard College Bard College hosts a holiday jazz party, featuring selections of music like “White Christmas” and “Please Come Home for Christmas” performed by The Hot Sardines. 8pm December 23 at the Fisher Center. Tickets are $25-65. Fishercenter.bard.edu Handel’s “Messiah” This performance of Handel’s Messiah by Cappella Festiva conducted by Christine Howlett will feature over 100 musicians and singers. Saturday, December 17 at the Bardavon.Tickets are $35 to $57, and $20 for students on the day of the show only. Bardavon.org Boscobel Sparkle The annual celebration of lights and holiday festivity returns the historic Boscobel House and Gardens, Fridays to Sundays from December 2 to December 17. Boscobel.org Judy Collins This sublime soprano performs holiday hits alongside other classics at the Bearsville Theater December 22. General admission $25, Floor reserved seated $55, Gold circle seated $60. Bearsvilletheater.com. Gift of Music with David Temple Classical guitarist and composer David Temple presents this evening performance inspired by the giving season—pieces are will be designed as musical dedications and offerings to loved ones. Tickets are $20. 8pm, December 23 at The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck. Centerforperformingarts.org. Polar Express Train Ride Inspired by the Warner Brothers film and book, this themed Catskill Mountain Railroad train ride runs Friday November 18 through December 26. Cmrrevents.com 11/16 ChronograM holiday gift guide & festival round-up 33
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Bliss Wellness Center offers different wellness modalities for children, adults, and elders in a practical setting. The center was created by the Drs. Raval (who opened Bliss Kitchen - an Indian Vegetarian Restaurant in 2014) in an effort to promote health and well-being in our community. Bliss Wellness Center provides Yoga Classes and Ayurvedic Healing at their 4,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility. Give your friends and family the gift of Bliss this holiday season. Vinyasa, Beginner & Restorative are some of the modern hybrid classes offered by a team of the Hudson Valley’s premier instructors. Ashtanga 101, Moderate Asana & Pranayam are some of the traditional classes facilitated by Sonal, a master yoga instructor from India. Sonal has been teaching yoga since 1994 and has trained under some of the world’s foremost gurus namely Baba Ramdev. AYURVEDA is known as ‘Science of Life’. It is derived from two Sanskrit terms ‘Ayur’ which means life and ‘Veda’ which means knowledge. Ayurveda is one of the most ancient medical system in the world, originated in India 5000 years back. Ayurvedic treatment is composed of three doshas which are used to determine the natural constitution of a person. Our Ayurveda Director, Binoy Balan is a second generation Practitioner, expertly trained in Kerala, India. At Bliss Wellness Center, we offer both curative and preventative ayurvedic therapies and disease management. Arthritis, Obesity, Hair & Skin disorders, Stress & anxiety are just some of the many afflictions Ayurveda can alleviate. On the curative side there is Panchakarma - meaning five activities. It is helpful in the prevention of disease and preservation and promotion of health as well as the management of many chronic degenerative diseases. 313 South William St (Cross St, Rt 9W), Newburgh (845) 393-1008 | BlissWellness.Center
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Kids & Family
One Step Closer
The Dunns’ blended family at the dinner table.
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oung children and dinner tables don’t always mix. So the Dunns have a game that they play. They established it as a dinner ritual when Matt and Zoe first got married. Matt’s daughter, who was six at the time, wanted a lot of attention, so when she was with them, they would play Roses and Thorns. Each person takes a turn describing the ups and downs of their day. It encourages children not only to express themselves but to listen, too. A few years into it, during the game one night, Zoe told her stepdaughter that she was going to be a big sister. “It was my rose,” Zoe says, “but it was her thorn.” The Dunns are just one of any number of variations on the blended family. When they merged, Matt and Zoe each brought someone to the mix: Matt’s daughter, on a shared custody basis, and Zoe’s dad, who lives with them. With both divorce and marriage on the decline, modern families look more and more distinctive and, according to a nationwide Pew Research Center survey, four in 10 American adults now have at least one steprelative in their families. There is no norm and each situation presents different challenges and opportunities. Blended families can comprise multiple full siblings, multiple stepsiblings on different cohabiting schedules, adult stepchildren, age matches, cultural differences—you name it. United by an adult’s selection, blended families are an unsystematic mix of blood and chosen ties, which often means those families have to be intentional about things that solely biological families take for granted. “Any time you bring two families together,” Matt says, “there’s an information gap, so that can lead to unintended conflict.” The Dunns had to establish a new household structure in the middle of preexisting families. They wanted their daughter to know how important she was and also how important the relationship between Matt and Zoe was. So the first thing they did was to create a routine for their home, with predictable rules, where everyone would feel included. Bouncing between two households, their daughter needed consistency that she could trust. “We noticed the challenges and were observant to the things that would bother her and also that she responded well to,” Zoe says. On transition night now, when their daughter first arrives at the Dunn house in 36 Kids & family ChronograM 11/16
Kingston for her week with them, she settles into her room for a while before jumping into the multigenerational household happenings, which now includes her four-year-old sister. Zoe explains, “That was a critical structure that really helped a lot.” Against the Odds The Dunns are especially intentional about their household because they know the odds are stacked against families like theirs. Statistics show an increase in the divorce rate with each successive marriage. According to the NewYork Times, blended families have a one in three chance of survival and the odds go down as children are added. “The first thing that I would recommend is for people to give up the expectation of trying to blend,” advises Rachelle Katz, a licensed marriage and family therapist and author of The Happy Stepmother: Stay Sane, Empower Yourself, Thrive in Your New Family. “Stepfamilies are inherently different than traditional ones, and that’s okay. Stepchildren and stepparents don’t have to love each other, although they do have to treat each other with respect, kindness, and compassion.” Through a monthly support group in her Manhattan office and private sessions via Skype, Katz helps stepcouples communicate effectively. Couples set the tone for a family, but stepcouples don’t often have the opportunity to build a team relationship without kids already in the mix. She finds that establishing healthy boundaries, like deciding if surprise visits from the ex-spouse are okay, and removing expectations, like the biological parent hoping everyone will get along right away, disconnects some of the pressure that creates communication gaps and misunderstandings within a family. “You can’t see inside someone’s marriage, but you can see inside their divorce,” says Zoe. Her divorce from her first husband was amicable. “Marriage is hard work, and for blended families, it’s really hard. In some ways, you have this previous experience to draw upon, but there’s residual pain in that divorce that can remain in spite of moving on and starting new families.” Inherent in divorce is a perception of failure, and there’s a loss. Zoe feels that children are aware of those feelings, even if they’re unspoken. Her stepdaughter navi-
gates hurt feelings as she pilots between the two households. Though she has a younger sibling at each house, her experience of shared custody is one she traverses alone. It breaks Zoe’s heart because she’s been there. As a child, her mother had a series of marriages. Zoe, an only child throughout, came home from camp one summer to a new stepfather. “From the moment I met my husband, I knew what I was bringing into my life,” Zoe says. “A man with a child, there’s an inherent responsibility. In spite of the fact that I didn’t have a good experience myself, I saw this as an opportunity.”
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Global Palate Nirmala Narine’s Spice Shop and Farm by Mary Angeles Armstrong photos by Deborah DeGraffenreid
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irmala Narine knows how to wield a machete. It’s just one of the many tools mastered by the South American-born founder of Nirmala’s Kitchen—a company dedicated to the art of “fusing cultures through food.” For the past 13 years, Narine has trekked to the furthest reaches of the planet—climbed the highest trees, hacked through the densest forests, and sailed to the remotest islands—in her quest to bring the world’s vast array of spices to foodies everywhere. With her TV show “Nirmala’s Spice World” and her many travelogue-cookbooks, Narine explains exactly what to do with those spices: exactly how to store them (in tins, never plastic or glass) and how a particular spice can be used for skin care or healing. She shows how adding a bit of the exotic—Indonesian white pepper or Australian wattleseed, for instance—to seasonal produce gleaned from the farmers’ market, or even one’s own backyard, can transform local ingredients into dishes that are truly out of this world. 40 home ChronograM 11/16
Nirmala Narine in her farmhouse kitchen. She’s been called the “Indiana Jones of spices.” Narine likes the nickname, but adds, “I’ve done much rougher stuff than him.” “The difference between Nirmala’s Kitchen and other spice purveyors is that I work closely with farmers and bring spices from the plantation directly,” says Narine.
Created from a former tack house on her Highland farm, Narine’s spice shop offers a taste of the world. “All my life I feel I’ve been transported by spices,” she says. The dining room where Narine serves her “spice suppers.” She transplanted doors from her Dutch barn to give the room a rustic flair.
Narine does all of this from her 15-acre farm and agroecology center in Highland. The property, once the grounds of the Wishing Well Ranch rodeo, includes fields and gardens, a 12,000-square-foot Dutch barn with horse stables, a 5,000-square-foot farmhouse and many outbuildings; all creatively “reincarnated” into the base of operations for a multipronged, thriving local business with global flair. Although her company now reaches around the world, connecting small farmers to diplomats and ancient traditions to modern kitchens, its roots go deep, and are much more humble. Sugar Cane and Chili Peppers “Growing up in Guyana, cooking was all about survival,” Narine says, sitting in her pristine farmhouse kitchen. The heart of her operation, it’s well equipped with two sinks, two stoves, a double-wide refrigerator with French doors, abundant counter space, and almost every cooking utensil—from the primitive to the cutting edge—ever invented. Narine’s culinary skills and Ayurvedic training, however, began more simply. Narine’s family, who are of Indian descent, lived in a small village at the edge of the Amazon. There was one dirt road and their home had no running water or electricity. Everything—from schoolwork to cooking—was done by oil lamp, and by the age of six, Narine was helping her mother, a rice farmer, prepare meals over an open fire. The one utensil they did have was a machete,which they creatively repurposed in their daily lives. “My father was a sugar cane cutter and all his old machetes became our kitchen tools,” Narine remembers. “But we could do everything with a machete—we killed chickens with it, we cut wood with it, we peeled papayas and cleaned fish—that was the tool for us.” 11/16 chronogram home 41
Left, from top: Narine’s two-story living room. “When I first saw this space, I thought—it’s perfect for a boom,” she says. Recent episodes of “Nirmala’s Spice World” have been filmed here and she hopes to feature Hudson Valley farmers and artisans on her show. The property’s original farmhouse was expanded by the previous owners. The farm also includes a smokehouse, chicken coop, ice cellar, and the original “wishing well.” A wall of masks and weaponry collected during Narine’s travels. Through her travels, Narine has become adept at thinking on her feet and adapting to whatever culture she’s in. “When you travel you are constantly discovering new things about yourself, your strengths, your motivations, and what really inspires you,” she says.
The other thing the family had was knowledge. Narine’s grandfather, a Hindu pundit and Ayurvedic scholar, lived with her family and shared his learning with the surrounding community. Narine vividly remembers the cloves he always kept in his front pocket and how people came to him from all over the region to be treated for a wide range of health issues. She watched and listened as her grandfather utilized his traditional Ayurvedic training to create healing poultices and remedies out of ingredients culled from the surrounding jungle. His dutiful assistant, she ground spices and blended them exactly as he instructed—always tasting a bit of whatever she mixed. “I tried everything from ancient Indian spices to the barks and leaves brought to us by the neighboring Arawaks,” says Narine, referring the indigenous people of Guyana. Her apprenticeship left her with an indelible taste for adventure. Narine’s business acumen, and her tendency to roam, was also evident at an early age. In her community, seeds were saved and harvested from one year to the next. “There was nothing like Lowe’s or Home Depot,” she explains. The desire to help buy shoes for her younger brother pushed Narine over the entrepreneurial edge. She cultivated a patch of habanero peppers for seed, dried her harvest and then packaged the seeds in lotus leaves, tied with banana sucker strings. “I was determined to sell,” she remembers. Narine turned traveling salesgirl and began selling the packets to her neighbors and then the neighboring villages, and then the villages beyond that. “Fifteen villages later, my parents heard how far I’d been traveling and they made me stop,” she remembers. However, the seed of a savvy entrepreneur with a thriving global business had been planted, even if it would take years to emerge. The Clove Tree At age 11, Narine’s family moved to Queens. The same ingenuity that inspired the creation of kitchen knives out of discarded farm tools helped her family thrive in their new jungle. Narine finished school, graduated from CUNY, and then entered the corporate world. She began a career with a marketing firm and quickly rose up the ranks to head their human resources department. The position sent her out into the world and she was constantly traveling for business. Narine thrived on the challenge and loved the globe-trotting, but something was missing. She found that the further she went, the closer she came to her roots: Wherever Narine traveled on business she was drawn to the local farms and spice plantations of that region. In her spare time, she researched local cultivation techniques and sought out flavors unique to the places she went. One day, after a trip to the Mangapwani slave chambers in Tanzania, Narine visited a clove plantation. She climbed a tree and was chewing cloves when the scent reminded her of her grandfather and his front pocket. “The aroma opened up a whole new chapter in my life,” she explains. She realized there was a bigger calling for her. Narine returned to some of the farmers she’d befriended and began buying their spices and then packaging them for small markets and cultural events. Nirmala’s Kitchen grew from those first sales through specialty food stores and then spread into markets on six continents. With that success came two books and her television show for the Z Living Network, “Nirmala’s Spice World”— now in its fifth season. Along the way she’s traveled to 167 countries, been bitten by a cottonmouth snake (“a lifetime of yoga saved me,” she says), tasted monkey (no it didn’t taste like chicken, more like lean pork), and collected stories, recipes, and culinary traditions from taxi drivers, tamale sellers, and almost everyone else she’s met along the way. (Continued on page 46.) 42 home ChronograM 11/16
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Narine’s Dutch barn—the former horse stables of the “Wishing Well Ranch.” She hopes to expand “Nirmala’s Kitchen Cooking School” into the 1,200-square-foot space as well as use it for weddings and other events. Below: “When I travel I become one with things,” says Narine. “I try to not be afraid and I eat everything.”
The Global, Local Farm The farm in Highland came eight years ago. Narine was still based in Queens but found just visiting farms wasn’t enough. Rather than a warehouse, she wanted her network of “global, local farmers” to be based at an actual farm. Narine was attracted to the abundance of produce in the Hudson Valley—the apples, peaches, and Malabar spinach, among other things—and loved its scenic beauty. The former rodeo was the first and only property she looked at in the area. The original farmhouse had been renovated by previous owners to include a two-story living room and kitchen. Large square windows overlooked the surrounding pasture and four bedrooms provided ample space for her and guests. Narine knew she had found the right local center for her global operation. Over the ensuing years the farm has evolved to accommodate Narine’s growing vision. The rodeo’s former show grounds now produce some of the local ingredients—honey, lavender, and blueberries—that go into her beauty products, chutneys, and jams. Goats roam the former horse paddocks (she makes soap from the milk) and she grows lotus flowers in the pond. The former tack house has recently been transformed into her newest venture: a spice shop, designed to provide local access to her international, holistic products. The farm supplies the ingredients for her operation, but her kitchen still provides the spice. It’s where she tinkers with new recipes and leads classes for Nirmala’s Kitchen Cooking School. It’s also where she prepares her “spice suppers”—intimate tasting feasts served to international diplomats and New York-based dignitaries. There is no set menu; the meals she prepares are created from the spices of her guest’s homeland and seasonal, local produce. However, over the years, Narine has found that the particular ingredients don’t necessarily matter; a well-accented meal always seems to have the same result. “When you bring people together around a dinner table they talk about food, they talk about culture, there’s nothing to fight about,” she says. “Spices are the soul of every cuisine.” 46 home ChronograM 11/16
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Consequential Passage of Accumulative Experience, Phil Frost, mixed media on wood panel, 2002-2014. From the collection of KAWS. Image courtesy of Galería Javier López & Fer Francés. “Magnetic Shift,” an exhibition of paintings and three-dimensional works by Phil Frost will be exhibited at Empire State Plaza in Albany through August 18, 2017. An opening reception will be held on Wednesday, November 2, from 5:30 to 8:30pm on the Concourse level of the Corning Tower.
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Sam I Am, Andrew Ellis Johnson, cast plaster Johnson’s sculpture is part of the “Politics & Power” group exhibition at Ann Street Gallery through November 26. 2 ALICES 311 HUDSON STREET, CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON 534-4717. “Possession: Steven Strauss.” Exhibit of paintings. Through December 12.
CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY 622 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1915. “Inside Outside.” New painting, collage, and photography by gallery artists. Through December 4.
ALBERT SHAHINIAN FINE ART GALLERY 22 EAST MARKET STREET SUITE 301, RHINEBECK 876-7578. “The Long View: The Luminous Landscape 2016, 19th Annual National Invitational Exhibition.” James Coe, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Eline Barclay, Christie Scheele. Through December 4. Mid-Exhibition Met the Artists, November 12, 5pm-7:30pm.
CATALYST GALLERY 137 MAIN STreet, BEACON 204-3844. Photography and Sculpture by Jason Adams. November 2-27.
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 258 MAIN STreet, RIDGEFIELD, CT (203) 438-4519. “Engaging Place.” Artists David Brooks, Kim Jones, Peter Liversidge, and Virginia Overton. Through February 5, 2017. ANN STREET GALLERY 104 ANN STREET, NEWBURGH 784-1146. “Politics and Power.” Twenty-six artists from across the country and abroad, whose works are focused on relevant key political and social issues. Through November 26. ART CENTRO 485 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 454-4525. “Earth and Ash.” Wood-fired ceramics by Meg Beaudoin and Joan Shulman. November 5, 4-6pm. ARTS SOCIETY OF KINGSTON 97 BROADWAY, KINGSTON 338-0333. “Off the Square: Irregular Shapes.” November 5-December 1. BANNERMAN ISLAND GALLERY 150 MAIN STREET, BEACON 416-8342. “Three Masters Exhibition.” Garin Baker, Gary Fifer, and Andrew Lattimore. Through December 2. BARD COLLEGE: HESSEL MUSEUM OF ART ROUTE 9G BAROADCOLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON 758-7598. “We are the Center for Curatorial Studies.” Both an exhibition and research project, a multi-year program incorporating artist projects, exhibitions, collaborations, and public and non-public programs. Through December 16. BARRETT ART CENTER 55 NOXON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-2550. “New Directions ‘16”. Juried by Heather Pesanti. Through November 5. BEACON ARTIST UNION 506 MAIN STREET, BEACON 222-0177. “Fly Home.” New work by Tom Holmes in Gallery One. Also showing Bibianna Huang Matheis “CORSO—Tao of Florence” in the Beacon Room. Through November 9. BYRDCLIFFE KLEINERT/JAMES CENTER FOR THE ARTS 36 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2079. “Stuart Farmery: Sculptures in the Landscape.” An outdoor exhibition of sculpture by Stuart Farmery. Through May 2, 2017.
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CROSS CONTEMPORARY ART 81 PARTITION STREET, SAUGERTIES 399-9751. “Tread Lightly.” Josh Dorman, Brian Fekete, Christy Rupp, Rodney Allen Trice. Through November 27. DARREN WINSTON BOOKSTORE 81 MAIN STREET, SHARON, CT (860) 364-1890. “Walk the Line.” An exhibition of new paintings by artist Leora Armstrong. Through November 13. DAVIS ORTON GALLERY 114 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 697.0266. “Identity.” Nicole Buchanan, photography; Amanda Chestnut. artist books, photography, archives, ephemera; Portfolio Showcase, Don Russell & Ben Arnon. Through November 13. DIA:BEACON 3 BEEKMAN STREET, BEACON 845 440 0100. “Robert Irwin, Excursus: Homage to the Square3”. Site-specific work. Through May 31, 2017. DUCK POND GALLERY 128 CANAL STreet, TOWN OF ESOPUS LIBRARY, PORT EWEN 338-5580. “Historical Treasures from Our Vault.” From the library vaults come displays about John Burroughs, historical documents about Port Ewen, and artworks. November 5-26. Opening reception November 4, 4pm-7pm. FOYER OF THE MINDY ROSS GALLERY, KAPLAN HALL, SUNY ORANGE CORNER OF GRAND & FIRST STREETS, NEWBURGH 341-9386. “Then and Now.” Thrown Pottery over 35 years by Jacqui Doyle Schneider. Through November 30. FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER AT VASSAR COLLEGE 124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-5237. “Celebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection.” Through December 18. FRONT STREET GALLERY 21 FRONT STREET, PATTERSON (917) 880-5307. “The Story of the Path.” “Fifth annual juried group show. Through December 4. THE GALLERY AT R&F 84 TEN BROECK AVENUE, KINGSTON 331-3112. “Last Picture Show: Forces and Artifacts.” Works by Carol Bajen-Gahm and Pamela Blum. Mixed-media works and sculpture. November 5-January 15. Opening reception November 5, 5pm-7pm.
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GREENE COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS GALLERY 398 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-3400. It’s All Politics. Just in time for this heated election season, “It’s All Politics” features a selection of political art past, present and future. Co-curated by international artist Vahap Avsar. Mondays-Saturdays. HOTCHKISS LIBRARY 10 UPPER MAIN, SHARON, CT (860) 364-5041. An Art Exhibition of Tom Schiller and Henry Miller. Through December 2. HOWLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY 313 MAIN, BEACON. “Intro to Mind Pong: The Art of Anna Bergin and Dana Devine O’Malley.” An exhibition of paintings. November 12-December 3. Opening reception November 12, 5pm-7pm.
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HUDSON BEACH GLASS GALLERY 162 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-0068. “Works on Paper.” A collection of figurative work by six artists. Through November 6.
SELIGMANN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 23 WHITE OAK DRIVE, SUGAR LOAF 469-9459. “Nomina Magica.” Art’s relationship to Magic. Through January 9.
HUDSON OPERA HOUSE 327 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-4181. “The Boombox Project.” Lyle Owerko’s photos of radios. November 19-December 23. Opening reception November 19, 5pm-7pm.
SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY ARTS CENTER 790 ROUTE 203, SPENCERTOWN (518) 392-3693. “3nd Annual Juried Regional Art Exhibition.” Nicole Hayes, curator. Through November 13.
HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART 1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 788-0100. Writing the Walls II. HVCCA brings together visual art with written word. These programs provide the opportunity for words and image collaborations between poets and writers and director Mara Mills. $5/$4 seniors and educators, $2 students and children/members free. Fridays-Sundays.
JOHN DAVIS GALLERY 362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907. “Touched by Verses and Related Works: Leonid Lerman.” Also showing Paul Harbutt, New Work; Leticia Ortega Cortes, Paintings; Pamela Cardwell, Paintings; Jock Ireland, Abstract Figures and Reliefs. Through November 6. KLEINERT/JAMES ARTS CENTER 34 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2079. “Works by Valerie Hammond.” Through November 27. LABSPACE 2642 NY ROUTE 23, HILLSDALE Labspaceart.blogspot.com/. “Bedfellows.” A group exhibition of photography, painting and sculpture. Through December 3. LIMNER GALLERY 123 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-2343. “A Show of Heads.” A group exhibition. Through November 19. MANITOGA/THE RUSSEL WRIGHT DESIGN CENTER 584 ROUTE 9D, GARRISON 424-3812. “Ecstatic Light.” Illuminated paintings of 2016 resident artist Peter Bynum. Through November 14. MARK GRUBER GALLERY 17 NEW PALTZ PLAZA, NEW PALTZ 255-1241. Hardie Trusdale: Nature’s Patterns.” Through November 19. “40th Holiday Salon Show.” A group show. November 26-January 31. Opening reception November 26, 5pm-7pm. MATTEAWAN GALLERY 436 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7901. “Paintings by Scott Daniel Ellison.” Through November 6. MILKWEED 2 & 3 ROMER’S ALLEY, SUGAR LOAF. “Sugar and Grease.” New paintings by Olivia Baldwin. Through December 4. Opening reception November 12, 7pm-9pm. THE MUROFF KOTLER VISUAL ARTS GALLERY @ SUNY ULSTER 491 COTTEKILL ROAD, STONE RIDGE 687-5113. “The Invisible Wall: Works by Wayne Montecalvo and Laura Moriarty.” November 4-December 9. Opening reception November 4, 5pm-7pm. NORTH RIVER GALLERY 34A MAIN STREET, CHATHAM 518-392-7000. “Reminiscences of New York City in the Seventies.” Photographs by Uli Rose. “Plein Air Impressionist Paintings.” George Van Hook. November 5-30. Opening reception November 4pm-7pm. ORANGE HALL GALLERY SUNY ORANGE, MIDDLETOWN 341-4790. “Autumn in the Hudson Valley.” November 6-December 2. Opening reception November 6, 1pm-3pm.
THE CHATHAM BOOKSTORE 27 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM 518-392-3005. “Look Again.” Painter Jeremy Oberle and photographer Wendy Noyes. Through November 28. THE LACE MILL 165 CORNELL STREET, KINGSTON 331-2140. “Atmosphere.” Paintings and new works by Charlotte Tusch (Scherer). November 7-30. Opening reception November 5, 5pm-8pm. THEO GANZ STUDIO 149 MAIN STREET, BEACON (917) 318-2239. “Blue Sky Mind: Recent Digital Paintings.” Works by Carl Van Brunt. Through November 6. THOMPSON GIROUX GALLERY 57 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3336. “#.” Works by Nathalie Ferrier, Spencer Hall, Michael McKay, Ned Snider, Lawre Stone, Hazle Weatherfield. Through November 13. THOMPSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY VASSAR COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE Vassar.edu. “Shakespeare at Vassar.” Marks the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s. Through December 7. TIVOLI ARTISTS GALLERY 60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI 845 757 2667. “Holiday Show 2016.” Fine art to traditional crafts. November 1-December 2. TREMAINE GALLERY AT THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL 11 INTERLAKEN ROAD, LAKEVILLE, CT (860) 435-3663. Friends of Fire: Ceramic Art by Delores Coan and Hotchkiss Alumni. Through December 4. Opening reception November 5, 4pm-6pm. UNFRAMED ARTISTS GALLERY 173 HUGUENOT STREET, NEW PALTZ, 12561. “Truth Out.” A multimedia event. Social, political, and emotional truths. Through November 13. WALLKILL RIVER SCHOOL AND ART GALLERY 232 WARD STREET, MONTGOMERY 457-ARTS. Fall Art Exhibits. Vaune Sherin, Bruce and Lita Thorne, Shane Daley. November 6-30. Opening reception November 12, 5pm-7pm. WILLIAM HOLMAN GALLERY 192 ALLEN ROAD, SALT POINT 266-4151. “Eight Works by Ewerdt Hilgemann.” Through November 5. THE WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART 15 LAWRENCE HALL DR., WILLIAMSTOWN, MA (413) 597-3055. “Being the Measure: David Zink Yi.” David Zink Yi’s first museum exhibition in the United States. Through February 12, 2017. WIRED GALLERY 1415 ROUTE 213, HIGH FALLS (682) 564-5613. “Getting Closer: An Intimate Landscape.” Curated by Steve Gentile. Through November 20. WOODSTOCK FRAMING GALLERY 31 MILL HILL ROAD, WOODSTOCK 679-6003. “From the Original Negatives.” Joe Stefko’s collection of rock & roll art. Through November 27. WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART 2470 RTE. 212, WOODSTOCK 679-2388. “Woodstock Invitational Monoprint Exhibition.” Works by 44 artists. Through December 17.
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HUDSON VALLEY LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER, INC. 300 WALL STREET, KINGSTON 331-5300. “Opening Reception: Paintings by Stuart Bigley.” Through November 21.
STOREFRONT GALLERY 93 BROADWAY, KINGSTON TheStorefrontGallery.com. “Morning Walks.” Recent photographs by Nancy Donskoj. November 5-19. Opening reception November 5, 5pm-8pm.
Music
Will Rock for Change John Hall By Peter Aaron Photo by Fionn Reilly
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sprawling dump occupies what was once Winston Farm in Saugerties, every year taking in over 200,000 tons of solid waste, most of it trucked up from Manhattan, to be turned into on-site landfill or burned up in the facility’s two massive incinerators.Topping this public eyesore and health hazard are a pair of 315-foot smokestacks, which spew toxic smog throughout the surrounding landscape and far beyond. Just up Route 9W in the hamlet of Cementon the Greene County Nuclear Power Plant looms like a Death Star. Constructed using reactor equipment manufactured by the very same company that made the components used in Pennsylvania’s infamous Three Mile Island plant, it’s a meltdown waiting to happen, one that was rubber-stamped into existence in the late 1970s by economically baited county officials. Of course, thankfully, neither of these scenarios ever came to pass.The historic, 800acre Winston Farm, which hosted the 1994 Woodstock and 2014 Hudson Project music festivals, remains largely untouched, while the plans for the Cementon nuke plant were scuttled in 1979. And instrumental in blocking the building of these frightening abominations was former New York State Representative John Hall, who led the fight against them and other potential environmental threats over the course of his career in politics, a career that has at times crossed over into his other vocation as a musician/activist. A singer-songwriter and guitarist, Hall is also the leader of Orleans, a band responsible for two of the biggest hits of the 1970s, and the author of the newly published memoir Still the One: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Journey to Congress and Back (Independent, 2016). “There are a lot of similarities [between politics and rock ’n’ roll],” says Hall, who formerly represented the state’s 19th district in the Mid-Hudson Valley from 2007 to 2011. “By the time I’d decided to run for office, I was already used to being up in front of big crowds and I’d dealt with hecklers, people throwing things, getting microphones knocked in my face by dancing drunks. Once you’ve been through that, dealing with some loud Tea Party offshoot group at a rally is no big deal.” Hall, 68, hails from the Chemung County town of Elmira, where his father, an electrical engineer, worked at the local Westinghouse plant and his devout Catholic mother was the first woman in America to graduate from a Jesuit seminary. “One parent wanted the kids to be scientists and the other wanted them to be priests,” recalls Hall, whose older brother, Jim, became an actuary and younger brother, Jerry, entered the clergy. John started piano lessons soon after he’d plinked out the “Marines’ Hymn” on the instrument at age four; by high school he’d studied French horn and taught himself guitar. He was also prodigious academically, winning three National Science Foundation summer scholarships and skipping two grades in school before enrolling at the University of Notre Dame to study physics at 16. At Notre Dame, Hall got his first, tantalizing taste of being a working musician while playing in frat rock bands. During his junior year he transferred to Loyola when his father took a job in the Baltimore area and the family moved to Maryland. Less than a year later, his parents were decidedly unthrilled when he dropped out and with brother Jim formed the Wad, a quartet that worked the thriving clubs of nearby Washington, DC. Next came a stint in the wonderfully named Chocolate Snowflake and his replacing legendary guitarist Roy Buchanan in the British Walkers, a Beatles-styled unit whose manager made them speak with fake English accents. It wasn’t long, though, before Hall tired of the forced Beatlemania and walked away from the British Walkers, beating it up to Greenwich Village. There, he put together Kangaroo, a group that opened for the Who and the Doors and became favorites at the Cafe Wha?, where Jimi Hendrix regularly attended their gigs. For Hall, the move to New York proved pivotal personally as well as professionally. At the Cafe Wha? he met his first wife, the writer Johanna Hall (nee Schier), and with Kangaroo he hopped into composing music theatrical productions. One December night when Janis Joplin dropped by the couple’s apartment to be interviewed by Johanna for a VillageVoice piece, Hall and the iconic singer got to jamming and, amid the revelry, Joplin suggested he and Johanna write her a song to sing. The result was “Half Moon,” which made its way onto Joplin’s final album, 1970’s Pearl, establishing Hall as a rising songwriter. He made a solo LP for Columbia, Action, and also became an in-demand session guitarist, playing on recordings by Jackie Lomax, Felix Cavaliere, Seals and Crofts, and Bonnie Raitt (in addition to writing songs for Raitt, he produced her 1973 album, Takin’ My Time). At the behest of producer-pianist John Simon, he joined Taj Mahal’s touring band and began taking trips up to Woodstock to test run the newly constructed Bearsville Studios. The couple liked what they saw upstate, so much so that they bought a humble, saltbox-style house in Saugerties. While touring with folk blues singer Karen Dalton, Hall had another career revelation. Upset at not getting a sound check one night, the famously erratic Dalton refused to go on, forcing Hall to lead the band. After a set that had the enraptured audience howling for an encore, he knew what he had to do. “I should start my own band, sing my own songs,” he thought. Back in Woodstock, he began doing weekly dates at the Cafe Espresso with a changing cast of area musicians. Out of these jams came the John Hall Band, which, after settling on the configuration of Hall,Wells Kelly (drums, keyboards), and brothers Lance (guitar) and Larry Hoppen (bass), was renamed Orleans in honor of
the New Orleans R&B covers they played early on. The group became a room-packing draw on the club circuit and made two albums for ABC Records before signing with Asylum for 1975’s Let There Be Music, whose “Dance with Me” became an archetypal soft rock smash, going to number six nationally. Second drummer Jerry Marrotta joined for 1976’s Waking and Dreaming, which yielded the giddy, inescapable, Top Five anthem “Still the One.” But eventually the rocket ride of fast fame and constant touring brought out personal fissures within the band, and by 1977 Hall had left to pursue a solo career. Awakened one morning by the sound of grinding metal, he discovered that one of his neighbors in the Saugerties woods was running a self-styled junk yard. After learning that there were other, similarly unregulated operations in town, he formed the group Saugerties Concerned Citizens, which succeeded in getting local zoning laws rewritten to shut them down. In 1977 Hall heard about the plans to construct a nuclear facility in Cementon and worked with the grassroots collective Mid-Hudson Nuclear Opponents (MHNO), helping to stage protests and reuniting with Orleans for a MHNO benefit. With public pressure mounting against them, the plant’s backers finally relented. But for Hall there was still another anti-nuke event just around the corner, this one much grander. With Raitt, Jackson Browne, and Graham Nash, he cofounded the organization MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy), which staged a series of No Nukes concerts at Madison Square Garden in September 1979. A forerunner of events like the Us Festival and Farm Aid, the sold-out, five-night engagement spawned a popular concert film and live album. They say politics start at the local level. Such was certainly the case for Hall. When news broke of the proposed Winston Farm dump and incinerator construction, Hall found himself running for a seat on the Ulster County Legislature with the prevention of the project a central plank of his platform. NRBQ and Raitt played a benefit for his campaign, and he went on to win the 1989 election; the plans for the incinerator site were proven to be environmentally illegal by outside experts and its development was scrapped. After 25 years, he and Johanna had grown apart and ultimately divorced, and Hall worked as a ski instructor at Hunter Mountain before reforming Orleans in 1985 with the Hoppen brothers (Kelly died of a drug overdose in 1984). He met his second wife, guitarist Pamela Melanie Hall (nee Bingham), in Nashville, and in the 1990s the new couple resettled in Dutchess County. In 2004, Hall, a progressive Democrat, was incensed to learn that George W. Bush’s reelection campaign was using “Still the One” as its theme song and duly launched a barrage of cease-and-desist letters and phone calls to the Bush team, who eventually dropped the song—although the GOP inexplicably repeated the move for the McCain campaign in 2008. “The concept of intellectual property seems to be a hard concept for Republicans to grasp,” says Hall. Bush’s appropriation of Hall’s song was still burning in his mind when it was suggested to him in 2005 that he run for Congress himself. Although initially resistant, mainly due to his wariness about the costs of running a congressional campaign, he threw his “tree-hugging guitarist” hat in the ring against Republican incumbent Sue Kelly. With the support of, among others, Jackson Browne, who headlined a series of fund-raising barn concerts, Hall easily won the primary and, with 51 percent of the vote, the 2006 midterm election. Mr. Guitar was on his way to Washington. Hall served two terms in Congress and cites among his proudest accomplishments during his time in office his helping to pass the Affordable Care Act, the Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Information Modernization Act, and a bill that streamlines PTSD care for vets—the latter a law that he personally lobbied President Obama to sign. He consistently voted to enforce limits on CO2 emissions; provide tax incentives for companies using renewable energy; invest in homegrown biofuel; criminalize oil cartels; and remove oil and gas exploration subsidies and other related causes. “When John was running for reelection, he told me about the fight over oil rights to the Arctic Circle if the ice sheets melted,” says Dar Williams, another Hudson Valley musician-activist. “I think that particular body politic really tested him. But I know he brought more light into the Capitol building than it tried to take from him.” Hall lost to Nan Hayworth during the Republican wave of 2010 and now, like many of us watching the current, highly divisive presidential election from the sidelines, he’s shaking his head. “Journalism has become entertainment,” he admonishes. “Individuals really owe it to themselves—and their country—to not get their news from only one source.” After some soul searching, Hall decided not to seek a rematch with Hayworth in 2010. He wanted to, yes, spend more time with his family—and get back to rocking. And despite some health scares—prostate cancer and an aortic aneurysm, both successfully treated—that’s just what he’s been doing, largely with the revamped Orleans. “There’ve been times when I’ve been out at the supermarket and ‘Still the One’ or ‘Dance with Me’ has come over the store speakers and the people next to me, without paying attention or even knowing it’s me on the song, just started singing along,” says Hall. “For me, that’s still a thrill.” Still the One: A Rock ’n’ Roll Journey to Congress and Back is out now. Johnhallmusic.com. 11/16 ChronograM music 55
nightlife highlights Handpicked by music editor Peter Aaron for your listening pleasure.
Orquesta Victoria plays Bearsville Theater on November 5.
John Esposito Residency November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. Good news, local jazz lovers: Now that his new daughter has reached the manageable (?) age of two, pianist John Esposito is out of the house and back on the bench. Raised in Marlborough and now based in Columbia County, Esposito worked with upstate sax legends J. R. Monterose and Nick Brignola before making his mark on the 1980s New York scene with the quintet Second Sight and launching his Sunjump Records label. Recently, he began a Wednesday night residency at the new People’s Pub (opened by the Ballinger family, who also own New York’s Webster Hall) that sees him working in changeable duo and trio settings. 6pm. Free. Chatham. (518) 392-2337; Thepeoplespub.com.
Orquesta Victoria November 5. Many perceive tango as purely dance music, but as Orquesta Victoria, which visits the Bearsville Theater this month, makes clear, that’s not the rule. Like jazz, its American cousin, tango served such functions early on but later branched out into more ambitious realms (see the neuvo tango style of Astor Piazolla). The 12-piece Orquesta Victoria, for example, specializes in the works of Argentinian American composer Deborah Simcovich, whose recent creations chronicle life under her homeland’s brutal right-wing dictatorship in the 1970s. Based in tango’s crucible of Buenos Aires, the youthful ensemble formed in 2010 and has performed abroad for heads of state. (Josh Ritter returns November 12; 10,000 Maniacs make the scene November 17.) 8pm. $25. Bearsville. (845) 679-4406; Bearsvilletheater.com
The Magnetic Fields November 18 and 19. Hudson resident and Magnetic Fields/Future Bible Heroes/6ths mastermind Stephin Merritt once again makes his way slightly east to contemporary art museum and performance complex Mass MoCA. For this two-night stand in the facility’s Hunter Center, the culmination of a two-week woodshedding residency, the singer-songwriter is in full Mag56 music ChronograM 11/16
netic Fields mode with the world premiere of a stage show for the Fields’ forthcoming album, 50 Song Memoir. Each of the two nights will feature a completely different set of new songs celebrating each year of Merritt’s five decades on the planet, played by seven musicians using 50 instruments (not all at the same time, one guesses). (Actress Elisa Davis sings November 12.) 8pm. $35-$65. North Adams, Massachusetts. (413) 662-2111; Massmoca.org.
Jonathan Richman November 16. When it comes to memorable local concerts, Jonathan Richman’s 2014 show at the Rosendale Theatre was truly one for the annals of Hudson Valley history. Now in his early 60s, the founder of legendary Boston protopunks the Modern Lovers (“Roadrunner”) was as gregarious, animated, and full of his trademark poetic, wide-eyed boyishness as ever. To a packed house, he hopped offstage to dance interpretively to the beats of his long-time drummer Tommy Larkins between crooning crowd favorites like “Dancing in the Lesbian Bar.” Warm and magical it was. In times like these, we’re in dire need of another fix from this sunny, semi-acoustic troubadour. And we’ll get one when Richman returns to said venue for this engagement. 7pm. $20. Rosendale. (845) 658-8989; Rosendaletheatre.org.
Rootstock November 27. This Thanksgiving season, here’s a chance to be part of a musical happening that pays homage to and supports the source of all of that bounty before you: farmers. This event at the Towne Crier benefits the agricultural organizations the American Farmland Trust and the National Young Farmers Coalition and features three farm-linked indie acts for your down-home pleasure: Floodwood, a progressive string band that stars Vinnie Amico (moe.) and Tony Markellis (Trey Anastasio Band); alt-Americana outfit Daisycutter, which is fronted by singer-songwriter Sara Milonovich (McKrells); and Steamboats, an acoustic trio whose haunting harmonies and spectral playing hint at Fleet Foxes and Vetiver. (Bruce Molsky’s Mountain Drifters wander in November 10; Yarn unspools November 20.) 6pm. $20. Beacon. (845) 855-1300; Townecrier.com.
cd reviews David Greenberger, Keith Spring, and Dinty Child with Keiichi Hashimoto Take Me Where I Don’t Know I Am (2016, PelPel Recordings)
ROCKET NUMBER NINE RECORDS
Parsonsfield Afterparty (2015, Signature Sounds)
From an old fart’s perspective, this whole acousticroots music thing has been around the block more than once. It didn’t start with O Brother, Where Art Thou? and it didn’t devolve into Berklee shredding without other touchstones along the path. On its boisterous, aptly named Afterparty EP, Parsonsfield echoes current combos and past legends at every turn, but, thankfully, hangs on to a strong identity of its own. A raging, reckless take of the old chestnut “Hang Me” calls to mind the brilliant, iconoclastic rage of The Blind Leading the Naked-era Violent Femmes. Dear Lord, Parsonsfield, thank you, thank you for reminding us of “Old Mother Reagan” at this electoral hour of need. We need that kind of poke. The Mississippi John Hurt gem “Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me” nods to the ramble of Squirrel Nut Zippers, while the sweet vocal blend of “Lay Some Flowers on My Grave” recalls the lilt of Parsonsfield’s fellow FreshGrass stars the M Shanghai Sting Band. The bravery of covering Bert Jansch’s “Strollin’ Down the Highway” is rewarded by its execution. And the Western Massachusetts-based band’s “Anita, Your Lovin’,” an original, is just as strong as anything else on this too short—yet perfectly timed—record, with a beautiful chorus strolling right out of the 1940s. Parsonsfield also, through the folk process, finds the true, unironic heart of Huey Lewis’s “The Power of Love.” No mean feat. Afterparty and the group’s 2013 debut, Poor Old Shine, were recently reissued as a two-LP set. Signaturesounds.com. —Michael Eck
Pop It! Drum for Your Life (2015, System Dialing Records)
Google Amir Ziv and you are going to learn a lot about the dean of the Columbia University Business School. Different guy. The Amir Ziv we are concerned with today is the wildly imaginative drummer, drum educator, and composer behind the ensemble Pop It!, whose record Drum forYour Life is one of the most indescribably strange and—literally and figuratively—striking discs to cross this desk in quite some time. Ziv heads the drum faculty at New York City’s esteemed New School. He has cofounded ensembles with the likes of Ornette Coleman, Marc Ribot, and Billy Martin and beat the skins for countless others. He is the founder of System Dialing Records, the demonstratively eclectic label on which Drum forYour Life has been released. The genesis of the project is almost as hard to describe as the breathtakingly ambitious, dramatically recorded percussion-based music itself. It is the culmination of four years of a cross-disciplinary curriculum run by the Living Arts Apprenticeship Program, located in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Participants simultaneously studied drumming, music composition, and aikido. Many unconventional percussion instruments were employed, and, on “Aliquot,” a new mathematically derived scale, in the tradition of Harry Partch. Horns provide occasional haunting atmospheres. Spoken word and chant feature in a number of tracks, as does an E. E. Cummings poem. The drumming encompasses frenetic, trashy groove, minimalist time pieces, and cascading textural madness. It’s just end-to-end awesome. Systemdialingrecords.com. —John Burdick chronogram.com
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Take Me Where I Don’t Know I Am is based on conversations with residents of a nursing home in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. David Greenberger voices the words of these elderly souls over 19 diverse musical compositions aided by arranger, producer, and original NRBQ saxophonist Keith Spring, multi-instrumentalist Dinty Child (Session Americana, Chandler Travis), and Keiichi Hashimoto on trumpet and trombone. The musings of an eclectic cast of characters cut to the quick of life’s dichotomies. Random, fleeting, meaningful, absurd, and sublime, the music mirrors these moods with appropriate intimacy as early to mid-century soul, jazz, R&B, and Americana provide an ambient, melodic backdrop to the lucid nostalgia of our storytellers. Their experiences come alive amidst funky drums and guitars, piano, mandolin, and banjo. Melancholic accordion, horns, and organ provide further periodesque and film noiry accompaniment. Although some of the stories tug at the heart strings, most are witty, many are off-the-wall, and all surprise and interest. The Greenwich, New York-based Greenberger publishes The Duplex Planet series of zines and is a radio commentator for NPR. His passion for the people whose words he speaks is obvious, as is the care in which the music was produced and arranged to accompany the derth of topic. DuplexPlanet.com. —Jason Broome
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Books
Lost and Found Alexandra Weinbaum Resurrects a Holocaust History
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lexandra Weinbaum says she did a lot of thinking as she crossed the meadows of Lake Hill. When the part-time Woodstock resident shifted from education to authorship, her topic was harrowing, and the fields offered solace. After a long career focused on how to best teach, and how to spark the curiosity that makes us learn, Weinbaum tasked herself with writing a book all about the art of inquiry on the most personal level. How do you bring back lives lost when all you have is a box of their letters? Her book Careful Old Letters: A Jewish Family’s Story. Lodz—Warsaw—Paris (Epigraph Books, 2015), does just that. The book is based on Weinbaum’s accidental discovery of a box of 139 old letters and postcards from World War II, most written by family members as they languished—and perished—during the Holocaust. The box was tucked away on the back of a shelf in her mother’s storage locker, which Weinbaum and her son were cleaning out in that time-honored rite of dealing with the effects of the newly departed. Can you send flour? they write in Polish and German from the Jewish ghettos in Lodz and Warsaw. It’s getting cold. Weinbaum, a trained historian, rolled up her sleeves and began reading between the lines. Aided by a team of translators, connecting the dots on trips to Europe, she enabled a collective resurrection. It’s all that’s left of most of these letter writers: Only a few survived beyond the war. But done with so much care, it makes this book feel far larger than it actually is. As we spoke about the book, it became clear this for Wienbaum, this really was a labor of love. —Jana Martin Your book mixes memoir, detective story, history lesson, elegy—we read the letters in translation, see them reproduced on the page, many with Nazi postmarks. It’s such a chilling contrast between the fact of the massive genocide of the Holocaust and those sweet old family photos. But mostly we experience these lives, brought back to life. What was the genesis of this book? 58 books ChronograM 11/16
My mother had just died, and my son and I were cleaning out her storage closet. I was about to throw out what looked like a very old box. Just a cardboard box, battered and dusty. My son stopped me, pointing at a handwritten label: Careful Old Letters in my father’s large scrawl. My father—he was already gone—had been the preserver in the family, so I knew it must be something important. What happened when you opened the box? Did you just dive into its contents and start writing? When I opened the box I realized it was filled letters and postcards from Europe—many with swastika postmarks from the Lodz and Warsaw ghettos. So it didn’t take me entirely by surprise: I knew my grandmother had died in the Lodz Jewish ghetto, and my other grandparents had been in Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto. I knew that’s where most members of my family were imprisoned and died. But we didn’t talk about it very much in my family. My parents had just said that nearly everyone was lost except for two survivors. They had probably kept this box from me because it was so painful—to them, as they knew it would be for me. They had read me one postcard when I was a little girl, from my grandmother, but I had no idea there were more. Still, that postcard, with its pleas to send supplies, food, was etched in my consciousness, and I think it had a lot to do with my wanting to write this book. But when we found the box in 1996 I was still busy working. I had someone translate a few postcards right away and came face to face with the wartime experiences of family members I’d never known. After I retired, I finally started. It was completely consuming: finding translators for French, German and Polish, setting it all in a historical context, retracing their steps. It brought up a lot of feelings. There’s so much denial that goes on with the Holocaust. What I found so interesting was that in your own family, so much was swept under the rug. Did you feel like you were, in any sense, betraying your parents’ wishes as you worked on the book? I understood why my parents didn’t want to share this with me as a kid. I never
Clockwise from top left: Aaron and Roza Wolkowicz; Alexandra Weinbaum’s parents, grandmother Mera Rozin and other family members in Kolumna, Poland in the 1930s; one of the family letters. Opposite: Alexander and Mera Rozin; front and back of one of the family postcards.
resented them for that. They emigrated to the States in 1938 with the help of a relative who had seen the writing on the wall. I don’t think anyone realized there would be a time when everyone else would be trapped.They didn’t know how bad it would be. Then they didn’t have very much money to buy supplies or send packages—they had come to America young and broke, just beginning their new lives. It’s harrowing how these letters reveal the hopes and then the desperation of those who had been left behind. Yes. You can see it in the letters from my grandmother, whose real name was Mera. She uses the name Maria on the return addresses, because it sounds more German. She was born in Poland when it was part of Russia. She had this whole life, a whole family. Her husband had died and she’d moved in with her sister, and was trying to pull her life together and deal with her own grief. She writes about the steps she’s taking, her plans. But then there’s this amazing letter written on the very day that the war broke out and the Germans invaded Poland. That’s the day everything stops. Apparently, she kept moving from apartment to apartment until finally, in May 1940, she’s taken to the ghetto. And then she resumes her letters. In some, Mera sounds like any mother, asking about everyone, sending birthday wishes. And then you begin to read into her messages: She’s clearly holding back, yet she’s starving, and scared. Yes, the last postcard outside the ghetto was from March 11, 1940. And then the next letter she went was from inside the ghetto, dated May 23, 1940. She talks about trying to get money she’d had in a bank in Berlin, about a relative living in the Soviet Union who is sending her food and money. She’s already censoring herself: She mentions a family member who’s “on vacation,” which is code for trying to leave Europe. But he didn’t get out. So she was fighting to survive. Yes. And she would die after two years, at the age of 56, in 1942. She starved to
death. The Germans routinely confiscated packages sent from outside, crushed the contents, destroyed the food. I found a few receipts in the box from packages my parents had sent. Probably, my parents didn’t understand what was happening, and my grandmother tried to hide it until she was totally desperate. How did you find out what had happened to her? That’s another compelling part of Careful Old Letters: you found documentation of what happened to them. I went to the archives—there’s a documents office in Lodz, and you can order the documents. It was miraculous to get my grandmother’s death certificate.The cause of death was listed as malnutrition. Horrible. We know what that means. In some places the Germans completely destroyed evidence, in other places they had to keep records—they were required to. And in Lodz, they kept the records. I took trips to Europe, looked up old addresses. I found the street my grandparents had lived on once, found the school my father had gone to as a boy.You get a sense of the geography and it makes these people seem even more real. In the midst of working on this book, did you have any moments of closure, of feeling a sense of relief? I did. When I visited the Jewish cemetery in Lodz, that was a very moving moment. The cemetery is the largest Jewish cemetery in all of Europe, and it was part of the Lodz ghetto during the war.With some help, you can find out where your relatives were buried there. But at some point, they stopped marking the graves, and just buried people in an enormous field. My grandfather was buried there—I knew where he was because there were markers for other members of the family. My grandmother was too, though her grave wasn’t marked. But going there, I cried. I didn’t know either of these people, but from working on the book I had such a strong sense of them. And I felt a tremendous satisfaction knowing the two of them were close to each other. No one could take that away from them. It gave me a real sense of peace. 11/16 ChronograM books 59
SHORT TAKES As the weather gets colder, explore Hudson Valley history from home.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SAUGERTIES Michael Sullivan Smith Arcadia Publishing & The History Press, 2016, $21.99
Local historian, artist, and author William Sullivan Smith’s narrative forges together pieces of Saugerties’s deeply industrial history. Smith traces the town’s ebbs and flows from its Native American origins onward, exploring the bluestone quarries, paper mills, and IBM. Smith skillfully chronicles the stories of the people who make up Saugerties’s history, like canal owner Henry Barclay and Opus 40 creator Harvey Fite. Smith captures a consistent pride in claiming local identity as a Saugertisian. Aerial photographs of the town by Morris Roseblum are spread throughout the text, giving the reader a bird’s-eye view.
MY NAME IS ELEANOR: A BANNERMAN ISLANDADVENTURE Wesley Gottlock, Barbara H. Gottlock Gottlock Books, 2016, $9.99
The Fall Guy
Wes and Barbara Gottlock have released their sixth book about Hudson Valley history. This time, it’s a historical-fiction adventure for the kids. Two youngsters visit Bannerman Island for a class project. When exploring the island’s spooky ruins, they meet a woman named Eleanor, based on real-life Modena resident Eleanor Seeland, who grew up on the island. Bits of Eleanor’s memoir combine with the children’s adventures. Tatiana Rhinevault provides illustrations for this fun and eerie children’s book. All proceeds benefit the Bannerman Castle Trust.
LAS VILLAS OF PLATTEKILL AND ULSTER COUNTY Ismael “Ish” Martinez Jr. Arcadia Publishing, 2016, $21.99
Midcentury summer cabins in the Catskills have given the region its “Borscht Belt” nickname. Spanish, Puerto Rican, and other Hispanic families also spent their summers upstate in resorts scattered along Route 32. Many visited “The Spanish Alps,” also known as “Las Villas,” in Ulster County, centered in Plattekill. A string of resorts and cabins popped up in the `40s and `50s, and thrived in the `60s and `70s. Author Ismael Martinez Jr. compares the summertime experience to a “Latin version of the movie Dirty Dancing.” This nostalgic volume pairs Martinez’s family photos with archival images.
AN ANGLER’S TALES A. G. Palmer Epigraph Publishing, 2015, $10.19
A. G. Palmer creates a light collection of fish tales that will immerse readers in the world of angling. Palmer writes that “the pursuit of fish” is not fully captured in catching the trout. It’s about the experiences along the way—rituals that constitute the angler’s way, and the people he’s encountered along the winding rivers and streams of the Catskills. Included is a trip to the backwoods of Maine to find the legendary trout “Big Fin,” an early morning on a lake, a first catch on the Esopus Creek in May. This collection of whimsical short stories reveals the transcendental nature of simple moments.
FEEDING THE HEART Patrick Dollard, Cesare Casella The Center for Discovery, 2015, $18.95
The Center for Discovery in Sullivan County helps children and adults with complex disabilities, and specializes in farm-fresh food. They refer to their practice as “seed to belly.” This cookbook combines the expertise of Catskill’s Center for Discovery president Patrick Dollard with the Center’s Department of Nourishment Arts chief and award-winning chef Cesare Casella. Radish panzanella, maple-pecan baked apples, good-for-you bone broth, and gingersnap-kabocha cheesecake are some of the featured recipes. Nutritious and delicious food? Yes, please. Discover their take on the art of nourishing.
ELLEN’S ADVENTURES AT SHADOWLAND: MY ALIEN PAL R. Robert Pollak Red Stylo Media, 2016, $9.99
R. Robert Pollak’s latest collection of comics features another series of adventures set at Shadowland Stages. Actress Ellen Allen has a close encounter with a member of the third kind. His name is Jim, and the pair become friends that explore time and space. The storyline includes gnomes, UFOs, time travel, and local history. If you like classic newspaper comic strips with a “Doctor Who”-infused plot, this is a must-read.
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James Lasdun
W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, $25.95
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ames Lasdun’s latest novel The Fall Guy is a tense toggle between reality and self-delusion. Set in an upstate New York town closely resembling Woodstock, this erotic thriller centers on well-heeled banker Charlie, his ne’er-do-well cousin Matthew, and Charlie’s wife Chloe. Matthew, a chef in New York City, is floundering; he’s close to “living off pure fumes of just about everything” after the sale of his restaurant. Charlie offers his cousin a room in his quiet country home for the summer. As the season heats up, hidden truths begin to be revealed, and the season starts to boil over. Matthew’s attraction for Chloe becomes clear to readers even before Matthew makes it upstate. When Charlie leaves an anniversary gift for Chloe behind in the city, Matthew offers to retrieve it and head upstate the following morning. Matthew takes in the sights and smells of Chloe’s nightgown in the room he stays in, and decides that the Tiffany bracelet is not worthy of her. Upon his arrival at the country house, Lasdun vividly portrays Matthew’s besotted state around Chloe, Matthew viewing his cousin’s wife as his fantasy soul mate. Charlie, let go from corporate banking, is also floundering and working out his feelings about materialism, guilt, and role conflict as he passes his time watching YouTube clips of the Occupy movement by the pool of his weekend retreat. Matthew discovers Chloe’s comings and goings from a nearby motel with a strange man, and with much of summer still ahead, he struggles with whether or not to tell Charlie, thereby also revealing his own voyeurism and jealousy. On a car ride to Hudson, Matthew would gingerly expose to Charlie what Chloe was getting up to, but time and again, Matthew’s chance for this discussion keeps getting derailed. While he holds matters to himself, Matthew finds it harder and harder, as if believing “in a fourth primary color, or a second moon.” Following Chloe more and more to find the rental house of her lover, Matthew considers confronting one or both of them, expressing his feelings for her. Tragically, he also starts to misinterpret Chloe’s signals. Uncomfortably, Matthew bumps into Chloe’s lover repeatedly in the small town—in the market, in a bar. It’s after this bar encounter that Matthew decides to let himself into the rental house. His curiosity puts him in the middle of a disturbing scene while having to confront unpleasant truths about himself and how he is perceived. With characters richly detailed, as well as their childhoods and social status along with the tensions that ensue, The Fall Guy’s complex moral tale is absorbing from its start. The reader can practically taste all of Matthew’s cooking at the weekend house and feel all the sensations of summer and conflicting emotions. Though the tension is revealed early on, the book is a page turner till the end, like a car accident happening in slow motion that you can’t look away from. Lasdun’s greatest feat is to play out the age-old themes of infidelity, greed, jealously, theft, blackmail, and murder in unexpected ways. —Lisa LaMonica
Invasion Luke Rhinehart
Titan Books, 2016; $14.95
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hat would happen if Earth were invaded by brilliant, fun-loving aliens with the best of intentions? How welcome would such a species be? If there was ever an era that cried out for satire, our current state of affairs surely qualifies; we seem to have developed an advanced knack for shooting ourselves in the foot. Twentieth-century writers such as Vonnegut and Robert Anton Wilson had plenty to say about it all, but we’ve been overdue for a good ,dark, absurdist skewering for some time now. Enter Luke Rhinehart and his FFs. (FF stands for Funny Fish; one of the earliest contactees was a commercial fisherman, and the name stuck. Out of context, though, there’s not much of a resemblance; the aliens generally resemble largish beach balls covered with gray fur, although they’re able to configure themselves in various ways as the occasion calls for it.) Rhinehart (born George Cockcroft), an Albany resident, is the author of The Dice Man, published in 1972 to considerable acclaim; the counterculture classic has repeatedly been called one of the most influential novels of the past century and has been published in more than 60 countries. And with Invasion, Rhinehart may just have done it again. Billy Morton is a happily married father of two, an engaging curmudgeon who’s got enough `60s sensibility left to cope with an unexpected and inexplicable guest better than most people might. He, his wife Lita, and their boys welcome the hairy sphere into their lives and a brief, peaceable honeymoon of mutual observation takes place. They’re all aware that something exceptional is going on here, though—as one would be when such a creature comes to stay and soon begins to surf the Internet at lightning speed—and once the secret of their unusual guest leaks out, the honeymoon’s definitely over. It turns out that Louie, as they come to call the ET, is one of a larger invading force of furry orbs who’ve come to visit, bringing with them intellectual and physical abilities that make humans seem more than a bit simple. But it’s their philosophical stance and their agenda that are perhaps the biggest differences of all: The FFs are here for fun. Life itself, up to and including interspecies contact, is a giant game to them. In that spirit, they embark on a wide range of pranks and shenanigans in the name of convincing humans to lighten up and live. It’s hard to imagine a friendlier bunch of aliens. Yet, as Billy has realized all along, Earth’s hardly ready for this, given the sourpusses in charge. FFs elicit mostly positive reactions from ordinary folks once the initial shock wears off; the same cannot be said of the vast bureaucracies of the global military-industrialfinancial complex. From their collective point of view, having a pack of giant beach balls wanting to play is, well, terrifying. Of course. Rhinehart’s casual, straightforward prose is the perfect foil for the pyrotechnic plot. Billy’s kindly cynicism makes him an ideal observer; his recounting is interspersed with case notes, official records, and news items from around the globe. It rapidly becomes evident that, although they’re not emotionally invested in the outcome, these beings could save us from ourselves. Will we let them? Rhinehart leaves things open-ended. One is left hoping the book gains the viral fame it deserves; that would be the next best thing to a nonfictional FF invasion. —Anne Pyburn Craig
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POETRY
Edited by Phillip X Levine. Deadline for our December issue is November 5. Send up to three poems or three pages (whichever comes first). Full submission guidelines: www.chronogram.com/submissions.
Halloween Moon It’s Halloween night, spooky costumes everywhere. The sky is beautiful with its leather jacket of stars. The moon must be trick or treating somewhere else, because it’s not here with us tonight. I have already got my candy and eaten it, but the moon has not. —Ana Dooley (9 years)
Labels I am a black Hispanic LGBQ transgendered Native American male who looks like a conventional white guy but that’s only because you see what I appear to be and not a jigsaw puzzle with bent and broken pieces that if dropped in a therapist’s office would scatter its social construction and fall into a multicultural mélange that emerged about 200,000 years ago in East Africa and spread through Eurasia, Oceania, and the Americas, feeding and interbreeding, speaking thousands of different languages, framing the world in ways Charles Darwin and Walt Whitman would say are unique and complex and not easily captured on US Census forms where one must check off racial groups that don’t exist in nature. —Martin H. Levinson
Thursday in the dark i lost myself and then i lost you too —Emma Rudzinski
Unnamed The world asks you to surrender more than you carry. A garden trowel held loosely in a gingham apron pocket, a watch burnished drab from ticking, a feather found just when your belief in feathers had vanished. So much is asked of our tender human souls. So many things we could never part with. And, yet, on a day like every other day, walking in sunlight down a hill, the morning’s flash-force glint touches your breath and you stop, empty as you dare to feel, and reach for something, unnamed, to find the weight of it is comfort. —Sharon Rousseau 62 poetry ChronograM 11/16
Once upon a time. Won some poem in rhyme. —p
To an Indian Cornfield Flowers do not beat their drums when fall leaves them naked for winter’s death. In spring, you can hear their echoes, their leaves together sound their slow message. —Matthew Diomede
What Does It Take To Be A Writer I cannot give an accurate answer to that question. I am not a writer; I am just a person putting thoughts on paper, mostly disconnected thoughts that end abruptly midsentence. I blankly stare at a screen that emits ultraviolet rays struggling to find that next word that will make my idea worthwhile to a reader that does not exist. I have tiny notebooks filled with barely legible words collecting dust next to a vintage Royal typewriter I own that will never see the light of day. My inbox is filled with rejections from numerous small publications. Being a writer is defeating. It makes you question every paragraph, sentence, word. It forces you to critique your own work to the point where it deserves to be crumpled up and thrown in the trash. Your self-worth comes into question, you enter your own head. Self-actualization becomes apparent, and not in a positive light. A writer becomes his own worst enemy. Thankfully I am not a writer. I am merely someone who scribbles words on paper. —Matthew McGroarty
The Fork in the Road To tell the truth, that’s a poet’s job, to lie about it, a politician’s We have a choice. —Betsy Atkins
Drop Our pain: is a curled root stuck between two dry rocks. Our love: is the step right below the cliff —Cristin Sauter
Mohonk Tower Once, when we were crazy, we made love on Mohonk Tower. Warm autumn afternoon, other hikers voices floating up to us, daring us, “Come on! Push it!” “Get up there!” “You can do it, honey!” My wife is still that bold. She would come— with me— like that again. I’m still nuts that way too, just not quite so immediate. My first coming’s not guaranteed. My second coming’s a matter of faith. The tower stands, a glorious glowing memory. I stand, well... not always, but certainly, often enough. —Ken Greenman
Rain, Fishermen, and the Treaty of Light His lips, lungs, diaphragm, and fingers launch the flute’s sound. I drink in the flow, the open round spaced notes. Outside, rain patterns dot swift green whispering waters. Chris fishes from a large rock with a friend’s child. They catch and release under clouds a shade of silver deeper than the sky. A bird observes the big and small fishers. Music compresses our humanity, teases beauty out of a tree, a rock, one’s own body. The music slips inside and opens in the rain. —Jan Garden Castro
you fall off.
America Needs a Muslim President (an open poem to Donald Trump) America needs a Muslim President saying “Peace be upon you” when addressing the nation America needs a Muslim President whirling dervish dancing the path of enlightenment a Kareem Abdul Jabbar kind of President defeating adversaries by rising gracefully above them America needs a Muslim President who speaks words of love just like Rumi a euphoric kind of President who sings qawwali music during Hail to the Chief a Muhammed Ali style of President with the courage to be jailed for what he believes America Needs a Muslim President meditating inside the Mountain of Light A Sufi President greeting diplomats and dignitaries with Dances of Universal Peace A Captain Humayun Kahn kind of President willing to put his life on the line for his country America Needs a Muslim President touching the Ka’bah stone in the heart of each human who rewrites the tax code to be more zakat as holy means to bring wealth to the poor America needs a Muslim President transcending the walls that surround us a Hafiz inspired President who lets their own thoughts become a beautiful lover a prophet President purifying the hearts of Congress with verses of truth who has Gabriel and Michael as archangel advisers an honest President with no ties to investments practicing sawm fasting from all corporate greed America needs a Muslim President a woman like Malala Yousafzai a faithful President whose heart is purified by angels when sleeping who brings peace to Jerusalem by entering Heaven and there discusses prayers with Moses and Jesus America needs a Muslim President chanting Dhikr Divine names in the White House America needs a Muslim President building Taj Mahal shrines to love —Brett Bevell
Three Sentences Life insurance shouldn’t wait Be on the alert Please read these regularly to keep the information current in your mind —Tina Remine
Ash
Paranoia
He used to store his paintings In the attic above the garage Lots of landscapes Mountain scenes Swimmers at Big Deep You’d see him in the early morning Sketching or painting at his easel Preoccupied like Cézanne In the regal beauty Of earth or body Thousands of pictures Piled up against the walls In his will he asked they be burned His mission complete He lived the life He wanted to live For painting He lived for painting And now he was dead And the paintings Would burn I smelled the fire in the yard I came by and watched the Canvases and paper burn The colors turning to ash
and I sleep in a wooden white sheet bed that has never been made by a stranger
—Bruce Weber
Ode To Pit Stop Napkins
In Twos (1) To breathe is to negotiate with self, with superfluities. (2) Tailings turned into napalm. You lit it, and wondered, why I burned that easily? (3) Verisimilitude is ok. Who wants all the truth? (4) I buzz a buddy: high-up on corporate hire, has he heard his boss cut one? We laugh like we used to. (5) The sky roars, earth accepts: those at lower end sharpen us. (6) Media maven: queue of those at your festival indicates the qualia of your opinion. (7) Let yardsticks not be so severe, it’s impossible to locate subjects, faultlessness is akin to permanence here. (8) If prominence via slush pile is the aim Heisman will be a part of your experience.
—Matthew Young
October Morning What wonder The sun-drenched maple tree! A flaming crown of yellow and orange leaves bursting forth from the ground so green! —Juan DePascuale
common white napkins that melt on lips in glove compartments everywhere food workers stuff wads of them in to-go bags enough to swab a giant’s mouth enough to wipe dew from a mirror oil from a dipstick— droppings from a hot dog enough to scoop up dead bugs hold a hundred scribbled poems blot bloody noses dab tears pit stop napkins ready to spring forth now or around the bend power in numbers fragile as gossamer wings
—Sanjeev Sethi
—Carol Shank
At least in pencil, Defacer of borrowed book I can erase “you”
Shadow
—G. D. Burns
—Pauline Uchmanowicz
High noon. You bend over backwards for me.
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Food & Drink
Mighty Mighty Micromakers
A New Wave of Artisanal Food By Anne Pyburn Craig Left: Jake and Tara Salerno of Urban Apis; above: Roy Cohen of MacaRoys
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all it what you will: artisanal, handmade, gourmet. Across the Hudson Valley, a new wave of small-batch food producers is melding homegrown with handcrafted, realizing their entrepreneurial dreams with products that inspire and enhance their customers’ home cooking. These smallbatch products and the stories of their makers are as individual as fingerprints. Small batch doesn’t mean small time, however. These makers—with the notable of exception of longstanding and award-winning Fruition Chocolate—are poised for growth. Keep your eyes peeled and your mouth open. Green Flash “A great many Caribbean recipes start with making a sofrito,” says Louisa Pabon. “It’s mentioned in a 14th-century cookbook. But there’s only one major brand out there, and a lot of people think that’s what sofrito is.” Sofrito, Spanish for “lightly fried,” is a mix of vegetables, herbs, and spices that adds a lively accent to meats, soups, stews, scampis, sautes, dips, and more. Pabon, who grew up on the Lower East Side and moved to the Catskills 27 years ago to raise her family, knew she could do better by using fresh ingredients and family traditions. In 2008, she and a friend, Paula Kaufman, started Verde & Co. in the kitchen of an old Sullivan County hotel; in 2012, they established a commercial kitchen of their own in Mountaindale. “Mom made her sofrito with a mortar and pestle,” she says. “We tinkered with the spices; we measure, but it would be hard to duplicate.” And people do, keeping Pabon cooking 12 hours a day most days. “We went and did a demo at Adams Fairacre Farms in Newburgh and sold out,” she says. “So we went back and it just kept going like that. We have a distributor now who takes Sofrito Verde to supermarkets. If this keeps up, I’m going to have to hire help—but we’ll never compromise our methods or ingredients.” Sofrito Verde can be found in Hannaford, Price Chopper, and ShopRite locations across the region. SofritoVerde.com
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French Twist Roy Cohen didn’t set out to become a macaron maven. But the Israeli-born, Long Island-raised, 2014 SUNY New Paltz grad has always loved to bake, and when a housemate was given a macaron-making set for Hanukkah and got poor results, Cohen took it as a challenge. “He lost interest after the third try, but I was determined,” he recalls. “After weeks, and hundreds of dollars’ worth of almond flour, I got somewhere. My boss [Josie Eriole of Moxie Cupcake in New Paltz] loved them and wanted them in the bakery.We sold 1,000 in four months.” That was in early 2016; MacaRoys macarons are now available in a kaleidoscope of colors (Cohen even produced special rainbow boxes for Pride Day in June) and an ever-evolving variety of seasonal flavors (October’s selection included: Salted Caramel Apple Pie, Blueberry Cheesecake, Chocolate Hazelnut, Cookies & Cream, Strawberry Jam, Lavender Honey, Mocha Espresso, and Chocolate Peanut Butter). In addition to Moxie Cupcake, you can find MacaRoy macarons at the farmers’ market at SUNY New Paltz on Thursdays whenever school’s in session, and Cohen will be back at Kingston’s Smorgasburg next spring. “I’ve been blown away by the response,” says Cohen. “Next comes my own kitchen and a boutique shop.” Keep an eye on Cohen’s website: MacaRoys may soon be available by mail. MacaRoys.com In a Pickle Michaela Hayes started her professional life in Manhattan as a commercial photographer, but it wasn’t long before she realized that her primary passion was the food she was shooting. After studying at the French Culinary Institute, she found herself making gallons of chutneys at Danny Meyer’s Indian restaurant Tabla, combining fresh local fruits and Indian spices. Moving on to Gramercy Tavern to take the position of “pickle chef,” she became involved in local agricultural sourcing. Her interest in food activism led her to take a training-for-trainers class with advocacy organization JustFoodNYC, which in turn led to a canning class
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Clockwise from left: FAB Kraut from Crock & Jar; Louisa Pabon of Verde & Co.; raw cacao beans at Fruition Chocolate.
where she honed in still further on her passion for preservation. “Canning was a perfect intersection of my passion for food, art, and science,” she says. Further studies followed on the West Coast at the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems in Santa Clara, California; in 2010, Hayes moved back to Manhattan with the intention of starting a preservation-based food business. Crock & Jar was born. Six years later, Crock & Jar’s website offers half a dozen varieties of kraut and an encyclopedic amount of food preservation know-how. Expect many new additions to the product line as Hayes continues to add value to the harvest from Chester-based Rise & Root Farm, where she and three cofarmers just finished their second growing season. “We’re working on hot sauce with all of the farm’s peppers and chili paste again this year,” she says. “And I did make a small batch of pickled okra, but our crop, the first we’ve grown, was small enough that customers at the market kept buying it all, so there wasn’t much excess to preserve—not a bad problem.” CrockandJar.com Busy Bees Kingston residents Tara Salerno and her husband Jake happened upon the world of backyard beekeeping by chance. “We talked to a neighbor who had bees, and thought, ‘That sounds cool,’” she says. “And the more you learn about bees, the more fascinating they are.” Urban Apis recently added a third hive, so the couple’s bees now forage in their own uptown Kingston garden full of beefriendly plantings as well as in a neighboring plant nursery. Salerno makes Urban Apis’s salves, balms, candles, and soap in the family’s kitchen. “I got some basic recipes from the Beekeeping Shop and did a lot of research online,” she says. “Bee people are a collaborative bunch; I’ve become Facebook friends with another beekeeper who also makes natural products.” Beekeeping is probably the only method of food production that would dovetail with two day jobs—Tara works for the Department of Environmental Pro-
tection and Jake for another branch of state government—but Salerno says it works well for them. “It’s still kind of a side hobby,” she says. “It’s fun, and the bees don’t take much time. I’d say they’re more work than a cat, but less than a dog.” This year was the Salernos’ third year of keeping bees and their second honey harvest.They produced around 30 pounds of the good stuff this year, and sold out by fall, but they still have plenty of other hive products in stock. “How much [honey] you get varies,” Salerno notes. “You always have to leave the bees enough to build out their combs.” UrbanApis.com Bean-to-Bar Bryan Graham and his wife Dahlia Rissman-Graham underestimated the market for artisanal food when drawing up their business plan for Fruition Chocolate, the bean-to-bar, small-batch, handcrafted chocolate company they founded in 2008 in Shokan. “At first we didn’t even have a retail element here,” Graham says. “Because we thought, ‘Who’s going to pull over on Route 28 for a $10 bar of chocolate?’” Graham already had experience with sweets; at age 18, he became the pastry chef of the Bear Cafe in Woodstock, and went on to study at the CIA. But when he and Rissman-Graham began talking about starting a chocolate company, they knew they’d have to do something a little crazy to stand out. “That’s when we thought that we’d make our own chocolate using raw cacao beans, not buying chocolate, melting it down, and turning it into confections, which is what 99.99 percent of other chocolatiers do,” Graham says. “That’s a whole separate art and skill, but we wanted to do it ourselves. Which is insane. So we had to build a miniature chocolate factory in our apartment and figure it out.” Fruition also operates a retail store in Woodstock, but the chocolates are also available at retail locations throughout the region. On November 5, Fruition will host an anniversary celebration and open house at its Shokan location from 5 to 9pm. Tastefruition.com 11/16 ChronograM FOOD & DRINK 65
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Butchers Jack’s Meats & Deli
79 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2244
Cafés Bistro-to-Go
948 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 340-9800 www.bluemountainbistro.com Gourmet take-out store serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week. Featuring local and imported organic foods, delicious homemade desserts, sophisticated four-star food by Chefs Richard Erickson and Jonathan Sheridan. Off-premise full-service catering and event planning for parties of all sizes.
Apple Pie Bakery Café
Culinary Institute of America, 1946 Campus Drive, Hyde Park, NY (845) 905-4500 www.applepiebakerycafe.com
Catering Nimai’s Bliss Kitchen Newburgh, NY www.blisskitchen.catering
Restaurants Alley Cat Restaurant
Landmark Inn 566 Route 94, Warwick, NY (845) 986-5444 www.landmarkinnwarwick.com
Le Express Bistro & Bar 1820 New Hackensack Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 849-3565 www.lexpresshv.com
Leo’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria 22 Quaker Road , Cornwall, NY 1433 Route 300, Newburgh, NY 1475 Route 9D, Wappingers Falls, NY www.leospizzeria.com
Osaka Restaurant 22 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7338 or 74 Broadway, Tivoli, NY (845) 757-5055 www.osakasushi.net Foodies, consider yourselves warned and informed! Osaka Restaurant is Rhinebeck’s direct link to Japan’s finest cuisines! Enjoy the freshest sushi and delicious traditional Japanese small plates cooked with love by this family owned and operated treasure for over 20 years! For more information and menus, go to osakasushi.net.
Red Hook Curry House
294 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 339-1300
28 E Market Street, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-2666 www.redhookcurryhouse.com
American Glory BBQ
The Hop at Beacon
342 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 822-1234 www.americanglory.com
458 Main Street, Beacon, NY www.thehopbeacon.com
Cafe Macchiato
Tuthill House
99 Liberty Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 565-4616 www.99libertystreet.com
20 Grist Mill Lane, Gardiner, NY (845) 255-4151 www.tuthillhouse.com
American Bounty Restaurant
Yobo Restaurant
Culinary Institute of America, 1946 Campus Drive, Hyde Park, NY (845) 451-1011 www.americanbountyrestaurant.com
The Bocuse Restaurant
Culinary Institute of America, 1946 Campus Drive, Hyde Park, NY (845) 451-1012 www.bocuserestaurant.com
Ristorante Caterina de’Medici Culinary Institute of America, 1946 Campus Drive, Hyde Park, NY (845) 451-1013 www.ristorantecaterinademedici.com
Diego’s Taqueria
38 John Street, Kingston, NY (845) 338-2816 www.diegoskingston.com
The premier Sushi restaurant in the Hudson Valley for over 21 years. Only the freshest sushi with an innovative flair.
Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 564-3848 www.yoborestaurant.com
Specialty Food Shops Bim’s Cheese Shop 21 Main Street, Chatham, NY (518) 392-8811 www.bimischeese.com
Quattros Game Farm and Store Route 44, Pleasant Valley, NY (845) 635-2018
Wine Bars Jar’d Wine Pub Water Street Market, New Paltz, NY www.jardwinepub.com
All-Day Breakfast, Lunch & Weekend Brunch 9am - 3pm Saturday Night Dinners 99 Liberty Street, Newburgh (845) 565-4616 99libertystreet.com
Voted Best Indian Cuisine in the Hudson Valley
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Accommodations Diamond Mills 25 South Partition Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 247-0700 www.DiamondMillsHotel.com info@DiamondMillsHotel.com Mohonk Mountain House 1000 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, NY (800) 772-6646 www.mohonk.com
Antiques Hudson Antiques Dealers Association Hudson, NY www.hudsonantiques.net hudsonantiques@gmail.com
Architecture Steve Morris Designs 156 Broadway, Port Ewen, NY (845) 417-1819 www.stevemorrisdesigns.com
Art Galleries & Centers Dorsky Museum SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3844 www.newpaltz.edu/museum sdma@newpaltz.edu Gallery 66 66 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY (845) 809-5838 www.gallery66ny.com Mark Gruber Gallery New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 www.markgrubergallery.com Ryan Cronin Gallery 10 Main Street, New Paltz, NY www.ryancroningallery.com WAAM - Ulster Artists On-line 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2940 www.woodstockart.org
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 www.woodstockguild.org events@woodstockguild.org
Art Supplies Catskill Art & Office Supply Kingston, NY: (845) 331-7780, Poughkeepsie, NY: (845) 452-1250, Woodstock, NY: (845) 679-2251
Artists Nadine Robbins Art www.nadinerobbinsart.com
Attorneys Jacobowitz & Gubits (845) 778-2121 www.jacobowitz.com
Attorneys Traffic and Criminally Related Matters. Karen A. Friedman, Esq., President of the Association of Motor Vehicle Trial Attorneys 30 East 33rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, PO Box 93, Clinton Corners, NY (845) 266-4400 or (212) 213-2145 newyorktrafficlawyer.com k.friedman@msn.com
Auto Sales Begnal Motors 552 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY (888) 439-9985 www.ltbegnalmotor.com
Books Monkfish Publishing 22 East Market Street, Suite 304, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4861 www.monkfishpublishing.com
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Broadcasting WDST 100.1 Radio Woodstock Woodstock, NY www.wdst.com
Building Services & Supplies Berkshire Products, Inc. 884 Ashley Falls Road, Sheffield, NY www.berkshireproducts.com Cabinet Designers 747 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2200 www.cabinetdesigners.com Cord King (845) 797-6877 cordkingllc@gmail.com Glenn’s Wood Sheds (845) 255-4704 H Houst & Son Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2115 www.hhoust.com Herrington’s Hillsdale, NY: (518) 325-3131 Hudson, NY: (518) 828-9431 www.herringtons.com Ingrained Building Concepts (845) 224-5936 John A Alvarez and Sons 3572 Route 9, Hudson, NY (518) 851-9917 www.alvarezmodulars.com
Williams Lumber & Home Center 6760 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-WOOD www.williamslumber.com
Carpets & Rugs Anatolia-Tribal Rugs & Weavings 54G Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5311 www.anatoliarugs.com anatoliarugs@gmail.com Hours: Thurs.-Mon. 12-5pm. Closed Tues. & Wed. Established in Woodstock 1981. Offering old, antique and contemporary handwoven carpets and kilims, from Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia, in a wide range of styles, colors, prices. Hundreds to choose from, in a regularly changing inventory. Also, Turkish kilim pillows. We are happy to share our knowledge about rugs, and try and simplify the sometimes overcomplicated world of handwoven rugs.
Cinemas Rosendale Theater Collective Rosendale, NY www.rosendaletheatre.org Upstate Films 6415 Montgomery St. Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2515, 132 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-6608, www.upstatefilms.org
Clothing & Accessories
Joshua Tree Inc. 1475 Route 19, Elizaville, NY (845) 661-1952 www.joshuatreeforestry.com
Karina Dresses 329 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-0717 www.karinadresses.com
Millbrook Cabinetry & Design 2612 Route 44, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-3006 www.millbrookcabinetryanddesign.com
Millinery Treasures 739 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (646) 286-3092
N & S Supply www.nssupply.com info@nssupply.com
Next Boutique 17 W Strand Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-4537 www.nextboutique.com
OAK 42 34 John Street, Kingston, NY (845) 339-0042 www.oak42.com
Clothing & Accessories Pleasant Valley Department Store 1585 Main Street, Pleasant Valley, NY www.pleasantvalleydepartmentstore.com Sew Woodstock 15 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 684-5564 www.sewwoodstock.com Willow Wood 38 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4141 willowwoodlifestyle@gmail.com
Computer Services Tech Smiths 45 North Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 443-4866 www.tech-smiths.com
Custom Home Design and Materials Atlantic Custom Homes 2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY www.lindalny.com
Education Bard MAT Bard College (845) 758-7151 www.bard.edu/mat mat@bard.edu Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-5343 www.caryinstitute.org
Primrose Hill School - Elementary and Early Childhood Education inspired by the Waldorf Philosophy 23 Spring Brook Park, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-1226 www.primrosehillschool.com Randolph School Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 297-5600 www.randolphschool.org SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3860 www.newpaltz.edu
Events 8 Day Week www.chronogram.com/8dw Dan Shaut Jazz Swinging Moments, BSP Kingston www.shautjazz.com A Taste of Judaism Vassar Temple, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-2570 www.reformjudaism.org/taste/poughkeepsie
Farm Markets & Natural Food Stores Adam’s Fairacre Farms 1240 Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 569-0303, 1560 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-6300, 765 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-4330 www.adamsfarms.com Beacon Natural Market 348 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 838-1288 www.beaconnaturalmarket.com Hawthorne Valley Farm Store 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7500 www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org Mother Earth’s Store House 1955 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 296-1069, 249 Main Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-9614, 300 Kings Mall Court, Route 9W, Kingston, NY (845) 336-5541 www.motherearthstorehouse.com
Wallkill View Farm Market 15 Route 299 West, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-8050
Financial Advisors Third Eye Associates Ltd. 38 Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 752-2216 www.thirdeyeassociates.com
Florist Hops Petunia 73B Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 481-5817 www.hopspetunia.com
Graphic Design & Illustration Annie Internicola, Illustrator www.annieillustrates.com Luminary Media 314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 334-8600 www.luminarymedia.com
Hair Salons Le Shag. 292 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (845) 338-0191 www.leshag.com Locks That Rock 1552 Route 9, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 227-4021 28 County Rt. 78, Middletown (845) 342-3989 locksthatrock.com Lush Eco-Salon & Spa 2 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 204-8319 www.lushecosalon.com
Home Furnishings & Décor Clove & Creek 73 Broadway, Kingston, NY www.cloveandcreek.com exit nineteen 309 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 514-2485 Gargoyles, Ltd 330 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (215) 629-1700 www.gargoylesltd.com Hunt Country Furniture 16 Dog Tail Corners Road, Wingdale, NY (845) 832-6522 www.huntcountryfurniture.com
Jewelry, Fine Art & Gifts Bop to Tottom 299 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8100 Crafts People 262 Spillway Road, West Hurley, NY (845) 331-3859 www.craftspeople.us
Representing over 500 artisans, Crafts People boasts four buildings brimming with fine crafts; the largest selection in the Hudson Valley. All media represented, including: jewelry, blown glass, pottery, turned wood, kaleidoscopes, wind chimes, leather, clothing, stained glass, etc.
Dreaming Goddess 44 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2206 www.dreaminggoddess.com Geoffrey Good Fine Jewelry 238 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (212) 625-1656 www.geoffreygood.com Hudson Valley Goldsmith 71A Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-5872 www.hudsonvalleygoldsmith.com Hummingbird Jewelers 23 A. East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4585 www.hummingbirdjewelers.com hummingbirdjewelers@hotmail.com
Kitchenwares
Photography
Warren Kitchen & Cutlery 6934 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 895-2051 www.warrenkitchentools.com
Fionn Reilly Photography Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 www.fionnreilly.com
Picture Framing
Music
Atelier Renee Fine Framing The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth Street, Suite 3, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-1004 www.atelierreneefineframing.com renee@atelierreneefineframing.com
Bearsville Theater 291 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-4406 www.bearsvilletheater.com The Falcon 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY (845) 236-7970 www.liveatthefalcon.com
A visit to Red Hook must include stopping at this unique workshop! Combining a beautiful selection of moulding styles and mats with conservation quality materials, expert design advice and skilled workmanship, Renee Burgevin, owner and CPF, has over 25 years experience. Special services include shadow-box and oversize framing as well as fabric-wrapped and French matting. Also offering mirrors.
Mid-Hudson Civic Center Poughkeepsie, NY www.midhudsonciviccenter.org
Musical Instruments Francis Morris Violins Great Barrington, NY (413) 528-0165 www.francismorrisviolins.com
Pools & Spas Aqua Jet 1606 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-8080 www.aquajetpools.com
Stamell String Instruments 7 Garden Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 337-3030 www.stamellstring.com
Real Estate
Woodstock Music Shop 6 Rock City Road, Woodstock (845) 679-3224 1300 Ulster Avenue, Kingston (845) 383-1734 www.woodstockmusic.com
Kingston’s Opera House Office Bldg. 275 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (845) 399-1212 Contact Bill Oderkirk (owner/manager) 3991212@gmail.com Upstate House www.upstatehouse.com
Organizations
Upstater www.upstater.com
Hudson Valley Current (845) 658-2302 www.hudsonvalleycurent.org
Record Stores
Re>Think Local www.rethinklocal.org
Rocket Number Nine Records 50 N Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-8217
YMCA of Kingston 507 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 338-3810 www.ymcaulster.org
Shoes Pegasus Comfort Footwear New Paltz (845) 256-0788 and Woodstock (845) 679-2373 www.pegasusshoes.com
Performing Arts Bardavon 1869 Opera House 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org
Sunrooms Hudson Valley Sunrooms 355 Broadway, Port Ewen (Ulster Park), NY (845) 339-1717 www.hudsonvalleysunrooms.com
Center for Performing Arts 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 232-2320 www.centerforperformingarts.org County Players 2681 W. Main Street, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-1491 www.countyplayers.org
1857 Barber’s Farm Distillery Middleburgh, NY (518) 827-5454 www.1857spirits.com
Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center 1351 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, NY (845) 610-5900 www.sugarloafpac.org
Arlington Wine & Liquor 18 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY (866) SAY-WINE www.arlingtonwine.net
The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio 339 Central Ave, Albany, NY (518) 465-5233 www.thelinda.org
Hetta (845) 216-4801 www.hettaglogg.com
The Linda provides a rare opportunity to get up close and personnel with world-renowned artists, academy award winning directors, headliner comedians and local, regional, and national artists on the verge of national recognition. An intimate, affordable venue, serving beer and wine, The Linda is a night out you won’t forget.
Earth Angels Veterinary Hospital 8 Nancy Court, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 227-7297 www.earthangelsvet.com Pet Country 6830 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-9000
Historic Huguenot Street Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1660
Wine, Liquor & Beer
Kaatsbaan International Dance Center www.facebook.com/kaatsbaan www.kaatsbaan.org
Pet Services & Supplies
Tourism
Writing Services Peter Aaron www.peteraaron.org info@peteraaron.org
Organizations Wallkill Valley Writers New Paltz, NY (845) 750-2370 www.wallkillvalleywriters.com khymes@wallkillvalleywriters.com
Write with WVW. Creative writing workshops held weekly and on some Satu rd ay s. C o n s u l t a ti o n s & I n d i v i d u a l Conferences also available. Registration/ Information: www.wallkillvalleywriters.com or khymes@wallkillvalleywriters.com.
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Hotchkiss School 11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, CT (860) 435-3663 www.hotchkiss.org/arts
Sunflower Natural Food Market 75 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5361 www.sunflowernatural.com info@sunflowernatural.com
whole living guide
fractured care A revealing look behind the hospital curtain by wendy kagan illustration by annie internicola
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his writer has always craved an opportunity to travel to the front lines of timely, important issues and report back an investigative piece filled with nitty-gritty details. Fourteen days in the hospital was not exactly what I had in mind, but that’s what life handed me this past September. As a patient, I experienced the many indignities of hospital life: lack of privacy, incessant noise, dubious food, disrupted sleep, and endless probings and punctures that left purple trails along my arms. I also met my share of smart, well-meaning doctors, and nurses and aides with a flair for bedside compassion. I was getting an inside look at a health-care system knee-deep in flux and reform that is striving hard these days to be “patient-centered” and “value-based” (two industry buzzwords), but that is struggling to shed its traditional, one-size-fits-all ways. My story includes two hospitals, four infectious disease doctors, seven hospitalists, countless bags of antibiotics, and one missed diagnosis that could have resulted in death or brain damage before I was treated for what I had: listeria meningitis. It begins with a 105.7-degree fever followed by a mad dash to the ER and a battery of tests: chest X-ray, blood culture, CT scan of the head, ultrasound of the liver. After I’m admitted time slows down, measured in the drip of IV fluids and the comings and goings of nursing carts. Seeing an actual MD for more than five minutes is rare; it seems that every day a different hospitalist is on staff to manage the care of every patient in my wing, and he or she spends much of the time parked at a computer behind the nursing station. Relatively new in health care, a hospitalist is a physician employed by the hospital to take the place of your family doctor—emphasizing the fact that to be a patient these days is to put yourself in the hands of an institution. Not a person, per se, though the personnel are many—all of them straining to meet the needs of patients and Big Data in one breath. My first week in the hospital will be a lost week. The providers are perhaps thrown off by a gut condition I have that could be part of the problem. No one will notice that my searing headaches, repeated requests for Tylenol, and light sensitivity (I am constantly killing the overheads) are signs of bacterial meningitis—inflammation of the brain and spinal cord membranes—a condition I never suspect. First Aid for a Fragmented System As the days pass, both the patient and the health writer in me grow amazed at the fragmentation of care and seeming lack of communication among caregivers. There is the hospitalist who says that my blood cultures have come back positive for a type of corynebacterium he’s never seen before (“These bacteria are usually round and yellow or long and blue—but yours are round and blue!”). There is the infectious disease doctor who orders me a new course of antibiotics through Labor Day weekend, when a skeleton staff leaves me and my fellow patients feeling adrift. There is the second infectious disease MD
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who reverses the story, announcing that the mystery bacterium is just a harmless skin contaminant. I am sent home after a week to my great relief, eager to flee, but with the nagging thought that I have not been treated for anything. Why such disjointed care in an era when the digitization of medicine and the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) should be connecting healthcare professionals better than before? For one thing, the introduction of IT to the industry is still in its infancy, says Rachel Maguire, research director at the Institute for the Future, a think tank specializing in long-term forecasting. “[Digital] is a relatively new form of communication for health care, which has largely depended on paper, faxes, phone calls, and traditional communication styles a lot longer than most every other industry,” she says, noting that the fax machine, that dinosaur of the 1980s, remains a fixture in physicians’ offices. “And just because we have digital technology doesn’t mean we have the cultural practices to actually utilize it in a meaningful way.” With HIPAA laws protecting patients’ privacy and limiting the free exchange of information among health care providers, the EHR could become a place for physicians to safely and permissibly share ideas; instead, caregivers use it to report findings and record data, like a high-tech ledger. And while this form of IT is dragging health care into the 21st century, it also comes with a price. “One of the biggest criticisms about the EHR is that now you have some providers who never look at the patient; they just look at the computer screen and ask a bunch of predetermined questions,” says Maguire. “It’s become an interaction that’s about data collection.” True integration in health care, she adds, will use technology to gather more meaningful data about our lifestyles and environments—our diets, sleep habits, location, and other factors that play into our biggest health crises, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. “If we really want to improve health, not just the delivery of more health care, then we have to start thinking about integrated systems that go far beyond the clinical,” says Maguire. “We need to figure out how to connect clinical data with certain kinds of lifestyle data that will actually improve our health outcome.” Of course, she’s talking about prevention—something that Western medicine has never been very good at, with its stronger focus on acute care in critical situations. It turns out I will have some experience with that in the coming days. Wading Through a Medical Mystery Discharged from the hospital, I drive off into a late-summer sunset with my boyfriend at the wheel. (He is part of an ace support team that includes my parents and former partner, who has taken over the child care of our two girls while I’m ill.) But the sunset might as well be a painted mural; the happy ending is not for real. Soon I’m reeling again with weakness and fever. I end up back in the ER the next night, this time trying out another hospital. After a few cursory tests the
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ER doctor tells me to go home; my fever is gone and there’s not much else he can do for me. Surprised that I’m not admitted, my parents insist that I stay with them—a mandate that perhaps saves my life. My father, a retired surgeon, tries to keep me hydrated, and during one of these efforts I gasp in pain as I attempt to drink from a straw. “Does it hurt when you tuck your chin?” he asks. It turns out that pain in this place is a sign of meningitis. Bingo. I don’t remember what happens next. My fever has spiked to 104.7 degrees and I’m delirious. I remember nothing about the drive to the hospital. I remember nothing about the packed waiting room at midnight, and my father telling the receptionist he thinks I’m going to have a seizure—a fib that gets me seen ahead of the crowd. I remember nothing about giggling at my inability to find words as white-coated workers ask me questions that my parents and boyfriend have to answer because I’ve become a babbling idiot. I remember nothing about the ER doctor’s mortified, ashen face as he apologizes for sending me home the previous night. And I remember nothing about the spinal tap that confirms my meningitis. I am admitted—I remember that—because I return to normal cognition as I receive targeted antibiotics from nurses wearing face masks (it will be determined later that I am not contagious). On the wall of my isolation room, a poster reads “We are going to give you excellent care!” And when you’re in a life-threatening situation the care is damn good; it’s when you’re stable that things start to slide. Through it all I am relieved to have an advocate by my side—my own MD father—to make sure it stays that way. Power to the Patient Not everyone is lucky to have a medically trained parent on hand, as I did, to vet the system. The majority of us feel lost at sea in a health care setting. To be a patient, by default, is to be a passive nonparticipant whose job is to receive care; it is inherently disempowering. That’s where the idea of a patient advocate comes in handy—someone to help navigate waters that can be confusing and intimidating, whether it’s questions about your diagnosis and treatment options or insurance and billing. Different advocates specialize in different areas, and some bring expertise in certain medical conditions. Many hospitals have patient advocates on staff, though ideally you’ll want an adviser who is not already part of the system. “It can be scary to be in a health crisis and have things pushed on you, to have to make decisions quickly,” says Michelle Acciavatti, a patient advocacy educator and end-of-life specialist based in Vermont who works with people locally as well as remotely. “A lot of us have been brought up to implicitly trust everything a doctor says. We have the right to speak up and ask questions.” Finding a patient advocate isn’t always easy (a Google search in my area turned up surprisingly little). That’s why Acciavatti puts the focus on educating and empowering people to act as their own advocate. It starts with patient literacy—being able to understand your medical situation so you can ask the right questions. “Then we can come up with strategies for how to make sure you’re exercising your rights and feel safe and comfortable doing so. That translates into being engaged in your health-care decisions so you can make them from a place of understanding and confidence.” Most people never read their patient’s bill of rights, the pamphlet presented by hospital staff to the sick upon arrival. Although I can’t say I read mine, I did know enough to exercise my rights—such as declining multiple finger pricks to check my blood sugar when I’ve never had a history of diabetes. “It’s okay to contradict your doctors and nurses, even though it might not always be met with friendliness or compassion,” says Acciavatti, who recommends tapping friends or family as stand-in advocates. “You can have somebody come into the hospital and read your bill of rights with you, so that when you do speak up there is someone by your side.” Nor do we have to stick with a caregiver who doesn’t jibe with us. When I met my third infectious disease doctor, he told me anecdotes about two young women with listeria meningitis: one who died suddenly of a brain abscess, and another who is still in speech therapy five years after treatment. The stories unsettled me so deeply that I had to pick another MD to follow my case to completion and my body back to health. True health care reform—personalized to the patient, high-tech yet human—can’t come fast enough. When we speak up for what we need, the system will have no choice but to deliver. Never mind investigative journalism: What we really need is a manifesto. The revolution starts with us.
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Body Work Patrice Heber 275 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (845) 399-8350
Dentistry & Orthodontics Dental Office of Drs. Jeffrey & Maureen Viglielmo 56 Lucas Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 339-1619 www.drvigs.com
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Funeral Homes Copeland Funeral Home Inc. 162 South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1212 www.copelandfhnp.com
Herbal Medicine & Nutrition Empowered By Nature 1129 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Fishkill, NY (845) 416-4598 www.EmpoweredByNature.net lorrainehughes54@gmail.com Lorraine Hughes, Registered Herbalist (AHG) and ARCB Certified Reflexologist offers Wellness Consultations that therapeutically integrate Asian and Western Herbal Medicine and Nutrition with their holistic philosophies to health. This approach is grounded in Traditional Chinese Medicine with focus placed on an individual’s specific constitutional profile and imbalances. Please visit the website for more information and upcoming events.
Holistic Health Cassandra Currie, MS, RYT‚ Holistic Health Counselor 41 John Street, Kingston, NY (845) 532-7796 www.holisticcassandra.com
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Osteopathy Dr. Dennis Burke 21 Old Main Street, #105C, Fishkill, NY (845) 897-0026
Stone Ridge Healing Arts Joseph Tieri, DO, & Ari Rosen, DO, 3457 Main Street, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-7589 www.stoneridgehealingarts.com Drs. Tieri and Rosen are NY State Licensed Osteopathic Physicians specializing in Osteopathic Manipulation and Cranial Osteopathy. Please visit our website for articles, links, books, and much more information. Treatment of newborns, children, and adults. By appointment.
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Retreat Centers Garrison Institute Route 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 424-4800 www.garrisoninstitute.org info@garrisoninstitute.org Retreats supporting positive personal and social change in a renovated monastery overlooking the Hudson River. Featuring Embodied Listening: Uncovering Our Bodies’ Natural Wisdom, December 2-4; and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gregory Pardlo and Robert Polito teaching Imagining Your Voice on the Page: Back to the Beginnings, December 16-18.
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Yoga The Hot Spot 33 N. Front St. (Lower Level), Kingston, NY http://hotspotkingston.com (845) 750-2878 hotspotkingston@gmail.com The Hot Spot is the only yoga studio in the mid-Hudson Valley offering AUTHENTIC BIKRAM Hot Yoga. Bikram Yoga is a series of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises, practiced in a room heated to 105 degrees, to stretch, strengthen, and detoxify the entire body. You will work hard; you will sweat; and you will feel amazing! Group classes and private yoga sessions available. Please see website for class schedule.
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Shonen Knife plays Quinn's in Beacon on November 2.
Power Point Presentation The original Japanese indie band, pop-punkers Shonen Knife have been slicing their way through the underground scene for the last 35 years. The Osaka trio counts Sonic Youth and Nirvana among their most evangelical followers, and, much to megafan Kurt Cobain’s delight, they supported Nirvana on the Seattle legends’ 1991 breakthrough tour. With a chirpy, crunchy bubblegum sound that cheerily pulls from the Ramones, the Beach Boys, ’60s American girl groups, and ’70s UK glam pop, the threesome was cofounded in 1981 by guitarist and singer Naoko Yamano and her sister Atsuko Yamano, who recently returned on bass to join Naoko and current drummer Risa Kawano. In April, Shonen Knife released their 20th album, Adventure, which in spots reprises the heavy metal influences they mined on 2014’s Overdrive, although upbeat pop with cartoonishly happy lyrics remains the focus (see the optimistic “Jump Into the New World” and the surreally sunny Beatles pastiche “Cotton Candy Clouds”). On November 2 at 8pm, the iconic group will pay a wasabi-hot, small-venue visit to Beacon bistro Quinn’s, whose savory Japanese fare should make them feel well at home. Local punk trio 100andzero will open. Tickets are $10. (845) 202-7447; Facebook/QuinnsBeacon. While on the road during the early part of the band’s US tour, Naoko Yamano took time out to answer a few questions via e-mail. —Peter Aaron Shonen Knife has been a band for 35 years—congratulations! How do you feel when you think about that now? I never counted by myself how many years Shonen Knife has been a band. If I count it, I dread to think of it. When you started, did you think you would still be playing this far in the future? No! It’s a miracle.
Was there ever a time when you thought about stopping? I never thought about stopping because being Shonen Knife became a part of my life. For you, what was the music scene like in Japan when Shonen Knife started and how is it different now? When we started the band, there were not so many bands around there at that time. The style was simple: playing music instruments and sing[ing]. Now the number of bands [has] increased and music [genres have] increased too. [Voice synthesizer program] Vocaloid is very popular to Japanese teenagers. It is “create music by computer and make 3-D character to sing.” It seems like many Japanese bands are most influenced by American and British bands; are Japanese bands influencing other Japanese bands more now, or do they still listen more to American and British bands? Many young Japanese bands don’t listen to American or British music so much. Japanese music scene, especially major [label] scene, is isolated. Music economy turns around by itself in Japan because the Japanese market is huge. Many young Japanese bands are influenced by Japanese music. Japanese rock is different from [rock in] the West. What was it like to tour with Nirvana just as they were becoming really famous? All of the members [were] gentlemen and we have good memories [of the tour]. I was surprised at their popularity. Kurt said that Shonen Knife is very unique, that we are the one and only. Anyway, I was just honored. It’s been said that Nirvana covered your early song “Twist Barbie.” How did it feel when you heard them play it? Actually, I had no chance to hear it. I just told Kurt the guitar chords of it. I wish I could hear it. What do you like most about touring in America? American fans are friendly and beds are big.
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TUESDAY 1 Film Music Fan Film Series Presents:The Music of Strangers 7:15pm. Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. Rosendaletheatre.org.
Food & Wine Hudson Valley Restaurant Week $20.95 lunch/$29.95 dinner. Prix fixe menu for over 200 participating restaurants in the Hudson Valley. Through November 13. 765-2600.
Health & Wellness Free HIV & STI Testing 4-8pm. Confidential walk-in testing offered for HIV, Hep C, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis. Testing provided by Hudson Valley Community Services Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 471-0707 ext. 16. Reiki Share First Tuesday of every month, 6:30-8pm. Reiki practitioners replenish your reserves. Share and receive Reiki energy.The evening begins with a centering meditation, connecting to our Reiki guides and an opportunity to share about reiki experiences. Only to those who have received at least Reiki l training. Dreaming Goddess Sanctuary, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.
Lectures & Talks Author Lecture, Book Signing, and Q&A Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, author of The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age 7:30pm. $10. As renowned clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair explains, families are in crisis as they face pervasive technology in our lives and homes. Not only do tech distractions have lasting effects, but children also desperately need parents to provide what tech cannot: close, significant interactions with the adults in their lives. Green Meadow Waldorf School, Chestnut Ridge. 356-2514 ext. 311. Dramatic Land Transformations in the Hudson Valley: Cause and Effect 7:30pm. $7/$5 members. Retired Professor of History at New York University, Dr. Richard Hull. Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Cornwall. 534-2903. Israel in the Bible 7pm. Explores the ancient connection between Israel and the Bible dating back to Abraham. Congregation Ahavath Israel, Kingston. 338-4409.
Vassar Brothers Medical Center’s Clinical Pastoral Education Program An opportunity for those interested in developing and deepening the essential skills of pastoral care for clergy, deacons, lay ministers, and religious volunteers. Requires 15 hours per week. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 483-6644.
Theater The Deep Six for the Day of the Dead 7-9pm. $10 / $5 students or by donation. Six writers go six feet deep for this second annual Day of the Dead event. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. 917-426-5275.
Workshops & Classes Clone It! Make a Pattern from Your Favorite Clothes with Cal Patch 11am-3pm. $85. You’ll learn how to “rub off” a pattern from an existing garment. Then we’ll stitch up a quick muslin (fit sample) to test the pattern. You’ll always have a fresh crop of handmade garments. Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson. Dropforgeandtool.com/workshops-li st/1tom07b9bxsm75h9jirwbhqkj8ntzu. Keep Your Info Safe: Cyber Security for Your Business 6-8pm. If cyber security concerns you, come see our speaker Bryan Turner, Security Engineer at IES and learn how to protect your business. Think Dutchess Alliance for Business, Poughkeepsie. 363-6432. Make Your Own Holiday Ornament $35/session. Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon. 440-0068. Take Your Social Media to the Next Level 2-4pm. $10. Social media 102: you’re social, now what? Advance social media marketing tips & tricks. Ulster Community College Camp Ulster, Stone Ridge. 339-2025.
WEDNESDAY 2 Film Music Fan Film Series Presents:The Music of Strangers 7:15pm. Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. Rosendaletheatre.org.
Lectures & Talks Submerged Maritime History 7pm. $5. Mark Peckham, recently retired from the State Historic Preservation Office, speaks. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080.
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Keeping Your Voice Healthy 5:30-6:30pm. You will learn how to take care of your vocal cords and get tips on keeping your voice healthy. Speakers: Becky Connolly and Nahida Unwalla, speech-language pathologists. Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck. 876-3001.
Opioids, Alcohol and Weed: What Parents Need to Know 7pm. By Dr. Jennifer Michaels. Presented by Railroad Street Youth Project. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
Literary & Books
The Falcon Underground Songwriter Sessions 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Open Mike 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
Music Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis Blues and Dance Party First Tuesday of every month, 7-10pm. A sophisticated blend of jazz and blues. Big Joe brings together some of the most highly regarded musicians on the northeast music scene. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. The Chapel Restoration Music Series First Tuesday of every month, 4-5:30pm. Classical music series with world-renowned musicians. Chapel of Our Lady Restoration, Cold Spring. Chapelrestoration.org. Club Draw 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. chronogram.com These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.
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Music
The Security Project 7pm. $20-$30. The music Peter Gabriela and Genesis. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Shonen Knife 8pm. $10. Japanese pop. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
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Clubs & Organizations
Stand-Up at The Underground 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Annual Penny Social 6pm. Hosted by The Shawangunk Valley Ladies Auxiliary. Shawangunk Fire Department, Walkill. 895-3673.
Health & Wellness Decoding Your Dreams with Nurit Nardi 7-8:30pm. Marbletown Community Center, stone ridge. Holistichealthcommunity@ gmail.com.
Fairs & Festivals
Health and Human Rights 7:30pm. As past president of the non-profit group, Physicians for Human Rights, Dr. Atkinson gives a fascinating talk on the intersection of Health and Human Rights. Lecture Center, New Paltz. 257-3872.
The Ahimsa Yoga & Music Festival Packages available for on-site lodging, locally sourced gourmet meals, music, yoga classes and workshops for all levels. Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. Ahimsayogafestival.com.
Middle Stage Music Social 2-3:30pm. free. People with middle-stage Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia and their family caregivers are invited to this free opportunity to socialize in a safe environment. Refreshments will be served. Preregistration is required; call Care Consultant Elizabeth Johnson at 845.471.2655 with questions or to RSVP. This program is supported in part by a grant from the New York State Department of Health. Wingate at Ulster, Highland. 800-272-3900.
Annual Beckett Performance Festival 8pm. $25. A weekend of performances, lectures, open discussions, visual art and music surrounding three rarely seen Samuel Beckett plays: Not I, A Piece of a Monologue, The Old Tune. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.
Literary & Books
Reel Expressions International Youth Film Festival 5:30-8pm. Join us for Spark Media Project’s fourth-annual Reel Expressions International Youth Film Festival! You’ll enjoy a selection of some of the world’s greatest youth-produced short films, in addition to experiencing hands-on fun (interactive animation stations, green screens, photo ops, and more), delicious food, and a Q&A with actual youth filmmakers. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. Sparkmediaproject.org/RE.
Ben Sollee’s Infowars 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. James Rebanks: The Shephard’s View: Modern Photographs from an Ancient Landscape The White Hart Inn, Salisbury, CT. (860) 435-0030. The White Hart Speaker Series: James Rebanks,The Shepherd’s View 6-8pm. Meet James Rebanks on his first USA tour to coincide with the paperback release of his new book. Before the event (4:306:00pm) our friends at Helder-Herdwick Farm will have some Herdwick sheep from their flock available for viewing.The White Hart Inn, Salisbury, CT. 876-0500.
Music Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 7:30pm. $37/$29. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945. Middle-Stage Music Social First Thursday of every month, 2-3:30pm. People with middle-stage Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia and their family caregivers are invited to this free opportunity to socialize in a safe environment. Refreshments will be served. Preregistration is required. This program is supported in part by a grant from the New York State Department of Health. Wingate at Ulster, Highland. (800) 272-3900. Samantha Fish 8pm. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Solas An Lae Dance Company 7-9:30pm. $20/$10 students and teens. Opening act: Irish Fiddler Conor Mac Diarmada. The Chocolate Factory - Garden of Ruth Oja, Red Hook. 888-842-2442. The Package 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Theater
Psychic Medium Deborah Hanlon 6pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Interactive Mystery Dinner Theatre 7-9:45pm. $45+ tax and gratuity. The ACME Mystery Co. & Mahoney’s Irish Pub present Death takes a Bow, a hilarious interactive murder mystery. Mahoney’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, Poughkeepsie. 471-7026.
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Workshops & Classes
Spirituality
Basics of Hand Sewing 2-3:30pm. $20. Arts Mid Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-3222. Solarize Hudson Valley Community Workshop 6-8pm. Solarize is a non-profit community education and group purchasing program that makes it easier and more affordable for households and businesses to go solar with confidence in New York State. Vassar Barns in the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve, Poughkeepsie. (646) 302-5835.
FRIDAY 4
The Art of Business and Beyond 6-8:30pm. $40/$200 series/early reg. discounts available. Many business owners are very good at their trade, but lack the business knowledge to start or run their business successfully. Whether you simply have a business idea or are a long-time entrepreneur, this series will address many issues that are often overlooked. We will use an interactive format where participants are encouraged to bring real-life theme-specific business struggles to review as a case study. One Epic Place, New Paltz. 489-6518.
Ahimsa Yoga & Music Festival Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. Ahimsayogafestival.com.
Film Snowden 7:15pm. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. Rosendaletheater.org.
Health & Wellness Awareness through Movement (Feldenkrais) Class 9-10am. $15$/50 a full month. A variety of movement sequences will help you align, improve coordination, flexibility, ease and grace, and release tensions. Manitou Collective, Garrison. (914) 522-8017.
Lectures & Talks Ride the Day Line in 1949 7:30pm. View two vintage films showing riverside scenes from boats running the Hudson River between NYC and Albany. Clinton Town Historian Craig Marshall will again regale with well researched history about steamboats and the Hudson Day Line. Clinton Community Library, Rhinebeck. 266-5530.
Literary & Books Animals Among Us 6-8pm. Four acclaimed writers on the subject of dogs—Ken Foster, Lee Harrington, Susie DeFord, and Melissa Holbrook Pierson—join forces to celebrate man’s best friend in a reading. In conjunction with the reading, pet-related art will be exhibited at Dogerties.Proceeds from book and art sales will go to benefit the Saugerties Animal Shelter. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Authors Laird Barron and John Langan 7pm. Presenting their most recent publications, Swift to Chase and The Fisherman. Langan’s novel takes place in this area, along a creek flowing out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Music Bruce Katz Band 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Dylan Doyle Band 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Eric Redd Movement at Levon Helm Studios 8-11pm. $20.00. Eric Redd bringing a new movement to the legendary Levon Helm Barn... A new kind of Barn Dance! Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock. 679-2744.
ART "The boombox project"
A photograph from Lyle Owerko's "The Boombox Project," which opens at Hudson Opera House on November 19.
Boomboxes Are Booming “The boombox is a metaphor for free speech; it’s a metaphor for empowerment; it’s a metaphor for subversion—and therein lies its beauty,” remarks photographer Lyle Owerko, whose exhibit, “The Boombox Project,” will remain at the Hudson Opera House from November 19 through December 23. “The Boombox Project” began as a collection of large-scale radios Owerko found in garage sales around America, typically at low prices. (Since then, they’ve become quite collectible, trading for big bucks on eBay.) When his girlfriend complained about the boomboxes gathering dust in his Tribeca loft, Owerko decided to put them away, but first take a few photos. After taking a number of pictures, the photographer discovered that there was no book devoted to the “ghetto blaster.” This led to The Boombox Project: The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground, published by Abrams in 2010. His editor told Owerko that Abrams would keep the book in print at least 10 years, and so far its momentum is still growing. Owerko has a minimalist aesthetic. All the pictures in the show are straight-on photographs of boomboxes: no people and no backgrounds, just the machinery itself. “One thing I say always to the people I work with is: ‘I’m not pursuing perfection, but I’m pursuing precision,’” Owerko explains. Examining his loving images of massive radios I felt I was seeing them for the first time, in their proud metallic dignity. Some have so many buttons underneath the twin cassette players, you’d think it was a piano keyboard! Music and photography are opposite artforms: One is silent, the other invisible. Yet the look of a boombox suggests its sound. The speakers, cassette decks, buttons, and dials convey menacing power—a transistor radio design by Darth Vader. The “boom” is visual
as well as audible. As the portable radio evolved, the engineering became more baroque, the buttons and switches multiplying, in some cases accompanied by flashing lights. The appeal of boomboxes is largely generational. Men and women over 50 usually see them as nuisances; those under 25 have never heard of them. The generation in between reveres them. As a teenager in the 1980s, Owerko remembers: “I was attracted to the boombox the same way some kids are attracted to the guitar; there’s something in that object that allows you to express yourself.” I had forgotten that these huge radios were also production centers. Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys reminisced to Owerko about his early “pause-tapes.” Using the pause button on a twin-cassette boombox, a skilled amateur DJ could “sample” a song, transforming it into an extended dance tape. Mobile cassette players were the means by which hip-hop was disseminated through the world, before radio stations would play the music. And not just rap! Many peripheral forms of pop—punk, ska, reggae, speed metal—were spread by the boombox, and by the cassette-trading cultures it spawned. Owerko first achieved recognition for a photo taken on September 11, 2001: a classic image of both towers of the World Trade Center billowing smoke and flame. It appeared on the cover of Time magazine three days later. Since then, Owerko has traveled extensively, shooting both commercial and artistic work. When I spoke to Owerko, he’d just returned from Outer Mongolia, photographing “eagle hunters,” traditional hunters who train eagles to assist them—a tradition that goes back 4,000 years. “The Boombox Project” will be exhibited at the Hudson Opera House November 19 to December 23. An opening reception and book signing will take place 5 to 7pm on November 19. (518) 822-1438; Hudsonoperahouse.org. —Sparrow 11/16 ChronograM forecast 79
First Fridays: A Contemporary Cocktail Party 7-9pm. $20/$15 member/Free for $250+ memebrs. Known for his lyric craft, distinctive voice, and soulful songs steeped in classic rhythm and blues, pop, jazz, and country. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-4519. Jaguar Society 8pm. Featuring Jesse Bransford & Jason Martin/Power Animal System, the group is a loose confederation who treat the Fender Jaguar Guitar as a tool of divination. Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf. 469-9459. Jay Collins & The Northern Resistance 7pm. Featuring: Connor Kennedy/guitar, Will Bryant/organ, Andy Stack/guitar, Brandon Morrison/bass and Lee Falco/drums. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Jewish Music Culture of Eastern Europe Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and musicologist Zisl Slepovitch will give a lecture (4pm) on Jewish music culture and perform with his klezmer band, Litvakus (7pm). Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Vassar.edu. Ladies of the Valley 7pm. A benefit concert For Family of Woodstock’s Crisis Hotline & Walk-In Center. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Max Creek 8pm. $20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Open Hive/Music: Colleen Kattau + Rachael Kilgour + Pamela Means 7:30-10:30pm. $15. Join us for an intimate evening of three artists singing original songs of change, promise, and release. Beahive Beacon, Beacon. 418-3731. Salsa Night with Willie Torres 8-10:30pm. $15. Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701. Salsa with Willy Torres 8pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes 8-10pm. $45/$55. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.
Outdoors & Recreation Ropes: Wilderness Program for Teens at Wild Earth 5:30-11pm. Friday evenings plus two overnights. Come to Ropes to play epic night games, have deep conversations, cook over the fire, and hang out in the woods. Wild Earth, New Paltz. 256-9830.
Theater Young Frankenstein 8-10pm. $27/$25. Based on Mel Brooks’ comedy masterpiece. Rhinebeck Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Community Playback Theatre First Friday Performance 8-10pm. $10. Using music, movement and narrative, this troupe of improv actors taps into underlying truths of daily life to provide an evening of engaging theatre and community affirmation. Boughton Place, Highland. 691-4118.
Workshops & Classes The Line: Between Drawing and Dance 10:30am-12:30pm. $20/$75 series. Dance workshop with Clyde Forth. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. 679-2079. Math Circle 4-5:30pm. Bard College math students are back to do fun math games and activities! For families with children in grades 1 and up. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. chronogram.com These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.
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Swing Dance Class $85. With Linda and Chester Freeman, Got2Lindy Dance Studios. Beginner lesson at 6pm, Intermediate lesson at 7pm. Fourclass series. Studio87: The Wellness House, Newburgh. 236-3939.
SATURDAY 5 Art Galleries and Exhibits Friends of Fire: Ceramic Art by Delores Coan and Hotchkiss Alumni Opening reception 4pm-6pm Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT. (860) 435-3663.
Dance The Shaut Family and Friends Present: Swinging Moments Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pm. A cabaret benefit. BSP, Kingston. Shautjazz.com The DASH Ensemble 7:30-9:30pm. $10-$20.Combining elements of modern, hip hop, floor work and physical theater, a unique style of contemporary dance with an urban flair. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 10. Swing Dance 7:30-10:30pm. $10. Lesson at 7:30pm with instructors Linda and Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios. DJ dance until 10:30pm. MAC Fitness, Kingston. Got2lindy.com.
Fairs & Festivals Holiday Craft Fair 8am-4pm. Get a jump on your holiday shopping with unique crafts by artisans from all over the Hudson Valley. MidHudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. Midhudsonciviccenter.com. The Ahimsa Yoga & Music Festival Packages available for on-site lodging, locally sourced gourmet meals, music, yoga classes and workshops for all levels. Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. Ahimsayogafestival.com. Annual Beckett Performance Festival 8pm. $25. A weekend of performances, lectures, open discussions, visual art and music surrounding three rarely seen Samuel Beckett plays: Not I, A Piece of a Monologue, The Old Tune. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571. Fair Trade and Handmade Bazaar 11am-5pm. Cosponsored by the Dutchess County Interfaith Council, and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie. Hellenic Community Center, Poughkeepsie. 464-8728. Red Hook & The Chocolate Festival 11am-5pm. A full day of chocolate fun. Red Hook Village, Red Hook. 758-0824. Spiritual Arts and Consciousness Fair 10am-5pm. $5. Sponsored by Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern. Taft Elementary School, Washingtonville. 978-5620. WGXC Record and Media Fair 10am-4pm. $3/$15 early bird at 8am. Vendors will offer an extensive selection of vinyl, CDs, cassette tapes, DVDs, books, musical instruments and radio-related ephemera for perusal and sale. Benefits WGXC Hands-on Creative Community Radio. Second Ward Foundation, Hudson. Secondward.com.
Film Snowden 7:15pm. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. Rosendaletheater.org. Dismantling the Document of Discovery 6-9pm. The film shows how Christian governments used a framework of moral and legal “rights” to invade and seize indigenous lands and dominate their peoples. Refreshments will be served. Old Chatham Quaker Meeting, Old Chatham. (518) 766-2992.
Food & Wine Fuition Open House An open house and chocolate tasting. Fruition Chocolate, Shokan. Tastefruition.com.
Kids & Family For Goodness Snakes! 10am. $4-$8. Meet several live snakes from the museum’s collections and learn about life cycle, habits, and habitats of these often misunderstood reptiles. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781. Jonathan Kruk’s “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” 7:30-9pm. $15/$10 children 12 and under. A dramatic retelling of Washington Irving’s haunting classic, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Putnam Valley. 528-7280. Mid-Hudson Market at the MHCC Craft Fair 8am-4pm. Kick off your holiday shopping nice and early this year with over 100 unique vendors. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800. Mystwood at Wild Earth First Saturday of every month, 10am3:30pm. Through play, mystery and wonder, Wild Earth instructors will guide young Seekers into the ever growing world of Mystwood. Instructors will create a safe, nurturing container in which children can follow their curiosities and explore, each at their own authentic pace. Wild Earth, New Paltz. 256-9830. NaNoWriMo Teen Write-In 11am-2pm. Teens! Have you always dreamed of writing a novel?Join the hundreds of thousands of participants all over the world who work on the goal of writing an entire novel for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! 6th-12th grade. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.
Literary & Books Nature Exposed 5pm. Readings by Jan Conn and Lois Walden. Creative Crossroads, Stanfordville. 868-7054. Poetry Salon 4-6pm. Award winning poet Meredith Trede, author of Tenement Threnody and Field Theory will read and discuss her work. In collaboration with Poets Network & Exchange, Inc. Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library, Cold Spring. 265-3040.
Music
The JB3 Trio 7-10pm. Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor. 534-4227. The Jeremy Baum Trio 7pm. Blues. Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor. 534-4227. Lera Lynn and Joseph Lemay 8pm. $15/$20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Members of Orchestra of St. Luke’s: The Bach and Mozart Connection 7:30-9:30pm. $30/$60/free for students and children. The young Mozart gained inspiration from Bach’s music at the Viennese home of Baron Gottfied van Swieten, music patron and manuscript collecter, and transcribed Bach compositions for string ensemble. First Congregational Church, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-9555. Orquesta Victoria 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. The Paul Carlon Trio 7pm. $20/$17 members. Jazz. 7-9pm. $20/$17 HOH members. Warm up those chilly bones with a night of sizzling hot jazz with critically acclaimed saxophonist Paul Carlon, Grammy-nominated conguero Wilson “Chembo” Corniel, and young Lionel bassist Alex Ayala. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438. The Fred Smith Jazz Ensemble 8-10:30pm. $10. Tom Kohl (piano), Bill Crow (bass), David Jones (drums). Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701. Rhythm & Jules 8:30pm. Covers. Piano Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. (909) 547-4266. Senior Recital: Zhanwen Phil Chen, piano 1:30pm. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319. Shemekia Copeland 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Teddy Midnight and Cosmal 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
An Evening With Albert Cummings 5pm. The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio, Albany. 518-465-5233.
Tony Trischka’s Early Roman Kings 8pm. $20. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.
Arlo Guthrie: Running Down the Road Tour 7:30pm. $39.50-$59.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.
Vassar College Women’s Chorus 8pm. Contemporary works for female voices by Ko Matsushita, Morten Lauridsen, Gwyneth Walker, and Jocelyn Hagen’s How to Survive Winter with professional string ensemble. Christine Howlett, conductor. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319.
Artie Lange 8-10pm. $39/$49/$59. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Big Thief 8-10pm. $18/$12 in advance/$24 preferred/$10 students. Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Bits and Pieces: A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Jeromy Davis 6-9pm. (P)OPTIMISM Shoppe, Kingston. 399-4437. Bluegrass Brunch: Bob Stump Band noon. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Chatham County Line 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Classical Music Concert by Dan Shulman, Kaori Washiyama, and Nathaniel Parke 7:30pm. $20/$10 students. The trio will perform works by Mozart and Schubert for piano, violin, and cello, and also music by Tartini, Prokofiev, and Schumann. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. (518) 392-3693. Cyrille Aimée Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center 8-10pm. $15-$65. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252. Imagination Movers 11am-1pm. $26/$30 with meet and greet/$23 children and seniors. Highly recommended as fun for the whole family, Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039 ext. 2.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits First Saturday Reception First Saturday of every month, 5-8pm. ASK’s openings are elegant affairs with wine, hors d’oeuvres and art enthusiasts. These monthly events are part of Kingston’s First Saturday art events. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0331. Woodstock: 100 Years of the Arts 8pm. Gala fundraiser. Come celebrate Woodstock’s unique role in the American Art Scene at this multi-media event with live music. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-6900.
Outdoors & Recreation Art/History Trail Geocaching Tour 3-7pm. Artists from the Wallkill River School of Art have teamed up with 12 heritage tourism sites to create the Art/History GeoTour. Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. 457-ARTS.
Spirituality Learn Feather Healing with Bern Richards 9am-5pm. $95. Feather healing verbally explained and then energetically sustained. Drumming, chanting, laying on of feathers, working with gratitude, etc. The talking stick is passed at various pauses to listen to each other. The Divine Mother Center, Rhinebeck. 876-4252.
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Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre performs at Kaatsbaan on November 19.
Dance Communities Great & Small Kaatsbaan bursts with exceptional dance this November, beginning with The DASH Ensemble on the 5th. Though only 31, Artistic Director Gregory Dolbashian’s résumé is impressive. As a child actor and singer at the age of 10 he worked with Robert Wilson and Lucinda Childs in “Einstein on the Beach,” which cultivated his interest in dance and later led to studying technique at the Ailey School and composition with the illustrious Kazuko Hirabayashi. He’s created works for a myriad of companies, from American Ballet Theatre to student companies at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and Juilliard. Since an important theme in Dolbashian’s work is community, rather then ask his dancers (from several countries), composers, and costume designers to merely fulfill his concepts, he collaborates with them, creating an onstage community. They will be presenting “Everything,” a work in progress based on coming-of-age stories that explores how modern culture informs how we perceive ourselves. With a masterful use of composition tools, Dolbashian incorporates hip-hop, “floor work,” (an element of break dancing), “flying low” (a technique of hovering dangerously close to the ground and vigorously incorporating rolls), and modern dance, making him one of the most original, inventive artists of his generation. On November 12, Kun-Yang Lin Dancers present “Home,” a work about immigration. Emigrating from Taiwan in 1994 (he is now a citizen), Lin’s journey has been filled with grace. Now a professor of dance at Temple University, he received an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, studied with Merce Cunningham, performed with the Martha Graham and Jennifer Muller companies, and apprenticed with Bill T. Jones. He’s studied Buddhism, Taoism, Tai Chi, and the Chinese Opera, all of which come together in his unique movement vocabulary, danced by his company of exquisite movers. Also informing Lin’s work is his dedication to building community. He opens his studio in Philadelphia’s diverse neighborhood near the Washington Avenue Immigration Station for public rehearsals, and recorded “story circles” with his neighbors about their immigration experiences to use in the “Home” soundtrack. “‘Home’ is a metaphor for
honoring my influences,” Lin says, “including the ancestral wisdom we carry in our cells, and it asks what is ‘American-ness.’” He creates a bright, neutral environment for the work using white as a metaphor for openness. “You have to be open as an immigrant,” he adds. His hope is to “remind everyone that we each may share a stranger’s story.” Even the most stoic will be moved by this work. On November 19, the Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre will perform three works. Originally from the Czech Republic, Tynek’s traveled a rich path in dance. Since graduating from Bard College, he has studied with esteemed Merce Cunningham dancer Albert Reid, trained in flamenco and ballroom dance, and performed with dance icons Lucinda Childs and Douglas Dunn. He has received grants from the NEA and New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs, among others, and performed at BAM in 2013, his company’s 10th anniversary. Tynek’s sculptural choreography in “Romanesco Suite” (accompanied by a recording of the 17-year-cycle cicadas) is mesmerizing, inspired by the patterns of florets in Roman architecture and endlessly repeating fractals. In “Tethered Light,” self-illuminated dancers moving through spotlights and darkness create a place of otherworldliness enhanced by a score by Bryce Dessner of The National. Fearlessly running into outstretched arms and taking each other’s weight, shapes appear and dissolve. It’s clear the dancers enjoy inhabiting this world of light and shadow. “‘Logbook’ uses the story of Ulysses and Penelope’s search for each other in The Odyssey as a metaphor for immigrants leaving the old world and coming to the new,” says Tynek. The dancers invoke friezes on Greek and Roman buildings becoming animated, and combined with renowned Serbian composer Aleksandra Vrebalov’s compelling score, Logbook is sure to become a classic. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in Tivoli. Tickets are $10 to $30. All performances are on Saturdays at 7:30pm. (845) 757-5106; Kaatsbaan.org. —Maya Horowitz 11/16 ChronograM forecast 81
Theater The Velveteen Rabbit by Bright Star Theater 11am. $9 for adults, $7 for children in advance or at the door. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck. Centerfortheperformingarts.org. Young Frankenstein 8-10pm. $27/$25. Based on Mel Brooks’ comedy masterpiece. Rhinebeck Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Comedy The Capitol Steps 7pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
Dance Just Dance First Sunday of every month, 12:30-2pm. $10. DJ activated non-stop contagious expression. SkyBaby Yoga & Pilates, Cold Spring. 265-4444.
Fairs & Festivals
Poe Live 8pm. A partial fundraiser for the Food Pantry at the Red Hook United Methodist Church. Presented by Murder Cafe. Arts at the Chocolate Factory, Red Hook. Artsatthefactory.com.
Holiday Craft Fair 9am-3pm. Get a jump on your holiday shopping with unique crafts by artisans from all over the Hudson Valley. MidHudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. Midhudsonciviccenter.com.
Workshops & Classes
Ahimsa Yoga & Music Festival Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. Ahimsayogafestival.com.
Basics of Hand Sewing 2-3:30pm. $20. Arts Mid Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-3222. Computer Basics: Smart Phones & Tablets 11am. This questions-based class will cover the basics of popular smartphones and tablets. Please bring your own device. Clinton Community Library, Rhinebeck. 266-5530. Drawing and Painting from the figure 9am-noon. 150.00. This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to approach the figure. Each four week session builds upon the last but can also be taken on their own. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Harmony Singing Workshop with the Bumper Jacksons 3-4pm. $5. Featuring Jess Eliot Myhre and Chris Ousley, founding members of the Bumper Jacksons. West Kortright Centre, East Meredith. (607) 278-5454. Repair Cafe: Rhinebeck 12-4pm. Bring a beloved but broken item to be repaired for free at this communitysponsored “experiment in repair culture.” Rhinebeck Town Hall, Rhinebeck. 464-2245. Silkscreened Stationary with Paige Simpson 1-5pm. $95. Learn a simple technique for making your own silkscreen stationery, cards and small posters. Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson. Dropforgeandtool.com/workshopslist/silkscreened-stationary-11516-1pm-5pm. Small Metals Basics: the Pendan Learn creative ways to join layers of metal without a torch or solder,and get familiar with the basics of metalsmithing to enhance your jewelry work with small details. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550. Toward a Radical Poetics with Lissa Kiernan 11am-1pm. This new, six-week workshop will explore and foster poetry that bears witness to social injustice, raises awareness, disturbs silence, and inspires positive change. Students will learn a variety of techniques that help to distill the poetic from the polemic. Poetry Barn, West Hurley. 6465150919.
SUNDAY 6 Business & Networking Hudson Valley Van Club & Patch At Em II 11am-5pm. Free. It’s the inaugural meetup of the Hudson Valley Van Club- a club designed for and by van owners and enthusiasts in the hudson valley region to bring and discuss their vehicle of choice.This event celebrates crafting and patch culture and our local patch/DIY community. Patrons are invited to bring a vest, shirt, shorts or whatever you want and patch it up. Darkside Records, Poughkeepsie. 452-8010. chronogram.com These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.
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The Ahimsa Yoga & Music Festival Packages available for on-site lodging, locally sourced gourmet meals, music, yoga classes and workshops for all levels. Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. Ahimsayogafestival.com. Annual Beckett Performance Festival 3pm. $25. A weekend of performances, lectures, open discussions, visual art and music surrounding three rarely seen Samuel Beckett plays. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571. Fair Trade and Handmade Bazaar 10am-3pm. Cosponsored by the Dutchess County Interfaith Council, and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie. Hellenic Community Center, Poughkeepsie. 464-8728.
Escher String Quartet with Todd Crow 3pm. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319. Just Dance! First Sunday of every month, 2:30-4:30pm. $10. Each month we have a DJ providing the beats and vibrations to set us on a journey of self expression. This is not guided in any way. It is an open dance party for all ages. SkyBaby Yoga & Pilates, Cold Spring. 265-4444. Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams 8pm. $20-$30. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Marc Von Em 5:30pm. Acoustic. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. No Biz Like Show Biz! 2-3:30pm. $15. Catskill’s own Broadway Baby Flo Hayle presents this afternoon soiree featuring some of the greatest show tunes of all time– and lotsa stories! Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818. Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Theater Young Frankenstein 3-5pm. $27/$25. Based on Mel Brooks’ comedy masterpiece. Rhinebeck Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
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Snowden 7:15pm. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. Rosendaletheater.org.
Snowden 7:15pm. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. Rosendaletheater.org.
Sunday Silents: Daughter of the Dawn 3pm. $7/$5 members. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Health & Wellness
Health & Wellness Women’s Empowerment Circle 2:30-5pm. $30. In this Chakra workshop we strive to awaken the creative identity and find our true voice by exploring the 5th and 6th Chakras. SkyBaby Yoga & Pilates, Cold Spring. 265-4444. Women’s Self-Defense Workshop 1-2pm. Learn real life skills that can protect you, your family, and friends. Ages 13+ Presented with B.R.A.I.N. Programs Inc. Clinton Community Library, Rhinebeck. 266-5530.
Kids & Family Mid-Hudson Market at the MHCC Craft Fair 9am-3pm. Kick off your holiday shopping nice and early this year with over 100 unique vendors. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800.
Lectures & Talks Dharma Sunday School First Sunday of every month, 12:30-2pm. A unique Buddhist-oriented class for children ages 5+. SkyBaby Yoga & Pilates, Cold Spring. 265-4444.
Music Between Suffering and Hope: Songs for the Forgotten 4-5:30pm. Free, but accepting monetary and non-perishable food donations for the Jayne Brooks Memorial Food Pantry. Mary-Elizabeth O’Neill, Christopher Remkus, Katherine Rossiter, and Nathaniel Sullivan—members of the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program—will present this recital. The performers are pleased to partner with the Jayne Brooks Memorial Food Pantry in Rhinebeck, NY. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. Btsufferingandhope.wixsite.com/ recital-home. Bluegrass Brunch: Too Blue noon. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Brunch: Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis 10am. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Movement & Strength First Monday, Thursday of every month, 7-8:15pm. $20/bulk discounts available. For individuals that want to improve their balance, strength, and total overall body movement and range of motion. All strength and fitness levels welcome. Diamond Gymnastics, Poughkeepsie. 416-2222.
Music Geoff Vidal/Derrick James Quartet 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Theater Acting Classes for Adults Voice Theatre 6-9:45pm. $60 series. 4-week series. Culminating in performance, the class focuses on the art of acting. Taught by Shauna Kanter. Acting Class Voice Theatre, Woodstock. 679-0154.
Workshops & Classes Math Help 3-5pm. Teacher Phyllis Rosato is ready to answer all of your math questions, from kindergarten to calculus. Phoenicia Library, Phoenicia. 688-7811. Realizing a Culture of Peace 9am-4:30pm. $50/$10 students. A Mohonk Consultations conference. Keynote speaker: Dot Maver, PhD, educator and peace builder. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. Mohonk-consultations.org/2016-conference. Swing Dance Class $85. With Linda and Chester Freeman, Got2Lindy Dance Studios. Beginner lesson at 6pm, Intermediate lesson at 7pm. Four-class series. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 236-3939.
TUESDAY 8 Film (ELEE) Series Inspired by TEDx 7:15pm. $10. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. Rosendaletheater.org.
Kids & Family A Day-Long Workshop for Grades 1 through 3 10am-4pm. $75/$65 member. Turn a vacation day into a creative one. Learn what it takes to become a young emerging artist! Students should bring a water bottle and a nut-free lunch and snack. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-4519.
Lectures & Talks Engaging Lectures with Everyday Experts Series 7:15-9:45pm. Barbara Bash, calligrapher, illustrator, author, performance artist: The Leap to Letters; The Evolution. Sarah UrechH, assistant director of the Omega Women’s Leadership Conference, actress, vocalist: Playback Theatre, Presence, and Community-building. Artem Repin, NativeAmerican style flute-builder: The Magic and Music of Emptiness. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989. Monthly Open House with Dharma Talk Second Tuesday of every month, 7pm. free. Shambhala Buddhist teachers talk on a variety of topics at our Open House. Second Tuesday of every month, after community meditation practice. Meditation: 6-7pm, Talk 7pm, followed by tea, cookies, and converation. Sky Lake Lodge, Rosendale. 658-8556.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits High School Open Day 8:15-11am. Prospective students and parents are welcome to tour the school, sit in on classes, and meet Green Meadow students and faculty. Green Meadow Waldorf School, Chestnut Ridge. 356-2514 ext. 311.
Workshops & Classes Tea & Stones Second Tuesday of every month, 6:307:30pm. Each month we explore a different stone from our vast collection. You’ll learn about their healing qualities, some history and folklore, and ways to incorporate them into our daily life. Please bring your tea mug, and a camp chair if you have one—seating is limited and if you bring a chair you are guaranteed a seat! Dreaming Goddess, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.
WEDNESDAY 9 Film Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Removal 7:15pm. $10. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. Rosendaletheater.org.
Kids & Family Teen Advisory Board Meeting Second Wednesday of every month, 4-5pm. Fre.Come to this monthly meeting to volunteer and advise the library on what teen programs, teen books, music and movies we should be looking at. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580 ext. 1003.
Lectures & Talks Iceboating on the Hudson 7pm. $5. Representatives from the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080. The Recovery of Hudson Valley Bald Eagles with Tom Lake 7-8:30pm. Join Tom Lake, DEC Estuary Naturalist and editor of the Hudson River Almanac, as we follow the recovery of America’s symbol. This event is sponsored by the Rosendale Public Library. Rosendale Recreation Center, Rosendale. 658-9013.
Music Big Sandy and His Fly Rite Boys 7pm. $15-$20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Jane Bunnett Featuring Maqueque 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Jazz Sessions at The Falcon Underground 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Workshops & Classes Basics of Hand Sewing 2-3:30pm. $20. Arts Mid Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-3222.
LITERARY SAPPHIRE
Sapphire reads at SUNY Ulster on November 17.
Finding Power in the Written Word She has witnessed police abuse and the murder of black citizens. She has experienced poverty living as a young artist in New York City. She takes her pen name from the stereotype of “the angry black woman” on the “Amos ‘n’ Andy” show and reclaims it to define herself. She portrays the African-American experience with a strong voice, and uses it to confront uncomfortable realities: institutional neglect, drugs, rape, incest, AIDS, and oppression. She is a best-selling poet and fiction writer with an unflinchingly raw, provocative style. She is Sapphire. Sapphire will read at SUNY Ulster as a part of the Herbert H. and Sofia P. Reuner Library Writers Series on November 17. Attendees will get the chance to hear excerpts from her previous work as well as a preview of new fiction and poetry. Her emotionally harrowing novel Push, made into the 2009 Academy Award-winning film Precious starring Gabourey Sidibe, tells the story of an obese and illiterate black teenager who experiences two pregnancies at the hands of her father, emotional and verbal attacks from her mother, and other forms of abuse from all directions. Yet Sapphire’s work emphasizes overcoming adversity and self-empowerment among the depravity, offering glimmers of hope. Her writing relies on the community of change enacted through literature. In Push, the protagonist, Claireece Precious Jones, has a poem published as part of an anthology of autobiographical stories written by her and other remedial school classmates. She begins
to think ahead to a more confident and fulfilling future. Precious’s fate is left uncertain as the novel ends, after readers find that she is HIV positive. Precious’s story continues through Sapphire’s sequel The Kid, published in 2011. The Kid continues similar cycles of abuse, poverty, and trauma that Push began, chronicling Precious’s son Abdul’s life after her death. Victims become victimizers. There are multiple graphic rape scenes. Sex, violence, and drugs become ways to control and manipulate others. It is brutally direct, an often-disturbing stream-of-consciousness narrative. But it serves a purpose. To Sapphire, people become more empathic through reading. Understanding and connection are instilled through the written word, which inspires action. “People read about how people are suffering and become determined to end that suffering, and no other act offers greater potential for human development and growth,” explains Sapphire. Professor Nicholas Haines will interview Sapphire and moderate an audience discussion after her reading on November 17. “Public readings can be fun. They can build community,” Sapphire says. “They enable an exchange of ideas and energy that reminds writers we’re not ‘content providers’ but artists and intellectuals.” Sapphire appears on November 17 from 10:15am to 1pm at the College Lounge in Vanderlyn Hall at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge. The event is free. Sunyulster.edu. —Hannah Phillips 11/16 ChronograM forecast 83
THURSDAY 10 Business & Networking Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting Second Thursday of every month, 7pm. Shawangunk Town Hall, Wallkill. 418-3640.
Comedy Stand-Up at The Underground 7pm. With host Mikael Gregg. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Film Snowden 7:15pm. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. Rosendaletheater.org. Beacon Film Society Presents: An Art That Nature Makes 8-10pm. $10. This film details Rosamond Purcell’s fascination with the natural world– from a mastodon tooth to a hydrocephalic skull– offering insight into her unique way of recontextualizing objects both ordinary and strange into sometimes disturbing but always breathtaking imagery. Beahive Beacon, Beacon. 418-3731. Lamb 7pm. The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio, Albany. 518-465-5233.
Health & Wellness Movement & Strength First Monday, Thursday of every month, 7-8:15pm. $20/bulk discounts available. For individuals that want to improve their balance, strength, and total overall body movement and range of motion. All strength and fitness levels welcome. Diamond Gymnastics, Poughkeepsie. 416-2222.
Lectures & Talks The Art of Perception: Visual Intelligence and Rethinking How We See 5-7:30pm. Discover what your work may have in common with that of medical students, police officers, and FBI agents! Join Amy Herman to explore how looking at works of art can strengthen observation and visual perception and how these skills can be transferred across professions, in the classroom, and into everyday life. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-4519.
Music A.J. Croce 7:30pm. $27. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945. Amanda Palmer 7:30pm. $35. Singer/songwriter. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Armedalite Rifles 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Jazzed Up 11am. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Pianist Omar Sosa: Afro-Cuban Jazz 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Trixie Whitley 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Wayne Hancock with Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones 8pm. $15-$20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Nightlife Craft Night for GrownUps 6:30-7:30pm. Join us for a laid-back craft night for adults. Tonight, we’ll be making our own coffee cozies. Ages 18+. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. chronogram.com These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.
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Open Houses/Parties/Benefits Bingo Second Thursday of every month, 7pm. Beekman Fire Department, Poughquag. 270-9133.
Theater Oaklahoma! 8pm. SUNY New Paltz. Newpaltz.edu. Interactive Mystery Dinner Theatre 7-9:45pm. $45+ tax and gratuity. The ACME Mystery Co. & Mahoney’s Irish Pub present Death takes a Bow, a hilarious interactive murder mystery. Mahoney’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, Poughkeepsie. 471-7026.
FRIDAY 11 Dance Dance of Universal Peace 7-8:45pm. $5-$10. Participatory simple circle dances and songs drawn from diverse sacred tradition. Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation, Hudson. (518) 828-1034. Zydeco Dance with Li’l Anne & Hot Cayenne 7-11pm. $15/$10 w. FT student ID. 7pm lesson, 8pm-11pm dance. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. (914) 388-7048.
Film The Ghosts We Live With 7:30-8:30pm. Monroe Arts and Civic Center, Monroe. Macavery.com/ghosts.
Health & Wellness Awareness through Movement (Feldenkrais) Class 9-10am. $15$/50 a full month. A variety of movement sequences will help you align, improve coordination, flexibility, ease and grace, and release tensions. Manitou Collective, Garrison. (914) 522-8017. Baby Magic Knitting, Crocheting & Meditation Circle Second Friday of every month, 7-9pm. This circle is for conscious, spiritual women who want to conceive or who are pregnant, as well as their supportive sisters, girlfriends and mothers. Open to knitters and crocheters at all levels. White Barn Farm, New Paltz. 259-1355. Foundation Retreat Dedicate your weekend to practice. Engage in a relaxing schedule of mindful activity from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. Led by Rebecca Li. Dharma Drum Retreat Center, Pine Bush. 744-8114.
Literary & Books Helen Decker presents: Coyitito and the Stars 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Poetry by Robert Milby and Haigan Smith 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Music Alexis P. Suter Band 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Colin Hay 8-10pm. $35/$45. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.
NRBQ & The Whole Wheat Horns 8pm. $29.50. Rockabilly, jazz fusion, power pop, Americana and roots rock and more. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Pone Ensemble for New Music Concert 7:30-9:30pm. $15. The concert will begin with “Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear” for piano duo, composed by the celebrated French composer, Erik Satie, followed by works by American composers, Katherine Hoover, Chris Weait, and Irving Fine, and Robert Ronnes, from Norway. Refreshments will be provided. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. Poneensemble.org. Tracey Bonham 7:30pm. $35/$25 standing room only. All proceeds from this benefit concert will be donated to The Friends’ music program, including the long running “Live at the Library” series, and will be dedicated to the memory of Levon. Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock. 679-2744.
Theater Oaklahoma! 8pm. SUNY New Paltz. Newpaltz.edu. Inherit the Wind 8pm. $24/$22.The Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. Centerforperformingarts.org. The American Soldier 8-9pm. $20. This powerful solo show pays tribute to America’s military. Written and performed by Douglas Taurel the series of short scenes depicts soldiers and their families from the Revolutionary War to the Afghanistan conflict. Part of the ticket sales will go to two Community Clinics providing medical services for veterans. Arts at the Chocolate Factory, Red Hook. 475-7973. Geppetto: Extraordinary Extremities 7:30-8:45pm. $20/$10 for students age 21 and under. Concrete Temple Theatre brings their one-man puppet theatre spectacle. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818. High School Musical -12, 8pm. $15/$10 students. Watch as basketball team captain Troy and brainiac Gabriella struggle with finding love in the face of cliques, friends, and family in this one-act, light-hearted musical. The show is performed by 6th-12th grade students in our schoolyear Conservatory Theatre program. White Plains Performing Arts Center, White Plains. (914) 328-1600. The Kept Private -12, 7:30-9pm. A Storyhorse Documentary Theater Piece based on an Earth Science survey of the African American burial grounds in Rhinebeck, conversations in our community, and the 1834 Revolutionary War Pension application of a black farmer from Milan, NY. The Barn at Brook No Evil Farm, Red Hook. (323) 646-0157.
Workshops & Classes The Line: Between Drawing and Dance 10:30am-12:30pm. $20/$75 series. Dance workshop with Clyde Forth. Using drawing media and three dimensional materials, this class explores the translation of spontaneous movement into lines, shapes, and colors on the page and on the stage. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. 679-2079.
SATURDAY 12
The Gerry Cruz Project 8-10:30pm. $10. Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701.
ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITIONS
Grayson Hugh & The Moon Hawks 7pm. Featuring: Grayson Hugh, Anthony Candullo, Bobby Paltauf, Tyger MacNeal and Polly Messer. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
The Long View: The Luminous Landscape™ 2016, 19th Annual National Invitational Exhibition Mid-Exhibition Meet the Artists, 5pm7:30pm Albert Shahinian Fine Art Gallery, Rhinebeck. 876-7578.
Joanna Teters 8pm. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Dance
Krewe de la Rue 8pm. $10. Mix of Cajun and Creole music. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. Molsky’s Mountain Drifters and Moonshine Hollow 8-10pm. $20. Dewey Hall, Sheffield, MA. (413) 429-1797.
AmeriSHOWZ 8pm. $15. Mount Tremper Arts, Phoenicia. 688-9893. Mounttremperarts.org. KYL/D (Kun-Yang Lin Dancers) 7:30-8:45pm. $30/$10 student rush and children. Under the artistic direction of KunYang Lin. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 10.
Fairs & Festivals Beacon Second Saturday Second Saturday of every month. A citywide celebration of the arts Beaconarts.org Downtown Beacon, Beacon.
Film Gala Dinner and Auction: The Black and White Ball Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. Rosendaletheatre.org. Monty Python and the Holy Grail Sing-Along 7pm. $7/members free. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
Health & Wellness Embodying the Bones of the Feet with Kate Hagerman 1:30-3:30pm. $40. In this workshop, we will enliven and open the joints of our foot bones, and explore their structure from a Body-Mind Centering perspective. Woodstock Yoga Center, Woodstock. 679-8700.
Kids & Family Family Hootenany Second Saturday of every month, 10-11am. $5. Beacon Music Factory (BMF), Beacon. Https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ home?studioid=41760. Gustafer Yellowgold’s Show 2-3pm. $5-$10. An absurdly funny and touching multi-media concert of live songs, stories and animation, performed by award-winning illustrator/songwriter Morgan Taylor. Roxbury Arts Center, Roxbury. (607) 326-7908. Laurie Berkner, Solo 11am. $25/$25/$65 VIP. Children’s music. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945. NaNoWriMo Teen Write-In 11am-2pm. Teens! Have you always dreamed of writing a novel?Join the hundreds of thousands of participants all over the world who work on the goal of writing an entire novel for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! 6th-12th grade. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.
Literary & Books Allen Tannenbaum and Peter Occhiogrosso present Grit and Glamour: The Street Style, High Fashion, and Legendary Music of the 1970s 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. EXO Books presents The Last Day of Captain Lincoln 4pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Holiday Book Signing 1-4pm. Featuring 15 Hudson Valley authors. Locust Grove, Samuel Morse Historic Site, Poughkeepsie. 454-4500.
Music Betty and the Baby Boomers 8pm. The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio, Albany. 518-465-5233. The Crossroads Band 8:30pm. Classic rock. Whistling Willie’s, Cold Spring. 265-2012. Eisa Davis 8-10pm. $22/$16 in advance/$30 preferred/$10 students. Intense, minimalist soul. Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Gerry Malkin Quintet 8-10:30pm. $10. Chris Morrison (guitar), Jeff Pittson (piano), Mike McGuirk (bass), Bobby Leonard (drums). Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701. Iva Bittová and Timothy Hill Workshop and Concert Workshop 1-6pm. Concert 8pm. $100/$20 concert only. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. Sweetroad@gmail.com. The JB3 Trio 6:30-9pm. Village Market and Bakery, Gardiner. 255-1234.
Jonah Smith with Andy Stack & The Package 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Workshops & Classes
Josh Ritter 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Farm Choices for Landowners 2-5pm. Free. Local experts will discuss what considerations landowners should be aware of when deciding what type of farming they would like to see on their land. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook. 677-5343.
Lotus Land: American Rush Tribute 8pm. $20-$35. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Basics of Hand Sewing 2-3:30pm. $20. Arts Mid Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-3222.
Senior Recital: Carlin Purcell, piano. 4pm. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319.
Drawing and Painting from the figure 9am-noon. 150.00. This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to approach the figure. Great for beginning students looking to develop a portfolio as well as seasoned artists ready to challenge themselves with the human form. Each four week session builds upon the last but can also be taken on their own. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Sundown’s Final Curtain 8-10pm. $30. The Sundown Band has been performing their brand of southern rock and roll cover and tribute shows since 1976. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039 ext. 2. Talking Machine 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Intro to Square Rule Timber Framing Two-day class with instructor Wayne Ford. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080.
Rogers. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (866) 666-3148.
Supermoon Over Mohonk $69.75. Reservations required. First we do gastronomy, then we do astronomy. Worldfamous astronomer Bob Berman joins for the closest, largest full moon in almost half-acentury. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (866) 666-3148.
Kids & Family Lolly Hopwood: Move! 4pm. Play, jump and sing along with Lolly Hopwood for an interactive & imaginative reading of Move! Move! is a book that you don’t just read, but you jump over, crawl under, ride like a horse, row like a boat, and spin like a flying saucer. Combined with original songs and games, this is a unique story time experience that you and your kids will love. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. Second Sunday Family Program 1-3pm. Materials fee $5 Members, $7 non-
Vassar College Choir 8pm. Joseph Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass) with professional orchestra. Christine Howlett, conductor. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319.
Black and White Ball: Gala Dinner and Auction 6:30-11pm. $125/$100 members/$45 after 9pm. Benefits Rosendale Theater. Come dance to the swinging tunes of the 7 piece band, Soul Purpose. The evening includes cocktails, dinner, dancing and a fabulous silent and live auction. The Belltower, Rosendale. 658-8077.
Innisfree+ 3-4pm. $25/$5 students. Newburgh Chamber Music presents the string trio Innisfree+ with guest artists Rachel Evans, violist, and baritone Kent Smith performing music by Beethoven, Mozart, and Faure. The concert is followed by a reception with the artists. St. George’s Church, Newburgh. Newburghchambermusic.org. Karl Berger, Avram Fefer, and Michael Bisio 4pm. $10. New music and innovative jazz. The Lace Mill, Kingston. 331-2140.
Theater Oaklahoma! 8pm. SUNY New Paltz. Newpaltz.edu.
High School Musical 8pm. $15/$10 students. White Plains Performing Arts Center, White Plains. (914) 328-1600. The Kept Private 7:30-9pm. A Storyhorse Documentary Theater Piece based on an Earth Science survey of the African American burial grounds in Rhinebeck, conversations in our community, and the 1834 Revolutionary War Pension application of a black farmer from Milan, NY. The Barn at Brook No Evil Farm, Red Hook. (323) 646-0157.
Argus Quartet: 2016-17 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence 3-5pm. $15/$35. The Argus Quartet pairs programs new and old, dark and light, with the intent to entice chamber music lovers. The cutting-edge Argus Quartet collaborated on the Wu Man and Knox pieces through a commissioning project by the Kronos Quartet devoted to the most contemporary approaches to the string quartet. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
Greg Westhoff’s Westchester Swing Band 5:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
An Evening of TranceFormative Healing with Eda Zavala and Evry Mann $25/$60 series. Join us at MaMA for this very special collaboration that blends ancient shamanic healing work with contemporary creative approaches. Using sound and energy medicine, Eda and Ev will guide you on a healing journey that promises to stir your soul. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.
Geppetto: Extraordinary Extremities 7:30-8:45pm. $20/$10 for students age 21 and under. Concrete Temple Theatre brings their one-man puppet theatre spectacle. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818.
2016 Harvest Festival 2-5pm. $10. Featuring Alice Backer and Cross Stitch, Tim Pitt and Friend(s), The Cummings Family, John Cohen, the Kitchen Table Band, and the Dream and People’s Choirs. Refreshments will be available. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Putnam Valley. 528-7280.
Centrozoon 8pm. German experimental electronic ensemble. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Spirituality
The American Soldier 8-9pm. $20. This powerful solo show pays tribute to America’s military. Written and performed by Douglas Taurel Arts at the Chocolate Factory, Red Hook. 475-7973.
Music
Brunch: Dave Keyes Band 10am. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Post Election Peace Party 8-11pm. Open mike, pot luck dessert and discussion. A.I.R. Studio Gallery, Kingston. 331-2662.
Inherit the Wind 8pm. $24/$22.The Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. Centerforperformingarts.org.
One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America 11am. Book discussion and bagel brunch. Jewish Community Center, New Paltz. Onebookonenewpaltz.com.
Bluegrass Brunch: Man About a Horse noon. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits
Monkey Monkey Music with Meredith LeVande 11 am. $9 adults, $7 children in advance at the door.The Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. Centerforperformingarts.org.
Literary & Books
The Band FAQ Booksigning In celebration of the 40th anniversary of The Band’s legendary 1976 farewell concert and the publication of Chronogram music editor Peter Aaron’s new book, The Band FAQ, the Golden Notebook will host “Whispering Pines: The Band, Woodstock, and the 40th Anniversary of the Last Waltz” on November 26 at 6pm at the Kleinert/James Center for the Performing Arts in Woodstock. The event will feature a reading and book signing by Aaron, and conversation and remembrances with folk great and Band friend Happy Traum and others to be announced, along with live music by Mike & Ruthy, Connor Kennedy and Minstrel, and others. Admission is free. (845) 679-8000; Goldennotebook.com. R&F Encaustic Mini Workshop 12-4pm. $65. R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston. (800) 206-8088.
SUNDAY 13 Film Dance Film Sundays: Susan Slotnick and Game Changer Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. Rosendaletheatre.org.
Dance Swing Dance to the Bottoms Up Dixieland Jazz Band 6pm. $12/$8 FT students. Beginners’ lesson 6pm-6:30, dance from 6:30 to 9pm. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. Hvcd.dance.
Food & Wine Dinner and a Show: Date Night $69.75. Reservations required. Ease into the weekend with a cash bar & concert in our Lake Lounge from singer-songwriter Cedric
Members. Families are invited to drop in workshops between 1 and 3 PM on the second Sunday of each month. Materials fee $5 Members, $7 non-Members. Scribble Art Workshop – Paper sculpture. Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack. 358-0774.
Vitaly 7-9pm. $30/$25 kids & seniors. Vitaly is a world-class illusionist know for his original illusions such as erasing people’s faces from their own driver’s licenses or causing a paintbrush to paint on its own, breaking down boundaries to let his audiences’ imaginations roam into the realm of the impossible. Paramount Theatre, Middletown. (914) 739-0039.
Lectures & Talks On Poverty: An Open Mike Night 7-8:30pm. Part of One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Sojourner Truth Library, New Paltz. Library.newpaltz.edu.
Lucky Five 6:30-9pm. Prairie Whale, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-5050. Squirrel Nut Zippers 7pm. $35-$45. Plus Davina and the Vagabonds. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Organist Eric Birk and Organist/Pianist Bernadette Hoke 3:30-5pm. $15. Poughkeepsie Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 452-8110. Vassar College and Community Wind Ensemble 3pm. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Champagne Brunch & Silent Auction Noon. This annual fundraising event will directly benefit the Nature Museum’s environmental education programs for school children and its mission to “create responsible caretakers of the environment.” Powelton Club, Newburgh. 561-4481.
Outdoors & Recreation Special Nature Play Event: Closing Nature Hike 10am-noon. Enjoy a family friendly hike and then play in Grasshopper Grove for one last time before it closes for the Winter. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.
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Spirituality
Workshops & Classes
Lectures & Talks
3rd Annual Day of Jewish Learning 8:30am-4:30pm. Co-presented by SUNY Ulster and the Jewish Federation of Ulster County, the Day of Jewish Learning is based on the international model created by LIMMUD, which means “learning”. Area spiritual and lay leaders will teach on a wide range of subjects including, sessions with music, kosher snacks & lunch, a Jewish subjects book exchange and activities for children ages 6-12. Ulster Community College Camp Ulster, Stone Ridge. 339-2025.
Math Help 3-5pm. Teacher Phyllis Rosato is ready to answer all of your math questions, from kindergarten to calculus. Phoenicia Library, Phoenicia. 688-7811.
Issues with Educating Children with Special Needs Symposium 8am-4pm. This workshop will explore the complicated issues in providing effective educational instruction to children with serious emotional and behavioral difficulties. Leir Conference Center, Ridgefield, CT. 279-2995.
Theater Oaklahoma! 2pm. SUNY New Paltz. Newpaltz.edu. Inherit the Wind 3pm. $24/$22.The Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. Centerforperformingarts.org. The American Soldier 3-4pm. $20. Arts at the Chocolate Factory, Red Hook. 475-7973. Carefree: Dancing with Fred and Ginger 2 & 7pm. $39/$49. An all-new live musical tribute to American cinema’s most iconic dance duo. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Geppetto: Extraordinary Extremities 2-9:15pm. $20/$10 for students age 21 and under. Concrete Temple Theatre brings their one-man puppet theatre spectacle. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818. High School Musical 2pm. $15/$10 students. Conservatory Theatre program. White Plains Performing Arts Center, White Plains. (914) 328-1600. The Kept Private Nov. 12, 2-3:30pm. A Storyhorse Documentary Theater Piece based on an Earth Science survey of the African American burial grounds in Rhinebeck, conversations in our community, and the 1834 Revolutionary War Pension application of a black farmer from Milan, NY. The Barn at Brook No Evil Farm, Red Hook. (323) 646-0157.
Workshops & Classes Third Annual Day of Jewish Learning 8:30am-4:30pm. Features stimulating lectures, discussion,& participatory activities, led by area and guest spiritual and lay leaders. Kosher food and a Jewish themed book exchange. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. Ucjf.org.
MONDAY 14 Lectures & Talks Agency and Structure: A Small Groups Discussion 11am-12:30pm. One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Honors Center at SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. 257-3933.
Literary & Books In Sociology and the Meda 4-5:30pm. One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Listen as Anne R. Roschelle, professor of sociology, and Lisa A. Phillips, associate professor of digital media and journalism, discuss the book within the context of their academic disciplines. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz.
Music Noah Jarrett’s Triage 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Outdoors & Recreation Super Moon Hike 5-6:30pm. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781. chronogram.com These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.
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Literary & Books
Film Artist's New Work Forum Presents Suicide Imprint Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. Rosendaletheatre.org.
Structured Book Discussion 4:30pm. Part of One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Woodland Pond at New Paltz, New Paltz. 883-9800.
Music
Music
Orquesta Victoria 9pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. Bearsvilletheater.com.
The Jason Grisser Band 7pm. $15-$20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Health & Wellness
Jonathan Richman featuring Drummer Tommy Larkin 7:15-11pm. $20. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. Sincerityincorporated.com.
Community Holistic Healthcare Days Third Tuesday of every month, 4-8pm. A wide variety of holistic health modalities and practitioners are available and we have many new practitioners. Though no money or insurance is required, RVHHC invites patients to give a donation or an hour of volunteer community service if they can. Marbletown Community Center, stone ridge. Rvhhc.org. Living with Lymphedema Support Groups 7pm. Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck. 876-3001.
Lectures & Talks Creation of a State: Israel- A Modern Miracle 7pm. Congregation Ahavath Israel, Kingston. 338-4409.
Literary & Books In Economics and Gender Studies 4-5:30pm. One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Edith Kuiper, assistant professor of economics and women, gender, and sexuality studies, will examine the book within the context of her academic disciplines. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. The Land of Plenty 1pm. One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Anne R. Roschelle, professor of sociology and author of Struggling in the Land of Plenty, will talk about how homeless mothers in San Francisco engage in a variety of survival strategies to subsist in one of the most expensive cities in the US. Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz. 255.5030. Open Mike 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
Petey Hop Hosts Roots & Blues Sessions 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Vic Juris Trio 7pm. Jazz. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Theater Hudson Valley: From the Ice Age to the Present 7pm. Professors Bob and Joanna Titus will discuss the geological past of the Hudson Valley and how its history, culture, and industry impact the area today. Boughton Place, Highland. 691-7578.
Workshops & Classes DIY Zine Workshop 5-7pm. Part of One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Librarians Madeline Veitch and Lydia Willoughby will show you some DIY zine techniques. Then, you can create selfpublished zines related to the book and contribute to a compilation zine! SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. Encaustic 3-Day Comprehensive $400. The Gallery at R&F, Kingston. 331-3112. Tarot Wisdom Gathering Third Wednesday of every month, 6:30-8pm. $10. Join us at our monthly Tarot gathering. Each month a card will be chosen that we will delve into with open minds and hearts. We will have a discussion and journey to gather and share our inner wisdom. All levels of experience are welcome. Bring your own Tarot deck to enjoy this guided exploration to learn & connect more deeply with your deck. Dreaming Goddess Sanctuary, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.
Nightlife Third Tuesday Queer Night Third Tuesday of every month, 7-11:30pm. Yoo hoo mid-Hudson queers! Community, fun, music and more. Dogwood, Beacon. Https://facebook.com/midhudsonqueernight/.
Workshops & Classes Bodystorm: Women’s Circle 6:30-8:30pm. An embodyperiod. take on traditional talking circles, Bodystorm is a space of expression, deep listening, collective & embodied visioning, & movement. Facilitated by Jungian depth psychologist, Dr. Roxanne Partridge. Aletis House, Hudson. (415) 686-8722. Embroidery & Appliqué with Cal Patch 12-3pm. $65. Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson. Dropforgeandtool.com/workshops-list/copyof-embroidery-and-appliqu-workshop-125151pm-to-5pm.
WEDNESDAY 16 Fairs & Festivals The Hudson Valley Farm & Flea Festival 10am-5pm. Products made, grown and crafted locally. Motorcyclepedia, Newburgh. 569-9065.
THURSDAY 17 Comedy Alton Brown 8pm. $55-$130. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
Film Indian Point 7pm. Reception at 6pm. The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio, Albany. 518-465-5233.
Lectures & Talks How to Research Your Family Tree 6-8:15pm. Marlboro Free Library, Marlboro. 236-7272.
Insights Into Poverty 11am-12:30pm. Part of One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz. 255.5030. Page Turners: River Road 7-8pm. Monthly meeting of our PageTurners Book Club. This month we will be discussing “River Road” by Carol Goodman. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.
Music 10,000 Maniacs 8pm. $45/$35/$20. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Al Stewart Acoustic Trio 8pm. $25-$40. Performing the entire Year of The Cat album. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. bigBANG Jazz Gang 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Britemores and New Resistance 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Connor Kennedy & Minstrel 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Emerging Artist Classical Music Series: William Beecher 7:30-9pm. $15. William Beecher showcases his talent on the bassoon. ARTBar Gallery, Kingston. 338-2789.
Theater Oaklahoma! 8pm. SUNY New Paltz. Newpaltz.edu. 7pm. Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge. 688-1959. 7pm. Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge. 688-1959. Interactive Mystery Dinner Theatre 7-9:45pm. $45+ tax and gratuity. The ACME Mystery Co. & Mahoney’s Irish Pub present Death takes a Bow, a hilarious interactive murder mystery. Mahoney’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, Poughkeepsie. 471-7026. Mykee Fowlin: You Don’t Know Me Until You Know Me 7pm. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. 418-5227.
Workshops & Classes Library Knitters Third Thursday of every month, 7-8pm. Sit and knit in the beautiful Gardiner Library. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
FRIDAY 18 Comedy Sebastian Maniscalco 7pm. $41.75/$61.75 reserved seating/$252.00 VIP. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800.
Dance Elks Lounge Dance Night 7-10:45pm. $10. Enjoy a wide array of much loved & lesser known songs. Admission includes snacks and refreshments. Drinks are available. Elks Lodge, Beacon. 765-0667.
Health & Wellness Awareness through Movement (Feldenkrais) Class 9-10am. $15$/50 a full month. A variety of movement sequences will help you align, improve coordination, flexibility, ease and grace, and release tensions. Manitou Collective, Garrison. (914) 522-8017.
Kids & Family
Literary & Books
Homeschool at The Aldrich: Lines, Links, Layers 10-11:30am. $15/$40 for series of three sessions. Ages 6 to 10 with an adult. Experiment with mathematics while collaborating on a work of art inspired by exhibiting artist Peter Liversidge’s wall drawing. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-4519.
Herberth H. and Sophia Reuner Library Writers Series 10:15-11:30am. Author reading, interview, Q & A, book signing with Sapphire.Ulster Community College Camp Ulster, Stone Ridge. 339-2025.
Storytime in the Museum 1:30-2:15pm. Ages 3-5. Each session will include stories, poems, and a simple handson activity related to the art on view in the galleries. Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5237.
Poverty in Ulster County 7-8:30pm. Part of One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz. 255.5030.
Literary & Books
Fairs & Festivals
Bonnie Mackay: Tree of Treasures: A Life in Ornaments 5-7pm. The Chatham Bookstore, Chatham. 518-392-3005.
The WAAM Auction 1pm. $25. Catalog and pre-registration included. Paintings, fine prints, culpture, works on paper, photography, and more. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock. Woodstockart.org.
Casual Book Discussion 3-4:30pm. One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Sojourner Truth Library, New Paltz. Library. newpaltz.edu.
The Group Holiday Sale 10am-7pm. Twenty two participants in a gallery setting. Blown glassware, baskets, knit hats, copper work, porcelain and so much more. The Group Holiday Sale, Rhinebeck. 876-4151.
Storytelling with Janet Carter 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
Music Live at the Fillmore: Definitive Tribute to the Allman Brothers 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. Bearsvilletheater.com.
Dorraine Scofield and JB Hunt 5pm. Mahoney’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, Poughkeepsie. 471-7026.
Leonisa Ardizzone Quartet 8pm. $10. Jazz. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.
Literary & Books
Los Lobos 8pm. $60-$85. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Kingston Spoken Word 7pm. $5. Author Sarah Micklem and poet Cornelius Eady. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston. 331-2884.
Music Dopapod, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. Bearsvilletheater.com. 2016 Seven Freedoms Music Cafe’ Series 2-3:30pm. Join us for Seven Freedoms Music & Record’s Third Musical Performance of the 2016 Acoustic Music Series featuring storyteller, folk-singer, and educator Joe Planck. Seven Freedoms Music & Records, Montgomery. 457-1463.
Robert Sturman
Cabaret at the CIA: Msry Testa & Michael Starobin 7:30pm. Presented by Half Moon Theater. Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Hyde Park. 452-9430.
Hudson Valley Hullabaloo Craft Fair 10am-5pm. $2/kids 12 and under are free. Andy Murphy Rec Center, Kingston. 750-8801.
by the RVHHC in collaboration with The Morty and Gloria Wolosoff Foundation. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.
Silent Film: Siegfried 7-9pm. Fritz Lang directs this phantasm involving dragons, treasure, quests, and yes, an invisible helmut. Cary Brown will provide a live improvised score. Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library, Cold Spring. 265-3040.
Rhythms Rising 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Oaklahoma! 8pm. SUNY New Paltz. Newpaltz.edu. Inherit the Wind 8pm. $24/$22. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. Centerforperformingarts.org. 7pm. Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge. 688-1959. 7pm. Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge. 688-1959.
Squirrel Nut Zippers 8pm. $34. Eclectic fusion of Delta blues, gypsy jazz and swing. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Justin Wolfer, one of the teachers at Ahimsa Yoga & Music Festival.
Ahimsa Yoga & Music Festival This weekend-long festival combines yoga and music, offering attendees the chance to try out traditional and emerging styles of both. Donna De Lory, best known for her work as Madonna’s backup singer and solo career, will perform, as will neo-folk-world-rock group HuDost, made up of Moksha Sommer and Jemal Wade Hines, and Grammy-nominated vocalist and guitarist Jai Uttal. For a slightly different atmosphere, guests can attend a late-night Bhakti dance party featuring tunes from Chicago-based DJ Taz Rashid. Over 70 classes and workshops will be held on site, and the retreat is offering all-inclusive packages for lodging at Kaatskill Mountain Club. From November 4 to 6 at Hunter Mountain. Ahimsayogafestival.com.
Film The Lost Rondout with Q & A 7-9pm. The Pivot Ground Cafe & Work Space, Kingston. 383-1663.
Cabaret at the CIA: Msry Testa & Michael Starobin 7:30pm. Presented by Half Moon Theater. Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Hyde Park. 452-9430.
The Line: Between Drawing and Dance 10:30am-12:30pm. $20/$75 series. Dance workshop with Clyde Forth. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. 679-2079.
Screening of Shameless 7pm. One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Followed by discussion. Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz. 255.5030.
The Chain Gang 10pm. Classic rock. Cafe International@ Ramada Inn, Newburgh. 567-9429.
Resume/Job Search Workshop 6-7:30pm. One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Mark McFadden, director of the Career Resource Center at SUNY New Paltz, will help you discover the three components to a good resume and learn the three strategies for an effective job search. Sojourner Truth Library, New Paltz. Library.newpaltz.edu.
Food & Wine
Workshops & Classes
SATURDAY 19 Dance
Mike DelGuidice And Big Shot 8-9:30pm. $55-$30. Celebrating the music of Billy Joel. Featuring Long Time Members of Billy Joel’s Band, The Broadway Musical “Movin Out” Band, and The All Star Horn Section that performed with Billy Joel at the “Last Play at Shea” Stadium Concert, performers include: Mike DeGuidice, Tommy Byrnes, Joen Scarpulla, Nick Dimichino, Carmine Giglio, Chuck Burgi. Paramount Theatre, Middletown. 346-4195.
Sierra Hull 8pm. The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio, Albany. 518-465-5233.
The Pousette-Dart Band 8pm. $20-$30. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Theater
The Magnetic Fields 50 Song Memoir Concert 8-10pm. $45/$35 in advance/$55 preferred/$60 advanced combo/$35 students. Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
Neil Young B’day Tribute 8-11pm. Open mike with Bobby Kennedy, Gerry Silverman & friends. A.I.R. Studio Gallery, Kingston. 331-2662.
The Magnetic Fields 50 Song Memoir Concert 8-10pm. $45/$35 in advance/$55 preferred/$60 advanced combo/$35 students. Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
Singer-Songwriter Showcase Third Friday of every month, 8pm. $6. Acoustic Music by three outstanding singer-songwriters and musicians at ASK GALLERY, 97 Broadway, Kingston 8-10:30 pm Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0311.
The Machine Performs Pink Floyd 8pm. $35-$48. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390.
Hudson Valley Wine and Chocolate Festival $25. 11am-4pm. Come sip wine and sample chocolate, wine, spirits, cider, craft beer from all across our region. Age 21 and over only. Ramada Inn, Fishkill. 278-7272.
Clifton Anderson Quartet 8-10:30pm. $15. Tadataka Unno (piano), Paul Beaudry (bass), Taru Alexander (drums), and Victor See Yuen (percussion). Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701.
Kids & Family
Dahlia Dumont’s ‘Blue Dahlia’ 8-11:30pm. An organic sound with an electric energy. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Mountain Laurel Waldorf School Open House 10am-noon. Mountain Laurel Waldorf School, New Paltz. 255-0033 ext. 101.
Darlene Love 8-10pm. $35/$50. Rock. Paramount Theatre, Middletown. (914) 739-0039.
Annual Third Saturday Double Contra Dance Party and Potluck $8 challenging contras/$15 evening dance/$20 both dances. Dugan Murphy calling with The Russet Trio. 3- 5 PM, Challenging contras, 5-7 PM, potluck, schmooze, jam, 7-10:30 PM vening Dance. St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie. 473-7050.
NaNoWriMo Teen Write-In 11am-2pm. Teens! Have you always dreamed of writing a novel?Join the hundreds of thousands of participants all over the world who work on the goal of writing an entire novel for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! 6th-12th grade. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.
Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre 7:30-9:30pm. $30/$10 student rush and children. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 10.
Evidence of the Truth of Metaphysics Found in Cutting-Edge Scientific Reserach 1:30-4:30pm. By Marc Newkirk. Sponsored
Lectures & Talks
Dopapod 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Harry Manning 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Hudson Valley Philharmonic: The Immigrant Experience 8pm. $35-$57. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. The JB3 Trio 6-9pm. Denning’s Point Distillery, Beacon. Denningspointdistillery.com/.
Vassar College Orchestra 8pm. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits School Open House 10am-noon. Mountain Laurel Waldorf School, New Paltz. 255-0033.
Theater Oaklahoma! 8pm. SUNY New Paltz. Newpaltz.edu. Grace the Pirate by Kit's Interactive Theater 8pm. $9 adults, $7 for children in advance or at the door.Rhinebeck Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. Centerforperformingarts.org. Inherit the Wind 8pm. $24/$22. Rhinebeck Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. Centerforperformingarts.org. 7pm. Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge. 688-1959. 7pm. Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge. 688-1959.
Workshops & Classes Conscious Entrepreneurship: Mindful Tools to Build Profit + Purpose A weekend of workshops for communityminded entrepreneurs. BEAHIVE, Beacon Blacksmithing Basics: Forging the Hook with Pat Quinn Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550. Build Your Own Toboggan Two-day class instructor Wayne Ford. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080. Community Clay Day Third Saturday of every month, 1-3pm. $6. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 454-4525. Conscious Entrepreneurship: Mindful Tools to Build Profit + Purpose 9:30am-5:30pm. $399. This weekend intensive interweaves business basics with social/environmental/personal values, inner awareness, and a vision of community. Beahive Beacon, Beacon. 418-3731.
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Drawing and Painting From the Figure 9am-noon. $150.00. This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to approach the figure. Each four week session builds upon the last but can also be taken on their own. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Driver Safety Course 9am-5pm. $25/$20 AARP members. Take the new AARP Smart Driver Safety Course and you qualify for insurance discounts and points reduction. Learn evidence-based safe driving strategies; new NY traffic laws and rules of the road; how to deal with aggressive drivers and more. Pre-payment required. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580. Holiday Soap Making Workshop 1-4pm. $75/$60 members. Learn to make cold processed soap in this hands-on workshop with our Education Manager and soap maker, Megan Hoffman. Adults only. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.
Bluegrass Brunch: Twisted Pine noon. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Brunch: Willa & Co. 10am. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Edward Arron & Friends 3-5pm. $10- $55. This evening brings together a fun program along with a group of musicians to match. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252. Fred Gillen, Jr. with special guest Linda Draper 4-6pm. $10. Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701. Fred Hersch Trio 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Hot Tuna Electric! 7pm. $39.50. Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady lead the legendary blues-rock band with classic tunes and
Thrown Assemblage Master Ceramic Class 10am-4pm. $120. Exhibiting artist Kirsten Lyon will be teaching a special master class in pottery. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack. 358-0877.
MONDAY 21
Outdoors & Recreation Family of New Paltz Seventh Annual Turkey Trot 9am. $30 early reg./age based and group rates available. The Family of New Paltz Turkey Trot is a 5K run and walk held annually Thanksgiving morning to support Family of New Paltz’s Food Pantry and Crisis Services. Water Street Market (Antiques Center), New Paltz. 255-8801.
Music Eric Person Trio 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Spirituality Interfaith Thanksgiving Service 7-8:30pm. The service is sponsored by the
Swing Dance to the Metropolitan Hot Club 8pm. $15/$10 FT students. A gypsy jazz group that plays hot swing of the 30s and 40s. The group celebrates the music made popular by legendary guitarist, Django Reinhardt, and jazz violinist, Stephane Grappelli. An impressive repertoire of period music makes for an unforgettable dancing experience. Lesson at 8pm, dance from 8:30pm-11pm. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 471-1120.
Fairs & Festivals Basilica Farm & Flea Holiday Market 11am-6pm. Basilica Farm & Flea is part timeless flea and farmer’s market and part 21st century craft and design fair, showcasing the wealth and splendor of the Hudson Valley’s artisanal talents. Basilica Farm & Flea is inspired by the abundance of passionate and talented farmers, collectors and artisans in the Hudson Valley. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. Basilicahudson.org/farmandflea/.
SUNDAY 20 Fairs & Festivals Annual Artisan Craft Fair to Benefit Sinterklaas 10am-4pm. Featuring works for sale by local artists and craft artisans including framed art, pottery, glass, woodworking, jewelry, photography, fiber arts and more. Rhinebeck Town Hall, Rhinebeck. 629-2575.
Health & Wellness The Capitol Steps Political satire comes to Poughkeepsie in musical form just 48 hours prior to Election Day. The Capitol Steps, straight from Washington, DC, will perform an off-colored, humorous take on governmental functions through their song parodies and stand-up skits. Their latest release, Take the Money and Run—for President features songs like “Candidates’ Hello!” and “Super Congress Debt Committee.” Not everyone in the current group has stayed in the political game, but in total, the performers have a collective 62 years of House and Senate staff experience—providing the right amount of qualifications for their run in the comedic office. The Capitol Steps perform on Sunday, November 6 at 7pm at the Bardavon. Tickets are $45 for adults, $40 for members. Bardavon.org.
Holiday Craft Fair 10am-4pm. $2/childern 12 and under free. Features over 60 vendors, local authors, raffle, and crafty kitchen. All proceeds will go towards the Noxon Rd. Elementary PTA. Arlington High School, LaGrangeville. Facebook.com/noxoncraftfair.
epic improvisations. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.
Hudson Valley Hullabaloo Craft Fair 11am-5pm. $2/kids 12 and under are free. Andy Murphy Rec Center, Kingston. 750-8801.
Lucky Five 6:30-9pm. Prairie Whale, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-5050.
Food & Wine
Mavis Staples and Los Lobos 7pm. $48-$98. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390.
Wrap-Up Discussion 1-2:30pm. Part of One Book/One New Paltz: $2 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America. Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz. 255.5030.
Music Big Head Todd and the Monsters 7pm. $39-$69. Blues and funk. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. chronogram.com These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.
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FRIDAY 25 Dance
Repair Cafe: Kingston 11am-3pm. Clinton Avenue United Methodist, Kingston. Repaircafehv.org.
Literary & Books
Happy Thanksgiving!
More Than Words: Communication Strategies for Dementia Caregivers 2pm. Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck. 876-3001.
Repair Cafe: New Paltz 10am-2pm. Bring a beloved but broken item to be repaired for free. New Paltz United Methodist Church, New Paltz. (646) 302-5835.
Hudson Valley Wine and Chocolate Festival $25. 11am-4pm. Come sip wine and sample chocolate, wine, spirits, cider, craft beer from all across our region. Age 21 and over only. Ramada Inn, Fishkill. 278-7272.
THURSDAY 24
Lectures & Talks
R&F Saturday Lab with Encaustic and Pigment Sticks 11am-4pm. $65. Instructors will introduce you to the basics of using Encaustic paint and Pigment Sticks, and the possibilities for combining the two. R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston. (800) 206-8088.
The Group Holiday Sale 10am-4pm. Twenty two participants in a gallery setting. Blown glassware, baskets, knit hats, copper work, porcelain and so much more. The Group Holiday Sale, Rhinebeck. 876-4151.
Stompin’ Riffraffs: Japanese Garage/ Rockabilly 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Mutlu 7pm. $15-$20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Vassar College Madrigal Singers 3pm. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319.
Woodstock Interfaith Council, a group that currently includes representatives of several Buddhist, Christian, and Jewish communities in the Woodstock area. People of all faiths and no faith are invited to join us in experiencing the seasonal spirit of gratitude. The service will be followed by “potluck dessert”. First Church of Christ, Scientist, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.
Workshops & Classes Math Help 3-5pm. Teacher Phyllis Rosato is ready to answer all of your math questions, from kindergarten to calculus. Phoenicia Library, Phoenicia. 688-7811.
TUESDAY 22
Awareness through Movement (Feldenkrais) Class 9-10am. $15$/50 a full month. A variety of movement sequences will help you align, improve coordination, flexibility, ease and grace, and release tensions. Manitou Collective, Garrison. (914) 522-8017.
Kids & Family Afternoon Studios: Lighted Lanterns 2-4pm. Families with children of all ages are invited! Join artist Alissa Siegal to design paper lanterns for the holiday season. Turn your lantern into an animal or simply add colors and materials to make your own unique work of art. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-4519
Music Record Store Day Black Friday sale at both store locations. Woodstock Music Shop, Woodstock and Kingston. Woodstockmusicshop.com The Felice Brothers 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. Bearsvilletheater.com
Theater
Film
Mark Hummel’s Golden State Lone Star Revue 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Oaklahoma! 2pm. SUNY New Paltz. Newpaltz.edu.
Artist's New Work Forum Presents: Gone Postal Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. Rosendalethatre.org.
Petey Hop & Friends 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Inherit the Wind 8pm. $24/$22. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. Centerforperformingarts.org.
Workshops & Classes Sunday Art Studios 11am-1pm. These Sunday morning programs are designed for local families, heritage and art tourists, and regular visitors who like to make art. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872 ext.105.
WEDNESDAY 23 Music Thanksgiving Eve Dance Party 9pm. Featuring DJs Lady Verse and Majic Juan. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. Bearsvilletheater.com Alpha Male Gorillas’ Thanksgiving Eve Tradition! 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Piano Virtuoso Jim Brickman 8pm. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. 914-739-0039. Tribute to The Band: The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Celebration, 8-10:30pm. $30$45. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Wali Ali & the Tambourine Band 8pm. Wali Ali unites the intimacy of folk music with the improvisation of jazz and the irresistible rhythms of R&B. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Wali Ali Band 8-10:30pm. $15. Wali Ali unites the intimacy of folk music with the improvisation of jazz and the irresistible rhythms of R&B. Featuring Roger Byam (sax, flute), Antoine Drye (trumpet), Paul Connors (organ), Kendall Buchanan (bass), John Dody (drums). Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701.
Theater The Turn of the Scrooge 8pm. Spend time with all the familiar characters – and maybe a few new onesas The Loons return with another terrific original British-American Panto and their own zany spin on the classic holiday tale, “A Christmas Carol”. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
Workshops & Classes Tips and Tricks in Watercolor Fourth Friday of every month, 10am1pm. $40. With instructor Claudia Engel. Betsy Jacaruso Studio & Gallery, Rhinebeck. 516-4435.
Jackie Evancho 7:30pm. $29-$79. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945. Jacqui Naylor Quartet 8-10:30pm. $10. Naylor has made the mixing (and sometimes “smashing”) of genres and eras her stock-in-trade, gaining fans and notoriety for singing the lyrics and melody of jazz standards over the grooves of wellknown pop and rock songs and vice versa. Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701. Josh Stark 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Popa Chubby 8pm. $20-$30. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Sax Life 8pm. $10. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.
The Turn of the Scrooge 8pm. Spend time with all the familiar characters – and maybe a few new onesas The Loons return with another terrific original British-American Panto and their own zany spin on the classic holiday tale, “A Christmas Carol”. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
Aldrich’s exhibitions director Richard Klein. Directly following the tour, from 3 to 5 pm, members are invited to a festive party with exhibition-inspired food, live music, and shopping for unique gift items selected by Aldrich staff and curators. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-4519.
Workshops & Classes
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Drawing and Painting from the Figure 9am-noon. $150. This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to approach the figure. Great for beginning students looking to develop a portfolio as well as seasoned artists ready to challenge themselves with the human form. Each four week session builds upon the last but can also be taken on their own. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Rootstock 6pm. A celebration of music and farming dedicated to “rooting the next generation of farmers”! Featuring three acclaimed indie bands with ties to the New York farming and conservation communities, all concert proceeds will benefit American Farmland Trust and National Young Farmers Coalition. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300.
Learn to Swing Dance Workshop 5:30-7pm. $25. With Linda and Chester Freeman, Got2Lindy Dance Studios. Studio87: The Wellness House, Newburgh. 236-3939.
Spirituality Akashic Records Revelaed with June Brought Last Sunday of every month, 2-3:30pm. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Theater
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The Turn of the Scrooge 2pm. Spend time with all the familiar characters – and maybe a few new onesas The Loons return with another terrific original British-American Panto and their own zany spin on the classic holiday tale, “A Christmas Carol”. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
Dance Red Pepper Dance Night 7-10:45pm. $10. DJ’s Rhoda & Al Admission includes Sri Lankan & American appetizers. Red Pepper Bistro, Wappingers Falls. 765-0667.
Fairs & Festivals
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Hudson Valley Goldsmith Fall event featuring work from world famous jeweler Lika Behar and specials throughout the store. Hudsonvalleygoldsmith.com
Music Dave Ambrosio and Russ Meissner 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Handmade for the Holidays 10am-4pm. Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. 457-ARTS. Unison Craft, Art & Design Fair 10am-5pm. $4 Adults, $3 Unison Members. Unison Art Center’s 26th Annual Craft, Art & Design Fair on Saturday & Sunday, November 26 & 27 from 10am-5pm at the Multi-Purpose Room in the Student Union Building (Glass Atrium) at SUNY New Paltz. Master Crafts People and Fine Artists in one of the Finest Craft Fairs in the Hudson Valley. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Food & Wine Small Business Saturday 12-7pm. Come enjoy a complimentary sample cocktail while deciding on bottles for yourself, friends and family for the upcoming holiday season. Hudson Valley Distillers at Spirits Grove Farm, clermont. (518) 537-6820.
Kids & Family NaNoWriMo Teen Write-In 11am-2pm. Teens! Have you always dreamed of writing a novel?Join the hundreds of thousands of participants all over the world who work on the goal of writing an entire novel for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! 6th-12th grade. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.
Literary & Books Laura Ludwig: Poetry and Performance 6:30pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
Music Slambovian Circus of Dreams 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. Bearsvilletheater.com Andrea & the Armenian Rug Riders 9:30pm. Classic rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. The Crossroads Band 8:30pm. Classic rock. Whistling Willie’s, Cold Spring. 265-2012.
Norah Jones 8pm. $58-$73. Blend of pop, jazz and country. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
Workshops & Classes
Alton Brown: “Eat Your Science” Celebrity chef Alton Brown makes a stop in Kingston on his “Edible Inevitable” tour before a run on Broadway. Brown is the energetic host of the Food Network’s “Cutthroat Kitchen” and “Good Eats,” as well as the author of the award-winning cookbook I’m Just Here for the Food. His live “Eat Your Science” performance combines fun-filled food demonstrations with an empirical discovery format—think Bill Nye meets guitar-playing food critic. This event will showcase googly-eyed puppets, songs, and culinary demos. Brown appears on Thursday, November 17 at 8 pm at Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston. Tickets start at $55. Bardavon.org. The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Spirituality Hudson Valley Psychic Saturday Meetup 3pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Meditation Intensive 9am-4pm. $125. Meditation Intensive with Gurudev Nityananda, successor of the renowned meditation master Baba Muktananda, provides a unique opportunity to receive guidance, inspiration, and encouragement for one’s own spiritual practice by spending the day in his presence. Each Intensive focuses on a particular topic. All are welcome. Includes a wholesome, homemade, vegetarian lunch. Shanti Mandir, Walden. 778-1008.
Theater
David Kraai & The Saddle Tramps 9pm-midnight. Two sets of the finest country rock this side of 1973. Wherehouse, Newburgh. 561-7240.
Magic With David Garrity 11am. $9 adults, $7 for children in advance or at the door. Rhinebeck Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. Centerforperformingarts.org.
Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals 8-10pm. $35/$45. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039 ext. 2 8pm. Classic rock. Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill. (914) 739-2333.
Mysterious Deceptions 8pm. $20. Rhinebeck Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. Centerforperformingarts.org.
Small Metals Basics: Making the Ring Learn the essentials of making a piece of jewelry from start to finish. We will discuss design and how to properly size a ring. Also techniques such as soldering, fabricating, hammering, and polishing will be covered. Students will go home with custom sterling silver rings. This fun class is a great follow up to the Jewelry Tools and Techniques workshop. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550.
SUNDAY 27 Film National Theatre From London: The Three Penny Opera Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. Rosendaletheatre.com
Fairs & Festivals Unison Craft, Art & Design Fair 10am-5pm. $4 Adults, $3 Unison Members. Unison Art Center’s 26th Annual Craft, Art & Design Fair on Saturday & Sunday, November 26 & 27 from 10am-5pm at the Multi-Purpose Room in the Student Union Building (Glass Atrium) at SUNY New Paltz. Master Crafts People and Fine Artists in one of the Finest Craft Fairs in the Hudson Valley. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Lectures & Talks A Curator Tour with Richard Klein 2-3pm. Explore all four exhibitions during an engaging conversational tour led by The
Math Help 3-5pm. Teacher Phyllis Rosato is ready to answer all of your math questions, from kindergarten to calculus. Phoenicia Library, Phoenicia. 688-7811.
TUESDAY 29 Lectures & Talks Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference 7pm. Congregation Ahavath Israel, Kingston. 338-4409.
Music College Wind and Percussion Ensemble 7:30pm. Concert of outstanding wind ensemble selections performed by the SUNY Ulster Wind Ensemble under the direction of Victor Izzo, Jr. and the Percussion Ensemble directed by Chris Earley. Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge. 687-5263.
Workshops & Classes Nightshades: Embodied Dreamwork 6:30-8:30pm. $25. Informed by the teachings of C. G. Jung, this experiential & embodied dream workshop guides you into meeting the dreamworld beyond the ego & analysis of your conscious mind. Facilitated by Dr. Roxanne Partridge. Aletis House, Hudson. (415) 686-8722.
WEDNESDAY 30 Music Petey Hop Hosts Roots & Blues Sessions 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Theater A Christmas Carol 7:30pm. $32.50-$52.50. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
Workshops & Classes Exploring Visual Language: Conversations on Color $550. Through Dec. 2 with Lisa Pressman and Richard Frumess. The Gallery at R&F, Kingston. 331-3112.
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e’re now days ahead of the 2016 presidential election. It’s been a long and agonizing slog, which has now degraded into an insult to the intelligence of anyone with a shred of decency. At the same time, there are many interesting features to this election cycle, one of which is people seeing through the whole “lesser of two evils” thing. The choice between two candidates who don’t represent your views is no choice at all. Though Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump seem to be two vastly different people, they have one thing in common: Many Democrats don’t like Clinton, and many Republicans don’t like Trump. In this and other ways, the two-party system is fragmenting. This is the first contested presidential election happening under what I am calling “full digital” conditions—that is, after the portable computer (smartphone) has taken over reality. It’s also happening under the influence of an aspect that I associate with digital conditions, called the Uranus-Eris conjunction in Aries. The last time the Uranus-Eris conjunction happened (also in Aries, because Eris moves so slowly) was in 1927-28, at the dawn of the mass media age. Now it’s back, as the effects of the digital age are being seen for what they are: chaos in culture, confusion of self-concept, and a totally distorted relationship to body. The chaos you’re witnessing in the world, and may be feeling in your own life, has a source. Recently there was a Full Moon directly aligned with this conjunction, which came with a flood of accusations of sexual assault leveled at Donald Trump, and others that Trump pointed back at Hillary and her husband, former president Bill Clinton. The Sun and Moon personalized the effects of the distant, difficult-to-perceive conjunction, making it real to anyone who can see, hear, or feel. Normal people like us don’t live our lives this way; we have humbler goals and more modest 90 planet waves ChronograM 11/16
problems. Yet we’re all taking this crazy trip, surfing along on the gushing innards of some people who have some serious issues. And in a few days, one of these families will be selected to occupy the White House. One thing the digital realm has done, among other things, is induced a society wide out-of-body experience. The Internet is a synthetic astral plane. We were promised an “ascension” back in 2012 at the Mayan calendar turnover, and those predicting it were right. We ascended out of our bodies and into the datasphere. Human lives are now inseparable from the internet, or at least that’s how we live. Robotics are taking over; the cyborgs being trained to be human and the humans trained to think like machines are racing to meet in the middle. The real question is not “When will robots be indistinguishable from humans?” The question is “When will humans be indistinguishable from robots?” In some ways it seems like we’re very close. So far, my theory of what’s happening in the 2016 election has been based on media analysis. My core concept is that digital technology has so gutted the human sense of self that total chaos has taken over. Today, I have another theory, one that I learned from Wilhelm Reich. The two approaches are compatible because they both involve our relationship to our body—and how that relationship can be exploited. Sexual Assault and the Trump Campaign Now that sexual assault has become the dominant theme of the Trump campaign, it’s a good time to introduce another explanation of what’s happening. In recent weeks, we learned that Donald Trump really does shove his tongue into the mouths of unwilling recipients, reached under the skirt of his fellow passenger in first class, and walked in on the Miss Universe contestants’ dressing room. His first wife accused him of raping her (then recanted), and there’s a federal lawsuit in New York City by a woman who is alleging that as a child she was
repeatedly raped while being held prisoner by Trump and an associate. anchoring of sexual inhibition and anxiety.” The last few words contain the formula: The formation of the authoritarian Many women are now coming forward with horror stories, some of them prompted by Trump’s outright denial of such conduct during one of his debates. structure takes place through the anchoring of sexual inhibition and anxiety. In other One of those women was a reporter for People magazine, sent to interview words, grafting sexual inhibition to anxiety and making them one emotion. To sum up, when people are sexually crushed, many problems arise, inTrump about his happy marriage; she got a tongue shoved into her mouth, and told many people about it at the time (including her former journalism cluding what he calls the mystical longing. Suppressed orgasm and withheld sexual gratification induce a frantic state, which include “armoring of the charprofessor). If even a few of these allegations are true, it’s a serious issue. Most sane people acter, [which] is the basis of isolation, indigence, craving for authority, fear know they have a high probability of being real. This is based on Trump’s own of responsibility, mystical longing, sexual misery, and neurotically impotent affirmation: He said he did it; the accusations have been coming out for a long rebelliousness.” time. This was no “October surprise.” We’ve been dealing with his insults at women through the whole campaign. These include his memorable attacks on The Mystical Longing and the Charismatic Leader In a book called The Function of the Orgasm, his most famous work, Reich explains Megyn Kelly of Fox News in reprisal specifically that the “mystical longing” is answered in the form for calling him out for his hatred of women. of the charismatic leader. Sexuality is suppressed One thing I observe is that Trump’s position is Donald Trump may grate on many people, merely an expression of the consistent position of by crushing women. The and disgust many others. But there’s no denying the Republican Party in its treatment of women: that in a crude and American way, he has a ceropposing the right to family planning, birth conoppression of sex is the tain charisma. He’s akin to a religious huckster: trol, and abortion. That’s an almost-sly attack on oppression of women; men a total hypocrite who makes no sense, and who the personhood of women. Trump makes it overt, draws his power on the anger and frustration of even suggesting that women need to be punished come along for the ride his followers. for having an abortion. Make no mistake: In order to forgive his vicious His running mate, Mike Pence, signed a law this as both perps an victims. treatment of women, his fans must be sexually year requiring women who miscarry or terminate Women are trained to be frustrated. a pregnancy to bury or cremate the fetus, forcing Nobody who snuggles and cuddles with their them to do so at their own expense. both as well. lover, and who draws strength and pleasure from The truly impressive thing is that as of today, the feminine side of life, is going to like him, or about 43 percent of the voting American public is likely to vote for Trump. Indeed, it’s not just impressive—it’s all that matters. have any use for him. People who have use for him are those who are in sexual The attack on women has become the centerpiece of his campaign. It seems pain. But we’re not allowed to talk about sexual pain in our culture—that is, the like a scandal, but it’s far more than that; it’s the heart of the matter. And you pain of longing. We can, however, talk about the pain of attack, and that’s what might ask: Who would respond to this? There’s a lot of history here. A doctor named Wilhelm Reich was the first the discussion is focused on. I have no doubt that the mechanics of the Internet have so scrambled people to explain the connection between sexual repression and the rise of fascism, a as to make this whole situation worse. Yet the human core reality involves form of government that Trump aspires to. sexually based emotional agony, whatever its source and whatever is facilitatHe perceives himself as a dictator, and his followers are responding to him ing it. In that state, people are susceptible to all kinds of manipulation. Feeling like a social monarch who can do no wrong. That “no wrong” includes contemplating nuclear war, threatening genocide, dead inside, they have nothing to lose, and feel like they might gain something. It’s rare that the cycle of sexual repression to politics is expressed overtly— advocating brutality in his rallies, and torture both psychological and physical. though that’s what we’re seeing. We are witnessing the charismatic leader who It’s worth asking how this happens; it’s happened many times before. We have to look to Dr. Reich for a real clue. Before we go there, please keep openly hates women drawing his power from profoundly sexually frustrated people. one thing in mind: Sexuality is suppressed by crushing women. The oppression of sex is the oppression of women; men come along for the ride as both perps Where to Go From Here This is the discussion we need to have. In this environment, it would seem that and victims. Women are trained to be both as well. relaxing and being loving is the last thing that it’s safe to do, but that’s really the only answer. The actual antidote to this chaos is love and pleasure. Suppression of Natural Sexuality That our environment does not support this is by design. We need to design a In Reich’s observation, the police state draws its power from sexual repression. Sexual repression actually begins in the family, during early childhood. Society new environment. It’s true that we’re in a predicament, and that requires taking is full of repressive methods and ideas, from religion to marketing to advocacy some risks. One of those risks involves questioning whether sexual repression of rape and abuse. But the real damage happens when children are young. Here in any form is a good thing. Many would say that we need more repression, is a direct quote, though I’ve done some editing to split up a very long sentence though I don’t think that’s going to get a positive result. Another involves seeing the way that crushing and demeaning women is not and even longer paragraph. just about women but about all people. While we may not be able to change This is from a book called The Mass Psychology of Fascism: “Suppression of the this in our entire culture, we can change it for ourselves as individuals. natural sexuality in the child, particularly of its genital sexuality, makes the This requires conscious choices and actions. The personal is indeed political, child apprehensive, shy, obedient, afraid of authority, good, and adjusted in the authoritarian sense; it paralyzes the rebellious forces because any rebellion and claiming, honoring, and loving your sexuality is indeed a revolutionary act. When the feedback from your environment says shut down, be afraid, be cold, is laden with anxiety. and do not trust, relaxing and being open is a kind of rebellion. If you think of “It produces, by inhibiting sexual curiosity and sexual thinking in the child, a it that way, it may be easier for you to take part. general inhibition of thinking and of critical faculties. In brief, the goal of sexual It’s going to be an interesting few days as the wave of the Aries Full Moon suppression is that of producing an individual who is adjusted to the authoritarian crests and breaks over society. Remember, you have the option to fester on order and who will submit to it in spite of all misery and degradation. At first the problem, or to focus on healing. the child has to submit to the structure of the authoritarian miniature state, the chronogram.com family; this makes it capable of later subordination to the general authoritarian Read Eric Francis Coppolino’s weekly Planet Waves column. system. The formation of the authoritarian structure takes place through the 11/16 ChronograM planet waves 91
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ARIES (March 20-April 19) Fighting chaos is like trying to smooth out the surface of water with a canoe paddle. You may be facing some challenging situations at work, though it won’t take much for you to turn them into opportunities. The first thing to do is take a different approach to any turbulence or conflict, which would begin by stepping back and observing. You may not be noticing how your influence in the situation is stirring up your environment. The best way to figure that out is to step back, observe, and listen. The thing to study is relationships. Notice where people’s loyalty is invested, without judging it or saying anything about it. This is a matter of facts, not of opinion. The only way to get anything done—whether it’s a project of some kind, or your own professional advancement—is to work with others. And that is entirely based on who is loyal to whom, and why. What I suggest you remember about this thing called “work” is that for most people, it’s the means to an end called eating. For a few other people, work is a creative endeavor that gives meaning to their lives. For a few others, it’s a political game or power trip. Know where you stand, and know who you’re dealing with at any time.
TAURUS (April 19-May 20) Consider sincerely the challenges your partners are facing. This isn’t some special treatment you would be offering; rather, it’s the essence of companionship and collaboration. Your own astrology has been compelling you to mature and take on more responsibility; not just for your personal life, but also for the world around you. You might feel like you’re being asked to give something up. You will no more miss whatever you think that is than you miss your childhood toys. As you expand your attention to the details of the world around you, you’ll close the distance between yourself and the people you care about. Indeed, you may make vast discoveries about how much you care. You’ll also feel a greater sense of satisfaction in knowing that you’re integral to creating a better, saner world for everyone. In many ways, doing this is a matter of perspective. You’ve experienced looking at something on the horizon and thinking it’s one thing, and as you get closer, discovering that it’s something else. This works with all facets of life: the closer you get, the more detail you will see, and the more you’ll understand your appropriate role. At the same time, shift your perspective other ways: look from above; consider how things change from a distance; consider how others perceive them. Factor this all into your own perception.
GEMINI (May 20-June 21) Gemini is said to be one of the more mental signs, but now there’s no avoiding an emotional situation that’s been vying for your attention for some time. Once you devote yourself to understanding and healing, you will discover a world of possibilities, by which I mean support from others and an opportunity to grow and create. One item to address is your sexuality, from the standpoint of healing. This can be challenging because few people have any concept of sexual healing until they’ve experienced it, and few healers or thought-leaders bring up the topic. You still tend to think of sex as something that must exist inside a social construct like marriage or commitment. Sex came first. The human body and its feelings came before anyone’s notion of right or wrong. One element of healing is living by your own personal code of ethics, one that realistically reflects who you are and what you feel. That’s predicated on knowing what you feel and seeking to discover the truth of who you are. This is opposite from trying to fit yourself into what someone else thinks you’re supposed to be. Just embracing that one idea will help you feel better and set yourself free. You might try this as your mantra for a few weeks: “I am not my parents. I am myself.”
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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Better things are calling you—creative, amorous, erotic, adventurous. All you need to do is respond. This is usually easier said than done, because the demands of life and, moreover, the habitual patterns of life rarely support those aspects of being. Indeed, they seem designed to prevent them. If there is a key to unfolding your potential, it’s allowing yourself to feel and to be your secret self. By this I mean the self that you rarely speak of or reveal. Both true creativity and actual involvement and investment in your life require this one thing: the risk of revealing who you are; first to yourself, then in the process to the people around you. It’s true that authentic art and focused relating both take discipline. Yet before there can be discipline you must allow the flow of your personal truth to open up. There must be some risk involved in everything you express and everyone you relate to. Safe and predictable situations will not foster your growth. The opposite of safety is not danger; rather, you might say that the measure of authenticity is the sensation of risking something when you express yourself. You want the situations with uncertain outcomes. You want the people who challenge you to rise to the occasion of your own existence.
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LEO (July 22-August 23) Belief is fragile. Most beliefs do not stand up to verification. Yet the starting point to getting real is discovering your assumptions and, one by one, popping them like balloons. That’s the big, courageous thing involved in growth. Some forms of spiritual training and study give you a pin to do the popping; others give you more hot air to inflate more balloons. You could save yourself time by questioning every assumption you have, and by counting everything you think you know as such. This is not as harsh as it sounds. It’s more like opening up the windows on a cool autumn afternoon, and being grateful that you need neither heat nor air conditioning. Being “disillusioned” is thought of as a bad thing; you might think of it as being shorn of your illusions. The more disillusioned you are, the more open you’ll be to that seemingly elusive thing known as reality. That’s the thing you want. The first benefit will be simplicity. Reality is more elegant and more pragmatic than what you hope is true, or are pretending is true. Yes, this takes commitment, but after a short time the energy that comes back to you will provide ample power for the whole project. It’s like cleaning closets. Once you clean one, going for the rest feels good and ends up being great fun.
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By all rights, being born under Mercury’s most potent sign would make it easy for you to get to the essence of what you want to say. Yet often it’s more difficult than that. Your ideas get mixed up with your emotions, and therefore lost in the sauce. That, however, is the simpler equation to solve. The more complex one is the influence that other people have on you. It’s easy for you to get lost in their notions of what’s supposedly true for you, or what’s true in general. The first thing to do is to notice this influence. It’s not so easy and it takes willingness and perceptiveness. Lately your relationships seem to come with a kind of haze that can fog over your relationship with yourself. It’s possible to address this in a peaceful and productive way. The thing required is a commitment to being clear with yourself. You cannot escape having feelings, nor do you want to; though it will help if you observe your feelings and notice how they change. You will benefit from a balance of reasoning, intuition, and instinct. Check in with all three. Notice when you’re feeling fear. Notice when you want something, or someone, and you’re not admitting that fact. Here’s a clue: When you feel like you might be betraying someone, you’re most likely to be honoring your own will.
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You must do something about any lingering inferiority complex that you have, or the present one that’s driving you nuts. First, let’s get one thing out of the way: The world is designed to make us all feel inferior and inadequate. All the advertising and politics and catty, competitive social interactions that seem inescapable: All are designed to erode your confidence in yourself, which then can become a permanent judgment. There are alternatives to inferiority. One is finding people you sincerely look up to, who serve as models. You assign them a “superior” role and then aspire to their greatness. We live in tough times because we silently expect everyone who seems good and decent to be revealed as a fraud. Be careful about that thought form, and take a balanced view of people you hold as exemplars. Another is recognizing that we all have equal potential, and what we get out of life is a matter of what we invest. Let’s put it this way: There are some aspiring guitarists who hear Derek Trucks play and feel inferior and disheartened. Others hear him play and think, “I want to play that well. I know it’ll take practice.” Which of these do you choose? One last bit: take everyone as your teacher. The wise, the nutty, the young, the old, the dogs, the cats, and the bunnies.
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SCORPIO (October 23-November 22) It’s time to make contact with your drive for social justice. This is a real value that you hold, and it can transcend many other distractions. You believe in the truth, and deep in your heart you want the truth to prevail. You believe in the right thing, and you want the right thing to happen. Taking action on this in small, tangible ways would be more helpful to you and the world than, say, texting money to a charity. Take any opportunity to make the right thing happen. Look around you anywhere and you will see people who need help, who need someone to stand up for them, who need any small advantage. Many times a day you’re in a position to offer that. Make it your business. One benefit of doing this is that it siphons energy from the jealous, competitive, and needy side of human nature. You are drawing power from some of the most toxic personality traits and social conditioning and reinvesting it in making yourself a positive force in your environment. Another advantage is that by positioning yourself to be only helpful, you will discover how abundant you are. Notably, much of that abundance is in the form of ideas. Let them lead to action, which will lead to more ideas. Let that ripple out into the world and count it as progress for humanity.
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SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 22) We all have limited time to accomplish what we came here to accomplish—and we don’t know how much time we have. Making peace with those facts is the first step toward bona fide maturity. The presence of Saturn in your birth sign will be reminding you of this in some way every day. Sometimes this might manifest as a sense of limitation; others times as a sense of urgency. I suggest you take it as an entirely practical matter. You are being invited to take charge of your life, which in the first instance means your time. That’s your single most important resource, and you must treat it that way. By fully embracing the finite nature of time (at least as it exists in our consciousness) you will expand your potential into something wider and vaster than you thought was possible. You’re likely to become aware that there is something far greater than time or this one lifetime, though what you have is now, and your sense of your mission. The more seriously you engage with your mission, purpose or however you think of it, the more wisely you will use your time. The more you recognize time as finite, the more strength you can draw upon to act on your most deeply held values without delay.
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You’re starting to make contact with your own desire. By that I mean you’re removing the obstacles between what you want and admitting what you want. You might think this is too simple to be effective, but all the complexity—the wrangling over appropriateness and guilt and your fear of personal anarchy if you let go of your precious self-control, even just a little—is all a distraction. Sooner or later, you will admit to what you want, which is another way of saying you’ll admit to who you are. Then what, exactly, is the fuss? I would remind you that you no longer have to prove that you’re a good girl or good boy. You no longer have to impress your parents or your teachers. Who you are is in fact none of their business, no matter what they may have convinced you. This extends to partners, friends and people in your community whom you think you have to impress as morally upright. Even if you dispense with all of this mental mishegoss, there’s one last point to consider: your need to feel safe. Under your current astrology, clinging to security is the last thing that will give you a sense of confidence. Dancing with the possibilities, with your own potential, and the current chaos of the world will, however, do wonders for you.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February 19) Every decision you make stems from what you think you are. When you make contact with who you truly are, you will feel your own grandeur and the beauty of your life. When you feel small, or weak, or inferior, you can be sure you’ve lost contact with who you really are. When you feel that your life has meaning, and your presence offers strength and encouragement to the world around you, you can be sure you’re in contact with who you are. One theme of your chart is expanding your vision for your life. This story is being told by Jupiter moving through the house of your “higher self.” At the same time, Saturn is compelling you to take the opposite approach, and narrow your focus to a specific role. The two processes are not at odds. In fact, this month they join forces, with a rare meeting of Saturn and Jupiter. This will help you prioritize, which is exactly what you need to do. It’s a fact that the possibilities are endless. It’s a fact that you can only embrace and express some of them. It’s also a fact that you need some better possibilities, and those exist if you will see them for what they are. As the month progresses, some key facts will come into focus, and you will be well positioned to take advantage of rare circumstances. Pay attention.
PISCES
(February 19-March 20)
You may have noticed that you have more traction than usual: You’re getting things done. You have respect and self-respect. Now it’s time to expand your mission. The past few years of Chiron in your sign (actually, back to 2010) have been a time of profound introspection, dealing with your insecurities and taking care of your healing agenda. The majority of that work is behind you. You have a better sense of who you are than at any time in the past (and you knew pretty well as a kid). I suggest you count those gains for what they are, and embrace the confidence that is available to you. A greater sense of purpose is calling you, though it’s vital that you take this on more than the generic level. Reflect carefully and get clear about what you want to accomplish. Then, without hesitating, move forward and let nothing stop you. The conditions of your chart are supporting you in many different ways. The more you step up to the challenge, the more support you will feel and be able to take on board. In a world that is running out of control and that in many ways seems utterly insane, it’s easy to miss the fact that you have actual worthwhile ideas, and the ability to carry them out. Remind yourself every day.
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Parting Shot
Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley’s ReActor, photographed on October 8 by Roy Gumpel.
A small crowd gathered after being dropped off in a field by a rickety golf cart at Omi International Art Center in Ghent in early October. Two men were positioned about a half a foot above the group, in what looks like a windowed boxcar tottering on a cement beam. A few people commented on the man sleeping peacefully inside, in full view of the audience, a red blanket pulled up to his neck. He woke up and walked out onto the deck, mid yawn, wearing a red jumpsuit. The other man was dressed in an orange jumpsuit, and stood parallel to him on the structure’s other side. ReActor is a piece of performance architecture by Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley that explores connections between balance and privacy in social relationships. Schweder and Shelley met at the American Academy in Rome in 2005. They have collaborated on a variety of performance art before, but ReActor was their first outdoor exhibition. It was on site at Art Omi all summer, and the duo’s last residency for the season was from October 6 to 10. Schweder left the deck, moving inside to put away a pot as Shelley sat outside, talking to two women. The structure tipped down like a boat diving into a choppy wave when Schweder moved outside. Someone asked if they ever feel sick or scared inside the structure. What happens when it tips too far? Do they ever get bored? How much does it spin? “It’s a five-day trip. It’s not too hard, I could tell you,” Shelley said. “This is not doing that much. I would say being on a Greyhound bus is a bit more of a trial.” Shelley’s blacksocked feet dangled lazily over the structure’s edge. ReActor kept spinning in a circular motion. Artomi.org —Hannah Phillips
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