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Saturday, April 16 6pm-10pm Primrose Hill School Campus in Rhinebeck

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Saturday, April 30th 10AM—5PM Discover how to create and build your warm, modern new home! We invite you to come to our Open House to learn about Lindal Cedar Homes’ 71 years of creating unique and energy-efficient custom Post & Beam homes, and how Atlantic Custom Homes guides you through the entire process. Tour our 3600SF Classic Lindal Model Home here in Cold Spring, NY, enjoy our hospitality, and ask us about our design choices that offer predictable costs and results.

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CARY INBARDAVON STITUTE OF 1869 OPERA ECOSYSTEM Boz HOUSE Scaggs The Rides STUDIES Running Silver

Friday, April 15 at 7 p.m.

Once, Atlantic rivers “ran silver” with great runs of migrating salmon, shad, and sturgeon; today these runs are only relics. John Waldman will cover the unique biology of these fishes, the reasons for their decline, and innovative ways in which they might be restored. Books will be available for purchase. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

HUDSON VALLEY PHILHARMONIC

BERNSTEIN’S KADDISH with Cappella Festiva & narration by Oscar winner Estelle Parsons

Friday April 8 at 8pm - Bardavon

Saturday April 16 at 8pm - Bardavon

Toxin Toxout

Friday, May 13 at 7 p.m.

Bruce Lourie, Environmental Policy Expert and award-winning author, will give an insightful look at the chemicals we come in contact with in our everyday lives. Learn steps that can be taken to help reduce exposure to toxins and how to get them out once they’re there. Books will be available for purchase. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

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Inner Exercises • Group Work • Movements

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Gurdjieff’s teaching, or the Fourth Way, is a way of developing attention and presence in the midst of a busy life. Each person’s unique circumstances provide the ideal conditions for the quickest progress on the path of awakening. Using practical inner exercises and tools for self-study, the work of selfremembering puts us in contact with the abundant richness of Being.

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Specializing in Southern Columbia County, NY Drum Roll Please! This 2910 sf contemporary, with an arts and crafts flair, is now ready to move in! A little about the area: Copake Lake is nestled between the Berkshire and Catskill Mountains in Southern Columbia County, NY. We are about 2 hours from Manhattan, 2.5 hours from Boston and less than an hour from Albany. We sit pretty much equal distance to Great Barrington, MA, and Hudson, Chatham and Millerton, NY. Great towns all with a different flavor. Copake Lake is a motor boat lake of approximately 425 acres. What else could you ask for? How about golf? Copake Country Club, an 18-hole public course with The Greens Restaurant, that serves as much locally grown and organic food whenever possible, is right here. Catamount Ski Area/Aerial Adventure Park is 10 minutes away. Tanglewood is approximately 35 minutes away. So many of the cultural and outdoor attractions that bring this area alive are all within 30 minutes. About the house: The main level has an open kitchen/dining/great room, master en-suite, powder room, fireplace and deck that takes in those Copake Lake views and sunsets. The kitchen has solid slate surface counter tops, stainless steel appliances. The master en-suite bedroom has a trayed ceiling with domed and recessed lighting. The master bathroom has Carrera marble throughout. The master is sound-proofed on all interior walls. The upper level is also an en-suite/flex space with private bathroom and stunning views. The lower level has an en-suite, another bedroom, bathroom and media room/flex space. Details include bamboo floors, heated bathroom floors (all but one), carpeted bedrooms, LED lighting, attached oversized two-car garage, on-demand hot water, central air conditioning, 3-zone programmable thermostats, Andersen windows, architectural 40-year roof shingles, standing seam metal roof on top level and cupola, DuraLife decking with 25 year warranty. Built to be as maintenance-free as possible and comes with a home warranty. Leaving the best for last – this property has its own exclusive 20’ of waterfront, a stone’s throw away.

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Chronogram ARTS.CULTURE.SPIRIT.

CONTENTS 4/16

VIEW FROM THE TOP

COMMUNITY PAGES

17 ARTSCENE TV

34 SETTING THE STAGE FOR SUCCESS

A preview of our monthly video series highlighting Hudson Valley artists.

18 ON THE COVER Thomas Ruff reimagines an image originally snapped by NASA.

Newburgh and Cornwall offer exciting opportunities for art, recreation, and health.

HOME & GARDEN

NEWS AND POLITICS

42 HOME: MOVEMENTS IN THE MOUNTAINS

22 WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

49 GARDEN: CONIFERS: LET’S CONFER

A heroin injection facility, faulty airbags, and more you may have missed.

24 BEINHART’S BODY POLITIC Larry Beinhart on the powerful role Free Trade plays in politics.

FEATURE 26 WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE

New York City is undertaking a massive public works project right beneath our feet as it builds an aqueduct bypass underneath the Hudson River.

ART OF BUSINESS 30 An overview highlighting the stories behind local business.

KIDS & FAMILY 32 WILL YOU SNAPCHAT WITH ME?

Social media is turning dating for teens into a vicious, virtual beauty contest.

Photograph by Ruedi Hoffman taken at the Newburgh Rodeo.

COMMUNITY PAGES

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Peter Aaron reports on soundtrack composer Tasso Zapanti and his home. Michelle Sutton gets technical about these cone-bearing trees.

FOOD & DRINK 66 THE REAL HAPPY MEAL Heather Ridge Farm hosts monthly farm-to-table dinners. Web-Only Content: Check out our 2016 CSA Index at Chronogram.com/CSA2016.

WHOLE LIVING 80 THE HEROIN TRAP Addiction seen through the eyes of an ex-addict, a mother, and a police officer.

COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE 71 TASTINGS A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 73 BUSINESS DIRECTORY A compendium of advertiser services. 82 WHOLE LIVING Opportunities to nurture mind, body, and soul.

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ARTS & CULTURE

THE FORECAST

54 GALLERY & MUSEUM GUIDE

86 DAILY CALENDAR

56 MUSIC: DARKSIDE RECORDS

A 9,000-square-foot record store in Poughkeepsie with a pulse. Nightlife Highlights include John Hiatt, The Cookers, Mobb Deep, Jason Martin, and Tashi Dorji and Marisa Anderson. Reviews of Creative Music Studios: Archive Selections Volume 2; Just for the Love of It by Happy Traum; Two-Headed Monster by Pitchfork Militia; and Porch by Peter Head and Pitchfork Militia

60 BOOKS: ANNE GORRICK

A profile of the Poughkeepsie-born poet and her recent creative projects.

62 POETRY ROUND-UP

Reviews of new books from Hudson Valley poets and presses.

64 POETRY Poems by Juliet ten Broeke, Geoffrey Craig, Nicole Di Luccio, Richard Donnelly, Meghan Drake, C. K. Flach, Lucas Handwerker, Jamie Kingston, normal, Priscilla Lignori, Iliana Melissis, Christopher Porpora, Susan Sparrow, Zach Stewart, Josh Sweet, Elizabeth Trotwood, and Mike Vahsen.

VIDEO: ARTSCENE TV Our monthly video series highlights the Hudson Valley artscene. Chronogram.com/TV.

Llamas guarding the barnyard at Heather Ridge Farm.

FOOD & DRINK

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Comprehensive listings of local events. (Updated daily at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 85 A performance by John Jasperse Projects will be performed at LUMA Theater at Bard College's Fisher Center on April 30 and May 1. 86 Beltane Festival returns to the Center for Symbolic Studies on April 30. 89 "A Life in a Day: Lucky Lindy" comes alive at the Bridge Street Theater in Catskill. 90 Small Town Talk explores the era when Bob Dylan and others resided upstate. Author Barney Hoskyns reads at locations around the region this month. 94 The Sholem Aleichem Variety Show takes place at the Rosendale Theater in April. 95 TAP New York Craft Beer and Food Festival hits Hunter Mountain on April 23-24. 96 The fourth annual Woodstock Writers Festival runs from April 7 through April 10. 97 Storytellers will convene for the Woodstock Story Festival on April 30 and May 1.

PLANET WAVES 98

WHAT’S THAT SOUND?

Eric Francis Coppolino relates Reich’s “mystical longing” to sexual frustration.

100 HOROSCOPES

What are the stars telling us? Eric Francis Coppolino knows.

104 PARTING SHOT

Donald Alter’s work is exhibited at Gallery 66 NY in Cold Spring this month.

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EDITORIAL EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Brian K. Mahoney bmahoney@chronogram.com CREATIVE DIRECTOR David Perry dperry@chronogram.com BOOKS EDITOR Nina Shengold books@chronogram.com HEALTH & WELLNESS EDITOR Wendy Kagan wholeliving@chronogram.com POETRY EDITOR Phillip X Levine poetry@chronogram.com MUSIC EDITOR Peter Aaron music@chronogram.com KIDS & FAMILY EDITOR Hillary Harvey kidsandfamily@chronogram.com CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Anne Pyburn Craig apcraig@chronogram.com DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION & DIGITAL STRATEGY Teal Hutton thutton@chronogram.com EDITORIAL INTERN Diana Waldron

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PROOFREADER Barbara Ross

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CONTRIBUTORS Larry Beinhart, Stephen Blauweiss, Rachel Brennecke, Eric Francis Coppolino, Anne Pyburn Craig, Deborah DeGraffenreid, Marx DorrityMichael Eck, Eve Fox, Roy Gumpel, Maya Horowitz, Jim Maximowicz, Leander Schaerlackens, Jeremy Schwartz, Sparrow, Zan Strumfeld, Pauline Uchamnowicz, Franco Vogt

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Music Molly Mason Masonand andthe theCatskill CatskillMountaineers Mountaineers Musicby by Jay Jay Ungar and Molly

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MISSION Chronogram is a regional magazine dedicated to stimulating and supporting the creative and cultural life of the Hudson Valley. All contents © Luminary Media 2016.

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DESTINATION:

THE SIXTIES If you remember The Sixties or are inspired by the profound social, political, and musical transformations of the era, join us at The Museum at Bethel Woods.

GETTING THE LOVE YOU WANT A Spiritual Path for Couples

June 3-5

Harville Hendrix, PhD, and Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD Based on Imago Relationship Therapy cocreated by Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Getting the Love You Want helps couples move toward a conscious relationship that heals the wounds of childhood and lays the foundation for a thriving partnership. 2016 SPECIAL EXHIBIT

RIGHTS, RACE & REVOLUTIONS A Portrait of LIFE in 1960s America by Grey Villet

Partners new and old, in crisis or in love, married or unmarried, are invited to join. Enjoy time together as well as nutritious meals, nature trails, a welcoming community, and much more at Omega’s Rhinebeck campus.

WORKSHOPS | RETREATS | CONFERENCES ONLINE LEARNING | GETAWAYS Grey Villet was a LIFE magazine photojournalist whose photo essays helped to document the events of a world in transition.

BETHELWOODSCENTER.ORG Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit cultural organization that inspires, educates, and empowers individuals through the arts and humanities. General support for The Museum at Bethel Woods is provided by a grant from the William and Elaine Kaplan Private Foundation.

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ach month, filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss produces “ArtScene,” a monthly video web series with short segments on artists, galleries, and museums in the Hudson Valley. Here, Stephen gives an outline of this month’s film. Check out the film and others from the “ArtScene” series at Chronogram.com/TV. This month’s film features highlights from three exhibitions currently at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. The exhibitions are contemporary design, street photography, and early holography. “Made for You: New Directions in Contemporary Design” is an antidote to box stores and mass production, with subjects ranging from fashion to home furnishings. On display are functional and artistic pieces from 20 regional artists. Featuring an extraordinary array of media, including glass, wood, plastic, and ceramics, most objects are hand-crafted, while others utilize 3D printing. This is a great chance to see what’s going on in design in the Hudson Valley and beyond and is exhibited through July 10. “On the Street and in the Studio: Photographs Donated by Howard Greenberg” highlights selections from the 1,145 images in the Dorsky collection donated by gallerist and curator Greenberg. These include work from underappreciated artists around the globe, such as Morris Huberland, to masters like Eugène Atget and Henri Cartier-Bresson. The exhibition is in two parts. The first focuses on street photography, defined as spontaneous photographs taken in urban public spaces (through July 10). The second focuses on portraiture and the personal relationship between photographer and subject (August 31-December 11). “The Floating World: Holograms by Rudie Berkhout” (through July 10) focuses on the Dutch born artist’s innovations to the field of holography. Berkhout was a pioneer artist in the new technology of holograms in the early ’70s. Holography is a method of making a three-dimensional image by using a divided beam of light from a laser. Berkhout plays with landscape and abstraction in what he calls “Future Memories,” his series exploring myth, religion, and philosophy. Located at the State University of NewYork at New Paltz, the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art has more than 9,000 square feet of exhibition space distributed over six galleries.The museum exhibits national and international art, with a focus on the Hudson Valley. The museum’s permanent collection spans more than 4,000 years, and includes more than 5,500 works from around the world. Exhibitions are accompanied by educational programs, lectures, and gallery talks. Newpaltz.edu/museum.

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Lifebridge Foundation Presents Bard College Conservatory of Music Graduate Vocal Arts Program under the direction of Dawn Upshaw.

Extraordinary young singers will perform from a broad repertoire of classical styles. Three Spring Concerts not to be missed!

Wednesday, April 13 at 7pm, Sunday, April 17 at 3pm in a special performance of Winterreise by Franz Schubert and Wednesday, April 20 at 7 pm

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f you’ve stared at this month’s cover shot and questioned your fourth-grade planetnaming abilities, don’t. You were right—it is Saturn. But for a moment there, you may have been unsure about German-based photographer Thomas Ruff’s image. It has planetary aspects, but the photograph is a bit skewed, and, out of context, may be hard to pinpoint. And that’s exactly what Ruff is going for. The German photographer is best known for his appropriations of existing imagery—from the Internet or pornography, for instance—and manipulating the content so it becomes entirely different from the original. This chromogenic print, cassini 16, was originally snapped by NASA’s CassiniHuygens Spacecraft between 2004 and 2008, and then reimagined in Ruff’s more abstract and minimalistic style. To get it to his liking, he printed a large version of the image, brightened it and saturated the colors, blew it up even more to intensify the viewer’s experience, and then, finally, cropped it. “When you see it in person, even the pixels begin to show because he’s blown it up so large,” says Mary-Kay Lombino, the Emily Hargroves Fisher ’57 and Richard B. Fisher Curator and Assistant Director for Strategic Planning at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College. “It reveals there are limits to technology and the notion of whether or not we can have a true knowledge of the cosmos way down here on Earth.” This entire concept—that innate human desire to know and understand what’s beyond our planet—is the central focus for the Loeb’s multimedia exhibition “Touch the Sky.” With more than 50 works by 18 local, national, and international artists, contemporary art meets science on an astronomical note.The exhibit reflects the campus-wide celebration of the sciences, and the completion and opening of the college’s newest building, the Bridge for Laboratory Sciences. “Astronomy is such an old science, it makes you think back on those times, like the Renaissance, when there wasn’t such a distinct difference between art and science.” Like Ruff’s, Lombino found many of the artists she chose for the exhibit were influenced by the works of NASA. “NASA spacecrafts are known for their amazing ability to capture planets in a variety of physical spectra. We are able to see a lot more in that technology than regular telescopes or the human eye,” Lombino says. That quest for observation and interpretation shows through the unique range of the multigenerational artists’ work, from Vassar alumna Nancy Graves’s 10 lithographs of the moon’s surface to photographer Chris McCaw’s striking sunburnt images, where he accidentally discovered that the sun’s rays can physically change a film when the camera lens is left open and exposed outside overnight. The exhibit, which runs through August, has a heavier emphasis on black-and-white. Like Ruff, only a few of the artists bring a bit of color to the show. “[Ruff’s work] had these vibrant, pop-up colors, which struck me as something that was certainly an artist’s interpretation of the skies,” says Lombino. “The idea that he could infuse color like that livens up the exhibition.” “Touch the Sky” will be on display through August 21 at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College. Fllac.vassar.edu. —Zan Strumfeld CHRONOGRAM.COM

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ESTEEMED READER One day, heat and cold came to the conclusion that they were too far apart:“Co-existence is the answer,” they resolved. Both of them thought that the new arrangement was fine, and they huddled together, mutually comforting, until each heard someone say:“Isn’t it strange that nothing is hot or cold these days? The only temperature that seems to exist is warmth.” So they separated, and the only warmth to be found after that was in things not yet hot, or on the way to becoming cold. —Idries Shah, Reflections “Be ye therefore perfect, as your Father in Heaven is perfect.” —Sermon on the Mount

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Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: In the Christian tradition we are in the time of Lent, so in keeping with the custom I have taken the opportunity to give something up. This is not because I am a Christian either in a conventional or genuine sense. I am Jewish by birth and cultural affiliation, and psychotransformist by intent. Still, I love Jesus, who seems to be, as he said, the fulfillment of a prophecy, and was, at least in the stories, a master of fasting and sacrifice, even to the point of sacrificing his own existence for the future. So for these forty six days of Lent I decided to give up criticism. Or, I should clarify, I decided to attempt to give up criticism, for the habit of criticism, I discovered, is rooted more deeply in my person than I realized. It is as though there are a whole set of subjects which my psyche assumes to be immune from acceptance—myself, the government, my children, my wife, academic scholars, Hollywood. Low and behold, I discovered, when I least expect it, criticism arises, impelled by the accompanying emotions of disdain and contempt. The realization of the extent to which criticism is rooted in me has been a real shocker. The really strange application of criticism is with regard to myself. I saw this after I noticed I said something stupid, and promptly called myself an idiot. Then I paused, realizing I was criticizing myself, and wondered, wait, who is it that I am saying is stupid? In other words, if I am talking to myself, who is I and who is myself? Who is the one that is stupid, and who is the one to judge, and by whose standards are they judging? In looking it appeared that it was my mind talking to my body. But then my mind had given rise to the stupid utterance in the first place. It was all very confusing, and I began to think about the Freudian model of the psyche with its ego, superego, and id. I guessed I was witnessing the superego talking to the id via the ego. This framing in Freudian theory wasn’t really any consolation, and I renewed the intention to watch and resist the impulse to criticize. The next time it came up I was talking about some business matters with my partner, giving what I thought was constructive advice for how to improve a situation. “That may be so,” she replied, “but you sound really critical!” Unbeknownst to her I had given up criticism for Lent, and I was shocked into silence by her comment. In the next moment I saw a stealthy, devilish impulse—to judge my slip-up and apparent inability to refrain from criticism. This one I caught before it gained momentum. “You’re right,” I replied. “Thank you for pointing that out.” Gradually I’ve been able to catch the impulse sooner, and I see more of how the pervasive inclination works. It is effectively a defense against reality. In the judgment and criticism is an implicit rejection of things as they are.The impulse may include a remedy to a problem, or flaw, but it is purely reactive, unrooted from any acknowledgement let alone acceptance of the facts or truth of the situation. It is accompanied by a stance of superiority if not arrogance, a pushing away of the perception as though contact with it will taint or harm. Without the interference of criticism, what remains is simply what is. However difficult it may be to digest, there is a relaxed wholeness in acceptance of the thing. Acceptance is not the end. Rather it is the beginning. From acceptance something can be addressed from what it is in itself, rather than from my particular, subjective reaction to it. The reaction of the critical disposition is a kind of slavery, availing remedies that last only until achieving satisfaction of the itch. Whereas in acceptance is a kind of freedom to act. In leaving off criticism, I encounter an appreciation of the inherent pattern of things. In the pattern of is-ness everything is in context, and is precisely the only way it can be, be it an aspect of myself, family and friends, or the “whole world.” Without criticism I see that if things could be different, they would be, and if I am going to have any impact towards raising the level of myself, my life, or the world, I must begin with an acknowledgement and acceptance of things, precisely, perfectly, as they are. —Jason Stern

LAUREN THOMAS

Brian K. Mahoney Editor’s Note To the Couch!

“I tried each thing, only some were immortal and free.” — John Ashbery, “As One Put Drunk into the Packet-Boat”

ay I confess something? I’ve been cheating. In the morning, after taking Shazam for his predawn walk in the park, I’ve been reading. Books. Lots of them. Instead of going to the gym or driving straight to the office to get a jumpstart on the mountain of work that refuses to finish itself when I’m not there, I lie down on the couch with a book—sometimes for a whole hour! If Shazam is so inclined, he’ll join in, crawling on top of me and burrowing his cold, wet nose in my armpit before falling asleep. (Which is totes adorbs, as the kids say, if they still say such things like “adorbs” as an insufferable, truncated form of “adorable.” Suffice to say, everything our dog does is super-cute, same as yours, same as everybody’s.) The reading-as-cheating phenomenon is new for me. Ever since I discovered Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy as a preteen, I’ve been a voracious reader, devouring most any book I found in my path—The Secret being one notable exception—from the detective novels of Raymond Chandler to the 19th-century European realists like Zola and Flaubert to the whole of 20th-century American literary fiction (Hemingway to Franzen, say) to nonfiction books of all kinds along the way and some poetry as well. Our house is full of books I’ve spent the past 25 years acquiring, first in college, spending half my precious work-study paycheck at Ariel Booksellers in New Paltz. (The other half being spent on weed and beer, of course.) In school, a professor would turn me on to an author I’d never heard of—Thomas Mann, for instance—and then I’d go down the rabbit hole, checking all of Mann’s books out of the library and skipping class for a week to commune with the books. Looking back, it was like some of those romantic trysts that overtook my life completely, obliterating normal routines like sleep, eating, and attending class. I’d walk out of my room after three days, sated as a satyr, dazed as a newborn, and clutch at the dissipating fog of wonder. I’ve had similar time-destroying affairs with T. C. Boyle, Don DeLillo, and Joan Didion, to name names. Living in the city after I graduated, I couldn’t pass by a sidewalk bookseller without buying a few things. And this happened every day. I ended up owning two paperback copies of a (I assume) relatively obscure book-length sociological study, Suicide & Scandinavia. I never got around to reading either copy. In my years on staff here at Chronogram, I’ve accumulated thousands more books—we receive a dozen or so in the mail each week—and I’ve read quite a few of them. But in the past five years, my readings habits have fallen off precipitously. I’ve become one of those “vacation readers” who saves up books for some mythical point in the future when I’ll have unlimited, uninterrupted time to read. It’s hard to pinpoint how it happened, actually, because there was no definitive break. I didn’t wake up one day and say, “Screw reading!” It’s just something I lost touch with over time. Which reminds me of the line from

The Sun Also Rises when one character asks another how he went bankrupt. The financially ruined man replies: “Slowly, then all at once.” I lost my reading habit and picked up a gym habit. And a constant smartphone-checking habit. And a Netflix habit. My non-reading routines—perhaps they might even be called “anti-reading routines”—kicked my books to the curb. And I didn’t even notice it—until a few weeks ago, thanks to Chronogram. While editing the current issue, I came across this paragraph from house astrologer Eric Francis Coppolino’s latest essay (p. 98): “You might think Twitter is ridiculous, but you might ask yourself how much longer than 140 characters your attention span really holds up. What was the last book you read? How much of it do you remember?” [My emphasis.] Well, thought I, I’ve been reading quite a bit as of late, thank you very much, and I recall it quite well. In fact, the book I’d been laid out on the couch with most recently was Barney Hoskyn’s Small Town Talk: Bob Dylan,The Band,Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix & Friends in the Wild Years of Woodstock. (Peter Aaron interviews Hoskyns, who’s doing a bunch of readings around the region, on p. 90.) While the subtitle gives you the gist of it, Hoskyns’s book is a kind of musical biography of the town, and “wild years” certainly captures some of it. Here’s an excerpt from a story told by Lynne Nasso, girlfriend of Paul Butterfield Blues Band drummer Philip Wilson about their visit to music mogul Albert Grossman’s home after their move to Woodstock in late 1968: “The first time really sticks in my memory. There was a late snowfall, and it was really chilly. We went to the house, which was like a mansion. We walk in the door, and a party is raging. There’s a lot of food and wine going around, and people are taking their clothes off. I didn’t want to share my boyfriend, but a lot of the girls were getting naked, and they would wander out of the room with some of the guys. I went for a wander and peeked in a room, and there was a very serious orgy going on involving a dog.” Putting aside questions of whether or not canines can give informed consent for sexual acts for a minute—oh wait, I checked with Peter Singer and he says they can’t—let’s loop back around to Eric Francis Coppolino’s column this month, as he writes something relevant to Grossman’s orgy that perhaps contextualizes that time period for those of us who didn’t live through it. “One somewhat humorous contrast between the Sixties and today is that the Sixties were about boldly finding out who we were at any cost.” Fair enough, and I’ve engaged in my own types of boundary-pushing behavior, but inter-species congress seems a boundary too far for me. Point being, no matter how many burpees I did at the gym, I would never have known this had I not taken to the couch. One last thing on books and I’ll let you go: They’re pretty useful, like physically useful. I’ve got a teetering pillar of books on my nightstand that’s almost two-feet high. While on the one hand it’s a pile of stuff to be read, it also serves to block out the neighbors’ garage light, which they can’t seem to remember to ever turn off. I wouldn’t be able to sleep otherwise. Books, literally, are my refuge. 4/16 CHRONOGRAM 21

According to a University of Michigan study done last February, cheese is highly addictive. Some scientists have referred to it as “dairy crack.” Cheese affects the brain the same way opioids do. A chemical called casein triggers the brain’s opioid receptors—which are linked to the control of pain, reward, and addiction. Milk contains a small amount of casein, but the chemical is more highly concentrated in cheese—it takes 10 pounds of milk to produce one pound of cheese. According to the University of Illinois Extension Program, caseins compose 80 percent of the proteins found in cow’s milk. Doctor Neal Barnard of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine said that casein “breaks apart during digestion to release a whole host of opiates called casomorphins.” Casomorphins stimulate the dopamine receptors in the brain, making one more susceptible to addiction. Source: Good, Daily Mail (UK)

In late February, a Maryland university president was ordered to step down. Formally a financial industry executive, Simon Newman served as the president of Mount Saint Mary’s in Emmitsburg for one year. A student newspaper article quoted the president comparing struggling freshmen to bunnies that should be drowned or shot. Newman fired few faculty members who did not agree with his view, including philosophy professor Thane Naberhaus and provost David Rehm. Two student journalists of The Mountain Echo, Rebecca Schisler and Ryan Golden, reported the incident, stating that the university was planning to cull struggling freshmen as part of an effort to improve retention numbers and thus improve their ratings in national publications like US News & World Report. The students quoted Newman, who was attempting to convince an incredulous professor last fall of the idea. “This is hard for you because you think of the students as cuddly bunnies, but you can’t. You just have to drown the bunnies.” He added, “Put a Glock to their heads.” Source: New York Times Death rates from drug overdoses are climbing across America, reaching levels similar to the HIV epidemic of the 1980s. In 2014, 47,055 people died in drug-related overdoses—nearly 125 people every day. While HIV was mainly a problem of the cities, these drug overdoses “cut across rural-urban boundaries,” resulting in an outsize number of rural deaths. More than 61 percent of these deaths in 2014 were related to the use of opioids. In New Hampshire, 326 people died in 2014 from an opioid, including heroin and fentanyl, a painkiller nearly 100 times as powerful as morphine. The chairman of the New Hampshire Governor’s Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Timothy R. Rourke, stated that the high death rates were signs of a bigger problem: the lack of funding for substance abuse treatment. Source: New York Times Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick seeks to create the first supervised heroin injection facility in the United States. Only two of these facilities currently exist—both in Vancouver, British Columbia. According to a study done in 2011, heroin-related deaths have decreased by 35 percent within a 500-meter radius of the center, compared with only a 9 percent decrease elsewhere throughout the territory since their launch. Vancouver Coastal Health’s Anna Marie D’Angelo said, “It’s a harm-reduction model. You do reduce the harm that illicit drugs are doing to you, but you’re also connecting the client to care. It’s just not some place where you inject; there’s a whole kind of process.” Myrick notes that creating the supervised heroin injection facility is part of a four-pillared comprehensive plan to combat drug addiction, involving treatment, harm reduction, public safety, and prevention. The intention behind the center is to reduce the risk of disease, overdose, and deaths surrounding drug use, as well as decrease rates of incarceration, save taxpayers money, and expand access to treatment. Source: Ithaca Journal

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Steven and Dwight Hammonds, two ranchers in Oregon, received thousands of dollars from the federal government to kill coyotes. Five coyotes were shot from the air by a USDA official at the Oregon ranch, costing taxpayers more than $11,000. Since 2000, Wildlife Services has killed nearly one million coyotes, using traps, snares, and poison, as well as guns. Many critics claim that the US agency’s policies do not recognize the importance of predators in ecosystems. When coyotes are killed, females reproduce more rapidly, often at a younger age. Nearby coyotes also move into the unoccupied territory and hunt livestock. Critics also note that Wildlife Services has a “kill-first” approach that has resulted in the accidental death of many birds, otters, black bears, and other animals. Kathleen and Brian Bean of Lava Lake Ranch in Idaho use nonlethal methods to prevent predators from attacking. They use a combination of night shepherds, dogs, high-intensity lights, and brightly colored fences. “Wildlife Services funds the lethal control methods, but they don’t fund the nonlethal. That in and of itself disincentivizes nonlethal methods, and incentivizes the reliance on the federal government for predator control,” says Camilla Fox, executive director of Project Coyote. Source: Guardian According to Japan’s most recent census data, the country’s population has declined by one million people over the past five years. By 2060, Japan’s population is expected to decrease by one-third—with almost half the population being over 65. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has introduced new policies to increase the population—some of which are giving tax incentives to families that have children and increasing access to child care. Abe does not intend to promote foreign immigration—which has been propping up population numbers in other industrialized countries with decreasing birthrates—he wants Japan to remain an “extremely homogenous” country. Source: Slate A recent study has shown that the number of pedestrians killed in traffic accidents in the United States increased by 6 percent in the first 6 months of 2015, though the Governors Highway Safety Association estimates the number to be closer to 10 percent. The increase in deaths has been linked to cell phone usage and an increase in the number of people driving vehicles, due to low gas prices, and walking, due to health benefits. Alcohol has also been a factor in the crashes: In 2013, 34 percent of cases revealed pedestrians to be under the influence, while drivers were under the influence in 15 percent of the cases. In 2014, 21 states had a decrease in their pedestrian fatality number, while 26 states saw an increase and three remained unchanged. Source: Boston Globe A report released in March by the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that an estimated 12.6 million people had died from unhealthy living environments in 2012. Most of the deaths were in Africa and Asia. Environmental factors like air pollution were the primary cause, which led to heart disease, strokes, cancer, and lung and respiratory illnesses. Water pollution and poor sanitation have major health risks, such as diarrheal diseases and malaria. Chemical exposure, climate change, and ultraviolet radiation are other elements that have caused death. WHO is working with countries to create cleaner environments—both indoors and outdoors. At the World Health Assembly in May, WHO plans to present a proposal for reducing the negative health effects of air pollution. Source: New York Times, World Health Organization Compiled by Diana Waldron

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Larry Beinhart’s Body Politic

FREE TRADE, THE SACRED COW EDITION

udos! Or half-kudos, to Bernie Sanders, to Donald Trump, and to the disgruntled white working class eager to vote for anybody but whomever’s been elected before, for smashing the most sacred kewpie doll of economics (an academic field of pseudoscientists who chant mathematical incantations): Free Trade. How sacred is the concept of Free Trade? Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who is also a columnist for the NewYork Times, and whose academic specialty was Free Trade, put it this way, “If there were an Economist’s Creed, it would surely contain the affirmations ‘I understand the principle of Comparative Advantage’ and ‘I advocate Free Trade.’” The quote comes from a 1987 article, “Is Free Trade Passé?” It acknowledges that some aspects of Free Trade theory had been challenged, by reputable economists in respectable papers. He concludes that “Free Trade is not passé, but it is an idea that has irretrievably lost its innocence. Its status has shifted from optimum to reasonable rule of thumb.” That sounds like Reason and Reality had walked into the ivied halls of Princeton and the other universities of high repute. But they hadn’t. They’d merely strolled across the quad then wandered off again. Even Krugman seemed to forget their brief visits. About a decade later, he wrote an article called “Ricardo’s Difficult Idea,” which sneered at intellectuals who didn’t buy into the principle of Comparative Advantage. He felt there could only be three possible reasons: “(i) a desire to be intellectually fashionable; (ii) a harder concept than it seems; (iii) the aversion of many intellectuals to an essentially mathematical way of understanding the world.” Comparative Advantage is not terribly hard to understand. Imagine that one country is a woman with children and a degree in accounting and another is a woman who is good at looking after children but has no degrees. Should the female accountant try to do her job and take full care of her children? Should the other woman limit her child care to 20 hours a week and commit the rest of her time to getting her own degree in accounting? The economist says that each should press their comparative advantage. The accountant makes a profit even after child care costs are subtracted from her income. The woman delivering full-time child care doubles her income. In David Ricardo’s original version, the countries were England and Portugal and the products were woolen goods and port. But it worked the same way. It is so urgent to Krugman to demonstrate that it is wrong to oppose his “mathematical way” that he compares the resistance to Ricardo’s idea to opposing Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. Because, according to Krugman, both are “grounded, at base, in mathematical models.” This is a very peculiar assertion. I’ve read Darwin’s Origin of the Species. There’s not a mathematical model in sight. There’s not even an equation. What’s going on? Is Krugman just lashing out after some irritating dinner conversations with people who were supposed to be smart but weren’t? Actually, it seems that, like the rest of his profession, he has drifted back to the theological view, since the article contains this imaginary dialogue. An opponent of Free Trade asks what happens if the Vietnamese, “who work for such low wages, manage to achieve Western productivity?” “The economist’s answer,” Krugman says, is that “‘if they achieve Western 24 CHRONOGRAM 4/16

productivity, they will be paid Western wages.’” That’s what the theory, the math, and models say must happen. Reality gave a different answer. Economists, as a group, did not rise up as revolutionary revisionists, crying out—as scientists ought—that Reality has spoken, Theory must change. To be fair, there are some new books and papers by economists that challenge the orthodoxies, and some of their ideas—due to the political fuss—have even made the osmotic journey to the media. The problems of the American worker and the American economy stem, they mostly say, from globalization and technological change. Or maybe it’s the low US savings rate. Then there are the foreigners putting their money in the US making the dollar strong and thus, American goods less competitive. Maybe it’s the low interest rates. It could also be bad policy choices in Washington, going with housing and finance instead of industry. That last begins to point the way. But it misses the real story. It’s about power. Financial transactions are rarely, if ever, determined solely by some abstract equation of currency for value. There’s always an element of power. Financial interests—except for “please like me” public relations campaigns—don’t fight for “truth, justice, and the American way!” They fight for advantages that will give them power against competing industries, their direct competitors, suppliers, employees, and against the communities, nations, and societies in which they operate. Free Trade is one of the most powerful weapons they have. Nothing puts employees on their knees quicker than the threat, “We’re moving the factory overseas.” The same threat works equally well against municipalities and states. “If you want us to bring jobs, give us tax breaks, infrastructure, special deals, no liability for what we destroy! If we don’t get that, we’re outta here!” Globalization is the next step. Successful corporations and rich individuals become so because the societies in which they operate provide them with a store of knowledge; educated workforces with all sorts of skills; physical, financial, and legal infrastructures; protection against crime and foreign invaders. Globalization allows them to leave those societies and nation-states behind. Halliburton was selected to spearhead the privatization of the Armed Forces by Dick Cheney when he was secretary of defense. When Cheney left that job in 1989, they made him CEO. He promptly increased the number of subsidiaries in offshore tax havens from nine to 44. Nonetheless, under his leadership they were headed over the cliff of bankruptcy. Cheney left them to run for vice president in 2000. Once in office, he led the charge to war with Iraq. Which saved Halliburton. Few companies owe more of their success—their very survival—to their country. They have now moved their headquarters to Dubai. The second most famous financial success story of the Iraq War was Blackwater, also a private contractor. It’s founder, Eric Prince, has moved on. He lives in Abu Dhabi. He heads up Frontier Resource Group, based in Hong Kong, using Chinese money to invest in Africa. It would seem that if a nation makes military contractors rich, the least they would expect in return would be patriotism. Not anymore. They have been saved from that weight by globalization.

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THE HOLE By Leander Schaerlaeckens

As Shaft 6B in Wappinger is excavated, blasted rock is loaded into buckets and hauled to the top.

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The work platform at the bottom of the shaft, showing the excavator that is used to scoop up blasted rock.

THE SHAFT IS SO DEEP THAT IT’S HARD TO MAKE OUT THE BOTTOM.

A few yellow hardhats bob amid the gray sheen of the shale that has yet to be coated in concrete. It took two years of methodical blasting to delve this far. The big, gaping hole in the ground, some 34 feet in diameter, is called Shaft 6. It’s 675 feet deep, 600 of those feet below sea level, just north of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, on the eastern bank of the Hudson River in the Town of Wappinger. This will be the end point of the new Rondout-West Branch Tunnel, where a bypass is being built to circumvent a section of the Delaware Aqueduct that has been leaking for over 25 years. This massive pipeline carries 1.1 billion gallons of water daily from the Cannonsville, Pepacton, Neversink, and Rondout Reservoirs to the Croton Watershed and into New York City. At 85 miles, it is the world’s longest tunnel, beating out recently constructed water pipelines in Finland and China. It supplies 8.4 million people in the five boroughs and another million north of the city, where dozens of towns tap into the line along the way. Since opening in 1948, the tunnel has done its job admirably—except for two sections. One is beneath Wawarsing in Ulster County, the other below the Town of Newburgh, where the tunnel slips under the river. The aqueduct mostly cuts through shale, except for two places where it passes through more porous and permeable limestone. In those two spots, cracks have emerged, leaking up to 4 percent of the total flow—–15 to 18 million gallons a day,

or 360,000 filled bathtubs—or almost double that, depending on volume. “It’s not an insignificant loss,” says Adam Bosch of New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which manages the water supply. “You’re putting all that work into collecting the water and protecting the water, and you don’t want to be losing it through leaks.” Now a vast project more than 20 years in the making is being undertaken. It’s a public works project of a rare scale, although almost nobody will notice or feel any effects: a DEP repair job that will take until 2023 to complete and cost $1.5 billion, paid for entirely by water bill revenues. It’s the largest, most complex fix made to NewYork City’s labyrinthine water system of aqueducts since its 1842 origin—a project that calls to mind the ancient Romans, who pioneered the gravity-powered methods the Delaware Aqueduct relies on. “It’s the largest water supply system in the country,” says deputy DEP commissioner Paul Rush. “This project impacts the place where the city gets half of its water. It’s a massive project that’s going on silently.” On the construction site, the scene looks even more archaic, positively Flintstonian. A giant bucket lifts the rubble from the pit through a pulley system, tipping it over the edge and into a horseshoe-shaped receptacle. The construction is padded to lessen the noise for residents nearby. All that shale existed in the ground undisturbed for hundreds of millions of years until someone decided to name the buildings above it the Town of Wappinger and, shortly afterwards, blast the rock out. A round of explosions unloosed 10 feet of rock at a time, to be hauled up and donated to public works like Beacon’s Long Dock Park or sold commercially. Once 100 fresh feet were excavated, the

walls were coated by a two-story tall, spider-like machine, which rotated and spewed concrete to form a neat cylinder. The shaft is so deep it’s several dozen degrees warmer down there than at its edge, thanks to the machinery, the lack of wind chill, and it’s being over 600 feet closer to the earth’s core. Around the gaping hole, the size and physics of the equipment beggar belief. Rods of rebar, the size of skateboard ramps, have been welded into pre-assembled sheets, bent to fit neatly along the new walls to fortify the concrete. The nuts and bolts being used are as big as dumbbells. Across the river, along Route 9W in the Town of Newburgh, near Marlborough, the same thing has happened, except that shaft goes 850 feet down, because it’s being excavated from a bluff. It will have a large chamber at the bottom for a horizontal boring machine and sump pumps. Horizontal drilling will begin sometime in 2017, tunneling 600 feet below the river’s deepest point. The problem all this will address was first spotted in the early 1990s. A Central Hudson employee noticed bubbles along the Hudson’s western bank at low tide. Water was shooting into the river from somewhere below, but it could only be seen from nearby, from a narrow strip of land cut off by train tracks. The water there was found to contain copper sulfate. Only the DEP’s pipeline had used that chemical in that area to clear it of algae, but it hadn’t been used since, so it could only have come from the Delaware Aqueduct. However, in the 1990s, technology hadn’t yet advanced enough to pinpoint the leak’s source, let alone plug a crack while it gushed vital tap water, as deep below ground as skyscrapers are tall. It would take another 20 years to figure out how to get it done. 4/16 CHRONOGRAM FEATURE 27

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the other aqueducts to their historic capacity, and installed filtration systems in Croton and tapped groundwater in Queens, it could compensate for the loss of the Delaware Aqueduct for a short period—not years, but for a while. With a new tunnel dug beside the old one, which would keep running during construction, the flow of water would only need to be interrupted while the extremities were connected.That way, the interruption would only be six to eight months—sometime during 2022 and 2023—with enough water coming from elsewhere to bridge the gap in service. But there were more complications. Towns above and along an aqueduct have a right to purchase water from it and tap in, so an alternative water source would also be needed, requiring new linkups between towns and aqueducts, new wells, and interconnections between towns and cities, like Newburgh, with their own reservoirs. “There’s a lot of moving pieces,” says Bosch. “Everything has to happen in the right order.” (At press time, Bosch said the project is months ahead of schedule.) Ironically, on the river’s eastern side there was no water supply to the building site. Houses in the Wappinger hamlet of Chelsea had their own wells.When the water lines were laid to the new shaft, Chelsea was plugged into the water grid—with pipes running up to every house’s front lawn for owners to tap into, should they choose. On the Newburgh side, there was insufficient water for firefighting, so hydrants were installed. Finally, with the many problems solved, the shafts could be dug to serve as the connection points between the new tunnel and the old aqueduct. The new bypass tunnel will be 2.5 miles long, but drop just five feet—to maintain the downward slope from

Wappinger the reservoirs all the way down to New York City, allowing gravity to power it. But that means fitting the new tunnel to the old one has to be exactly right, maintaining the correct slope. (New York has cheap water rates—half that of the most expensive cities, Seattle and Atlanta—because it only has to pump 5 percent of its water electrically. It also doesn’t have to filter it much. The gravity-powered pressure is so strong that unless a New York City building is over six stories, no water pump is needed to force the water to rise.) The tunnel will be 20 feet in diameter, including a six-foot steel lining—running deep enough into the riverbanks to avoid cracks in the limestone. The remaining 14 feet of water capacity are large enough to run a train through—in fact, a rail line will transport the rock out of the tunnel as it’s being excavated during construction. The tunnel will be so big that, if necessary, it could move all of New York City’s water at once, should other aqueducts need repairs. Amazingly, the rest of the aqueduct system needs nary a touchup. The shale it was tunneled through has proved enduringly reliable. The craftsmanship of this underground network of tunnels leaves today’s engineers stupefied. Except for the lamentable limestone cracks, the system, 175 years old in some parts, is in immaculate shape. A few years from now, the Delaware Aqueduct will be pumped dry for the first time since 1957, touched up, and rerouted. Then water will flow below us again, and the old water system will resume its diligent service to people in the city and upstate, the overwhelming majority of whom will never lay eyes on the technological marvel that puts water in their faucets and showers.

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A HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY’S WATER SYSTEM New York City’s water has come a long way. It flows 145 miles from its furthest reservoir—Cannonsville, near the Northeastern corner of Pennsylvania—to Staten Island. It’s also expanded from a few wells—at times carrying yellow fever, cholera, and typhoid—to one of the world’s vastest and cleanest water supply systems. The city’s water system was long racing to keep up with the demands of its mushrooming population. The first water shortage was reported in 1774, when the city had just 22,000 inhabitants. The first public well opened near Bowling Green in 1677, with more wells following on street corners. A reservoir was later made at Broadway and White Street and water pumped through hollow logs to distribute it, but with no sewer system, the water was notoriously fetid. A 1789 outbreak of yellow fever, one of several scourges attributed to the foul water supply, killed 2,000 New Yorkers, about six percent of the population. Five more major yellow fever epidemics and four cholera outbreaks followed. Ships traveling to New York carried enough water for the trip back as well, rather than fill up in the city. Regardless of the water’s quality, there wasn’t enough of it. By 1830, with reservoirs built out further and 40 miles of wooden pipes laid, the infrastructure still only served 60,000 of the then 200,000 Manhattanites. In 1842, a dam was built on the Croton River and an aqueduct laid into Manhattan, now known as the Old Croton Aqueduct, marking the birth of New York City’s modern water system. Water quality improved, and service hasn’t been interrupted for anything other than maintenance since the Croton Aqueduct opened, but shortages continued until 1890, when a second aqueduct was built from the Croton watershed. Shortages abated but new sources needed to be tapped to stay ahead of population growth. The Catskill aqueduct was opened in 1915, followed by the Delaware aqueduct in 1944, which was eventually extended with the reservoirs that still feed into it today. The city’s expansion of its water system was often controversial. Following political maneuvering in the early 19th century, Columbia and Dutchess counties were bypassed, and the city’s water was sourced entirely from the Hudson River’s western bank. Planners tried to avoid building tunnels underneath the river, but eventually ran out of options and the Catskills had to be tapped. The Catskills line was built in 1915, crossing the river between Storm King and the West Point Military Academy, dipping 1,100 feet below sea level to pass underneath the base of Bear Mountain. The upstate communities whose natural resources would quench the city’s endless thirst never got much of a say in the matter. In Albany, New York City was seen as the engine of the state’s economic progress and accommodated without question. The city freely gobbled up whatever water resources it demanded. Farms and other properties were seized and owners weren’t always compensated fairly. Critics say the city didn’t get serious about water conservation until the 1980s, instead, expanding its system rather than building efficiencies into it. Nor was the Hudson River ever seriously considered as an alternative. Rather than make an effort to clean it up and filter its water, the city simply argued that it was too dirty and that it needed the already clean water upstate. Today, the system has a reservoir capacity of 552.5 billion gallons of water, which is typically 85 percent filled. The largest of those reservoirs is the Pepacton, at 140.2 billion gallons. Along the way to the city, the water is disinfected with ultraviolet light, tested for purity at 1,000 different stations, and treated with chlorine; for every million parts of water, one part of fluoride is added. A security force of about 200 officers, once called the Aqueduct Police and now known as the DEP Police, protects the water supply. —Leander Schaerlaeckens

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Art of Business

With the April issue, we launch a new section highlighting the stories behind our clients’ businesses. Each month, we’ll talk with local entrepreneurs about what makes them tick, from running their businesses to how they find balance in their lives outside of work.

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SPARKLING LUMINOSITY Dentist and photographer Michael Tischler had a busy 2015. In August, Dentistry Today magazine named him their implant editor. Last fall, his unique urban landscapes printed on archival aluminum were shown at a pair of galleries in Lower Manhattan. TimeOut New York’s chief art critic Howard Halle called the large prints “stunning” and “uncanny.” Tischler’s work is also displayed at his dental office complex in Woodstock.

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CHATHAM GROOVE People ask interior designer Leslie Alan Degler where his office is, and he’ll tell them it’s aboard American Airlines. He’s only half kidding: His firm, LAD Interiors, is often tapped for design work in Washington, DC, Miami, Los Angeles, Nantucket, as wll as right here in the Hudson Valley. “We’re relentless. We’ve developed the art of hitting the ground, assembling a team, and creating a perfect residential environment that’s true to that place,” Degler says. “But the reason I can do all that and enjoy it is that I know I’m coming home to Chatham. I grew up in Texas, moved to Manhattan for 10 years, then we rented a house upstate and just knew ‘this is it.’ Just doing errands is a joy here—you don’t have to stop and smell the roses, they hit you over the head. To be able to choose how you spend your hours and have it be amazing, that’s success—and here, my life is in that sweet spot, that groove.”

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NOT RUN OF THE MILL Turning a former textile mill beside Fishkill Creek into state-of-the-art live/work artists’ studios and climate-controlled storage dovetails nicely with Beacon’s artsdriven renaissance. So do the hometown women running the show. “I’ve been here since day one, and this is a labor of love for me,” says Beacon native and property manager Nicole Corneyea, the first to suggest that gallery space be incorporated into the residence. “Our fiber arts show fits perfectly with the property’s history in textiles, and Open Studios is great for the residents. But my favorite is the Beacon High School show. The kids come in, hang their work, and feel like they’re in a real gallery. Their teachers and families come. It’s so good for them.” New residences open up in May.

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With Bob and Valerie Keating of Arlington Wine and Liquor

EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSÉ Bob and Valerie Keating founded Arlington Wine and Liquor in 1983 because they wanted to work together, and it’s been a love story ever since. “We’re sort of self trained,” says Bob Keating. “We took courses at the Culinary Institute, we went to wine tastings. We evolved.”

What is it about rosé and springtime? Bob Keating: Rosé is very light; it pairs well with the lighter foods we eat when it’s warm. It’s not just pink fruity wine anymore; dry rosés come from everywhere. It’s lower alcohol; you can sip it happily all night long, which pairs perfectly with spring good times. We carry about 50 different kinds from all over the world.

SILENT PARTNER Landscape designer Robert George has a silent partner at every consult with a client: Mother Earth. “A client may have read a ton of design books, and I’ll sit and pay close attention to every aspect of their environment while they tell me what they want,” George says. “I have a little folding table and chairs, and I’ll take them to the spot they had in mind, and walk them through what they have articulated. Then I ask them how it feels in that spot. Then I take the table and chairs to where I intuitively feel the connection, and they’ll say, ‘This feels great!’ I have a sense for the Earth’s deeper crystal grid, for finding the energetic invitation rather than shoving a square peg into a round hole. I have no idea how I learned it, unless it has to do with spending many, many hours as a kid building forts in the woods.”

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The local beverage scene has evolved some since 1983. BK: It’s on fire! It’s great. New York has been doing a lot to make things easier, which is wonderful. We called Ralph Erenzo when he first started Tuthilltown Distillery and was doing everything himself. Now he’s been bought out and they expanded production—we were in a Florida restaurant and they served Hudson Baby Bourbon. There’s a guy starting something new in Stanford. The minute we get wind of something new, we try to jump right on it.

You’ve won the Hudson Valley magazine “Best Of” award every year for over two decades. BK: That means a lot to us; the community votes on it. It’s a team effort. We have a big staff and professionally trained wine people, some from the Culinary; if you come in to pair something, you’re talking to an expert. And we work with 50 or 60 distributors. They bring us new things all the time—such a fun job, tasting and discussing new products together! We have a very active Facebook page, so our customers are in the conversation. And we’re always having in-store tastings and listening for feedback. It’s just how we do it.

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HOME-BASED WORK Greg and Jan Buhler of Atlantic Custom Homes were handpicked to take over Hudson Valley distribution of Lindal Cedar Homes. “We built our Lindal [home] in 2002,” says Greg, “and we love it—the warm secure feeling of post and beam, the magnificent wall of windows letting the outside in, the energy efficiency. When the Cold Spring dealer was ready to retire, he reached out to us, and it saved me. I was a lawyer, I was trudging to the city every day, and I loved my house so much it killed me to leave.” No more trudging. Now they’re certified-green professionals working with a curated list of local contractors, helping customers achieve that same customizable love affair with their homes, so well that their Atlantic Custom Homes was named Lindal’s Top Worldwide Dealer at the company’s 2016 meeting. “It used to be this Russian dealer building Lindal dachas for nouveau-riche Russians,” says Greg. “But we’ve been up near the top pretty consistently since we started in 2006.”

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Kids & Family

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THE MATING HABITS OF TEENS Text and photo by Hillary Harvey

n the 1950s, Barbara Cardone graduated from a small grammar school into a large high school. She had a few dates and a steady boyfriend her sophomore year, but mostly spent time with one good girlfriend. Her granddaughter lives with her now in Chappaqua, and Stephanie is not so different. A sophomore, she’s dating Andrei, a senior, and sits with a group of girlfriends at lunch. Stephanie and Andrei are obviously close, gently teasing each other during our interview. They share things Cardone would never have brought up with her high school boyfriend, and they’re close with each other’s families. Thinking about the rigidity of the ’50s, Cardone says, “I think that being a dating teen now is much healthier and open.” But when we talk about teens dating, we often talk about openness gone awry. When Stephanie describes high school parties, they sound a lot like the ones anyone attended—with loud music, drinking, and people sneaking off in pairs. But her classmates might hook up with multiple people in a night. They might get to know their hookup partner afterward through social media. Or not. “Hooking up” is a blanket term that can mean anything from kissing to sex. “I don’t know many people my age in serious relationships,” says Stephanie. “Some people are together, but it’s a casual thing. They’re with other people on the side.” According to many teens, dating is an outdated ritual. In a survey of 13-to-17-year-olds conducted by the Pew Research Institute in 2014 and 2015, 64 percent of teens reported they’ve never been in a romantic relationship. “When you’re a young adult, you’re figuring out who you are and what your place is in the world,” explains Andrei. “People don’t want to be held down during that time.” One 13-year-old I talked to framed her current decision not to date as a recognition of her developmental stage. “When you’re 13, what are you going to do? You’re going to break up in a week. What’s the point?” Knowing it’s a classic that friends fall by the wayside in the wake of a 32 KIDS & FAMILY CHRONOGRAM 4/16

date, she’d rather maintain her friendships. Andrei uses the photo-driven app Instagram to connect with friends he doesn’t see as often now that he’s always hanging out with Stephanie. Maybe They Like Me Andrei’s and Stephanie’s school schedules are different. So they text briefly during downtime in class. The two Facetime all night while doing homework, the way today’s adults might have tethered themselves to the wall with a curly telephone wire. Snapchat is their favorite. It’s like digital small talk. “Texting someone you don’t know, it’s awkward,” Andrei explains. “But a photo, they’ll just think, ‘Maybe this person likes me, but maybe they send it to everyone.’” Andrei is cautious about navigating social media’s public forum, and doesn’t like to draw too much attention to himself. Snapchat is designed to minimize the lifelong trail that most digital media leaves. In a Snapchat, users send each other images and video that disappear from view within 24 hours. A Snapchat that’s been private messaged to a particular contact will disappear within three to 10 seconds. Users are able to take a screen shot (a capture that saves the image to the user’s device), and that can lead to unwelcome territory. A Colorado community was rocked last November when it discovered that hundreds of high school students were engaged in a sexting game involving scorekeeping and a secret app that disguised photo collections. Nudity as Way of Life According to Nancy Jo Sales, a journalist who has written extensively on youth culture, sexting and slut pages (a digital aggregate of nude and seminude photos of female students) were found at almost every school she researched for her new book, American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers (Knopf,

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A Conversation About Sexuality This is the first generation to grow up on social media. “By the time they hit the job market, today’s teens will have already been using social media since they were 11. So if someone wants to know what kind of person you are, they have a decade of info,” says Ashley Condit, victim services coordinator for the Rape Crisis Program through Orange County Mental Health Association. It’s that lack of privacy in social media where many people get into trouble. Teens, like most of us, say self-involved things a lot, and the seeming anonymity of writing something digitally leads to oversharing and cyberbullying, as well as that digital trail. Condit says the teens she teaches in Orange County’s school-based Safe Dates program know more about technology than she, who is not much older at 26. But being young, they’re not always cautious, so teaching them Internet safety is huge. Geared to eighth graders, Safe Dates draws sexuality into the conversation around teen health, including consent and tech propriety alongside health, contraception, and abstinence. Condit feels it’s an important educational piece that a lot of districts shy away from when they hear her title. Sales agrees, “People are having to explain to young men and women what consent is. We’re having a national conversation about what rape is. This is a serious moment.” 4/16 CHRONOGRAM KIDS & FAMILY 33

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f you’ve never been there, or haven’t been lately, you owe yourself a ramble around the northeastern part of Orange County. On the banks of the Newburgh Bay, framed by the majesty of the Hudson Highlands, Newburgh and Cornwall are a study in contrasts—New York’s Other City and her pastoral gem of a neighbor, two natural beauties packed with history and boiling over with culture and innovation. Cornwall is a delightful place. Take the kids to the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: The newest attraction, interactive playspace Grasshopper Grove, opens for the season on April 16. Spend a few hours soaking up the Storm King Art Center, or climb the mountain that gave it its name. Take a kayak tour of this superlative stretch of river. Eat farm-to-table, continental, or cafe style—Cornwall restaurants impress New York Times critics—or grab some pizza or Chinese, shop for fiber art supplies, unique gifts, metaphysical books and crystals.There are things you’ll find in Cornwall that you won’t find anywhere else. Meanwhile, up in Newburgh, the Hudson Valley’s Sleeping Beauty has shaken off the evil spell and is ready to rock. The second half of the 20th century was a rough ride for Newburgh, for reasons that would fill a book. Suffice to say that in 1952, Look magazine dubbed Newburgh—with its booming economy, unparalleled architecture, stunning location, and bodaciously wide Broadway—an All-American City. By 2004, it had a spot on New York State’s shortlist of most stressed communities, having endured a lurid notoriety as a murder capital along the way. 34 COMMUNITY PAGES CHRONOGRAM 4/16

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ven from the outside it’s clear that music fills the Bearsville home of Tasso Zapanti and his wife, Jeannine. Approaching via the garden path that links the home’s back door to its tree-lined driveway brings to the ears an ominous series of low, continuous, humming sounds emitting from the two-story abode. Once inside, you’re face to face with a regal 1930s Hardman Peck baby grand piano. Peak beneath the open top of that stately, polished instrument, toward the far end of the airy living room, and you spy its owner on the sofa with one of his electric guitars. “I don’t really play the guitar,” he says while thrumming the low stings to stoke the bundle of parallel drones piping from his speaker system. “But sometimes I just like to play with the sounds.” There’s a bit of an accent there. Zapanti, who creates music for films and TV, is originally from Greece. He came to the US with his family, settling in the heavily Greek neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, when he was 11. The accent is, one might say, the siren song that drew Jeannine to him. “She liked foreign guys—and guys with long hair, which I had back then,” explains Zapanti, whose swarthy mane is shorter and streaked with gray these days but remarkably robust for his 52 years. And although his salt-and-pepper coif would have been out of place in the rock bands of his youth, it fits him fine as an older, wiser composer, one whose boyish sense of enthusiasm and wonder about his craft are as unwavering as they’ve always been. “Composing in this room always puts me in a very inspired, creative state—look at those trees,” he says, pointing excitedly to the tall grove that lords over the generous front yard of the two-acre Wittenberg Road property. “They’re like a brass section, like trumpets. Jeannine and I call that leaning one over there [a lone, tilted tree separate from the central cluster], ‘the Dancer’ because he looks like he’s off somewhere else, moving in his own way.” Dance has been another source of inspiration for Zapanti’s music, as well as an interest he shares with his wife; Jeannine, who works as a psychotherapist, has a background in dance. “Stravinsky is one of my biggest influences, and he wrote for ballet,” says Zapanti, gesturing toward a sculpture perched on a sideboard. Made from a piece

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A movie screen mounted on the fireplace (here rolled up) is used by Zapanti to watch films while he composes their scores. Overhead, fabric canopies lessen the glare from sunlight and help confine the sound to the first floor of the house.

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Top: Sun fills the upstairs bedrooms. Bottom: With its spacious front yard, the house is situated on two acres.

of driftwood the couple found on a beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands, its limbs are spread outward with a graceful span. “We were drawn to it because it reminded us of a dancer,” says the pianist and songwriter. “I guess I got into writing for soundtracks because I think of music visually.” Brass Menagerie An amble around the couple’s clean-lined, 1960s-modern house offers more visual cues, some which have sonic properties as well. Mounted on a wall by the front door is the trumpet Zapanti took lessons on as a child (he doesn’t play horn anymore), a harmonium on loan from a friend rests on a nearby table, and on a corner of the piano sits a Marxophone, a curious, antique keyed instrument similar to a fretless zither. High on another wall hangs a tuba resurfaced with gold spray paint. “I studied music theory and composition at City College of New York, where the music department had several piano practice rooms that you reserved by the hour,” Zapanti recalls. “For some strange reason, they kept on giving me the same practice room every time I requested one. It had this neglected, old tuba that was pretty rusty. I looked at that tuba 44 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 4/16

for four semesters straight and I got attached to it. So when I graduated, it graduated with me. Every time I start a new composition, I just stare at it for a while and it really helps me focus and gets me in a creative path.” In a larger sense, Zapanti’s creative path essentially began in junior high school, where he played in the school orchestra before moving on to New Wave bands in high school. “I discovered playing music around the same time I discovered girls,” he says, adding, with a laugh, “No surprise, right?” By the time he’d enrolled at City College, however, his goals were loftier than playing keyboards and meeting chicks. “I started to want more complexity [in the music] and this was when I really began listening more to Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and other composers.” Also increasingly on his radar were soundtrack luminaries like Ennio Morricone, Mark Isham, and Zapanti’s fellow Greek, Vangelis, who is best known for the theme to the 1981 epic Chariots of Fire. “From Vangelis, I learned that I didn’t have to go crazy learning to write on paper in order to create music,” he explains. “I could use electronics to make textures and still get a nice, calm classical sound.” One of his classmates was aspiring director Joseph B.Vasquez, who enlisted him to write and record the music for the 1991 comedy Hangin’ with the Homeboys (starring future Rosendale resident John Leguizamo) and the gang drama The Bronx War. Zapanti’s more recent film projects include the 2002 superhero flick Black Cougar and 2004’s Proud, which stars Ossie Davis and tells the true but forgotten story of an African-American naval crew in World War II. (The soundtracks to the latter three films have been compiled for Cinematic Plateau, released this year on Zapanti’s Music of Az label.) A Temple to the Sun Although Zapanti and his wife had no plans to give up the Murray Hill apartment they continue to maintain, by 2005 they’d been wooed up to the Woodstock area by its scenic beauty. It didn’t take them long to find the right house. “We were scheduled to see three places and this was the second one we looked at,” Zapanti remembers. “Right away after we’d seen it, we told the realtor we didn’t need to see the third house. We knew this was the one.” Sitting in the expansive, cathedral-ceilinged central living room, it’s

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Top left: An antique tuba rescued by Zapanti hangs above the dining room table. Bottom left: The “crow’s nest” off the top the staircase serves as an office with a view. Top right: The exposed-brick chimney in the kitchen is offset by clean, modern fixtures.

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Jamming in Bearsville Zapanti received an ASCAP Gershwin Award for composition and with Captain Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas created music for the ABC-TV news magazine show “Turning Point.” He recently signed a deal with boutique music placement/licensing firm 4 Score and 7 Music and continues to compose for film and TV—as well as himself. His 2014 CD Reflections Upon (Music of Az) features vocalist Lorelei McBroom, who has performed with Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, and Rod Stewart, as well as other guest musicians who have worked with the likes of Miles Davis, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, and the Saturday Night Live Band. Currently, he has five pieces completed toward his next album, whose working title is Elysium. “I’m not really comfortable with the idea of performing live these days,” Zapanti says. “I’m too much of a perfectionist, I guess.” Instead of gigging out, he enjoys having friends over for spontaneous jam sessions in the informal atmosphere of his and Jeannine’s upstate home. “When musicians we know come to visit they’re ‘taken prisoner’ to play music here,” he jokes. “The living room has beautiful natural reverb, so it sounds really good in here. And it’s so nice to hang out by the fireplace with friends and just walk over to the piano and start playing whenever I need to release. In this house I just feel like I’m constantly creating.”

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To Be a Conifer My new neighbor came over the other day to ask what was wrong with his pine trees. “They lost so many needles last fall!” This is a call that lights up Master Gardener hotlines everywhere. Be assured that pines customarily lose some of their needles each fall to make way for new needles the following spring. The amount of pine needle “drop” depends on the species. The eastern white pines (Pinus strobus) so common in the Hudson Valley hold their needles for three years. So even though they are “evergreen,” they behave deciduously in part, with their second- and third-year needles coloring up yellow and falling each autumn. If you think about walking in piney woods, there’s that wonderful soft layer of needles below your feet, thanks to the annual pine needle drop of a portion of the trees’ leaves. (By the way, it’s legitimate to refer to the needles as “leaves”—botanically speaking, needles are a kind of leaf…and natural pine needle mulch is a boon and should never be raked away!) Pines are a type of conifer—“conifer” is Latin for “cone-bearing.” Other types of conifers besides pines include spruces, firs, cypresses, hemlocks, junipers, arborvitae, and yews. Conifers are gymnosperms—a word derived from the Greek for “naked seed.” If you’ve ever shaken a pinecone, you may have seen the seeds fly right out, because they’re naked. They’re not protected in a fleshy ovary structure the way that the seeds of apples and thousands of other angiosperms (meaning “enclosed seeds”) are. Interestingly, conifers are not always evergreen—take your Eastern larches, your bald cypresses, and your dawn redwoods, for instance. They bear cones, but they lose all their leaves every fall.They are deciduous conifers. How many of them were cut down in the winter because they were presumed dead? One shudders to think.

To Love Conifers Evergreen coniferous trees and shrubs enhance our Hudson Valley landscapes and home gardens by providing color, texture, and garden structure year-round. Many of them also make stalwart hedges and windbreaks when massed. They are so varied and beautiful, it is easy to want to collect them. This is especially true of the dwarf conifers that at the nursery stage are so adorable, they trigger powerful nurturing feelings usually reserved for babies and puppies. Lovely collections of conifers can be seen at the Orange County Arboretum in Montgomery, the Mountain Top Arboretum in Tannersville, and Stone Crop Gardens in Cold Spring. Keith Buesing is well known in the Hudson Valley for Keith Buesing Topiary Design and Coral Acres Landscaping (Keithbuesing.com). “I love conifers,” he says. “There’s a warmth about them, maybe because they are evergreen and have a shaggy or furry appearance. I admire the range of colors and textures and forms that add so much interest to the garden. I love that when the buds open in the spring, the brand-new growth is always a lighter, brighter version of the plant’s normal color, before the needles slowly transition to their mature color.” Buesing says he enjoys everything from the soft and deep green fans of Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana Gracilis’) to the spiky, powder blue needles of Hoops blue spruce (Picea pungens ‘Hoopsii’) to the mop-like, bright yellow foliage of gold thread cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera Aurea’). He really likes the form and color of the weeping blue atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’). “No two are alike and given the room to spread out, they can become crazy, magnificent specimens,” he says. Buesing also likes the biggest arborvitae in the trade (Thuja ‘Green Gi4/16 CHRONOGRAM HOME & GARDEN 49

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A CONIFER-RELATED MINI-GLOSSARY Angiosperm vs. Gymnosperms: Angiosperms are plants whose seeds mature within the protection of an ovary. Gymnosperms are plants whose seeds are borne naked—i.e., not in a protected fleshy structure. The gymnosperms arose first, approximately 300 million years ago. Angiosperms are thought to have arisen approximately 200 million years ago. Conifer: Cone-bearing gymnosperm trees and shrubs; most have evergreen needles, but some conifers, like larches, are deciduous. Dwarf conifers, miniature conifers: The American Conifer Society (ACS) defines “miniature” conifers as those that grow less than one inch per year and at 10 years can be expected to be under a foot tall. ACS defines “dwarf” conifers as those that grow from one to six inches a year and at 10 years can be expected to be one to six feet tall (note that many of those “dwarfs” keep growing, ending up much bigger than anticipated at purchase). Evergreen vs. Deciduous: Evergreens retain their leaves year-round, while deciduous plants shed their leaves in the fall. Pinetum: An arboretum of conifers or a collection of conifers within an arboretum

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galleries & museums

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ALBERT SHAHINIAN FINE ART GALLERY 22 EAST MARKET STREET SUITE 301, RHINEBECK 876-7578. “Whimsy and Gesture.” Dick Crenson, Travis Jeffrey & Christopher Albert. Through April 9. ANN STREET GALLERY 104 ANN STREET, NEWBURGH 784-1146. “Comic Art.” Through May 7. ARTBAR GALLERY 674 BROADWAY, KINGSTON 430-4893. “Circle.Dot.Sphere.” April 2-30. ARTS SOCIETY OF KINGSTON 97 BROADWAY, KINGSTON 338-0333. “Reception/Regional Juried Exhibition.” April 2-30. Opening reception April 9, 5pm-7pm. ATHENS CULTURAL CENTER 24 SECOND STREET, ATHENS (518) 945-2136. “2016 Spring Members Exhibition: Greene.” April 23-May 28. Opening reception April 23, 6pm-8pm. BARRETT ART CENTER 55 NOXON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-2550. “Photowork ‘16.” Through April 30. BETSY JACARUSO STUDIO & GALLERY 43 EAST MARKET STREET, RHINEBECK 516-4435. “Annual Student Watercolor Show 2016: Catching the Light.” April 2-30. Opening reception April 9, 5pm-8pm. BOSCOBEL 1601 ROUTE 9D (BEAR MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY), GARRISON BOSCOBEL.ORG. “Hudson Hewn: New York Furniture Now.” April 16-August 14. BYRDCLIFFE KLEINERT/JAMES CENTER FOR THE ARTS 36 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2079. “Shimmering Substance.” Through May 1. CAFFE A LA MODE 1 OAKLAND AVENUE, WARWICK 986-1223. Photography by Keith Marsiglia. Through May 31. CIONI ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 61 CROWN STREET, KINGSTON 943-3073. “Hands-on Art Exhibition.” Student artwork from WSW’s Hands-on Art program. April 1-May 1. CORNELL STREET STUDIO 168 CORNELL STREET, KINGSTON 679-8348. “Quietude.” April 2-May 2. Opening reception April 2, 5pm-8pm. CROSS CONTEMPORARY ART 81 PARTITION STREET, SAUGERTIES 399-9751. “Structure/Nature.” Claire Lambe, Laura Hexner, and Mary Anne Erickson. April 2-24. DIA:BEACON 3 BEEKMAN STREET, BEACON 845 440 0100. “Robert Irwin, Excursus: Homage to the Square3.” Through May 31, 2017. DUCK POND GALLERY 128 CANAL STREET, TOWN OF ESOPUS LIBRARY, PORT EWEN 338-5580. “Audrey Steinhorn: Photography.” April 2-30. Opening reception April 2, 4pm-7pm. EAST FISHKILL COMMUNITY LIBRARY 348 ROUTE 376, HOPEWELL JUNCTION 226-2145. Photographs by Nate Ciraulo. April 1-30. FRANCES DALY FERGUSSON DANCE THEATER VASSAR COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE VASSAR.EDU. “American Stories 1800–1950.” Through April 17. THE GALLERY AT R&F 84 TEN BROECK AVENUE, KINGSTON 331-3112. “Reverse Migration & Other Stories.” Works by Lori Van Houten. Through April 16.

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GALLERY 66 NY 66 MAIN STREET, COLD SPRING 809-5838. “Abstract into Figurative Abstract.” Donald Alter, David Fischweicher, Judith Kepner Rose. Through May 1. GARRISON ART CENTER 23 GARRISON’S LANDING, GARRISON 424-3960. “Jaynie Crimmins / Kate Rogovin.” April 23-May 11. HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART 1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 788-0100. “I’m Tired.” Works by British artists Paula Apkon and Harriet Evans. Through May 1. HUDSON VALLEY LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER, INC. 300 WALL STREET, KINGSTON 331-5300. “Inside Ed Berkise.” Through May 31. JEFF BAILEY GALLERY 127 WARREN STREET, HUDSON JEFF@BAILEYGALLERY.COM. “Lonnie Holley: Drawings.” An exhibition of drawings. Through April 30. KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART 134 JAY STREET, KATONAH (914) 232-9555. “The Nest: An Exhibition of Art in Nature.” Through June 19. FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER VASSAR COLLEGE, RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 229-0425. “Touch the Sky.” April 29-August 21. MARK GRUBER GALLERY 17 NEW PALTZ PLAZA, NEW PALTZ 255-1241. “Looking Back: 40 Years, 40 Artists.” April 2-May 21. Opening reception April 2, 5pm-7pm. MATTEAWAN GALLERY 436 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7901. “New Drawings.” August Ventimiglia. April 9-May 8. MID-HUDSON HERITAGE CENTER 317 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 485-8506. “Loving the Earth.” Through April 23, 6-8pm. OMI INTERNATIONAL ARTS CENTER 1405 COUNTY ROAD 22, GHENT (518) 392-4747. “Susanne Kühn.” Through May 5. RHINEBECK STARR LIBRARY 68 WEST MARKET STREET, RHINEBECK 876-4030. “Photo Fugues.” Cut and paste collages by Marcia Slatkin. April 4-30. Opening reception April 9, 5pm-7pm. RIVERWINDS GALLERY 172 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-2880. “Second Annual Artist Book Show.” Through April 30. SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART 1 HAWK DRIVE, NEW PALTZ NEWPALTZ.EDU/MUSEUM. “Andrew Lyght: Full Circle.” Through April 10. SENATE GARAGE 4 NORTH FRONT STREET, KINGSTON SENATEGARAGE.COM. An exhibition and installation of work by S.B. Woods. April 2-10. Opening reception April 2, 5pm-7pm. SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY ARTS CENTER 790 ROUTE 203, SPENCERTOWN (518) 392-3693. “CCCA Juried Art Show.” April 2-10. Opening reception April 2, 5pm-7pm. STANFORD GRANGE #808 6043 ROUTE 82, STANFORDVILLE. Creative Crossroads Presents Paintings by Karen Mars Sergio. April 15-17. THE CATSKILL COMMUNITY CENTER 344 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL 518-719-8244. “Fold Everything.” The art of Kathryn Paulsen. April 2-June 4. Opening reception April 9, 4pm-6pm. THE LOFTS AT BEACON GALLERY 18 FRONT STREET, BEACON 202-7211. “Fiber Arts Show.” Through April 30. THE RE INSTITUTE 1395 BOSTON CORNERS ROAD, MILLERTON (518) 567-5359. “Harry Kramer: Drawings and Paintings.” April 30-May 29. TREMAINE GALLERY HOTCHKISS SCHOOL, 11 INTERLAKEN ROAD, LAKEVILLE, CT (860) 460-4423. “Recursive Threads.” Ann Conrad and Elizabeth Gourlay. April 2-May 1. Opening reception April 9, 4pm-6pm. TIVOLI ARTISTS CO-OP 60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI 758-4342. “Interiors.” Artists created furniture and furnishings including lighting, textiles, ceramics, sculpture and wall hung art. April 8-May 1, 5-9pm. ULSTER SAVINGS BANK 280 WALL STREET, KINGSTON, 338-6060. “The Octopus’s Garden.” Uderwater photographs by Larry Arvidson.Through April 17. UNFRAMED ARTISTS GALLERY 173 HUGUENOT STREET, NEW PALTZ, 12561. “Global Arts for Peace.” Presented by SUNY New Paltz students. April 9-23. Opening reception April 9, 4pm-7pm. VASSAR COLLEGE RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 229-0425. “Seeing the Sun: Maria Mitchell’s Observations, 1868-1888.” Through June 12. WIRED GALLERY 11 MOHONK ROAD, HIGH FALLS (682) 564-5613. “Shirt Factory Artists.” April 9-May 15. Opening reception April 9, 5pm-7pm. WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM 28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940. “Directors Choice: The Responsive Eye.” Through May 1.

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Music

Vinyl listening stations at Darkside Records in Poughkeepsie. Below: The new Darkside location encompasses 9,000 square feet.

House of Hot Wax Darkside Records By Peter Aaron Photos by Fionn Reilly

et’s say it’s the late 1970s and you’re a teenager in a bland suburb. And let’s say you’ve procured a ride, with your grocery-store job wages jammed in the pocket of your jeans, to the local mall, where you make your way to its sole chain record store, Harmony Hut, whose name evoked incense and macramé, not rock ’n’ roll, even then.You flip through the four paltry bins marked “Imports,” the ghetto for the most mysterious, interesting-looking stuff. Then maybe you wander over to the music department of the discount department store to gawk at the display racks filled with the latest major-label releases.You’ve heard a track or two off some of these albums on the radio. Maybe you read a review or two in Creem or were told by your classmates that certain ones were great. But still you struggle with selecting your purchase—your investment. Upon finally making a decision, which is often down to being a leap of faith based on the cover and the price, you giddily whisk the album home, where, with much nervousness and anticipation, you inhale the heady aroma of virgin vinyl after peeling off the shrink wrap. You gingerly center it on the turntable and lower the tonearm. The stylus crackles with statically electrified portent as it eases into the groove.You live with this album, and only this album, over the next few weeks, getting to know it intimately and loving it more with each play— or, with your mental toil and $6.99 outlay (two hours’ wages back then) fresh in your mind, laboriously dissecting and trying to like it before finally admitting that yeah, it stinks and planning your next record-buying expedition. As we all know, this way of discovering and appreciating music was long pegged for dead thanks to the rise of digital media and online marketing. And yet, although no one can kid themselves into believing that vinyl will ever overtake the fast-food contagion of mp3s, the older format has nevertheless lately experienced

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dramatic regrowth. In 2015, US vinyl sales rose by a formidable 30 percent, up to nearly 12 million from just over 9 million in 2014. But, no, this isn’t another one of those “vinyl’s coming back!” articles clipped from the Sunday Parade magazine and mailed to you by your mom. Rather, it is, in essence, about the kind of experience that will never be part of the lazy, isolating practice of clicks and downloads. “I think we learn just as much about music from our customers as they learn from us,” says Justin Johnson, the manager and co-owner (with Roberto Hull and Erin Gladding) of Poughkeepsie’s Darkside Records and Gallery. “I’m always getting turned onto stuff I didn’t know about before, especially 1960s and ’70s music.” Darkside recently reopened an expanded operation in a former OTB location on Dutchess Turnpike. “I like to say that when we ripped out all the old, stained carpeting we got rid of decades of cigarette smoke and failed marriages,” the piercingsporting proprietor jokes, “and replaced them with something a lot healthier.” Born in Schenectady in 1985, Johnson came along just when LPs were going out and CDs were coming in; his first album was a Boyz II Men CD. But through his parents’ music collection he was introduced to vinyl. “They had records, and a lot of tapes, too,” he recalls. “I remember getting into the Elvis ’68 Comeback album, the Beatles’ White Album, and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, which is where the name of the store comes from. The first LP I bought on my own was Black Sabbath’s Masters of Reality.” At 16, Johnson was inspired by a visit to San Francisco’s Amoeba Music, known for its sheer size and musician-narrated “What’s in My Bag?” video series. “The whole vibe there really made me see how a record store could be so much more than just a retail space,” he explains. “Ten years later, we opened the first Darkside on Main Street [in Poughkeepsie].” But after just five years at

that address it was clear that things had exploded far beyond anyone’s dreams. “Our lease was up and we were trying to figure out our future,” says Johnson. “The old store was 2,000 square feet, which was pretty big, but we were filled beyond capacity [with stock].” And so last January, the shop moved less than a mile away to its massive—9,000 square feet—new home. Maintaining the fluorescent, Frankenstein-green motif of the earlier site, its cavernous, well-lit main room houses dozens of sturdy, neatly curated metal racks packed with 12- and 7-inch vinyl (estimated at 20,000 pieces), CDs, and DVDs. A separate room contains a counter where used records are bought, a stereo repair shop, and a turntable section where customers can test out new machines or pick up a used model. The wing is also where Johnson, Hull, and other members of Darkside’s staff of nine record a monthly podcast covering new releases, music and pop culture in general, and whatever else is au courant around the store. The gallery component that has been in place since the original facility’s inception has also grown. “An interest in art is something all of us shared when we decided to open a store,” the manager says. “And, since we have the wall space, we thought it would be cool to let local artists show and sell their work.” Lighting up the walls at the time of this writing are the neon, comic-bookish monster images of area punk artist Anthony “Cookie” Cocurullo. Another positive byproduct of having a larger space is the advent of an actual stage, this one measuring 256 square feet and featuring a house PA and professional lighting.There’s also a dance floor with standing room for 150, which makes the prospect of overly enthusiastic moshers banging into the record bins less of a worry than it was during the in-store performances at the Main Street site. In addition to appearances by bands on tour or up from NewYork to promote new releases, the Darkside stage hosts DJ nights on alternate Tuesdays, an open mike on the third Sunday of every month, and multiband bills featuring local acts. In the planning stages are a series of “vinyl speed-dating nights,” to which participants will bring and play a favorite record for their prospective partners. (Hope for unattached vinyl nerds, at last.) “A lot of the record stores I went to growing up seemed to be run by grumpy, old guys selling mostly just classic rock,” says Tyler Irish of the Port Dover band Take One Car, which played a record release event at the old Darkside and looks forward to hitting the stage of the new shop. “But this one’s definitely not like that. It’s always exciting for me, going there as a customer and just being able to come in talk with the people who work there about music.” April 16 sees the return of Record Store Day, the annual international event founded in 2007 to celebrate the culture of independent record stores. And with this year marking the first observance of the occasion in the new store, there are plans to go all out. “We’re going to have live music, food trucks, a DJ, and giveaways,” Johnson says, adding, intriguingly, “And maybe a couple of other things that we haven’t 100-percent confirmed yet.” Record Store Day-only releases are a key facet of the phenomenon, and when asked which titles he’s personally excited about, Johnson cites a 12-inch EP of previously unreleased Clutch tracks, Gwar’s Scumdogs of the Universe reissue, Muddy Waters’s Hoochie Coochie Man: Live at the Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club double LP, and an album of 1984 demos by the pre-Mudhoney/Pearl Jam quintet Green River. “It seems like stores in general are getting further away from being personal places; you see more and more of them putting in automatic check-out lines and stuff like that,” says Irish, 31. “The community you find when you’re hanging out in a record shop isn’t something you can get online.” Darksiderecordsandgallery.com.

Michael Davis from Hyde Park at the Darkside open mike.

Bekah Polonsky behind the counter at Darkside.

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NIGHTLIFE HIGHLIGHTS Handpicked by music editor Peter Aaron for your listening pleasure.

JOHN HIATT April 29. The songs of John Hiatt have been recorded by everyone from Bob Dylan to Three Dog Night, Bonnie Raitt, The Band, and Iggy Pop. Long a well-known, steadily touring singersongwriter himself, he’s released dozens of albums, played in the all-star outfit Little Village with Nick Lowe, Ry Cooder, and Jim Keltner, and hosted PBS-TV’s “Sessions at West 54th.” Hiatt’s most recent album, 2014’s Terms of My Surrender, has been praised as one of his best by fans and reviewers. He visits the Paramount Hudson Valley Theater for this intimate acoustic evening. (Kansas carries on April 10; Belinda Carlisle bounces by April 13.) 8pm. $55, $65. Peekskill. (914) 739-0039; Paramounthudsonvalley.com.

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April 9. The Cookers are a jazz supergroup; between them, pianist George Cables, bassist Cecil McBee, trumpeters Eddie Henderson and David Weiss, drummer Billy Hart, and saxophonists Billy Harper and Craig Handy have played with the likes of Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Charles Lloyd, Freddie Hubbard, and others. Straight-up hard bop is the name of the game here, and, needless to say given their pedigree, there are few other bands working today who can touch them when it comes to the idiom. The group heats up the Falcon for this early April date. (The Sweet Clementines and Mr. Gone split the bill April 7; Terry Reid wails April 23.) 7pm. Donation requested. Marlboro. (845) 236-7970; Liveatthefalcon.com.

April 24. With their second album, 1993’s The Infamous, Queens duo Mobb Deep emerged as kingpins of East Coast hardcore rap and upped the ante with 1996’s Hell on Earth. Comprised of MCs Prodigy and Havoc, the pair are revered for their grim-but-believable essays of street life and the gangsta hustle, which they’ll bring to the Chance with this upstate hit. Although the act’s output has been inconsistent since the above titles, allegedly due in part to tensions between the two members, 2014 saw the release of the respectably received but confusingly titled The Infamous Mobb Deep, which includes new music as well as tracks cut during the sessions for the above-cited 1993 opus. With Smif N Wesson. (King Los rhymes April 1; Corrosion of Conformity crushes April 15.) 6pm. $20, $45. Poughkeepsie. (845) 471-1966; Thechancetheater.com.

JASON MARTIN/POWER ANIMAL SYSTEM RECORD RELEASE April 16. On the street of his home town of Troy last fall, performance artist and musician Jason Martin was robbed and beaten so brutally that he needed costly surgery to repair a broken jaw and to implant titanium plates in his head. But with the help of a GoFundMe campaign and a successful benefit event, Martin, known for the bizarre, transgender wolf guise he calls Power Animal System—no wonder Lady Gaga is among his fans—has bounced back in a big way. This show at the Low Beat celebrates the release of his new album, Methods. (Creed Bratton croons April 15; 7Horse gallops in April 17.) 8pm. Call for ticket price. Albany. (518) 432-6572; Thelowbeat.com.

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TASHI DORJI AND MARISA ANDERSON April 30. The eponymous 2015 split LP by guitarists Tashi Dorji and Marisa Anderson is racking up mounting accolades for its startling blend of experimental sounds and acoustic folk. The Bhutan-born Dorij has been championed by Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny and is based in North Carolina; Anderson hails from Oregon, the latter-day home of another guitar innovator and audible influence, John Fahey, and has collaborated with alt-folk singer-songwriter Sharon Von Etten and the Gossip’s feisty lead vocalist, Beth Ditto. Dorji and Anderson bring their atmospheric craft to the Spotty Dog Books and Ale to finish out the month. 8pm. $5. Hudson. (518) 671-6006; Thespottydog.com.

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VARIOUS ARTISTS CREATIVE MUSIC STUDIO: ARCHIVE SELECTIONS VOLUME 2 (2015, PLANET ARTS RECORDS) In the 1970s and 1980s, Woodstock’s groundbreaking Creative Music Studio study center was the site of hundreds of concerts by visiting, resident, and student musicians, many of which were recorded. Thanks to grants and fundraising activities, the still extant jazz / world music organization has been pursuing the mammoth task of digitizing the towering trove of tapes in the CMS archive. Like Archive Selections Volume 1 (reviewed in the December 2014 issue of Chronogram), Volume 2 is an enhanced three-CD set whose discs are individually devoted to small ensembles, large ensembles, and world music. CMS cofounder Karl Berger is heard on several cuts across the set, either on piano, vibes, or balafon. Disc 1 features the duo of Anthony Braxton and Marilyn Crispell, the Kalaparusha Trio, and the Paul Motian Trio; the latter’s “Mushi Mushi” sees the leader and drummer in a more hard-hitting mode than the soft swing he traded in with Bill Evans. The larger groupings on disc 2 include a misty, 22-minute piece led by trumpeter Baikida Carroll and a likewise lengthy (27 minutes) and unnamed performance by trumpeter Don Cherry’s ensemble, which boasts the recently departed percussionist Nana Vasconcelos. Vasconcelos also appears in flutist Ismet Siral’s group and with sitarist Collin Walcott on disc 3, whose other highlights include the mysterious music of veena virtuoso Ustad Dagar and djembe king Amadou Jarr. Another installment of incredible sounds from the CMS vault, Archive Selections Volume 2 awaits your adventurous ears. PlanetArts.org. —Peter Aaron

HAPPY TRAUM JUST FOR THE LOVE OF IT (2015, LARK’S NEST MUSIC)

Those who can’t do, the aphorism goes, teach. But Happy Traum is one solid exception to the rule. Through his Woodstock-based Homespun Music instructional label, Traum and his team have taught the world to play everything from accordion to xylophone (or close to it), and his seminal Fingerpicking Styles for Guitar has been in print now for over 50 years. But Traum can most definitely do, as evinced by his latest disc, Just for the Love of It. The title is appropriate; Traum came of age at the hootenannies in Washington Square Park and his own music has never strayed far from the fountain. Here, his deft six-string arrangements of folk classics like “Jay Gould’s Daughter,” Norman Blake’s “Church Street Blues,” and lost pal John Herald’s “High Muddy Water” are abetted by heavyweight friends like John Sebastian, Jerry Marotta, Larry Campbell, and Marco Benevento, among others. There is an air of the park, too, a real feel of folks just sitting down to pick, except that you and I don’t pick quite like this. Traum’s thumb, a legacy of lessons with Brownie McGhee, drives the affair, pulsing with a bright urgency even on the ballads. An instrumental take of “Tennessee Waltz,” in particular, shows off Traum’s elegant chops. Sitting knee to knee with Martin Simpson for a duet, it’s nothing fancy—no showing off needed—but it’s sweet, in the pocket and right on target. Happytraum.com. —Michael Eck

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ANNE GORRICK’S ARTISTIC FLOW by Nina Shengold Photo by Franco Vogt

he front walk to Anne Gorrick’s door has been reclaimed by flowers. As metaphors go, it’s a bit obvious, but it does seem delightfully apt that you enter the poet’s great rambling ship of a house from the side. A visual artist as well as a poet, Gorrick’s latest collection A’s Visuality (BlazeVOX, 2015) cross-pollinates these foci, with two suites of art-themed poems (“FOLIOS” transcribes the texts of 28 artist’s books she made from found-object fragments of art criticism; “Chromatic Sweep” riffs on color descriptions from Kingston’s R&F Handmade Paints) and encaustic monotypes. Her previous books include the densely brilliant language collages Kyotologic (Shearsman Books, 2008), I-Formation, Book 1 (Shearsman, 2010) and I-Formation, Book 2 (Shearsman 2012); she co-curates the electronic journal Peep/Show with Lynn Behrendt. If this body of work suggests an avant-garde wraith in SoHo black layers and high-concept shoes, think again.

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Gorrick opens the door in a loose-weave sweater and blue jeans, trying to corral an exuberant black lab named Einstein, more often called Tiny (he isn’t). Her eyes are hyacinth blue, her smile infectious. After a high-exclamation point tour of the home she shares with husband Peter Genovese, she sits in the kitchen, popping up almost immediately to pour Cup of Joy chocolate-mint tea. The fragrant steam blends with the heady scent of home-tapped maple sap evaporating on the stove. It’s one of those Hudson Valley households: Wherever you look, something creative is happening. It might be a partially restored vintage rosewood piano, an antique barber chair, a glass-front cabinet of perfume ingredients next to a writing desk made from a motor-repair bench. There are framed prints on the walls (Cynthia Winika’s as well as Gorrick’s), work boots next to the woodstove.Two stacks of books line the table: Cassandra Danz’s Mrs. Greenthumbs series (“kick-ass gardening books”) and several volumes on Greek mythology.

One of Gorrick’s new projects involves googling Greek gods and goddesses longed to reflect the fluctuant salt line of “the river that flows both ways” and for pop culture and home product namesakes to plunder for poems. “There’s mine the region’s deep vein of radical artmaking; Gorrick cites the Maverick an Aphrodite II double-wide mobile home,” she exults. “I’m just entranced. I’m Concert Hall premiere of John Cage’s 4’33”. “That’s a piece that is totally a beside myself with how much fun this is.” vessel for anything,” she says, noting that Cage’s favorite performance of his Gorrick is a frequent flyer in cyberspace, often using the “terrible Internet “silent” opus included a deer running into the piece. “I’m enchanted by the fact translator” BabelFish to “pour text back and forth into about 20 different that it happened here.” languages.” The results are a springboard for high-diving poetics. The editors worked well together. “If you’re collaborating and there’s a whole Does she worry about accessibility? “I think it’s okay for people not to be lot of yes, it tends to turn out well,” notes Gorrick. One of many things they interested in my work,” she says. “There’s a million other flavors out there.” agreed on was alphabetizing by title rather than author. This randomly mixes She’s a fervent believer in “doing work to please your best, highest self instead well-known and lesser-known names, which Gorrick calls “democratizing. of the marketplace;” her nine-to-five job as a college administrator pays the bills Michael Ives once accused me of ‘juxtapositional fearlessness.’ My favorite art so her art doesn’t have to. is the art where I don’t know what’s going to happen next. I love that feeling of Gorrick was born in Poughkeepsie. Her parents moved there from ‘anything could happen.’” northeastern Pennsylvania when the local coal economy collapsed. Gorrick’s Her interest in visual art blossomed about 20 years ago, when “I started father was hired by IBM (which ironically also collapsed); her mother taught realizing the limitation of 81/2 x 11 paper. This real estate is too small!” Her science. Gorrick attended Spackenkill High studio sits behind the house, past a rusting School, where she played competitive tennis vintage schoolbus and Gorrick’s labor-of-love There is a boy on the ground in front of a woman and studied classical piano. She describes her installation, a figure-eight path lined with The woman, the knife, the circus: an illustrated torrent love of the arts as a “switched at birth” fluke thousands of daffodil bulbs to make “a poetic Is there a poem called “Thinking of you when your cat is ill?” in her science-prone family. “It was not a yellow line through the woods. It’s like the household with a lot of poetry books,” she says dumbest thing in America to try to do,” she The fat mermaid, “she floats as if she’s swimming in blood” drily. says. “Gardening is the world’s slowest form of her mermaid muscles are hoodwinked going underwater The gateway drug was Sylvia Plath’s Ariel, painting.” which she read in junior high. “I didn’t even The outbuilding also houses the impressively From “Our Secular Rituals on Cubist Stairs know what she was talking about, but it was tidy garage where Genovese builds and (a poem made from 2010 Peep/Show search terms)” so powerful,” Gorrick recalls. “I didn’t know restores race cars. “It’s like being married to —Anne Gorrick you could do that with language. It gets into Hephaestes,” Gorrick says, leading the way your skin like a scar.” Then she discovered though an anteroom, intricately tiled by her Tristan Tzara’s Dada poems, which opened a door to experimental poetics. She husband with linoleum racing flag patterns. The walls of her light-filled studio pursued a traditional English degree at SUNY New Paltz, but had “the nagging are lined with encaustic monotypes, made on a heat table Genovese built. sensation there must be something else.” She found it in Clayton Eshleman’s Together for 22 years, they’ve just returned from a trip to Arizona, seminal periodical Sulfur: A Literary Tri-Annual of the Whole Art. “I thought, this is New Mexico, and Big Bend. Though they’re avid Catskill hikers, Gorrick is the community I want to be writing in.” invigorated by the Southwest. “It’s the un-Hudson Valley,” she says. Aside from It seems safe to say that she got her wish. Gorrick and poet Sam Truitt just a “lost year” between high school and college, she’s always lived near the river. edited In|Filtration: An Anthology of Innovative Poetry from the Hudson River Valley “If you’re going to live in one place, this is a great one.” (Station Hill of Barrytown, 2015). Featuring 64 area poets and spanning nearly Especially if you seek creative community. In|Filtration has hosted several 400 pages, it’s a mighty watershed of a book. multiauthor events, starting with a November launch party at Hudson’s Time Even at a glance, it’s clear we’re not in Kansas anymore. The first offerings and Space Limited. There have also been readings in Saugerties, Brooklyn, are three documentary poems by Mark Nowak, a photo-and-text excerpt and Poughkeepsie, with another planned at Sugar Loaf’s Seligmann Center from Carolee Schneemann “ABC—We Print Anything—In the Cards,” and a on April 10 (see below) and more to come, Gorrick says. “The poems in this 10-word poem by Sparrow; the last, L. S. Asekoff’s “Yangshuo in a Drizzle,” book are currently ranging through various Hudson Valley counties. Cage free! consists entirely of punctuation.There are poems written sideways, shaped into Poem to table!” spirals, spaced across pages or printed in side-by-side columns. “Station Hill’s Susan Quasha did a great job with the design—that’s a lot of disparate work TWO NEW ANTHOLOGIES AND THREE READINGS to fit under two covers,” Gorrick says. In a preface, she and Truitt explain that GATHER DOZENS OF AREA POETS they sought “poets whose work either shows originality of form or makes use of poetic conventions in new ways: old bottle/new wine; new bottle/old wine; In|Filtration: An Anthology of Innovative Poetry from the Hudson River Valley Edited by Anne Gorrick and Sam Truitt and, sometimes, new bottle/new wine.” Station Hill of Barrytown, 2016, $34.95 Gorrick met Truitt and then co-editor Deborah Poe at a Bernadette Mayer Reading 4/10 at 2pm at the Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf. Admission free. reading in New York. They invited her to collaborate, and when Poe became too busy to continue, Truitt and Gorrick pressed on, reading more than 1,500 CAPS Poetry 2015 pages of solicited work. Edited by Marina Mati; Robert Milby, Christopher Wheeling, consulting editors They knew where to look. For seven years, Gorrick ran the Cadmium Text CAPS Press, 2016, $14.95 reading series at R&F Handmade Paints; she now curates Dutchess County The second anthology by the Beacon-based Calling All Poets collective, now in its Community College’s Process to Text series with Melanie Klein. Since 2009, 17th year. Launch event 4/29 at 7pm, Space Create Gallery, Newburgh. Free and open to the public, donations appreciated. she’s been president of Century House Historical Society, which has hosted the Subterranean Poetry Festival in Rosendale’s Widow Jane Mine (pictured at left) Chronogram Poets, 4/15 at 6:30pm, Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. for 26 years. Truitt is executive director of Station Hill and a guest lecturer at A reading by poets reviewed in this issue, hosted by Nina Shengold and Phillip X Bard College, which boasts an astonishing roster of poets. Levine. Free admission and refreshments. Though other anthologies feature Hudson Valley writers, both editors

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POETRY ROUNDUP 2016 MALL FLOWER TINA BARRY BIG TABLE PUBLISHING, 2016, $14

Mall Flower’s irreverent, retro-modern cocktail of poetry and microfiction is garnished with lipstick-red maraschino and packs a potent kick. Tina Barry conjures a 1960s suburban childhood of checkered suits, ruffled canopy beds, and divorce. Adolescence hits with a hormonal blast (“I’ve blown out my shag haircut”) and men come and go, “leaving the stink of barnyard/ on the sheets.” The hilarious “Wool and Spool” channels an indignant poet left behind by her workshop peers’ shift from off-rhymed sonnets to “an invitation-only-BDSM-LGBT-furry-friendly-little people-giants-welcome-NAMBLA tolerant-weekendsexathon.” The nerve! —NS

BOY WITH A HALO AT THE FARMER’S MARKET (CODHILL PRESS POETRY PRIZE) SONIA GREENFIELD CODHILL PRESS, 2015, $16

The halo in Boy with a Halo at the Farmer’s Market, the title poem of Sonia Greenfield’s prize-winning collection, is a halo brace: “How truly graced he must have been/ to survive a broken neck.” The poems herein are likewise bolted, keeping the head held firm and the ambit of our vision disrupted. Wisps of ghost-town surrealism float up through the angled slats of Greenfield’s lines, and perils that haunt the present make for a restless lyrical stride. In “Between Rest Stops” the poet concludes that “the road / before us always shimmers and / the road behind us holds / the golden hour in a shard / of mirror.” —MD

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ROUGH GRACE (POETRY CHAPBOOK AWARD)

DOS MADRES PRESS, 2015, $17

RAPHAEL HELENA KOSEK

EINSTEIN’S LAWN

Science fuses with popular icons and culture in SUNY Adirondack professor Stuart Bartow’s arresting Einstein’s Lawn, a speculation on the physics of human consciousness. Machine intelligence (“The Singularity”) calls to literary imagination (“Frankenstein Unfinished”). Honeycombed “hexagons” echo “elegant hexameters” scored by Alexander Pope. Reimaged across several poems, the book’s title character drives a Corvette, “scarf flying, goggles shielding his hound-dog eyes” (“Einstein’s Car”). If a tossed beer can incites a far-off earthquake (“Chaos Theory”) then maybe “the God particle exists” (“Absolute Zero”). Proof might arrive like “lost to sight, hiding stars, the galaxy / you find while search for something else” (“Einstein’s Desk”). —PU

SINGING WHILE BLACK CORNELIUS EADY KATTYWOMPUS PRESS, 2015, $14

The gardenia in Billie’s hair, the police photo of Otis Redding’s crash site, Miles infamously telling Monk to “lay out” are among particular details of music history illuminated under the empathetic gaze of Greene County poet Cornelius Eady in his recent chapbook-CD, Singing While Black. Performed with his band, Rough Magic, his songs tap the mythic expanse in narratives of black lives, antebellum to present, that rise up against the racist power structure. In “Tearing Down The Master’s House—made indelible with arabesque runs by saxophonist Max Abrams—place and time are pointedly unspecific, so to evoke a mood both radically personal and globally resonant, “Summertime and the living is cryptic. / Where do you think you are?” —MD

BLOOM JAY ERICKSON, ILLUSTRATED BY KATE DIAGO LONGHOUSE PRESS, 2015, $14.95

In 34 spare poems and an ecstatic epilogue, Pawling resident Erickson traverses a 15-month span containing a diagnosis of stage IIIc testicular cancer (the title’s “dark bloom”), chemotherapy, IVF, four surgeries, marriage, remission, and childbirth. Cancer is sometimes his subject (“i shuffle to the Chemo Barn / to find my stall”), sometimes the background against which “backyard eggs and honey,” the “grateful parenthetical” of a first snowfall, and “fields smeared with wildflowers” glow. Emotion-filled but never sentimental, this is poetry “deep in the marrow of life / awash in grief and praise.” All proceeds from this book support rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. —NS

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A selection of outstanding new books by Hudson Valley poets and presses, reviewed by Marx Dorrity, Nina Shengold, and Pauline Uchmanowicz.

CONCRETE WOLF, 2015, $10

Natural-world inspired artworks act as muse for Dutchess County poet Raphael Kosek, whose each deft canvas opens “a window to heavenly space” (“Pelvis with Moon, 1943”). Caribou freeze in Inuit stone cut like sacred language. O’Keeffe’s flowers trumpet miracles; a still-life painter’s poppies, tulips, and sunflowers provide lessons in rectitude and aging. Christina’s World evokes an improbable Eden, while in a persona poem Henri Rousseau confesses how “person and panther connive” to make a paradise of savagery. “What Van Gogh Saw” in “pinwheel stars” and “knotty whorls” of cypress is likened to “benediction / from a sea-waved sky.” Over and over, the collection delineates perspective with linguistic elegance. —PU

SHADOW OF THE HERON DJELLOUL MARBROOK CODA CRAB BOOKS, 2016, $16.99

“I’m pouring volatile stuff in my lab,” declares Djelloul Marbrook. Since his 2008 debut Far from Algiers won the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, the octogenarian sage has developed the extraordinary wingspan of the heron that frequents his Germantown pond. Succinct and vital, these uncapitalized, unpunctuated poems look mortality in the eye—sometimes, surreally, from beyond the grave (“when i died i rented a villa in tuscany / to clean off my invented selves”). Body parts are replaced, constructing a medical golem; identity itself becomes fluid as “the pot is lifted by its ears / to pour a poem upon the page.” —NS

GLASS FACTORY MARILYN MCCABE THE WORD WORKS, 2016, $15

In Marilyn McCabe’s Glass Factory, surprising syntax meets elemental symbols to signal metaphysical concerns. Trees and birds permeate; darkness competes with whiteness, pitting existence against salvation. Evocative, surreal epiphanies emerge, as when a field likened to horse teeth appears worn “from chewing the wind that blows now / the pale rain sideways” (“The East Field”). Meaning accrues overall through sonic and imagistic associations that spiral like “barbed wire,” at once a “deft twist of ribbon, / a rose’s thorns,” threatening crucifixion yet offering sanctification (“Time Series: Jordan River”). Oracular in tone, McCabe’s lyricism—like the autopsied cadaver of “Self-Sight”—illumines “the soul’s / determination not to be alone.” —PU

POETRY ROUNDUP 2016 THE OWL INVITES YOUR SILENCE RICHARD PARISIO SLAPERING HOL PRESS, 2015, $12

As with a shrew freed from a trap at the poet’s doorway, Richard Parisio nudges us, “Go where the forest / hides its secret lives and deaths / in soft nests in the leaf mold.” Tree-shaded footpaths are aglow with wonderment in The Owl Invites Your Silence, a new chapbook by a Catskills naturalist whose watch provides “goldfinches bright as lemons,” among other treats. No less satisfying are the fresh meditations on the dialectic of predator and prey and the role of human observation in the scheme. And though tuneful notes from biblical and classical mythology echo throughout, it is the face-to-face that supplies these poems their magic: “Foxes are common—but to see one, there!” —MD

THE FOURTH RIVER JOAN I. SIEGEL SHABDA PRESS, 2015, $14

With stark yet luminous brevity, award-winning Orange County author explores family realms that haunt and perplex. Selections about a departed father indict the backlash of loss. A counterpart parent, with appendages as soft as her granddaughter’s “but colder” (“My Mother’s Hands”), leaves “penciled in her hand, faint / markings” on sheet music (“My Mother’s Piano”). Specter-like siblings also appear, as in “Ghost Sister.” Occasional poems likewise telescope memory (“Thirtieth Anniversary,” “This Birthday,” “After Divorcing”). Questioning the limitations of temporality, Siegel envisions how to endure “alone, how / to shut the door after / all the music’s played” (“The Last Quartets of Schubert”). —PU

PONDERINGS LISA ST. JOHN FINISHING LINE PRESS, 2015, $14.49

Ponderings debuts a nonpareil poetic voice, lithe, quirky, and fanged. Like the “strangely fabulous” spider that colonizes her grill, making “Dinner” a dilemma, Lisa St. John spins shimmering word webs, stretched taut between prose and poetry. Sequential poems portray a Holocaust survivor mother “who learned to smoke in a POW camp to fend off the hunger,” concluding, “I am proud of my scars because they came from my mother. / Ma, I never meant to love you.” In “Prisons,” the narrator self-identifies as “not brown enough. / “Tell him your father was...” / No.” In St. John’s haunted lines, “Poetry is a feline. You can rub it / until it loves you so much / it bites hard and draws blood.” —NS

ONE MORNING—. REBECCA WOLFF WAVE BOOKS, 2016, $18

Allusive and illusive, Rebecca Wolff’s poems often riff on canonical focal points. From her fourth collection, One Morning—., “Parkeresque” begins, “I’d like a / lidless / Vicodin. / Oblivion.” Then juicing up our semantic synapses, a subsequent couplet goes, “Clinoman. / A phantom limb” (“clinoman” referring at once to Lucretius’s swerving atoms and Harold Bloom’s Anxiety of Influence). In “Warden” the poet asserts “No ideas but in / love—” turning the credo of imagism inside out, and finding unexpected ways to prioritize eros without jingling cliches. In “Ekphrastic,” the Hudson-based poet and Fence founder confronts her addiction to art, “I want to see / I want to see I’m going to look at that and see / I want to go up and see/ that show. That show.” —MD

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POETRY

Edited by Phillip X Levine. Deadline for our May issue is April 5. Send up to three poems or three pages (whichever comes first). Full submission guidelines: www.chronogram.com/submissions.

For Ingrid Hyos and Stashy I am Iliana! You no! me I am yor rell Iliana it is Iliana! Iliana Do you heyr me I am rit heyr Iliana Heyr me! Heyr me! Heyr me! It is Iliana! —Iliana Melissis (6 years)

ARS POETICA Tell her how dreams must mean Something, how whites symbolize Pure and reds represent Passion. Tell her how rhythm is in rain, In footsteps and heartbeats And timid tree buds just bloomed. Tell her how beauty beds itself In her rosebud hips, her pink rose lips, In sweaty palms parched for partners. Tell her how you find poetry lost; How can it depict the words past Written by actions, emotions, Beauty, rhythm and dreams? —Nicole Di Luccio

DRUNKENELLE Oh how I loath the red devil that is wine. Feverishly sucking the life from my lips, All filled with the warmth of an undefined time. Glasses remain steady as though empty were crime. Soon my whole body veers and tips... Oh how I loath the red devil that is wine. Our words tangle and entwine as we swash and swish our gentle sips— All filled with the warmth of an undefined time. Glasses clink, and chink and chime. But, eyelids droop and headaches nip... Oh how I loath the red devil that is wine. With our thoughts we’ve built a shrine of sluggish banter and witty quips, All filled with the warmth of an undefined time. Fruit from the Gods, grape from the vine, Come morning we’ll suffer the hangover’s grip. But, oh how I love the red devil that is wine, Filled with the warmth of an undefined time. —Juliet ten Broeke

I open to you like the night blooming cereus opens to the moon. Fill me. —Elizabeth Trotwood

we are all vessels ferrying water —p

DANCING AT THE WORLD’S END

AN ERRAND

because history is stubborn & unkind & because our urns & gravesites grow hungry & because we make love in the crosshairs of missiles & because the sun grows angry teeth & because the wrath is bellicose & the power of the very few remains smug within its shell & because the eyes of the very many refuse to open & because i report to you today the bombing of my memory & because today there are no ancient faces & the builders of bronze & stone have lost their legacy &

he cruised the dusty streets, the sun harsh in his eyes. a nondescript town: the desert’s edge, tarpaper shacks lining the gullies, potholes that could crack a tire, a moldy main street: bars— grime-dark windows, stores— gaudy junk. he had slept on sheets gray and frayed like the town, showered in a rust-stained tub, the motel redolent of piss and bleach. he cared not a whit. his business, god willing, soon to be done and the armpit of a town left in the dust. he cruised slowly, carefully— there: an ochre house— the yard uncluttered— a brown woman: black hair tied back, swollen belly, wide hips, full breasts. she held a boy by the hand. she would do. he got her on the first shot. he considered getting the boy but drove on. god had said nothing about a boy.

today the trees come back to haunt us in their printed hands & today out of respect for my sanity i withdraw my gaze upon the Big Picture & because the angels have gone crazy & time capsules are fueled by their own feral shadows & because the human soul remains still eager beneath the avalanche & i hold to baby’s little toe as if it were god’s & the human infant remains whole within its yearning & because i refuse to accept the principles of doubt & because i resist baring my flesh to the claws of my personal prophecies & your personal prophecies & their personal prophecies i leave these words to you. —normal

ZEITGEIST JAUNT A poet walks into a room with a camera, like, to write it down To capture this thing which says to folks this is the moment which evokes Everything about you, every thing about all of us, listening All about you, and her and me, the wind, the stars, the sun and sea That thing, the thing, the very one thing makes meaning – makes the stars go shimmering We walk into rooms remembering to find it, and sing And we sing and sing and sing and sing and sing and sing and sing and sing —Christopher Porpora

NOTES ON CHAOS I remember it very well filled with brilliant summer light with more tenderness than she ever had felt before she escaped her terror —Lucas Handwerker

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—Geoffrey Craig

NESTOR OLGIA

SPRING HAIKU REFLECTIONS

LIFE IS A DRUG

I know a house built of all white wood which hangs barely on a bluff above an asphalt sea. I swam there a long time ago, so come back with me, let’s get up and go

Arriving before its colorful flower: leaves of purple crocus

and so is love it is intoxication it will make you lazy sentimental you will not get your work done you will dream slow down imagine absurd scenarios it’s no good it cannot endure and nothing will come of it

and you can feel the waves lurch underfoot in their own frozen way. They’re smaller now than yesterday. But I don’t care, besides to swim you’d have to tie up your hair, and look we’ve already come far. Can’t you see? Can’t you see? The captain sailed us toward the West, but I wouldn’t go, no I have my own quest to head back to weathered memory. The waves lurch underfoot in their own frozen way. They’re smaller now than yesterday. But we’re here at my old house, no more sailing left for us, just notice how it hugs the hill. In the center of the driveway, you must have seen the lotus: It is a great big tree and the branches crack outward in a hundred writhing ways like the brain widening in disarray to capture dreams on breezy autumn days. The waves lurch underfoot in their own frozen way. They’re smaller now than yesterday. Enough of this stubborn sea. Real water flows and I know where to go. Come down with me, down the hill under the charming lotus tree and swim in this stream from my childhood. Don’t you remember how the water, cold as ice cream on your teeth, sprung out from magic? The awe should not be old. The chill forced life in me and made me bold. The waves lurch back behind, and frozen they will stay. They’re smaller now with everyday. I’m heading forward now to the stream’s mouth, where muck pools out of a plaster pipe. There I saw you last, years ago, picking worms up off of the concrete when it rained, and putting them further up the creek past all confusion. I stood and watched you, but when I went to join my feet went in another direction.

A V of wild geese emerges from the spring clouds untouched and unchanged Holding its new growth the maple tree also holds the small passing birds —Priscilla Lignori

SLICK It picked a Hell of a night to rain. That frog picked a Hell of a time to cross. I picked a Hell of a second to swerve. Your brakes picked a Hell of an instant to lock. This is what they tell you when the Ride is finally over: You’ve learned nothing —wasted space— if you haven’t absorbed the theme: We pick nothing.

Breakfast next to a steady fire A milk bottle with saffron juice, wrung from a sack of oranges Toasted walnut bread, broken I read the society page aloud to him The restaurant was “celestially expensive,” she said I hung on the image of the party taken from a balcony above The log cracked and burst against the chain links The water in the kitchen was left running from the tap to keep from freezing I sat at the table barefoot We are easy around each other in his home For me it is a long weekend in the country with a new friend For him it is a distraction to cook for a guest The house holds decades of stories within it’s walls He doesn’t open the books that hold them Even in our silence, I am at the table, I am fully here

We pick nothing (but our words).

I move to the couch as he clears the plates I read 30 pages, nap and read 30 more It is a hardcover book, but light, the paper feels good on my fingers

—Mike Vahsen

ODIUM Liberty is a fundamental light A Torch burning within me I was a straw man We are the milestones of ghosts —Josh Sweet

THE BASE JUMPER

CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF

Doctor in his prime Lying shattered at cliff’s base Mocked by tangled parachute

I’ve decided to sit down with strangers at tables.

—Susan Sparrow

HEARTH

We pick nothing.

—Zach Stewart

Brilliant brain, still now Lover’s shriek, canyon echoes The revenge of Icarus

—Richard Donnelly

I’ve decided to ask them “What are you doing here?” I hope they ask me “What are you doing here?” And I know I’ll tell them “I don’t know.”

At 4:00 we watch a movie He makes popcorn on the fire, I make manhattans using measuring spoons We both cover our eyes when there is bloodshed and laugh He booked a reservation at 8. I showered and put lipstick on. It is Valentine’s Day, but we are not lovers It is not happy, but it is not sad —Meghan Drake

MIDDLEMAN Leaves fall slowly Dust settles quickly New anxiety Cold sobriety A young doctor botches a surgery A pilgrim on a journey A dog eating from a trash can The full moon rises Middleman —C. K. Flach

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Food & Drink

The Real Happy Meal Heather Ridge Farm’s Magical Monthly Supper Club By Eve Fox Photographs by Jim Maximowicz

here’s a gem of a farm perched just below the summit of Scott Patent Mountain in Schoharie County—300-plus acres of hilly fields and antique apple orchards that are home to farmers Carol Clement and John Harrison’s llamas, sheep, pigs, cows, goats, chickens, guinea hens, turkeys, bees, and a donkey named Sheila. Under the watchful eyes of Clement and Harrison, this small kingdom flourishes, thanks to a system of intensive rotational grazing which allows the animals to move to fresh pasture on a regular basis, giving the land time to replenish itself and providing plenty of fresh feed for the various species to munch on. No hormones, no antibiotics, and everything the farm produces is certified Animal Welfare Approved. The result is healthy, happy animals that yield lean, flavorful meats when their time here in this idyllic place draws to a close. Once or twice a month, the farm hosts a remarkably delicious, five-course tasting supper starring farm-raised meats and seasonal specialty ingredients foraged for and prepared by chef Rob Handel, as well as fruits, vegetables, and cheeses from several local farms. In the summer, they set up outside, in the winter, they serve in the farmhouse’s small dining room but either way, it’s a special experience. A Cozy Farmhouse The sun is beginning to set as I arrive but it’s still light enough out to take in the charming, yellow farm house perched on the hillside. The house probably looks much the same as it did when it was built in the early 1800s with the exception of the massive solar array that steps up the hill along its left side. Just outside the door, a brindled gray cat gives a friendly meow before rolling over a few times under the hydrangea bush in welcome. 66 FOOD & DRINK CHRONOGRAM 4/16

This page, clockwise from left: Farmer Carol Clement takes a short break from serving to chat with her guests; Chef Rob Handel and Farm Manager Amanda Hughes plating slow roasted pomegranate molasses glazed lamb breast ribs; adding damson plum sorbet to plates of white chocolate lemon cake. Opposite page, above: The small, cozy dining room at Heather Ridge Farm; below: a silky apple fennel soup topped with farm-cured pancetta and lemon basil pesto.

Inside, three tables are set in the farm’s small, square dining room.The chair backs are draped with sheepskins in a variety of lengths and colors—mine is the luxuriously soft skin of an Icelandic sheep with long, black wool. A lively buzz of conversation fills the air and the atmosphere is warm and welcoming, a tone set by Clement, a wiry, white-haired woman in her late 60s who is supremely comfortable with herself and her guests. I’m seated across from a fellow named Dwight who confides that Clement has a positive genius for seating arrangements—he’s eaten at previous farm suppers with a Finnish sheep herder, a concert flutist, and an artist in residence at the SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute, among others. Next to Dwight is Clement’s husband, Harrison, a salt of the earth Irish guy who grew up in the Bronx and is the kind of effortless storyteller who can make anything interesting. Farm-fresh Fare At the center of each table is a basket of cream-colored biscuits flecked with bits of green from the garlic chives chef Rob Handel has gathered. I break one open and slather it with yellow butter from a small ceramic tub. It’s everything a biscuit should be—soft, warm, buttery—and more, thanks to the chives and cheese Handel folded into the dough. The farm does not have a liquor license but more than makes up for it by allowing people to bring a bottle of their own and offering swoon-worthy non-alcoholic aperitifs that could make even a hardened lush consider turning teetotaler. On this particular evening, Handel has prepared a locust and lavender shrub made with Handel’s lavender vinegar sweetened with a locust flower syrup

that he prepared last summer. “The locust trees only flower for about a week in June so after I harvest the flowers, I make a syrup that I can, and then it lasts the whole rest of the year,” explains Handel. Added to seltzer and served with a twist of lemon, the combination is unexpectedly lovely with a subtly sweet floral flavor from the locust that floats on top of the slightly tangy lavender. I also sample Handel’s farm-made root beer—a drink he created after tinkering with several recipes from the 1800s, “Root beer’s heyday,” notes Handel. His recipe includes more than 20 different roots, herbs, barks and spices that he simmers before adding sugar to create an intensely flavorful syrup. Added to seltzer, the result is a beverage so fresh, complex and woodsy that it is hard to put down. “I’m working on installing a draft soda system so that I can make it available on tap,” says Handel. As the meal continues, more and more evidence of Handel’s devotion to the dining experience accrues. Besides the spot-on flavors and textures, Handel’s passion shows in little touches like the couscous that he hand-rolls and the way he pan fries the farm-cured pancetta to give the salty little cubes delectably crisp edges before sprinkling them over the silky fennel and apple soup along with a drizzle of lemon basil pesto that he made last summer. The pesto is just one of many ingredients Handel prepared in a previous season—his dedication to preserving the bounty enables him to produce flavorful, complex dishes even in the dead of winter. A Shared Catkills’ Legacy Before each course, Handel comes out of the kitchen for a few minutes to introduce the food and answer questions. He is small and slightly husky with dark, curly hair that is mostly hidden under a black chef’s cap and the full 4/16 CHRONOGRAM FOOD & DRINK 67

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lips and rosy cheeks of a Caravaggio cupid. He is also very young. At just 24, Handel seems remarkably focused and accomplished and also endearingly shy. The woman seated at the table behind me has taken his foraging class and was wowed. “He’s casually intense,” she offers in a tone of affectionate approval. Handel got his start as a boy, helping his grandma in the kitchen of his family’s place—the Blackthorne Resort in East Durham. Clement is also a self-described “Catskills resort brat”—she grew up in the former Shagbark Inn on Route 212 between Saugerties and Woodstock in the 1950s. “I think it’s one of the reasons that Rob and I collaborate so well,” says Clement, “we share a background that focuses on creating good food and a nice environment to enjoy it in.” Clement serves, stopping to answer questions, refill glasses, and chat. Handel is assisted in the kitchen by Amanda Hughes, the farm manager—a friendly dark-haired, young woman who started out as an intern a few years ago but quickly became much more. “I knew I could trust her right away,” says Clement, who adds, “and she also happens to be very good in the kitchen.” Taste the Love I try to pace myself—five courses is a lot—but find it difficult to leave anything on the plate. Some of the foods are a bit unexpected—like the guinea fowl terrine made with salted clementine, walnuts, and vin de noix which is subtly nutty and perfectly salted. Served with crostini, a spiced jam Handel makes from the damson plum trees that grow wild on the farm, a dab of whole grain mustard, and a wedge of Nettle Meadow’s creamy, mold-ripened Kunik cheese, the combination is blissful. Once again, I clean my plate. I am also powerless to resist the siren call of the slow-roasted lamb breast ribs glazed with pomegranate molasses served with the hand-rolled, jeweled couscous and roasted asparagus. By the time dessert is served, I am nearing my limit but still enjoy the tart, creamy damson plum sherbet and the moist, airy white chocolate cake with tangy lemon glaze.The coffee—a custom blend that’s freshly roasted by a friend—is excellent. It sounds sappy but you can taste the love in this food—the patience, humor, and affection with which Clement and Harrison raise their animals and the painstaking care and raw talent that goes into each and every component of the meal. Nor can I remember a time I’ve eaten a meal with strangers and felt so thoroughly welcomed, entertained, and nourished. Although I am quite literally stuffed, I leave hungry for more of this magical place. As Arnold Schwarzenegger said, “I’ll be back.” Heather Ridge Farm Suppers Farm suppers are held year-round (monthly in the winter and bi-monthly in the summer) at 6pm. The next supper is on April 16. Price is $75 plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are encouraged since seating is limited. The farm, in Preston Hollow, is roughly one hour from both Kingston and Albany. For details: (518) 239-6234; Heather-ridge-farm.com.

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407 Main Street, Rosendale, NY (845) 658-3355 www.lemoncakes.com Open 7am Thurs.–Mon.; Closed Tues.– Wed. Small-batch, all from scratch, handmade all-butter baked goods–this is our focus for twenty years. We also offer gluten-free and other allergy-friendly options, plus made-to-order award-winning sandwiches. All-vegan vegetable soups in season, an array of JB Peel coffees and Harney teas, artisanal drinks, plus our award-winning Belgian hot chocolate, also served iced! Special-occasion cakes made to order. Seasonal desserts change through the year. Unique wedding cakes for a lifetime’s treasure. All “Worth a detour”—(NY Times). Truly “Where Taste is Everything!”

Ella’s Bellas Bakery

418 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 765-8502 www.ellabellasbeacon.com

Frida’s Bakery and Café 26 Main Street, Milton, NY www.fridasbakeryny.com

Butchers Jack’s Meats & Deli

79 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2244

Cafés Bistro-to-Go

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2612 Route 44, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-3006 www.millbrookcabinetryanddesign.com

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477 Beaverkill Road, Olivebridge, NY

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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-5343 www.caryinstitute.org

Columbia-Greene Community College 4400 Route 23, Hudson, NY (845) 828-4181 www.mycommunitycollege.com

High Meadow School

Route 209, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-4855 www.highmeadowschool.org

Hotchkiss School

11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, CT (860) 435-3663 www.hotchkiss.org/arts

Maplebrook School Route 22, Amenia, NY (845) 373-9511

Montgomery Montessori School

Richard Jennings and Sons Landscaping (518) 537-6415

Williams Lumber & Home Center 6760 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-WOOD www.williamslumber.com

Cinemas

Ye Olde Warwick Book Shoppe

Computer Services

Rosendale Theater Collective Rosendale, NY www.rosendaletheatre.org

Upstate Films

6415 Montgomery St. Route 9, Rhinebeck (845) 876-2515, 132 Tinker Street, Woodstock (845) 679-6608 (845) 876-2515 www.upstatefilms.org

Clothing & Accessories

136 Clinton Street, Montgomery, NY (845) 401-9232 www.montgomeryms.com Montgomery Montessori encompasses students from PreK-8th grade. We are a learning community where children are inspired to realize their academic, personal, and social potential to become global citizens. The historically proven Montessori education model supports the whole child, creates lifelong learners, and educates for peace. The resulting academic excellence is supported by a prepared classroom environment that inspires self-paced, individualized discovery and love of learning, as well as respect for self, others, and the environment.

Mount Saint Mary College

330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh, NY (845) 569-3225 www.msmc.edu

Primrose Hill School - Elementary and Early Childhood Education inspired by the Waldorf Philosophy

33 Hudson Avenue, Chatham, NY (518) 392-4666

23 Spring Brook Park, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-1226 www.primrosehillschool.com

Willow Wood

Salisbury School

Lea’s Boutique

38 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4141 willowwoodlifestyle@gmail.com

251 Canaan Road, Salisbury, CT (860) 435-5732 www.salisburysummerschool.org

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business directory

Pay it Forward Community Thrift Store - A Division of Community Actioin of Greene County, Inc.

Traffic and Criminally Related Matters. Karen A. Friedman, Esq., President of the Association of Motor Vehicle Trial Attorneys

Cabinet Designers

Vanaver Caravan

10 Main St, Suite 322, NewPaltz, NY (845) 256-9300 www.vanavercaravan.org

Wayfinder Experience

61 O’Neil Street, Kingston, NY www.wayfinderexperience.com

Woodstock Day School

1430 Glasco Turnpike, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-3744 x103 www.woodstockdayschool.org

Events

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

New York Designer Fabric Outlet 3143 Route 9, Valatie, NY (518) 758-1555 www.nydfo.myshopify.com

Jewelry, Fine Art & Gifts

Word Café

The Golden Notebook, Woodstock, NY wordcafe.us

Chronogram Poets

Byrdcliffe Klienert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY

Sheep and Wool Showcase

Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown, NY (518) 537-4240 www.friendsofclermont.org

Birds of Prey Day

Green Chimneys, Brewster, NY www.greenchimneys.org

Move Music Festival

Albany, NY www.movemusicfest.com

SUNY New Paltz Speaker Series New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3880 www.newpaltz.edu/speakerseries

Woodstock Writer’s Festival

www.woodstockwritersfestival.com

Bop to Tottom

299 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8100

Dreaming Goddess

44 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2206 www.dreaminggoddess.com

Hudson Valley Goldsmith

71A Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-5872 www.hudsonvalleygoldsmith.com

Shops at Jones Farm

190 Angola Road, Cornwall, NY (845) 534-4445 www.jonesfarminc.com

Landscaping Augustine Landscaping & Nursery 9W & Van Kleecks Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 338-4936 www.augustinenursery.com

Farm Markets & Natural Food Stores

business directory

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

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

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

Lawyers & Mediators Jacobowitz & Gubits (845) 778-2121 www.jacobowitz.com

Museums

www.annieillustrates.com

Luminary Media

314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 334-8600 www.luminarymedia.com

250 Lake Street (Route 32), Newburgh, NY (845) 569-9065

Music 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

JTD Productions, Inc. (845) 679-8652 www.JTDfun.com

Mid-Hudson Civic Center

Poughkeepsie, NY www.midhudsonciviccenter.org

Musical Instruments Barcones Music

528 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 331-6089 www.barconesmusiconline.com

Stockade Guitars

41 North Front Street, Kingston, NY

Organizations

Raghaus

223 Broadway, Newburgh, NY (888) 859-3688

Hair Salons Headspace Salon and Gallery 12 Market Street, Saugerties, NY

Le Shag.

292 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (845) 338-0191 www.leshag.com

Lush Eco-Salon & Spa

2 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 204-8319 www.lushecosalon.com

Home Furnishings & Décor exit nineteen

309 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 514-2485

Bardavon 1869 Opera House

35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Bethel, NY (800) 745-3000 www.bethelwoodscenter.org

661 Rte. 308, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 232-2320 www.centerforperformingarts.org

Half Moon Theatre

2515 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY www.halfmoontheatre.org

Kaatsbaan International Dance Center www.facebook.com/kaatsbaan www.kaatsbaan.org

The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio

339 Central Ave, Albany, NY (518) 465-5233 www.thelinda.org 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.

Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Cente 1351 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, (845) 610-5900 www.sugarloafpac.org

Pet Services & Supplies Earth Angels Veterinary Hospital 8 Nancy Court, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 227-7297 www.earthangelsvet.com

Pet Country

6830 Rt. 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-9000

Photography Fionn Reilly Photography Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 www.fionnreilly.com

Franco Vogt Woodstock Picture Studio Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5913 www.francovogt.com

Picture Framing Atelier Renee Fine Framing

The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth Street, Suite 3, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-1004 www.atelierreneefineframing.com renee@atelierreneefineframing.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 fabricwrapped and French matting. Also offering mirrors.

Pools & Spas Aqua Jet

1606 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-8080 www.aquajetpools.com

Go>Local

Printing Services

www.rethinklocal.org

Re>Think Local

www.rethinklocal.org

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 Saturdays. Consultations & Individual Conferences also available. Registration/ Information: www.wallkillvalleywriters.com or khymes@wallkillvalleywriters.com.

YMCA of Kingston

507 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 338-3810 www.ymcaulster.org

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A River of Opportunites

319 Powell Avenue, Newburgh, NY (845) 391-0545 www.newburghny.org

Record Stores Rocket Number Nine Records 50 N Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-8217

Center for Performing Arts

Motorcyclepedia Museum

Graphic Design & Illustration Annie Internicola, Illustrator

Performing Arts

Gargoyles, Ltd

Fast Signs

1830 South Rd Suite 101, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-5600 www.fastsigns.com/455 455@fastsigns.com

Recreation Apple Greens Golf Course 161 South Street, Highland, NY www.applegreens.com

Storm King Adventure Tours

Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY (845) 534-7800 www.stormkingadventuretours.com

Retirement Community Culinarians’ Home Foundation, Inc. 71 Old Tschirky Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-7010 www.culinarianshome.com

Shoes Pegasus Comfort Footwear New Paltz (845) 256-0788 and Woodstock (845) 679-2373 www.PegasusShoes.com

Specialty Food Stores Immuneschein Tea Haus

446 Main Street, Rosendale, NY (828) 319-1844 www.immune-schein.com

Tea Talk

2600 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 204-9668 www.teatalkteas.com

Sunrooms Hudson Valley Sunrooms

Route 9W, Beacon, NY (845) 838-1235 www.hvsk.fourseasonssunrooms.com

Tourism Historic Huguenot Street

Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1660

New Paltz Travel Center

43 North Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-7706 www.newpaltztravel.com

Wine, Liquor & Beer 1857 Barber’s Farm Distillery Middleburgh (518) 827-5454 www.1857spirits.com

Arlington Wine & Liquor

18 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY (866) SAY-WINE www.arlingtonwine.net

Daughters Fare and Ale

7466 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY (845) 835-8365 www.daughtersfareandale.com

Denning’s Point Distillery

10 North Chestnut Street, Beacon, NY www.denningspointdistillery.com

Town and Country Liquors

Route 212, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-8931 www.townandcountryliquorstore.com

Workshops

Real Estate Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Nutshell Realty 3056 Rt. 213 East, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-2200 www.nutshellrealty.com

Kingston’s Opera House Office Bldg. 275 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (845) 399-1212 Contact Bill Oderkirk (owner/manager) 3991212@gmail.com

Hudson Valley Photoshop Training, Stephen Blauweiss (845) 339-7834 www.hudsonvalleyphotoshop.com

Writing Services Peter Aaron

www.peteraaron.org info@peteraaron.org

www.seeds-love.com woodstock’s own ashram right in the center of town barbara boris alison sinatra other great teachers upcoming workshops:

5/21 start a home practice 7/2 hip opening 8/8-8/12 YES! kids camp 9/30-10/2 kevin gardner all are welcome ~ namaste

www.woodstockyogacenter.com

6 deming street, in woodstock of course! 845 679-8700

INTEGRATIVE WELLNESS CENTER & INSTITUTE of RHINEBECK

Individual Treatment Sessions, Groups, Workshops, Classes & Retreats to Heal, Nurture, Fortify and Revitalize Body, Mind, and Spirit.

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S PE C I A L A DV E RT IS IN G S E CTIO N

Health & Wellness GUIDE

It’s never too late—or early—to focus on your health. This spring, explore different options to enhance your vitality—whether that means enjoying rejuvenating tea, getting acupuncture, talking one-on-one with a health coach, or, for kids, joining a health and wellness summer camp. The Hudson Valley offers boundless opportunities to support your healthy journey.

Rhinebeck

Poughkeepsie

Izlind Integrative Wellness Center & Institute of Rhinebeck Offering a New Path to Health Izlind is the Hudson Valley’s premiere, full-service, wellness facility offering an integrative approach to health and wellness that incorporates the use of conventional/traditional practice and holistic/complementary methods. With an unparalleled collaborative of practitioners, led by founder Dr. Beth Gershuny, Izlind offers a broad range of therapeutic treatments from an extensive and growing list that includes Psychotherapy, Hypnosis, Meditation, Acupuncture, Massage, Chiropractic, Ayurveda, Life Coaching, Reiki, Nutrition, Tai Chi, Qigong, Fitness, and Yoga – all designed uniquely to address the whole person, respecting and nurturing the interconnectivity between body, mind, and spirit. 6369 Mill Street (Route 9), Suite 101, Rhinebeck (845) 516-4713, izlind.com, info@izlind.com

Tea Talk Let Tea Talk brew the perfect cup of tea for you! Promote your healthy lifestyle and refresh your palate and soul with tea! Tea Talk serves the Hudson Valley teas from around the world, featuring over 100 loose teas, teabags, and tea sachets, as well as over 50 flavors of bubble tea! The shop invites customers to sit and relax with a fresh pot of tea, taking a moment from their busy lives to refresh themselves. With a friendly, knowledgeable staff and a colorful selection of tea wares, Tea Talk serves every customer the very best brew! Paired with healthy habits, a cup of tea a day can improve mental and physical wellness; that is why Tea Talk would like to help you find the right tea to fit your needs! The shop offers invigorating teas and tisanes to try, including high-quality organic matcha from Japan and several detox blends. Whether you need lavender to relax, ginger to clear your sinuses, white tea to aid circulation, or maybe cinnamon tea to curb your sweet tooth, Tea Talk can help! Hours: Mon-Thurs & Sat 10am-8pm, Fri 10am-9pm, Sun 11am-6pm 2600 South Rd, Poughkeepsie (845) 204-9668 teatalkteas.com

Acupuncture Health Care

Catskill Recreation Center

Callie Brown, L.Ac.

newpaltz-acupuncture.com

651 County Hwy 38, Arkville, NY (845) 585-6250 catskillrecreationcenter.org catskillmountaincyclingclub.com

Enjoy stress reduction and pain relief at our warm, welcoming office. Serving the community since 1993, Callie Brown offers experienced, compassionate acupuncture care. She offers a variety of services including classical acupuncture, trigger point dry needling, electro-acupuncture, laser acupuncture and lifestyle counseling.

The Catskill Recreation Center is a local gem located in Delaware County that offers an array of group exercise classes, a 25-yard swimming pool, personal training, 2,000 square foot gym, and is home to the Catskill Mountain Cycling Club. Annual events include the CRC Triathlon, Cross Mountain Crusher, Strongman and more. Come find your fit in the Catskills today!

108 Main Street, New Paltz, NY 845-255-7178

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Highland

Apple Greens Golf Course Discover the health benefits of golf! Golf can be good for your health and your heart. Walking a course for a round of golf can average six km! If you walk 18 holes three to five times a week, you’ll get an exceptional amount of exercise. Pulling or carrying your clubs will burn even more calories. Playing golf regularly can help you stay fit, improve endurance, muscle tone, and lose weight. Apple Greens Golf Course is a 27-hole championship golf course located in the heart of the Hudson Valley. The family owned and operated establishment has been serving golfers of all ages and experience levels since 1995. Whether you live in the area or are just visiting, a round of golf at Apple Greens should be high on your list. With bluegrass fairways, bentgrass greens, and 4 teeing areas to choose from, the course is challenging, yet fun. Apple Greens also has awe-inspiring views of the Catskill and Shawangunk Mountains. 161 South St., Highland (845) 883-5500 Open now! applegreens.com

Stone Ridge

High Meadow School High Meadow Summer Camps High Meadow has been engaging children in creative and intellectual discovery for over 30 years. Our summer camp provides children ages 4 - 12 with unique and exciting experiences in the visual arts, athletics, open-ended play, cooperative games and art projects, low-ropes course and weekly visits to the Rosendale pool. Our idyllic 9 acre campus features a pond for wildlife exploration, nature trail & bird sanctuary, sports fields, and “Popo Village,” where children use natural resources to build shelters and imaginary worlds. Register for 2 or more weeks by April 15 and save $100! Sibling Discount: 15% off total tuition for two or more siblings. Dates: June 27 - July 29. Hours 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Extended hours until 5:30 available. $85 daily drop-in rate! Wayfinder Experience at High MeadowFirst two weeks of August! 3643 Main Street, Stone Ridge (845) 687-4855 highmeadowschool.org

The Center for Advanced Dentistry Meticulous dental care, exquisite attention to detail, in a safe, calm environment. For more than 35 years, Dr. Bruce David Kurek has been bringing world-class dentistry to residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond. Since its inception, The Center for Advanced Dentistry has grown into one of the area’s premier dental practices. “The Center for Advanced Dentistry is a general family practice, but we’ve attained, I believe, an exceptional reputation for also offering services not routinely available in the Hudson Valley. These include intravenous sedation for the fearful or medically compromised patient, same-day implant therapy and exquisite cosmetic dentistry including the use of Botox® and dermal fillers.” Dr. Kurek is a past Clinical Assistant Professor of Dentistry at New York University and has remained dedicated to advanced dental education for almost four decades. He is the recipient of numerous professional awards and accolades including a prestigious Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry and well as Hudson Valley Magazine’s Top Dentist award for the past eight years. “Dr. Kurek brought every one of his many years of experience to bear in managing my case. Very few dentists in the United States have his level of skill and understanding. Virtually every advancement in dental implant technology was integrated into my treatment plan. When I’m asked about Dr. Kurek’s abilities, I always say he is at the very tip of the technological spear and he would have excelled in any medical specialty he chose. My smile is back and I have Dr. Kurek and The Center for Advanced Dentistry to thank.” – Bruce Chapman, Gardiner, N.Y “I am a board certified internist who has always been searching for the best for my patients. Dr. Kurek and his staff are warm, caring, highly competent and professional, and use the most advanced techniques and technology available in modern dentistry. That is why my wife and I use him as our personal dentist, and why I refer patients from my medical practice to The Center for Advanced Dentistry for both acute problems and preventative care.” – Richard L. Horowitz, M.D., Hyde Park, NY 494 Route 299, Highland (845) 691-5600 thecenterforadvanceddentistry.com 4/16 CHRONOGRAM HEALTH & WELLNESS GUIDE 77

Take Control Health Coaching

Kingston

Justin Zadro, MS, RN, CHC (845) 758-6067 takecontrolhealthcoaching.com

Drs. Maureen and Jeffrey Viglielmo

Lose weight, get healthy and stay on track. If you’re trying to lose weight, exercise more or reduce health risks but feel stuck, I can guide you to clarify your motivations, address your ambivalence, consider what you can do, and help you maintain and reach your healthy lifestyle goals. During scheduled sessions, we’ll develop and implement a personalized plan with actionable steps to keep you on track.

Health Through Dentistry The beautiful smile we create with you is the gateway to a healthy body We recognize that dental health for your whole family is something that is achievable with professional treatment and guidance, together with your good home care. As biological dentists we provide safe mercury removal, biocompatible restorations and customized periodontal therapy. We have invested in a microscope and ozone equipment to provide healthy alternatives for treatment. We always listen to our patients’ concerns and tailor our efforts to ensure that your experience is both comprehensive and comfortable. Come make the smile of your dreams a reality, call our office today! 56 Lucas Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 339-1619 www.drvigs.com

Cold Spring Apothecary & Wellness House 75 Main St. Cold Spring (845)-232-1272 Open every day, visit site for hours coldspringapothecary.com A modern day apothecary committed to using only the highest quality ingredients, offers an entire line of health & beauty products for hair, skin, body & home. Fueled by the healing powers of botanicals and herbs, our products are thoughtfully created, remedy based and manufactured locally. Our Wellness House offers a full service salon & spa for a natural beauty experience.

The Culinarians’ Home 71 Old Tschirky Road New Paltz (845) 255-7010 culinarianshome.com The Culinarians’ Home, an Adult Home, licensesd by The NYS DOH, is welcome to all Senior Citizens. A dedicated 24 hour Staff provide personal care, medication assistance, dietary, housekeeping, social and recreational services. We love to give tours! You will love to call this Home!!

Anahata Yoga Feed your body, mind and soul and watch the seeds of your intentions blossom into the life you dream of. Yoga, meditation, sound healing and more awaits you at Anahata.

www.anahatakingston.com (845) 481-0519

John M. Carroll John Carroll is an intuitive healer, teacher, and spiritual counselor who integrates mental imagery with his God-given gift of his hands. 715 State Route 28, Kingston & West Side Manhattan, NY (845) 338-8420 www.johnmcarrollhealer.com

Acupuncture Pain Management Peter Dubitsky, MS, LAc. 6369 Mill Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 417-8429 rhinebeck-acupuncture.com Peter Dubitsky has been providing quality acupuncture care since 1991, and specializes in the treatment of pain conditions. He completed post-graduate certification in acupuncture for orthopedic conditions, and is a senior clinical instructor and the director of clinical training at the Tri-State College of Acupuncture in NYC. Peter is also a martial artist and teacher of tai chi at Izlind and in NYC. 78 HEALTH & WELLNESS GUIDE CHRONOGRAM 4/16

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For April Only: Book a Classic Pedicure and SAVE 15% on Any Waxing Service 2 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 204-8319 lushecosalon.com

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whole living guide

THE

HEROIN TRAP

FROM THE DARK ABYSS OF THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC THREE PEOPLE TELL THEIR STORIES. as told to wendy kagan

eople are hooked. Parents are scared. Slowly, truthtellers are coming out of the shadows to talk about it. After two young deaths from heroin in Woodstock last fall, Kasandra Quednau cofounded Rt. 212 Coalition, a community-support and awareness-building group, with her partner, Shayna Micucci. Three years in recovery from opioid addiction, Quednau has an intimate understanding of the depth of a crisis that is ravaging our communities not just locally but nationwide. Every day, 78 people in the US die from heroin and painkiller overdoses, while many more narrowly escape death with the antioverdose drug Narcan—now a must-have of police officers and emergency workers. Quednau shares her story here, along with Audrey Degondea, a mother and nurse from Kerhonkson, and Paul Arteta, police lieutenant in charge of Orange County’s drug task force. Kasandra: An Ex-Addict’s Story I started drinking and smoking weed when I was in seventh grade. By the time I was 16 I was experimenting with ecstasy, acid, anything I could get my hands on—it gave me a purpose, friends, and a distraction from my life. My friends all had access to Vicodin and Percocet out of their parents’ medicine cabinets. The first time I snorted OxyContin it changed my life forever. It took away my friends, family, morals, choices, and any opportunity I had for myself. It was through drugs that I met my boyfriend, a partner in crime just as in love with opiates as I was. Being addicted was the farthest thing from my mind: I was just a kid thinking I was having fun. When I started getting depressed, even suicidal, I saw a therapist and tried to get off pills. But I felt sick when I didn’t have drugs, and that gave me another excuse to get high. I had to get high so I could go to work. So I could be normal. There are things in life I said I would never do. I said I would never drop out of college, but I was too high to go to class. I said I would never shoot up. Soon pills got more expensive and harder to get. Instead of pills, the drug dealers started having heroin. So we started buying heroin and snorting it. Then my friends took the only natural progression with opiate addiction: They started shooting up. When you hang around something long enough it becomes acceptable. By the time I was 21 I was shooting heroin every day. Life spiraled down: My boyfriend and I got kicked out of my apartment, he lost his truck, we had no money. When I was dope sick and throwing up on myself, I’d yell and scream and say I’m done with this life. Finally, I left everything and went to rehab for three days. I moved in with my aunt, started waitressing and rebuilding my life. I stayed away from heroin for six months. Then I talked to my boyfriend again; he told me he was using and I thought I could save him. I got high the next day. Soon after, I overdosed and he had to call 911. I was a slave to heroin all over again.

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portrait by rachel brennecke The desperation you feel when you’re addicted will drive you to make choices you never thought you would make. I burglarized an innocent person’s home just so I could get my next fix. At my sentencing the judge allowed me to attend a shock incarceration program so I could be eligible for an early release. It was a six-month military prison boot camp. I could have only one 10-minute phone call every two weeks, three-minute showers, and four minutes to eat. It was the hardest experience of my life, but I was able to focus on the reasons I ended up there in the first place. I started to forgive myself and others, and that’s when everything changed. My aunt allowed me to move in with her upon my release. She never stopped helping me or believing in me. I enrolled back in college and received a 4.0 my first semester. I saved up for a downpayment on a new car and finished parole early because of good behavior. A year to the day of my release, I signed the lease for my new apartment. I took a state credentialing course to become a certified alcohol and substance abuse counselor, making it my mission to fight addiction for myself and others. I have turned my life around and am greater now than I ever imagined. Audrey: A Mother’s Story My son Ean has been gone almost eight years now. I had been trying to reach him all day from work and he didn’t answer his phone. When I got home his truck was there, and I had this really awful feeling. I asked my daughter, where is your brother? She hadn’t seen him. I looked at her and said, he’s dead, he’s dead in his bedroom. I went downstairs and he was dead in his bedroom. He was 20 years old. From the time my son was a little boy he was the kind of kid who would take chances. He was really smart, almost to the point that he was bored in school. In his teenage years he had two groups of friends. There was a group of really good kids. And then there were these other friends. I think the most disturbing thing to me is that people knew he was hanging out with bad kids and experimenting with drugs, but they didn’t tell me. He was up to something and I felt it. I said to him on the Sunday before he died, what is going on with you? I feel like a train is about to run us all over. I said, tell me, I can help you. He said, Mom, what’s the matter? Everything is fine. On Tuesday he went with his friend and drove to Poughkeepsie. This kid bought heroin and my son was afraid to inject himself, so the kid did it for him. I heard him come home late and I was upset but was going to wait until morning to talk to him. I never got that chance. I don’t know if I could have gone on if I didn’t have his sister. I was paralyzed with grief. For weeks, I just sat. Ean had already been in rehab one time for 28 days when he was 17; he’d been smoking pot and taking pills. But 28 days wasn’t enough: It was like put-

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Apothecary Cold Spring Apothecary & Wellness House 75 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY (845) 232-1272 www.coldspringapothecary.com

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Body Work Patrice Heber 275 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (845) 399-8350

Counseling Jennifer Axinn-Weiss, MFA. CH Izlind Integrative Wellness Center & Institute of Rhinebeck (845) 242-7580 Izlind.com clearmindarts.com jenniferaxinnweiss.com sandplay555@frontier.com Offering a safe and supportive space for inner exploration though Hypnosis and somatic awareness. Address the roots of addictive behavior, untangle complicate life events, and experience a renewed sense of purpose and improved energy regulation. Providing Life Between Lives©, Medical Hypnosis and expressive arts and sand play for Children. Join a 10 day Hypnosis Practitioner National Guild approved certification. Beginning In April at Izlind in the village of Rhinebeck. 82 WHOLE LIVING CHRONOGRAM 4/16

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Healing Centers Izlind Integrative Wellness Center & Institute 6369 Mill Street (Route 9), Suite 101, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 516-4713 www.izlind.com

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Retreat Centers Garrison Institute Route 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 424-4800 www.garrisoninstitute.org garrison@garrisoninstitute.com Retreats supporting positive personal and social change in a renovated monastery overlooking the Hudson River. Featuring Rabbi Rachel Cown, Norman Fischer, and Fr. Tom Ryan: The Wisdom of Aging with Grace: A Multifaith Exploration, April 8-10; and featuring Dr. Bessel van der Kolk: Trauma: Embodiment, Synchrony and Finding Your Voice, April 29-May 2.

Lifebridge Sanctuary 333 Mountain Road, Rosendale, NY (845) 658-3439 www.lifebridge.org

Omega Institute Rhinebeck, NY (800) 944-1001 www.eOmega.org

Pilates Ulster Pilates Pilates and Gyrotonic® Studio

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Psychotherapist Kent Babcock, LMSW Psychotherapist for Older Men & Asperger Specialist

Stone Ridge, NY (845) 807-7147 kentagram@gmail.com As a seasoned therapist in my late 60s, I now work exclusively with men—in mid-life and older. I offer support in the here-andnow, a reassessment of the past, and/or a new contemplation of the future. I also have a specialized expertise in working with men who have, or suspect they have, Asperger’s Syndrome. My understanding grows from the fact that I have Asperger’s myself. My approach fosters a particular kind of self-awareness and understanding which is natural and meaningful to the Asperger mind—on its own terms—and offers empowerment for change and new direction. For details on my education, background and flexible fee arrangements, see my listing on www.HelpPro.com.

Spirituality AIM Group 6 Deming Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5650 www.sagehealingcenter.org

Yoga Anahata Yoga 35 North Front Street, Kingston, NY facebook.com/anahatakingston

Hot Spot 33 North Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 750-2878 www.hotspotkingston.com hotspotkingston@gmail.com

Whole Sky Yoga High Falls, NY (845) 706-3668 www.wholeskyyoga.com Promoting compassionate awareness through 20 weekly classes, workshops, special events, and individual instruction. A non-exclusive, welcoming atmosphere to begin or deepen your yoga practice. 10 Class Pass: $100.

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ting a Band-Aid on a limb that had been blown off.We’d had so many conversations about drugs and alcohol, how they could destroy your life and the lives of the people around you. I told him once that anyone who does heroin is going to be dead.You might as well stand in front of a car. Kids don’t think anything bad can ever happen to them, that they’re super and invincible. Heroin is cheap. They use these little insulin needles that don’t leave track marks; they steal them or get them from diabetics. Parents who think, that’s not going to happen to my kid—get your head out of the sand. Good kids can do it. If people suspect or know, they need to talk. They need to tell families, moms, a guidance counselor, somebody who can intervene. My son, he had a wonderful personality. Kids loved him, he loved kids. He was fun to be around, he loved to work. He was going to start college in September. Wondering what could’ve been for him, it really hurts. The people who sell drugs, they’re selling death in sweet little paper packages. People just don’t get it. It could be their kid. Paul: A Police Lieutenant’s Story We started the drug task force in 2014, and we’re seeing a constant increase in the numbers of heroin arrests and heroin use as well as prescription pill use. There were over 70 drug overdose deaths accounted for in Orange County last year, but the statistics we have are greatly underestimated. The people we are reviving are clinically dead—the Narcan snaps them right out of it. Our police officers have been carrying it for two years, but users may also have Narcan. It’s a crux for them.They think, I’m not going to die because one of my friends has it in my group and they’re going to bring me back. It’s not a cure-all and it doesn’t work for everybody. The heroin is still in the body and needs to be removed, and that takes time. Many of them come out and refuse medical attention. There’s no fear of overdosing because it’s such a euphoric state. We’re seeing a younger and younger population starting to ingest drugs. Your kid can be a straight-A student and continue to be addicted. The parents just refuse to believe it—it’s someone else’s kid that’s doing it. A lot of the families, since it’s such a disgusting drug, they don’t tell. It’s a very embarrassing thing for them. For the most part the recorded overdose deaths are middle-aged white males. They’ve been using it for so long and the body is just giving out. With the younger generation, the body is so resilient; they bring themselves near death and their bodies are bringing them back to life. Every drug, no matter what it is, including alcohol, it fills some type of gap in people’s lives. Maybe it relieves a symptom for something else, just like marijuana may relieve a symptom. Heroin may have a positive effect on some type of system while having a negative effect on the rest of the person’s life. The people who are addicted to heroin aren’t bad people. They do bad things because of the drug. We’re seeing an increase in larcenies, people taking credit cards, stealing out of sheds—anything they can divert to cash to purchase the drug. In the past if you had friends or relatives come over, you’d have everyone throw their coats and pocketbooks on the bed and go and enjoy the party. Now they have to leave their belongings in their locked vehicles. In many cases, end users are also becoming dealers. They can travel maybe an hour away and purchase the heroin for $5 a bag, then sell it for $10 to $25 a bag here. Most of it is coming from Mexico. Law enforcement is doing as much as we can, but the cartels, they’re relentless. It’s a never-ending pool of money they have. Every day there’s a different manipulation or tactic to bring all the heroin into this country. To combat it, the public needs to speak out more. We need to put more money into mental health, and there needs to be more funding to help and teach people. A lot of it has to start in schools with their programs. We’ve gotten away from that and kids are missing out. Honestly, these people who get addicted are just like you and me. They’re good people who got caught up with a very bad drug.

Have you ever wondered why people act and behave the way they do? The science of face reading with John Carroll may give you insight.

3-Day Intensive Morphology Workshop: April 29, 30th & May 1st Join John for a class on this ancient science that dates back 4,000-5,000 years to ancient Egypt and is used as a diagnostic tool in the medical world in France. The face you were born with reveals the temperament and personality you were given in this lifetime.

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John Jasperse: Ethereal Flow John Jasperse’s work is otherworldly. Not as in the places aliens hail from; rather, he creates worlds you’ve never seen nor imagined for the stage, and this is certainly true of Within between, his quartet for a female and three male dancers. Jasperse has described current times as “an era of solipsism, bordering on narcissism, a function of our inability to understand ourselves as a group as well as within politics,” and suggests we go “beyond one’s own voice to connect and portray something larger than (one) self.” Though Lenore Doxsee’s vivid set, lighting, and visual design for Within between invokes Edwin Abbott’s classic novella Flatland (the two-dimensional world populated by geometric characters), this world is multidimensional. The contrasts contained in Jasperse’s costume designs; his incorporation of and going beyond the traditional dance idiom using wiggles, jiggles, slaps, and flaps; his use of parallel lines, slashing angles, and unusual body shapes, all beckon us to look deeper, as his contrasts reveal much to ponder about differences. Per Jasperse: “The piece was born of an awareness of the polarization and extreme partisanship that’s emerged through our current age of the individual. I wanted to explore the idea of difference as a context that was not an obstacle for a productive generative interaction. I looked at my own history and identified tendencies, ways of working that felt typically mine. At the same time, I was looking to identify styles, approaches, ways of being that felt foreign. The process took elements from both and crosspollinated them. It seemed important to reach beyond the scope of a safe sense of self into territory that challenged who I was as an artist. Hopefully there is the possibility that this creates the same invitation for the public.” The score by Jonathan Bepler (known for combining traditional and nontraditional instruments and sounds) enhances the Within between world. “The score responds to, but at times is in juxtaposition to my choices,” says Jasperse. “The idea of collision of disparate sources seemed an appropriate match for the piece.” A result of studying Alexander Technique and other somatic movement

techniques (movements arising from inner organic impulses rather than from deliberate intentions), Jasperse’s choreography can take on an ethereal flow that then causes his dancers to move with such ease they seem to float and stay above ground longer then gravity should allow when they take to the air. Jasperse’s rich, varied background also includes studying with some of dance’s great luminaries, among them dancer-choreographers Phyllis Lamhut and Don Redlich, and dance historian and Labanotation (a method of recording dance with symbols) expert Rose Anne Thom. An active participant in the downtown Manhattan dance scene, he’s also danced in famed post modern choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s company, Rosas in Belgium. Jasperse has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Bessies (dance’s equivalent to the “Tony”), and several grants from the NEA and NY Foundation for the Arts. His company has performed at BAM, the Venice Biennale, Walker Art Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and Tanz im August in Berlin. He has created works for Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project, Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company, and the Lyon Opera. In response to the lack of dance space in Manhattan, Jasperse and choreographer Jonah Bokaer were invited to collaborate on the creation of the 4,000-square-foot Center for Performance Research in 2008, offering affordable rehearsal and performance spaces supporting the development of new, contemporary choreography in “The Greenbelt,” a LEED-certified mixed-use building in Williamsburg. Per Jasperse: “An enormous amount of exciting work has been born there, a space for emerging and occasionally more experienced artists to show work in an intimate setting. I set out to make a contribution to the health of the [dance] community in New York City that I felt was endangered. I still feel that community is fragile, but there is a tenacity in it.” John Jasperse Projects performs at Bard Fisher Center’s LUMA Theater, on Saturday, April 30, at 7:30pm and Sunday, May 1, at 2pm. $25. (845) 758-7900; Fishercenter.bard.edu —Maya Horowitz

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FRIDAY 1 BUSINESS & NETWORKING Solarize Columbia County Kickoff Noon. Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, Hudson. (518) 828-4417. DANCE Atlas Revisited 8pm. $6-$18. Atlas Revisited weaves together stories and images from the film Atlas/Inserts (2014). EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. Empac.rpi.edu. Salsa Night with Los Mas Valientes 8pm. $40. Latin. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. FILM Out of Africa 7:30pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. HEALTH & WELLNESS Women’s Wellness Weekend 5pm. A weekend to relax, rejuvenate, and have fun! Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville. 985-2291. KIDS & FAMILY Storytime in the Museum 1:30-2:15pm. Art-related storytime program for preschool children ages 3-5. Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5237. LECTURES & TALKS Fran Lebowitz: A Conversation with Daniel Mendelsohn 8pm. $25. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900. LITERARY & BOOKS Crime and Punishment, A Night of Readings 7-9pm. Presented by The Weeklings and the Kingston Writers Studio, a night of literary readings to celebrate the release of Sean Beaudoin’s new short story collection Welcome Thieves. Anvil Gallery at Tech Smiths, Kingston. 443-4866. Poetry in Other Words 7-9pm. Fifth annual celebration of poetry in many languages. Recite, read, listen to poems from around the world. The Chatham Bookstore, Chatham. 518-392-3005. Women’s History Slam 7-9pm. Jasmine Singer, Marilyn Oser, Ann Patty, Lee Eypper, Lynda Sales Engholm and Julia Jardine. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Café, Red Hook. 758-6500. MUSIC Acoustic Sludge 5:30pm. The Golden Rail Ale House, Newburgh. 565-2337. The Bar Spies 9pm. Classic rock. Juan Murphy’s, Poughkeepsie. 473-1095. Black Mountain Symphony 9:30pm. Americana. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760. The Funk Junkies 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. George Frideric Handel’s Messiah 8pm. $15-$25. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandaleon-Hudson. 758-7900. The Machine 8pm. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Man About Town: The Wit and Wisdom of Noel Coward 8-9:15pm. $20/$10 for patrons 21 and under. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (800) 838-3006. Sultans of String 8pm. $30/$15 students/children free. Trinity Pawling School, Pawling. 855-4825. OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Girls Night Out-Handbag BINGO 6:30pm. $55 per person To benefit Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh and Nora Cronin Presentation Academy. Newburgh Armory Unity Center, Newburgh. Pocketbookbingoladies.com. THEATER Bar Code: A Performative Analysis of the School-to-Prison Pipeline 3 & 8pm. Presented by Brooklyn-based Truthworker Theater Company. CunneenHackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571. Boeing, Boeing 8-10pm. $20/$17 for Playhouse members/$10 for Students with ID. French farce. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (800) 838-3006. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Seed Saving Workshop and Seed Swap 6-7:30pm. Jamie Levato, Education Director of Poughkeepsie Farm Project. Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie. 214-1113.

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SATURDAY 2 COMEDY Comedy Night of the Stars 7-10pm. $60. A benefit for the Rondout Food Pantry. INcludes dessert buffet. Diamond Mills, Saugerties. Comedynightofthestars.com. DANCE Swing Dance 7:30-10:30pm. $10. Hosted by Linda and Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios. Lesson at 7:30pm, performance at 9pm. MAC Fitness, Kingston. Got2lindy.com. FILM The Met Live: Puccini’s Madama Buttefly 12:45-3:45pm. $26/$23 members. The Moviehouse, Millerton. (518) 789-0022. HEALTH & WELLNESS Loving the Earth: Organic Recycling and Sustainability Agents 6-7:30pm. Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie. 214-1113. KIDS & FAMILY Bright Ideas Festival 1-5pm. A showcase of invention, creativity & problem solving for all ages! High Meadow School, Stone Ridge. 687-4855.

Jesse Lege and Bayou Brew 8pm. $10. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. Lucky Peterson 7pm. Dead on the Tracks (Greatful Dead Interpreters). The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Madalyn Parnas 7pm. $20/$18 members. Madalyn Parnas, violin and Andreas Loannides, piano. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181. The Met Live: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly 1pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088. Painted Blue Sky 8-11pm. Uncle Willy’s Tavern, Kingston. Ruby Amanfu 8pm. $10-$28. Dubbed “Nashville’s Next Indie Star” by Billboard, the astonishing soul-rock singer Ruby Amanfu is a force. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Take Two 8:30pm. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466. The Voyagers 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

Beltane Festival Since the 1990s, the Center for Symbolic Studies has celebrated the return of spring with this Celtic festival, marking the halfway point between the spring equinox and summer solstice. Now back for its 26th year, this festival features giant puppets, dancing dragons, prancing horses, and a bonfire to end the night. The event also includes the Vanaver Caravan & Youth Dance Company, the Storycrafters, and the Stone Mountain Choir. Beltane takes place at the CSS in Rosendale on April 30 from 12pm to 7pm. General admission is $15. $5 for teens and seniors. Children 10 and under are free. Cssfestivals.org. Maple Weekend 10am-4pm. Frost Valley Maple Weekends offer families the opportunity to experience Maple Sugaring firsthand. Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville. 985-2291 ext. 217. Saturday Social Circle First Saturday of every month, 10am-noon. This group for mamas looking to meet other mamas, babies and toddlers for activities, socialization and friendship. New Baby New Paltz, New Paltz. 255-0624. LECTURES & TALKS Loving the Earth: Organic Recycling and Sustainability Agents 4-5:30pm. Linda LoGiurato & Kathy Smith from the Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County. Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie. 214-1113. LITERARY & BOOKS The Catskills: Its History and How it Changed America 4-6pm. With author Stephen Silverman. Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, Arkville. 586-2611. Reading by Richard Trachtman 5-7pm. Reads and discusses his new mystery novel Corpse in the Clinic. The Chatham Bookstore, Chatham. 518-392-3005. MUSIC Ars Choralis Presents: Dona Nobis Pacem 7-9pm. $20/$18 in advance/children half price. Church of the Holy Cross, Kingston. 679-8172. Bryan Gordon 10pm. Acoustic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Dala 8:30pm. $25/$20. Folk. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. Groovy Tuesday Band 8pm. Acoustic. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. Hudson Valley Bluegrass Express 8pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.

NIGHTLIFE Queerstock Spring Fling: Let’s Fool Around 8pm-midnight & 12-2am. $10. Cabaret, DJ Prephab. BSP, Kingston. (917) 757-8434. OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Hawthorne Valley Spring Soiree and Auction 6-9pm. $75-$1,000. Enjoy an evening in celebration of education, agriculture and the arts with live entertainment by Hudson Lodge, Hudson. (518) 672-4465. Tricky Tray 12-4pm. $1-$20. Support someone in your neighborhood with the YMCA of Middletown’s Tricky Tray. All proceeds will benefit our Annual Strong Kids Campaign. YMCA of Middletown, Middletown. 845 344 9622. OUTDOORS & RECREATION Tours of West Point Foundry Preserve 11am-12:30pm. West Point Foundry Preserve, Cold Spring. 473-4440 ext. 273. Trout Weekend 12-4pm. “Meet the Trout” presentation at 1 p.m. & 2:30 p.m. Feeding time for Brook Trout at 1:30 p.m. & 3 p.m. Fun activities and stories plus crafts for kids. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781. THEATER Boeing, Boeing 8-10pm. $20/$17 for Playhouse members/$10 for Students with ID. French farce. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (800) 838-3006. A Chump at Oxford 2pm. $10/$7 children. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. In/Prism 5pm. Presented by Brooklyn-based Truthworker Theater Company. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 229-0425. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Found, Framed and Fastened: The Brooch 9am-4pm. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550.

High and Mighty Therapeutic Riding and Driving Center Volunteer Training 10am-noon. Learn to assist people with special needs through equine assisted activities. Ages 14+. High and Mighty Therapeutic Riding and Driving Center, Ghent. (518) 672-4202. Solarize Northern Dutchess 3-4:30pm. Ready to go solar? Join our educational community workshops to learn how you can save on your solar installation. Open to all in Dutchess County. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. Zentangle: Introduction 3-5pm. $20/$15 members. The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872 ext. 105.

SUNDAY 3 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. FILM DREAMers Among Us 1pm. A short documentary made by and for undocumented youth. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston. 331-2884. KIDS & FAMILY Kestrel: Spring Discovery 10am-3:15pm. $225. Boys & Girls ages 7–10. Continues on April 24 and May 15. Stony Kill Road, Accord. 256-9830. Maple Weekend 10am-4pm. Frost Valley Maple Weekends offer families the opportunity to experience Maple Sugaring firsthand. Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville. 985-2291 ext. 217. LITERARY & BOOKS Susannah Appelbaum presents Divah 4pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. MUSIC Ars Choralis Presents: Dona Nobis Pacem 4-6pm. $20/$18 in advance/children half price. Overlook United Methodist Church, Woodstock. 679-8172. Big Joe Fitz & the Lo-Fis 10am-2pm. Swing blues. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Godfather Death 3-5:30pm. $10. Godfather Death is the new opera adaptation of a classic Grimm fairy tale. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Met Live: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly 1pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. No Fuss and Feathers 7:30pm. $20. Singer-songwriter. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. Poné Ensemble for New Music 3-5pm. $15. “Daydreams in the Clouds.” New Paltz United Methodist Church, New Paltz. 901-0937. Popa Chubby 7pm. Rock and blues. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Singer-songwriter Vieux Farka Touré 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Veterans Benefit Concert 3pm. $25-$15. Eileen Moon, Associate Principal Cello of the New York Philharmonic, along with Principal Guest Conductor Johan de Meij. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf. Sugarloafpac.org. OUTDOORS & RECREATION Screech Owl: Spring Soaring 10am-3pm. $225. Ages 4-7-year-olds. Continues Apr. 24 and May 15. Together, we will safely explore the elements and build lasting friendships with each other and the land. Stony Kill Road, Accord. 256-9830. Trout Weekend 12-4pm. “Meet the Trout” presentation at 1 p.m. & 2:30 p.m. Feeding time for Brook Trout at 1:30 p.m. & 3 p.m. Fun activities and stories plus crafts for kids. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781. THEATER Boeing, Boeing 8-10pm. $20/$17 for Playhouse members/$10 for Students with ID. French farce. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (800) 838-3006. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES First Sunday School 12:30-2pm. A unique Buddhist-oriented Class for children ages 5+ and their families. SkyBaby Yoga & Pilates, Cold Spring. 265-4444.

MONDAY 4 HEALTH & WELLNESS Movement & Strength 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. Diamond Gymnastics, Poughkeepsie. 416-2222.

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THEATER "A LIFE IN A DAY"

Dick Zegun at the Coney Island Museum. Photo by Laure Leber

Flight of Fancy Charles Lindbergh’s achievement would still be remarkable today: He flew from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, to France without sleeping—a total of 33½ hours—finding the landing strip without the aid of GPS. Beating out more expensive planes, “Lucky Lindy” made the first solo flight across the Atlantic in an aircraft of his own design called The Spirit of St. Louis. This shy farm boy became one of the earliest modern celebrities. Lindbergh’s renown began when 150,000 Frenchmen mobbed him at Le Bourget Field in Paris. Over 128 songs were written in his honor, and the “Lone Eagle,” as he was called, rode in more than a thousand miles of parades. One of the more recent tributes was “A Life in a Day: Lucky Lindy” by Dick D. Zigun, a madcap play opening at the Bridge Street Theater in Catskill on April 14. But Lindbergh’s life was not all accolades. Tragedy struck in 1932 when his young son was kidnapped, and later murdered, in New Jersey. In the late `30s, a weird combination of pacifism, isolationism, and respect for Hitler led Lindbergh to oppose America’s involvement in World War II. When America did enter the war, Lindbergh volunteered for the Armed Forces, but FDR turned him down. Though it seems impossible to depict the Lone Eagle’s story in a small theater, Zigun finds ways to transform a stage into the Atlantic Ocean. A model airplane stands in for The Spirit of St. Louis. The Lindbergh baby is played by a raw egg. The Titanic sinks in an aquarium. “It’s a technique I call ‘tabletop theater,’” Zigun explains. “It’s almost a postmodern version of ventriloquism where, without puppetry, you allow a toy airplane to talk.” Molly Parker Myers and Steven Patterson perform over 100 roles in the play, including cross-dressing. Director John Sowle must keep track of it all. Luckily, Sowle and Patterson are pros, having organized acting companies in San Francisco, Los

Angeles, and Manhattan before opening the Bridge Street Theater in 2014. Molly Parker Myers is an actress, puppeteer, cabaret singer and clown, performing extensively in the Hudson Valley. Zigun was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the home of P. T. Barnum, and went on to emulate the great showman. As a child Zigun accompanied his father, a used-furniture dealer, to auctions and sales, and became fascinated with ephemera of the American past. He attended Bennington College, then pursued an MFA at the Yale School of Drama. Searching for a topic for his thesis play, Zigun remembered souvenirs of Lindbergh’s flight that he saw as a child. “Lucky Lindy” went on to win the Kazan Award for best new play of 1978. Zigun is a major figure in the reinvention of Brooklyn. In 1980, he opened Coney Island USA, the umbrella organization for his sideshow, the Coney Island Museum, a film festival, and a sideshow school. In 1983 Zigun initiated the Mermaid Parade. What began as a work of performance art has become a yearly spectacle drawing a throng of 800,000. Zigun was given the honorific title “Mayor of Coney Island.” Sideshows by the Sea is an actual sideshow, with bearded ladies, sword swallowers, fire eaters, and a “human pincushion.” It’s also a legitimate theater, and one of the earliest sites of “neoburlesque,” a variant on striptease influenced by feminism and modern dance. Zigun explains his theory of theater: “I don’t trust an audience that sits quietly in the dark. In my own version of Brechtian alienation, I prefer visceral reaction—making an audience applaud or scream or gasp or vomit.” “A Life in a Day: Lucky Lindy” by Dick D. Zigun will be at the Bridge Street Theater in Catskill April 14-24. (518) 943-3894; Bridgest.org. —Sparrow

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BOOKS SMALL TOWN TALK

Bob Dylan on his Triumph Bonneville with Victor Maymudes (left) and Bobby Neuwirth, Bearsville, summer 1964. Photo by John Byrne Cooke

Over by the Wildwood It often takes an outsider to see the forest for the trees. Americana’s charter act, The Band, was formed in Toronto and four-fifths Canadian, and the pure passion for “exotic” traditional American styles that saw them remake rock music in the 1960s and ’70s was inextricably intertwined with their predominantly non-native status. One might say that, similarly, the insights of Barney Hoskyns’s Across the Great Divide, wdiely regarded as the definitive book on The Band, came from his own untainted perspective as an Englishman. With his newest book, Small Town Talk (Da Capo Press), Hoskyns returns to the local backdrop when Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and others held court in the Catskills during “the Wild Years of Woodstock.” And this month Hoskyns returns to the region where he once lived for a series of readings. He’ll be at the Spotty Dog Books and Ale in Hudson on April 7 (with a screening of David McDonald’s film Woodstock: Can’t Get There from Here), the Golden Notebook in Woodstock on April 8, and the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts in Woodstock on April 9 with Warren Zanes and Holly GeorgeWarren. —Peter Aaron Would it be accurate to say Small Town Talk is an outgrowth of Across the Great Divide? Yes, that’s broadly accurate, in that it was my Band biography that first took me up to Woodstock, in 1991. And it was that first visit that brought me back there, to live, five years later. But I didn’t know much about Woodstock’s music history beyond Dylan and The Band. Paul Smart’s book Rock and Woodstock opened my eyes to the richness of the story. Writing about Todd Rundgren, Karen Dalton, Tim Hardin, and others over the subsequent years—when I was corresponding for the UK’s MOJO, and after I moved back to London to launch [online music journalism archive] Rock’s Backpages—really planted the seed of Small Town Talk. Besides the namesake festival’s not being held there, what’s the biggest misconception about Woodstock? 90 FORECAST CHRONOGRAM 4/16

Perhaps that it was a kind of Haight-Ashbury in the Catskills, which I’m not sure it was—especially given that Dylan and The Band were, if anything, antihippies; a pronounced reaction to Haight-Ashbury and the 1967 “Summer of Love” that they chose to bypass. The Woodstock-Bearsville story really comes into its own in the early ’70s, and it was a much more earthy, funky, boozy thing than Haight-Ashbury—though the two obviously have Janis Joplin in common, and she was the queen of earthy/funky/boozy. How did your impressions of the town compare to those you’d had before you arrived? I didn’t have a very clear image of Woodstock in my mind before 1991, but it would have been based almost entirely on the images of [photographer] Elliott Landy. I was really beguiled by his shots of The Band on their first two album covers, and then I suppose at some point I saw his shots of Dylan outside the Woodstock Bakery, things like that. When I arrived in town in the summer of ’91, it did look pretty much how I’d expected it to: an upstate country town with a tie-dye overlay. Many of your books focus on the postpsychedelic/prepunk music of the early 1970s, especially that of American acts. What is it about that era and style of rock that has attracted you? It’s probably that groups like The Band—and The Band in particular—were such a part of my own adolescent journey. They were how I grew out of my first real teen pop crushes, which were mostly glam rock. You couldn’t have gotten further away from Marc Bolan than Levon Helm. The Band were real men, with short hair and beards, not flouncing, spangly pop stars—and their music felt grounded in something genuinely emotional as well as authentically American. At secondary school in London, the really cool older boys all walked around carrying albums by the Dead, the Allmans, The Band, Quicksilver, and so on, so that’s what one aspired to. I’m also really interested in charting the journey from the dizzy promise of the utopian ’60s to the more bruising self-discovery of the early ’70s: in Blakean terms, the journey from innocence to experience, sometimes from light to darkness…and hopefully back to

Clockwise from above: Albert and Sally Grossman at the Monterey Pop Festival in California, June 1967. Photo by Linda Law. Todd Rundgren and Bebe Buell, Mink Hollow, summer 1975. Photo by Bob Gruen. A weary Todd Rundgren at the board during The Band's Stage Fright recording sessions, Woodstock Playhouse, early summer 1970; left to right: John Taplin, Robbie Robertson, Rundgren, and John Simon. Photo by John Scheele.

the light again. I’m more interested in John Wesley Harding than I am in The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, just as I’m more interested in Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark than I am in her Clouds. Small Town Talk is in a way the counterpart to Hotel California, your examination of the Laurel Canyon scene that roughly paralleled the one happening in Woodstock. What were the differences between the two scenes? Other than music, hippies, and drugs (cocaine in California versus the heroin that continues to plague Woodstock), what were the similarities? There were important differences, and not just climatic and geographical ones. Laurel and the other LA canyons were smack-dab in the middle of a huge urban sprawl, which Woodstock clearly isn’t. In Laurel Canyon you could kid yourself you were getting away from it all, but the Sunset Strip was 15 minutes away—plus LA had the ocean, whereas Woodstock is about lakes and waterfalls. You had (and have) to be a lot more rugged to live year-round in the Catskills, however New Agey you are. I think the best music that came out of Woodstock reflects the environmental differences: It’s grittier, more physical, less cerebral. The similarity is that you have a concentration of very talented, more-or-less damaged individuals in a very small area, most of them interacting through sex, drugs, and music. I’ve always been fascinated by scenes, and Woodstock/Bearsville was one hell of a scene! It’s dismaying to hear that heroin is still prevalent in and around Woodstock, but I suspect it will always follow where music goes. Damaged people are drawn to rock and roll like moths to flames, and sooner or later they’ll intersect with dope. I’m reminded of a quote I used in the book from Greil Marcus’s book Mystery Train, which was Robbie Robertson’s wife Dominique saying, in 1972, that all she found in Woodstock was “dope, music, and beauty.” That’s all? The scene that grew up in Woodstock around Bob Dylan, The Band, and the Basement Tapes was largely a reaction to the explosion of pop culture, a retreat from an increasingly technology-driven society. Given today’s wired, short-attentionspanned youth culture and the pervasiveness of the Internet, could something like it ever occur again? Have you seen evidence of any contemporary 1960s/’70s Woodstockesque scenes happening anywhere today? I think it’s very difficult to recreate something like the Woodstock/Bearsville scene, and one shouldn’t really want to do that anyway. Somebody like Dylan simply couldn’t disappear in the way he did in Woodstock in 1966/67, for a start. On the other hand, what the Woodstock story does represent is a kind of resistance to the disconnected and disembodied nature of contemporary culture as we experience it through the Internet and social media. I see evidence in the lives and the music of many younger people of what one might call a “slow revolution”—a recognition that we might have to get “off-grid” to save our souls and our sanity. Or it may be too late. “When you awake, you will remember everything.” 4/16 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 91

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LITERARY & BOOKS Next Year’s Words First Monday of every month, 7:30-9:30pm. $2. Jewish Community Center, New Paltz. Npnextyearswords@gmail.com. Poet Gold presents Poelodies: Poetry, Spoken Word, Melodies, & Song 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. MUSIC Lady Day Night: Celebrating the music of Billie Holliday 8pm. The Geoff Vidal-Derrick James Quartet & Alexis Cole. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Ringo Deathstar 8pm. $12/$10. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158. Student Jazz Ensembles I, II, and III 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES ColorColorColor 1-5pm. $335. With Christie Scheele. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.

TUESDAY 5 HEALTH & WELLNESS Reiki Share First Tuesday of every month, 6:30-8pm. For Reiki practitioners to replenish your reserves. Dreaming Goddess Sanctuary, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206. KIDS & FAMILY After-School Art Classes 4-5:15pm. After School Art Classes that are fun and skill building. Supportive environment where self expression is emphasized. Curriculum based on montessori and waldorf teaching methods. be. studios, Gardiner. 419-5219. LECTURES & TALKS Evaluating the Economic Effects of the Noble Experiment: National Prohibition, 1920-1933 5pm. Economist Orley C. Ashenfelter. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370. From Bacteria to Broken Bones: Emergency Physicians’ Stories 11:30am. During this lunch-and-learn, the focus is on emergency departments, which are home to a variety of dramatic and unusual events. Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck. 876-3001. LITERARY & BOOKS Ellen Robbins Poetry Forum: Aja Monet 10:15-11:30am. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262. Open Mike 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. MUSIC Student Jazz Ensembles I, II, and III 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Contemporary Dance Workshop 10:30am-noon. $16. All levels. Taught by Lokaspara Dance Projects Artistic Director, Clyde Forth. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. 679-2079.

WEDNESDAY 6 BUSINESS & NETWORKING 8th Annual Ulster County Young Adult Job Fair 11am-3pm. For young adults 16-24. Resume assistance available. Kingston Center of SUNY Ulster, Kingston. 340-3170. LECTURES & TALKS Inspiration 6:30pm. A writing master class and reading by Gail Godwin. Gilman Center at SUNY Orange, Middletown. 341-4891. MUSIC Mnozil Brass 8pm. $20-$38. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945. Neil “Nail” Alexander’s Electric Groove Factory 9pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. SPIRITUALITY A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. A study group with Alice Broner. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.

THURSDAY 7 HEALTH & WELLNESS Simple Habits of Optimal Health 7-8:30pm. With Dr. Eli Morales, ND. Rondout Valley Holistic Health Community, Inc., Stone Ridge. Rvhhc.org. 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. Diamond Gymnastics, Poughkeepsie. 416-2222. LECTURES & TALKS Galileo’s Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science 5pm. With Alice Dreger. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.

Organic Gardening Workshop 7pm. All aspects of organic gardening, from fertilizers and composting to pruning trees and spotting GMO plants. Boughton Place, Highland. 679-2036. MUSIC 15th Blues Pro Jam 8pm. Headlined by vocalist/mouth harpist Kellie Rucker, . Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Bearthoven and Battle Trance 7:30pm. Experimental acoustic sound blending jazz, classical, and avant-garde sounds. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. (518) 276-3921. First Thursday Singer Songwriter Series 7-9:30pm. Hosts Maureen and Don welcome Julie Parisi Kirby, Dick Vincent-Matt Bowe-Bruce Hildenbrand, and Jude Roberts to the Cafe stage. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. The JB3 Trio 9pm. Dogwood, Beacon. 202-7500. The Jeremy Baum Trio 9pm. Blues. Dogwood, Beacon. 202-7500. John Németh 7:30pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. Live Music Split Bill 7pm. Mr. Gone (70s Jazz Fusion) and The Sweet Clementines (Victorian Rock). The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Student Jazz Ensembles I, II, and III 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869. THEATER Parade 8pm. $20/$18 seniors. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz.

FRIDAY 8 DANCE Dutchess County Singles Dance 8-11:30pm. $22. Lesson at 7:30pm. Fabulous music from 40’s, 50’s, 60’s to the Present by DJ Johnny Angel. The Southern Dutchess Country Club, Beacon. Dutchesscountysingles.org. Terry & The Zydeco Bad Boys 7-11pm. $15/$10 with FT student ID. Beginners’ lesson at 7pm, dance 8pm-11pm. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. (914) 388-7048. FILM Peace Officer 6-9pm. Documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police. Old Chatham Quaker Meeting, Old Chatham. (518) 766-2992. On Screen/Sound: No. 14 7pm. $6. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. Empac.rpi.edu/events/2016/ spring/screensound/screensound-no-14. HEALTH & WELLNESS Baby Magic Knitting, Crocheting & Meditation Circle Second Friday of every month, 7-9pm. White Barn Farm, New Paltz. 259-1355. KIDS & FAMILY Open House 9-11am. Mountain Road School, New Lebanon. Mountainroadschool.org. LECTURES & TALKS Container Gardening Basics 6-7:30pm. Join Poughkeepsie Farm Project educators to learn how to grow food in tiny spaces. Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie. 214-1113. LITERARY & BOOKS Author David Sedaris 8pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. A Citizen’s Guide to Protecting Water Resources 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. MUSIC The Acquaintances 8-11pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. April Uptown Swing: Bryan Brundige Trio 7-11pm. $10. An Evening of hot jazz, swing, and dance. 7pm cocktail hour, 8pm beginner’s lesson, 9pm open dance. BSP, Kingston. 481-5158. Blues Happy Hour 7-10pm. Uncle Willy’s Tavern, Kingston. The Chain Gang 8pm. Dance music. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277. Fluid Duo: The ART without a Safety Net 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Gibson Brothers Concert 7:30-9:30pm. $30-$40. Bluegrass. Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie. 4520-8220. Jumaane Smith 8pm. Jazz. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Marji Zintz 8:30pm. Acoustic. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760. Natalie Forteza 9pm. Pop, soft rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Project/Object: The Music Of Frank Zappa with Ike Willis & Don Preston 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION Astronomy: Stargazing 8-10:30pm. View the night sky away from the lights of the cities and towns of our area. RSVP is required. Lake Taghkanic State Park, Ancram. Midhudsonastro.org. SPIRITUALITY Developing & Using Your Psychic Awareness with Melissa Harris 6:30-9pm. $31/$26 by Apr. 1. Melissa Harris will share ways in which you can fine-tune your connection with the Divine. Crystal Essence, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-2595. THEATER The Beacon Players Present Peter Pan 7pm. $12/$5 students and seniors. Beacon High School, Beacon. 838-6900. Fiddler on the Roof 8pm. Presented by The Rhinebeck High School Drama Club. Rhinebeck High School, Rhinebeck. 871-5500. Parade 8pm. $20/$18 seniors. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Woodstock Writers Festival One-Day Intensives 9am-5pm. $250/$450. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. Woodstockwriters.com/ festival-schedule.

SATURDAY 9 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS 7th Women’s Conference and Luncheon 11:15am-3pm. Out topic this year will be “Jesus as our Living Hope.” Reformed Church of Shawangunk, Wallkill. 895-2952. COMEDY Gilbert Gottfried and Richard Lewis 8-9:30pm. $79.50/$69.50/$59.50. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. DANCE Attic Projects 7:30-9pm. $20/$10 student rush and children. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 10. FILM Cabaret 7pm. $7. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040. FOOD & WINE Korean BBQ 101 6:30-8:30pm. $80. Valley Variety, Hudson. (518) 828-0033. New Paltz Winter Farmers’ Market Second Saturday of every month, 10am3pm. New Paltz Community Center, New Paltz. 383-1761. Shandaken Community Gardens Second Annual Seed Swap 10am-noon. Bring your saved organic garden seeds to swap. This is a fun community event. Phoenicia Library, Phoenicia. 688-7811. HEALTH & WELLNESS Body, Mind, Spirit Fair 10am-5pm. Treat yourself to a day of healing. Reiki, Acupuncture, Massage, Tarot, Cranial Sacral, Chi Gung/Tia-Chi, Subtle System Energy Work, Chakra Balancing, Chi Healing, and more. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston. 518-5947. KIDS & FAMILY Wayfinder Experience’s Living Legends 11am-9pm. $10-$40. Living Legends are oneday, 10-hour promotional events designed to give new players a taste of our programming. Ages 8+. Hudson Valley Sudbury School, Kingston. 481-0776. LECTURES & TALKS Exploring Science and Art: Andrea Wulf 4-5pm. $15/$10 members. German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and how he created the way we understand nature today. Hudson Junior/Senior High School, Hudson. (518) 828-1872 ext. 105. LITERARY & BOOKS Tea Time with Valerie Tripp & Friends 2-4pm. $20-$25. Acclaimed American Girl author Valerie Tripp. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 255-1660. Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival Reading 2pm. Featuring Mary Leonard and Robert Milby. The Golden Notebook, Woodstock. 679-8000. MUSIC Abbie Gardner 7:30pm. $15/$12 in advance. Americana. Empire State Railway Museum, Phoenicia. 688-7501. Albi Beluli 8pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Breakaway Featuring Robin Baker 8-10:30pm. Local singer Robin Baker and Breakaway return to the Cafe for a fun night of music and dancing. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. The Cookers 7pm. Jazz. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Crystal Bowersox 9pm. Folk-country singer-songwriter. 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Gwen Laster Ensemble 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

Jim Gaudet & The Railroad Boys 7pm. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469. Johnny Campbell & The Bluegrass Drifters 8pm. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. The Orchestra Now: Concert 4 8pm. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900. Payne’s Grey Sky 8-11pm. Uncle Willy’s Tavern, Kingston. Rock Tavern Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild Coffeehouse 7:30pm. $6/$5 FG members and seniors. Featuring Keith Jordan and Jim Sheehan. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, New Windsor. Uucrt.org. OUTDOORS & RECREATION Frog Frenzy Tour 10am-noon. $5. Guided nature hike focusing on woodland frogs Fuller Mountain Preserve, Warwick. 469-0951 ext. 18. SPIRITUALITY Spirit Essence Portraits with Melissa Harris 9am-6:30pm. $260. Original watercolor portraits capturing your individual spirit essence. Crystal Essence, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-2595. THEATER The Beacon Players Present Peter Pan 2pm. $12/$5 students and seniors. Beacon High School, Beacon. 838-6900. Fiddler on the Roof 8pm. Presented by The Rhinebeck High School Drama Club. Rhinebeck High School, Rhinebeck. 871-5500. Parade 8pm. $20/$18 seniors. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. Taylor Mac 4-10pm. $10-$24. The inimitable theater artist presents a work-in-progress performance of the latest installment from his 24-Decade History of Popular Music, an outrageously entertaining romp through 240 years of American culture. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Loving the Earth: Dryer Lint Art 1-3pm. $7. Learn how to make your own dryer lint art. Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie. 214-1113. Repair Cafe: Poughkeepsie 9am-noon. A community meeting place to bring a beloved but broken item to be repaired for free. First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie. Repaircafehv.org. Sashiko Mending 1:30-5:30pm. $95. This traditional Japanese sewing technique lends itself beautifully to contemporary crafts. Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson. Dropforgeandtool.com/workshops-list/.

SUNDAY 10 DANCE HD Presentation of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 3pm. $15/$13 members/$6 under age 12. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989. FAIRS & FESTIVALS TriSTATE MiniMakerFaire 10am-4pm. The Indian Mountain School and The Hotchkiss School co-host the TriSTATE MINIMAKERFAIRE. Indian Mountain School, Lakeville, CT. (860) 435-3259. FILM Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote 12:45-3pm. $21/$18 members. The Moviehouse, Millerton. (518) 789-0022. FOOD & WINE Rosendale Monthly Winter Farmers’ Market Second Sunday of every month, 10am2pm. Rosendale Farmers’ Market, Rosendale. 658-8348. HEALTH & WELLNESS Body, Mind, Spirit Fair 10am-5pm. Treat yourself to a day of healing. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston. 518-5947. LECTURES & TALKS Wanda M. Corn: Artists’ Homes and Studios as Archive and Romance 2pm. $9/$8 members. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill. 518-943-7465. LITERARY & BOOKS Author David Sedaris 7pm. $48-$68. Mahawie Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100. June Trop Zuckerman: The Deadliest Hate 4pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. MUSIC Alexis P. Suter & The Ministers of Sound 7pm. Gospel blues. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Beauty and the Bean 6pm. Gospel. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Choral Sunday: An Afternoon of Gospel music 3pm. $5// free for students and children. Choirs present gospel music in varying styles. Kaplan Hall, Orange County Trust Company Great Room, Newburgh. 341-4891.

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Christian McBride Trio 8pm. Jazz. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Greg Westhoff’s Westchester Swing Band 5:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Keith Newman 1pm. Acoustic. Robibero Family Vineyards, New Paltz. 255-9463. The Orchestra Now: Concert 4 3pm. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900. Paul Barrerre & Fred Tackett and New Orleans Suspects 8pm. $35/$30 in advance. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Tower Music Series presents Liam Kaplan 3:30-5pm. $15. Pianist and composer Liam Kaplan. Poughkeepsie Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 452-8110. Women’s Works 3pm. Featuring both original songs and songs by other women, with solo & ensemble performances. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Bardavon Gala: An Evening with Santana 7pm. $275/$225 no post-party/$150 show only. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. THEATER The Beacon Players Present Peter Pan 2pm. $12/$5 students and seniors. Beacon High School, Beacon. 838-6900. Fiddler on the Roof 2pm. Presented by The Rhinebeck High School Drama Club. Rhinebeck High School, Rhinebeck. 871-5500. Parade 2pm. $20/$18 seniors. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Painting Outside the Lines 10am-5pm. $135/$125 by Apr. 3. Melissa Harris combines her gift as an intuitive with her extensive background in painting. Crystal Essence, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-2595. Wooden Spoon Carving with Matty Hart 1-5pm. $85. Matty Hart of Aubry will introduce students to the handcraft of greenwood spoon carving. Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson. Dropforgeandtool.com.

Tea & Stones Second Tuesday of every month, 6:30-7:30pm. Each month we explore a different stone from our vast collection. Dreaming Goddess, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.

WEDNESDAY 13 DANCE HD Presentation of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 7:15pm. $15/$13 members/$6 under age 12. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989. FOOD & WINE 18th Annual Hudson Valley Food & Wine Experience 6-9pm. $75. To benefit the Putnam/Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center. Villa Barone Hilltop Manor, Mahopac. 628-9284. LITERARY & BOOKS Bird Medicine: A Book That Took Off 7-8:30pm. A lecture/slide show with Rosendale author Evan Pritchard. Rosendale Public Library, Rosendale. 658-9013.

Hungrytown in Concert 7-8pm. Join us for a fun concert for all ages by folk duo Hungrytown. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. The Jeremy Baum Trio 9pm. Blues. Dogwood, Beacon. 202-7500. The Music of Salvatore Sciarrino 7:30pm. $6-$18. Whispers of sound that punctuate a canvas of silence. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. Empac. rpi.edu/events/2016/spring/salvatore-sciarrino. Open Mike Night with Jeff Entin 6:30-9pm. Jeff Entin welcomes musicians from all around the Hudson Valley to Open Mike night. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Premature Burial 8pm. $10. Combo of harsh noise gunk, metallic heft and aut-jazz skronk. Beacon Yoga Center, Beacon. 347-489-8406. Slam Allen’s Spring Celebration 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

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Sholem Aleichem Bobblehead by Lawrence Bush.

MONDAY 11 LITERARY & BOOKS Poet Gold presents Poelodies: Poetry, Spoken Word, Melodies, & Song 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. MUSIC Avram Fefer’s Electric Quartet 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. The U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters Chorus 7pm. Palace Diner, Poughkeepsie. Thepalacediner.com. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Small Business Solar Information Workshop 5-7pm. Total Tennis, Saugerties. Solarizesaugerties@gmail.com.

TUESDAY 12 LECTURES & TALKS Artist Talk with Nick Cave 5pm. $8/$5 in advance/members free. Hear Cave share his vision to convert our football field-size gallery into a seductive, performative gathering space. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Monthly Open House with Dharma Talk Second Tuesday of every month, 7pm. free. Sky Lake Lodge, Rosendale. 658-8556. MUSIC American Masters: Choral Concert 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869. Fred Lonberg-Holm/Frode Gjerstad/ Joe McPhee 9pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Contemporary Dance Workshop 10:30am-noon. $16. All levels. Taught by Lokaspara Dance Projects Artistic Director, Clyde Forth. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. 679-2079. Kid’s Yoga & Creative Play Series Kids’ Yoga & Creative Play Series for children 5-10yrs old. 6-week program. SkyBaby Yoga & Pilates, Cold Spring. 265-4444.

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MUSIC Blues Happy Hour 7-10pm. Uncle Willy’s Tavern, Kingston. David Kraai & Amy Laber 7:30-9pm. $10. Country folk music. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Marji Zintz 8:30pm. Acoustic. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760. Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers & Wendy Ramsay and Open Book 7-9:30pm. $20/$15 in advance. Beahive Beacon, Beacon. 418-3731. OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Dancing with the Stars Ulster Style $25. Diamond Mills, Saugerties. UlsterUnitedWay.org. Empty Bowls 5-7:30pm. $15 ceramic bowl/$5 disposable bowl. Empty Bowls raises money for local food pantries throughout the Hudson Valley. At Empty Bowls you can purchase ceramic bowls made by local artists and students. Rondout Valley High School Cafeteria, Accord. Emptybowls.webs.com. THEATER A Life in a Day: Lucky Lindy 7:30-9pm. $20/$10 for patrons 21 and under. Kaliyuga Arts presents a side-splitting sideshow romp. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (800) 838-3006. Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. $25. Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Annie Baker. Tangent Theatre, Tivoli. 230-7020. Parade 8pm. $20/$18 seniors. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. Wu Tsang and boychild 8pm. $6-$18. Moved by the Motion explores different modes of storytelling through an improvisational structure of voice, movement, and music. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. Empac.rpi.edu

Sholem Aleichem Variety Show Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the death of the Yiddish humorist and humanist Sholem Aleichem—the writer of the book on which “Fiddler on the Roof” is based—on Tuesday, April 12, at the Rosendale Theatre. This event stars Daniel Cainer with Jewish cabaret songs and readings and skits by Ann Citron, Mikhail Horowitz, Gilles Malkine, and Lawrence Bush, publisher of Jewish Currents. Noodle kugel and tea will be served. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Jewishcurrents.org. MUSIC Jazz Sessions at The Falcon Underground 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Neil “Nail” Alexander’s Electric Groove Factory 9pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. SPIRITUALITY A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. A study group with Alice Broner. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.

THURSDAY 14 BUSINESS & NETWORKING Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting Second Thursday of every month, 7pm. Shawangunk Town Hall, Wallkill. 418-3640. DANCE Stomp 8pm. $33-$53. International percussion sensation. UPAC, Kingston. 473-2072. FILM LunaFest 6pm. $35. Fundraising film festival dedicated to promoting awareness about women’s issues. FDR Presidential Library, Hyde Park. 486-7751. LECTURES & TALKS Loving the Earth: Sustainability and Energy 6-7:30pm. Want to cut energy costs? Presented by Betta Broad from NYSERDA. Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie. 214-1113. LITERARY & BOOKS Paris Vagabond 7pm. Donald Nicholson presents his translation of Jean-Paul Clébert’s classic novel. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. MUSIC Stickmen 7pm. Tony Levin’s prog rock outfit. Woodstock Music Lab, Woodstock. Ashokantalent.com.

THEATER A Life in a Day: Lucky Lindy 7:30-9pm. $20/$10 for patrons 21 and under. Kaliyuga Arts presents a side-splitting sideshow romp. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (800) 838-3006. Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. $25. Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Annie Baker. Tangent Theatre, Tivoli. 230-7020. Parade 8pm. $20/$18 seniors. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Tax Prep Help 2-6pm. Red Hook Public Library is teaming up with the New York State Department of Taxation to offer a series of free tax counseling sessions. Elmendorph Inn, Red Hook. 758-5887. TMI Project True Storytelling Intensive $450. Izlind Integrative Wellness Center and Institute of Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck. Tmiproject.org.

FRIDAY 15 HEALTH & WELLNESS Family Zumba Night: Cornerstone Fitness 5:30pm. Enjoy family fitness, healthy snacks and nutrition information. Sponsored by Hannaford. Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh. 913-6085. KIDS & FAMILY Loving the Earth: Garden Polyculture 6-7:30pm. With Ellie Limpert, Education Manager of Poughkeepsie Farm Project. Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie. 214-1113. LITERARY & BOOKS Calling All Poets’ Reading 7pm. Mike Jurkovic hosts. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. Storytelling with Janet Carter 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Swing & Shine: A Catskills Square Dance 3-9:30pm. $150. To benefit The Ashokan Center and the Woodstock School of Art Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 57-8333. DANCE Abarukas Showcase 7:30-8:30pm. $20/$10 student rush and children. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 10. Freestyle Frolic 7:30-11:45pm. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901. Third Saturday Contra Dance Party Third Saturday of every month, 7:30-10:30pm. $10/$5 full time students. Dances are taught, St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie. 473-7050. FAIRS & FESTIVALS Kingston Antique Show and Flea Market 10am-4pm. $5/children free. Andy Murphy Rec Center, Kingston. 657-8563. FILM Film Screening: Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery 4pm. $7-$10. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940. FOOD & WINE 1st Anniversary Open House & Tasting 2-6pm. Fruition Chocolate, Woodstock. 657-6717. Gardening for Butterflies and their Caterpillars 10am. Come for a program designed to share information that will help preserve these beloved insects. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781. LECTURES & TALKS Dia:Beacon Gallery Talk: Robert Hobbs on Robert Smithson 2-3pm. Robert Hobbs is an art historian and curator. Dia:Beacon, Beacon. 440-0100. LITERARY & BOOKS Poetry Event: Simon Winchester 2-3:30pm. Simon Winchester will read a selection of poems. Storm King Art Center, New Windsor. Info@stormkingartcenter.org. MUSIC August West 8-11pm. Grateful Dead tribute band. Uncle Willy’s Tavern, Kingston. The Compact 8pm. Modern rock. La Puerta Azul, Salt Point. 677-2985. Distinctive Debut: Francesca dePasquale, Violin 7pm. $25/$22 members. Oceanic Fantasy and other works for violin and piano. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181. Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo in Concert 8pm. $25. Two guitarists. Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh. 784-1199. Hudson Valley Philharmonic: Bernstein’s Kaddish 8pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.

JB3 Trio 7-10:30pm. Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor. 534-4227. Jim Weider’s PRoJECT PERCoLATOR 7pm. Rock. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Keith Newman 8pm. Acoustic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Parquet Courts 9pm. $15. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158. Phoebe Legere and Bon Appétit 8pm. $10. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. Salute to Africa! 8pm. $35-$50. South African jazz. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Slam Allen 9:30pm. Blues. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. SubSlab 8-11pm. Alt/Pop. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Uhadi 8pm. South African jazz. Fisher Center, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7914. Valerie Capers Quartet 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. THEATER A Life in a Day: Lucky Lindy 7:30-9pm. $20/$10 for patrons 21 and under. Kaliyuga Arts presents a side-splitting sideshow romp. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (800) 838-3006. Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. $25. Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Annie Baker. Tangent Theatre, Tivoli. 230-7020. Of Mice and Men 2pm. $10/$7 children. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. Parade 8pm. $20/$18 seniors. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES 17th Annual Garden Day 8:30am-4:15pm. $45/$40 in advance. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County daylong gardening experience. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 340-3990 ext. 355. Community Clay Day Third Saturday of every month, 1-3pm. $6. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 454-4525.

SUNDAY 17 DANCE Swing Dance 6-9pm. $12/$8 FT student. Dance to exciting music of La Familia Swingin’ Blues Band. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571. Swing Dance to Live Music 6:30-9pm. Hudson Valley Community Dances. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571. Naturalist Walk and Talk 10am. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781. LECTURES & TALKS Art in the World of Post-Capitalism 4-6pm. With artist Keiko Sono. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079. MUSIC The Blues Farm 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Boz Scaggs 7pm. UPAC, Kingston. 339-6088. The Candle and the Heart 1pm. $20/$10 children. A benefit concert for the Maya Gold Foundation. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869. Ed Palermo Big Band Does James Bond 7pm. Orchestral rock. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Fabulous Hackers 1-3:30pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Nasty Drew & That Harder Boy: The Mystery of the Family Jewels 7pm. A “queer and campy whodunit,” a co-production of GayHudson.com and BigGayHudsonValley.com. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. OUTDOORS & RECREATION Early Spring Wildflowers 10am-1pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919. THEATER Fiddler OFF the Roof 3pm. $45/$25. Michele Levin, piano; Paul Green, clarinet; Alex Richardson, tenor; Sarah McElravy, violin; Yehuda Hanani, cello. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040. Circle Mirror Transformation 3pm. $25. Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Annie Baker. Tangent Theatre, Tivoli. 230-7020.

A Life in a Day: Lucky Lindy 7:30-9pm. $20/$10 for patrons 21 and under. Kaliyuga Arts presents a side-splitting sideshow romp. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (800) 838-3006. Parade 2pm. $20/$18 seniors. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz.

MONDAY 18 LITERARY & BOOKS Poet Gold presents Poelodies: Poetry, Spoken Word, Melodies, & Song 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. MUSIC Matt Pavolka Band 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.

TUESDAY 19 BUSINESS & NETWORKING Path to Entrepreneurship Program 6-8:30pm. Think Dutchess Alliance for Business, Poughkeepsie. 363-6432. Free Community Holistic Healthcare Day Third Tuesday of every month, 4-8pm. Marbletown Community Center, stone ridge. Rvhhc.org/.

Neil “Nail” Alexander’s Electric Groove Factory 9pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Roots & Blues Sessions at The Falcon Underground 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

SPIRITUALITY A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. A study group with Alice Broner. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Lyme Wellness Workshop Series Third Wednesday of every month, 12-2pm. New Paltz Community Center, New Paltz. 255-3631.

THURSDAY 21 DANCE Bodyscripting Workshop 10:30am. Master Class by Tamar Rogoff and Gregg Mozgala. Dance Studio, Edward A. Diana Physical Education Building, SUNY Orange, Middletown. 341-4891.

FRIDAY 22 FILM The Birdcage 7:30pm. UPAC, Kingston. 339-6088. MUSIC Blues Happy Hour 7-10pm. Uncle Willy’s Tavern, Kingston. Cuboricua 7pm. Latin dance. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Drew Bordeaux 9:30pm. Classic rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Larry Newcomb Ensemble 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Move Music Festival More than 100 bands at 10 venues. Albany, Albany. Movemusicfest.com/. Rayland Baxter 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. OUTDOORS & RECREATION Earth Day Clean Up 10am-2pm. Clean the shoreline and remove invasive plants. Long Dock Park, Beacon. Scenichudson.org. THEATER A Life in a Day: Lucky Lindy 7:30-9pm. $20/$10 for patrons 21 and under. Kaliyuga Arts presents a side-splitting sideshow romp. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (800) 838-3006. Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. $25. Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Annie Baker. Tangent Theatre, Tivoli. 230-7020. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 8-10pm. $45/$40 seniors/$25 children under 18/$35 matinee. Raucous comedy Half Moon Theatre at the Culinary Institute of America’s Marriott Pavilion, Hyde Park, United States. 235-9885. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Poughkeepsie Community WealthBuilding Summit 8:30am-5pm. $100. Brining together community stakeholders to discuss and create a shared vision of economic development Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Communitywealthsummit.com/.

SATURDAY 23 TAP New York Craft Beer and Food Festival On Saturday, April 23, and Sunday, April 24, at Hunter Mountain, over 120 breweries are joining together at the largest craft beer and food event in New York State. Handcrafted beers are available from breweries such as Keegan Ales, Brewery Ommegang, Cave Mountain Brewing, the Flagship Brewing Company, Woodland Hop Farm & Fermentation, and many others. The event also includes cooking demonstrations, as well as a beer competition for the best beer and the best brewery in the state. Tickets range from $30 to $258. Tap-ny.com. LITERARY & BOOKS Open Mike 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. MUSIC Spring Vocal Studio Concert 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Nadia & Max Shepard Recital Hall, New Paltz. 257-2700.

WEDNESDAY 20 BUSINESS & NETWORKING New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce Presents Business Showcase 1-4:30pm. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. FILM Enter the Faun 6:45pm. Film screening and discussion with choreographer and lead dancer of a documentary on transformation through performance. Gilman Center at SUNY Orange, Middletown. 341-4891. HEALTH & WELLNESS Healthy Living for your Brain and Body: Tips from the Latest Research 10-11am. A free educational program by the Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter. Friends and Family Adult Day Program, Hyde Park. (800) 272-3900. KIDS & FAMILY Home School Day 9:30am-1:30pm. Designed to offer family learners age 3-12 the chance to participate in an array of activities. . Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org. LECTURES & TALKS Bernd Lintermann: Pushing the Limits of the Creative Process in Media Art 7pm. Free. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. Empac.rpi.edu. Tarot Wisdom Gathering 6:30-8pm. $10. Join us as we journey down the path of Tarot. Dreaming Goddess Sanctuary, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206. MUSIC Lise de la Salle, Piano 7:30pm. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945.

LECTURES & TALKS Markus Noisternig: Modern 3D Audio Technologies and the Relationship Between Sound and Space 4pm. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. Empac.rpi.edu. MUSIC Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones + Longleash 7:30pm. $6-$18. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. Empac.rpi.edu. Connor Kennedy & Minstrel’s 3rd Thursdays 7pm. Roots rock. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Jeremy Baum Trio 9pm. Blues. Dogwood, Beacon. 202-7500. Shana Falana 9pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. The Michael Goss Band 7:30pm. Texas blues. Uncle Willy’s Tavern, Kingston. Trio Mio 8-10:30pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. THEATER A Life in a Day: Lucky Lindy 7:30-9pm. $20/$10 for patrons 21 and under. Kaliyuga Arts presents a side-splitting sideshow romp. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (800) 838-3006. Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. $25. Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Annie Baker. Tangent Theatre, Tivoli. 230-7020. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Assemblage $400. 3-day workshop. The Gallery at R&F, Kingston. 331-3112. Loving the Earth: Healthy Cooking in Season 6-7:30pm. Hands-on cooking workshop. Adriance Memorial Library, Poughkeepsie. 214-1113. Solarize Northern Dutchess 7-8:30pm. Ready to go solar? Open to all in Dutchess County. Staatsburgh Library, Staatsburgh. 889-4683.

KIDS & FAMILY The Buzz about Bees 11am-noon. Join us for a special morning of family activities about bees and beekeeping. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. MUSIC 24-Hours Drone 3pm. An immersive, 24-hour event and all-encompassing communal, conceptual experience, 24-Hour Drone features musicians and sound artists experimenting within the spectrum of drone. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. (518) 822-1050. The Brighton Beat 9:30pm. Afrobeat, jazz & funk. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. The Clayton Bryant Band 8pm. Soul. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Eric Erickson 8pm. Acoustic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. The Jeremy Baum Trio 9pm. Blues. Keegan Ales, Kingston. 331-2739. John Mellencamp 7:30pm. $39.50-$115. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Marist Music: Harmony on the Hudson 7pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill 8pm. St Paul’s Hall, Red Hook. Move Music Festival More than 100 bands at 10 venues. Albany, Albany. Movemusicfest.com/. The New Bel Canto Trio 8pm. $22. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf. 610-5900. Sax Life 8pm. $10. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. Soul City Motown Revue 8:30-11:30pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience $50. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388. Terry Reid and the Cosmic American Derelicts 7pm. Rock and soul. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Storm King School Information Session 10am. Storm King School, Cornwall-OnHudson. 534-9860 ext. 210. OUTDOORS & RECREATION NXT Live presented by WWE 7:30pm. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800.

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Skyscape Series: Lyrid Meteor Shower 7-8pm. $5/members free. Exploration of the night sky. Ages 6+. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872 ext. 105. SPIRITUALITY Hudson Valley Psychic Saturday Meetup 3pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Women’s Full Moon Gathering 7pm. $10 exchange. Dreaming Goddess Sanctuary, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206. THEATER A Life in a Day: Lucky Lindy 7:30-9pm. $20/$10 for patrons 21 and under. Kaliyuga Arts presents a side-splitting sideshow romp. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (800) 838-3006. Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. $25. Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Annie Baker. Tangent Theatre, Tivoli. 230-7020. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 8-10pm. $45/$40 seniors/$25 children under 18/$35 matinee. Raucous comedy Half Moon Theatre at the Culinary Institute of America’s Marriott Pavilion, Hyde Park, United States. 235-9885. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Intro to Small Metals: Chain Making for Jewelers 9am-4pm. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550. Stitch and Sip: Beading on Fabric 4-6pm. $25/$20 members. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872 ext. 105.

Youth Theater Workshop 12-4pm. With New Genesis Productions Kleinert/ James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.

MONDAY 25 LITERARY & BOOKS Poet Gold presents Poelodies: Poetry, Spoken Word, Melodies, & Song 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. MUSIC Joseph 8pm. Sister trio plays folk rock harmonies. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Karl Berger Project 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Community Solar Information Workshop 7-9pm. Solarize Saugerties. Meet installers, ask questions. Saugerties Senior Center, Saugerties.

TUESDAY 26 MUSIC Symphonic Band Concert 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.

The Fight Against the Opioid and Heroin Crisis 6-8pm. Ulster BOCES, New Paltz. MUSIC Breakfast for the Boys 9pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Chrissi Poland CD Release 7pm. Indie ballads. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Jeremy Baum Trio 9pm. Blues. Dogwood, Beacon. 202-7500. Matinees and Music: Sinatra and Friends 2pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Music Therapy Ensemble 7pm. $8/$6/$3. Graduate students demonstrate their improvisational and performance skills in an enthusiastic evening of music. Nadia & Max Shepard Recital Hall, New Paltz. 257-2700. THEATER Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. $25. Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Annie Baker. Tangent Theatre, Tivoli. 230-7020.

SUNDAY 24 LITERARY & BOOKS Poet Roger Roloff presents Heartwood 4pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. MUSIC 24-Hours Drone An immersive, 24-hour event and allencompassing communal, conceptual experience, 24-Hour Drone features musicians and sound artists experimenting within the spectrum of drone. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. (518) 822-1050. The Collegium Musicum 3pm. $8/$6/$3. Nadia & Max Shepard Recital Hall, New Paltz. 257-2700. David Kraai & Amy Laber 2-5pm. Country folk music. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384. Marist Music: Harmony on the Hudson 3pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Mazzstock Allstars 7pm. Rock. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Move Music Festival More than 100 bands at 10 venues. Albany, Albany. Movemusicfest.com/. The Saints of Swing 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Sean Rowe 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Unsung Heroes: Songs of Our Elder Farmers 3-6pm. Join SageArts and the Rondout Valley Growers for a performance of songs by local songwriters. Rondout Valley High School, Stone Ridge. 687-2400. OUTDOORS & RECREATION Early Spring Wildflowers 10am-1pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919. Kiwanis Kingston Classic 5 different distances - Mile, 5K, 10K, Half and Marathon. Dietz Stadium, Kingston. Hitsrunning. com/kiwanis-kingston-classic. THEATER A Life in a Day: Lucky Lindy 2-3:30pm. $20/$10 for patrons 21 and under. Kaliyuga Arts presents a side-splitting sideshow romp. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (800) 838-3006. Circle Mirror Transformation 3pm. $25. Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Annie Baker. Tangent Theatre, Tivoli. 230-7020. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 8-10pm. $45/$40 seniors/$25 children under 18/$35 matinee. Raucous comedy Half Moon Theatre at the Culinary Institute of America’s Marriott Pavilion, Hyde Park, United States. 235-9885. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES 3D Paper Olana Model Making 10am-noon. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872 ext. 105.

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Author Jon Katz talking with a fan at the Woodstock Writers Festival. Photo by Dion Ogust.

Woodstock Writers Festival Now in its seventh year, the Woodstock Writers Festival takes place from Thursday, April 7, through Sunday, April 10 at multiple locations in Woodstock. This event hosts one-day intensives, such as Lynn Johnston’s workshop “So You Want to Get Published” and Gail Straub’s “Life Story’s Two Essential Partners.” The festival also hosts a story slam, parties, and various panels, featuring authors like Nancy Jo Sales, Robert Burke Warren, Barbara Bash, Martha Frankel, Beverly Donofrio, and more. Woodstockwritersfestival.com. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Spring Art Camp 9am-3pm. $190/$350 for two. Ages 4 1/2-12. Omi International Arts Center: Education Omi, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.

WEDNESDAY 27 KIDS & FAMILY Art in the Morning for Preschoolers: Land & Found Objects as Canvas 10am-noon. $10/child. Come anytime within the 2-hour block, and add a hike and a picnic lunch. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872 ext.105. Treehouse Shakers’s Under the Tangle 10am. Mahawie Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100. MUSIC Neil “Nail” Alexander’s Electric Groove Factory 9pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. SPIRITUALITY A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. A study group with Alice Broner. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES 3-Day Intensive Workshop $400. Allows participants an immersive and thorough exploration of R&F Encaustic and Pigment Sticks. The Gallery at R&F, Kingston. 331-3112.

THURSDAY 28 BUSINESS & NETWORKING Path to Entrepreneurship Program 6-8:30pm. The Accelerator, New Windsor. 363-6432. HEALTH & WELLNESS Infinity Healing Immersion Activations 7-9pm. Focus on and learn Infinity Activations, mantra-like statements that can move and clear energy. Private Residence, New Paltz. Holistichealthcommunity@gmail.com.

FRIDAY 29 COMEDY Kevin James 7pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088. DANCE Swing Dance 8-11:30pm. $15/$10 FT student. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571. MUSIC Blues Happy Hour 7-10pm. Uncle Willy’s Tavern, Kingston. Keith Newman 8pm. Acoustic. The Publik House, Ellenville. Thepublikhouseny.com. OUTDOORS & RECREATION Create Your Legacy: Unearth Your Luscious Legend 5pm. $635 Access your soul’s intuitive intelligence through nature’s wisdom Weekendlong retreat Garrison Institute, Garrison. (914) 659-2219. Toddlers on the Trail: Signs of Spring 10am-noon. Explore blooming fields and the forest floor. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919. THEATER Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. $25. Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Annie Baker. Tangent Theatre, Tivoli. 230-7020. Aunt Nona 7:30-8:45pm. $15/$10 for patrons 21 and under. Stand-up, improv, and storytelling. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818. Chicago The Musical 7:30-10:30pm. $20/$14 students and seniors/$12 families/groups. Taconic Hills Central School, Craryville. (518) 758-1648.

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 8-10pm. $45/$40 seniors/$25 children under 18/$35 matinee. Raucous comedy Half Moon Theatre at the Culinary Institute of America’s Marriott Pavilion, Hyde Park, United States. 235-9885.

SATURDAY 30 BUSINESS & NETWORKING 5th Annual Anti-Bullying Walkathon 8:30am-noon. Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 471-7213. DANCE Juerga Flamenca 7:30pm. $75. Food, dance and music: Flamenco Party with Carlota Santana & the Flamenco Vivo Company. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 2 or 10. Newburgh Open Movement 1:30-4:30pm. Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh. 563-3600. FAIRS & FESTIVALS 26th Annual Beltane Festival 12-7pm. Music begins at 1pm; procession and May Pageant begin at 4pm; the festivities of Music and Magical Entertainments will continue until 7pm. Center For Symbolic Studies, New Paltz. 658-8540. LITERARY & BOOKS Laura Ludwig Presents Poetry and Performance Art 6:30pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. MUSIC The B Boyz 9-11:30pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. The Bar Spies 8pm. Modern rock. Newburgh Brewing Company, Newburgh. 561-2327. Bernard “Pretty” Purdie & Friends 7pm. Funk rock. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Charlie Albright, Piano 4pm. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. James Keelaghan 7:30pm. $20/$18. Canadian singersongwriter. Empire State Railway Museum, Phoenicia. 688-9453. Joe Ferry & The Big Ska Band 8pm. Ska. CD release party. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. The Met: Live in HD Strauss’s Elektra 1pm. $18-$25. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040. The Met: Live in HD Strauss’s Elektra 1pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine 8pm. $15. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. The Royal Bopsters 7:30pm. $45/$35. Blues and jazz. Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock. Jazzstock.com. OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Byrdcliffe Fashion Night 5:30-7:30pm. $75/$50. Annual fashion show featuring area stores and boutiques. Byrdcliffe Barn, Woodstock. 845.679.2079. OUTDOORS & RECREATION Earth Day Celebration and Annual Hike-A-Thon 10am-3pm. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781. Rock The Ridge 6am. Rock The Ridge is a 50-mile endurance challenge and environmental fundraiser set in the natural beauty of Mohonk Preserve. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919. SPIRITUALITY Spiritual Arts and Consciouness Fair 10am-4pm. $5. Complementary health practitioners. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, New Windsor. 978-5620. THEATER Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. $25. Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Annie Baker. Tangent Theatre, Tivoli. 230-7020. Aunt Nona 7:30-8:45pm. $15/$10 for patrons 21 and under. Stand-up, improv, and storytelling. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818. Chicago The Musical 7:30-10:30pm. $20/$14 students and seniors/$12 families/groups. Taconic Hills Central School, Craryville. (518) 758-1648. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 8-10pm. $45/$40 seniors/$25 children under 18/$35 matinee. Raucous comedy Half Moon Theatre at the Culinary Institute of America’s Marriott Pavilion, Hyde Park,. 235-9885. Bird Language Workshop 6am-noon. $75. Wild Earth, New Paltz. 256-9830.

STORYTELLING WOODSTOCK STORY FESTIVAL

The Tales We Tell

Clockwise from top left: Shelly Stockwell-Nicholas; David Gonzalez; Lewis Mehl-Madrona; Peter Blum.

“Story is the default setting of the brain,” says Peter Blum, a Woodstock-based hypnotherapist and sound healer. “It takes less energy to generate a story than it does to meditate.” Blum is the founder of the Woodstock Story Festival, which will celebrate stories in the arts, education, therapy, business, mythology, and medicine April 30 through May 1 at Mountain View Studio in Woodstock. “Story is all there is. It is the thread that holds our worlds and our perceptual reality together,” says Blum. We come to know ourselves and others through stories, as well as our culture, our minds, and our own inner worlds. Stories are the vehicle through which consciousness expresses and learns to understand itself. Everywhere we go, we carry with us clouds of words, thoughts, ideas, impressions, perceptions, and memories. We are walking databases of stories. According to Lewis Mehl-Madrona, author of Remapping Your Mind, this swarm of stories is referred to as the nagy in the Lakota tradition. The nagy consists of every story we have ever heard, told, or are enacting as we move through our lives. Mehl-Madrona suggests that stories are at the root of illness—our biological story about how we are living creatures who eventually grow weak and die is one of our core stories. He writes, “Within medicine, narrative reminds us that illness is always caught up in stories involving families, jobs, cultures, and meanings and is not limited to the simply biological rendering, which we call ‘the natural history of the disease.’” This is why mantras and storytelling are so powerful. By using the voice, the speaker and listener are healed at a deeper level through sound—which repatterns the neural pathways in the brain, similar to how brainwave entrainment, a method

of stimulating the brain through sound frequency or light to bring about a certain mental state, works. Along with Mehl-Madrona, other talespinners at the Woodstock Story Festival include David Gonzalez, a storyteller and writer, performing MytholoJazz—featuring the classic Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice set to scat jazz. Elizabeth Cunningham, author of The Maeve Chronicles, will be sharing storytelling insights and a guided meditation designed to inspire listeners to reimagine their own lives. Local resident Gioia Timpanelli, a writer and a major influence in the worldwide revival of storytelling, also joins the event. For Timpanelli, stories are all about the awakening of consciousness. “To tell a story creates a field of images for the imagination to express what we feel and think individually and communally. By being present, the story touches the level of experience in each participant (including the teller) and allows for a lively exchange. All kinds of possibilities appear just because the story is told,” she states. The festival aims to attract anyone who feels the power of storytelling, as well as teachers, educators, psychologists, and therapists. Blum sees endless opportunities for this festival—with the possibility of making it an annual occurrence across multiple venues along with a potential evening of traditional outdoor storytelling underneath the night sky near a campfire. The Woodstock Story Festival takes place at the Mountain View Studio in Woodstock from 1pm to 9pm on Saturday, April 30, and from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, May 1. Tickets are $150 for both days and $95 for one day. Woodstockstoryfestival.com —Diana Waldron 4/16 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 97

Planet Waves ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO

BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO

What’s That Sound? Uranus Meets Eris in Aries

here is an astrological event brewing that happens this spring for the first time since 1925: a conjunction of two slow-moving outer planets called Uranus and Eris. You may recall that Eris became famous in 2006 when it precipitated the redefinition of a planet, leading to the “demotion” of Pluto. What is so exciting is that because Eris was discovered just 11 years ago, we will experience this conjunction with full awareness for the first time in human history. We’ve seen the Uranus-Eris conjunction coming for years; and the association between what these planets represent, and how society is changing, seems pretty clear if you know what to look for. Yet before we dive into a distinctly modern astrological technique of assessing an outer-planet event for the entire culture and for each of us as individuals, I would like to start with a point of history. By 1965, the birth contractions of what would become “the Sixties” were already happening. I use 1965 as a reference point since it’s the year of an astrological event associated with everything that happened in that era—the most potent conjunction prior to what we’re experiencing now. In August 1963, for example, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom announced a new phase in the civil rights struggle that began in the mid-1950s. That was where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech before an in-person audience of about 250,000 people, most of them African American. Later in 1963, a young John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Just 12 weeks later, the Beatles arrived in New York, creating a sensation like the world had never seen. The Free Speech movement erupted in Berkeley. By summer 1964, the Vietnam War was officially under way when Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. These things were, of course, just the beginning. Everything was changing, and was changing fast, and going in directions that nobody could predict. The pace of unprecedented events would accelerate clear through the murders of MLK and Robert Kennedy, the election of Richard Nixon in 1968, and 98 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM 4/16

his resignation in 1973. Woodstock, widespread use of LSD, the Moon landing, the shootings at Kent State University, national campus protests, the first flight of the 747 and the Concorde, revelations and leaps forward in all of the arts, in literature, in technology, and in religion: The Sixties were a distinct, strange, tragic, wild and beautiful time, comparable to nothing before them. Most astrologers who are working today know that there was a rare planetary event associated with the Sixties, called the Uranus-Pluto conjunction. It happens less than once per century, and the event of 1965 and 1966 took place in Virgo. Both Pluto and Uranus had been discovered by the time, and their positions were available to anyone who sought out the information. Uranus was discovered in 1781 and Pluto was discovered in 1930. They were hardly late-breaking news in 1965, the first-ever known conjunction between them. I’ve always wondered whether astrologers who were working in the 1960s had any idea that the conjunction was happening, and if they were, whether they worked with it consciously. I had my doubts. The person to ask was Robert Hand. Many people know of Rob from his most famous book, Planets in Transit. Having accomplished many things since that writing, including earning a PhD in the history of astrology (at the Catholic University of America, of all places) and co-founding what is today a full-on classical astrology revival, Rob is considered the dean of American astrology. So I called him in late March to find out whether the astrology profession was aware of Uranus conjunct Pluto while it was happening. He said he started attending astrology groups in 1962, and that people were not talking about it. There were no books about Pluto available in English (one had been written in German but was not translated till the 1970s; a pamphlet came out in the late 1970s and the first book in English finally came out in the early 1980s). So people didn’t have a lot of information to work with and felt they didn’t really grasp it. Of course, all they needed to do was to look at the world. You know, step away from the desk and take in all that was going down, then look back at the chart for something similarly unprecedented. But it wasn’t until after the

conjunction was over and the Sixties had already had their impact that anyone really made the connection. We might ask why it would have mattered. I think it’s useful to seek an understanding of astrology while it’s happening (we do a lot of it in this column). The job of astrologers is to guide people to expanded awareness, and to help point out opportunities. That often means living out the astrology in real time with full awareness. Astrology can help us understand themes as well as point to potential places for growth. I don’t know if the Sixties would have been any different had astrologers understood what was happening. What I do know is that today, we are approaching an event of even greater proportions. Planets seem to gain influence by moving more slowly. It takes Eris more than twice as long to orbit the Sun than Pluto does. Yet it makes more sense to say that we live in times that are described perfectly by the known themes of Eris—chaos and discord, to name two of the more obvious (but surface layer) ones. This is a special kind of chaos, however, coming partly from within ourselves and energized by our environment. One somewhat humorous contrast between the Sixties and today is that the Sixties were about boldly finding out who you were at any cost. Today, we practice a kind of cultivated cluelessness about identity, leading to some real difficulty with any notion of “I am” that to me is very much reflective of Eris in Aries as a psychological factor. Then there is the subversive quality of Eris. It seems the only way to get anything done these days is either to spend millions of dollars or to go underground, or to hack the system in some way and subvert the dominant paradigm. There is no such thing as legitimate anymore. If there is, it’s not particularly useful. Today, rules are made to be violated. Yet there’s much more than that. The world seems to be seething on the edge of a boiling point, or a critical-mass point. Anger is building, for example, visible as rage and violence at Donald Trump rallies. Billionaires are born daily while most people struggle to make ends meet. People are starting to figure out that they’re getting ripped off, and are done holding their anger inside. Black Lives Matter has emerged in response to what can be described as a prolonged, state-sponsored killing spree of young, unarmed black men. Bernie Sanders has demonstrated that there is an equally vital well of idealism and goodwill in the American psyche. Many of us have been fretting over the Citizens’ United ruling of the Supreme Court, which granted corporations unlimited rights to donate money to political causes. Yet all the billionaires in the land have not been able to match the millions of $25 donations arriving from Sanders supporters. If nothing else, Bernie is proving one thing: You don’t need a super PAC to wage an expensive presidential campaign. The money is flowing up to Bernie, not down to him. This is not the same as an authentic grassroots movement, but it’s a lot closer than the Koch brothers writing million-dollar checks. The Sanders campaign and the Trump campaign have two things in common. One is that they are based on populist movements. The other is that they are both subverting the power structure of the mainstream political parties. Today the Republicans who sold their souls to the Tea Party are considered the old guard. That’s funny, but it’s rendered hilarious because they are struggling to contain the very monster that they unleashed. They are scrambling to get a grip; for example, devoting an entire edition of the über conservative National Review to the topic of how to deal with Trump. How quaint is that? It’s the modern equivalent of bringing a knife to a gunfight: responding to something driven by the Internet with some well-proofread, neatly typeset magazine articles. Who even knew? Which leads me to another key point of the current zeitgeist: Nobody seems to have a gosh-darned clue what’s going on. Nobody seems to understand the

Internet, especially the people who claim to be the experts. By far the very most clueless-to-the-point-of-vertigo people I’ve ever met, when it comes to the Internet, are Internet marketing specialists. Save yourself the $1,500 retainer fee most of them charge, take your kid out to get ice cream, and go over any questions you have. If we look to Uranus-Eris for some guidance, the place the Internet has had its greatest impact is on self-concept. Our entire notion of what it means to be a self has been run through the digital blender. The most pressing question about the Internet is not what it is, or how it works, but what it’s made people into. Every definition of self and relationship has changed radically in the 20 years we’ve been living with the commercial ’net, and in the seven or so years since nearly everyone has felt compelled to have a “smart” phone running their life. You might think Twitter is ridiculous, but you might ask yourself how much longer than 140 characters your attention span really holds up. What was the last book you read? How much of it do you remember? The Uranus-Eris conjunction seems balanced on a delicate edge. To one side is a raging ocean of narcissism and superficiality. It’s as if the glow of the iPhone or Android screen is a glamor (in the original sense, a kind of spell) that draws people in, charming them into submission, never to let them go. Uranus, representing groups and technology, will likely drive this even further. To the other side is a potential wave of awakening, of self-awareness, of seeking individuation. The force of Eris that seems to be provoking identity chaos can also have a kind of homeopathic effect of precipitating self-actualization. Uranus, which also represents a kind of shocking, revolutionary inner awareness, can also bring in large groups of people working with similar ideas. The thing missing seems to be a central organizing principle. Amidst all the chaos and mixed emotions, it’s not easy to find the golden thread. I have an idea what it is. Before Uranus makes its first conjunction to Eris in Aries on June 9, something else happens involving Aries: Mars stations retrograde. Every two years, the Earth passes between Mars and the Sun, which makes Mars appear to move backward through the zodiac. I will open this subject here and continue in the May column; though let’s say that Mars retrograde will provide, I think, an excellent point of focus. Mars will begin its retrograde in spiritually centered Sagittarius, and end the retrograde in sexually and emotionally focused Scorpio. It will do this between April 17 and June 29. Here’s my idea of the golden thread: What you think of as spiritual is really about sex. This is not my original idea, but I could easily claim it, since nobody seems to remember. Carl Jung suggested this; Wilhelm Reich wrote his most important book about it. The mystical longing (as Reich called it) is the direct product of sexual frustration. Spirituality (especially in its more persistent, purist, politically correct form) is the product of the sex drive. What, exactly, could be more spiritual than the very thing that creates new life? The problem is that the corporate owner of God has deemed sex in nearly every form a sin, guaranteeing itself nearly perpetual business (along with a child sex trafficking business that has cost the Church more than $3 billion dollars in damages payouts). Mars retrograde will do something inherently tantric: It will seek the underlying sexual nature of all existence. Between April 18 and June 28, Mars will swim upstream from Sagittarius, seeking to spawn in the headwaters of its own sign, Scorpio. Borrowing a line from Bono, religion stole sex from us—and now it’s time for us to steal it back.

What you think of as spiritual is really about sex. The mystical longing (as Wilhelm Reich called it) is the direct product of sexual frustration.

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You’re bestowed with more energy than you know what to do with. Yet the planets are encouraging you to do something not so characteristic of your sign: Pace yourself, move methodically, and take the long view. You’re onto something unusual, with a bit of extra potential. Yet your path to success looks like it will require you to revise your plan several times, including the financial end. Keep in mind that you’re not sprinting but rather running a marathon, one whose course is not exactly set at this point. As you take the journey of the next year or two, you’ll become a distinctly different person from who you are today. The greatest points of potential emerge where you encounter any seeming obstacle, diversion or reversal. That’s where the real power is contained. To tap that power effectively, you’ll want to be moving slowly and with conscious intention. The challenge here is that you are likely to be feeling driven and ambitious, which for you translates to the desire for speed. Instead, work for mindfulness and efficiency. Most important, focus on who you are becoming as much as on what you’re doing, making or reaching for. When all is said and done, that’s the single most important factor in the equation of your life: who you are becoming, in the present, now.

TAURUS (April 19-May 20) You seem to be jumping with anticipation, as if everything is about to happen all at once. You might feel that way, though I suggest you take events one at a time, just like you would move one piece at a time in a game of chess. Most of the pressure you’re feeling is coming from inside you rather than from some external source. For some, this may feel like living on the verge of a panic attack, and for others, tapping into a deep source of inspiration. One thing I suggest is that you keep your attention as inwardly focused as you can. There’s nothing as interesting in the outer world as what you have going on in your inner world. The great stage of your mind is teaching you everything you need to know; yet at the same time you have the ability to express your most intimate ideas to others. You’re learning to do what most people never figure out, which is how to articulate what really matters to you. The more you figure out what that is, the clearer you’ll be able to express yourself, and I suggest that you not hold back. Speak up about what you care about. Be open about who you care for, and why. Consciously break the taboo of revealing your actual personal truth, and feel the rare strength that offers you.

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Whatever you may be doing, you have the ability to reach many people this month. What’s more is that you get to be unusually bold about your ideas. Generally society requires people to mince their words and blend them with mayonnaise to ensure public acceptability. You have the opposite effect going on. You will gain traction by presenting your actual concepts, even if they seem radical or like you’re way ahead of your time (which is likely to be true). A window to the future is opening up, and it will stay open long enough for you to make your mark. I would, however, recommend that you follow what I call the American law of success: You can do anything you want, as long as you do it well. Based on that social contract, refinement counts. Quality counts, and so does being thorough. Presentation is essential. If you want to violate cultural taboos, or push the edge, it helps immensely to be polished and manicured. When dealing with business people, have your numbers in order. When addressing editors, make sure everything is already fact-checked and proofread before you turn it in. When working with art directors, present them with two or three options. Above all, be polite, pay attention, and listen. You can pull off some wild, unusual coup this month, as long as you’re smooth and well organized.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) This is a take-charge moment for you. No doubt you’ve been feeling this as unusual confidence. You can feel your own presence in the world, so it’s not surprising that others feel your presence as well. The usual glass ceiling has opened up into a skylight. You are visible and people are taking notice of both how you look and what you have to say. This combination of factors is often the formula for success. I would suggest one thing, which is that if you want to be a revolutionary, you must mind your politics. Live as if every word you’re saying is being recorded. Understand who has influence and why. Know the difference between formal leadership (the boss, for example) and informal leadership (the executive assistant who can make anything happen) and work with that distinction. All in all, remember the human dimension of everything. Slow down and make contact with people, one at a time. Learn the names of everyone you work with and pay attention to how they feel. This would usually come naturally to one born under the sign of mothering, but right now your solar chart suggests you’re more like big daddy. So make sure you draw reserves from your feminine side and take the time to express genuine caring, even as you set out to achieve bold and beautiful things like never before.

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LEO (July 22-August 23) You have a future. That’s a big deal right now, with the world living like there’s no tomorrow. While it’s not a good idea to obsess over the future or to treat it as your only resource, you will live more confidently in the present moment if you know you have time, space, and potential ahead of you. Think of this message as: Take your time rather than waste time. Taking your time means using time well. One particular angle of your chart is trying to get your attention, which is the house that addresses the themes of creativity, pleasure, and risk. It seems as if there is something you want to experiment with or explore, yet you don’t know whether to dive in or to hesitate. If this involves something you could call purely creative—that is, some form of expression with few possible consequences—you risk nothing by diving in. If there are some actual, potential consequences, which you must risk in order to succeed, then consider the worst-case scenario. What could go wrong and what are the chances that it will? How can you mitigate those potential effects? Then ask yourself if it’s worth taking that risk to achieve what you want to do. Once you decide to proceed, skip all the hesitating and get on with the show.

VIRGO (August 23-September 23) You are one of the lucky ones. Remember that all the time. You have resources available to you that most people don’t even dream of, which include actual, practical intelligence, the ability to solve problems, and, right now, the potential to understand where anyone is coming from. That particular one, above all else, is your greatest asset at this time. You do not need to be mystified by the people around you, or the ones you meet. The first thing is to notice how you feel around anyone you encounter. That will tell you almost all you need to know, though if you listen you will learn more. If you’re paying attention you will hear people describe or admit to everything that really matters; notice what you learn the first hour. You can learn through these experiences that it doesn’t help to search for your completion in other people. The more you recognize the differences between you and others, the more interested you’ll be in living as your own distinct person, in your own way. Relationships have their place, though the way to find it is to live more independently of them for a while. When you show up feeling like a whole person, which takes practice, you can have a lot more confidence in yourself and in the situations you manifest. Once again, the time is right.

LIBRA (September 22-October 23) Instead of wishing that life was not so confrontational, you might consider rising to the occasion. This will be easier than you think, especially if you consider that you’re playing for the same team as most of the people around you. Rather than invoking an “us and them” kind of response, you might consider everyone “us” and see how that works. What might seem strange is how self-focused people around you are, up to the point where many ordinary aspects of life can seem competitive. One reason people choose to play this kind of game is because it’s more fun, or seems so. Who really wants to play softball if one team doesn’t get to win? Yet few people understand the nature of cooperative games. I would propose that the most significant game going on in your environment (mental and physical) is about figuring out who you are, and understanding your identity, without the need to resort to any form of aggressive confrontation. You would be the likely person in your environment to offer that idea through your example. Some people may understand this one if you offer it in theory, though figuring out and demonstrating what Germaine Greer called “the trick of cooperation” will work a lot better. Note that this would involve cooperating even with people you don’t like; but that’s the whole point, isn’t it?

SCORPIO (October 23-November 22) Mars, the classical planet associated with Scorpio, stations retrograde later this month. This focuses questions of attachment, jealousy, and, most notably, your relationship to money. Mars will retrograde into your sign, where it will spend all of June and July. So this is less about figuring out things and more about gaining an understanding of who you are in relationship to those things. The bottom line seems to be about identifying what you actually need, and then learning how to say that out loud. On the deepest level this is an emotional question. We’re really talking about how you feel and how you relate to what you feel, and about a grouping of themes related to survival. It’s possible to play out all kinds of root-chakra dramas and burn up a lot of energy. It’s also possible to seek authentic understanding of your most basic requirements for living, make peace with them, and learn to speak in language that other people understand. Yet this requires the intent of being understood, and the willingness to receive. How do you get there? I would say that generosity would teach you plenty. Do you really need to hold on so tight? Learn to share what you feel and what you have, and soon enough it will seem normal—as will the feeling of being understood.

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Spiral Line, Donald Alter, mixed media, 18” x 24”, 2015

Parting Shot Donald Alter is one of few remaining people still alive who attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina, the experimental art school founded in 1933. Black Mountain served as a safe haven during and after World War II for refugee-artists seeking a creative atmosphere and incubated such talents as Buckminster Fuller, Robert Creeley, Arthur Penn, and John Cage. Alter enrolled in 1948 and studied painting with German artist Josef Albers. Alter moved to New York City in the 1950s, where he worked as a textile designer for 40 years. At 65, he left the commercial art world and returned to painting, retiring to the Hudson Valley.

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Alter’s work is largely characterized by bright colors, sharp angles, and layered lines that deepen in complexity. Recently, instead of using canvas, he started created whimsical “doodle” paintings overlaying the Sunday Styles section of the New York Times. He claims this artistic stance helps him access his inner caveman—the desire to leave traces of his work on different surfaces—like cave paintings. Donald Alter’s work will be on display at Gallery 66 in Cold Spring from April 1 through May 1. An opening reception will be held on Friday, April 1, from 6 to 9pm. (845) 809-5838; Gallery66ny.com. —Diana Waldron

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