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82 THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF LAID BACK: TIVOLI, RED HOOK, & RHINEBECK
Clark Art Institute’s new exhibit “Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900” opens June 9.
Northwestern Dutchess County is excruciatingly lovely. Elegant, creative, and casual
20 WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING Fake art, leprosy’s contested origin, the internet’s carbon footprint, and other juicy tidbits.
23 BEINHART’S BODY POLITIC: ODE TO SUMMER Beinhart jumps easily between the political and the domestic in this playful poem.
ART OF BUSINESS 26 SILICON HUDSON VALLEY
these towns offer a bevy of cute boutiques, innovative cuisine, and cutting-edge art.
FOOD & DRINK 78 ELEVATED CLASSIC: DUTCH ALE HOUSE
a new lease on life.
With the arrival of accelerator giant Grand Central Tech this summer, the Hudson Valley
WHOLE LIVING
tech industry is beginning to earn deeper credibility as a formidable ecosystem.
94 CAN NEW YORK PULL OFF SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE?
HOME & GARDEN 28 ON THE COLONIAL HIGHROAD
Cocorau founder Konstanze Zeller rejuvenates a stone Colonial in Marbletown. Plus: Tips on curb appeal from Westwood Metes & Bounds Realty.
41 WEEDS WITH LAURA WYETH: KNOTWEED, THE DREADED MARVEL
Renovated and reconceived, the beloved Saugerties institution Dutch Ale House gets
Part II of our series on weeds: Dealing with relentless knotweed.
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With 31 co-sponsors and a 63-seat senate, New York Health Act, first proposed in 1991, may finally have a chance at passing, giving New York universal healthcare.
COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE 81 TASTINGS
A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it.
92 BUSINESS DIRECTORY
A compendium of advertiser services.
96 WHOLE LIVING Opportunities to nurture mind, body, and soul.
June 28 – August 19, 2018
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76 POETRY Poems by Dawn Breeze, dez, Sophie Jennis, Donald Lev, Jim Lichtenberg,
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Matthew Linton, Chuck Mishkin, Joniel Morales, Kathy Z. Price, Miriam Rose,
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and John Sullivan. Edited by Phillip X. Levine.
Dance into summer with shows at SPAC, Jacob’s Pillow, and Lumberyard. Theater highlights include Williamstown Theater Fest and Shakespeare and Co. Art exhibits shine at T Space, Opus 40, Art Omi, and Storm King Art Center.
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Crafts fairs abound such as Hullabaloo Summer Fair and In the Mkng.
100 DAILY CALENDAR
Fairs & Festivals range from the Hot Air Balloon Festival to the Take Care Fair.
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68 GALLERY & MUSEUM GUIDE 72 MUSIC
Nightlife Highlights include Boss Hog, Party Knüllers with Jaimie Branch, Mountain Jam, The Dickies/The Queers, and I’m Your Man: An Evening of Leonard Cohen, a tribute show by Robert Burke Warren & Friends. Mike Campbell reviews Born Wired by Mark Marshall. Jason Broom reviews Strangers by Michael Bernier and Ritchie DeCarlo. Jeremy Schwartz reviews 20 Years of Nothing to Show for It by The Erotics.
Comprehensive listings of local events. (Updated daily at Chronogram.com.)
99 See Joe Squillante’s agricultural photographs in the “Hudson Heritage” exhibit. 101 Garrison commemorates the filming of Hello, Dolly! with a five-month festival. 103 Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival sails into its 40th year June 16-17. 105 “The Art of War,” a new exhibit at the FDR estate, compiles iconic wartime posters. 107 On June 9-10, go behind the scenes with artists in the Gardiner Open Studio Tour. 109 Two men with opposing outlooks are stranded on an icy mountain in the play “K2.” 111 A celebration of arts, culture, and small business, Newburgh Illuminated returns. 113 Eat, drink, and be merry at Stormville Aiprort’s Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival.
74 BOOKS
Six literary picks for June, ranging from Martian sci-fi to a gardening primer. James Conrad reviews James Wood’s second novel, Upstate, a fictional tale set in colonial Saratoga about a father, his daughter, and her psychological demons.
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120 PARTING SHOT
In his new book Them, Sean Hemmerle captures portraits of civilians in war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan.
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n the late 19th century, women began chipping away at the glass ceiling of the mainstream art world. “Women realized that they couldn’t stay in their own separate sphere if they wanted to be considered serious artists and make a living,” says Alexis Goodin, curatorial research associate at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Female artists began vying for their work to be shown alongside their male counterparts, their dogged efforts ultimately catalyzing the female art renaissance of late 19th-century Paris. “At the time, Paris was the most important place in the western world to train [in painting],” says Laurence Madeline, curator of the “Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900” exhibit, which opens at Clark Art Institute on June 9. Paris offered private studios with professors who were willing to teach women—a rarity at the time. “The museums and all the exhibition places (salons) also afforded the opportunity to view a large range of art, from past works to contemporary,” Madeline says. As such, Paris was a gathering place, and young and striving artists gathered like moths to a flame to learn, converse, and grow their careers alongside like-minded peers. “Paris was the center of the art world, and, despite restrictions, there were many opportunities for women artists to train,” Madeline says. “Women formed female networks and supported new organizations, such as the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors, which advocated for women artists and opened up a new exhibition venue,” Madeline says. Women did all they could to both work alongside and emulate their male counterparts. In terms of style and subject, Madeline says that “women artists painted many of the same subjects as their male peers, but approached the subject from a different perspective.” All throughout, women fought for their work to be shown alongside men’s and for their paintings judged on merit, not gender. The cover artwork, Echo, is by Finish expressionist Ellen Thesleff, who moved to Paris in 1891 to join the movement after studying drawing in her home country. She was inspired by the many great painters producing in France at the time. “She obviously studied Eugène Carrière and Whistler,” Madeline says. “She saw Manet and the Impressionists and certainly naturalist painters like Jules Bastien-Lepage, who was very important at that time.” Despite the conservative nature of the Paris art scene at the time, Thesleff, like her female contemporaries, was able to break into the art world. “Like any artist, [she was driven] by the need to create, whatever the conditions.” Madeline describes Echo as a symbolist work. “There are several meanings to this painting,” Madeline says. “First, the scream of a very young girl in the country. Behind that, the discovery of the nature, of the ‘me,’ of one’s position in the world—being part of it—and the power that can have on this world.” “Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900” will be exhibited from June 9 through September 3 at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. —Andrew Solender
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ESTEEMED READER Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: My boys are straddling two stages of independence. One is young enough to enjoy hearing me read or talk with him at bedtime. The other is just as happy to read on his own, though he will tolerate me reading with him in special moments. The other evening, I read from a book of Sufi teaching stories with the younger boy. Completing each story I asked him what meaning he found. In some cases he thought and replied, and in others he impatiently tells me to “just keep reading, dad!” This is the routine. With one story the boy didn’t hesitate to share the meaning. It is a potent story, with a surprising turn of meaning affording a glimpse of the almost ubiquitous phenomenon of perceiving the world upside down. You, who are reading these words, are likely not a child. Nevertheless, the story, which may seem whimsical, has some significance, and is equally valuable to young and old ears. As such, I am sharing it here.
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The Bequest* A man died far from his home, and in the portion of his will which he had available for bequest, he left in these words: “Let the community where the land is situated take what they wish for themselves, and let them give that which they wish to Arif the Humble.” Now Arif was a young man at the time, who had far less apparent authority than anyone in the community. Therefore, the elders took possession of whatever they wanted from the land which had been left, and they allocated to Arif a few trifles only, which nobody else wanted. Many years later Arif, grown to strength and wisdom, went to the community to claim his patrimony.These are the objects which we have allocated to you in accordance with the will,” said the elders.They did not feel that they had usurped anything, for they had been told to take what they wished. But, in the middle of the discussion, an unknown woman of grave countenance and compelling presence appeared among them. She said: “The meaning of the Will was that you should give to Arif that which you wished for yourselves, for he can make the best use of it.” In the moment of illumination which this statement gave them, the elders were able to see the true meaning of the phrase,“Let them give that which they wish to Arif.” “Know,” continued the apparition,“that the testator died unable to protect his property, which would, in case of his making Arif his legatee in an obvious sense, have been usurped by this Community. At the very least it would have caused dissension. So, he entrusted it to you, knowing that if you thought that it was your own property you would take care of it. Hence, he made a wise provision for the preservation and transmission of this treasure.The time has now come for it to be returned to its rightful use.” Thus, it was that the property was handed back; the elders were able to see the truth. There’s a Sufi theme much like the golden rule suggesting one should wish for others precisely what one wishes for oneself. Of course, the task is not to stop at wishing, but to actively seek and procure the good of others. The suggestion is that with a right-side-up perception this is not a selfless or sacrificing mode of behavior. Rather it is the counterintuitive means of achieving the happiness, wholeness, and wellbeing for which everyone seeks but can never quite grasp, precisely because of grasping. The teaching is that those who work for the happiness, wholeness, and wellbeing of others gain access to a larger reservoir of these qualities, not in acquisition but participation. In this process, the ordinary experience of “other” relaxes and there is a beginning to work for ‘the good.’ Another perhaps deeper meaning relates to the inheritance or bequest each person receives by virtue of being born in a human form. These are the faculties—the mind, creativity, the body and its powers, the emotional life, our characteristic makeup and strengths—all that we are given, and experience as “myself.” The movement describes a simple reversal of focus from inside to outside. Herein all that the magnificent instrument of being is, is not for the benefit of ego, not for personal pleasure and enjoyment. Rather all that we are is for others, and for the energetic ecosystem of a larger world of which we ourselves are a part. The Sufi litany says “You have many endowments which are yours on trust alone; when you understand this, you can give them to the rightful owners.” —Jason Stern *Tales of the Dervishes, Idries Shah, 1967 EP Dutton & Co., New York
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want to tell you some things about my mother, Alice. And considering that she died on April 30, I can now pretty much say whatever I please about her. Alice Maslin Junkin was born on January 31, 1946, to George and Alice Junkin, whom everyone knew as Nancy. Alice was the second child of George and Nancy, her brother Bill having been born two years earlier. As a small child, Alice lived like a fairy tale princess in a stone castle near Little Neck Bay in Bayside, Queens. (No lie—the house was a proper stone fortress with tapestries and parapets and crenellated towers.) Alice’s father died when she was six, and shortly thereafter the family moved into more modest quarters a mile away—what is commonly referred to in the family as the ancestral estate. This was the house where Alice would live the majority of her life—she raised her children there, she threw hundreds of parties there, she gardened there, she bronzed on the deck by the pool there, and as was her wish, she died there, surrounded by her children. Alice attended Sacred Heart grammar school, and she went to high school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a school better known for its alumna Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, AKA Lady Gaga. Alice studied at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY, where she would meet her future husband, Kevin Mahoney. Upon graduation, the couple moved to New York City and were married in the fall of 1969. Alice went to work at the Karralla Agency, a public relations and marketing firm, where she served in various roles for 20 years. After leaving the Karalla Agency, Alice worked as an administrator at Queensboro Community College for nearly a decade before joining the staff of Ben Gurion University at Columbia University in 1999, where she worked as an administrator until her retirement a few years ago. As an admissions officer and a founding staff member at Ben Gurion, she helped hundreds of wouldbe doctors find placements in medical schools. Her co-workers described her as “unflappable” and “impossible to stress out.” This is no surprise, as there’s precious little that can unsettle a mother of four—especially if you know my siblings and me. While all this work was going on, Alice was also raising a family. On November 5, 1970, Alice gave birth to beautiful baby boy, named Brian. Although there is some dispute about this, it is rumored that he was her favorite. Alice gave birth to three more children—two more boys, Conor and Paddy—and then finally, a daughter, Alicia. A year and a half ago, Alicia and her husband Ryan gave Alice the most exquisite gift: a granddaughter, Adeline. Those are some of the facts of my mother’s life.They tell you where she was and what she did. But they barely scratch the surface of a life so richly lived. Let me share some important details. Alice took in strays—both canine and human, but mostly human. A lot of people who were not direct family members lived in our house over the years. Nieces, nephews, the children of friends, her children’s friends; once, an entire family who needed shelter. As someone who can barely tolerate an overnight guest in my house, my mother’s generosity of spirit floors me. Mom never talked about her motives, or preached about Christian charity. She took people in because she saw she
could help. And if she could help, she would pitch in as much as possible. That was just her way. Alice was a NewYawker. If given the choice, my mother would rather take the subway than pump gas. She enjoyed traveling—she was planning a trip to Malta at the time of her death—but there was really no need for Mom to leave the city—as her children who moved out of the city came to realize. These were a few of mom’s favorite things: Bagels and shmear, and the Sunday Times crossword, Broadway plays (and reserving the right to chide her children when they bought cheap seats), cigarettes, and white wine. Alice was funny. A few years ago, I took my mother to see a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Company” on Broadway. Right before the curtain, I got up to powder my nose. While I was gone, a woman sitting next to mom (she turned out to be a tourist from Kansas) said how wonderful it was for a woman to be out on the town with her gay son. (For the record, I identify as heterosexual, despite my love of the musical theater.) When I sat back down, mom whispered in my ear, “She thinks you’re gay—play along,” and smiled mischievously. And then mom proceeded to pat my knee and proclaim loudly “I’m so proud of my gay son” over and over until the woman’s face reddened and she hid in her coat until the play began. “I’m so proud of my gay son.” Alice contained multitudes. Mom was many things to many people: a devoted friend, a shoulder to cry on, a valued coworker, a wise counselor, a trusted confidante, and a sheltering sky for her children. And as successful as mom was in her professional life, I’ve no doubt that she believed her greatest achievement was her children. Alicia the educator. Paddy the engineer. Conor the builder. And me, the writer, who learned his early word tricks at the feet of the master, his first and best editor. We are her legacy. Last summer, my siblings and I rented a house on Cape Cod—a gift for Mom. None of us had been back in almost 30 years, since we’d vacationed there as a family in the 1980s. Mom insisted we return to where we used to go, in Brewster, on the bay side of the Cape, where the tide goes out over a mile. It’s called the Brewster Flats. It’s the widest expanse of tidal flats in the Northern Hemisphere. When the tide’s out, it looks like you can walk 18 miles straight across the bay to Provincetown. The week we spent was idyllic—the weather was great, we ate our weight in lobster rolls, we drank beer on the beach, and played cards on the deck. One afternoon, mom and I were sitting on the deck, watching the tide go out and Alicia and her husband Ryan and baby Adeline walk across the sand, way out on the Flats.The conversation veered this way and that, and mom landed on a memory of her mother, Nancy, who had been dead for three decades and whom she rarely spoke of. I asked if she thought of Nancy often. “There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think of her,” she said, very matter-of-factly. I didn’t understand what she meant at the time, but I’m beginning to now. 6/18 CHRONOGRAM 17
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To the Editor: What is the subject of the front cover of the April 2018 edition of Chronogram? The “On the Cover” byline bore absolutely no background for the subject. It is gratuitous for the writer of the byline as well as for the photographer. In the byline, I searched for some background on the subject. I only get his name, as if his name is stolen, to become the artistic “title” of the photo. Taking advantage of this person’s richness harks to an indigenous American posing for a prominent 19th-century photographer; with largely the same connotations. More than any bio or credibility about the photographer, I want to know why the subject of the photo is exploited, what his story is, where he is, what his aspirations are, what he regards as beautiful. As portrayed on the cover of Chronogram, and out of context to the photographic documentary exhibit of which this is a part, it is gratuitous on the part of the photographer and the magazine, and without equality for the subject. There is a photographic tradition of empowering yourself by capturing the immensity or compelling nature of a subject. Hip hop producers do exactly the same thing by sampling a famous and compelling passage out of a classic song in an attempt to fit yourself into the same echelon of greatness. In this case, unless there is a humble sense of respect, equal time and reverence for the subject, the photographer, and by association, the publisher has “stolen the soul” of the subject for their own artistic gain. Tino Yannitelli’s soul has been stolen by the camera and its photographer’s search for curiosity. Was the photographer, and by extension the publisher, conscious of playing right into the tradition of “stealing souls” for their own artistic gain? I think not, and further, the self-aggrandizement seems to extend itself well into the “Marco Anelli: Building Magazzino” exhibition celebrating the Italian photographer’s commissioned portfolio, which was on view at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York (October 4-November 2, 2017). I always read Chronogram, and believe in its regional reach. The purpose of a magazine is to create a feeling that carries one into a sense of lifestyle and belongingness to that lifestyle. The front cover of the April 2018 edition betrays an obvious unconscious motivational ebb: to nurture a general ennui of cultural and social elitism that assuages the true, overwhelming pain and diseases of culture and society enough to keep the magazine creators and readers believing there is no giant white elephant in the room. We are left with the front cover’s compelling subject, Tino Yannetelli, with no explanation and no celebration. I believe there is something to learn here. It revealed, as did the indigenous American portraits of the 19th century: what is the subject here? TinoYannitelli and his incredible richness, or the manifest destiny of moneyed powers that call the shots in arts and culture? —Daniel B. Gaydos
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The US is running out of landfill space, according to data collected by Waste Business Journal. The data showed that landfill capacity in the US is expected to drop by 15.6 percent in 2021. This translated to storage space for more than a billion tons of garbage. The Northeast is projected to lose the highest percentage of space at over 30 percent or 170 million tons. Because of the cost and time it takes to create new landfill space, planned additions to current landfills are not expected to alleviate the crisis. Source: Waste Business Journal
A study by the Health Effects Institute, a Boston nonprofit that studies air quality and pollution, found that a staggering 95 percent of the global population breathes in “dangerous” air. In urban areas, this is largely due to a combination of outdoor air pollution caused by things like traffic, agriculture, and industrial activities. In many rural households, indoor air pollution is caused largely by the burning of solid fuels. The impacts of this pollution include contributing to 6 million deaths worldwide in 2017 by increasing the risk of stroke, heart attack, lung cancer, and chronic lung disease. While massively populated and heavy polluting countries like China and India are taking steps to address the issue of indoor air pollution, things like traffic and agriculture continue to have an immense impact on global air quality. Source: Guardian
Minneapolis will join 64 other cities in adopting a plan to switch to 100 percent renewable energy in the near future. The Mayor and City Council of Minneapolis announced an ambitious proposal to switch municipal services to renewable energy by 2022, and to bring the entire city into the fold by 2030. This follows the development in early March that, due to dropping prices, renewable energy had edged out nuclear power to become the second largest source of power in the state of Minnesota after coal. Renewable energy made up 25 percent of the state’s electricity generation in 2017, up from 21 percent in 2013. Source: EcoWatch, Star Tribune
Normally, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) doesn’t frequently make national news. However, current HUD Secretary Ben Carson, a former pediatric neurosurgeon and 2016 Republican Presidential hopeful, has made a habit of it, landing in headlines once again in May for a proposal to raise the rent on low-income families. Secretary Carson’s housing plan would triple the costs for the poorest households and would encourage those receiving housing subsidies from the federal government to seek employment. This is likely a reflection of Carson’s beliefs about the nature poverty; in May of last year he stated in an interview that poverty is a “state of mind.” Source: Chicago Tribune Despite having played a relatively minor role in our dire climate situation, more impoverished pockets of the globe will be feeling the brunt of climate change. That’s according to new research which shows that the greatest temperature fluctuations will occur in the areas with the least economic development such as the Amazon rainforest, parts of India, and southern Africa. These fluctuations are likely to cause, among other things, crippling droughts which will in turn exacerbate the already rampant poverty in the region. Source: Grist 20 CHRONOGRAM 6/18
Due to its massive volume of searches—3.5 billion a day—Google accounts for around 40 percent of the internet’s carbon usage due to the strain that these searches inflict on Google’s data servers. Because the energy used to run the data centers that ultimately run the internet originates from nonrenewable energy sources such as natural gas, internet usage inevitably leads to massive CO2 emissions—comparable to those of the airline industry. Google, as the website with the most internet traffic, naturally makes up the bulk of the underlying cause of those emissions. Source: Quartz A new scientific discovery has cast doubt upon the common belief that leprosy originated in Asia, suggesting that it instead materialized in Europe. Scientists in London analyzed 90 European skeletons from between 400 and 1400 CE with deformations suggestive of leprosy. This analysis found that all strains of the leprosy bacterium were present in medieval Europe. The researchers discovered 10 new genomes of Mycobacterium leprae, as well as the oldest known strain of leprosy. That strain revealed that leprosy may have made its way to Europe from the squirrel trade, due to the fact that it was identical to those found in modern day red squirrels. Source: Guardian Compiled by Andrew Solender
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ODE TO SUMMER The news right now is such a terrible bummer, marching to the beat of a very bad drummer. Let’s break from prose for an Ode to Summer.
We don’t have millions to make Trump switch. But for summer fun you need not be rich. With just a fly and some string, you can go fish.
The rains of April have brought the flowers of May. There, we found something nice to say, though we wonder how long it will stay that way.
The seasons return and they don’t really change so please don’t think it so weird and so strange, they brought back John Bolton, known as deranged.
Climate change is coming after us all. The winds they howl and the hail doth fall while invasive species northwards do crawl.
The CIA’s head’s just a sign of the times, like a phoenix who rises out of sagas and rhymes, who cares that she once committed war crimes.
Once Beatles with music did make their mark. But now if you go to the woods or even a park, the beetles are there to eat all the bark.
They are beloved by those who have billions, though some are clowns and others vaudevillians slithering through the swamp for their own millions.
Yet summer vacation’s still a fine tool, public or private, parochial or shul, to save our kids from being shot in school.
Rudi says Mueller will be done September but all through the summer we must remember the Truth Club revoked Rudi as member.
Tis a subject ‘bout which all of us care, thus this idea we are quite glad to share, they can’t be killed if they’re not there!
Go off to the mountains, or head for the beach, away from the carping, the nagging, the screech. Somewhere beyond your cell phone’s reach.
How quick the fix, and how easily done, while not one single person has to give up a gun. That’s how we make sure that summer stays fun.
If your state lets you, plant your own seed, or go to the Rockies to have legal weed. The pause that refreshes doesn’t mean you concede.
Don’t be a whiner, don’t be a grump, go out to the garden, pile dirt in a lump. Anything to stop all this talking of Trump.
Lilacs are fragrant and the roses still bloom. Time to get out and away from your gloom, get away from your office and your square room.
Does he make you feel besmirched and blighted? Might he be impeached, or even indicted? Is that what you need to be truly delighted?
When the days are hot and the nights are cool find a friend that you can toss in the pool, take some time to play the personal fool.
Toke on your joint, take a sip of your booze, get away from the TV, away from the news it just keeps on playing the Pdiscordant blues.
Get away from the lies and things you despise. Read, dream and study, meditate and grow wise, come back in the fall, and then organize.
Lay on the chaise that’s built for reclining, in the warmth of the sun as it is shining, like a miner who basks in the return of strip mining.
There are things in life beside politics. Go get some kicks on Route 66. In autumn come back for what must be fixed.
Grill up some burgers, have a great feast, ignore the long wars in the boring Mideast. It’s not up to us to have them policed.
What can we hold, what can we defend? We’re stuck in a stairwell that only descends a kind of nightmare that refuses to end.
The Iran deal is broken, dead, gone, and smashed. The Ayatollah should have forked over some cash to save Jared’s business from turning to ash.
The political world gets worse and worse— vile, sad, harmful, did we make our own curse? You know it must be bad when I turn to verse.
It worked for the Saudis and for the Russians money in millions, not endless discussions, to get ‘round sanctions without repercussions.
Let us not lament, or try to reason, ‘bout high crimes, misdemeanors, and treason. Here’s an Ode to Summer. Enjoy the season.
It worked for China to save ZTE. Chinese jobs saved by paying Trump’s fee. It won’t work for you, it won’t work for me. 6/18 CHRONOGRAM 23
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Chronogram Conversations is an opportunity for local businesses to sponsor an event that brings together community, professionals and creatives. If you’re considering an expansion of your customer base or brand awareness campaign, reach out to marketing@chronogram.com for more information. Text by Brian Berusch; photos by John Garay 1. The audience at the Sustainable Entrepreneurship event at the Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck. 2. Helene Lesterin, Johnny LeHane, March Gallagher, and Matt Stinchcomb in panel discussion. 3. Alberto Flores and Carole Amper of Toucan Hats. 4. Matt Stinchcomb presenting on the Good Work Institute. 5. Panelists Aja Hudson, Helene Lesterin, Johnny LeHane, March Gallagher, and Matt Stinchcomb, and Myriam Bouchard with moderator Jason Stern (standing). 6. Nina Barry, Rachel Yeager, and Stephanie Fisher-Meyer of Limetta Studio. 7. Oejong Kim and Anna Pulvermakher of Loopy Mango. 8. Ed Bergstraesser of AT&T with Leigh Bahnatka of Record Storage Solutions.
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f you stopped by Dietz Stadium on a chilly May evening and watched a couple hundred people cheer on a fourth-division soccer club created by a tech pioneer, you might nod your head and say to yourself, “Yup, this is the Hudson Valley.” There would be no Stockade FC, the fourth-division professional club launched in 2016 by Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley, if there wasn’t a Hudson Valley Tech Meetup. And there wouldn’t be a Hudson Valley Tech Meetup, a network of tech workers and entrepreneurs, if it wasn’t for the thousands of creative thinkers and doers across the region attempting to showcase their skills while engrossing themselves in the greater community. Whether they’ve been creating apps and platforms for years in Beacon, Hudson, Kingston, or Poughkeepsie, or they just arrived from New York City or elsewhere, tech entrepreneurs are finding a diverse, beautiful backdrop to create and engage. And now, with the arrival of NewYork City accelerator giant Grand Central Tech this summer, the Hudson Valley tech community is beginning to earn deeper credibility as a formidable and innovative unit ecosystem. A Different Idea of Value Grand Central Tech started as a summer accelerator program for tech startups inside a New York City high school. In 2014 it moved to Facebook’s former headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, and with sponsors including Microsoft, Google, JPMorgan Chase, and IBM, plus financing by Millstein & Co., Grand Central Tech immediately staked a claim as a high-level accelerator program in the tech sector. The program is alluring for tech entrepreneurs: Grand Central Tech doesn’t require cash or equity from its potential members. If accepted (and GCT has a 2 percent acceptance rate), members receive a free year of rent inside its Midtown headquarters, which will soon encompass six levels of a high-rise and a total of more than 250,000 square feet of space. After one year, members can opt to stay at Grand Central Tech but will then pay for space. But by then there’s a real chance a startup has taken off, moving into more funding rounds. Thus, Grand Central Tech offers an inexpensive opportunity to thrive in a competitive space, especially if that company is thinking beyond financial success. 26 ART OF BUSINESS CHRONOGRAM 6/18
“We think of all the companies with the same eye toward are they building to create value for themselves and their investors? Certainly, but also for the broader community at large?” says Sage Ramadge, director of Social Impact at GCT. “And do they want to invest in the community that we built, from a talent and experience perspective?” In the fall of 2017, Ramadge and Grand Central Tech co-founder Matt Harrigan began talking about expanding the organization with a summer outpost outside of the five boroughs. Primarily they wanted GCT members to experience opportunities available to them in decidedly rural areas, both for a better quality of life and to meet different communities of people. That brought them straight to the Hudson Valley, which Ramadge called the “ideal” setting for the satellite space thanks to its natural beauty, creative and entrepreneurial population, and progressive social ecosystem. They considered Beacon and Hudson but scouted locations in Poughkeepsie and Kingston, deciding ultimately on the latter by renting space at the 8,000-square-foot Senate Garage, which is also home to Rhino Records and Dragon360, a digital marketing company with past clients that include Sony and Pantone. The satellite will open in July and will first be occupied by GCT members, though there’s a possibility nonmembers could also join, says Ramadge. Socializing & Soccer Grand Central Tech found in the Hudson Valley an established tech community that continues to grow and thrive on a mission reflective of the “triple bottom line” philosophy in accounting. Every entrepreneur seeks financial success, but along with that is achievement socially and environmentally. “It’s about these people doing beautiful work that supports people and has community impact, and I want to be a part of it,” says Kale Kaposhilin, chief community officer at creative digital studio Moonfarmer and co-founder of the Hudson Valley Tech Meetup, in explaining the triple bottom line philosophy. “And one after another, things have emerged because of this.” As a sound engineer for improvisational jazz and other musicians, Kaposhilin ran a studio with friends, working with video and website development to expand the potential of the music. He first came to Kingston around 2000 and
had with his friends “a vision for a live-work community where art is life,” says Kaposhilin, which led to the 2006 founding of Hudson Valley Tech Meetup, a way to find and unite creative tech workers throughout the region. The Meetup has grown each year, and now its member count sits at about 2,400. Members meet monthly to share their stories, whether about their startups, their issues with code and hacking, or what they hope to do next. The group also throws an annual event, Catskill Conf, which spreads out discussions and talks over a full weekend, adding group hikes, drink receptions, dancing and bonfires at the Ashokan Center. The keynote speaker at the 2016 Catskill Conf was Foursquare’s Crowley, who already owned a home in the Kingston area. He used his presentation to tell the Catskill Conf crowd about his newest venture, Stockade FC, the soccer club that had just launched. Crowley wrote in 2016 about his decision to launch the club, which was driven by his own personal belief system: “If there’s something you want to see in the world and it doesn’t yet exist, go out and make that thing.” He simply wanted soccer in the Hudson Valley, a place he loved for its entrepreneurial spirit—thanks in part to Hudson Valley Tech Meetup—and the personal connections he made with creative community builders. “Dennis is so awesome. He is just a really, genuinely nice person,” says Kate Bradley Chernis, the co-founder and CEO of Lately, a digital dashboard for marketing. Bradley Chernis enrolled in the Grand Central Tech accelerator program in 2016 and now rents space in its Manhattan office, but Lately’s main office is Bradley Chernis’ home in Stone Ridge. She, like Kaposhilin, Crowley, and so many others, has been heavily engaged in the growth of the Hudson Valley as a tech hub. “I want to be able to enjoy where I’m living and working. We have the same quality of food as in New York City, why can’t we have the same quality of employees?” says Bradley Chernis. “Anything I can do to perpetuate that here I’m trying my damndest.” Chernis just hired a vice president of sales who’s from New Paltz and a customer success manager from Rhinebeck. She also speaks at Hudson Valley Tech Meetup events, including last year’s Catskills Conf. A New Kind of Tech Economy Lately and Grand Central Tech are just two of the many tech-focused businesses, organizations, and workers finding a home in the Hudson Valley. Dragon360 has been around for 11 years.The Hudson Valley Startup Fund aims to provide seed capital to entrepreneurs leading with a community improvement focus. Hudson Valley Talent Base is a new website created by Jordan Koschei and made for local people to share projects. There’s Brad Smith, who co-founded DIY website builder Virb and then brought his podcasting platform Simplecast to the Hudson Valley.There’s Sophie Kravitz, the supplyframe director of product at Hackaday, which hosts hacking projects for tech engineers. And Dr. Kate Stone of Novalia, whose groundbreaking technology turns print paper into interactive material by use of touch-sensitive ink technology, is looking to move to the region. The movement of tech workers to the Hudson Valley doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Dutchess County in March secured an agreement between IBM, Dutchess Community College, Marist College, and Vassar College to create the “Innovation Quad” in Poughkeepsie. This partnership aims to foster an infrastructure for startups to thrive; its first success story is Telistat, which uses data to bring greater efficiency to restorative care in hospitals and nursing facilities. The Innovation Quad, says Dutchess County Assistant County Executive for Economic Development Ron Hicks, gives Poughkeepsie an outsized opportunity to grow as a tech hub supported by major private educational institutions. “We believe it will attract millennials and those who are priced out of the five boroughs,” says Hicks. “We see great potential in Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County in advancing tech and innovation.” Meanwhile, Ulster County is courting New York City-based tech entrepreneurs. Ulster County Executive Mike Hein said 30 tech companies took part in a most recent bus tour, and five have relocated to the area. Hein believes the arrivals will continue because the business model is more sustainable than the past, when communities relied on one massive corporation to set up shop locally.“I watched this cycle wane with IBM leaving [Ulster County in 1996], and then watched a completely new kind of tech economy emerge,” says Hein about the current landscape, which is now focused on community hubs, soccer clubs and bonfires at the Ashokan Center. “It’s, to me, nothing short of extraordinary.”
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As we all know from movies and novels, love at first sight can be a powerful catalyst for action. When you are preparing to put your house on the market, you need to consider what aesthetic improvements you can do to make the best first impression on potential buyers—it’s all about romance. When they get out of the car and walk up the front path for the first time, you want them to imagine themselves coming home to this house every day. Harris Safier, principal broker and CEO of Westwood Metes & Bounds, offers 10 tried and tested tips for improving curb appeal.
1. Take an objective look at your home’s exterior as if you were the buyer. If you can’t remain impartial ask your Realtor or a friend. 2. Identify key areas of improvement and set a budget of time and money. 3. Begin by decluttering entrances, removing bikes, empty pots, weathered furniture, toys, and other miscellaneous items. 4. Dirt and debris on visible surfaces make your home look less vibrant. Rent a pressure washer or hire someone to give the walkways, deck, siding, and driveway a once-over. 5. What is the state of your roof? Does it need to be repaired or replaced, or do you just need to remove leaves and debris? Also make sure gutters and downspouts are clean and functioning as this conveys that the house is well cared for. 6. The front door is the focal point of the approach. Consider new house numbers and stylish hardware for the door. 7. Everyone loves greenery! Trim unruly hedges and spruce up existing garden beds with flowering plants. Use natural color or darker mulch to offset the house and foliage. Potted plants outside of the front door can also add a pop of color and draw the eye in. 8. Open drapes and blinds in the front-facing rooms, as this looks more inviting from the street. 9. Consider adding accent lighting to highlight beautiful trees and illuminate walkways. 10. A little goes a long way. Freshly clean and paint the front door and trim. Consider an attractive new light fixture at the front door along with a new entry mat. Harris L. Safier, CRB, CRS, GRI Licensed Real Estate Broker/CEO 2017 Ulster County Board of REALTORS President Westwood Metes & Bounds Realty, Ltd. (Member, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World) Office: 845.340.1920 Mobile: 914.388.3351 www.westwoodrealty.com
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hen I first walked in, the house just took my breath away,” Konstanze Zeller says, describing the down-on-its-heels stone colonial she found in Marbletown in September 2016. The 300-yearold, 3,400-square-foot home had seen better days. Slowly falling into ruin in recent decades, the abode was finally left empty five years earlier, when a fire destroyed the interior and burned through the roof. Signs of neglect were everywhere:The cracked pool had turned into a swamp; bathrooms were piled with garbage and old paperwork; and debris and cast-offs littered the grounds. Following the fire, the property lapsed into foreclosure and then was bought by an investor at auction, who intended it to be a quick flip. “He cleared the grounds and put in a few windows,” Zeller remembers. “And a new roof—but it was barely attached. It was still a little scary.” But Konstanze Zeller wasn’t looking for superficial beauty. “I’ve always wanted to rebuild a house,” she explains. The East Village-based make-up artist and hairdresser had spent years using her skills to create the illusion of beauty for the camera. She was glad the investor had left the property relatively unchanged—a tabula rasa for her vision. Built on a hill with a view to the Catskills, the home was clearly thoughtfully sited by the original builders, and while the interior needed extensive rehabilitation, the home’s ancient stone foundation and exterior walls stood strong. “It had been glorious once,” Zeller explains. “This was one of the first houses in the early days of America and once was an important rest stop. It’s a part of history.” She felt certain she could coax the historic gem back to its former splendor, so made her offer, and by October, the property was hers.
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Zeller enlarged the downstairs kitchen by removing walls and then added stainless steel appliances and an island. Although she spent many years in the fashion industry, cooking has always been a passion.
George Washington (May Have) Slept Here Zeller has never been one to shy away from a challenge. A native of Salzburg, Austria (her first name is pronounced Con-stan-zah, after Mozart’s wife) she began her professional life in her family’s hair salon, working up from apprentice to full hairdresser, before taking over the business. Even then, Zeller revealed her ambitious streak, entering multiple contests and almost competing in the hair dressing world cup. (Yes, that’s a thing.) Her need for stimulation inspired a move to Berlin, where she mastered make-up artistry, and then another to New York City, where she entered the high-stakes world of fashion and print advertising. Ten years in, burn out, back pain, and chronic laryngitis lead Zeller to seek out alternative healing modalities. Working with a naturopath, she went on a detox diet for seven months and studied everything she could about the connection between food and wellness. “When I finished the detox and felt healthy again, I was craving chocolate, but I didn’t want to eat sugar or any other additives,” she explains. So she did what any good self-starter would do and learned to make her own. She brought the chocolates with her when she went back to work, sharing them on photo shoots where they were eagerly devoured. Realizing there was a market for her health-supportive treats, Zeller lunged headfirst into her next challenge—launching Cocorau, a line of raw nutrientbased snacks and adaptogenic herb powders. As she grew her food business, Zeller searched for a Brooklyn fixer-upper to bring back to life. But after four years of waiting and a foundered short sale, she was desperate, and friends encouraged Zeller to venture Upstate where there was plenty of characterful old housing stock that could use her attention. The six-acre property in Marbletown was the first, and only, house she saw Built in 1791, right after the Revolutionary War, the home was once the seat of a large cattle farm. Along with a barn and an original ice house, the property came with a historic registry describing the generations of births, lives deaths, and marriages that had occurred within the home’s two-foot-thick stone walls. The property’s location, on a knoll along the original route to Kingston, made it a well-known rest stop, and preceding generations turned the home into an inn. Out front, an antique mile marker, carved with the words “Seven Miles to Kingston,” dates back to the earliest days of the house.
Zeller’s master suite has an open vintage tub and views to the Catskills. “The house brings me back to Austria,” say Zeller. “It reminds me of an Austrian mountain house. It’s almost like a fortress, the house has stood 300 years, why should it crash down now? It’s very different than a wood house.”
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Left: The view from the master bedroom. Right: Some products from Cocorau Zeller’s line of raw nutrient-based snacks and adaptogenic herb powders.
An Adaptogenic House As soon as the home was hers, Zeller set about protecting her investment from further damage, rebuilding the roof and replacing dormers and windows. By November 2016, the exterior was sealed and she was able to turn her sights on the interior. Staying at a friend’s cabin in Kerhonkson through the winter, Zeller spent her days working on the house and her nights researching. She familiarized herself with the nuances of masonry building and other construction methods and investigated ways of improving the home’s efficiency without compromising its historic integrity. From the front, the stone house features the tidy symmetry of a classic colonial, with two windows on either side of the black front door and brick chimneys at either end of the roof. The front door opens into the foyer where a wide staircase leads upstairs to a second floor landing. Zeller removed low ceilings from the upstairs bedroom, revealing extensive fire damage and a collapsing roof. She was able to reconstruct the high ceiling, but had to close the second floor fireplace because of damage. At first, she intended to sheetrock the upstairs walls, but she loved the look and feel of the original stone. So, instead of plaster, Zeller and the team at Lopez Construction cleaned and repointed the stone walls. They then created two smaller guest rooms at the opposite end of the landing, adding closets and installing a full bathroom with white subway tiles and a repurposed sink from Building Green in Manhattan. Downstairs, through two original exterior doors—one white and arched, one small and rectangular—the living room leads to the home’s back porch. Zeller removed a bathroom and refurbished the porch area to create an open, three-season dining room, which overlooks the saltwater pool. In the back wing of the house, she removed walls to create a large chef’s kitchen, adding a central island and stainless steel appliances. At the back of the refurbished kitchen, behind another tiny door, a narrow, winding staircase leads to a separate master bedroom suite. Once an attic, Zeller believes the space was expanded by previous owners into a bedroom by adding dormers to the north- and south-facing walls. Almost completely 34 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 6/18
destroyed by the fire, the space had to be rebuilt from the floor up. To contrast the home’s colonial feel, Zeller laid simple wood floors and plastered the walls giving the space a modern, almost Southwestern ambiance. A giant, freestanding headboard doubles as closet wall, opening from behind into a bathroom area and another repointed stone wall. Zeller installed a clawfoot tub at the south edge of the room and, tucked away in the corner, an open concrete shower. In the west, Zeller replaced the burnt-out walls with large triangular windows that offer a grand view of the Catskill Mountains. Throughout the house, Zeller salvaged the original cherry wood floors by hand-scraping the mismatched planks of varying widths. Three large downstairs fireplaces (in the dining, living room, and kitchen) retained their original mantels and were still operable. Throughout the first floor, the paint was damaged by fire, but instead of stripping it, Zeller decided to clean and gloss the peeling walls as a visual reminder of the home’s many-layered history. With help from interior designer Clemens Kois, Zeller repainted the wainscoting and trim a blue-grey, offsetting the wood floors and the multihued walls and ceilings. Inspired Living “The house—I loved it from the beginning. But I didn’t really know the area,” Zeller admits. “Later, I realized what an amazing road I’m on.” She has been so inspired by her new Hudson Valley surroundings that in September 2017 she decided to move her healthy chocolate and adaptogenic herb company upstate. A former wine cellar in the basement has been transformed into her second, professional kitchen and the base of operations for Cocorau. Building the brand upstate is Zeller’s next big challenge—one she’s ready to tackle. “I don’t like getting bored,” she admits. Zeller continues to revel in how well the house has sprung back to life and takes joy in the tidbits of the history she uncovers regularly. “Everyday I wake up and feel so fortunate to be able to live here,” she says. “I’m just waiting to find a part of the Constitution hidden in the walls.”
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which unearth the special talents of garden hosts, from photography to demonstrations on tool sharpening. This year’s local Open Days highlights include a plant sale on June 9 at the property of garden designers Peter Bevacqua and Stephen King in Claverack, and the August 4 opening of Abeel House Prairie in Catskill, which includes a Digging Deeper event focused on how to create and maintain a meadow. On June 10, Frank and Anne Cabot’s own 15-acre Cold Spring garden, Stonecrop, now a public garden, will join the Open Days festivities. Stonecrop illustrates the Cabots’ meticulous eye for detail and interest in experimenting with a diverse catalog of plants. Cabot was also known for creating another acclaimed private garden, Les Quatre Vents, in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada. Cabot’s impact on horticulture was chronicled in The Gardener, a film on his life released in the U.S. earlier this year by Gravitas Ventures. The Garden Conservancy also recently launched a documentation program, which uses archival materials, images, and interviews to preserve the “spirit of place” of significant American gardens. Rocky Hills in Mount Kisco is one of the first gardens to be documented. All of the Garden Conservancy’s programs aim to educate the public on the cultural importance of gardens, not simply aesthetically, but also as crucial to our ecology and well-being. “Gardens are one of our most fragile resources. Beloved by all, they are a passion for many, and the sites of many important life events,” says James Brayton Hall, president of the Garden Conservancy. “Their engagement of our senses, as well as the way in which their seasonal change embodies and reflects our own life cycle, means that they are a source of inspiration. Everyone is better off for time spent in a garden.” For more information on the Garden Conservancy and its Open Days program, visit gardenconservancy.org. —Timothy Malcolm
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ost Hudson Valleyites know this invasive plant by sight if not by name. It grows in clumps by the side of the road and has bamboolike canes, shield-shaped leaves that turn golden-yellow in the fall, and showy puffs of little white flowers in August. Depending on the site, it can be 5 feet tall or 15 feet tall. It’s Japanese knotweed and…it’s nothing personal. It’s just doing what it’s evolved over millions of years to do. Why and how is it so successful at colonizing the most degraded sites? Why is it so hard to control? And why might we, nonetheless, cultivate fondness for it? For Laura Wyeth, a Hudson Valley horticulturist with a particular interest in the adaptability of weeds, Japanese knotweed (hereafter, “knotweed”) is a rock star. For all its troublesome nature, she can’t help but admire its talents. And it could be worse: in England, where knotweed enjoys a longer, milder growing season than in the US, this plant is such a problem that numerous companies specialize in trying to eradicate it—and equally numerous lawyers litigate claims over it. “The menacing presence of the plant has caused neighbors to file lawsuits, banks to cancel mortgages, and homes to lose their value,” Wyeth says, “whereas here in NewYork State, its ability to edge out native species is considered its greatest destructive power, and, as in Britain, it is illegal to sell or purchase knotweed.” The Invasive Plant’s Guide to Success Japanese knotweed evolved as a first responder on the volcanic slopes of Japan. “It is the first plant to appear after the lava has flown,” Wyeth says. “It colonizes the bare rock and slowly builds soil, allowing other species to return. When it appears in habitats disturbed by humans, as it has all over Europe and North America, it is only following its tenacious nature.” Knotweed was brought to Europe and the US from its native Japan in the late 1800s. It was prized for its novel ornamental qualities as an herbaceous perennial. For reasons unclear, in the 1930s, it started to escape the garden gate and set about colonizing roadside drainage ditches and construction dumpsites as well as woodland margins and streambanks. Its hollow, arching canes can grow 3 inches in a day. Knotweed is built to conquer. Wyeth explains that its rhizomes (underground spreading stems) send out runners in all directions so that, like bamboo, an individual knotweed plant can quickly grow into a dense thicket. “Its tissues have remarkable powers of regeneration; a piece of broken stem or rhizome the size of a thimble can resprout into a new plant, and this often happens when soil containing pieces of rhizome is transported,” Wyeth says. Consequently, knotweed is often seen growing on construction sites where topsoil has been brought in from elsewhere. “It soldiers on through crummy soil and can sprout through small pavement cracks and push its way through asphalt,” she says. “Try to dig one out, and three will take its place. Knotweed laughs at pesticides. Its only predators, a few insects and one or two fungal diseases, have not followed it from Japan, and so its spread is unhindered,” Wyeth says. It is now considered highly invasive throughout the US, Canada, and much of Europe. Folks have attempted to get rid of knotweed via different repeated combinations of herbicides, cutting back stems, and grubbing out root systems—but control of Japanese knotweed is widely acknowledged to be imperfect at best. The best thing is to scout your property and catch it early. Remove it and all
its underground parts, let it dry out in the sun in a bio-safe place (e.g., under black plastic weighted down on asphalt or concrete), and then burn it. For the love of the Valley, don’t dispose of knotweed plant parts in the garbage, in the woods, or anywhere else, as this will seed new colonies. Much of knotweed’s spread has resulted from people dumping it near water bodies, which allows new colonies to take hold all along the waterways. Knotweed: A Love Story? If you have an established patch of knotweed that you can only hope to contain, you may just have to embrace or, dare we say, celebrate it. Bees forage on the blossoms at a time in the growing season (August into September) when there’s not a lot of other options, and the resulting amber-colored honey is tasty. The young shoots of the plant are edible in spring and taste pleasantly tangy when cooked, much like those of its cousin, rhubarb.You can find recipes online for strawberry-knotweed pie, knotweed wine, gazpacho, chutney, vodka, fruit leather, pesto. “In spring, I like to make a knotweed crumble, or add cooked young knotweed shoots to a salad to give it tang,” Wyeth says. “You definitely always need to cook the young shoots, though.” As with most illicit substances, there’s money to be made in knotweed. Wyeth explains that the stems and leaves are high in resveratrol, the same compound found, famously, in red wine. Resveratrol has been shown to reduce lipid levels in mice, and some studies suggest that it may have protective effects against cardiovascular and neurological decline, or even anti-cancer properties, in humans. Despite the lack of strong evidence, resveratrol has been touted by many writers of health articles and makers of herbal supplements as a red winebased anti-aging wonder drug. “Resveratrol tablets and tinctures are usually marketed with appealing images of grapes and wine, but in fact, the majority of resveratrol supplements on the market are, far more lucratively, isolated from Japanese knotweed,” Wyeth says. Allelopathy: Plants Trying to Murder Each Other Knotweed has its own reasons for making resveratrol—it’s a component of its chemical defense system. Plants engaging in chemical warfare are demonstrating allelopathy (allelo = “one another” and pathy = "disorder"). The most commonly recognized example of this is the way that the leaves, stems, fruit, buds, and roots of black walnut trees release a chemical compound, juglone, that inhibits the growth of most anything else in the vicinity. Knotweed practices its allelopathy with resveratrol and several other compounds. Resveratrol is a phytoalexin, a compound produced in the tissues of the plant in response to microbial attack. Agricultural research has found extract of knotweed to be an effective antifungal agent, protecting crops such as tomatoes, wheat, and cucumbers from various fungal diseases—most notably, powdery mildew, gray mold, and rust. Knotweed’s naturally-induced phytoalexins inhibit the formation of spores in pathogenic fungal species, and the extract, when sprayed on certain crops, confers the same benefit. As it is plant-based and minimally toxic to mammals, is considered safe for organic farming. “The tale of knotweed is a microcosm for invasive plants generally,” Wyeth says. “From some vantage points, it’s a bad actor, but from others, it has a myriad of redeeming qualities.” 6/18 CHRONOGRAM HOME & GARDEN 41
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Sometimes Lies Are Prettier, a 2017 work by Tavares Strachan, showing at Storm King through November 25.
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Mount Tremper Arts (Through October 8) Located just above Woodstock, Mount Tremper Arts was founded as an artists’ incubator—its core program is known as the Watershed Laboratory—by visual artist Matthew Pokoik and choreographer Aynsley Vandenbroucke. Twenty-eighteen’s Watershed Lab is packed with enticing performance art/multi-medium events: Boom Bat Gesture’s “Spring Springs!” (June 16); Ugly Duckling Presse (July 28); Baira, the Illustrious Blacks, Courtney J. Cook, and Greg Purnell (August 11); Nicky Paraiso (August 25); and more. Mounttremperarts.org Wassaic Project Summer Festival (August 4-5) Hidden away in the Dutchess County hamlet of Wassaic is the former Maxon Mills compound, the site of the pan-disciplinary Wassaic Project arts complex. Since 2008, the striking space has been hosting exhibitions and resident artists from around the world. One a year, the Wassaic Project hosts this free summer festival of art, dance, music, and grown-up fun (check website for details). Also of interest is the fifth edition of its wild Heather Metal Parking Lot event (July 21), which pays tribute to the cultural impact of heavy metal. Wassaicproject.org
Berkshire Botanical Garden (Through October 8) Stretching for over 15 lush acres in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the Berkshire Botanical Garden’s roots go back to 1934, making it one of the oldest public gardens in the Northeast. It stays open May 1 through Columbus Day—although of course the summer offers scenery, scents, and events unique to the season. Its Art/Garden exhibitions have installations by 10 contemporary artists (Alice Aycock, Wendell Castle, E.V. Day, Fitzhugh Karol, Mark Mennin, Ned Smith, Michele Oak Doner, Stephen Talasnik, Rob Wynne). On view at its Leonhart Galleries are plant lithographs by Ellsworth Kelly (pictured above). Berkshirebotanical.org 46 SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW CHRONOGRAM 6/18
Opus 40 (Through October) An upstate artistic jewel if ever there was, Saugerties sculpture park Opus 40 was created by artist and local legend Harvey Fite in 1939. The rambling, 6.5-acre sculpture that gives the park its name was made on the site of one-time bluestone quarry and includes a rustic wooden house, also built by Fite, which now serves as a gallery space. Opus 40 is open from Memorial Day through October, Thursday through Sunday and holiday Mondays 11am to 5:30pm. The park hosts performances and events sporadically during the season. Check website for details. Opus40.org
Storm King Art Center (Through November 25) The Hudson Valley and New York Metro area are lucky to have the treasured destination that is Storm King Art Center. The sprawling sculpture park attracts visitors from all over the world yet never loses its tranquil, almost sacred charm. Storm King has two intriguing displays up now that run through the fall: “Indicators: Artists on Climate Change,” which address the threats of our changing climate via works by over a dozen artists (through November 11), and “Outlooks,” a new site-specific sculpture by Elaine Cameron-Weir. Stormking.org
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art (June 16-November 11) Curated by Anastasia James, the recently appointed curator of exhibitions and programs at the Dorsky, “Time Travelers: Hudson Valley Artists 2018” is the museum’s annual show of regional artists. Ranging across artistic disciplines and media—including textiles, painting, installation, sculpture, performance, and photography—“Time Travelers” presents work that engages with the concept of time travel and the slippery notions of time. Many of the 11 participating artists will be well known to followers of the regional art scene: Michael Bernstein, Lynn Dreese Breslin, Kyle Cottier, Daniella Dooling, Harry Leigh, Mollie McKinley, Alison McNulty, Tony Moore, Yvonne Muller, Antonella Piemontese, and Greg Slick. Newpaltz.edu/museum Art Omi (Through September) Besides being home to the Fields at Omi, a mustsee contemporary sculpture park with a collection of stunning permanent pieces, Art Omi is a nonprofit arts organization with public workshops and residencies and programs for visiting international artists, musicians, dancers, writers, and other creative voices. Open all year, the facility presents performances and other functions amid its changeable exhibits. Coming up” Fields Opening Day (June 16); Artists Open Weekend (July 7-8); drone project “The Aerial Actor” (July 28); a music concert (August 25); “Light into the Night” evening performance and benefit; and more. Artomi.org SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW SPONSORED BY
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For many, Rhinebeck is a town that comes to mind when they want to do a little upscale shopping or enjoy some fine dining—not immerse themselves in some daring new contemporary art. But ‘T’ Space, a gallery designed and established by architect Steven Holl on the T2 Reserve forest at Round Lake, located just outside the Village of Rhinebeck, has as its mission the aim of doing exactly that. And for its 2018 summer season, ‘T’ Space has announced an expansion of that mission that will include enhanced exhibits and multidisciplinary events as well as increased artist residencies and more access opportunities for visitors to the gallery and its wooded surroundings. “The fusion of art, poetry, music, and architecture is a core aim of ‘T’ Space,” Holl says. “Today a great breadth of digital information is instantly available and segregated into categories. Yet, as in the greatest cultural cycles in history, the Arts are interrelated. Architecture, painting, sculpture, music, and poetry all inspire one another. ‘T’ Space aims to synthesize the arts and present original programs in the Hudson Valley.” Starting this month, ‘T’ Space will present a series of three exhibitions featuring new works by artists Richard Nonas and Ricci Albenda and architect Tatiano Bilbao; the opening of each work will be paired with performances and readings by leading poets, musicians, and composers. The season officially starts with the opening of a new permanent installation by New York’s Richard Nonas, a 900-foot outdoor sculpture utilizing 80 railroad ties, that includes a reading by poet David Shapiro and music by saxophonist Stefan Zeniuk (June 2). Next, Mexico’s Tatiano Bilbao will unveil and discuss her recent collages and experimental musician Martin Maugeasis will perform (July 21). For the final summer exhibition, Brooklyn visual artist and sculptor Ricci Albenda will present Open Universe, a three-dimensional architectural “drawing” rendered in bent willow ribs (commonly used for basket making) that will be complimented at the opening by experimental poetry from Darren Bader and live “bluegrass-inspired” music by banjoist Jim Krewson (Neko Case, Songs:Ohia, Jim & Jennie and the Pinetops). Additionally, the summer also features the newly opened T2 Installation Trail, a two-mile hiking path lined with commissioned sculptural works. ‘T’ Space’s public visiting hours are on Sundays from noon to 5pm, with a suggested admission of $10. Exhibition openings are free and open to the public. Tspacerhinebeck.org SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW SPONSORED BY
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Caramoor Summer Music Festival (June 16-July 29) Founded in 1945, Caramoor is held on the grounds of the lavish Mediterranean-style villa (now a museum) in the Westchester County town of Katonah. Classical music remains predominant in the programming, but pop, folk, jazz, and world music are peppered throughout the calendar. Audra McDonald opens the season (June 16), which also includes the Verona Quartet (June 21); So Percussion (June 22); Aimee Mann/Valerie June (June 23); Apollo’s Fire (June 24); Isabel Leonard/Sharon Isbin (June 28); Kronos Quartet (June 29); Handel’s Atalanta (July 22); Joey Alexander (July 27); Dominque Kidjo (July 28); and more. Caramoor.org Stone Mountain:Sound:Motion (June 23) Brand new to our Hudson Valley summer music festival landscape is Rosendale’s Stone Mountain:Sound:Motion, an all-day event that centers on live improvisation. And if the inaugural schedule is anything to go by, it looks like a promising addition, indeed: the Jessica Jones Quartet (featuring Kenny Wolleson, Stomu Takeishi, and Tony Jones), the Tani Tabbal Trio, Fula flute masters Bailo Bah and Sylvain Leroux, Val-Inc, Cumulus featuring Pete Coates (koto) and Eric Archer (bansuri flute), 5th Wall Studio dance group, Timothy Hill, Mitochondrial featuring Chris Lané and Joakim Lartey, Visionary Youth Orchestra, and the Biophony Project. Smsmfestival.com Green River Festival (July 13-14) Year by year, Greenfield, Massachusetts’s Green River Festival broadens its original folk-roots MO to take in acts that are, some might say, musically farther afield. This time around, the 32-years-and-running jamboree presents Michael Franti & Spearhead, Old Crow Medicine Show, Dr. Dog, Josh Ritter, I’m with Her, Deer Tick, Robert Earl Keen, Femi Kuti, Chuck Prophet, Lucy Dacus, Birds of Chicago, Amy Helm, the Ballroom Thieves, the James Hunter Six, Marco Benevento, the Mammals, Molly Tuttle, Magna Carda, Bella’s Bartok, Yes Darling, the Revelers, Twisted Pine, Big Mean Sound Machine, and others. On-site camping available. Greenriverfestival.com Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival (July 19-22) The mother of all upstate bluegrass festivals, Grey Fox began in 1984 and has been blossoming in its second home, the Walsh Farm in Oak Hill, since 2008—it’s even the subject of a documentary, 2003’s Bluegrass Journey, and was one of 10 musical events around the world featured in BBC World’s television series “Destination Music.” Alongside yearly host band Dry Branch Fire Squad, the 2018 lineup stars Del McCoury, Sam Bush, Hot Rize (40th anniversary celebration), Jerry Douglas, the Wood Brothers, Della Mae, Peter Rowan, Daily and Vincent, Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers, Sierra Hull, and many more. On-site camping is available. Greyfoxbluegrass.com Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice (August 2-5) Showcasing the power and artful beauty of the human voice, this four-day event in the tiny-but-hip outpost of Phoenicia is one of the most anticipated music festivals in the region. PIFV grew out of “Opera Under the Stars,” a 2009 benefit concert and opera is still its constant thread, but this genre-spanning weekend has spanned to include jazz, musical theater, world music, and other styles. This year has “Sirens of Gospel” (August 30); Rossini’s “La Cambiale di Matrimonio” (August 4); Bizet’s “Carmen” (August 4); and the festival finale, “Beauties of Broadway” (August 5). Phoeniciavoicefest.org Aston Magna (June 14-July 21) Now in its 46th year, Aston Magna is America’s oldest annual summer music festival devoted to music played on authentic period instruments and is sure to satisfy fans of early and chamber music. The festival, which takes at various venues in Western Massachusetts and the Hudson Valley, hosted the first American performances of the complete Bach Vandenberg Concertos and the first American performances of Mozart symphonies on original instruments. This summer’s roster promises a newly commissioned offering by up-and-coming composer Alex Burtzos, as well as works by Brahms, Bach, LeClair, Couperin, Beethoven, Mozart, Caldara, and others, along with preconcert talks. Astonmagna.org From top: Todd Williams performs at Aston Magna July 12, 13 & 14. The Spanish Courtyard at Caramor will host musicians all summer long. Val-Inc performs at Stone Mountain Sound on June 23. Opposite: Peter Smith appears as Peter Pan in the Bard Summerscape Theater production of Leonard Bernstein’s “Peter Pan,” opening June 28. Photo by Maria Baranova.
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Bard SummerScape/Bard Music Festival (June 28-August 19) Bard SummerScape’s 2018 season kicks off its summer-long schedule on June 28 with a new production of Leonard Bernstein’s “Peter Pan” in honor of the late composer and conductor’s 100th birthday. Emphasizing the darker side of J. M. Barrie’s original play, this new adaptation by famed New York City Opera Director Christopher Alden and featuring choreography Jack Ferver and a teens-’n’-tweens cast, is being touted as “definitely not your grandparents’ ‘Peter Pan’!” (It is suitable for ages 12 and up, though.) This marks the 15th year for SummerScape, a world-renowned, sevenweek celebration of concerts, opera, theater, cabaret, film, and other events on the campus of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson. Once again, the hugely eclectic SummerScape also encompasses the classically oriented Bard Music Festival, which was itself established in 1990 and every year focuses on the music, life, and cultural impact of a different composer. For 2018, the thematic figurehead is Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), and although there has been much ado between the US and Russia recently, the selection of the Russian musical icon as this year’s core composer was not premeditated. “It had been quite some time since we’d featured a Russian composer,” explains Bard professor and tfestival’s co-artistic director (with the college’s president, Leon Botstein), Christopher Gibbs. “The last one was Prokofiev, in 1998. So it was time for another. But we’d been planning to do Rimsky-Korsakov for a while, anyway; he’s one of the Mighty Handful, who are also called the Mighty Five [a group of five influential 19th-century Russian composers].” Bard Music Festival’s two-weekend “Rimsky-Korsakov and His World” (“Inventing Russian Music: The Mighty Five,” August 10-12; “Rimsky-Korsakov and His Followers,” August 17-19) is divided into 12 main programs featuring concerts and preconcert talks in the Richard B. Fisher Center’s Sosnoff and Olin halls, some of which are free. The larger SummerScape festival includes such highlights as Arthur Rubenstein’s opera “Demon” with the American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein (Jul7 27-August 5); and the world premiere of “Four Quartets,” a dance performance with text by T.S. Eliot, choreography by Pam Tanowitz, music by Kaija Saariaho, and images by Bruce Marden with Kathleen Chalfant (July 6-8). Returning like an absinthe apparition to Annandale is the beloved Spiegeltent, which serves food, drink, dancing, and cabaret and musical performances by legends Chita Rivera (July 28 at 7 and 9pm); Nona Hendryx (July 6); Melanie (July 27); Susan Bartsch (June 30); the Hot Sardines (August 17); Martha Pilmpton (June 29 at 7 and 9pm); and much more. Fishercenter.bard.edu. 6/18 CHRONOGRAM SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW 51
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he Vanaver Caravan has been performing original, world dance and music locally and around the world since 1972. Nearly a halfcentury later, the Hudson Valley-based nonprofit company offers summer programs aimed toward delivering culturally diverse dance region-wide. For younger dancers, CaravanKids Summer Workshop takes place July 16 through 20 in New Paltz. The program is for children ages 4 through 8. According to The Vanaver Caravan’s Livia Vanaver, “Kids can expect a fun, self-expressive, and multi-cultural dance experience in a warm community and outdoors environment.” SummerDance on Tour runs from late July through early August and will consist of a two-week intensive devoted to dance training, followed by one week of performances at local venues.The intensive and performances take place July 23 through August 12 and will feature dance styles like percussive, modern, Indian folk/Bollywood, ballet, Irish, and flamenco. Guest faculty include: Bharat Verma, founder of Udaipur, India’s Heartbeators Dance Institute;Vijay Laxmi Ameta, Rajasthani folk dancer/ Indian folk choreographer; Anna Librada Georges, producer/creative director of the Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival; and Joel Hanna, former star of Riverdance touring company, who will be teaching percussive and Irish dance. Participants in SummerDance on Tour’s preparatory workshop, Vanaver explained, will be in engaged in “a wide variety of dance forms and styles that expand their perceptions and vocabulary while also perfecting their performance skills.” The workshop, located at the Center Symbolic Studies, is open to all levels, culminating in performances in the Hudson Valley and New York City. You can also catch The Vanaver Caravan’s performances during Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival on June 16 and 17. The Vanaver Caravan’s humanitarian work includes Shakti Caravan, a program offering dance exchanges, free self-defense courses for women, environmental action projects, and education programs. Additionally, a portion of the donations from SummerDance on Tour’s World Dance & Music Performance and Participatory Dance, at 8pm on August 4 at the Ashokan Center, will go toward The Vanaver Caravan’s scholarship program. For information on programs, performances, and pre-registration, visit Vanavercaravan.org. —Kandy Harris 52 SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW CHRONOGRAM 6/18
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Bang on a Can Summer Festival (July 12-28) Since 2002, the New York-born contemporary classical organization Bang on a Can has made its summer home at magical Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, where it holds its yearly Summer Institute of Music, a program for young composers and performers. The festival features daily performances in the art museum’s galleries (free with museum admission), a concert by the Bang on a Can All-Stars (BOAC cofounder Julia Wolfe’s “Anthracite Fields”), and finishes, as always, with a sixhour Marathon Concert by the festival ensembles and special guests—this year’s Marathon features works by guest composer Steve Reich. Massmoca.org Bethel Woods (Through December) Since Bethel Woods is set on the site of the original 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, it’s no accident that much of its programming is aimed squarely at the classicrock demographic. June jumps off with Roger Daltrey performing the Who’s Tommy with members of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (June 8). Also appearing: Lucinda Williams/Steve Earle/Dwight Yoakam (June 15); Poison/Cheap Trick/Pop Evil (June 22); Steve Miller Band/Peter Frampton (June 29); Steely Dan/Doobie Brothers (July 14); Lynyrd Skynyrd (July 21); Dierks Bentley (August 3); Beach Boys/Righteous Brothers (August 5); Trombone Shorty (August 11); Deep Purple/ Judas Priest (September 2); and more. Bethelwoodscenter.org
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Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (August 3-5) A Hudson Valley classic, Falcon Ridge lands at Dodds Farm in Hillsdale every August, bringing authentic folk dancing and some of the brightest and most beloved names in roots-related music. Across its four stages, organizers this year present the Adam Ezra Group, Dar Williams, Annie Wentz, Buddy System, Bunkhouse Boys, Clayfoot Strutters, Dan Navarro, the End of America, Gaslight Tinkers, Great Bear, Greg Greenway, Heather Aubrey Lord, Jason Spooner Band, John Gorka, the Kennedys, Kim and Reggie Harris, Magpie, Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Sloan Wainwright, Tom Paxton and the Don Juans, and more. Food and camping are available. Falconridgefolk.com
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Tanglewood (June 15-September 2) Tanglewood, in Lenox, Massachusetts, has been the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937. And while classical still fills the bill, it’s pop and NPR fare that’s kept Tanglewood in the black. Roger Daltrey plays Tommy with the Boston Pops (June 15); David Crosby (June 16); Stephen Stills and Judy Collins (June 17); Allison Krauss (June 19); “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” (June 21); Andy Grammer (June 22); Harry Connick Jr. (June 23); Bela Fleck (June 29); “Live from Here” with Chris Thile and Lake Street Dive (June 30); Ry Cooder and Emmylou Harris (July 1); festival fave James Taylor (July 3-4); and more. Bso.org
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Lumberyard (June 29-September 2) The biggest thing to hit Catskill since the years when Mike Tyson trained there, Lumberyard contemporary performing arts center is set to open later this summer and is staging a few of its inaugural events at nearby venues: Urban Bushwomen (June 29-July 1 at Club Helsinki, Hudson); STREB (July 6-8 at Lumberyard); Bridgman/Packer Dance (July 13-14 at Lumberyard); d. Sabela Grimes (July 27-29 at Bridge Street Theater, Catskill); Jodi Melnick (August 3-5 at Hudson Hall, Hudson); John Jasperse (August 17-19 at Hudson Hall, Hudson); Ishmael Houston-Jones and Miguel Guiterrez (August 24-26 at Hudson Hall, Hudson); Savion Glover featuring Marcus Gilmore (September 1-2). Lumberyard.org PS 21 (June 2-August 24) With an emphasis on dance, Columbia County’s PS21 has certainly grown from its humble 2009 beginnings beneath an open-air tent; recently, the facility relocated to a newly constructed state-of-the-art theater. On the dance card for its 13th season: Larry Keigwin and Nicole Wolcott in “Places Please” (June 2); Rory Block’s Gospel & Blues Fest Weekend (July 20-22); West African Dance and Drum (July 27); Parsons Dance (August 3); Bill Shannon (August 10); Dusan Tynek Dance Theater (August 17); and more. Pschatham.org Five Senses Festival (July 21-August 11) Sponsored by the renowned Pilobus dance company, the Five Sense Festival offers art, dance, food, technology, and nature for all ages in wooded Washington, Connecticut. The three-week, multidisciplinary event starts with the grand opening night ball and will feature sunrise-to-sunset programs and performances, and the closing ceremony will include a kids’ show and the premiere of the new eveninglength Pilobus show “Come to Your Senses.” Live musical acts include Bela Fleck. Fivesensefestival.com
Hudson Hall Summer Season (July 6-August 12) In addition to some exemplary live music, art exhibitions, readings, workshops, children’s programming, and talks, the historic and beautifully restored Hudson Hall in Hudson—the site of appearances by Mark Twain, Susan B. Anthony, and others—has a number of appealing dancerelated events set for the summer season, such as the Steven Petronio Company (July 6-7); and three shows by the locally prominent Badilla family: Young Paris (July 20), “The Spirit of the River” (July 20), and Lady Moon (July 21). Concerts include Harmony Project Hudson’s Summer Camp Finale (July 27) and violinist Tim Fain (August 12). Hudsonoperahouse.org
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New York City Ballet at SPAC (July 17-21) Every July, the revered New York City Ballet company returns to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) for its summer residency. The company’s upstate stay always ends with a lawn party and a lavish gala, both of which this year will celebrate the centennials of composer Leonard Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins. The 2018 schedule: “All Balancine” (July 17-18); “Romeo + Juliet” (July 19-21); “21st Century Choreographers” (July 19); “The Four Seasons: Robbins and Bernstein at 100” (July 21). Spac.org
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Above: Breton Follies performs at Jacob’s Pillow this summer. Photo by Vlad Photography Opposite from top: Pilobolus launches their Five Senses Festival on July 27. Savion Glover and Marcus Gilmore perfom at Lumberyard in Catskill on September 1-2. Photo by Fran Kaufman. Bill Shannon puts on a special show for kids on August 10 at PS 21 in Chatham. Steven Petronio Company is in residence at Hudson Hall July 6-7. Photo by Sarah Silver.
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Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (June 20-August 22)
Situated within a National Historic Landmark District in the Western Massachusetts farm town of Becket, Jacob’s Pillow is a dance center, school, and performance space built in 1931 by modern dance pioneers Ted Shawn and his wife Ruth St. Denis. Among the greats who’ve trained there are Martha Graham, Charles Weidman, Doris Humphrey, and Alvin Ailey. In 2010, the center became a recipient of the National Medal of Arts. Summers bring Jacob’s Pillow’s annual dance festival, a premier international event that draws 80,000 visitors yearly and presents a rich and highly varied calendar of dance performances that take in old and contemporary styles and traditions from around the world. Events take place on the site’s three stages, which include that of the 620-seat Ted Shawn Theater and the outdoor Inside/Out stage, a spot offering glorious views of the surrounding Berkshire Mountains. With ticketed events and over 200 free events, the Jacob’s Pillow Summer Dance Festival includes performances, lectures, tours, films, exhibits, and talks with artists themselves. This year’s ticketed performances include the season opening by the Royal Danish Ballet (June 20-24), a world-famous company that hasn’t appeared at the center in over 10 years, and Philadelphia’s PHILADANCO! (July 11-15), which last took flight at the Pillow more than two decades ago. Other highlights are the Minneapolis-based Ragamala Dance Company with the multidisciplinary “Written in Water,” a piece utilizing visual projections and original music composed by jazz trumpeter and Arabic maquam singer Amir ElSaffar for Iraqi, Western, and Carnatic instruments (June 20-24); the physically incredible Pilobolus troupe for “Come to Your Senses” and “Branches,” the latter of which premiered in 2017 on the Inside/Out stage (June 27-July 1); Ephrat Asherie Dance with “Odeon,” a high-energy hip-hop opus with live music inspired by early 20th-century Brazilian composer Ernesto Nazareth (June 27-July 1); Obie winner Sonya Tayeh for “You’ll Still Call Me by Name,” an “emotionally charged dance symphony that explores a mystifying, complex, and jagged relationship between a mother and a daughter” to live music by the Bengsons (August 15-19); Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and his Eastman company for “Fractus V,” which takes its inspiration from the political philosophy of Noam Chomsky (!) and incorporates swing, hip-hop, and Korean, Congolese, Japanese, and Indian traditions (July 11-15); and Daniel Ulbricht’s Stars of American Ballet in a centennial tribute to choreographer Jerome Robbins with live music (August 22-26). Jacobspillow.org
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Lumberyard Contemporary Performing Arts Leads Catskill into a New Era of Culture and Commerce
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he transformation of Dunn Builders Supplyin Catksill into a premier, state-of-the-art performance facility is a plot twist that no one would have anticipated a few years ago. Nevertheless, it is a fitting reincarnation for the sprawling complex, epitomizing the town’s gradual metamorphosis from an industrial hub to a destination for arts and culture. With the support of a generous seed donation from Solange MacArthur, a $5-million-dollar loan from RSF Social Finance, and over $800,000 in funding from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Capital Region Economic Development Council, the American Dance Institute (ADI) purchased the complex from Steve Dunn in 2015. ADI, since renamed Lumberyard Contemporary Performing Arts, is a women-run nonprofit that began in 2000 as a dance school. After launching, the organization rapidly evolved into the creative incubator and technical residency program it is today. Led by visionary Artistic and Executive Director Adrienne Willis and headquartered in NewYork City, Lumberyard is in the midst of a multi-phase, multimillion-dollar renovation and expansion of the Catskill campus that began with the central building. The 5,500-square-foot space is being transformed into a flexible-layout theater with administrative wings, practice studios, and resident housing.The multi-purpose space may also be used as a soundstage for film and TV and made available to host events, weddings, and conferences. The organization’s Under Construction Summer Festival marks the inauguration of the space. As the name indicates, renovation will continue through the summer, with programming being held both on-site and off, at venues throughout the area. The summer season, full of innovative performing arts productions, runs from June 29 through September 2 and features eight performances—three of them premieres—spread across four venues. Programming kicks off with Urban Bush Women’s dance-driven musical “Scat!”, June 28 through July 1 at Club Helsinki in Hudson. The following weekend, July 6 through 8, sees the first onsite show at the Lumberyard. The athletic and technically tight STREB Extreme Action Company will perform a gravity-defying show titled “SEA (Singular Extreme Actions),” in which they push the limits of their bodies and their medium. On July 14 and 15, head to the post-industrial waterfront for an evening of light bites, local beer, and a multimedia performance by 56 SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW CHRONOGRAM 6/18
Bridgman | Packer Dance, staged in a 17-foot U-Haul truck. The piece, aptly named “Truck,” features the company’s distinctive blend of video technology and live performance that toys with the audience’s sense of continuity and context to explore a range of emotional tenors. The last performance of July is acclaimed Los Angeles choreographer d. Sabela Grimes’s premiere of an as-yet-unnamed new work, July 27 through 29 at Bridge Street Theatre. Grimes’s style has been described as AfroFuturistic dance theater and his projects pull in the “Funkamentals” of methodical dance training and street-dance forms to carefully consider both modern existential quandaries and historical narratives of race and gender. A Bright Future The town of Catskill, located in Greene County, has struggled financially for years with high unemployment and shuttered storefronts. The Lumberyard hopes to be an engine for economic development, anticipating that at full capacity the venue will generate upward of $14 million in annual economic impact, providing 150 full-time jobs and over $1 million in local spending throughout the summer season.Their soundstage is the only Qualified Production Facility in the county, and Lumberyard is confident it will play a major role in the burgeoning Upstate New York film industry. Alongside this season’s summer festival, Lumberyard will run a youth employment program to teach marketable production skills to the area’s collegeage students.The organization is also partnering with the Hudson Correctional Facility to offer incarcerated teenagers a chance to learn personal and professional skills and experience performances by renowned artists. “The program director will go into the prison and work with the teens twice a week for six weeks, teaching them everything from self-evaluation, to the art of telling their own stories, to team building,” says Sharon Lee Thony, head of marketing for Lumberyard. These community outreach efforts are central to the Lumberyard’s mission of becoming a regional hub for arts and social justice. “This social impact programming is the heartbeat of what we do,” Thony says. For more information on their artistic and philanthropic programming visit Lumberyard.org. —Marie Doyon
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Above: Circus performers at the Secret City Art Revival, which takes over Woodstock July 26-29. Above right: Scret City founder and lead rabblerouser Chirs Wells. Right middle: Shakespeare & Company’s “Henry IV parts I and II” from 2017. Photo by Kevin Sprague. Right bottome: Shakespeare & Company’s 2017 production of “The Tempest.” Photo by Stratton McCrady.
The Secret City Art Revival (July 26-29) Called “sort of a salon, sort of a church...[and] a half-irreverent, half-earnest blend of revival meeting and group meditation session” by the New York Times, the Obie Awardwinning Secret City group began in New York in 2007 and relocated to Woodstock in 2013. Led by founder and performer Chris Wells, the organization’s ecstatic, ongoing, art-as-religion-themed happenings culminate this summer with the Secret City Art Revival, a Woodstock-wide weekend festival of site-specific performances and installations in a wide variety of settings; community gatherings; a parade; a town picnic; and a tent revival starring the Secret City Singers and the Secret City Band. Thesecretcity.org Shakespeare & Company (Through October 28) Located in Lenox, Massachusetts, Shakespeare & Company has been bringing the Bard to the Berkshires since 1978. “Macbeth” will be presented on the mainstage of the Tina Packer Playhouse; “As You Like It” will be produced plein air in the Roman Garden Theater; and “Love’s Labors Lost” will be staged on the neighboring grounds of the Mount, author Edith Wharton’s historic estate. New plays include the Carey Crim comedy “Morning After Grace”; August Strindberg’s “Creditors”; “Heisenberg” by Simon Stephens; Tony Award winner Terrence McNally’s “Mothers and Sons”; and Pulitzer Prize finalist Taylor Mac’s “Here.” Shakespeare.org Shadowland Stages (June 2-December 16) The beautifully restored Art Deco movie theater in Ellenville focuses on producing adventurous new plays and musicals across its two stages. For 2018, Shadowland’s schedule boasts Patrick Meyers’s mountaineering thriller “K2”; the comedies “Elemeno Pea” by Mary Smith Metzler (“Orange is the New Black”), “Bang! Bang!” by Monty Python’s John Cleese, and “The Mystery of Love and Sex” by Fulbright scholar Bathsheba Doran (“Boardwalk Empire”); the drama “Papermaker” by Monica Wood; and the Roger Bean musicals “Honky Tonk Laundry” and “The Winter Wondrettes.” The Matinees at Shadowland film series screens classic movies, cartoons, and shorts on Saturday afternoons. Shadowlandstages.org Daniel’s Art Party (June 12-30) This intriguing, brand-new addition to the region’s summer theatrical stage is being presented by Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. A culturally diverse, family-friendly festival, it brings together art, music, dance, and performance with a varied, yet cohesive, flair. On the 2018 debut roster are the sitespecific, pop-up ballet “Elgar’s Variations Tour”; a campus-wide scavenger hunt curated by director and designer Michael Counts with art by fiber artist/sculptor Huck Elling; comedic choral concert “Maestro Doolally and the Choir”; oral history “Leatherheads: Berkshire Firefighters Tell Their Stories”; an onstage farm and livestock fair; musical farce “Orange Smasheroo!”; and more. Simons-rock.edu SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW SPONSORED BY
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Powerhouse Theater (June 22-July 29) Vassar University and New York Stage and Film have copresented plays, musicals, workshops, and readings via Powerhouse Theater since 1985; 2016 Tony Award winners “Hamilton” and “The Humans” and nominee “Bright Star” premiered here. This season’s Mainstage features Liza Birkenmeier’s “Radio Island” and the Virginia Woolf adaptation “The Waves”; Musical Workshops include “Alice By Heart” (music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater) and “The Connector” (music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown); Inside Look Workshops have comedy and drama; the two-part Readings Festival examines new works; the free Training Company program offers Ovid, Shakespeare, and more. Powerhouse.vassar.edu
“The Light Years,” was staged at Vassar & New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater in 2015 Photo by Buck Lewis.
Zach Fike Hodges, Michael Broadhurst, Stephen Paul Johnson in “The Book Of Will” at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (June 7-September 3) Held outdoors beneath a massive, open-air theater tent on the grounds of the historic Boscobel estate in Garrison, the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival celebrates its 32nd season this year. Although Shakespeare’s classics naturally take center stage on the calendar—2018’s selections are “Richard II” and “The Taming of the Shrew”—the company also airs related and compatible productions alongside those of its namesake: This summer also includes “The Heart of Robin Hood” (commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2011 and based on the iconic English folktale), “The SeaMaid’s Music,” and “Rip Van Winkle.” Hvshakespeare.org 58 SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW CHRONOGRAM 6/18
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Bon Appétit, Music Lovers: Maverick Concerts 2018 Season Vive la France! Long live Maverick Concerts!
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here is a spiritual connection between Paris, France and Woodstock, NY. Both have long been magnets for artists. In this light, Maverick Concerts’ French-themed 103rd season kicks off on June 30. Maverick Concerts is the oldest continuous summer chamber music festival in America. Nestled in the woods just outside of Woodstock, NY the concert hall, built by hand in 1915, is on the National Register of Historic Places and renowned for its superb acoustics. Its 2018 “Americans in Paris” project is a heart-stirring love letter to the city to which so many freedom-seeking American artists have been drawn. Among them are two beloved musical figures, both being honored this summer: the prodigiously talented composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein on the centenary of his birth, and composer and Pulitzer Prize winner Ned Rorem, who turns 95 this year. Jazz luminary Bill Charlap will celebrate Bernstein on July 7, and on August 25, Music Director Alexander Platt will conduct the Maverick Chamber Orchestra in his arrangement of Bernstein’s SONGFEST: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra featuring the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice. Some of Rorem’s most treasured art-songs will be impressively presented this summer by the Escher, Dover, Jupiter and Borromeo String Quartets; and the Lincoln Trio in its Maverick Debut. The above performers, along with pianists Andrew Russo and Daniel Gortler; baritone Andrew Garland, and Trio Con Brio Copenhagen, will also present three landmark piano trios of Ravel, Faure, and Chausson and three string quartets of Ravel, Franck, and Debussy.
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France has long had a passion for jazz, now embraced by Chamber Music America as a true classical music art form. This year’s Jazz at the Maverick offerings reflect this with the return of Grammy winner Fred Hersch on August 4, and debuts by the legendary Kenny Barron on June 30 and Brazilian jazz great Nilson Matta on September 1. On July 14, Bastille Day begins with a children’s concert by world-class pianist Katya Grineva, and ends with the Imani Winds’ musical tribute to the iconic “Creole Goddess” Josephine Baker in a program narrated by Kitt Potter. Potter returns on July 28 with an all-star jazz ensemble celebrating the music and words of “La Baker”, Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt, James Baldwin, and more with a guest appearance by Dutchess County Poet Laureate Bettina “Poet Gold” Wilkerson. Maverick’s award-winning Sunday afternoon chamber concerts also include Trio Solisti and the famed Shanghai, Danish and Amernet String Quartets.The popular Saturday morning Young People’s Concerts include local favorite Elizabeth Mitchell and Sphinx Symphony Orchestra violinist Gwen Laster’s New MUSE 4tet.Woodstock’s own Jake Sorgen (composer, guitarist, vocalist) makes his Maverick debut on July 6. See the full schedule online. “Maverick is balancing the venerated institution it is with the current Hudson Valley renaissance,” says Platt. “Our hope is that people will find the gorgeous French music, and the other programs in this year’s festival, to be a welcome aperitif in these troubled times.” For the full summer line-up visit Maverickconcerts.org. —Peter Aaron
Katy Sullivan and Wendell Pierce in 2016 Williamstown Theatre Festival production of “The Cost of Living.” Photo by Daniel Rader. Below: Marisa Tomei in “The Rose Tattoo,” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2016. Photo by Daniel Rader.
THEATER
Williamstown Theater Festival (June 26-August 19)
To many people these days, the initials “WTF” stand for something rather untoward and are commonly uttered after “OMG.” But since 1955, long before such currently fashionable acronyms were in the parlance, the initials WTF have stood for Williamstown Theater Festival, which picked up a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater in 2002. Known for its approach toward revisiting classic-repertoire plays using innovative new productions, developing new original musicals and plays, and training aspiring new actors and theater personnel, WTF is a nation-wide magnet for superior talent and delighted audiences. The festival’s list of alumni includes such award-winning names as Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Walken, Gwyneth Paltrow, Richard Dreyfus, E.G. Marshall, Christopher Reeve, Blythe Danner, Nathan Lane, Richard Chamberlain, Paul Giamatti, Bradley Cooper, Calista Flockhart, and many others. Festival founder and executive artistic director Nicholas Psacharopolis oversaw its operation for more than 30 years and steered it away from the standard summer stock repertoire, concentrating instead on cultivating a cosmopolitan, international atmosphere that performed works by such playwrights as George Bernard Shaw, Anton Chekov, Bertholt Brecht, Tennessee Williams, Tom Stoppard, and Jean Anouilh. This summer’s shows feature four plays making their world premieres at the festival: the comedies “The Closet” by Douglas Carter Beane (starring Tony-winning actor Matthew Broderick of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off fame) and “Artney Jackson” by James Anthony Tyler; the musical “Lempika” by Carson Kreitzer (music by Matt Gould); and the drama “The Sound Inside” by Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp. Rounding out the docket are a revival of Carson McCuller’s beloved, coming-of-age classic “The Member of the Wedding”; the new culinary comedy “Seared”; and the new drama “Dangerous House.” In addition to the headline productions and a one-night-only solo concert by Broadway legend Chita Rivera to benefit WTF’s New Play & Musical Development Initiative (July 9), the festival will once again offer an appetizing array of supplementary cultural events. Among these are its year-round Community Works program for Berkshire residents of all ages and backgrounds; the Late-Night Cabaret (July 12-August 11); readings; workshops; backstage tours; Sunday Lawn Talks with the actors; educational programs; and other attractions. Ensconced on the campus of Williams College in the charming Western Massachusetts town of Williamstown—also home to the Clark Art Institute and adjacent to Mass MoCA in North Adams—Williamstown Theater Festival adds to the area’s status as a weekend-worthy destination for art and culture mavens. Wtfestival.org SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW SPONSORED BY
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CRAFTS
The Hudson Valley Hullabaloo gathers makers from around the region in Kingston in June.
Rhinebeck Craft Festival (June 23-24) Holding forth at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, the Rhinebeck Crafts Festival is another not-to-miss Hudson Valley destination event. With an exceptional mix of 200 up-and-coming and experienced artists, the two-day fair is a short walk from the fine dining and other attractions of downtown Rhinebeck and remains one of the region’s most anticipated yearly events. Hands-on craft demonstrations, interactive kids’ and family activities, mouthwatering gourmet foods, fine wines and locally brewed beers, and other specialties are all part of the fun. Items for sale include handmade furniture, art, clothing, and more. Artrider.com Berkshires Arts Festival (July 6-8) Founded in the early 1980s by an artisan wooden box maker, the Berkshires Arts Festival sets up in quaint Great Barrington in early July, bringing 175 jury-selected artists from all around the country; this year includes 40 artists who have never exhibited at the festival previously. Along with fine work in such fields as woodworking, ceramics, fiber-wearable arts, jewelry, Judaica, furniture, sculpture, mixed media, visual arts, and others, the hassle-free affair is perfect for families and adds food, live music, and even puppet shows to the mix. Americanartmarketing.com Hudson River Exchange Summer Market (June 23-24) Established in 2013 by a collective of Hudson-area artists and designers as a way to connect with other Hudson Valley makers and sell their wares, Hudson River Exchange, which also maintains a store on the city’s tony Warren Street, holds its annual Summer Fair in the beautiful outdoor setting of Henry Hudson Waterfront Park. The free event presents artists offering handmade goods, vintage finds of all kinds, locally sourced artisan food, DJs and live music by area acts, and even local farmers selling freshly grown produce. Hudsonriverexchange.com SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW SPONSORED BY
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Hudson Valley Hullabaloo (June 9-10) The new-but-growing, design-focused Hudson Valley Hullabaloo with free admission takes place in the much-ballyhooed Midtown Arts District of Kingston. Boasting 70 handmade and vintage vendors, the event has drawn shoppers from all over the Hudson Valley and the Northeast, who enjoy purchasing locally made items in its family-friendly, “relaxed, party-like setting.” The participating makers, craftspeople, designers, and artists are highly diverse and selected for the unique styles they bring. Sample wares include jewelry, candy, textiles, soaps, ciders, toys, sculpture, and more. Music by DJ Mr. Chips, plus a tintype photobooth and $1 portraits by Thorneater Comics. Hvhullabaloo.com Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair (September 1-3) This long-time local staple bookends the summer, happening on Memorial Day weekend in May and again on Labor Day Weekend. Held at the Ulster County Fairgrounds in New Paltz, the family-run, family-friendly fest features dozens of jury-selected local and visiting artistans and vendors hawking handmade items, food, and art. Voted one of the top craft shows in America, the fair also includes live music and kids’ activities; for the adults, it’s known for the many local wine makers and craft brewers selling libations on-site. Quailhollow.com Hutton Fare (July 21-October 21) Despite the fact that Smorgasburg will not be returning to Hutton Brickyards this summer, the Brooklyn-based food and craft fair was proof of concept enough for the event venue to jump into the festival racket themselves following further renovation of the former industrial site on the Kingston waterfront. Hutton Fare is a custom marketplace celebrating food, beverages, and handmade and packaged products from around the Hudson Valley. Hutton Fare will take place at Hutton Brickyards on the banks of the Hudson River over four weekends (July 21/22, August 18/19, September 15/16, October 20/21). Huttonbrickyards.com
In the MKNG (September 29-30)
The site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival and originally Max Yasgur’s farm, the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Sullivan County, is certainly an appropriate spot for the brand-new In the MKNG “creativity festival”: Centering on the art of producing and merchandising handmade craft items, the two-day fair is, in many ways, the embodiment of the DIY/utopian hippie dream and the back-to-the-land aesthetic of Yasgur himself. Although with an expected draw of 10,000 attendees, the 2018 debut of In the MKNG looks to have a more manageably sized audience than the more than 400,000 who wallowed in the peace, love, and mud of the more famous event. Open to adults and kids of all ages (children under two are free) and perfect for families—family-pack tickets are available—In the MKNG is set to host 150 makers and vendors, live demonstrations, workshops, interactive activities, food, and, in a loving nod to the ’69 festival, live music by locally based musicians. Acts slated to appear include Lauren Davidson, Wild Planes, Don’t Believe in Ghosts, and Zach Matari, with more set to be announced in the weeks ahead. “In the MKNG was born out of a desire to inspire creativity on a new level across people of all ages and backgrounds,” says Mark Hill, the president and CEO of the Association for Creative Industries, the festival’s organizers. “Our research shows that participation in crafting is growing and is not exclusive to a specific gender or age.” Festival goers will be able to meet the makers and take part in make-’n’-take sessions and craft competitions. On the 800-acre site, there will be a funfilled kids pavilion that will allow children to explore their budding creativity under the guidance of craft instructors, as well as a “shop local” pavilion designed to foment community support by offering handmade goods and other products from artists and businesses based in and around Sullivan County. Food and beverage dealers will be on hand to dispense culinary delights and regional craft beer and wine. Supporting charitable causes is another one of In the MKNG’s signature elements, as is pet adoption, and there will be booths in place at the event to connect attendees with information on each of these efforts—not to mention instruction on DIY crafting for pets. Hotel lodging and camping are available nearby. Bethel Woods is accessible from the New York State Thruway and Stewart Airport. Inthemkng.com 6/18 CHRONOGRAM SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW 63
FESTIVALS
Zen Mountain Monastery Buddhist Poetry Festival (July 5-8) It’s hard to imagine a more suitable local setting for a festival of Buddhist poetry than Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper. The tranquil retreat, set on 203 wooded acres and a short drive from Woodstock, has been welcoming those interested in Buddhist teachings since 1980 and is the perfect spot to immerse oneself in the meditative poems, koans, and haikus of Buddhist traditions. Among the masters who will read for this reflective summit are Jane Hirschfield, David Hinton, Margaret Gibson, Ocean Vuong, and Chase Takusei Twichell. Registration includes meals and room accommodations. Zmm.mro.org Rosendale Street Festival (July 21-22) A total blast and overflowing with family fun, the Rosendale Street Festival has taken some time off here and there since it began in 1978—but back it is, with a bang, this year. The volunteer-run event benefits the music departments of the Kingston, Rondout Valley, and New Paltz school districts and scholarships for a graduating high school senior and honors gregarious area icon Uncle Willy. The festival fills Main Street in Rosendale for two full days with parades, food, crafts, kids’ activities, vendors, a film festival, and live music by over 80 acts on seven stages. Rosendalestreetfestival.org Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival (July 6-8) Lofting skyward for 27 years, the Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival recently relocated to the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck and touts new and expanded attractions with the move. Expected to pull in as many as 40,000 attendees of all ages, the high-flying fest adds live music, carnival rides, food trucks, and more to the main draw: over 100 launches of colorful hot-air balloons by 25 balloonists from around the country (sunrise launches on the Saturday and Sunday are free to view; evening launches on all three days require tickets). Balloon and helicopter rides can be reserved in advance. Dcrcoc.org/balloonfesthv.org. Take Care Fair (June 30-July 1) Sponsored by artisan/vintage vendors boutique/fair Hudson River Exchange (see Crafts), Take Care Fair showcases vendors and other specialists in the fields of healing arts, living food, and other well-being-related endeavors. Along with merchants offering handmade items, healthful food made with natural ingredients, and other related wares, the event at Henry Hudson Waterfront Park in Hudson includes massage therapists, acupuncturists, nutritionist advisors, personal trainers, and other practicing healers. Reiki sessions, yoga classes, Tarot readings, and healing sound baths will be available on the premises. Admission is free and all ages are welcome. Hudsonriverexchange.com/take-care-fair CreativesMX Marathon (July 29-August 5) With a mission of uniting and encouraging the exchange of ideas between imaginative individuals working in pretty much every creative field—music, film/TV, dance, literature and publishing, visual arts, architecture, graphic design, the culinary arts, fashion design, theater, media and advertising, crafts, healing arts, even technology and gaming—the CreativesMX organization began downstate and has recently begun opening offices and sponsoring events in locations around the Hudson Valley. The group’s flagship happening is its week-long Marathon, which aims to help participants promote and improve their skills via workshops, talks, master classes, and more. See website for locations and information. Creativesmx.com
Top: The Hudson Hot-Air Balloon Festival lands in Rhinebeck for the first time this year on July 6-8. Middle: Chase Twichell joins a talented rosters of poets at the Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper for the Buddhist Poetry Festival. Bottom: Hudson River Exchanges produces the holistic healing expo Take Care Fair on June 30-July 1.
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galleries & museums A detail from The Feast, hand stitched embroidery,appliquet and paint on linen, by Orly Cogan, part of the exhibition “Summer Lovin,” at The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA) in Peekskill, June 10 through July 31.
510 WARREN ST GALLERY 510 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-0510. “June Invitational.” Featuring Elliott Landy, Eleanor Lord, Nancy Felcher, Doris Simon. June 1-24. Opening reception June 2, 3-6pm. ABCLATINO 356 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 790-5004. “Works by Pablo Alberro.” Through July 22. ADRIANCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 93 MARKET STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 485-3445. “Moving Mountains: East Meets West.” YouYe Chu’s first solo American exhibition. June 29-August 30. Opening reception July 7, 2:30-4:30pm. ALBERT SHAHINIAN FINE ART GALLERY 22 EAST MARKET STREET SUITE 301, RHINEBECK 876-7578. “Landscape on Location:James Coe, Gary Fifer, Marilyn Fairman.” Through June 24. THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 258 MAIN STREET, RIDGEFIELD, CT (203) 438-4519. “Objects Like Us.” A group exhibition featuring more than 70 tabletop art objects by 56 artists. Through January 20, 2019. AMITY GALLERY 110 NEWPORT BRIDGE ROAD, WARWICK 258-0818. “Pattern of Relations: Five Generations of Hull Family Artists.” June 2-30. Opening reception June 2, 5-8pm. ART AT LEEDS 1079 COUNTY ROAD 23B, LEEDS (917) 783-1673. “Behind Burma.” Robert Berg curates a selction of artworks infleunced by the political and social turmoil of modern Bermese artists under a repressive regime. Through July 5. Open house June 9, 12-pm. ARTBANGALL 97 HUNNS LAKE ROAD, BANGALL (786) 344-9901. “ArtBangall.” A pop-up exhibit featuring artwork by 35 emerging artists. June 2, 2-8pm. ARTS SOCIETY OF KINGSTON (ASK) 97 BROADWAY, KINGSTON 338-0331. “Tom Dinchuk: The Spirit of Nature in Steel, Wood and Canvas.” June 2-26. Art Teachers’ Exhibition. June 2-26. Opening reception June 2, 5-8pm. BANNERMAN ISLAND GALLERY 150 MAIN STREET, BEACON 416-8342. “Art of the Garden Exhibition.” Works in a range of mediums by 20 artists. Through June 3. BARD COLLEGE : CCS BARD GALLERIES PO BOX 5000, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON 758-7598. “The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983-2004).” June 23-December 14. Opening reception June 23, 3-5pm. BARRETT ART CENTER 55 NOXON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-2550. Fun House: Art of the Surreal, Fantastic, and Bizarre. Through June 23. BCB ART 116 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-4539. “Happinessisthespace betweensorrows.” New work by Richard Butler. June 30-August 19. Opening reception June 30, 5-7pm. BEACON ARTIST UNION 506 MAIN STREET, BEACON 222-0177. “Suzy Sureck: AfterGLOW.” Also showing works by Rosary Solimanto. Through June 3. BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN 5 WEST STOCKBRIDGE ROAD, STOCKBRIDGE, MA (413) 298-3926. “Ellsworth Kelly: Plant Lithographs.” Through October 8. “Beautiful Strangers: Artists Discover the Garden.” Contemporary sculpture. Through October 8.
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BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS 200 HURD RD, BETHEL (866) 781-2922. “Peter Max: Early Paintings.” The art of Peter Max helped define the psychedelic 1960s, with its colorful imagery. Through December 31. BETSY JACARUSO STUDIO & GALLERY 43-2 EAST MARKET STREET, RHINEBECK 516-4435. “Edge of Light.” New work by Betsy Jacaruso and Cross River Artists. June 8-July 29. THE BLUE STAR GALLERY 107 MAIN STREET, FALLS VILLAGE, CT (866) 824-9904. “Abstract Paintings by Harper Blanchet.” Through June 30. BYRDCLIFFE KLEINERT/JAMES CENTER FOR THE ARTS 36 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2079. “In the AiR: Byrdcliffe Artists in Residence 2017.” Exhibition of work by artists who were in residence at Byrdcliffe during the 2017 season. Through June 3. CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY 622 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1915. “Ebb & Flow.” A collection of abstract works that embody forces of motion, change, and time. Through June 10. THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK 59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-9957. “Disruption.” Five photography-based artists expand their interpretations of the word “disruption” to show how the word manifests itself in the social, political and economic world. Through June 10. CLINTON STREET STUDIO 4 SOUTH CLINTON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE (917) 333-3333. “Focused: The Art of Skatchface.” Influenced by 1980s skateboard art, illustration, and abstract expressionism Skatchfase combines philosophical ideas with the grotesque and irreverent. Through July 27. Opening reception June 1, 6-9pm. COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 4400 ROUTE 23, HUDSON (518) 828-1481. “C-GCC’s Student Spring Art Show Opening.” Student work from Computer Graphics, Digital Photography, Figure Drawing, Visual Arts 3-D, Ceramics, and Art for Game Design courses, as well as the Fine Arts Seminar. Through August 17. CROSS CONTEMPORARY ART 99 PARTITION STREET, SAUGERTIES 399-9751. “Ford Crull: The Figurative Work 1974-2018.” Through June 1. DIA:BEACON 3 BEEKMAN STREET, BEACON 845 440 0100. “Mary Corse.” A pioneer of light-based art, Corse is one of the few women associated with the Light and Space movement that originated in Southern California in the 1960s. Through 2021. DUCK POND GALLERY 128 CANAL STREET TOWN OF ESOPUS LIBRARY, PORT EWEN 338-5580. “New York, New York.” June 1-30. ECKERT FINE ART 1394 ROUTE 83, PINE PLAINS (518) 592-1330. “Relational Sets.” Through June 24. FERROVIA STUDIOS 17 RAILROAD AVENUE, KINGSTON 331-2238. “KHS Senior Seminar Thesis Show.” 13 KHS Art Students will be exhibiting their thesis work, as the culmination of their Senior Seminar Studio experience. This year’s work will include sculpture, painting, mixed media, printmaking and installation. June 2, 5-8pm. FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER AT VASSAR COLLEGE 124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-5237. “Master Class: Northern European Art 1500–1700.” Through September 2. GARRISON ART CENTER 23 GARRISON’S LANDING, GARRISON 424-3960. “Lighting Darkness: Karen Gunderson.” Through June 17.
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Karen Gunderson, Bridge to the Kingdoms, 2014, oil on canvas, 52” x 61” “Lighting Darkness,” an exhibition of all-black paintings by Karen Gunderson, will be on display through June 17 at the Garrison Art Center.
SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART 1 HAWK DRIVE, NEW PALTZ NEWPALTZ.EDU/MUSEUM. “Time Travelers: Hudson Valley Artists 2018.” The works in the exhibition act as explorations of, or challenges to, the standard chronological sequence, moving freely across artistic disciplines and mediums. June 16-November 11. Opening reception June 16, 5-7pm. SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY ARTS CENTER 790 ROUTE 203, SPENCERTOWN (518) 392-3693. “Woodlands and Wetlands.” Group show. Through June 17. STONE RIDGE LIBRARY 3700 MAIN STREET, STONE RIDGE 687-7023. “Landscapes by Barbara Gordon.” Through June 21. T SPACE 137 ROUND LAKE ROAD, RHINEBECK (917) 697-0334. “Works by Richard Nonas.” June 2-30. THE ART EFFECT 45 PERSHING AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 485-4480. “Exposure.” The Art Effect presents the 15th annual national high school photography competition. Through June 14. THE GREAT STUDIO 196 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 345-9674. “New Works by Caitlin McMenamin.” Through June 30. THE RE INSTITUTE 1395 BOSTON CORNERS ROAD, MILLERTON (518) 567-5359. Work by Enrique Figueredo and Dawn Breeze. June 2-30. Opening reception June 2, 4pm-7pm. THOMPSON GIROUX GALLERY 57 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3336. “Adam Brent: Heroic Faces.” Sculptures and paintings employing patterns inspired by mid 20thcentury porcelain figurines and a palette derived from everyday linoleum tile. Through June 24. TRANSART 94 MARYS AVENUE, KINGSTON 384-6350. “Works by Benjamin Wigfall.” Painter and printmaker Benjamin Wigfall was a forerunner of the contemporary Black Arts Movement. Through June 10. WIRED GALLERY 11 MOHONK ROAD, HIGH FALLS (682) 564-5613. “Lora Shelley: The Year of the Cat.” 365 paintings of Lora Shelley’s cat. June 9-July 1. Opening reception June 9, 5-7pm. WOODSTOCK ART EXCHANGE 1398 ROUTE 28, WOODSTOCK (914) 806-3573. “Small Works by Michelle Moran and Barbara Adrienne Rosen.” Through June 10. WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM 28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940. “Far & Wide National.” Juried by Daniel Belasco of Al Held Foundation. June 16-July 15. Opening reception June 23, 4-6pm.
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NIGHTLIFE HIGHLIGHTS Handpicked by music editor Peter Aaron for your listening pleasure.
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Mountain Jam takes place June 14-17 in Hunter.
MOUNTAIN JAM June 14-17. With this year’s lineup, the always-anticipated jam/folk rock festival has raised some tie-dyed eyebrows among long-time attendees by leaving out the usual headliners (sorry, no Michael Franti or Gov’t Mule) and shifting its focus away from Woodstock Festival-legacy acts and onto mostly younger artists. Twenty-eighteen’s bill toppers are Jack Johnson, Sturgill Simpson, and Alt-J; filling out the rest of the four-day fest are the War on Drugs, Portugal. The Man, Father John Misty, the Decemberists, Kurt Vile, Jenny Lewis, George Clinton, Rag ’n’ Bone Man, Turkuaz, the Record Company, Steve Gunn, Sean Rowe, Woods, Larkin Poe, Jane Lee Hooker, local faves the Felice Brothers, and more. See website for times and ticket prices. Hunter. Mountainjam.com.
BOSS HOG June 9. Punk blues band Boss Hog was formed in New York in 1989 around the married power couple (and newly welcomed Hudson Valley residents) Jon Spencer and Cristina Martinez. Initially a side project of Spencer’s early outfit Pussy Galore, the quintet took on a sporadic life of its own as Martinez assumed more control of the group and her husband concentrated on his Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (perhaps you noticed the latter act’s music in the opening scene of Baby Driver or as the theme of CNN’s “No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain”). Here, the Hog hits Club Helsinki for what’s only their second local appearance since their ferocious set 2010’s All Tomorrow’s Party festival. With the Bobby Lees. DJ set by your music editor. (Iris Dement delivers June 8; Royal Jelly Jive jams July 6.) 9pm. $20, $25. Hudson. (518) 828-4800; Helsinkihudson.com.
PARTY KNÜLLERS WITH JAIMIE BRANCH June 10. Here starts a new monthly experimental jazz series organized by two of the internationally recognized free-improvising musicians currently calling Kingston home: bassist Michael Bisio and cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm. The ongoing program will take place at Midtown hotspot the Beverly Lounge and present some of the top names in the creative sphere. Kicking things off is this appetizing convergence of Party Knüllers (Lonberg-Holm and Norwegian drummer 72 MUSIC CHRONOGRAM 6/18
Stoli L. Sozzleberg) and Brooklyn trumpeter Jaimie Branch. Lonberg-Holm has worked with Wilco and Peter Brotzmann; Branch has performed with Bomb Shelter and Local H; Sozzleberg has collaborated with Joe McPhee and Ryley Walker. (The Tani Tabbal Trio taps in July 15.) 7pm. $10. Kingston. (845) 514-2570; Facebook.com/TheBeverlyLounge.
THE DICKIES/THE QUEERS June 15. The clown princes of first-wave L.A. punk, the Dickies have been pogoing hard since 1977. Fronted by the hilarious, helium-voiced Leonard Graves Phillips and still featuring founding guitarist Stan Lee, the band is beloved worldwide for its M.O. of comedic irreverence and rapid-fire, high-energy tunes; catalog highlights include punked-up versions of “The Banana Splits Theme,” Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid,” and the Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin,” but such originals as “Manny, Moe and Jack” and “You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)” remain classics as well. Dickies disciples the Queers got together in their native Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1981, released six albums on the seminal pop punk label Lookout Records, and even recorded their own version the Ramones’ entire Rocket to Russia album. With Klye Trocalla and the Strangers and Dr. Beardface. (The Murder Junkies and the Fatalitees kill it June 9; British Steel pays tribute to Judas Priest June 23.) 7pm. $17. Poughkeepsie. (845) 471-1966; Thechancetheater.com.
I’M YOUR MAN: AN EVENING OF LEONARD COHEN June 23. The loss of Leonard Cohen is a wound that may never heal. The late Canadian singersongwriter penned some of the most cherished tunes in the tower of song, and the light in the music world dimmed with his passing. Yet there are those who seek to not only keep Cohen’s candle burning, but to pass the flame as well, by keeping his songs alive. One such booster is author, musician, and Chronogram contributor Robert Burke Warren, the man behind “I’m Your Man,” the latest of the tribute concerts he’s organized at Colony. Joining RBW and his crack band will be vocalists Mark Lerner, Nancy Howell, Noel Fletcher, Rachel Loshak, Sparrow, Violet Snow, and Neil Howard. (Okkervill River flows June 15; Amanda Palmer gets gothic June 23.) 8pm. $15, $18. Woodstock. (845) 679-7625; Colonywoodstock.com.
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MARK MARSHALL BORN WIRED (2017, INDEPENDENT)
Kingston singer-songwriter / multi-instrumentalist /producer Mark Marshall goes whole hog into the ’70s blues rock genre with his third release, Born Wired. Marshall, a self-described chameleon musician, connotes tropes from the Monsters of Arena Rock territory, taking riff- and wah-wahheavy tracks and dashing in some lighter piano moments to soften the blow and offer some dynamism in sequencing. Among the disc’s 13 tracks are handful of cover versions—tunes made famous by the Guess Who, Del Shannon, and Badfinger are reinterpreted—which point the finger more precisely to where the influence is coming from. BornWired doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but, rather, it acts as a love letter to a bygone era when hard rock was the business, and business was booming. Songs such as “Another Night,” “Funk Hard,” and “Girls LikeYou” act as a nostalgic harkening back to the reckless abandon, party-on spirit of the 1970s. Markmarshall.com. —Mike Campbell
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Michael Bernier, known for his virtuosity on the Chapman Stick, is also no slouch on the guitar, bass, keyboard, or synth. All coalesce intricately on this third effort with drummer extraordinaire and Percy Jones collaborator Ritchie DeCarlo. Bernier was a founding member of the Stick Men with King Crimson alums Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto, both of whom make their mark on this driven and atmospheric, space-prog odyssey. DeCarlo and Bernier are monsters, both pushing and pulling the music, completely capable of holding one’s attention without superstar guest appearances. But then along comes Ed Mann of Frank Zappa fame with a trippy electronic mallet percussion performance. Matte Henderson, Billy Sherwood, John Wesley play guitar; Dean Pascarella brings Theremin; and Kandy Harris and Madeline Kott add vocals. Fans of Adrian Belew, King Crimson, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Allan Holdsworth will all find a place to hang their hat on Strangers. Facebook.com/BernierDeCarlo. —Jason Broome THE EROTICS 20 YEARS OF NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT (2017, CACOPHONE RECORDS)
With the band having no less than 11 releases over two decades, the title of this career-spanning anthology from Albany’s stalwart sleazemeisters is bit misleading in terms of recorded legacy, if not monetary gains. Since 1997 the Erotics ship has been helmed by founder Mike Trash (lead guitar/vocals), and while the rhythm section has gone through numerous changes, a commitment to trashy, careening Chuck Berry-influenced riffs and a celebration of the classic debouched rock ’n’ roll lifestyle has remained constant. This generous two-CD set (also out on singledisc vinyl picture disc) spews forth 40 cuts of prime Erotics trash rock. Fans of hedonistic action rock a la the Dead Boys, Johnny Thunders, and Mötley Crüe should dig in. “Drunk Again” encapsulates the band’s world view: “Drinking Jägermeister and woke up in bed next to Lemmy Kilmister / Oh no, I swear I’ll never get drunk again.” Not likely. Theerotics.bandcamp.com. —Jeremy Schwartz CHRONOGRAM.COM LISTEN to tracks by the artists reviewed in this issue.
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SHORT TAKES Fiction, nonfiction, nature guides—this month’s reading list has fun mix of everything. Here’s six books to enjoy while you bask in June’s summer sun.—Briana Bonfiglio
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Scientists are living and studying on Mars. The stakes are high as they try to find proof of Martian existence. This is the story of one of those galactic researchers, Dr. Rae Dahlia, trying to emerge as a prominent woman scientist. When Rae finds herself in a deceptive work environment, she fears that her career isn’t what she hoped it would be. Upstate New Yorker Tyler McNamara crafts a familiar prose about women empowerment in an unfamiliar world of interplanetary livelihood.
THRESHOLD PATRICIA J. ANDERSON COMMON DEER PRESS, 2018, $15.99
A culture of excess gets gravely out of hand when the government decides to phase out nature in Ooolandia. The world is deteriorating and soon will not sustain life. Banshooo, a monkey who works for the Ooolandian Department of Nature, has to take matters into his own hands. Hudson Valley author Patricia J. Anderson’s novel comments on current events as it follows Banshooo’s tumultuous journey to prove the natural world’s demise.
SUGAR: MICHAEL RAY RICHARDSON, EIGHTIES EXCESS, AND THE NBA CHARLEY ROSEN UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, 2018, $24.95
The 1980s were something of a Golden Age for the NBA. Stars like Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Michael Jordan began rising the ranks and changing the game. But behind any glory-filled era is a dark side. In 1986, Michael Ray Richardson was the first and only NBA player to be permanently disqualified from the basketball organization for repeat drug use. Woodstock author Charley Rosen tells Richardson’s story and uses it as a vehicle to talk about drug and alcohol abuse in the NBA.
THE EVER CURIOUS GARDENER LEE REICH NEW SOCIETY, 2018, $18.99
New Paltz resident Lee Reich explains how understanding natural science can help nurture your garden. With a PhD in horticulture and many writing credits, including two other books and a bimonthly column for the Associated Press, Reich’s gardening expertise shines through in his newest book. These tips and tricks are useful for anyone sprouting a green thumb or interested in practical applications of science.
SPIRITS IN STONE: THE SECRETS OF MEGALITHIC AMERICA GLENN KREISBERG, FOREWORD BY GRAHAM HANCOCK BEAR & COMPANY, 2018, $25.00
If you hike the Hudson Valley, you’ll come across stones and may not give them a second glance. But Glenn Kreisberg sees them as gateways to ancient history. In his new book, the Overlook Mountain Center cofounder explores stone formations of the Northeast, such as the Hammonasset Line and the “Wall of the Manitou.” By decoding the ceremonial and spiritual meanings of lithic landscapes, he uncovers long-buried cultures and civilizations.
EMBATTLED RIVER: THE HUDSON AND MODERN AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTALISM DAVID SCHUYLER CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 2018, $29.95
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Decades of activism for a cleaner Hudson River have forever changed modern environmentalism in the United States. This investigative piece moves through a history of legal battles, environmental victories, and the Hudson River’s broader impact. David Schuyler details the efforts of Pete Seeger and Clearwater, Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson, and others to protect the Hudson River and how these efforts led to nationwide change.
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he battle of Saratoga was a decisive victory for the Americans in the Revolutionary War, and nearly 250 years later, James Wood sends his British hero, real estate developer Alan Querry, back to Saratoga to do battle with his estranged daughter Vanessa’s demons. “The British troops had what you would call their arses handed to them in September 1777,” Josh, Vanessa’s overbearing boyfriend, announces to Alan upon first meeting him. Alan apparently takes the brash American’s introduction as a call to arms and determines not to return to England without securing his daughter’s well-being. Alan actually has two daughters. Their mother divorced Alan when they were teenagers and the impact of that and her subsequent early death hit the sisters hard and with divergent results. Where Helen is a very outgoing and a successful executive at a music company and married with twins, Vanessa withdraws into books and philosophy. Though she becomes a professor at Skidmore, her life has been marred by a couple of breakdowns, a lack of a love life, and an inability to fulfill her professional promise in publishing. Things seem to be looking up for Vanessa at the start of the novel as she has a new boyfriend, Josh, but this is put into question when he emails Helen asking her to come to America because Vanessa has slipped into a depression and possibly intentionally injured herself in a fall. All of this is what brings Alan, Helen, and the reader to the strange world of “upstate”—upstate New York specifically. There is possibly no better way to experience your hometown than through the eyes of someone foreign to it. Alan takes in everything—from the differences between train speeds and America’s obsession with parking lots—to far more intellectual insights on architecture and politics. The upstate reader will particularly enjoy Alan’s bewilderment of the area’s strange town names and when Helen describes Troy as “bleak” and even “Soviet,” she hilariously corrects herself saying, “All right, it’s not bleak. But it’s so bloody cold…Maybe with the other place, its name laid a curse on it? What were they thinking? ‘Troy’ indeed.” Though this is James Wood’s second novel, he is best known as a literary critic currently teaching at Harvard and regularly publishing as a staff writer for The New Yorker. Woods’s How Fiction Works was a bestseller and he is known for coining the term “hysterical realism” used to describe a trend in contemporary novels that are extremely long and inhabited by manic characters and unnecessary subplots. Author Zadie Smith famously described the label as a “painfully accurate term for the sort of overblown, manic prose to be found in novels like my own White Teeth.” In comparison, Upstate clocks in at just over 200 pages and contains itself to the single story of a father’s estranged relationship with his daughters over the course of six days in a snowbound town. But the experience of reading these 200 pages feels more like three times that because of what Wood packs into every paragraph in each short chapter. Wood’s rich prose not only captures physical and historical details of the setting but populates the scenes with fully realized characters whose interactions perfectly capture the duality of happiness and unhappiness unique to all families. But there are also philosophical questions that Vanessa’s character demands to be addressed when her own mental stability is questioned. Ultimately Vanessa wants to know what it takes to be happy and how a life can be well-lived when you are acutely aware of how ephemeral it all is. Alan realizes he too has been asking these questions all along, and perhaps now, in a land of towns with funny sounding names, he can join forces with his troubled daughter and find out. —James Conrad
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POETRY
Edited by Phillip X Levine. Deadline for our July issue is June 5. Send up to three poems or three pages (whichever comes first). Full submission guidelines: Chronogram.com/submissions.
The kite untethered flutters and fails. It will not fly. It needs the pull. You are my pull. —p
The Sad Boy One time there was a kid That alyas got the blame. And he was never happy at scool. Well, not never. Most of the time. On he went, With his sad face. No jokes. Not even one tiny joke that made nobody laph. Do you want to know why he was sad? Because peaple made him get in troudle. —Joniel Morales (7 years)
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If you do not spell correctly, your fingers will fall off.
If you tell your parents or the principal any of this, I will disappear.
Whether they admit it or not everyone is intrigued by fortune tellers and amused by dogs hanging their heads from car windows. As surely as fog rolls in madness and tiptoes away from its destruction, towns shutter leaving stranded locals to stockpile cords of wood and contend with the pestilent seeds of hope that sprout in spring when the black dog that stayed at your side while you slept awakens on the pillow beside your head. And whether we have committed to memory two turtle doves or three dozen Visigoth kings, the untouched breakfast turns into lunch the lamp dims. Who could have predicted that we wouldn’t have the time to settle an old score before we are buried beside a bed of coconut scented gorse.
—JR Solonche
—Lydia Suarez
HOW TO WRITE A POEM
can i put my wonder in the old car that drives past the logs can i peel off my thin cream socks and leave them on your floor can i make a school lunch and we can pour it all over the cracks we were given? brother and sister and lover
If you do not add and subtract correctly, your nose will grow feathers and fly away from your face. If you do not do your homework every day, your feet will turn into frogs and search for a pond to live in. If you talk in class without raising your hand, your tongue will grow to the length of your leg. If you come late to class, your eyes will close and seal themselves shut for three years. If you tell lies to your teacher or your parents, cactus plants will grow in your ears, and your mouth will forget how to laugh.
I skip up to my mind and plead “I’d like to write a poem, please!” But she just cackles and shakes her head “Come back later, when you’d rather be dead!” I jump back and gasp, confused as can be “Why would you say that? Aren’t you…me?” She thinks for a moment, she speaks back again “Your happiness bores me. See you later then!” I run forward and grab her, I shake her around “You’re in the wrong mind! I’ll wrestle you to the ground!” Now she’s screaming and weeping and stumbling about “You’ve really lost your mind! You’re crazy, get out!” I cry out in hysterics, words are spilling from my mouth “Why are you always the one who lets everything go south?” She brushes off and stands her ground in the same old place “I’m the brains, I’m the boss. Stop screaming in my face.” I sink down, defeated; I don’t know what to do “Most people have a normal brain. Why did I get you?” She sits by my side and smiles; she says her work is done “You asked to write a poem. Look, you just wrote one!” —Mariel Stein 76 POETRY CHRONOGRAM 6/18
—Sophie Jennis
WHEN LILA LEFT THIS LIFE Sorrow lingered all night. I woke with a start. The bird sangha assembled outside chanting Amitabha with such tenderness. I fed them and all flew back to their forest home. All but one who whispered to me, “It’s okay, It’s okay. It’s love.” I settled into my breath and off she flew. —Chuck Mishkin
A QUESTION Snow melt, drenching rain Make the creek seem a river. But when will Spring come? —Jim Lichtenberg
THE HEARTBREAKER
SYRIA
UNTITLED
His whole apartment reeks Of the cologne he overbuys, His hair’s slicked back with secrets And his jacket’s dyed with lies His bank account is full Of hearts that he had stole He captures your attention And then you’re under his control He’ll paint you as a goddess You’re the image of perfection But do not fall within his grasp For he does not return affection Do not be fooled by kindness He is brutal to the bone He’ll take one of your belongings And it will be your gravestone If you ever wrote for him Go and burn the pages For all our hearts are monsters, That’s why our ribs are cages.
If you were raised on vegetables only would you grow up and eat veal? How do veterans get into heaven? Is there a side gate for suiciders? Corps and corpse sound the same It’s hard to stomach steak with nightly news Oh-Syria you stink of sizzled flesh and smoky flavor We drink white wine is there water there? We poison our children with water here legionnaires and lead flood Flint a brown town treated with bleach I can’t imagine sacrificing a kid I eat goat stew though with turnips that taste like dirt Syria will you save us from ourselves? Strike our evil away
i really did i mean they they really did yank the worm from the dirt and by they i mean she the bird the one with brown and red whatever the name is (i know what it is i just don’t think it really fits) anyway i didn’t really see it i just saw what maybe looked like it could be it it being the yanking a whole live worm from the ground in the cemetery behind my mom’s house
—Miriam Rose
IN HEADLIGHTS the headlights the car the blue one rusted old out front where it sat the trees endlessly green not anymore not anywhere the toy stuck up there thrown pink and yellow the grass the chain-link fence scars from climbing it long blades of scallion grass the dog sick from eating them despite knowing better her eyes and the patch around them the kitchen where we’d tussle pulling at her tail getting bit experimenting with pain from another my broken necklace the rush of the room silence and then trampled stairs then black then nothing rage regret into the bathroom flushed and pause practicing smiling with tears at the same time my own little game of irony beneath those flickering bulbs. —John Sullivan
BREAKING UP i am eating straw berries with out you to day. yes, they taste good. —Kathy Z. Price
—Dawn Breeze
A BACKWARDS WEEKEND A Sunday I hadn’t planned to spend with you Relentless rain outside your open window Full of greasy diner food and midday naps Adventure cartoons made just for us
pluck the cup from the table heavy with coffee & lightly bleached with cream & it’s not morning but late afternoon & the sun flees the room as cream to the bottom of the cup
what it probably actually is is some kind of seed or leaf or crumb plastic shred or fake flower i really wish it was a whole live earth worm, that is i really do wish that i didn’t always have to round up or down i really do wish the sun would stop disappearing making it too cold to walk comfortably outside i really do wish it ever was just a live brown bloody worm fat and moving and really really real RIGHT there no mistaking in front of my eyes i could stop wishing so hard
& like my mind settles
—Morgan Ryan
A Saturday I spent with you yet all alone Shaky hands hit call after you’d left again Stranger asked if I had thoughts of suicide “Kinda” A Friday I spent without you, on my own Wine, cookies, happy solitude in daylight Desperate drunkenness possessed me at dusk Waves I once played in came to drown me —Amanda Sampson
AFTERNOON
in darkness —dez
BREATH
IF I COULD
I’ve been super conscious Of my breaths lately.
If I could destroy my phone, if I could have a little torture chamber built only for my phone, like, with one of those tables with the wooden gears at the top, and tie my phone to that table and crank the lever until my phone split in half but the two split pieces were still connected by the wires within the phone’s little body, and then take the remaining body and throw it into a pot of boiling oil... I would.
I’d rather go back To taking them for granted. One thinks of the sweet frailty of a baby’s breath, The comfort of a lover’s, And then the Breath That parted the firmaments. —Donald Lev
—Matthew Linton 6/18 CHRONOGRAM POETRY 77
Food & Drink
ELEVATED CLASSIC THE DUTCH ALE HOUSE By Marie Doyon
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he story of Dallas and Ted Gilpin begins like many upstate love stories. Escaping their busy city lives and finance sector jobs, they began exploring the Hudson Valley on weekends, staying at B&Bs and getting to know the landscape. One visit, on a whim, they decided to look at real estate. “The third house we ever saw was our house. We fell deeply, deeply in love with it,” says Dallas. “We just had this epiphany—that’s where we wanted to get married, raise kids, and start our family.” The home was a rambling 1850s farmhouse on 12 acres of land in Saugerties—Shale Hill Farm—the original site of the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival. The couple began coming up every weekend to relax and work on the house, and on their way in they would make a regular pit stop at The Dutch Ale House in town. “We loved the homey, local feel of it. We could have a beer and a burger and see the same bartender every Friday. It felt like the neighborhood joint,” Dallas says. The Dutch had one problem though. While the Prohibition-era tavern side with its antique bar and dimmed lighting oozed character, the dining room was an eyesore. One of the previous owners had expanded into the next door space, previously a t-shirt shop, which lacked the historic appeal of the tavern. “It had bad gym floors, bright lighting, church pews and wooden tables, drywall full of holes with no art up,” Dallas says. “Many times we walked in and thought to ourselves, if we can’t sit on the tavern side then we won’t stay, which is something we’ve heard many times from others.” Privately the couple nursed fantasies of how the dining room could be improved. And yet they had their rehearsal dinner there in 2013. “It’s funny when I look back. We must have just loved the Dutch so much to have our rehearsal dinner there in that room,” Dallas says with a laugh. “It just 78 FOOD & DRINK CHRONOGRAM 6/18
felt like part of home and a part of our history.” Over time, the Gilpins became friends with the owners and thus were some of the first to find out the they were thinking about selling. The Gilpins toyed with becoming financial investors. “We finally thought to ourselves, ‘We’ve always loved this place, why don’t we take it over?’,” Ted says. “The idea was that we would do all those things we had always wanted to see happen.” Historic Retrofit They closed on February 6 and renovated over the next month and a half, keeping the tavern side open as much as possible throughout. After replacing the “guts of the place”—the plumbing, electric, coolers, and beer lines—the couple focused on elevating and integrating the dining room. They created a nine-foot opening between the spaces, took down the plaster to reveal original brick walls, removed all the branded beer signs, and installed oak flooring to match the tavern. “We extended the bar and wrapped around into the new side, so now it’s U-shaped,” Ted says. “It really ties the two spaces together. We also built all new booths, tables, banquets all to match the other side so it really flows.” They even painstakingly sourced antique pendant lamps and brass foot rails to match the bar side. Between the two spaces, the Dutch can now fit up to 82 guests. Some things that are staying: 1. The slightly creepy mural of Dutch carousers above the bar. 2. The mugs (and the Mug Club). 3. The staff.
Clockwise from top left: The dining room features a display of Dutch shoes found in the basement; new owners Ted and Dallas Gilpin, the pan roasted chicken.
The dining room walls sport framed historic photos of Saugerties and a display of Dutch shoes, most of which were salvaged from the basement. “Our goal was to have locals who have been there for years feel like it was the same Dutch only better. We weren’t trying to recreate the wheel because people liked it already,” Dallas says. Menu Makeover “Not only did we undertake to revamp the space, but we also revamped the menu and how the food was made.” Whereas the previous menu featured over 90 percent frozen food the new menu is entirely made in-house with fresh ingredients. “We’ve really been very thoughtful and concerned about keeping dishes the locals like, while trying to improve them,” Dallas says. The price point has stayed the same, and at least half the dishes have been carried over. The Gilpins brought in their friend, chef Jonathan Botta, to run the kitchen. Botta has an impressive culinary legacy, working in beloved New York eateries such as Harry & Ida’s and Ducks Eatery, and has also trained with famed BBQ pitmaster Ed Mitchell. In the tradition of an ale house, the dishes on the locally sourced menu are all intended to be paired with the 16 New York State beers on tap, plus some seasonal guest stars. Some apps to look out for include the The Dutch Sausage Plate with HouseMade Smoked Kielbasa or Bratwurst sausage, served with IPA mustard and Toasted Caraway Kraut ($10/15); and the Beet Salad with roasted red and golden beets, smoked blue cheese, pickled shallots, pea shoots, cashews, and a champagne vinaigrette ($10.50). The Gilpins wanted to branch out from the former burger-heavy menu and offer some inventive new entrees.The new Pastrami Beef Rib is a hit ($25). “It’s
a pretty impressive hunk of meat,” Dallas says. The beef comes from Smokehouse of the Catskills and is seasoned and smoked in house over two days. Another standout is the Braised Pork Shank with maple smoke, fennel, celery root, roasted carrots, swiss chard and jus ($22). For those with dietary restrictions, check out the Mushroom Grain Burger, which has walnuts, toasted oats, avocado, and tomato on a gluten-free bun. Cocktail Culture On the tavern side of things, you may recognize the mixological ministerings of Derek Williams, formerly behind the bar at A Tavola and The Huguenot in New Paltz. Williams is an adept alchemist, transmuting simple liquors into luscious cocktails. A peek at the spring drink list shows us A Walk in the Park with sencha and black iced tea, basil, fresh lemonade, and bourbon or vodka;The Dutch with burnt orange-infused Bol’s Genever, Cocchi Vermouth di Torino, Aperol; and C&T with Prairie cucumber vodka, juniper-pickled cucumber, and fee tonic. The Next Era “The regulars are still coming in. We’ve also seen a lot of people who used to come in but stopped because they didn’t like the food or there was nowhere to sit. Plus, a lot of new people. Our goal is not to change it too much—we still want it to be the local place where people want to go,” Ted says. “Just in last week people have stopped me to say, ‘It’s everything I loved about the Dutch but better,’” Dallas says. “That is exactly what we wanted our locals to feel like.” The Dutch Ale House is open daily from 11:30am to 11:00pm. (845) 247-2337; Dutchalehouse.com. 6/18 CHRONOGRAM FOOD & DRINK 79
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orthwestern Dutchess County is excruciatingly lovely. It’s easy to see why this area was one of the earliest settled parts of the Hudson Valley settled by Europeans when the Dutch bought 2,200 acres from the Iroquois in 1686. Two decades later, a tavern opened for business near the new King’s Highway, now Route 9, and things were off to a grand start. Rhinebeck, site of that first tavern, is a true Hudson Valley gem: tidy and prosperous, yet warm and down to earth, with a solid village core full of wonderful places to eat, drink, and shop, many of them longtime fixtures. “Terrapin Bistro is my top place to hit,” says Lou Trapani, artistic and managing director of the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, sharing some of his favorite places in town. “That and the main Terrapin restaurant. Josh Kroner is the best young chef in the area, bar none. The ambiance is like a New York City bar, very smart but without the hustle and bustle. Then there’s Hummingbird Jewelers—they’re brilliant. Village Pizza is a great place for a less expensive meal, and they serve beer and wine. And I love Pete’s Famous Restaurant. Oblong Books is another wonderful place, and so is Upstate Films [the town’s independent movie house, a fixture since 1972]. That’s basically where I live in Rhinebeck, when I’m not here at the Center.” 82 COMMUNITY CHRONOGRAM 6/18
The Center itself has packed its summer lineup with good works. In June, it will present the Tony-award winner “Fun Home,” and then lighten up with “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” at the end of the month. Other highlights include “42nd Street,” opening in late July; “The Last Five Years” at the end of August, and “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” And as if that weren’t enough, there’s a night of stand-up (August 25) and a guitar concert of Latin American and Spanish music by local virtuoso David Temple. And that’s far from all that’s going on in Rhinebeck this summer. The Dutchess County Fairgrounds have long since ceased to be just the site of the county fair, although that fair itself, in late summer, is the second-largest in the state. In June alone, you can catch the Country Living Fair (June 1-3), the Good Guys Rod & Custom Car Show (June 8-9), and the fifth annual Rhinebeck Crafts Festival (June 23-24). And the first weekend in July, there will be plenty of action in the village itself: the Summer Breeze Festival, full of music and art and perfectly named to coincide with the 27th annual Hudson Valley Hot Air Balloon Festival (July 6-7), at the fairgrounds this year and set to include 100 colorful flights, along with balloon rides and “majestic moon glows” in the evening. Calling Rhinebeck “a happening place” is a laughable understatement.
Nasir relaxing in Red Hook.
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Emma Gruden, bartender, at Santa Fe in Tivoli.
Chris and Aiden Hoffman at The Board Room in Red Hook. 84 COMMUNITY PAGES CHRONOGRAM 6/18
Julia, Mirabelle, Emily, and Sabrina at Bubby’s Burrito Stand in Red Hook.
Sidewalk dining on Montgomery Street at Liberty Public House in Rhinebeck. 6/18 CHRONOGRAM COMMUNITY PAGES 85
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In response, Rhinebeck folks have developed and groomed the arts of hospitality and retail. The tricky part of getting a bite to eat is choosing. In the mood for French, Italian, (try Gigi’s Trattoria, where owner Laura Pensiero, a registered dietician, has invented the “Skizza” flatbread pizza, light as air and available in five varieties, two sizes, and gluten-free) Japanese, Mexican, New American, pub grub, comfort food? Whatever your pleasure, the chefs of Rhinebeck will come through. You can shop your heart out for pretties: handcrafted paper goods, fine leather, antiques, pottery, wine, gems, clothing that ranges from intensely practical to whimsically wonderful. On too many levels to list, Rhinebeck is as vital as a town gets. Creative & Casual To the north, quieter and perhaps a bit quirkier, far from drab, you’ll find Red Hook. “I love living in Red Hook, and not just because I’m a five minute walk from wonderful food and shops, but for the world class entertainment, cultural opportunities and art at Bard College,” says independent realtor Marty Reilingh, a retired theater and communications teacher. “I sing in a choir of theirs, I go to events at the Fisher Center all the time.” The 15th annual SummerScape Festival at the Fisher Center begins at the end of June and will feature Anton Rubinstein’s Demon, Leonard Bernstein’s “Peter Pan,” a dance program choreographed to a T. S. Eliot text, and filmic and musical explorations of the work of Rimsky-Korsakov, along with the Spiegeltent cabaret, considered an “internationally renowned destination of magic and mayhem” these days. But Red Hook’s not just about Bard.You’ll find things in Red Hook that you won’t find anywhere else: the Hudson Valley’s first Cat Cafe, Morgan’s, and Equus, a shop devoted entirely to equine-themed fine art, and Atelier Renee Fine Framing. There are ethically sourced pretties at Living Eden and custom memory lockets at With You. Eats in Red Hook are wildly creative too. The Oliver Weston Company specializes in “foods for health and healing,” offering fine soups and edibles prepared to the principled developed by Weston A. Price. (They even deliver to Manhattan and Brooklyn.) Try a signature raspberry bar or a snickerdoodle from Annabelle’s Village Bake Shop; Annabelle learned to bake at Grandma’s side and has been refining her art for over three decades. Indulge yourself with 6/18 CHRONOGRAM COMMUNITY PAGES 87
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Unpretentious & Authentic Six and a half miles to the northwest you’ll find the even smaller village of Tivoli, a tiny powerhouse of cutting edge performance, from the TangentArts at the Carpenter Shop Theatre, where they’re focused on nurturing new work (“It’s like making footprints in fresh snow,” says artistic director Michael Rhodes) to the “intimate listening sessions” happening in Murray’s, a cafe in a former church. Tivoli is where Mary Stuart Masterson and Jeremy Davidson created their Storyhorse Documentary Theatre group, which performs ripped-fromreal-life tales in various places including Murray’s and the Fisher Center. “The great anchors have been here a long time,” says Andrea Rhodes, Michael’s wife and Tangent’s producing director. “Rojo Tapas and Wine and Murray’s for food. Tivoli Mercantile moved to Red Hook and recently relocated back here; daytime’s getting livelier.” Of course, one standout daytime activity in Tivoli has always been roaming the Tivoli Bays Wildlife Management Area and Research Reserve on foot or by canoe or kayak. Maybe the intense creativity in Northwest Dutchess is powered by the beautiful surroundings. “We’ve got world-class scenery and open space.We’ve got Poet’s Walk, Norrie Point, and Stissing Mountain right nearby,” points out Reilingh, “We’ve got easy access to the whole Hudson Valley, to the Catskills and the Taconics, from right here in peaceful little Red Hook. We can go enjoy Rhinebeck or Woodstock events in minutes. I love living here, and I love selling real estate here and getting to be one of the first to meet the newest arrivals. And a lot of our sellers are staying local, just upsizing or downsizing to get a perfect fit, so it’s fun being part of that process as well.” Yes, it’s easy to see why the Dutch decided this would be a good place to stay—and why the wealthiest of NewYork’s magnates chose this stretch of riverbank for their palatial escapes. (You can tour Wilderstein in Rhinebeck, an elegant Queen Anne “summer house” with grounds designed by Calvert Vaux, or take in the splendid river views and gardens at Montgomery Place, an early 19th-century Federal mansion with gardens by Andrew Jackson Downing.) On a summer weekend, or any time, there’s really no place like it.
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business directory Accommodations Mohonk Mountain House 1000 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, NY (800) 772-6646 www.mohonk.com Washington Irving Inn 6629 Route 23A, Tannersville, NY (518) 589-5560 www.washingtonirving.com
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Architects Bialecki Architects www.bialeckiarchitects.com BKSK Architects 28 West 25th Street, New York, NY (212) 807-9600 www.bksk.com BKSK Architects is a NYC-based 40-person firm whose diverse range of work includes awardwinning cultural, civic, educational, institutional and residential projects. As stewards of the built and natural environments and scholars of architectural history, BKSK’s innovative designs are underscored by an in-house Sustainability/ Research LAB, Preservation Specialist and Interiors group.
Art Galleries & Centers Berkshire Museum 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA (413) 443-7171 www.berkshiremuseum.org Boscobel House and Gardens 1601 Route 9D, Garrison, New York (845) 265-3638 boscobel.org An esteemed Historic House Museum, Boscobel offers tours of the Neoclassical mansion and access to 68 acres of grounds which showcase dramatic views of the Hudson River. Open Wednesday through Monday from mid-April to December, Boscobel hosts lively events, innovative exhibitions, talks by the world’s top design experts, and engaging programs and activities for families. Children are always welcome.
Art Galleries & Centers Dorsky Museum SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3844 www.newpaltz.edu/museum
Art Galleries & Centers Gallery at Rhinebeck 47 E Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-1655 www.galleryrhinebeck.org Hurleyville Arts Centre 219 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY (845) 707-8047 www.hurleyvilleartscentre.org Mark Gruber Gallery New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 www.markgrubergallery.com Roost Studios 69 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 568-7540 www.roostcoop.org The Rodney Shop 362 Main Street, Catskill, NY (917) 334-8022 therodneyshop.com A unique creative store and gallery featuring the artwork and products of artist Rodney Alan Greenblat. Rodney’s whimsical, brightly colored paintings, prints and constructions are offered, as well as a selection of t-shirts, toys, gifts and housewares. Open Friday and Saturday 11am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 4pm. WAAM - Ulster Artists On-line 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2940 www.woodstockart.org
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Williams College Museum of Art www.wcma.williams.edu Woodstock Art Exchange 1398 Route 28, West Hurley, NY Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 www.woodstockguild.org
Art Supplies Catskill Art & Office Supply Kingston, NY: (845) 331-7780 Poughkeepsie, NY: (845) 452-1250 Woodstock, NY: (845) 679-2251
Artisans Fieldstone Artistry Wurtsboro, NY (717) 368-3067 www.fieldstonearts.com Fieldstone Artistry is a hand-crafted furniture studio located in upstate New York. We specialize in contemporary furniture pieces exhibiting function, quality and beauty. With a focus on locally harvested materials and solid wood construction. We combine the use of traditional techniques with unique modern designs.
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Attorneys Jacobowitz & Gubits (845) 778-2121 www.jacobowitz.com
Auctions George Cole Auctioneers North Broadway, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-9114 www.georgecoleauctions.com
Beauty and Supply Columbia Wig and Beauty Supply 56 North Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 339-4996 www.columbiacostumes.com Columbia is back with a wide array of beauty products, including high end wigs, headscarves, hair dye, hair styling products, and makeup. They also carry costume rentals, costume wigs, and theatrical accessories. Now located in their new location just down the road from the old store!
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Book Publishers Epigraph Publishing Service 22 East Market Street, Suite 304, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4861 www.epigraphps.com Epigraph is a book publishing company for self-publishing authors and organizations offering design, editing, printing, marketing and distribution. Epigraph is a DBA of Monkfish Book Publishing Company, an award-winning traditional small press specializing in spiritual books.
Books Green Toad Bookstore 198 Main Street, Oneonta, NY www.greentoadbookstore.com Oblong Books 26 Main Street, Millerton, NY (518) 789-3797 www.oblongbooks.com
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Building Services & Supplies Associated Lightning Rod Co. (518) 789-4603, (845) 373-8309, (860) 364-1498 www.alrci.com Milan Case Study (718) 369-1776 www.milancasestudy.com
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Building Services & Supplies John A. Alvarez And Sons Custom Modular Homes 3572 US Route 9, Hudson, NY (518) 851 9917 www.alvarezmodulars.com “Let us make our house your home.” Our goal is to provide the best quality manufactured homes, to surpass our home owner’s expectation when purchasing a home, provide a high level of service to our customers, and to maintain a safe and healthy environment for our employees. L Browe Asphalt Services (518) 479-1400 www.broweasphalt.com NRG Community Solar (855) 813-5002 www.nrgcommunitysolar.com Sal’s Contracting Co. (845) 569-8455 info@salscontracting.com SS Brothers (845) 520-1246 ss.brothersny@gmail.com Williams Lumber & Home Center 6760 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-WOOD www.williamslumber.com
Carpets & Rugs Anatolia-Tribal Rugs & Weavings 54G Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5311 www.anatoliarugs.com Thurs & Mon 12-5pm, Fri - Sun. 12-6pm., closed Tues & Wed. Established in Woodstock 1981. Offering old, antique and contemporary handwoven carpets and kilims, from Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia, in a wide range of styles, colors, prices. Hundreds to choose from, in a regularly changing inventory. Also, kilim pillows, $45-55, and overdyed carpets. We are happy to share our knowledge about rugs, and try and simplify the sometimes overcomplicated world of handwoven rugs.
Cinemas Rosendale Theater Collective Rosendale, NY www.rosendaletheatre.org
Cinemas Upstate Films 6415 Montgomery St. Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2515 132 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-6608 www.upstatefilms.org
Clothing & Accessories Mikel Hunter Art and Apparel 533 Warren Street, Hudson, NY www.mikelhunter.com NFP Studio 457 Main Street, Beacon, NY www.nfpstudio.com Out of the Closet Vintage Boutique 6017 Main Street, Tannersville, NY (518) 589-4133 @OutofClosetVintage Rhinebeck Department Store 1 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-5500 www.rhinebeckstore.com
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Custom Home Design and Materials Atlantic Custom Homes 2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY www.lindalny.com
Education Ashokan Center 477 Beaverkill Road, Olivebridge, NY (845) 657-8333 www.ashokancenter.org
Bard College at Simon’s Rock 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, MA (413) 644-4400 www.simons-rock.edu Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-5343 www.caryinstitute.org
Education Mount Saint Mary College 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh, NY (845) 569-3225 www.msmc.edu Natural Gourmet Cookery School Flatiron District, Manhattan, NY www.ngihca.edu Poughkeepsie Day School 260 Boardman Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 462-7600 www.poughkeepsieday.org Primrose Hill School Elementary and Early Childhood Education inspired by the Waldorf Philosophy 23 Spring Brook Park, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-1226 www.primrosehillschool.com SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3860 www.newpaltz.edu Vanaver Caravan 10 Main St, Suite 322, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-9300 www.vanavercaravan.org
Environmental & Land Conservation Scenic Hudson Hudson Valley, NY (845) 473-4440 www.scenichudson.org We help valley citizens and communities preserve land and farms and create parks where people experience the outdoors and Hudson River. With new possibilities but also the impacts of climate change, we focus on maximizing the benefits all can enjoy from beautiful natural places and vibrant cities and town centers.
Events Artrider Productions Woodstock, NY www.artrider.com Aston Magna Music Festival (888) 492-1283 www.astonmagna.org Clearwater Festival Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY www.clearwaterfestival.org Creatives MX Meets www.creativesmx.com/meets Celebration of the Arts Cornell Creative Arts Center, Kingston, NY www.madkingston.org Chronogram Eat.Play.Stay. Newsletter www.chronogram.com/eatplaystay Garden Conservancy (888) 842-2442 www.gardenconservancy.org/hudsonvalley Hudson River Paddle www.hudsonriverpaddle.com Phoenicia Festival of the Voice Phoenicia, NY www.phoeniciavoicefest.org Ride for Mental Health New Paltz, NY www.rideformentalhealth.org Stone Mountain Sound:Motion Festival Stone Mountain Farm, Rosendale, NY www.smsmfestival.com
Farm Markets & Natural Food Stores Adam’s Fairacre Farms 1240 Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 569-0303, 1560 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-6300, 765 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-4330 www.adamsfarms.com Apple Bin Farm Market 810 Broadway, Ulster Park, NY (845) 339-7229 www.theapplebinfarmmarket.com Hawthorne Valley Farm Store 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7500 www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org Mother Earth’s Store House 1955 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 296-1069, 249 Main Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-9614, 300 Kings Mall Court, Route 9W, Kingston, NY (845) 336-5541 www.motherearthstorehouse.com
Sunflower Natural Food Market 75 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5361 www.sunflowernatural.com
Financial Advisors Third Eye Associates Ltd. 38 Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 752-2216 www.thirdeyeassociates.com Third Eye Associates provides Financial Life Planning, Financial Transition Planning, and Wealth Management strategies to help clients realize their greatest asset — a rewarding life. We are a fee-only registered investment advisory firm. Our goal is to help you clarify your vision, reconnect with your dreams, and use the resulting energy and motivated purpose to create both greater financial security and emotional fulfillment. Offices in NYC, Washington DC & Hudson Valley.
Gardens Berkshire Botanical Garden 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, MA (413) 298-3926 www.berkshirebotanical.org
Graphic Design & Illustration Luminary Media 314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 334-8600 www.luminarymedia.com
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Insurance Agency Curabba Agency 334 E Main Street, Middletown, NY (845) 343-0855 www.curabba.com
Kitchenwares Warren Kitchen & Cutlery 6934 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 895-2051 www.warrenkitchentools.com
Landscaping Poison Ivy Patrol (845) 687-9528 www.poison-ivy-patrol.com
Landscaping & Nursery Augustine Landscaping & Nursery 9W & Van Kleecks Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 338-4936 www.augustinenursery.com
Lawyers & Mediators Karen A. Friedman Esq. 30 East 33rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY www.newyorktrafficlawyer.com (212) 213-2145 | (845) 266-4400 k.friedman@msn.com Handling a variety of traffic and criminally-related traffic matters throughout NY State, including speeding, trucking violations, misdemeanors, and appeals.
Music The Falcon 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY (845) 236-7970 www.liveatthefalcon.com M&K Music Instruction and Studio (845) 246-1265 mkmusicinstructionstudio@gmail.com Rocket Number Nine Records 50 N Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-8217
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Cabinet Designers 747 State Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2200 www.cabinetdesigners.com Cabinet Designers, your Kitchen & Bath Design firm is known for its handcrafted approach to design. This 30-plus-year-old company helps homeowners think out-of-the-box with an extensive selection of custom, semi-custom, and stock cabinets. Choose from traditional, transitional, and modern styles by leaders in the field to create the Kitchen or Bathroom of your dreams.
Stamell Stringed Instruments 18 Kellogg Avenue, Amhesrt, MA (413) 256 0936 www.stamellstring.com Stamell Stringed Instruments is a shop devoted to the violin family of instruments and bows. Here we provide unique services for the players and owners of stringed instruments. As specialists in violin, viola, cello, and bass, we can assist our customers with appraisal information, insurance valuations, repair and restoration, rentals, sales, and helpful advice. We also sell all of the best cases and accessories currently on the market.
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Organizations Columbia Land Conservancy 49 Main Street, Chatham, NY www.clctrust.org Hudson River Housing 313 Mill Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-5176 www.hudsonriverhousing.org YMCA of Kingston 507 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 338-3810 www.ymcaulster.org
Performing Arts Bard College Public Relations Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (845) 758-7900 www.fischercenter.bard.edu Bardavon 1869 Opera House 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org
The Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc. (the Bardavon) is a nonprofit arts presenter that owns and operates a historic theater of the same name in Poughkeepsie, and the region’s premiere orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. It offers affordable, world-class music, education programs, dance, theater, Met Live in HD broadcasts, and classic films for the diverse audiences of the Hudson Valley. Ulster Performing Arts Center 601 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 339-6088 www.upac.org The Broadway Theatre - Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) is a 1927 former vaudeville theatre that is on the National Historic Register. It seats 1500 and is the largest historic presenting house between New York City and Albany. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Bethel, NY (800) 745-3000 www.bethelwoodscenter.org Center for Performing Arts 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 232-2320 www.centerforperformingarts.org Forestburgh Playhouse (845) 794-1194 www.fbplayhouse.org Kaatsbaan International Dance Center 33 Kaatsbaan Road, Tivoli, NY (845) 757-5106 www.kaatsbaan.org Lumberyard Contemporary Performing Arts 62 Water Street, Catskill, NY (518) 943-1912 www.thelumberyard.org Maverick Concerts- Music in the Woods 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock, NY www.maverickconcerts.org Tanglewood 297 West Street, Lennox, MA (888) 266-1200 www.tanglewood.org Performance Spaces of the 21st Century 2980 Route 66, Chatham, NY (518) 392-6121 www.ps21chatham.org Time and Space Limited 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY www.timeandspace.org The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY (518) 465-5233 www.thelinda.org The Linda provides a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with world-renowned artists, Academy Award-winning directors, headliner comedians as well as local, regional, and national musicians. As an intimate, affordable venue, serving beer and wine, a night at The Linda is a night you won’t forget.
Pet Services & Supplies Pet Country 6830 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-9000
Columbia County Real Estate Specialists 39 Tory Hill Road, Hillsdale, NY (518) 697-9865 www.realestatecolumbiacounty.com As members of the Columbia County, NY real estate community, we have a responsibility to work hand-in-hand with other real estate companies. By working together we help create an efficient real estate market. Every buyer has an equal opportunity to purchase any property available on the market. We strongly believe that both buyers and sellers are best served when the market is open and efficient as possible, that is why we split our commissions equally when presenting a selling client. It is our mission to deliver the highest level of Professional Service to the Columbia County New York real estate community. Kornelia Tamm - Gary DiMauro Real Estate (845) 489-2000 www.garydimauro.com Maarten Reilingh RE (845) 532-1204 www.ask-marty.com Upstate House www.upstatehouse.com Upstater www.upstater.com Westwood Metes & Bounds Realty (845) 340-1920 www.westwoodrealty.com Wild Thyme Estate (631) 252-5348 geckogirl@gmail.com
Recreation Town Tinker Tube Rental Bridge Street, Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-5553 www.towntinker.com
Shoes Pegasus Comfort Footwear New Paltz (845) 256-0788 and, Woodstock (845) 679-2373, www.pegasusshoes.com
Tourism Andes Chamber of Commerce (607) 433-8898 www.andesnewyork.com Historic Huguenot Street Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1660
Veterinarian All Creatures Veterinary Hospital 14 N. Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1890 www.newpaltzvet.com Veterinary services including discounted wellness packages for puppies, kittens, adults and seniors. Boarding, daycare & physical rehabilitation services. Hopewell Animal Hospital 2611 Route 52, Hopewell Junction, NY (845) 221-PETS (7387) www.hopewellanimalhospital.com
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Hudson Hall 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 822-1438 www.hudsonhall.org Rev. Puja A. J. Thomson, Roots & Wings New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2278 rootsnwings.com/ceremonies-overview Wedding Wire Couples’ Choice Award 2016, 2017 & 2018. In the spirit of your tradition or beliefs, Rev. Puja Thomson will help you create a heartfelt ceremony that reflects the uniqueness of your commitment to each other. Puja welcomes inquiries from couples blending different spiritual, religious, or ethnic backgrounds as well as those with a common heritage. Her presence and lovely Scottish voice add a special touch.
Fionn Reilly Photography Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 www.fionnreilly.com
Picture Framing Atelier Renee Fine Framing The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth Street, Suite 3, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-1004 www.atelierreneefineframing.com
Pools & Spas Aqua Jet 1606 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-8080 www.aquajetpools.com
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Real Estate Baright Realty Red Hook, NY www.barightrealty.com Bronte’ Uccellini - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hudson Valley Properties 6384 Mill Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 705-0887 bronteuccellini.bhhshudsonvalley.com Buying or selling a home? The rules are the same, but every home sale or purchase is a different play. Personalized care, unique attention to detail, and local real estate knowledge has been a proven recipe for my clients’ success. Call, text or email today for more information. See advertisement in the horoscope pages.
Great Life Brewing 75 Clarendon Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 331-3700 www.greatlifebrewing.com Shamrock Wine & Liquor 3565 Route 9W, Highland, NY (845) 691-9192
Writing Services Peter Aaron www.peteraaron.org info@peteraaron.org Script Knight (845) 240-5743 www.scriptknight.com
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Lush Eco-Salon & Spa 2 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 204-8319 www.lushecosalon.com SaLune Hair Studio 6 Park Place, Hudson, NY (518) 267-9744 www.salunehudson.com SaLune is a full service hair salon featuring Master, Senior, and Junior stylists who are trained in the art of Intuitive Dry Cutting as well as all types of coloring. Hair is typically cut prior to the wash, in order for the stylist to address each person’s individual hair growth pattern, allowing for low-maintenance hair that grows in attractively for longer. SaLune uses and sells all-natural and organic products. Ask us about wedding packages! Woodstock Haircutz, Inc. 80 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-7171 www.woodstockhaircutz.com
offer rental space for practitioners and healers. Green Cottage 1204 Route 213, High Falls, NY (845) 687-4810 www.thegreencottage.com Hudson Valley Goldsmith 71A Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-5872 www.hudsonvalleygoldsmith.com Hummingbird Jewelers 23 A. East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4585 www.hummingbirdjewelers.com LC Studios 11 Wheeler Avenue, Warwick, NY (845) 544-4896, (845) 275-3994 LCStudios.co Collage artist Lisa Cullen brings her creative talents to jewelry design, using her signature medium, paper. Completely handcrafted in her Warwick, NY studio, Cullen’s designs are contemporary, light as a feather and provide all day comfort. Eye catching colors are luminescent and shine from every angle. Versatile pieces coordinate with any outfit and can take you from work to weekend and from day to evening.
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CAN NEW YORK PULL OFF SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE? THE US HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS BROKEN. NEW YORK COULD LEAD THE WAY TO FIXING IT. BY WENDY KAGAN
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bout 10 years ago, when she was 44, Eve Magdalengoitia had a healthcare is the elephant in the room: It’s a huge marker for our poor health hunch that something was wrong. She was experiencing concerning outcomes and financial dire straits. We’re the only major industrialized nation symptoms of the lady sort, and her doctor said it’s probably nothing, in the world that does not have universal healthcare. After Hillarycare was but let’s get you an MRI to be sure. At the time, she was working as a consultant famously shot down during Bill Clinton’s presidency, the idea receded from from her home base in Poughkeepsie, writing grants and fundraising for the public discussion. It didn’t get major play again until Bernie Sanders made nonprofits; her husband was a self-employed artist. They didn’t have health his Medicare for All proposal a cornerstone of his rousing campaign in the 2016 Democratic presidential insurance. The expense of an primaries. President Trump’s MRI (ballpark $2,600) was so potshots to the Affordable Care daunting that Magdalengoitia Act are not helping to keep convinced herself that her Americans insured—but they symptoms were nothing to may be pushing states to devise worry about. She was young and their own solutions. Several healthy, wasn’t she? states, including Sanders’ home A few months later she state of Vermont, have made got insurance through a new or continue to make efforts to job, so she went ahead and design single-payer programs. scheduled the exploratory test. What many New Yorkers don’t Soon after, she received some realize is that the Empire State, news that no one expected. too, has a single-payer bill “I had aggressive, high-grade floating around in Albany. uterine cancer, which was not It’s called the New York common in women my age,” Health Act, and it is not new: she says. “I needed immediate First proposed in 1991, it’s been surgery, chemo, and radiation.” through many incarnations. In Thankfully, her insurance paid its current form, the bill has for it, and now she is NED (no p-assed in the State Assembly evidence of disease). But she is The mess that is our current healthcare system. Infographic by Daniel Neghassi, MD. by a wide margin for the past keenly aware of the what-ifs. three consecutive years. Yet a “Without health insurance, I probably wouldn’t have gotten the test and the cancer would have spread,” Republican majority in the State Senate means the bill has not made it out of the health committee and onto the agenda for a vote. That could change Magdalengoitia says. “I wouldn’t be here to tell my story.” Magdalengoitia’s experience is pre-Obamacare, but even people who quickly, as the bill has 31 co-sponsors in the 63-seat State Senate, and only one have health insurance often forgo medical tests and treatment because of more co-sponsor is needed to tip the balance. “The healthcare system is rigged against working people, and the Trump high deductibles, coinsurance, copays, or all of the above. Even for those with employee-provided insurance, out-of-pocket healthcare spending administration is working to make healthcare access even worse,” says has increased by more than 50 percent since 2010, according to human Assembly Health Committee Chair and bill sponsor Richard N. Gottfried, resources consultant Aon Hewitt. Medical debt is the number one reason who originally authored the 1991 bill. “New York can do better with an why Americans file for bankruptcy, according to financial services company ‘improved Medicare for all’ single-payer system that covers all of us and is funded fairly. Support is growing with the public and in the State Senate. I The Motley Fool. We may pride ourselves on our high-quality medical care, but Americans expect the Assembly will pass the bill again this session, an important step spend almost twice as much money on it, as a percentage of our economy, as we continue to build support for universal healthcare in the face of the than other advanced industrialized nations ($3.3 trillion, or 17.9 percent of Trump agenda.” Meanwhile, State Senator Gustavo Rivera says he and his colleagues are our GDP in 2016). And we’re no better for it: Our health outcomes are poorer and we die younger than citizens of other wealthy countries. It’s not working to get the bill’s 32nd co-sponsor. If the Democrats can reach a the amount of healthcare we consume that is the problem: It’s the cost of majority, Rivera will be the ranking member of the Senate Health Committee, healthcare. As long as big pharma, big insurance, and big hospital networks and his next step will be to get the bill on the agenda and eventually onto the are calling the shots, we’re unlikely to see these costs go down. And as long as governor’s desk. The bill would cover all New Yorkers regardless of income, we skimp on social services for our underserved populations, many experts preexisting conditions, or immigration status. “We don’t believe that your wealth should determine your health,” says Rivera. say, we’re unlikely to see our life expectancy go up. Individual costs for New York’s proposed single-payer plan would come A Little-Known Bill Is Gaining Momentum When it comes to troubling scenarios like these, our lack of universal from a progressive taxation scheme: The amount that you pay is based 94 WHOLE LIVING CHRONOGRAM 6/18
on your income and tax bracket. A 2014 study of the New York Health Act by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst estimated that people making under $25,000 a year would pay nothing; those making $50,000 would pay $2,250 a year; and those making $75,000 would pay $5,000 a year. Of those amounts, the employer would pay 80 percent and the individual would pay 20 percent. For wealthier individuals, the estimated amount increases incrementally according to tax bracket, but doesn’t rise to infinity. Over 98 percent of households would spend less on healthcare than they do now. Because the funding mechanism is through taxes, there is no “opting out” of the single-payer plan. Additionally, funding from the federal government, which the states already receive for Medicaid and Medicare, would be essential to keeping the program affordable. “You pool everyone’s risk together, and therefore you lower the cost for everybody,” says Rivera. Private Insurance–Induced Stress Disorder, a Modern Malady A single-payer plan would do away with the private insurance companies— removing the middlemen along with their CEO salaries and bonuses, as well as the enormous associated administrative costs. But these behemoths are not likely to go down easy. The most formidable hurdles to making singlepayer a reality are moneyed interests like big insurance and big pharma, which sets our country’s sky-high drug prices. If the New York Health Act does pass in the state legislature, we can expect these big guns to fight back with a disinformation campaign that plays into people’s fears. That’s why educating people is essential. “There’s a century of propaganda and a history of making people afraid of universal healthcare,” says Katie Robbins, director of the Campaign for New York Health, a grassroots coalition with the goal of winning single-payer healthcare for New York State. “The public is wising up to this, and most people across party lines now believe that healthcare is a right. Premium costs are rising faster than inflation, yet we’re getting skimpier plans every year. People are so frustrated.” While Americans no longer seem to fear “socialized medicine” (a misnomer), many do fear big tax bills. While it’s true that tax bills would go up under a single-payer plan, the cost of private health insurance would be eliminated, resulting in a net savings for most people. A singlepayer plan would also do away with copays, deductibles, and other costsharing, because the revenue from taxes and federal support would entirely replace the payments charged by today’s health plans. To some extent, New York would have to set up a bureaucracy to handle a singlepayer system, but it has one already for Medicaid and Medicare, and we’d see an administrative savings due to the reduced billing complexity of having fewer plans. “A person who is uninsured can’t afford primary care, so when they have a problem they go to the emergency room, which is the most expensive kind of care,” says Rivera. “And guess who pays for that? Taxpayers do. So we’re paying for it already.” A single-payer plan would open the door to primary care for all, and from a cost perspective, it’s leaner. “Research studies have calculated the cost to be about $45 billion less than we now spend,” says Rivera.
A View from Inside the Healthcare Mess Support is growing for single-payer healthcare among doctors and other providers, who get to see the dysfunction of our current system on a daily basis. “When you have a heart attack or stroke, your whole life falls apart,” says Jess Robie, a registered nurse who works at HealthAlliance Hospital Broadway Campus in Kingston. “This is not the time to argue with your insurance company about what is and is not covered. Why does someone who is not a doctor and has never seen or talked to you get to make that choice? It’s insane to me. Families fall apart over this stuff.” On a single-payer plan, the insurance companies don’t decide what’s covered, and neither does the government. “You and your doctor decide on the treatment you need to have,” says Rivera. “Your doctor doesn’t need to check and see what’s covered. If you’re in the system, it’s covered.” The proposed plan would also cover dental, vision, mental health, and long-term care. This is a game-changer for the average working person. “We’re not talking about people who are living off subsidies,” says Robie. “We’re talking about people who are employed, people who are busting their butts and not making enough money for health insurance. When you have to choose between putting food on your table and paying medical bills, that’s not a choice you should have to make.” While the fight for single-payer healthcare is gaining momentum, Rivera says it could take a long time to jump through every hoop required to set a plan in motion. “It could be years away, but the battle is worth waging.” Before Canada implemented single-payer healthcare nationwide in 1968, it started in one province, Saskatchewan, and spread to the rest of the country over a 10-year period. In the US, the path is likely to begin in one state. New York could lead the way. It’s going to take a concerted effort to stand up to big insurance and big pharma. Magdalengoitia and Robie both volunteer for the Campaign for New York Health to help spread awareness about the New York Health Act. Magdalengoitia wants to make sure that others don’t put off going to the doctor because of cost and play roulette with their health the way she did. “I wouldn’t have thought that would happen to me,” she says of her cancer ordeal. “People think, ‘Why should I pay for somebody else’s insurance when that’s not going to happen to me?’ The reality is that we all pay for it anyway.” Robbins encourages supporters to get involved: Call your state senator and assembly member, and go to Lobby Day in Albany on June 5 to rally for the New York Health Act. (The Campaign for New York Health has buses available.) Tell your story, have conversations with neighbors, and speak up for universal healthcare as a human right—and the right course of action for a first-world country. RESOURCE Campaign for New York Health Nyhcampaign.org This story is a collaboration between Chronogram and The River, a digital news site on the Civil platform publishing regional news of national importance. The River, the latest project of Luminary Media, will be launching later this month.To find out more and sign up for The River newsletter, visit News.joincivil.com/the-river. 6/18 CHRONOGRAM WHOLE LIVING 95
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Acupuncture Transpersonal Acupuncture
(845) 340-8625 www.transpersonalacupuncture.com
Alexander Technique Institute for Music and Health Judith Muir M.M. M.Am.SAT
60 Eddy Road, Verbank, NY (845) 677-5871 www.JudithMuir.com IMHMUIR@gmail.com Lessons in the Alexander Technique will teach you about the mechanisms of balance and posture that exist in each of us and organize our daily movements. You will learn how to recognize and switch off the mental and physical patterns that have a negative influence on how you think and move, as well as learning how to send “directions” to activate your postural mechanisms. Better Balance, Better Health.
Aromatherapy Joan Apter, Aromacologist
(845) 679-0512 www.apteraromatherapy.com joanapter@earthlink.net Raindrop Technique, Emotional Release Raindrop, Neuro-Auricular Technique (NAT), Vitaflex for humans and Horses, dogs, birds and cats. Health consultations, natural wellness writer, spa consultant, classes, trainings and keynotes. Offering full line of Young Living Essential oils, nutritional supplements, personal care, pet care, children’s and non-toxic cleaning products. Consultant: Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster with healing statements for surgery and holistic approaches to heal faster!
Astrology Planet Waves
Kingston, NY (845) 797-3458 www.planetwaves.net
Beauty Allure Salon
47 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7774 www.allurerhinebeck.com At Allure, we strive to exceed all of your expectations and provide you with an experience that is above and beyond the usual. Our team of highly trained Aveda Specialists and dedicated stylists will provide you with a personalized experience that is tailored to your specific needs. As experts in classic and modern cuts, color and styling, we guarantee an amazing experience for a look you’ll love. 96 WHOLE LIVING CHRONOGRAM 6/18
Dentistry & Orthodontics Dental Office of Drs. Jeffrey & Maureen Viglielmo 56 Lucas Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 339-1619 www.drvigs.com
Transcend Dental
269 Route 375, West Hurley, NY (845) 679-4000 transcenddental.net
Healing Centers Blue Deer Center
1155 County Route 6, Margaretville, NY (845) 586-3225 www.bluedeer.org info@bluedeer.org Located in the Catskill Mountains, this land was recognized by indigenous peoples over a century ago as a place of healing. Come experience the natural world from a place of heart and connection. Blue Deer Center: A home for Ancestral Wisdom.
Holistic Health Cassandra Currie, MS, RYT‚ Holistic Health Counselor 41 John Street, Kingston, NY (845) 532-7796 www.holisticcassandra.com
embodyperiod
439 Union Street, Hudson, NY (415) 686-8722 www.embodyperiod.com
John M. Carroll
715 Rte 28, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8420 www.johnmcarrollhealer.com John is a spiritual counselor, healer, and teacher. He uses guided imagery, morphology, and healing energy to help facilitate life changes. He has successfully helped his clients to heal themselves from a broad spectrum of conditions, spanning terminal cancer to depression. The Center also offers hypnosis, massage, and Raindrop Technique.
Kary Broffman, R.N.,C.H.
Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6753 karybroffman.com Karyb@mindspring.com New Year, New You. Integrate Your Life,-Its A Balancing Act. Mind /Body integration with hypnosis, nutritional coaching, stress management, visualization. Spiritual and intuitive readings. Utilize these modalities to help you find true north to a happier and more fulfilled life.
Hospitals Northern Dutchess Hospital
6511 Springbrook Avenue, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3001 www.healthquest.org/ndh Northern Dutchess Hospital is a healing environment where modern medicine meets compassionate care. From spacious, private patient rooms to state-of-the-art operating rooms equipped with minimally invasive and robotic technology, you and your family no longer need to travel far for advanced medical care. The hospital offers a holistic birth center, an expanded emergency department, orthopedic needs from sports medicine and pain management to minimally invasive surgery, general and bariatric surgery, wound care, a full spectrum of rehabilitation therapies and much more. Thanks to convenient, seamless access, you can visit a primary or specialty care provider then have your lab work or radiology procedure without leaving the campus. Excellent care for you and your family has been our priority since the hospital’s founding more than a century ago.
Putnam Hospital Center
670 Stoneleigh Avenue, Carmel, NY (845) 279-5711 www.healthquest.org/phc For more than 50 years, Putnam Hospital Center has been the community’s resource for advanced and compassionate care. With a reputation for high patient satisfaction, our caring teams offer advanced orthopedic, robotic and bariatric surgical services. Discover the comfortable, private rooms and complimentary valet parking, all close to home.
Sharon Hospital
50 Hospital Hill, Sharon, CT (860) 364-4000 www.healthquest.org/sharon Sharon Hospital is now part of Health Quest. Offering the same warm and personalized care, Sharon Hospital now provides the benefits of an entire system including direct access to more advanced medical offerings, the latest technologies and a network of leading specialists. For residents of the Northwest Connecticut community, there’s no need to travel far for exceptional healthcare.
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-8500 www.healthquest.org/vbmc Since 1887, Vassar Brothers Medical Center has been committed to delivering sophisticated medical care with a personal touch in the Mid-Hudson Valley. As a regional medical center, Vassar is
recognized for stroke and cardiac care, and has the area’s first and only cardiothoracic surgery center in the Mid-Hudson Valley. For women’s and children’s health services, we offer the first and only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the region for premature and critically ill infants. Vassar Brothers Medical Center recently became a Level II Trauma Center, further advancing our vision to provide the community with local access to state-ofthe-art medical care.
MidHudson Regional Hospital 241 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 483-5000 www.midhudsonregional.org MidHudson Regional Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, is home to the mid-Hudson Valley’s most advanced healthcare services. This 243-bed facility features the area’s only ACS-verified Level II Trauma Center, the Redl Center for Cancer Care, Center for Robotic Surgery, and the WMC Heart & Vascular Institute.
Medical Spas Essence Medispa 222 Route 299, Highland, NY (845) 691-3773 www.essencemedispa.com
Resorts & Spas Bodhi Holistic Spa 543 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 828-2233 www.bodhiholisticspa.com
Emerson Resort & Spa Route 28, Mt. Tremper, NY (845) 688-2828 www.emersonresort.com
Serenity Wellness Medical Day Spa 968 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY (518) 671-6700 www.serenitymedispa.com
Retreat Centers Omega Institute Rhinebeck, NY (800) 944-1001 www.eOmega.org
Spirituality Kol Hai: Hudson Valley Jewish Renewal (845) 477-5457 kolhai.org
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Daniel’s Art Party A Performing Arts Festival
At the Daniel Arts Center
JUNE 12 – JULY 1 Tickets at DanielsArtParty.org Adults $10-$15, Kids $5 (3 and under free) | Party Pass: Adults $50, Kids $25
The Elgar Variations Tour
June 12–14, 7:30 p.m. June 15, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. | June 16, 8:00 p.m.
Experience Victorian composer Edward Elgar’s life through a site-specific, pop-art ballet, walking tour of the gorgeous Daniel Arts Center. Directed/choreographed by Ken Roht; co-choreographed by Andrea Blacklow, Ellen Gorman (Moving Arts Exchange); featuring the Berkshires’ own Martin Jason Asprey as Edward Elgar.
Scavenger Hunt
June 16 & 17, 2:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m.
Embark on a sprawling, multimedia scavenger hunt produced by director/designer Michael Counts, hailed by the New York Times as a “master of immersive theater” and directed by Ashley Tata. The hunt features fantastical creatures by Huck Elling. Prizes for winning players!
The Secret City
SATURDAY JUNE 2 7&9 pm Larry Keigwin & Nicole Wolcott in PLACES PLEASE FRI-SAT-SUN JUNE 8-9-10 The Actors’ Ensemble in Ionesco’s THE CHAIRS
AND, AT LAST, THE GRAND OPENING OF PS21’S BRAND NEW STATE-OF-THE- ART THEATER!
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June 17 & July 1, 12:00 p.m.
This secular revival show is a sincere and fabulous community celebration of art and creativity, with outrageous outfits! From the heart and mind of Obie Award-winning performer Chris Wells.
Maestro Doolally and the Choir
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June 17, 19 & 24, 7:30 p.m.
A majestic choral concert gone hilariously awry, featuring the Cantilena Chamber Choir and James Warwick as the grand and flappable Maestro Doolally.
Leatherheads: Berkshire Firefighters Tell Their Stories June 20, 7:30 p.m. | June 24, 3:00 p.m.
This in-depth group interview features exciting photodocumentary media by Fire Chief Ed Harvey, who brings together fellow firefighters to share their lives as honored members of our communities. Musical accompaniment by the Danju String Quartet.
SWING INTO SUMMER CITIZEN CLARK... A LIFE OF PRINCIPLE. W/ LARA HOPE AND THE ARK-TONES, A DOCUMENTARY ON ACTIVIST RAMSEY CLARK JUN 1 LESSON AT 7 PM MUSIC AT 8 PM JUN 9 SHOWTIMES: 2 PM AND 7 PM
Danny’s at the Fair
June 22 & 23, 6:00 p.m. Country Fair (free) 7:30 p.m. Variety Show (tickets required)
An outdoor country fair with booths and activities kicks off an evening of celebration and appreciation of local agriculture. MOON IN THE POND FARM and the local farming community then mix with entertainers for a lively onstage variety show featuring the growers, makers, artisans, and farm animals that enrich our daily lives.
TRUE GRIT, JUN 17 SHOWTIMES, 1 PM, 3:30 PM, AND 6 PM. 6 PM SHOWING INCLUDES BAD BAD HATS W.S.G. FUTURE TEENS JUN 19 AT 8 PM POST FILM TRIVIA PRESENTED BY COLE MEAD
Orange Star Smasharoo! June 27–30, 7:30 p.m.
This rollicking, folk-musical farce swirls around a stage full of dining audience members as they, and the rest of the audience, experience a high-drama night in the life of a colorful, slightly bawdy Wyoming family. [Parents be advised: some naughty adult themes.] Written and directed by Ken Roht, and starring Broadway belter Lauren Elder (Hair, Side Show ) as our Queen of Dinner Theater, Orange Star!
DANIEL ARTS CENTER | 84 ALFORD RD. | GT. BARRINGTON, MA | 413-528-7400
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VICKIKRISTINABARCELONA JUN 28 AT 8 PM
ANDREA GIBSON AUG 9 AT 8 PM
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EVENT PREVIEWS & LISTINGS FOR JUNE 2018
Claude Potts, Tivoli farmer, part of the exhibit “Hudson Heritage: Joseph Squillante Photographs,” at Greig Farm in Red Hook June 11-July 21.
Take Me to the River “People say, ‘Joe, your photographs are very painterly.’ At first, I thought it was a derogatory remark,” recalls Joseph Squillante, a photographer best known for images of the Hudson River. Squillante’s show “Hudson Heritage” opens at Greig Farm in Red Hook on June 11. “I kind of backed into this subject,” Squillante admits. He began this body of work in 1975 when his childhood friend Tom Scarano bought a house in Tivoli and asked for assistance fixing it up. Squillante came to help, and during breaks began photographing on the Hudson. Almost immediately, he found the results entrancing. Forty-three years later, Squillante’s still celebrating the mighty watercourse with his camera. This is the first exhibition of Squillante’s agricultural photography. “Hudson Heritage” is dedicated to Claude Potts, a 94-year-old-farmer who’s worked a plot of land in Tivoli his whole life. (His family farm dates back to the 1820s.) Squillante has photographed Potts over 21 years and interviewed him extensively. The farmer and his family will attend the opening at Greig Farm. Other images include a blossoming apple orchard, a vineyard in Marlboro and cows on a dairy farm in Old Saratoga, NY. Squillante also documented some of the last commercial shad fishermen on the Hudson. One picture shows Henry Gourdine, a nonagenarian shad-catcher from Ossining, making a net from a ball of cotton twine in his basement. Gourdine uses a wooden needle that his own father whittled. All the photographs in the show are in black and white. Squillante’s prints portray the inherent drama of the Hudson itself, which begins in Lake Tear of the Clouds in the remote Adirondacks, growing into a mile-wide tidal estuary beside the largest American city. Three photos in this exhibit quote from Squillante’s broader Hudson River work: Highlands Nook, Lake Tear of the Clouds and Storm King Mountain. Black-and-white photographs best capture the stillness of the Hudson. Color agitates the eye. Squillante’s river often has a pewter sheen.
Squillante’s vision brings the inanimate to life. In his photo of Storm King, a horizontal rock shelf halfway down the image suggests a mouth, making the mountain resemble the head of a sleeping Cookie Monster. Two of Squillante’s earliest Hudson River photographs, taken a few minutes apart in 1976, also appear: Boy Fishing and Backa’ Tom’s. The first depicts a youngster beside a fishing pole, gazing off into the distance, entranced by the river. The picture might have been taken in the 1940s, or last month. Many viewers of Squillante’s Hudson photographs notice their timelessness. Hudson River School artists have helped shape his style. Squillante cites Thomas Cole, Asher Durand and Jasper Cropsey as influences. Squillante has been practicing Transcendental Meditation since 1973, which perhaps affects his work. “The quietness, I think, comes through,” he suggests. Squillante grew up in the Wakefield section of the Bronx. His father was an amateur photographer, with a small darkroom. As a child, Squillante would sometimes remove his father’s Kodak camera from the china closet, look through the lens and press the shutter. “I was enthralled by the magic of this machine,” he remembers. Though he began shooting digitally in 2008, Squillante abjures Photoshop. Besides landscapes, he produces photographic abstractions and portraits. In fact, Squillante studied at the New School with legendary portraitist Philippe Halsman, who shot more than 50 covers for Life magazine. But Squillante, who now lives in Peekskill, retains his enthusiasm for the Hudson: “When I teach workshops, I say, ’You go and take your camera down by the river, and you’ll see for yourself!’” “Hudson Heritage: Joseph Squillante Photographs” appears at Greig Farm in Red Hook June 11-July 21. (845) 758-1234; Greigfarm.com. Portfolio: hudsonriverphotography.com. —Sparrow
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FRIDAY 1 ART EVENTS & OPEN HOUSES “Celebrating the Artist.” 6pm. Join us for a wonderful evening with Morton friends and supporters as we hear from the artists about their work, their inspirations, and potentially get to take home a work of art. Some of the artists include: Andrea Alvin, Dan Goldman, Grace Gunning, Betsy Jacaruso, Ramon Lascano, Joseph Maresca, Francesco Mastalia, Bruce Murphy, Ruby Palmer, and Danny Shanahan, to name a few. Morton Memorial Library, Rhinecliff. 876-2903.
BUSINESS & NETWORKING Nonprofits TALK First Friday of every month, 8:30-10am. Nonprofits TALK is a facilitated ad-hoc forum open to representatives of Hudson Valley nonprofits and interested others. Each month we address a specific topic with a lively exchange of ideas, challenges, solutions and next steps for advancing our organizations and communities in the Hudson Valley. The Lace Mill, Kingston. 876-5472.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Pride Dance Party 8pm-1am. $15. Dance the night away at the official Hudson Valley Pride Dance Party and Drag Show. The Beverly, Kingston. Facebook.com/ events/620808268261764/.
COMEDY Lisa Lampanelli 8-10pm. $37/$47/$62.90/$80. This event is for an adult audience only. Lisa Lampanelli became a household name when she joined 17 other celebrities on the fifth season of the NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice”, where she advanced to the final four in the competition. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.
FOOD & WINE Taste NY at Todd Hill Outdoor Farmer’s Market 2-6pm. Enjoy authentic NY made products from local vendors. Taste NY at Todd Hill, Poughkeepsie. 849-0247.
LECTURES & TALKS 1777 Then and Now: History and Its Implications 7:30pm. Judge Rosenblatt will speak about the political, social and cultural events occurring in 1777, the year the Creek Meeting House was dedicated. Creek Meeting House, Clinton Corners.
MUSIC Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 8pm. $47.50. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. David Kraai with Chris Macchia 7:30-10:30pm. David Kraai swings by to dole out two sets of fine country folk music with the help of Chris Macchia slapping that upright country bass. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384. Jonah Smith with Opener: Buffalo Stack 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Lara Hope & The Arktones 7pm lesson, 8pm show. The Linda, Albany. Thelinda.org. Pablito y su Latin Band 8pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.
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SaRon Crenshaw with Talking Fire 7-9:30pm. Hurleyville Arts Centre, Hurleyville. (866) 811-4111.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
A Life of Dance-The Dance of LIfe 2 & 6:30pm. Presented by Ballet Arts Studio & The Dutchess Dance Company. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
Millbrook Mountain & Gertrude’s Nose Hike 11am. Meet in Minnewaska State Park`s upper lot overlooking Lake Minnewaska. 8-mile hike. New Paltz, New Paltz. 303-3764.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
Walkway @ Night: Moonwalk 8:30-10:30pm. View the night sky with telescopes provided by the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association (weather permitting). Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-9649.
June Fest 3-6pm. $5. The first annual RondoutEsopus Land Conservancy (RELC.) event to celebrate local agriculture. Guests will enjoy a wide selection of Arrowood organic craft beer and non-alcoholic beverages. Locally-sourced food will be served by Graze Farm-to-Table. Arrowood Farms, Accord. (828) 308-1634.
THEATER "Fun Home" Regional Premiere 8-10pm. $27/$25 senior discount/$20 students with ID/Pay What You Will -Friday nights. Winner of the 2015 Tony award for best musical, this innovative show reinvents the classic coming-of-age story. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same title, the musical follows Alison’s memories of her sexual awakening and her father’s suicide. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. "K2" 8pm. $39/$34. Dealing with a serious injury and trapped on an icy ledge at 27,000 feet, the two climbers confront the fine line between life and death. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. "Our Town" 8-10pm. $22. Set in the fictional town of Grover’s Corners, Thornton Wilder’s masterpiece is narrated by a Stage Manager and performed with minimal props and sets as the audience follows the Webb and Gibbs families, as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually - in one of the most famous scenes in American theater history– die. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (800) 838-3006.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Swing Dance Class $85. 4-week series. Beginner: 6pm7pm, Intermediate, 7pm-8pm. With Linda and Chester Freeman, Got2Lindy Dance Studios. Maximum Fitness, Newburgh. 236-3939.
SATURDAY 2 ART EVENTS & OPEN HOUSES 2018 Art in the Loft Exhibit and Wine Label Competition. 2-4pm. Millbrook Vineyards, Millbrook. 677-8383.
DANCE Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company 7:30-9:30pm. $30/$10 students and children. Celebrating its 27th anniversary season in 2017-2018, Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company’s commitment to create, collaborate, educate and partner remains in the forefront as it shares its work with diverse audiences through concerts, showcases, residencies, workshops, educational and community outreach. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 2. Larry Keigwin & Nicole Wolcott in “Places Please” 7-8 & 9-10pm. $35/$30 PS21 members. This zany trip backstage looks into the final moments before the curtain goes up. The cabaret-style piece celebrates the creative relationship between these co-founders of the acclaimed Keigwin + Company. PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, Chatham. (518) 392-6121.
Craft Market Walk 11am-7pm. The Craft Market Walk is an event inspired by the artisans, farmers, and craftsmanship in and around Gardiner. 337-9987.
FILM Woody Mann Live and his Film, Harlem Street Singer 7-10pm. $20/$18 in advance. In his American Roots and Beyond show, Woody Mann will introduce his film, Harlem Street Singer the story of Reverend Gary Davis, the great blues and gospel musician. This is the exciting story of an American musical icon who inspired a generation of musicians and whose legacy continues to live on in today’s music scene. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Putnam Valley. Tompkinscorners.org.
FOOD & WINE Dinner and Conversation with Humorist Mark Twain 4:30-9pm. $150. The evening will include a four-course meal and a living history portrayal of the legendary American author and humorist Mark Twain. A delicious dinner menu, inspired by Twain’s legendary appetite will include Twain’s favorite dishes. Mark Twain will be portrayed by Bob Gleason, an actor from the acclaimed American Historical Theatre of Philadelphia. Diners will have the opportunity to meet and interact with our guest, as they enjoy period banjo music and a silent and live auction. Mount Gulian Historic Site, Beacon. 831-8172. Taste Korea: Korean Cuisine, Full of Wisdom of Nature 11:30am. Come experience homecooked Korean cuisine. See a cooking demonstration, enjoy Korean food at a traditional table setting, and watch a short film on Korean culture. Millbrook Free Library, Millbrook. 677-3611.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Forage and Feast 10am-12:30pm. $25/$5 material fee. Join ethnobiologist and functional herbalist Hayden Stebbins for a walk through our forest and fields to see the world in a way you’ve never seen before. Hayden will teach you about common introduced and native plants, how to identify them by family, and their edible, medicinal, or poisonous properties. You and the group will harvest edible plants as you go and bring them to the pavilion where you and the group will prepare a multi-course meal combining the harvest with regular food. Phillies Bridge Farm Project, New Paltz. 256-9108. Introduction to Ayurveda and the Essential Principles of Cleansing 1-3:30pm. $26/$21 by May 26th. Integrating the ancient wisdom of yoga, Ayurveda, and Traditional Chinese Medicine with naturopathic principles and contemporary plant based nutritional science, Jonathan Glass, M.Ac., C.A.T., presents a practical 28-day program, divided into four phases, designed to initiate and maximize the detoxification and nourishment of your body, mind, and spirit. Crystal Essence, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-2595.
KIDS & FAMILY 11th Children’s Earth & Water Festival 11am-5pm. This family-friendly ecothemed community event offers a fun day of with 70+ vendors including artisan crafts, health, wellness and green vendors, farm market, solar demonstrations, local businesses, clubs, free games and children’s’ activities, face painting, bouncy houses, and cute critters, and so much more. Bring a blanket, the kids and even the dog, have a picnic or enjoy the offerings of local vendors serving delicious food and tasty treats. Don’t miss a special performance of Arm-of-the-Sea Theater. Thomas Bull Memorial Park, Montgomery. 615-3868. Ride the Ridge Bike Challenge 2018 8am-2pm. $20-$50. For the 12th year in a row, the Ride the Ridge Bike Challenge in the Hudson Valley is back. Five rides for all skill levels. All start at the High Meadow School in Stone Ridge & end with a party including beverages, pizza, subs, and snacks. Come ride the beautiful countryside, soak up the scenery while enjoying the support of roadside volunteers, clearly marked routes, strategically located water and food stops and a SAG wagon to ensure you get back safely. High Meadow School, Stone Ridge. 706-8484. Summer Reading Kick-Off Party 3-5pm. Join Hudson Area Library to celebrate and register for the library’s Summer Reading Program. This day will be packed with activities and entertainment celebrating the theme of our Summer Reading Program, “Sounds of Summer”. Participants will make their own musical instruments and later be able to join with the Diata Diata International Folkloric Theater for a drum circle and musical games. We will have other special guests, craft activities and will also be providing families with Summer Reading Logs, book giveaways and ice cream. Hudson Area Library, Hudson. (518) 828-1792.
LECTURES & TALKS 14th Annual Hidden Gardens: Hidden Gardens Breakfast Lecture 10:30am. $20/$15. “Where Have All the Monarchs Gone and What We Can Do About It?” by environmental activist and master gardener Maraleen Manos-Jones. Known as the “Butterfly Woman,” she has been raising, tagging, and releasing butterflies for over forty years. Butterflyfriendly perennials will be available for purchase at the lecture. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. (518) 392-3693. Water, Rock and Bear with Naturalist Leslie Sharpe 5-6pm. Sharpe will read and discuss excepts from her best-selling book, “The Quarry Fox and Other Critters of the Wild Catskills.” Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-2213.
MUSIC Charlie Hunter & Friends 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Damn the Torpedoes: A Tribute to Tom Petty 8-10pm. $32/$37/$42. Over the years Damn The Torpedoes—the most accurate Tom Petty tribute group—has evolved with a deeper understanding of the Tom Petty catalog and more committed members. The group consists of founder and Tom Petty impersonator Rich Kubicz, lead guitarist Jimi Alan, pianist/keyboards and backing vocals Gary Castelluccio, bassist Jon Provan, and drummer/percussionist Ross Kantor. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. David Kraai with Josh Roy Brown 8-11pm. David Kraai doles out two sets of fine country folk music with the help of Josh Roy Brown on lap steel. The New York Resturant, Catskill. (518) 943-5500.
FESTIVALS HELLO, AGAIN DOLLY!
Barbra Streisand on the set of Hello, Dolly! at Garrison Landing in 1968. This summer, the Hello Again, Dolly! festival celebrates the film's 50th anniversary.
Back Where She Belongs Hello, Dolly…it’s so nice to have you back where you belong! Fifty years after the filming of Hello, Dolly! in Garrison and the surrounding towns, the community prepares to memorialize the legendary movie with a five-month long festival, duly titled Hello Again, Dolly! It seems that once again the bold and carefree nature of Dolly Levi will be back where she belongs. Beloved for its witty humor, colorful costumes, and the young Barbara Streisand, Hello, Dolly! was the biggest production to date to be filmed in the Hudson Valley. Directed by Hollywood dance legend Gene Kelly, the film chronicles the machinations of strong-willed matchmaker Dolly Levi as she tries to find a wife for a wealthy client. Hello Dolly!, based on Jerry Herman’s 10 Tony-award-winning musical, also featured Walter Matthu, Louis Armstrong, and Tommy Tune. It won three Academy Awards. The 50-year celebration is the brainchild of Christopher Radko, a Bronx-born, firstgeneration American, whose interest in Hello, Dolly! was piqued at age 9, when he was taken to the premier in New York City. Radko remembers the incident vividly, recounting how he asked with confusion what “Yonkers” was portrayed in the movie as it didn’t look like any Yonkers he had ever seen, although the set and Hudson River certainly looked to be real. Years later, he would learn that Gene Kelly selected the quaint downtown of Garrison to stand-in for Yonkers. This realization prompted Radko to birth the idea of the festival two years ago, planning for its 18 events to span June through October. Radko said although the idea originated with him, many people in the community love this movie and see these gatherings as a way to “remember and celebrate our history.” While the Hudson Valley is no stranger to being the focal point of history (and film history), perhaps Hello, Dolly! is special in its own right for several reasons.
The movie set included multiple Hudson Highland towns, all of which will be commemorating their roles in the movie over the coming months. The scene originally shot at West Point’s Trophy Point will be remembered in August, when West Point’s Music Under the Stars will be presenting a Hello Dolly! at 50 concert. Garrison is foremost in the spotlight with Victorian hat making workshops and riverboat cruises, themed to celebrate the era of Dolly Levi. Some full circle moments come to pass for the events, Radko explained, considering that half a century ago Gene Kelly hired local children as extras to dance in the parade scene, and this time around the local schools are still participating in some fashion. Both Garrison Union Free and Haldane Central Schools have been interacting with the festival through in class recitals and dedicating spring programs to Hello, Dolly! themes. Once drawing crowds together with choreographed dancing in Victorian gowns, the festival is pulling nonprofits together to ensure the crowds still have a fun time. The Desmond-Fish Library in Garrison will be hosting movie events, and various art venues such as Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Depot Landing Theater, and Garrison Art Center will join in to host functions. When asked which event Radko is most anticipating, there was a pause followed by, “It’s hard to pick your favorite kid!” However, he did mention the costume parade in Garrison on June 16, free to the public and led by Tony Award-winning dancer and choreographer Tommy Tune. On Father’s Day, Tune will be performing his one-man show Paramount in Peekskill: a great idea to take dad, uncle, or granddad to before sneaking in dinner at a local eatery. Gene Kelly’s wife, Patricia, will be offering a two hour show on July 1. The show, titled “The Legacy,” will give an in depth look at both Kelly’s professional and personal life. For a full list of all events: Helloagaindolly.com —Anna Barton 6/18 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 101
Fife & Drom 9pm. Blues. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Folk Arts Series: Klezmer Music, Song and Dance 1:30-3:30pm. We are getting closer to summer and we celebrate with The Westchester Klezmer Program under the direction of Kenny Green. They will perform entertaining, lively and uplifting classic Klezmer music consisting of freylekhs, horas, bulgars and sing-alongs beginning at 1:30 pm. The Westchester Klezmer Program is dedicated to preserving the celebratory secular musical heritage of Eastern European Jewry. Pelham Art Center, Pelham. (914) 738-2525. Leaf Peepers Benefit Concert 7:30-10pm. $75. The Women Who Rode Away: Songs and Portraits, is Natalia Zukerman’s new multi-media performance. The Barn at Egremont Inn, South Egremont, MA. (413) 551-9901. Ras T Asheber Posse 8pm. Reggae. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Seven Days Gone 9pm. Modern rock. Juan Murphy’s, Poughkeepsie. 473-1095. Singer-Songwriter-Accordionist Rachelle Garniez 7:30pm. $20/$15 Academy members/$10 students/$5 student members. She performs story songs that slip between pop, polka, country, ska, jazz, yodeling, and more. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. (518) 392-3693. Soul Purpose 8pm. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760. Start Making Sense 8pm. $22/$27. The musicians in this 7-piece Talking Heads Tribute take pride in faithfully recreating the music of Talking Heads entire career. Together they bring much of the Heads unique live show to the stage, with front man Jon Braun as a spot-on David Byrne, giving you a “once in a lifetime” experience. Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes. (800) 745-3000. Susan Alcorn 8pm. Experimental pedal steel guitarist. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. Ted Daniel, IBMC, and the King Oliver Project 8pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
NIGHTLIFE Carnival Bash 7-10pm. Primrose Hill School 4th Annual Gala & Auction features local food, beverages, entertainment, and a silent auction. Sponsorships, in-kind support, and items donated for our auction all benefit Primrose Hill School’s Community Supported Education initiative, the Access & Inclusion Fund, and the Farm Program. Rhinebeck. primrosehillschool.com
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS First Saturday Reception First Saturday of every month, 5-8pm. ASK’s openings are elegant affairs with wine, hors d’oeuvres and art enthusiasts. These monthly events are part of Kingston’s First Saturday art events. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0331. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.
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OUTDOORS & RECREATION Annual Plant Sale 9:30-11:30am. Offered will be permaculture plants, native plants, beautiful plants, luscious plants, beautiful & luscious plants, all organically grown. Many rare & delectable fruits. Lee Reich, New Paltz. Leereich.com. Bird Walk with Alan Devoe Bird Walk 8-10am. Join us for a walk around Clermont State Historic Site with the Alan Devoe Bird Club. Participants of this free event will be looking for spring migrant birds throughout the site. Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 537-6622. Black Creek Paddle & Clean-up 10am. Come help clean-up the Black Creek in the Town of Lloyd. Our Chapter worked with the Highland Environmental Conservation Council to clear this water trail many years ago. The maintenance is typically light work. Bring work gloves, loppers, saws, rope. Black Creek, Highland. 297-5126. National Trails Day “End2End” 9-mile experienced hike. Trail runners and hikers welcome. Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde Park. Sadecker2002@yahoo.com. Snapping Turtles Program 7:30am. Join us bright and early at Boscobel’s Belvedere to meet live—and sometimes huge—snapping turtles. Staff from the Constitution Marsh Audubon Center and Sanctuary will give a dramatic presentation about the habits and history of snapping turtles while they introduce you (at a safe distance) to some of the snapping turtles living in Constitution Marsh. Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org. Stockade National Historic District Walking Tour First Saturday of every month, 1pm. $10/$5 under age 16/members free. Friends of Historic Kingston, Kingston. 339-0720.
THEATER "Fun Home" Regional Premiere 8-10pm. $27/$25 senior discount/$20 students with ID/Pay What You Will -Friday nights. Winner of the 2015 Tony award for best musical, this innovative show reinvents the classic coming-of-age story. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same title, the musical follows Alison’s memories of her sexual awakening and her father’s suicide. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. "K2" 8pm. $39/$34. Dealing with a serious injury and trapped on an icy ledge at 27,000 feet, the two climbers confront the fine line between life and death. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. "Our Town" 8-10pm. $22. Set in the fictional town of Grover’s Corners, Thornton Wilder’s masterpiece is narrated by a Stage Manager and performed with minimal props and sets as the audience follows the Webb and Gibbs families, as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually - in one of the most famous scenes in American theater history– die. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (800) 838-3006.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Advanced Abstract Painting with Jenny Nelson 9am-4pm. $340. Three-day workshop. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Andrea Lubrano Goldstein The DJ Cookbook: Where food and dance music intersects 7pm. $95. bluecashew Kitchen Homestead, Kingston. 514-2300.
Beginning Silkscreen 9am-4pm. $270. Two-day workshop. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Drawing and Painting with Les Castellanos 9am-noon. $200/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Gardening with Mushrooms 10am-1pm. $55/$45. A hands-on workshop to turn your garden into an arena of decomposition and mushroom production. Participants will become familiar with the techniques of cultivating mushrooms for food, medicine, or mycoremediation purposes. This workshop will include building a woodchip bed of wine cap mushrooms, adding Almond Portobellos to your garden via compost, and growing oyster mushrooms in mulch. Dress for working outdoors; bring work gloves. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Hat Making Introduction: Level 01 11am-12:30pm. $50/$25 students. Learn to make and personalize your own fedora or straw hat in 4 easy sessions. No previous sewing experience needed. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. (212) 423-5870. Kingston Clay Day First Saturday of every month, 2-4pm. $25. Guests of all ages/abilities can play with clay on Kingston’s First Saturday! Try out the wheel, learn basic handbuilding techniques, and have fun making something from your imagination! Finished pieces will be ready for pick up at the following Kingston Clay Day. RESERVATIONS are strongly encouraged. Kingston Ceramics Studio, Kingston. 331-2078. Relief Printing and Letterpress 11am-2pm. $75. Mid-Hudson Heritage Center Visual Arts Workshop with instructor: Erina Schultz & Benji Cossa. June 2-3. Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory, Poughkeepsie. 454-4525.
SUNDAY 3 DANCE Barefoot Dance Center Student Concert 5-6:30pm. $15/$5 kids & teens/babies free. This family-friendly concert showcases the talents of younger students as well as the innovative and sophisticated choreography of older students. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 384-6146.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS 2018 Hudson Valley Pride 12-5pm. The Center is proud to announce our 2018 Pride March and Festival. March with us as we celebrate our strength and fight for our rights. Pride Festival features music, food trucks, and local vendors. March begins at 1pm, festival 12pm-5pm. Hasbrouck Park, New Paltz. Facebook.com/ events/225506788186484/.
KIDS & FAMILY Planting Activities for Young Gardeners 2-3pm. Young people ages 5 - 10 years old will plant cuttings to make new plants from old, plant seeds, design bouquet. Hudson Area Library, Hudson. (518) 828-1792.
LECTURES & TALKS Futurist Landscape Architect is Feature of 2018 Bellefield Design Lecture 2-4pm. $45/$35 members. Thomas Rainer: The Beauty of Biodiversity: Practical Strategies for More Lush, Abundant and Resilient Plantings. Thomas Rainer is a leading voice in ecological landscape design. He is a landscape architect, teacher, author and enthusiastic public speaker. While passionate about design and focusing on details, Thomas is a specialist in applying innovative planting concepts to create ecologically-functional designed landscapes. Come hear him share his insights on the beauty of biodiversity. Beatrix Farrand Garden Association, Hyde Park. 224-6198.
LITERARY & BOOKS Book Launch Party with Helen Zumen 5-8pm. Author of Mating in Captivity. Oak Vino Wine Bar, Beacon. 765-2400. Book Launch: Mating in Captivity 5-8pm. In Mating in Captivity, her memoir of five years in a cult she entered after graduating from Harvard, Helen Zuman shares a transformative journey through delusion and heartbreak to true love and self-trust. Join her for a reading, Q&A, and celebration, with a cash bar and complimentary chocolate. Oak Vino Wine Bar, Beacon. (646) 721-7149. Yoga: The Secret of Life 2-4pm. Come spend an enlightened afternoon with photographer and author Francesco Mastalia. Francesco will discuss his new book YOGA: The Secret of Life, a photo-documentary project about the spiritual and physical journey of yoga. This free community event will feature a slideshow presentation, chanting, harmonium, and a panel discussion with Francesco and yogi Justin Ram Das Logan. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212.
MUSIC Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis 11am. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Broadway Voices on the Hudson 3-6pm. $50/$37.50 seniors/$25 students. Temple Emanuel of Kingston, Kingston. 338-4271. Diane Moser’s Composers Big Band: Tribute to Ed Xiques 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
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Here and There: Songs from America and Abroad 4-5:30pm. Free; suggested $15 donation. Katherine Rossiter and MaryElizabeth O’Neill—recent alumnae of the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program—perform. Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck. Hereandthererecital.wixsite.com/recital.
Mantra: Sounds into Silence 2pm. $8/$6 members. This documentary explores the social phenomenon of chanting, focusing on the people who are finding healing and a sense of inner peace by singing mantras together. Live Kirtan follows film. Rosendale Theatre Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Kath Bloom & Alexander + Ella Ray Kondrat 2-5pm. $5. The Kingston Artist Collective welcomes back legendary songwriter Kath Bloom. Alexander, and Kingston’s Ella Ray Kondrat open. Kingston Artist Collective and Cafe, Kingston. 383-1663.
Kingston Multicultural Festival 1-4pm. Spend the day traveling the world without a passport. This family-friendly event features performances, kids activities, food and more. T.R. Gallo West Strand Park, Kingston. 338-3181.
FESTIVALS CLEARWATER'S GREAT HUDSON RIVER REVIVAL
Econosmith.com Clearwater's Hudson Stage at sunset in 2017.
There is a Season Boy, we could sure use Pete Seeger right about now, couldn’t we? Well, turns out we still got him: Yes, the legendary local folk musician and social and environmental activist—and an icon to so many of us—may have gone to the Great Hootenany in the Sky in 2014, but, just like that of Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, his legacy is still here to inspire us. And a big part of that legacy is the Clearwater Festival, which returns to Croton-on-Hudson on June 16 and 17. The country’s oldest music and environmental festival, Clearwater (also known as the Great Hudson River Revival) was founded by Pete and his wife Toshi Seeger in 1966 to raise money needed to help build the sloop Clearwater, a sailing ship whose travels and actions raise environmental awareness and promote conservation and the protection of the Hudson River. Today, proceeds raised from the festival go toward its environmentalactivist parent organization, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. Although the festival took 2016 off to concentrate its efforts on refurbishing the sloop itself, it resumed last year and continues to feature a wide-ranging roster of contemporary and traditional roots music by some of the field’s biggest names, as well as dancing, food, storytelling, and other entertainment for all walks of life. The headliners this year include Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, the Mavericks, Ani DiFranco, They Might Be Giants, Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Hot Rize, Beth Orton, Langhorne Slim, the Willie Nile Band, Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, the Mammals (featuring Mike & Ruthy), Tom Paxton and the Don Juans, Margaret Glaspy,
Parker Milsap, Beausoleil Avec Michel Doucet, David Amram, Tom Chapin, Dan Zanes and Claudia Eliaza, CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Josh White, Jr., Upstate Rubdown, and many more. Other Clearwater components include the Activist Area, which allows exhibiting groups the opportunity to explain to visitors how their efforts help improve the world; an artisanal food and farm market where local famers and independent food producers offer their fare; a food court with vendors preparing meals featuring fresh, vegetarian, vegan, festival, and comfort foods; the juried Handcrafters Village; the Clearwater organization’s Environmental Action and Green Cities Initiative tents; and, of course, boat rides on Pete’s beloved Hudson River. Kids’ attractions include the Children’s Area, with face painting, mask making, and other activities; the Family Stage; the Discovery and Tideline Education tents; beach-combing and river seining walks; and jugglers, clowns, mimes, acrobats, and other entertainers. “I’m really looking forward to playing the Clearwater Festival,” says Willie Nile. “Pete Seeger is one of my heroes and it’ll be an honor to be there to play and take part in it. His legacy is deep and meaningful and it’s important to carry on and keep it alive.” The Clearwater Festival will take place at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson on June 16 and 17. See website for ticket prices, a full performance schedule, and other information. Clearwaterfestival.org. —Peter Aaron 6/18 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 103
Krishna Das-Yogini Benefit Concert 3-5:30pm. $50/$40 in advance. Join us for an evening of devotional music in the beautiful Maitreya Center. Proceeds will support women practicing in the traditional Tibetan Buddhist three-year retreat at KTC Monastery. The cloistered retreat creates a unique environment for devoting all the energies of body, speech and mind to the transformative meditation practices of the Vajrayana, with the intention to free all sentient beings from suffering. Kagyu Thubten Choling Monastery, Wappingers Falls. (845) 505-0788. Metropolitan Hot Club 12-3pm. MHC is a gypsy jazz group that plays hot swing of the 30s and 40s. The group celebrates the music made popular by legendary guitarist, Django Reinhardt, and jazz violinist, Stephane Grappelli. An impressive repertoire of period music, along with newer favorites and a growing body of original compositions, make for an unforggetable listening experience. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Music by Emily Beck 2-4pm. Join us for music by singer/ song writer Emily Beck who will perform on the lawn. Family and dog friendly. Westwind Organic Orchard, Accord. Westwindorchardevents@gmail.com. Newburgh Symphonic Chorale 4pm. Program includes Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs and Randall Thompson’s Frostiana. St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Kingston. 4pm. $20/$15 seniors/$5 youth and students. The program will include Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs and Randall Thompson’s Frostiana. St. George’s Church, Newburgh. 231-3592.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS The Magic of Unison 5-9:30pm. $125. Celebrating 43 years of The Magic of Unison Arts Center. There will also be a celebration of the 75th birthday of Stuart Bigley, one of the founders of Unison, as well as the new Executive Director, Alexandra Baer.. This gala event features a performance by famed magician Mark Mitton as well as music by Big Joe Fitz and the Lo Fi’s. Bridge Creek Catering will be serving a delicious dinner and dessert followed by music and dancing. There will be a silent auction filled with wonderful items and experiences to bid on throughout the evening. Unison Arts Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION D&H Canal High Falls Flea Market 9am-4pm. Free to the Public. The Flea Market runs every Sunday from the second Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. Located in Grady Park, on Rt. 213, right in the Heart of High Falls. 810-0471.
THEATER "Fun Home" Regional Premiere 3-5pm. $27/$25 senior discount/$20 students with ID/Pay What You Will -Friday nights. Winner of the 2015 Tony award for best musical, this innovative show reinvents the classic coming-of-age story. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same title, the musical follows Alison’s memories of her sexual awakening and her father’s suicide. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.
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"K2" 2pm. $39/$34. Dealing with a serious injury and trapped on an icy ledge at 27,000 feet, the two climbers confront the fine line between life and death. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. "Our Town" 2-4pm. $22. Set in the fictional town of Grover’s Corners, Thornton Wilder’s masterpiece is narrated by a Stage Manager and performed with minimal props and sets as the audience follows the Webb and Gibbs families, as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually - in one of the most famous scenes in American theater history– die. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (800) 838-3006.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Carve This! The Fundamentals of Carving a Wooden Spoon 10am-2:30pm. $125. A four-hour class. Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson. (518) 545-4028.
MONDAY 4 LITERARY & BOOKS Speaking of Books 7-8:30pm. A non-fiction book group. Discussing “Down and Out in Paris and London” by George Orwell. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie. 471-6580.
MUSIC Mike Clark “Retro Report” CD Release 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Party Ware 6:30-9pm. $325/$300 members. Throw yourself into this summer’s party season by creating your own servingware. In this six week class, students will explore the relationship between craft, art, and design through the creation of unique serving vessels. Projects on the wheel will vary from cheese platters to rocks glasses. Weekly through July 9. Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale. 658-9133. Swing Dance Class $85. 4-week series. Beginner: 6pm7pm, Intermediate and Advanced also available. With Linda and Chester Freeman, Got2Lindy Dance Studios. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. (845)338-0333.
TUESDAY 5 FAIRS & FESTIVALS Drag Bingo First Tuesday of every month, 6:308:30pm. $5 suggested donation. Bingo is such a drag with Queen-in-Residence Sis Jenner and her guest hosts! You won’t want to miss this. Friends, prizes and laughs abound. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Alzheimer’s Support Group First Tuesday of every month, 7-8:30pm. Are you caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease? You don’t have to face it alone. Sharing with others who understand can bring relief and help everyone who participates. Our groups are open to the public. All Sport Fishkill Health and Fitness Club, Fishkill. (800) 272-3900.
Summer Sports Injury Prevention for your Feet and Ankles 6:30-7:30pm. Join Dr. Daniel Kelmanovich to learn ways to protect yourself from common foot and ankle injuries such as sprained or rolled ankles, dislocated toes, broken bones and more that generally occur while out enjoying those long summer days. Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie. 454-0120. Zumba with Maritza 5:30-6:30pm. $5. Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. 913-6085.
MUSIC The B-52s 8pm. $130. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis Blues and Dance Party 7-10pm. Their sound features a sophisticated blend of jazz and blues which is always soulful, always swinging, and always in an engaging style that never fails to connect with the audience. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Mohonk Scramble Difficult 8-Mile Hike 11am. Call leader for meeting location. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 303-3764.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Monotype with Gum Arabic 9am-4pm. $270. Two-day workshop. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Thrown and Altered 7-9pm. $225/$200 members. Improve your pottery making abilities by learning how to combine handbuilt aspects with thrown elements. Throughout this five week class, students will create functional forms that vary in complexity. Discussions on intent, form, and process will supplement demonstrations and individual work-time. Weekly through July 3. Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale. 658-9133.
WEDNESDAY 6 FILM Mantra: Sounds into Silence 7:15pm. $8/$6 members. This documentary explores the social phenomenon of chanting, focusing on the people who are finding healing and a sense of inner peace by singing mantras together. Live Kirtan follows film. Rosendale Theatre Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Butterflies and Hiccups: Café Mama Due Date Club First Wednesday of every month, 6:308:15pm. $20. A monthly guided deep dive into your inner knowing. Intuition is always guiding us, whether we choose to act on it or not. Pregnancy changes the way our brain works, making us more creative, right brained and intuitive. Mommy brain is real, though its purpose is misunderstood. Journal your love and intuition into a powerful way of being that intuitively understands, connects with and responds to your baby. Connect with your divine feminine, explore the power of receptivity and all that it can offer you. New Baby New Paltz, New Paltz. 750-4402. DYBO (Dance Your ‘Buts’ Off) $5. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh. 309-2406. Gray Matters: Connecting Dementia & Alzheimer’s to Olana 3:30-5pm. Free. Join us for Olana’s bimonthly program for individuals with early on-set Alzheimer’s & Dementia and their family or caregivers. Visitor’s Center. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. 518-828-1872. Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body 7-8pm. A free educational program by the Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter with information on diet, nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement. Get hands-on tools to develop a plan for healthy aging. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. (800) 272-3900. Qigong and Tai Chi Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. 672-5391.
MUSIC Common Tongue’s First Wednesdays 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Falcon Underground Songwriter Sessions 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Ry Cooder 8pm. $95/$89. Roots music. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES The Business and Art of Illustration 3:45-5:45pm. $100. Presented by Writers in the Mountains and led by Durga Yael Bernhard. 6-week class. Phoenicia Library, Phoenicia. 688-7811. Fundamentals of Painting with Soft Pastel 1-4pm. $170. Wednesdays in June. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
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FOOD & WINE Twilight in the Garden 6:30-8:30pm. A unique after-hours experience featuring: live musical performances by local jazz musicians, a guided garden center, orchard or garden tour accompanied by a gardening discussion featuring agricultural and gardening experts, casual tastings of Pennings Farm Market’s farm-to-table passed hors d’oeuvres paired with a selection of locally crafted beers, hard ciders and wine; a keepsake Pennings Farm tasting glass to take home. Pennings Farm, Warwick. 986-1059.
DANCE Uptown Lowdown Vintage Jazz Dance Classes 8-9:15pm. $72 6 weeks/$20 drop in. Come join the chorus line! We’ll learn the Tranky Doo, a classic solo jazz routine from the 1940s. After the session, we’ll be ready to perform. (Performing is not required to take the classes.) All are welcome, regardless of gender, gender identity or presentation, sexual orientation, age, race, or ethnicity. BSP Kingston, Kingston. Uptownswingkingston.com/classes.
HISTORY "THE ART OF WAR"
Connecticut artist Glenn Grohe created He’s Watching You in 1942 for the US Office for Emergency Management.
Gift of Adriance Memorial Library.
Art as Propaganda Bullets, bombs, and bayonets were the primary weapons of World War II, but other, more nuanced, forms of war were waged as well. Words, posters, and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry just as surely as military weapons engaged the enemy. Persuading the American public became a wartime industry, almost as important as the manufacturing of bullets and planes. The US government launched an aggressive propaganda campaign to galvanize public support, and some of the nation’s foremost intellectuals, artists, and film makers became warriors on that front. “The Art of War: American Poster Art 1941-1945,” on display through the end of the year at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, features over 150 World War II posters drawn from the library’s collection of over 3,000 wartime posters, including contributions from Norman Rockwell, James Montgomery Flagg, and N. C. Wyeth. “The Art of War: American Poster Art 1941-1945” is on display through December 31 at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park. (800) FDR-VISIT; Fdrlibrary.org.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body 10:30-11:30am. A free educational program by the Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter with information on diet, nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement. Get hands-on tools to develop a plan for healthy aging. Ellenville Public Library, Ellenville. 647-1497. HIV/STI Testing Happy Hour First Thursday of every month, 5-7:30pm. Free HIV/STI screening in collaboration with Hudson Valley Community Services (HVCS). Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300. Inner Balance: Building Self-Worth through Inner Validation 7-8:30pm. With Priya Rajaratnam. In this class, Priya will share with you how she changed her life experiences from tolerating each day (surviving), to being grateful for another day to Do and Be what feels in alignment with her authentic expression (thriving). Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. 687-0880.
MUSIC Amy Rigby 8pm. HiLo Catskill, Catskill. 802-989-2749. Andy Stack’s American Soup 8pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Daisycutter 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Ed Marris & Peter Brittain 7pm. Acoustic. Zephyr, Pine Hill. 254-8024. First Thursday Singer Songwriter Series 7-9:30pm. Hosts Maureen and Don welcome Terri and Steve Massardo, Davey O, and Helen Avakian to the Cafe stage. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot: Celebrating the Music of Billy Joel 8-10pm. $30/$40/$50. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Open Mike 8pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624 7:30pm. Copperfield’s, Millbrook. 677-8188. Phil Vassar 7:30pm. $28/$34/$40. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Satisfaction: The International Rolling Stones Show 8pm. $35. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
THEATER "K2" 8pm. $39/$34. Dealing with a serious injury and trapped on an icy ledge at 27,000 feet, the two climbers confront the fine line between life and death. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Drawing Better: Vince Natale 9am-noon. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.
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Drawing, Painting and Composition with Eric Angeloch 1-4pm. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Floral Design 101 6-8pm. $75. In this two-hour workshop, you’ll create your own stunning floral centerpiece. Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson. (518) 545-4028. Know Your Flag 6-7:30pm. Commemorate the 241st year since the adoption of the American flag, with presentations about the history and importance of the flag, of Flag Day itself and of our ever popular Hudson Flag Day Parade. Hudson Area Library, Hudson. (518) 828-1792. Middle-Stage Music Social First Thursday of every month, 2-3:30pm. Middle-Stage Music Socials with Certified Music Therapist Melinda Burgard are offered around the Hudson Valley. They are a fun and safe way for people with middle-stage Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia to get out, socialize and enjoy interactive musical fun with their family caregivers. No musical experience is required-- participants are encouraged to sing along and move to the music. Preregistration is required. Wingate at Ulster, Highland. (800) 272-3900. Vet2Vet Veterans Program Featuring a variety of workshops and support groups. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh. 672-5391.
FRIDAY 8 DANCE Dances of Universal Peace Second Friday of every month, 7-9pm. Come join us in these challenging times. Using sacred phrases, chants, music and movements from many different spiritual traditions, we cultivate joy, peace, and integration within ourselves, in our communities, and in the greater world. Dances taught by certified leaders. Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation, Hudson. (518) 828-1034. Salsa Under the Stars 7:30-9:30pm. Bring your blanket to sit and watch and your dancing shoes to kick up your heels. This event is FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be available for sale. Dalsa lessons, dancing, live performances, music, vendors and more. This event is sponsored by: DMU Music and Zumba with Maritza. Safe Harbors Green, Newburgh. 784-1110. Second Fridays Swing Dance with Live Music by Metropolitan Hot Club 6:30-10pm. $12/$10 students and members. Intermediate/Advanced swing lessons from 6:30PM–7:30PM ($10). Must be comfortable with the 8-count swing out. Free Intro/beginner lesson for new dancers from 7:30PM–8PM. Swing dance party 8-10pm. Unison Arts Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
FILM Pete Seeger: The Power of Song $10. Jim Brown, four-time Emmy Awardwinning producer, director, writer, and cinematographer will show his film with a Q&A after the film. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Putnam Valley. 528-7280.
FOOD & WINE Taste NY at Todd Hill Outdoor Farmer’s Market 2-6pm. Enjoy authentic NY made products from local vendors. Taste NY at Todd Hill, Poughkeepsie. 849-0247.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS
Happy Hour Yoga 7-8pm. HH Yoga is a fun and energetic Vinyasa class set to varying musical playlists each month. It’s great for all levels. No better way to start off a weekend then energizing yourself amongst friends, music and a disco ball. Cold Spring Yoga Studio, Cold Spring. 265-4444.
Orange County Land Trust 25-Year Anniversary Benefit Reception & Auction 6-9pm. Honoring Janet Crawshaw and Jerry Novesky of The Valley Table Magazine. Join us for a fabulous array of local foods prepared exquisitely by the chefs at Cedar Lakes Estates, along with an assortment of locally crafted beverages. Truly a celebration of our farming heritage and food traditions and innovations. Cedar Lakes Estate, Port Jervis. Oclt.org/
LITERARY & BOOKS Lynne Tillman Book Reading: Men and Apparitions 6-9pm. Supper at 6pm, reading at 7:00pm. Copies of Men and Apparitions and other works by Lynne Tillman will be available for sale at the TSL Book Space. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8100.
MUSIC 3D Rhythm of Life 9pm. Latin music. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Ahlfabet Jazz Band 8pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Dorraine Scofield and Thunder Ridge 6pm. The Catskill Pines, Mount Tremper. 688-7311. The Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo 8pm. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. 914-739-0039. Hurley Mountain Highway 8pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Keith Newman 6pm. Acoustic. Wildfire Grill, Montgomery. 457-3770. Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams 8pm. Country, blues, gospel and honky tonk. Colony Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-7625. Max Creek 8pm. Daryl's House, Pawling. 289-0185. Max Weinberg’s Jukebox 8-10pm. $35/$62.50/$177.50 VIP. Meet and greet available. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Purpl’s Open Mike Night Second Friday of every month, 8pm. $8. This is not your average open mike: the big stage, amazing acoustics, high-end equipment, and experienced sound engineer create a concert-like experience. Two songs per artist, limit of three musicians per act. One cover per set is allowed. Adults and teens welcome. Purpl, Hastings-On-Hudson. (914) 231-9077. Roger Daltrey Daltrey performs The Who's "Tommy" with members of the Who band and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. Bethelwoodscenter.org Singer-songwriter Iris DeMent 9pm. Country-folk. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Spring Jazz Series 7:30pm. $10. Midtown Music’s first curated jazz series strives to cover different aspects of jazz from a funk opera to swing, we’ve got it covered. ARTBar Gallery, Kingston. 338-2789. The Stolen Temple Pilots 7pm. $10. Tribute to the Stone Temple Pilots. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Family Camp Out 6pm. $9-$20. Welcome the summer season with a night under the full moon. After dinner, bring your family, tent, and sleeping bags for an evening of nocturnal fun. As the sun goes down, join us for entertainment and s’mores around the campfire. A light breakfast snack and coffee will be provided Saturday morning as we break camp. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781. Mohonk Scramble Difficult 8-Mile Hike 10am. Call leader for meeting location. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 303-3764.
SPIRITUALITY Escape HRMM: Time Traveling Detectives Escape room and scavenger hunt. a clue- and puzzle-based mystery for groups of up to six people to solve in just 50 minutes. “Scavenger Hunt: Lost Ticket” is geared toward younger children and families and gives groups of up to eight people just 30 minutes to follow the clues and find all the pieces of their vanished ticket to the Mary Powell. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080.
THEATER The Actors’ Ensemble: Staged Reading of Ionesco’s “The Chairs” 8-10pm. $25/$20 PS21 members. Veteran actors Fern Sloan and Ted Pugh bring us a fresh interpretation of Ionesco’s delightfully absurdist tragic farce about the imaginary world of two old people alone in a house on an island. One of the great innovators of modern theater, Ionesco wrote “The Chairs” in 1952 but it is as intriguing today as it was when first produced 65 years ago. PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, Chatham. (518) 392-6121. "Curtains For Myron" 8-11pm. $35. Starring Anthony Giaimo, Michael Iannucci, Tina Keyes and Susan Cella this dark comedy centers around Myron, an aging Mafia gumbah wannabe and Jerry, his over the hill gay actor brother. These polar opposites humorously litigate old wrongs and cruelly open new ones. The day spirals out of control when a visit from Myron’s hooker girlfriend and his troubled daughter expose some guarded family secrets. Hounded by the police, Myron takes matters (and a semi-automatic pistol) into his own hands. Strong language. Suggested age: 18 and over. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. "Fun Home" Regional Premiere 8-10pm. $27/$25 senior discount/$20 students with ID/Pay What You Will -Friday nights. Winner of the 2015 Tony award for best musical, this innovative show reinvents the classic coming-of-age story. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same title, the musical follows Alison’s memories of her sexual awakening and her father’s suicide. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
"K2" 8pm. $39/$34. Dealing with a serious injury and trapped on an icy ledge at 27,000 feet, the two climbers confront the fine line between life and death. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Weekend Intensive Weekend-long retreat. Dharma Drum Retreat Center, Pine Bush. 744-8114.
SATURDAY 9 COMEDY "Porn To Be A Star": A New Play By Chris Harder 9:30-11pm. $25-$30. Get ready to get harder and go behind the camera with the new play by Burlesque performer and adult film actor Chris Harder. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 926-0652.
DANCE Red Carpet Gala 2 & 6:30pm. $15. From the toe tapping melodies of the Golden Age of Movie Musicals to the haunting strains from The Dark Knight, Poughkeepsie City Ballet presents a Red Carpet Gala. Special guest artist Kaylee Millis will bring the iconic Marilyn Monroe to life in a contemporary tribute to the legendary beauty while dancers from New York Academy of Ballet round out the cast adding their unique blend of showmanship. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS 38th NYS Saengerbund Saengerfest 2-4pm. Mass Chorus Concert with performances by choruses fromBinghamton, Buffalo, Kingston, Poughkeepsie, Syracuse and Utica. Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Paltz. 255-0051. Beacon Second Saturday Second Saturday of every month. Second Saturday is a city-wide celebration of the arts held on the second Saturday of every month where galleries and shops stay open until 9pm, most of which are right along Main Street. Downtown Beacon, Beacon. Beaconarts.org Darkside Bazaar: Outdoor Flea Market 11am-6pm. Punk rock flea-market style event in the parking lot at Darkside Records in Poughkeepsie Darkside Records, Poughkeepsie. 452-8010. Freak Flag Day Hudson’s annual Flag Day celebrations are a David Lynch-Americana scene come to life. Cloaked by night and surrounded by colorful explosions, Basilica’s annual dance party acts as freakier counterpart to the city’s festivities, featuring performances and dancing into the wee hours. The evening kicks off at sundown with the best seat in town for Hudson’s spectacular fireworks display (one of the largest in the Hudson Valley, launched from Basilica’s parking lot), and the freaky festivities take off from there, with a new-wave and industrial dance party raising flags and funds for art and freaks. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. (518) 822-1050. Gardiner Open Studio Tour Summer 2018 10am-6pm. Gardiner Open Studio Tour (GOST) 2018 is a free self-guided tour open to the public. You can meet talented artists in their workspaces, experience demonstrations of their art or craft, share their philosophies and observe their techniques. Gardiner Open Studio Tour, New Paltz. 532-3548.
The Hudson Valley Hullabaloo: Spring Edition 10am-5pm. The Hudson Valley Hullabaloo brings together a carefully curated group of designers and craftspeople and the shoppers who appreciate their unique, well-crafted work. Hullabaloo is a design-focused, hip-and-happening, family-friendly event whose mission is to introduce local artists, craftspeople, and designers to a community experiencing a renaissance as a center for the arts. 70+ Vvendors, DJ Mr. Chips, food, a tintype photo booth and more. Andy Murphy Rec Center, Kingston. 750-8801. June Jamboree 2018 10:30am-4pm. $10/$5 kids/current members free. Meet over 400 rescued animals and enjoy award-winning vegan food trucks, live music, kids’ activities, and more. Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, High Falls. 247-5700. The Northeast Fiddlers’ Convention 10am-11:45pm. $20-$45. Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA. (413) 443.0188 ext. 221.
FILM Bobby Kennedy Remembered 50 Years Later 7:30pm. After a brief introduction, we will be airing the documentary “Robert Kennedy Remembered” that was presented at the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention. A.I.R. Studio Gallery, Kingston. 331-2662. Citizen Clark: A Life of Principle 2pm and 7pm. A documentary on the life of activist Ramsey Clark. The Linda, Albany. Thelinda.org. Truthsayers Forum: Electronic Crack 7-10pm. The Truthsayers Forum will be screening the movie Electronic Crack. The film documents the addictive nature of cell phones, computers and social media. The films producer Joseph Piner will be on hand for a Q & A after the movie. Woodstock Public Library, Woodstock. Youtube.com/ watch?v=xgn73bA_gis.
FOOD & WINE FDR Hyde Park Foundation Historic Hotdog Picnic 12-3:30pm. $100. Come celebrate the Roosevelts and learn about the work of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Hyde Park Foundation and National Park Service to preserve their legacy in Hyde Park. Lunch and beverages included. Top Cottage, Hyde Park. 546-4229.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Farm to Fork Fondo Hudson Valley 6:30am-5pm & 5-8pm. $40-$180. An organized bicycle ride where you get to choose the distance best for you and stop for chef-prepared bites at farms along the way. Escape to rows of rich black fields standing guard like soldiers against the pressure of the world’s most iconic urban landscape. Breathe deeply as you pedal through the beautiful rural region that has been supplying food to the masses for centuries. Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery, Warwick. (507) 269-1892.
KIDS & FAMILY Friends and Family Weekend noon. $60-$100/children free. Ramapo for Children will welcome the public to its lakefront campus in Rhinebeck, NY for its annual Friends and Family Weekend! Event attendees of all ages will get to experience a “day at summer camp,” complete with activities like a ropes course, zip line, swimming, kayaking, arts and crafts stations, playgrounds, and hiking trails. The day will also include a social hour for adults, and wrap-up with a campfire and marshmallow roast. Ramapo for Children - Camp Ramapo, Rhinebeck. 876-8409.
Lynn Isaccson in her studio.
Gardiner Open Studio Tour Go behind the scenes with local artists in Gardiner and neighboring towns this month. Twenty-two creative minds will open their studio doors to the public for one weekend, with participating artists ranging from ceramists and woodworkers to digital artists and painters. Pick up a tour map at one of the event’s sponsors, including Roost Studios in New Paltz, Village Market & Eatery in Gardiner, and Tuthilltown Spirits in Gardiner. Then, choose who you want to see, map your path, and studio hop! The tour will take you to artists’ basements, apartments, barns, and other art spaces. You’ll get to witness different artistic processes and engage with your local art community. Arts Mid-Hudson presents the Gardiner Open Studio Tour on June 9 and 10 from 10am to 6pm. (845) 255-3336; Gardineropenstudiotour.com. —Briana Bonfiglio
LECTURES & TALKS The Band: Revisiting the Legacy with Author Craig Harris 5-6pm. In this lively presentation Craig Harris, author of “The Band: Pioneers of American Music” shares insights into the quintet’s music, connection to Bob Dylan, inner struggles and lasting importance. .Since the death of Levon Helm, the Band’s influence has spread further. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-2213. Poetry of Jean Sands 4-5pm. Join Jack Sheedy of Harwinton and Patricia Martin of Torrington as they discuss and read from “Gandy Dancing” (2009) and “Close But Not Touching” (2017), by the late Jean Sands of Harwinton. House of Books, Kent, CT. (860) 927-4104.
LITERARY & BOOKS Kingston Spoken Word 7pm. $5. Featured poets Susan Chute and Marcia Slatkin, followed by 3 minute open mike. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston. 331-2884. Stone Ridge Library Fair 10am-3pm. The festivities will include a giant book sale, plant sale, children’s activities, craft and gift booths, food and drink, and entertainment all day. The Bag
Sale, offering a bag of books for $10 will take place on Sunday from 10-2. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023.
MUSIC Albert Cummings 8pm. $24. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945. American Composer Debra Kaye’s Howland Quartet 4pm. Featuring String Quartet No. 2, commissioned and presented by the Howland Chamber Music Circle. The concert will also include Beethoven’s Cavatina from String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130, Britten’s Playful Pizzicato from Simple Symphony, Op. 4, Mendelssohn’s Adagio-Allegro vivace from String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Philip Glass’ Quartet No. 2, and Pannonia Boundless by Aleksandra Vrebalov. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. “Anything Mose” with Richard Julian & The John Chin Quartet 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Boss Hog 9pm. Featuring the husband-and-wife duo of Jon Spencer and Cristina Martinez. Playing scorching, fuzzed-up punk-rock. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Crossroads Band 8pm. Classic rock. Whistling Willie’s, Cold Spring. 265-2012. 6/18 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 107
The Dylan Perrillo Orchestra 7:30-9pm. $20/$15 BST Subscribers/$10 students. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Dylan Perrillo Orchestra, a collection of like-minded musical friends out of Albany, New York. Since its formation in 2013, this eleven-piece “big band” has performed at outdoor festivals, concerts, private parties, and swing dances all over the Northeast. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (581) 943-3818. The Four Nations Ensemble Benefit Concert 2pm. $30/$5 children ages 10+/$100 series. Concerts to support the maintenance and expansion of the Won Dharma Center nature trails. Won Dharma Center, Claverack. (518) 851-2581. Gaelic Storm 8pm. $34. Celtic fusion. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. The Judith Tulloch Band 8:45pm. Chill Wine Bar, Beacon. 765-0885. Music by Mario Rincon 3-5pm. Join us for music by singer/song writer Mario Rincon who will perform on the lawn. Mario is an internationally performing artist who draws on both flamenco and American Folk traditions. Westwind Organic Orchard, Accord. Westwindorchard.com/events/. Paul de Jong with Matthew Gold 8pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. The Rob Scheps Core-tet with Jamie Reynolds, Cameron Broan & Jesse Simpson 7-10pm. Saxophonist Scheps brings his ace NYC based band The Core-tet to Stone Ridge. Lydia’s Cafe, Stone Ridge. Lydias-cafe.com. The Rob Scheps Core-tet 7-10pm. Lydia’s Cafe, Stone Ridge. 687-6373. Seven Days Gone 8:30pm. Alley Cat Blues and Jazz Club, Kingston. 339-1300. Soul City 8:30-11pm. Soul City presents some of the most powerful decades in music history. Popping out hit after hit of the best of Motown/Stax and authentic Soul Classics. Soul City performs this true American art form with three lead vocalists that re-connect you to those romantic soul and gospel riffs and a powerful four piece rhythm section sure to rock your soul. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Student Jazz Bands 11am. The Marlboro Jazz Band of Marlboro Middle School, consists of dedicated students with community members, who have come together to perform music in various genres. Also performing: Rondout Valley Jazz Band. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Tequila Soul Project 9pm. Soul. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. The West Point Jazz Ensemble 7:30pm. Entitled “Miles Ahead,” this concert will explore the expansive jazz canon of legendary artist Miles Davis, featuring special guest Ira Coleman on bass, a former sideman of Miles Davis’ alumni Herbie Hancock and Tony Wiliams. West Point Military Academy, West Point. Usma.edu. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.
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Woodstock Concerts on the Green An afternoon of music featuring Marc Sloan, Marilyn Kirby, Katie Hoffstatter, Ethan Campbell, David Lewis, and Becoming Human. Village Green, Woodstock. Woodstockchamber.com
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS 2018 Winnakee Land Trust Gala Event: Enchanted Evening 6-10:30pm. $190. This event honors the accomplishments of Winnakee and raises funds to further the organization’s mission. Blithewood Manor and Historic Gardens, Annandale-onHudson. 876-4213. Winnakee Land Trust Annual Gala 6-10:30pm. $190. Join us at this exquisite location for a gala like no other as we raise money for Winnakee and celebrate the mission and accomplishments of the organization. Blithewood Manor and Historic Gardens, Annandale-onHudson. 876-4213.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Birding 101 9am-12pm. Are you a beginner birding looking to improve your skills? The first half of the presentation will take place at the CLC Office. Afterwards, we’ll head to Siegel-Kline Kill Conservation Area to test our identification skills. Columbia Land Conservancy, Inc., Chatham. (518) 392-5252. Garden Conservancy Open Days Open day in Claverack, Hudson, and West Taghanic, plus a plant sale. Details online. Gardenconservancy.org. Kingston Kayak Festival Family Event 10am-4pm. $10/ADK members free. A fun-filled day for you and your entire family, whether you’re paddlers or have never paddled before. Bring the kids, grandchildren, spouse, partner & friends. Don’t let the name fool you. It’s not just kayaks. There will be canoes and stand-up paddle boards (SUPs) for you to try. The emphasis will be on education, demonstrations, lessons and guided tours for all levels of paddler, as well as, for those who’ve never paddled before. Kingston Point Beach, Kingston. 297-5126. Olana’s Co-Mingled Garden (Up Close and Species Focused) 4pm. Member: $10, Non-Member: $15. Join Olana’s Master Gardener, Mary Hughes, to walk through Olana’s flower garden. She will offer tips and tricks of caring for your own garden and reference historical information about Olana’s Mingled Garden. She will share information regarding the species, issues of light, climate, and soil. Ages 8+ Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872.
SPIRITUALITY Escape HRMM: Time Traveling Detectives Escape room and scavenger hunt. a clue- and puzzle-based mystery for groups of up to six people to solve in just 50 minutes. “Scavenger Hunt: Lost Ticket” is geared toward younger children and families and gives groups of up to eight people just 30 minutes to follow the clues and find all the pieces of their vanished ticket to the Mary Powell. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080.
SPORTS Rondout Rowing Club’s “Learn to Row” Information Meeting 8:30am-1pm. $150. After a brief informational meeting about the exciting sport or rowing, the Rondout Rowing Club’s “Learn to Row” Program consist of two required classes: Saturday, June 9th • 8:30-1pm at Caufield Boathouse, West Point, NY where you will have indoor instruction on rowing on ergs and then in tanks. Class 2, will take place June 10th • 8am-noon, at the Rondout Creek , Maritime Museum Docks, Kingston. (raindate June 16th). (Swim test provided June 4th & 5th at YMCA Kingston) Riverport Wooden Boat School, Kingston. Rondoutrowingclub@gmail.com.
THEATER The Actors’ Ensemble: Staged Reading of Ionesco’s “The Chairs” 8-10pm. $25/$20 PS21 members. Veteran actors Fern Sloan and Ted Pugh bring us a fresh interpretation of Ionesco’s delightfully absurdist tragic farce about the imaginary world of two old people alone in a house on an island. One of the great innovators of modern theater, Ionesco wrote “The Chairs” in 1952 but it is as intriguing today as it was when first produced 65 years ago. PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, Chatham. (518) 392-6121. "Curtains For Myron" 8-11pm. $35. Dark comedy centers around Myron, an aging Mafia gumbah wannabe and Jerry, his over the hill gay actor brother. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. "Fun Home" Regional Premiere 8-10pm. $27/$25 senior discount/$20 students with ID/Pay What You Will -Friday nights. Winner of the 2015 Tony award for best musical, this innovative show reinvents the classic coming-of-age story. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same title, the musical follows Alison’s memories of her sexual awakening and her father’s suicide. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. "K2" 8pm. $39/$34. Dealing with a serious injury and trapped on an icy ledge at 27,000 feet, the two climbers confront the fine line between life and death. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Collagraph 9am-4pm. $270. Two-day workshop with Kate Mcgloughlin. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Drawing and Painting with Les Castellanos 9am-noon. $200/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Hat Making Introduction: Level 1 11am-12:30pm. $50/$25 students. Learn to make and personalize your own fedora or straw hat in 4 easy sessions. No previous sewing experience needed. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. (212) 423-5870. Large Scale Contemporary Drawing in Abstraction 9am-4pm. $252. Two-day workshop. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Newburgh Open Movement 1-4pm. Workshop 1-2 p.m. with Ophra Wolf. Open Jam 2-4 p.m. with live music. Open to all ages, creeds, abilities, colors, shapes and sizes. Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. 784-1199.
Repair Cafe: Kingston 11am-3pm. Get all kinds of stuff fixed for free in Midtown. Bike-Friendly Kingston will fix up & tune up your bicycle (also free) until 2PM. Clinton Avenue United Methodist, Kingston. Repaircafehv.org. Repair Cafe: Rhinebeck 12-4pm. Wide-ranging repairs, including metal welding, are within your reach for free. Rhinebeck Town Hall, Rhinebeck. Repaircafehv.org. Surface Strategies: 2-day Ceramics Workshop with Mary Barringer 10am-5pm. $175/$150 members/$40 materials fee. Technical and aesthetic strategies for bridging the gap between form and surface in ceramics with will be the focus of the weekend. Through demonstrations, hands-on experiments, and a slide presentation of historical slipdecorated pottery, we will explore surface possibilities to complement, enhance, or enliven a variety of forms. Students should bring two or three leather-hard pots, a sketchbook, and an open mind. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. 679-2079.
SUNDAY 10 BUSINESS & NETWORKING TRENDS: The Runway Experience Fashion Show 4:30pm. The event will showcase women’s and men’s clothing and accessories from local Hudson Valley shops and designers. A pop-up marketplace will also be on location displaying and selling fashion accessories and clothing. T.R. Gallo West Strand Park, Kingston. Therunwayexperience.com.
DANCE Bolshoi Ballet’s Unique Version of "Coppélia" 12:55pm. $25/$20 members and seniors/$15 students. Live in HD. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Swing Dance 6-9pm. $15, or $10 for students. Dance to the exciting Bernstein Bard Quartet. No partner needed. Beginner lesson 6-6:30 pm. info: www.hvcd.info Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Gardiner Open Studio Tour Summer 2018 10am-6pm. Gardiner Open Studio Tour (GOST) 2018 is a free self-guided tour open to the public. You can meet talented artists in their workspaces, experience demonstrations of their art or craft, share their philosophies and observe their techniques. Gardiner Open Studio Tour, New Paltz. 532-3548. The Hudson Valley Hullabaloo: Spring Edition 11am-5pm. The Hudson Valley Hullabaloo brings together a carefully curated group of designers and craftspeople and the shoppers who appreciate their unique, well-crafted work. Hullabaloo is a design-focused, hip-and-happening, family-friendly event whose mission is to introduce local artists, craftspeople, and designers to a community experiencing a renaissance as a center for the arts. 70+ Vvendors, DJ Mr. Chips, food, a tintype photo booth and more. Andy Murphy Rec Center, Kingston. 750-8801. OCNY Pride Event 2018 11:30am-4pm. 6th Annual Warwick OCNY Pride event supporting our LGBTQ community. Family friendly party starts at 11.30AM. Free rainbow bagel brunch. Warwick Valley Community Center, Warwick. 986-6422.
FILM Dance Film Sunday Presents National Ballet’s "Giselle" 2pm. $12/$10 members/$6 kids 12 and younger. Winner of London’s 2017 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance, English National Ballet’s new production of Giselle by contemporary dance choreographer Akram Khan is captured live in HD. Rosendale Theatre Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
HEALTH & WELLNESS What’s Good for Your Health? by Dr. Paul Spector 2-3:30pm. Hudson Area Library, in collaboration with the City of Hudson Senior Center, presents “What’s Good For Your Health? Navigating the Daily Dos and Don’ts Dilemma”, a health talk and discussion with Dr. Paul Spector. In a series of health talks Dr. Spector will discuss what factors have provided the greatest advances in health and how information on how to care for ourselves as we age is changing in recent times. Tips on how to assess the often confusing health information in the media will be presented. Hudson Area Library, Hudson. (518) 828-1792.
KIDS & FAMILY Infant/Family CPR and First Aid 9am-noon. $70/family. This class covers how to respond to injuries and illness in an infant or child family members during a medical emergency until advanced medical personnel take over. New Baby New Paltz, New Paltz. 255-0624.
LECTURES & TALKS SculptureNow Exhibition Guided Tour and Opening Reception 3:30-7pm. SculptureNow and The Mount will celebrate the SculptureNow exhibition with a tour and reception. Exhibiting artists will give a guided tour of the show starting at 3:30 pm at the Stable. A reception on the Terrace will follow at 5 pm. Reservations are encouraged. The Mount, Lenox, MA. (413) 551-5100.
LITERARY & BOOKS Stone Ridge Library Fair 10am-2pm. The festivities will include a giant book sale, plant sale, children’s activities, craft and gift booths, food and drink, and entertainment all day. The Bag Sale, offering a bag of books for $10 will take place on Sunday from 10am-2pm. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023.
MUSIC Bennett Harris Acoustic Blues 5:30-9pm. Live music accompanies fine dining, full bar, friendly historic Bearsville environment streamside and under the tall trees. Bear Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5555. Greg Westhoff’s Westchester Swing Band 5:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Hearts Content Ensemble 2-3:15pm. $15/$10 for students & subscribers. Caitlin Ippolit (flute), Jonathan Byron-Woodin (cello), Lory Frankel (oboe), Thomas Konow (violin), Ed Coughtry (clarinet and flute), and David Woodin (violin and viola) return with an intimate and wide-ranging program of chamber classics by Mozart, Corelli, Ravel, Stravinsky, and Brahms. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818. Melissa Etheridge 7pm. $71-$146. Mahawie Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100.
Peter Yarrow: An Afternoon of Music & Celebration 80 Years in the Making 3pm. $40-$60/$125 concert and dinner. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-6900.
Justin Pietropaolo and Conan McCarty on the set of "K2" at Shadowland Stages, running June 1-17.
Ralph Alessi & This Against That 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Uncommon Ground 11am. Mix of great American roots styles of bluegrass, blues, jazz, and old-time music. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION D&H Canal High Falls Flea Market 9am-4pm. Free to the Public. The Flea Market runs every Sunday from the second Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. Located in Grady Park, on Rt. 213, right in the Heart of High Falls. 810-0471. Garden Conservancy Open Days Open day in Cold Spring and Garrison. Details online. Gardenconservancy.org. Pride Picnic 5-10pm. $15. Ready your favorite blankets and pack up your basket for the most fabulous picnic of the summer. As always, this event is 100% BYO. Locust Grove, Samuel Morse Historic Site, Poughkeepsie. 331-5300.
SPORTS Rondout Rowing Club’s “Learn to Row” Information Meeting 8am-noon. $150. After a brief informational meeting about the exciting sport or rowing, the Rondout Rowing Club’s “Learn to Row” Program consist of two required classes: Saturday, June 9th • 8:30-1pm at Caufield Boathouse, West Point, NY where you will have indoor instruction on rowing on ergs and then in tanks. Class 2, will take place June 10th • 8am-noon, at the Rondout Creek , Maritime Museum Docks, Kingston. (raindate June 16th). (Swim test provided June 4th & 5th at YMCA Kingston) Riverport Wooden Boat School, Kingston. ondoutrowingclub@gmail.com.
THEATER The Actors’ Ensemble: Staged Reading of Ionesco’s “The Chairs” 2-4pm. $25/$20 PS21 members. Veteran actors Fern Sloan and Ted Pugh bring us a fresh interpretation of Ionesco’s delightfully absurdist tragic farce about the imaginary world of two old people alone in a house on an island. One of the great innovators of modern theater, Ionesco wrote “The Chairs” in 1952 but it is as intriguing today as it was when first produced 65 years ago. PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, Chatham. (518) 392-6121. "Fun Home" Regional Premiere 3-5pm. $27/$25 senior discount/$20 students with ID/Pay What You Will -Friday nights. Winner of the 2015 Tony award for best musical, this innovative show reinvents the classic coming-of-age story. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same title, the musical follows Alison’s memories of her sexual awakening and her father’s suicide. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. "K2" 2pm. $39/$34. Dealing with a serious injury and trapped on an icy ledge at 27,000 feet, the two climbers confront the fine line between life and death. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
“K2” at Shadowland Stages Two men with opposing outlooks on life are stuck on K2, the second highest mountain in the world. Taylor is a womanizing attorney, and Harold is a family man and a physicist. Together, they find themselves trapped on an icy ledge 27,000 feet high, and one has a serious injury. Facing death head-on pushes the unlikely climbing duo to dig deep and reveal new sides of themselves. Playwright Patrick Meyers weaves this suspenseful and emotional tale in the play “K2,” which ran on Broadway for a few months in the early ‘80s and the New Yorker called “unexpectedly thrilling from start to finish.” See a performance of the show, directed by Brendan Burke, at Shadowland Stages in Ellenville from June 2 through June 17. (845) 647-5511; Shadowlandstages.org. —Briana Bonfiglio
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BUSINESS & NETWORKING
Jewish Federation of Ulster County Annual Meeting and Awards 7pm. Annual meeting with election of board of directors and officers; presentation of awards and scholarships; and recognition of community volunteers, followed by light refreshments. Temple Emanuel of Kingston, Kingston. 338-4271.
Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting Second Thursday of every month, 7pm. Shawangunk Town Hall, Wallkill. 418-3640.
TUESDAY 12 FILM Mankiller 7:15pm. $8/$6 members. Documentary about Wilma Mankiller, the Cherokee Nation’s first female principal chief and one
The Magic of Tiny Business 7-9pm. Too many of us feel trapped by work that keeps us from living our purpose. We fantasize about starting our own business, yet we’re warned against falling into debt, working 80 hours a week, and coping with the pressure to grow. Eco-Bags Products (a certified B Corp) founder Sharon Rowe says there is another way: Go tiny. Join us for a book reading and discussion. Beahive Beacon, Beacon. 418-3731.
COMEDY
MUSIC
Howie Mandel 8pm. $87.50. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Indigenous 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
DANCE
Jazz Sessions at The Falcon Underground 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
THEATER "3" by Tennessee Williams -15, 8-10pm. $26.50/$16.50 senior and students. Paramount Hudson Valley Arts’ Executive Director John Amato is proud to announce Recovery Rep’s Production of “3 By Tennessee Williams,” which consists of three one act plays penned by one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century: Tennessee Williams. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. "Curtains For Myron" 8-11pm. $35. Dark comedy centers around Myron, an aging Mafia gumbah wannabe and Jerry, his over the hill gay actor brother. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. "Steel Magnolias" 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org.
Uptown Lowdown Vintage Jazz Dance Classes 8-9:15pm. $72 6 weeks/$20 drop in. Come join the chorus line! We’ll learn the Tranky Doo, a classic solo jazz routine from the 1940s. After the session, we’ll be ready to perform. (Performing is not required to take the classes.) All are welcome, regardless of gender, gender identity or presentation, sexual orientation, age, race, or ethnicity. BSP, Kingston. Uptownswingkingston.com/classes.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Living with Alzheimer’s: For the EarlyStage Caregiver 5:30-7pm. A free two-session educational program by the Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter with practical answers to the questions that arise in the early stage. Resource Center for Accessible Living, Inc., Kingston. (800) 272-3900.
LECTURES & TALKS #GetTickedOff 6-8pm. A panel discusion on Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Cary Institute, Millbrook. 677-5343. 6/18 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 109
LITERARY & BOOKS
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Simon Winchester: "The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World" 6pm. As part of the Oblong Books & Music's White Hart Speaker Series, Simon Winchester, the author of The Perfectionists, will give a talk. White Hart Inn, Salisbury, CT. oblongbooks.com.
Drawing Better: Vince Natale 9am-12pm. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
MUSIC Ed Marris & Peter Brittain 7pm. Acoustic. Zephyr, Pine Hill. 254-8024. Open Mike Night with Jeff Entin 7-10pm. Jeff Entin welcomes musicians from all around the Hudson Valley to Open Mic night. Bring your instrument and talent to the stage or enjoy a tasty dinner listening to the music. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Open Mike 7:30pm. Copperfield’s, Millbrook. 677-8188. Sunburst Brothers & Cousins Second Thursday of every month, 8pm. Station Bar & Curio, Woodstock. 810-0203. Terry Reid and the Cosmic American Derelicts 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Celebrate Community Building for Everyone 5:30-8:30pm. $75. Fun night of tapas, drinks, music, and silent auction for Rupco. Saugerties Performing Arts Factory, Saugerties. 331-2140.
THEATER "3" by Tennessee Williams June 15, 8-10pm. $26.50/$16.50 senior and students. Paramount Hudson Valley Arts’ Executive Director John Amato is proud to announce Recovery Rep’s Production of “3 By Tennessee Williams,” which consists of three one act plays penned by one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century: Tennessee Williams. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Curtains For Myron 8-11pm. $35. Starring Anthony Giaimo, Michael Iannucci, Tina Keyes and Susan Cella this dark comedy centers around Myron, an aging Mafia gumbah wannabe and Jerry, his over the hill gay actor brother. These polar opposites humorously litigate old wrongs and cruelly open new ones. The day spirals out of control when a visit from Myron’s hooker girlfriend and his troubled daughter expose some guarded family secrets. Hounded by the police, Myron takes matters (and a semi-automatic pistol) into his own hands. Strong language +18 yrs. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. "K2" 8pm. $39/$34. Dealing with a serious injury and trapped on an icy ledge at 27,000 feet, the two climbers confront the fine line between life and death. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. "Steel Magnolias" 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.
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Drawing, Painting and Composition with Eric Angeloch 1-4pm. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Vet2Vet Veterans Program Featuring a variety of workshops and support groups. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh. 672-5391.
FRIDAY 15 DANCE Pride Youth Dance Party 7-10pm. $5. Hudson Valley Queer Youth Project presents the Pride Youth Dance Party. Get out your dancing shoes and your best rainbow gear. There will be a DJ, photo booth, dinner, and more. For ages 12-19. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Kingston. 331-5300.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Mountain Jam June 15-17. Headliners include Jack Johnson, Alt-J, Father John Misty, The Decemberists, and The War on Drugs. Hunter Mountain, Hunter. Mountainjam.com.
FILM Reel Expressions International Teen Film Festival 5-7:30pm. In its sixth year, the Reel Expressions International Teen Film Festival features youth-produced films– narrative, animation, experimental and documentary– from the Hudson Valley and around the world! This year’s event includes an Interactive Opening Reception before the start of the showcase, along with a Q&A panel with the young filmmakers after the showcase. Awards will be given for first place, along with first and second runner up. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 471-7477.
FOOD & WINE Taste NY at Todd Hill Outdoor Farmer’s Market 2-6pm. Enjoy authentic NY made products from local vendors. Taste NY at Todd Hill, Poughkeepsie. 849-0247.
KIDS & FAMILY Movie and Pizza Night 6-9pm. Join us for a fun evening of pizza, popcorn and a family-friendly movie. Phillies Bridge Farm Project, New Paltz. 256-9108.
MUSIC Ang ‘n Ed Acoustic Duo 6pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277. Dwight Yoakcam, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle & The Dukes Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. Bethelwoodscenter.org The Decemberists 8pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Fred Zepplin 8pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Johnny Irion 7:30-9pm. Album release concert. The record ranges across a wide expanse of roots genres, from blues and gospel to folk and country. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack. 358-0877. The Judith Tulloch Band 7pm. Modern rock. Wildfire Grill, Montgomery. 457-3770. Okkervil River & Star Rover 8pm. Indie rock. Colony, Woodstock. 679-7625.
Scott Sharrard 8pm. American roots. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Singer-Songwriter Showcase Third Friday of every month, 8pm. $6. Acoustic Music by three outstanding singer-songwriters and musicians at ASK GALLERY, 97 Broadway, Kingston 8-10:30 pm Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0311. The TSL Staff Stew 6:15-8pm. $12.50/$10 members for dinner. Dinner at 6:15pm, show at 7pm. Once a week, the TSL staff and company get together to share new ideas and flex our creative muscles. Come see what we’ve cooked up at The TSL Staff Stew. A hodgepodge of music and performance featuring Claudia Bruce, Dale Hoagland, Rocco Anthony Jerry, Jeff Marks, and Chelsea Snider, with text by Linda Mussmann. Free and open to the public. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8100.
"Fun Home" Regional Premiere 8-10pm. $27/$25 senior discount/$20 students with ID/Pay What You Will -Friday nights. Winner of the 2015 Tony award for best musical, this innovative show reinvents the classic coming-of-age story. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same title, the musical follows Alison’s memories of her sexual awakening and her father’s suicide. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. "K2" 8pm. $39/$34. Dealing with a serious injury and trapped on an icy ledge at 27,000 feet, the two climbers confront the fine line between life and death. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. "Steel Magnolias" 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org.
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OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS County Players Diamond Jubilee Gala $125/$150. Bring down the curtain on our very special 60th Anniversary at our Diamond Jubilee Gala. The evening includes an elegant cocktail reception with a specialty cocktail, four-course dinner, dancing, special entertainment, silent auction, prizes, and the best view of the Hudson River. The Grandview, Poughkeepsie. 486-4700. Twilight in the Garden Party 6-9pm. $40/$35. Held at Meg and Bill Stratton’s elegant and gracious 1845 Greek Revival home in Spencertown, NY. The house, pool, and newly constructed rustic party barn are surrounded by shade trees and grassy meadows that give way to wooded areas beyond. New friends meet and old ones greet at this festive start to the summer season. Cocktails, sparkling beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and a scrumptious light supper are served.Party tickets are $90 in advance and $100 at the door. Directions will be sent once tickets are purchased. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. (518) 392-3693.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION GlassBarge The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to host both the Corning Museum of Glass’s GlassBarge and the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s replica canal schooner Lois McClure at the museum docks from Friday, June 15 through Sunday, June 17th. These amazing vessels will be open for public deck tours each day. The Corning Museum of Glass: GlassBarge was created to celebrate the Erie Canal’s Bicentennial. Its stadium like seating and free glass blowing demonstrations gives its audience an experience of a life time. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080. Mohonk Scramble Difficult 8-Mile Hike 10am. Call leader for meeting location. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 303-3764.
THEATER "3" by Tennessee Williams 8-10pm. $26.50/$16.50 senior and students. Paramount Hudson Valley Arts’ Executive Director John Amato is proud to announce Recovery Rep’s Production of “3 By Tennessee Williams,” which consists of three one act plays penned by one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century: Tennessee Williams. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. "Curtains For Myron" 8-11pm. $35. Dark comedy centers around Myron, an aging Mafia gumbah wannabe and Jerry, his over the hill gay actor brother. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
DANCE Miki Orihara “Resonance II” with pianist Senri Oe 7:30-9:30pm. $30/$10 children and students. Legendary Martha Graham Company principal dancer Miki Orihara’s second solo concert reflects upon the lineage of dance, from classical modern to the present. Resonance II includes works by choreographers Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, Charlotte Griffin, and Tanroh Ishida/Orihara. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 2.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival 2018 9am-8:30pm. The Clearwater Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary, along the banks of the Hudson River. The line-up features They Might Be Giants, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, The Mavericks, Ani DiFranco, Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Hot Rize, Beth Orton, Langhorne Slim, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale and many more. Croton Point Park, Croton. 265-8080. Hope Rocks The Falcon! 12pm. Hope Rocks The Falcon is a mini music and arts festival providing opportunities and education, concerning the rising epidemic of addiction, mental health issues, overdose and suicide. In an effort to address the exploding epidemic of death due to addiction and suicide, a grassroots response has being created in the form of The Hope Rocks Festival- an explosion of activities, art, music and more, in the spirit of bringing light to the darkness of addiction and suicide. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Mountain Jam June 15-17. Headliners include Jack Johnson, Alt-J, Father John Misty, The Decemberists, and The War on Drugs. Hunter Mountain, Hunter. Mountainjam.com. Strawberry Jammin 10am-4pm. $5/kids 12 and under, 2018 CSA Members and Farm Members are free. Celebrate all things strawberry at Fishkill Farm’s annual Strawberry Jammin’ Festival–a berry good time for all ages. Spend the day enjoying live music by STAX of SOUL USA, taking wagon rides through the orchard, a kids strawberry themed craft, and even strawberry-themed foods at the Fishkill Farms Grill and Farm Store. The Treasury Cider bar will be offering free samples of hard cider & selling Treasury by the glass & bottle. We’re also bringing back our popular strawberry cider cocktail from last year’s festival. Fishkill Farms, Fishkill. 897-4377.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Intensive Chan Retreat Week-long retreat. Dharma Drum Retreat Center, Pine Bush. 744-8114. Living Ayurveda: A Summer Retreat with Claudia Gukeisen 10:30am-4:30pm. $155 by May 16/$175. Join Izlind’s Ayurvedic Health Counselor, Claudia Gukeisen, MA, and indulge in a day of learning and experiencing the beauty of living the Ayurveda way for balance during the hot summer months. The day will include self-care talks, cooking with cooling spices, daily routines, yoga, meditation and relaxation practices geared specifically for summer. Izlind Integrative Wellness Center and Institute of Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck. (914) 673-3313.
KIDS & FAMILY Family Saturday 10am-4pm. $9 for adults, $7 for seniors, kids 12 and under receive free admission. Come enjoy a field trip for families with special hands-on activities for kids. Features guided tours and demonstrations of the Mill’s historic water-powered sawmill, gristmill and woodworking shop. Hanford Mills Museum, East Meredith. 607-278-5744. Strawberry Fest, BBQ and Petting Zoo 1-6pm. Join us for Strawberry Shortcake, BBQ chicken with all the fixings, games, music, raffles, bake sale and small animal exhibits. The McNary Center, Kinderhook. (518) 758-6271.
LECTURES & TALKS The Art of Balance Artist Talk 2-4pm. Discussing their history, process and inspirations for creating. Followed by Q and A and a tour of the exhibit. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. Be Aware, Know the Signs, Prevent Youth Trafficking 1-2:30pm. This presentation touches upon definitions of both sex and labor trafficking with a specific focus on Safe Harbour law. The presentation is intended to broaden perspectives of what trafficking can look like among youth. High risk populations will be discussed in addition to the red flags associated with trafficking (many of which also pertain to adults), trauma informed care, how to engage youth in conversations about trafficking and what to do if someone suspects a youth may be trafficked. Ellenville Public Library, Ellenville. 417-6545. Woodstock Talks’ Open Commons 5-6:30pm. $5 suggested donation. Woodstock Talks invites anybody in word or earshot with something to say to talk—not read—in an open forum. Speakers can relate anything in words—a discovery, story, insight, scat, rant, rap, rhapsody, etc.—but (remembering Mallarmé loosely saying all language is poetry “except advertising”) the talk can’t be selling anything. There will be a first-come, first-serve signup sheet, and while short talks are encouraged, you should plan a maximum of eight minutes of speaking time. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901.
MUSIC All About Elvis: Rex Fowler & The Rockabilly Kings 8pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. The BBoyz 7-10:30pm. Featuring Tom, Benni, Barry, Mark, Peter, Mike, and Barry the Boys play Soul, funk, R&B, and all flavors in between. Originating in the Hudson Valley this seven piece band features a boogiedown horn section that brings everyone out on the dance floor. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
Clarinet Madness 8pm. $20. Atlas Studios, Newburgh. 391-8855. Grizzly Bear with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith 8pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Jazz Guitarist Al Di Meola 8pm. $49.50/$149.50. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Johnny Irion June 17, 7:30-9pm. Album release concert. The record ranges across a wide expanse of roots genres, from blues and gospel to folk and country. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack. 358-0877. KFest WSPK-FM K104.7 presents a hit music line up for this festival. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 866-781-2922. Los Lonely Boys Plus Lisa Morales 8pm. Daryl's House, Pawling. 289-0185. Opera Night at the Byrdcliffe Barn 6-10pm. Presented by Maria Todaro from the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice. Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock. 679-2079. Opening Night: Audra McDonald 8:30-10pm. $45/$65/$85/$110. Audra McDonald returns to Caramoor bringing her unparalleled talents to the Opening Night of our Summer Season. Celebrate the American Songbook as brought to life by the inspiring force of a Broadway legend and Caramoor’s exceptional orchestra-in-residence, Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252. West Point Band’s Jazz Ensemble: Army Birthday Celebration 7:30pm. West Point Military Academy, West Point. Usma.edu.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Byrdcliffe Night at the Opera 6-10pm. $150-$1000. This annual blockbuster, gala, event is presented by Hudson Valley diva and stage director Maria Todaro of the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, who has stunned audiences in her roles as Bizet’s Carmen and Rosina in The Barber of Seville. This year’s guest star is Laura Virella, a mezzo-. Byrdcliffe Theater, Woodstock. 8456790154.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Easy Wilderstein Hike 2pm. $15/$10 members. Come explore Wilderstein’s landscape and trails with the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK). This hike will recreate one of many hosted by Daisy Suckley at Wilderstein. Tea and light refreshments to be served immediately following the hike. Wilderstein Preservation, Rhinebeck. 876-4818. Garden Conservancy Open Days Open day in Amenia and Falls Village and Washington, CT. Details online. Gardenconservancy.org. Gilded Age Mansions of the Hudson River Paddle This will be an 11.5 mile paddle, with historic commentary, at the following locations: Maid of the Meadow Lighthouse, Mills Mansion, Vanderbilt Mansion & Mt. St. Alphonsus. We’ll go with the ebb tide, disembarking at the Mills & Vanderbilt Mansions for outside tours. Then paddle back to our starting point. Paddlers should have experience on the Hudson River. Kayaks must be a minimum of 13.5 ft. and with dual bulkheads or flotation bags in bow & stern. Canoes welcome. PFDs required. Bring lunch, snacks & water. Esopus Meadows Preserve, Esopus. 297-5126.
Newburgh Illuminated As far as summer street festivals go, this one’s up there for most variety and passion. Whether you attend the ColorFest or motorcycle run, it’s bound to be a fun-filled experience. The event has blown up since its first go-around, and 2018 marks its sixth year. Its primary mission is to celebrate the city of Newburgh’s rich arts, culture, and small businesses by bringing the community together. Families are welcome, with plenty of children’s activities available. This year’s music lineup includes Decora, Kyle & the Pity Party, Eugene Tyler Band, Black Mountain Symphony, and student musicians from Newburgh Free Academy. Between dance, art, food, and four music stages—both indoor and outdoor—this happening community block party pulls the cultural life of Newburgh together. Newburgh Illuminated hits Broadway and Liberty Street on June 2. Newburghilluminatedfestival.com —Briana Bonfiglio
GlassBarge The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to host both the Corning Museum of Glass’s GlassBarge and the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s replica canal schooner Lois McClure at the museum docks from Friday, June 15 through Sunday, June 17th. These amazing vessels will be open for public deck tours each day. The Corning Museum of Glass: GlassBarge was created to celebrate the Erie Canal’s Bicentennial. Its stadium like seating and free glass blowing demonstrations gives its audience an experience of a life time. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080. Hidden Gardens 10am-4pm. $40/$35. The tour showcases an array of exquisite private gardens in the hamlets of Spencertown, New Concord, and Red Rock, NY, as well as the restored gardens of 20th century American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay at Steepletop in Austerlitz, NY. Participants will get to explore the landscapes of several historic homes featuring abundant gardens and curated grounds with ponds and other water features; an enchanting shade garden and pond complementing a contemporary house in the woods; a charming brick sundial garden bordered by lavender and filled with blooming perennials; a formal ‘secret garden’ surrounded by a tall privet hedge; and one inspired by the iconic Grande Allee´ in Monet’s celebrated garden at Giverny. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. (518) 392-3693. Mountain Laurels in Bloom Hike 10am. Byrdcliffe Theater, Woodstock. (845) 679-0154.
THEATER 3 by Tennessee Williams June 15, 2-5 & 7-9pm. $26.50/$16.50 senior and students. Paramount Hudson Valley Arts’ Executive Director John Amato is proud to announce Recovery Rep’s Production of “3 By Tennessee Williams,” which consists of three one
act plays penned by one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century: Tennessee Williams. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Curtains For Myron 8-11pm. $35. Dark comedy centers around Myron, an aging Mafia gumbah wannabe and Jerry, his over the hill gay actor brother. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. "Fun Home" Regional Premiere 8-10pm. $27/$25 senior discount/$20 students with ID/Pay What You Will -Friday nights. Winner of the 2015 Tony award for best musical, this innovative show reinvents the classic coming-of-age story. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same title, the musical follows Alison’s memories of her sexual awakening and her father’s suicide. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. "K2" 8pm. $39/$34. Dealing with a serious injury and trapped on an icy ledge at 27,000 feet, the two climbers confront the fine line between life and death. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. Murder at the Mansion 7pm. Presented by Murder Cafe. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. "Steel Magnolias" 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Drawing and Painting with Les Castellanos 9am-noon. $200/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Hat Making Introduction: Level 01 11am-12:30pm. $50/$25 students. Learn to make and personalize your own fedora or straw hat in 4 easy sessions. No previous sewing experience needed. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. (212) 423-5870. 6/18 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 111
Introduction to Food Preservation 10am-noon. $25. Learn the basics, what should you can, jam, freeze, pickle or dry? Understand what equipment you need and the process-it is safe, easy and it is not rocket science. Phillies Bridge Farm Project, New Paltz. 256-9108. Repair Cafe: Middletown 10am-1pm. A community initiative to promote repair as an alternative to tossing things out.Middletown Thrall Library, Middletown. Repaircafehv.org.
SUNDAY 17 FAIRS & FESTIVALS Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival 2018 9am-8:30pm. The Clearwater Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary, along the banks of the Hudson River. The line-up features They Might Be Giants, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, The Mavericks, Ani DiFranco, Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Hot Rize, Beth Orton, Langhorne Slim, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale and many more. Croton Point Park, Croton. 265-8080. Mountain Jam June 15-17. Headliners include Jack Johnson, Alt-J, Father John Misty, The Decemberists, and The War on Drugs. Hunter Mountain, Hunter. Mountainjam.com.
FILM True Grit 1pm, 3:30pm, 6pm. Last showing includes post film trivia presented by Cole Mead. The Linda, Albany. Thelinda.org.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Gong Bath Meditation 5:30pm. With Ricarda O’Conner. Lifebridge Sanctuary, Rosendale. 658-3439.
MUSIC Ani DiFranco 7pm. $30-$80. Mahawie Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100. Bill Sims Jr. Trio 11am. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Family Concert: The Knights 1-2pm. $20/$10 children. Featuring selections from the full-length performance, this family-friendly concert is the perfect opportunity for a younger audience to engage with and get excited about music both familiar and new. Brooklyn-based orchestral collective The Knights and steel pan virtuoso Andy Akiho interact with the audience to inspire curiosity, encourage musical discoveries, and have fun. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252. Father’s Day Brunch with The Fabulous Hackers 2-4:30pm. A group of golf buddies get together and play favorites ranging from folk to classic rock to country intersperse with a growing list of original songs. Brunch begins at 9am. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Johnny Irion 7:30-9pm. Album release concert. The record ranges across a wide expanse of roots genres, from blues and gospel to folk and country. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack. 358-0877.
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Josh Deutsch’s Pannonia 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Knights 4-6pm. $30/$45/$65/$10 Garden Listening. Brooklyn-based and Grammynominated orchestral collective The Knights return for an evening of innovative, exciting, and elegant orchestrations. The program features steel pan percussionist and fantastic young composer Andy Akiho performing his Fantasy for Steel Pans and Orchestra, Judd Greenstein’s Flute Concerto written for The Knights’ flutist Alex Sopp, works by the French masters Ravel and Fauré, as well as a selection of dances from On the Town in celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION D&H Canal High Falls Flea Market 9am-4pm. Free to the Public. The Flea Market runs every Sunday from the second Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. Located in Grady Park, on Rt. 213, right in the Heart of High Falls. 810-0471. Garden Conservancy Open Days Open day in Bedford, Bedford Hills, Katonah, and Mt. Kisco. Details online. Gardenconservancy.org. GlassBarge The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to host both the Corning Museum of Glass’s GlassBarge and the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s replica canal schooner Lois McClure at the museum docks from Friday, June 15 through Sunday, June 17th. These amazing vessels will be open for public deck tours each day. The Corning Museum of Glass: GlassBarge was created to celebrate the Erie Canal’s Bicentennial. Its stadium like seating and free glass blowing demonstrations gives its audience an experience of a life time. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080. Go Flower Go Workshop 10am-4pm. $10. An informative wildflower walk, exploring a different ecosystem on the Byrdcliffe campus, focusing on genera in bloom. With Kris Garnier. Suggested materials to bring: 10x hand loupe, collection notebook, pen or pencil, shoulder bag or backpack, insect repellent, brimmed hat, sun protection, sensible shoes, and water. Cameras welcome. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. 679-2079.
THEATER "Curtains For Myron" 8-11pm. $35. Dark comedy centers around Myron, an aging Mafia gumbah wannabe and Jerry, his over the hill gay actor brother. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. "Fun Home" Regional Premiere 3-5pm. $27/$25 senior discount/$20 students with ID/Pay What You Will -Friday nights. Winner of the 2015 Tony award for best musical, this innovative show reinvents the classic coming-of-age story. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same title, the musical follows Alison’s memories of her sexual awakening and her father’s suicide. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Tommy Tune Tonight 2-4pm. $47/$57.20/$74.30. Broadway’s tallest tapper takes to the stage- dancing, singing, and tale telling. The 10 time Tony Award winner takes an autobiographical stroll, celebrating 50 plus years of big time showmanship. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.
MONDAY 18 LITERARY & BOOKS Nonfiction Book Group to Discuss Hillbilly Elegy in June & 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus in July 6-8pm. Hudson Area Library, Hudson. (518) 828-1792.
MUSIC Nelson and the Wolf 8pm. Unique blend of ambient sounds, spoken word, cabaret, and jazz. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Yosvany Terry & Baptiste Trotignon “Ancestral Memories” 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
TUESDAY 19. Community Holistic Healthcare Day 4-8pm. Offered on a first-come first-served, offered by a variety of practitioners including a holistic medical doctor, acupuncturists, massage therapists, psychologists and a wide variety of energy healers. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. Rvhhc.org. Zumba with Maritza 5:30-6:30pm. $5. Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. 913-6085.
KIDS & FAMILY Coloring Night with Hudson Valley Tattoo Co Third Tuesday of every month, 6-9pm. Join us for a free night of relaxation, zen, fun all through the magic of some coloring. Add some color to exclusive artwork and illustrations from the artists over at Hudson Valley Tattoo Company, including Mike Shishmanian Jason Carpino Diego Martin, Rick Lohm and more. We’ll have some crayons, markers and more on-hand but you are welcome to bring your own crayons/markers/ whatever as well. Darkside Records, Poughkeepsie. 452-8010.
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Bad Bad Hats W.S.G. Future Teens 8pm. The Linda, Albany. Thelinda.org.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Plein Air Painting Workshop: Artist Beth Rundquist at Shady Glen Farm Through 6/22, 9am. $1,275 all-inclusive. This four day and three-night painting workshop will focus on developing and expanding skills of drawing, composition, and painting through keen observation of nature en plein air at Olana State Historic Site. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. 518-828-1872.
THEATER "Million Dollar Quartet"" 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org.
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"K2" 2pm. $39/$34. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
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"Steel Magnolias" 3pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org.
DYBO (Dance Your ‘Buts’ Off) $5. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh. 309-2406.
Gray Matters: Connecting Dementia & Alzheimer’s to Olana 3:30-5pm. Free. Join us for Olana’s bimonthly program for individuals with early on-set Alzheimer’s & Dementia and their family or caregivers. Take part in conversation and create art around specific Olana-related themes. Once a month the program will be in the landscape; participants will be driven on the historic carriage roads. The other program of each month will take place inside the Main House. Participants may join us at 3:30 for tea and cake in the Visitor Center. Funding provided Albany Medical Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease. Please make reservations as program is limited to 10 people. Location: Visitor’s Center. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518)828-1872. Qigong and Tai Chi Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. 672-5391.
MUSIC Bennett Harris Acoustic Blues 5:30-9pm. Live music accompanies fine dining, full bar, friendly historic Bearsville environment streamside and under the tall trees. Bear Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5555. Petey Hop’s Roots & Blues Sessions 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Rhiannon Giddens 8pm. $55/$47.50. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Ghost Tour 7:30-9:30pm. $24/$20 ages 12-18. Creaking floors, slamming doors, and ghostly footsteps-The Mount’s haunted history includes it all. The 2-hour ghost tour starts at the Stable and ends at the Main House. Please arrive 15 minutes early. Please note that this tour is not suitable for wheelchairs and includes about a half-mile walk with some steep areas. Registration required. The Mount, Lenox, MA. (413) 551-5100.
THEATER "Curtains For Myron" 8-11pm. $35. Dark comedy centers around Myron, an aging Mafia gumbah wannabe and Jerry, his over the hill gay actor brother. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. "Million Dollar Quartet"" 2pm, 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org. "We the (party) People" 7pm. $10/members with cards free. L.A. Weekly Award-winning playwright and performer Doug Motel will return to the stage as a cornucopia of funny new characters in "We The (party) People," a smart new solo show that explores reactions to the phenomenon of Donald Trump’s Presidential election. Rosendale Theatre Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Befriend Your Sewing Machine 11am-2:30pm. $65. Do you have a sewing machine in your closet, but have never used it? Or you want to sew, but the last time you stitched anything up was in Home Ec class in 8th grade? If you are looking for a lowcommitment class to get acquainted with your machine (or reacquainted with the art of sewing), this is the one for you. Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson. (518) 545-4028. Creative Approaches to Painting Encaustic from Life 9am-5pm. $650. Through June 22. With Dale O. Roberts. The Gallery at R&F, Kingston. 331-3112.
THURSDAY 21 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Solidarity Thursday Third Thursday of every month, 8-10pm. Join us at the Beverly on the third Thursday of each month during the popup queer bar “Pansy Club,” where the Center offers discussion, materials and tips on how to take action for LGBTQ+ justice. The Beverly, Kingston. 331-5300.
DANCE Uptown Lowdown Vintage Jazz Dance Classes 8-9:15pm. $72 6 weeks/$20 drop in. Come join the chorus line! We’ll learn the Tranky Doo, a classic solo jazz routine from the 1940s. After the session, we’ll be ready to perform. (Performing is not required to take the classes.) All are welcome, regardless of gender, gender identity or presentation, sexual orientation, age, race, or ethnicity. BSP, Kingston. Uptownswingkingston.com/classes.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Ascend Festival 8am. Ascend into the start of summer along the banks of the Mighty Hudson River with our one-day yoga, music and art celebration. Kevin J. Courtney will present the solar energy with a morning yoga session and Elena Brower will lead a lunar evening session. Both sessions will be followed by a DJ Drezdance party. Single session (half day), full day, and kid’s tickets available. Cold Spring Yoga Studio, Cold Spring. 265-4444. Canasta, Coffee and Camaraderie Third Thursday of every month, 1011:30am. Open to people living with breast, ovarian and gynecological cancers. Pre-registration is required. Beginners as well as experienced players. Canasta is a classic card game with many avid fans. Camaraderie is a mutual trust and friendship among people who spend time together. Join us for a morning of card-playing, companionship and coffee, and enjoy time spent with others who are also living with cancer. Coffee, tea and light refreshments provided. A Peer Counselor will be on hand as well. Support Connection, Yorktown Heights. (914) 962-6402.
LECTURES & TALKS A Taste of Change: Hand-Written Cookbooks as Documents of Social and Family History 6pm. Presented by Peter G. Rose. Using her knowledge of Dutch customs and food history, culinary historian Peter G. Rose will discuss examples of such recipe/scrap-books, dating as far back as the late seventeenth century. They show the continued identification with the forebears, but also the gradual assimilation. Photographs of pages in cookbooks as well as seventeenthcentury paintings will illustrate the talk. The audience is encouraged to bring old family cookbooks/recipe boxes and a discussion of the importance of saving such items is part of the program. 6-7:30pm. The Jacob Leisler Institute, in cooperation with Hudson Area Library and the Gotham Center for New York History, presents a talk on cookbooks as documents by Peter G. Rose at the library. Hudson Area Library, Hudson. (518) 828-1792.
best in nonfiction books chosen by the participants to explore issues that are topical today. All persons are welcome with the hope that we will impact each other through discussion and community. Hudson Area Library, Hudson. (518) 828-1792.
MUSIC Ed Marris & Peter Brittain 7pm. Acoustic. Zephyr, Pine Hill. 254-8024. Harmonies on the Hudson featuring Moonshine Holler 6-7:30pm. Moonshine Holler, the husband and wife duet of Paula Bradley and Bill Dillof, captures the essence of American roots music: hillbilly blues, ballads and breakdowns, Carter family classics and jugband stompers, with knock-your-socks-off flatfoot dancing to boot. Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 537-6622. Myles Mancuso Band 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Trace Adkins 8pm. $150. Country. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Trio Mio 7-10:30pm. Driven by singer songwriter guitarist Fran Palmieri, and ably complemented by drummer and vocalist Robert Muller, guitarist and vocalist Bruce Hildenbrand, and bassist and vocalist Steve Massardo, the group plays dancefriendly songs about life and love. Terri Massardo occasionally joins the “trio” with her beautiful vocals. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Verona Quartet 7-9pm. $20/$40/students under 18 free. Their final performance as Caramoor’s Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence for a summer evening in our Venetian Theater. The program includes the World Premiere of a Caramoor commissioned piece by Julia Adolphe, whose work has recently been performed by the New York Philharmonic. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
THEATER "Curtains For Myron" 8-11pm. $35. Dark comedy centers around Myron, an aging Mafia gumbah wannabe and Jerry, his over the hill gay actor brother. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. "Million Dollar Quartet"" 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Drawing Better: Vince Natale 9am-noon. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Drawing, Painting and Composition with Eric Angeloch 1-4pm. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
DANCE Swing Dance 7:30-11pm. $15 or $10 for students. Dance to Gordon Au and the Grand Street Stompers. They “have become a pillar of New York’s hot jazz scene” (NY Times). No partner needed. Beginner lesson 7:30-8:00 Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
FILM World Circus 8pm. An award-winning documentary film by Angela Snow. The movie chronicles the training and preparation of world-class acts entered in the Monte Carlo Circus Festival, the world’s most prestigious and competitive juried festival. The footage takes us backstage, backlot and to dressing rooms to see the daily lives of famous aerialists, clowns, acrobats, seal and lion trainers; then highlights those acts in the ring. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.
FOOD & WINE Taste NY at Todd Hill Outdoor Farmer’s Market 2-6pm. Enjoy authentic NY made products from local vendors. Taste NY at Todd Hill, Poughkeepsie. 849-0247.
MUSIC Aimee Mann 8pm. $30-$70. Mahawie Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100.
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Amythyst Kiah 7:30-11pm. $25. Restoration Roadhouse presents: Amythyst Kiah. Accoutered interchangeably with banjo, acoustic guitar, or a full band (Her Chest of Glass), Amythyst’s toolbox is augmented by her scholarship of African-American roots music. Her eclectic influences span decades, drawing heavily on old time music, inspired by strong R&B and country music vocalists from the ‘50s-’70s and influenced by contemporary artists with powerful vocal integrity. The Chapel Restoration, Cold Spring. 265-5537.
Gary Gulman 8pm. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Andrew Bird 7:30pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
Library Knitters Third Thursday of every month, 7-8pm. Sit and knit in the beautiful Gardiner Library. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Vet2Vet Veterans Program Featuring a variety of workshops and support groups. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh. 672-5391.
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LITERARY & BOOKS Non-Fiction Book Group Third Thursday of every month, 6-7:30pm. A new nonfiction book group focused on history and social and political life in North America. The group will utilize the
Stormville Airport’s Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival Foodies, rejoice—this one’s for you. Over 15 food trucks and 40 craft beers will be at this tasty festival held at Stormville Airport in southeast Dutchess County. Feast on all kinds of cuisines, including Greek, Italian, Mexican, and American. The family-friendly event will have a kids’ zone and corn hole tournament—plus live music, an artisans’ vendor fair, and plenty of outdoor space to lay out a blanket for a food truck picnic. The craft beer festival requires separate tickets, which are limited and include a complimentary tasting glass. Kick off the summer at the 2nd Annual Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival at Stormville Airport on Saturday, June 9 from 11am to 6pm. Before the festival, participate in the inaugural “Run the Runway” walk/run on the airport’s 3,300-foot runway at 9am. Tickets are $40 in advance, $50 day of, $80 VIP, $15 designated driver. (845) 221-6561; Stormvilleairportfleamarket.com. —Briana Bonfiglio
Ang ‘n Ed Acoustic Duo 7pm. Acoustic. Farm to Table Bistro, Fishkill. 297-1111. Aston Magna Music Festival: Bach, Telemann, Handel & Burtzos 7:30-9pm. $45/$40 advance. Aston Magna presents Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; Handel: Two German Arias; a Telemann Sonata, and a new composition by Alex Burtzos: The Hourglass Equation. With Dominique Labelle, soprano; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Christopher Krueger, flute/recorder; Andrew Schwartz, baroque bassoon; Julie Leven, baroque violin; Laura Jeppesen, baroque viola; Loretta O’Sullivan; baroque cello; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord. Pre-concert talk with Daniel Stepner one hour before the program. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (413) 528-3595. The Buddy Rich Band- 100 Year Birthday Anniversary Tour 8-10pm. $25, $30, $35. Buddy’s daughter Cathy Rich celebrates her father’s music and this 100 year milestone along with award winning drummer Gregg Potter and a band featuring Buddy Rich alumni! The incredible performance introduces Buddy’s music to a global audience and crosses generations with BR band classics including, “Love For Sale,” “”Mercy, Mercy, Mercy;” “Birdland,” “Nutville” and “The Beat Goes On.” Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. 914-739-0039. David Kraai Opening for Jim Kweskin 8pm. $15-25. David Kraai swings by this arts center, which was founded in 1975 in his hometown, to serve up an opening set for folk legend Jim Kweskin. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Finn & The Sharks 8pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Goodnight Moonshine CD Release 7:30pm. Featuring Molly Venter of Red Molly. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. I’m Your Man: An Evening with Leonard Cohen 8 & 9:30pm. $18/$15 in advance. With Robert Burke Warren & Friends. Colony Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-7625. 6/18 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 113
Murali Coryell 7-10pm. $20/$15 in advance. Murali Coryell has a story that is unique and has been growing since before he was born. Held by Hendrix, lived with Santana, dinners with Miles Davis, opened for B.B. King and played with Buddy Guy. Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. 784-1199. Poison plus Cheap Trick and Pop Evil Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. Bethelwoodscenter.org So Percussion 8-0pm. $20/$40. A quartet of Brooklyn percussionists with a passion for new music, artistic collaborations, community service and engagement, and artistic education, So Percussion makes their Caramoor debut this summer with pieces ranging from 20th-century “classics” to contemporary works including the World Premiere of Vijay Ayer’s Mallet Quartet. Join us before the performance for a preconcert talk with members of the quartet. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252. Tom Freund & Friends 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
THEATER Curtains For Myron 8-11pm. $35. Dark comedy centers around Myron, an aging Mafia gumbah wannabe and Jerry, his over the hill gay actor brother. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. "Million Dollar Quartet"" 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org. "Fun Home" Regional Premiere 8-10pm. $27/$25 senior discount/$20 students with ID/Pay What You Will -Friday nights. Winner of the 2015 Tony award for best musical, this innovative show reinvents the classic coming-of-age story. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same title, the musical follows Alison’s memories of her sexual awakening and her father’s suicide. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Plein Air Painting Workshop: Artist Beth Rundquist at Shady Glen Farm 9am. $1275 all-inclusive. This four day and three-night painting workshop will focus on developing and expanding skills of drawing, composition, and painting through keen observation of nature en plein air at Olana State Historic Site. Led by master painter Beth Rundquist, participants will be in a special “residency status” at Olana and will stay in an expansive and beautifully situated, privately owned farmhouse (with only painters in residence). Participants will receive site demonstrations, active teaching, and critique will be part of every day to expand experience and benefits. Art making materials and transportation not provided. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872.
SATURDAY 23 FAIRS & FESTIVALS Rhinebeck Crafts Festival 10am-6pm. 200 of America’s best independent artists and craftspeople are coming together in the heart of the beautiful Hudson Valley for the 6th annual Rhinebeck Crafts Festival. This diverse experience is a celebration of all things handmade which includes: unique contemporary craft and art, gourmet specialty foods, tastings from Hudson Valley distilleries and wineries, interactive craft demonstrations and exciting family activities. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. Artrider.com. 114 FORECAST CHRONOGRAM 6/18
Round Lake Antique Festival 9am-5pm. Free. Old fashioned outdoor antique show featuring over 100 dealers plus food vendors and other activities. Village Greens and parks, Round Lake. Fairgroundshows.com/roundlake Stone Mountain Sound Motion Festival A new music and arts festival featuring world-class jazz, African traditional, new classical, improvised electronic, flying, movement and land-based arts. Stone Mountain Farm, Rosendale. Smsmfestival.com.
FOOD & WINE Tasty History: Street Food, Spices and Sauces of the Middle East 3pm. Member: $20, Non-Member: $25. Travel with Church through the Middle East by taste. First to Israel and Morocco, on his trip to Petra through Lebanon, and finally to Turkey. Food will be served and demonstrated by Aneesa Waheed from Tara Kitchen and drinks from a local mixologist! Tastings will be paired with tidbits of history from Valerie Balint, Program Manager of Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios, and Amanda Massie, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Curator. Participants will leave with some new tips and tricks from their kitchen, contemporary and historic recipes, and a full stomach! Ages 21+ Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872.
KIDS & FAMILY Aesop Bops with David Gonzalez 5-6pm. $10/$8 kids and members. Presented by the Summer Film and Performance Series Fast-paced, funny, and packed with audience participation. A potpourri of Aesop’s classic stories including The Lion and the Mouse and The Fisherman and His Wife. Written and performed by David Gonzalez, accompanied by Daniel Kelly on keyboard. Rosendale Theatre Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989. Come To Your Senses 11am-1pm. Kidspace opening reception. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
LITERARY & BOOKS A Reading with Nancy Kline’s Fiction & Personal Narrative Workshop 5-6pm. As the Founding Director of the Writing Program at Barnard, Nancy Kline has also taught at Harvard, UCLA, UMass and Wellesley. Her stories, memoirs, essays and translations have appeared widely. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-2213.
MUSIC Amanda Palmer's Party in the Cemetery: Celebrating Woodstock's Gothic History 8pm. Colony, Woodstock. 679-7625. American Roots Music Festival: Aimee Mann 12-10pm. $35-$90/day only: $30/$15 child. Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann headlines the American Roots Music Festival, now in its 8th year. Rising star multi-instrumentalist Valerie June brings her unique blend of Appalachian tradition, gospel, and blues. Many other artists round out this day-long celebration of folk, country, bluegrass, gospel, blues, Old Time, and intriguing folk fusion performances. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252. Andy Fusco/ Rob Scheps Band with Tony Garnier and Jesse Simpson 7-10pm. Andy Fusco, lead alto saxophonist from the Buddy Rich Band joins tenorist Scheps in some two sax fireworks. Denning’s Point Distillery, Beacon. Denningspointdistillery.com.
Aston Magna Festival: Bach, Telemann, Handel & Burtzos 6-8pm. $45/$40 in advance. Aston Magna presents Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; Handel: Two German Arias; a Telemann Sonata, and a new composition by Alex Burtzos: The Hourglass Equation. With Dominique Labelle, soprano; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Christopher Krueger, flute/recorder; Andrew Schwartz, baroque bassoon; Julie Leven, baroque violin; Laura Jeppesen, baroque viola; Loretta O’Sullivan; baroque cello; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord. Pre-concert talk with Daniel Stepner one hour before the program; post-concert “Meet the Artists” reception follows. Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-3595. Bendy Effect 8pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Live Music on the Green 4:30-5pm. David Kraai doles out a set of country folk music this side of anywhere at this Concert on the Green in Woodstock. Swing by this historic town for a great day of music. 1:00- Victoria Levy, 1:40- Ben Sebastian, 2:20- James Hearne, 3:00- Guitarmy of One, 3:40Dave Kearney, 4:30- David Kraai. Village Green, Woodstock. 679-6234. The Goods Project featuring Richie Goods 7pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. The Harlem Blues Project 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Mister OH! 8:30-11:30pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo 8pm. $125. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Sally Taylor & Friends 7pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. The Wailers 8pm. $30-$70. Mahawie Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100. West Point Band: American Soundscapes 7:30pm. West Point Military Academy, West Point. Usma.edu.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS 2018 Summer Party 6:30-11pm. $250+. Join us for a magical evening in celebration of the sublime with cocktails, dinner, music, fireworks and dancing at a private home on the banks of the Hudson River. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill. (518) 943-7465 ext. 104.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Garden Conservancy Open Days Open day in Millbrook, Poughkeepsie, and Stanfordville, plus a plant sale. Details online. Gardenconservancy.org. Ladybug Release 10am. Learn about ladybugs and how helpful they are. After a short presentation, release native ladybugs into the fields and gardens. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781. Mohonk Preserve Extreme Hike 9:30am. Hike will be conducted at an expeditious but not at a breakneck pace. The scrambles are as hard as they come and a headlamp is mandatory. Wear proper clothing, footware, bring water & snacks. Meet at Mohonk’s Spring Farm parking lot 9:30 AM. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 303-3764. Public Walking Tours of ArchitecturallyRenowned Vassar College 10am & 1pm. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 229-0425.
The Ride for Mental Health Ride together. End the stigma. New Paltz. rideformentalhealth.org.
THEATER "Curtains For Myron" 8-11pm. $35. Dark comedy centers around Myron, an aging Mafia gumbah wannabe and Jerry, his over the hill gay actor brother. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. "Fun Home" Regional Premiere 8-10pm. $27/$25 senior discount/$20 students with ID/Pay What You Will -Friday nights. Winner of the 2015 Tony award for best musical, this innovative show reinvents the classic coming-of-age story. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same title, the musical follows Alison’s memories of her sexual awakening and her father’s suicide. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. "Million Dollar Quartet"" 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Drawing and Painting with Les Castellanos 9am-noon. $200/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Natural Dyeing 9am-1pm. $90. Mid-Hudson Heritage Center Visual Arts Workshop instructor: Kate Mitchell . June 23-24, 9 am- 1 pm each day. Includes materials, tuition assistance available. Working with plant materials, we will create light fast colors on fabric, yarn, and fibers. We will play with blending, resist techniques, overdying and ombres. Saturday we will create a set of samples and swatches and Sunday design and dye 2 projects. Historic Glebe House, Poughkeepsie. 454-4525. Foraging & Feasting: Plant Walk, Cooking Demo & Tasting 11am-2pm. $55/$45 members. Explore the culinary treasures hidden in local wild foods. Learn to identify, harvest, and prepare these ancient foods so you can easily incorporate them into your daily meals. Using basic sensory skills, we will survey the wild plants and herbs of the Berkshire Botanical Garden. Inside we will prep and taste a few of the delicious, nutrient-dense recipes from the instructor Dina Falconi's book Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook. Signed copies of Foraging & Feasting will be available at this presentation. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
SUNDAY 24 COMEDY Monthly Open Mike Night Fourth Sunday of every month, 7:3010pm. This event is open to all genres/ modalities/talents. We have had singers, magicians, stand up comedians, poets, short story readings, guitarists, flutists, Native American storytellers, spoken word, and even a few dance performances. We are all about creating an enviting environment that allows the focus to be given to the performer in a casual, yet respectful environment. Hudson Valley Dance Depot, LaGrangeville. 204-9833.
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Rhinebeck Crafts Festival 10am-5pm. $10/$9 seniors/$4 ages 6-16/under 6 free. 200 of America’s best independent artists and craftspeople are coming together in the heart of the beautiful Hudson Valley for the 6th annual Rhinebeck Crafts Festival. This diverse experience is a celebration of all things handmade which includes: unique contemporary craft and art, gourmet specialty foods, tastings from Hudson Valley distilleries and wineries, interactive craft demonstrations and exciting family activities. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. Artrider.com.
D&H Canal High Falls Flea Market 9am-4pm. Free to the Public. The Flea Market runs every Sunday from the second Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. Located in Grady Park, on Rt. 213, right in the Heart of High Falls. 810-0471.
DYBO (Dance Your ‘Buts’ Off) $5. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh. 309-2406.
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Minnewaska State Park Ramble Meet at Jenny Lane parking lot on Rt. 44/55 at 9:30 AM. We will take the Shawangunk Ridge Trail to Lake Awosting. After enjoying the view, we will take Hamilton Carriageway to a short rock scramble up to Castle Point Carriageway. We will hike to Awosting parking lot via Blueberry Run trail and Mossy Glen and continue on SRT (Wawarsing Tpk) to return to Jenny Lane parking. 9-10 miles. Minnewaska State Preserve Park, Kerhonkson. 399-2170.
2018 Middle School Battle of the Books: Bi-weekly Meetings Every other Monday, 5-6pm. Battle of the Books is a trivia contest for 6th-9th graders with questions based on 8 books that all Warriors read. Battle of the Books is a national Summer Reading Program for middle and high-school students in the five-county region of the Mid-Hudson Library System. Bi-weekly meetings on Mondays, in April-June; Weekly meetings in July and August; and 2018 Middle School Regional Battle is Saturday, 09/08/18 @ 9:00am-5:00pm at SUNY Ulster. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.
National Theatre Presents Yerma 2pm. $12/$10 members. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece. The incredible Billie Piper returns in her Evening Standard Best Actress award-winning role. Rosendale Theatre Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
KIDS & FAMILY Family Fun Balancing Day 1-4pm. Adults and children can try their hands (and feet) at simple balancing skills: walking a tightwire, a rolling globe, rola bolas, spinning plates, juggling and partner acrobatics. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.
Garden Conservancy Open Days Open day in Hillsdale, Highland, Kingston, Millerton, New Paltz, and Spencertown, plus a Digging Deeper lecture with Linda B. Horn and Heather Grimes. Details online. Gardenconservancy.org.
The Ride for Mental Health Ride together. End the stigma. New Paltz. rideformentalhealth.org.
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Stockade National Historic District Walking Tour Last Sunday of every month, 1pm. $10/$5 under age 16/members free. Ulster County Visitors Center, Kingston.
Aaron Parks & Little Big 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
THEATER
Apollo’s Fire 4-6pm. $35- $70. Apollo’s Fire was founded in 1992 by harpsichordist and conductor Jeannette Sorrell, who envisioned an ensemble dedicated to the baroque ideal that music should evoke the various Affekts or passions in listeners. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
"Elemeno Pea" 2pm. $39/$34. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
Brubeck Brothers Quartet 7:30pm. $29.50-$39.50. Jazz. Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes. (800) 745-3000. Jason Bonham’s Led Zepplin Evening 7pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088. Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley: Broadway & Beyond 7pm. $39-$69. Mahawie Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100. Michael Alan 3pm. Jazz. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Monthly Open Mike Night Fourth Sunday of every month, 7:30-9:30pm. Do you sing? Play an instrument? Write and read your own poetry? Dance? Sign up on arrival. Food is potluck-style. Bring a snack to share if you like. There’s always leftovers from the previous night’s party. Sound system includes a guitar, some music stands, and/or vocal amp, two microphones, and a weighted 88 Korg keyboard. Hudson Valley Dance Depot, LaGrangeville. 204-9833. Saints of Swing 11am. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Western + Swing Week Fiddle & Dance Camp Through June 30. Swing, jazz, country and Western-swing music and dance traditions with classes for fiddle, mandolin, guitar, lap steel, piano, and vocals, plus band clinics, improv workshops, music theory, jam sessions, song swaps, Lindy, West Coast Swing, Country Western dances, square dancing and more. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333.
"Curtains For Myron" 8-11pm. $35. Dark comedy centers around Myron, an aging Mafia gumbah wannabe and Jerry, his over the hill gay actor brother. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
"Fun Home" Regional Premiere 3-5pm. $27/$25 senior discount/$20 students with ID/Pay What You Will -Friday nights. Winner of the 2015 Tony award for best musical, this innovative show reinvents the classic coming-of-age story. Based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir of the same title, the musical follows Alison’s memories of her sexual awakening and her father’s suicide. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. "Million Dollar Quartet"" 3pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Repair Cafe: Gardiner 1-4pm. Bring a beloved but broken item to be repaired for free by experts who are also your neighbors. Check out a book while you’re there. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. Repaircafehv.org.
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MUSIC Steve Earle’s Camp Copperhead Through June 28. Earle’s fans from around the world will descend on Big Indian, NY to take creative risks, learn new and hone already established skills, and make lifelong personal and professional connections. Campers have unprecedented access to Earle and other teachers including Swedish born, New Orleans based singer/songwriter Anders Osborne and country music singer and activist Chely Wright whether at breakfast, master classes, co-writing sessions or walking around the beautiful grounds of the Full Moon Resort. Full Moon Resort, Big Indian. 254-5117.
TUESDAY 26 FILM King of Hearts 7:15-9pm. $8. During the final days of World War I, a meek private named Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates) is sent to a French village to find and dismantle a bomb. Once there, he discovers that most of the citizens have fled, and that harmless insane asylum inmates are roaming the town. Rosendale Theatre Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Pathways to Prevention: Corey Smith, PTA 5:30pm. Free. Nature and health are intrinsically linked Participants will experience a 20-minute talk, followed by a short walk with the expert on Olana’s carriage roads. Snacks will be served. Location: Wagon House Education Center. All Ages. Rain or Shine. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872. Zumba with Maritza 5:30-6:30pm. $5. Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. 913-6085.
KIDS & FAMILY Dancing at Dusk: From Bhangra to Bollywood with Reena Shah 5-7pm. $14/$7 ages 12 and under. Dancing at Dusk highlights music and dance from cultures around the world for children of all ages to explore with their families. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of this. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
MUSIC Jazz is Phsh 7:30pm. $22. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Poet Gold’s POELODIES 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Soul Purpose 9pm. Motown/R&B. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (866) 910-7739.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Ghost Tour 7:30-9:30pm. $24/$20 ages 12-18. Creaking floors, slamming doors, and ghostly footsteps-The Mount’s haunted history includes it all. The 2-hour ghost tour starts at the Stable and ends at the Main House. Please arrive 15 minutes early. Please note that this tour is not suitable for wheelchairs and includes about a half-mile walk with some steep areas. Registration required. The Mount, Lenox, MA. (413) 551-5100.
THEATER "Million Dollar Quartet"" 2pm, 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org. "Murder at the High School Reunion" 7pm. Presented by Murder Cafe. Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck. 876-7077.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES The Mixed Media Encaustic: Fiber and Structure 9am-5pm. $600. Through June 30, with Lorraine Glessner. The Gallery at R&F, Kingston. 331-3112.
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MUSIC Jeff Rosenstock Hiding Behind Sound 8pm. Colony, Woodstock. 679-7625.
THEATER David Blaine 8pm. $49-$175. Magician, illusionist and endurance artist. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. "Million Dollar Quartet"" 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Congestive Heart Failure Support Group for Patients and Caregivers Last Monday of every month, 12-1pm. At each meeting, participants will learn how to optimally manage this disease and improve their quality of life through educational, social and emotional support. Participants will have also the opportunity to hear from guest speakers, engage in question and answer forums, and connect with others living with congestive heart failure. VBMC Center for Cardiac Rehab, Poughkeepsie. 471-4643.
Qigong and Tai Chi Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. 672-5391.
WEDNESDAY 27 FILM King of Hearts 7:15-9pm and 7:15-9pm. $8. During the final days of World War I, a meek private named Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates) is sent to a French village to find and dismantle a bomb. Once there, he discovers that most of the citizens have fled, and that harmless insane asylum inmates are roaming the town. In English/German/French with English subtitles. Rosendale Theatre Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
DANCE Uptown Lowdown Vintage Jazz Dance Classes 8-9:15pm. $72 6 weeks/$20 drop in. Come join the chorus line! We’ll learn the Tranky Doo, a classic solo jazz routine from the 1940s. After the session, we’ll be ready to perform. (Performing is not required to take the classes.) All are welcome, regardless of gender, gender identity or presentation, sexual orientation, age, race, or ethnicity. BSP, Kingston. Uptownswingkingston.com/classes.
FILM Odds Against Tomorrow Screening & Discussion 6-8pm. Hudson Area Library’s History Room is pleaseA 1959 film noir starring Harry Belafonte that was filmed in Hudson and New York City and used many Hudsonians for cast and crew. Hudson Area Library, Hudson. (518) 828-1792. 6/18 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 115
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LECTURES & TALKS Classical Principals of Modern Design with Thomas Jayne 4-5pm. $20/$15 Mount members. Awardwinning interior designer and decorative arts historian Thomas Jayne discusses Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman’s 1897 book The Decoration of Houses, and the art of classical simplicity and balance in interior design. The Mount, Lenox, MA. (413) 551-5100.
MUSIC Ed Marris & Peter Brittain 7pm. Acoustic. Zephyr, Pine Hill. 254-8024. Isabel Leonard, Mezzo-soprano; Sharon Isbin, Guitar 7-9pm. $25-$55. Join us for a Spanish program performed by Metropolitan Opera star Isabel Leonard and renowned classical guitarist Sharon Isbin in the perfectly-suited setting of the enchanting Spanish Courtyard of the historic Rosen House. Featuring works by Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla, Xavier Montsalvatge, Federico García Lorca, and others. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252. Johnny Irion 8pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Kat Wright and Big Mean Sound Machine Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock. 679-2744. Tribal Harmony: Evan Pritchard’s Celebration of Native American Culture 7pm. Special guests, native music, history and spoken word. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
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Trivia Night with Paul Tully and Eric Stamberg 7-10pm. Teams test their knowledge in this fun game. First place and second place prizes awarded. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
THEATER "Elemeno Pea" 8pm. $39/$34. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. "Million Dollar Quartet"" 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org.
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Vassar & New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater presents: "Radio Island" See website for showtimes. Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES 5 Magic Moments in Sales 5-8pm. $10. Magic Moments in sales are those critical interactions at each stage of the sales process that either advance or derail your chances for winning business with prospects. In this interactive program, reinforced with take-away materials, you will learn how to master these 5 Magic Moments. Kingston Library, Kingston. 363-6432. Drawing Better: Vince Natale 9am-noon. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Drawing, Painting and Composition with Eric Angeloch 1-4pm. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Vet2Vet Veterans Program Featuring a variety of workshops and support groups. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh. 672-5391. 116 FORECAST CHRONOGRAM 6/18
FILM Asbury Short Film Festival 7:30pm. $12/$10 members. Combines award-winning films from past years with new international festival honorees, creating a rare opportunity for audiences to see world-class short films on a real cinema screen. Recommended for ages 16+. Rosendale Theatre Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
KIDS & FAMILY Free Fun Friday 10am-3pm. The Mount opens its doors as part of the 10th annual Free Fun Friday program, and we invite visitors from far and wide to visit the property, free of charge. Explore Edith Wharton’s home, enjoy the gardens and trails, and discover one of the most beautiful spots in the Berkshires. Food and beverages available for purchase. Special activities throughout the day. Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation. The Mount, Lenox, MA. (413) 551-5100. Walkway at Night: Moonwalk 8:30-10:30pm. View the night sky with telescopes provided by the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association (weather permitting). Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-9649.
LECTURES & TALKS Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water & Prosperity 7-8pm. Learn about today's water challenges, innovative water projects, and sustainable solutions to ensure water security for the future. Cary Institute, Millbrook. 677-5343.
MUSIC Al Di Meola 8pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Anders Osborne 8:30pm. $45/$40 in advance. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. The Anthem Band 8pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Aston Magna Music Festival: Dueling Violins, Genial Gambas 7:30-9pm. $45/$40 in advance. In a special festival performance at Wethersfield, Aston Magna presents the music of Leclair, Stradella, Caldara, Marais, Ste. Colombe, Couperin. With acclaimed Brazilian violinist Edson Scheid and Aston Magna Artistic Director Daniel Stepner on baroque violins; Sarah Cunningham and Laura Jeppesen, violas da gamba; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord; Catherine Liddell, theorbo. Pre-concert talk with Daniel Stepner one hour before the program. Wethersfield Garden, Amenia. (413) 528-3595. Gratefully Yours 8pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Kronos Quartet 8-10pm. $25-$55. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252. Ray LaMontagne with Neko Case 7pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Reelin’ In the Years: An AllStar Tribute to Steely Dan 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Steve Miller Band with Peter Frampton Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 866-781-2922. Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience 8pm. Daryl's House, Pawling. 289-0185.
KIDS & FAMILY
Mohonk Scramble Difficult 8-Mile Hike 10am. Call leader for meeting location. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 303-3764.
International Mud Day 11am-3pm. Thousands of children in dozens of countries worldwide celebrate Mud Day as a chance to appreciate nature and the great outdoors by getting muddy. Bring a towel or a change of clothes. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" 8pm. $27/$25 An inventor, his children, and a flying car. The iconic story comes to life in this staged production. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. "Elemeno Pea" 8pm. $39/$34. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. "Million Dollar Quartet"" 8pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org. Vassar & New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater presents: "Radio Island" See website for showtimes. Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
SATURDAY 30 COMEDY Josh Blue 8-10pm. $25/$30/$36. Perhaps best known as the comedian who puts the cerebral in Cerebral Palsy, Josh Blue centers much of his self-deprecating act around his disability. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.
FILM Movies Under the Walkway: Wonder Woman 7pm. Join us this summer for family friendly movies shown on a big screen at Upper Landing Park. Food trucks, live music and activities for the whole family before each show. Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 471-1775. Saturday Night Fever: Film followed by Disco Dance Party 7:15pm. $12/$10 members and advance tickets/$8 members in advance. Screening of classic 1977 movie followed by disco dance party with DJ. This fundraiser event also features disco era dress-up and raffles of Saturday Night Fever memorabilia. Rosendale Theatre Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
FOOD & WINE Angry Orchard Rock the Roots: Tour Kickoff 2-10pm. If you love hard cider, great music, hanging with your friends and meeting new ones then Rock the Roots is for you. Join us for a full day of cider experiences like tours of our cider house, specialty cider tappings, and your chance to check out the great views from our Treehouse. That’s all on top of the great music and fun including the Angry Orchard Arcade, lawn games and much more. Angry Orchard, Walden. (888) 845-3311. Drag Brunch 12-3pm. $25. Get ready to sissy that brunch and unleash your inner diva with comedy and cabaret drag queen starlettes and featuring local fav Pinky Socrates and new headliners TBA. $25 admission covers brunch (including one drink) and an incredible drag cabaret. The Beverly, Kingston. 331-5300.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Pilates with Angela Last Saturday of every month. $15. Proceeds benefit Safe Harbors Historic Ritz Theater. Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. APGpilates.com.
MUSIC “Catskills Supergroup” Summer Music Series 8-10pm. $25. Featuring the Catskills Supergroup, a mix of musical artists who have played with some of the greatest bands of our time. Performances will take place on the banks of the Esopus Creek, just behind Woodnotes Grille at the Emerson. Emerson Resort & Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828 ext. 0. Aston Magna Music Festival: Dueling Violins, Genial Gambas 6-8pm. $45/$40 advance. Dueling Violins, Genial Gambas. The music of Leclair, Stradella, Caldara, Marais, Ste. Colombe, Couperin. With Edson Scheid and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins; Sarah Cunningham and Laura Jeppesen, violas da gamba; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord; Catherine Liddell, theorbo. Pre-concert talk with Aston Magna Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour before the program; post-concert “Meet the Artists” wine and cheese reception. Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-3595. Bennett Harris Acoustic Blues 8-10pm. Lots a traditional acoustic blues guitar fingerpicking, Hot Tuna tunes, foot-stomping Mississippi delta slide style on National Steel, harmonica, vocals, and full bar with local craft beer & spirits. Station Bar & Curio, Woodstock. 810-0203.
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Pianist Bobby Avey 8pm. $20/$15 in advance. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. Cuboricua Salsa Band 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Dan Flynn 8:30pm. Acoustic. Piano Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. (909) 547-4266. David Kraai 6-9pm. David Kraai swings by this craft beer gastropub to dole out two solo sets of country folk music. Pickled Owl, Hurleyville. 693-5322. The Halley DeVestern Band 8:30-11:30pm. The Halley DeVestern Band is a high-energy blues/funk/ roots/rock band. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Jazz at the Maverick: Kenny Barron 8pm. $0/$55 reserved/$5 students. Maverick’s 8th Annual Jazz at the Maverick series begins with legendary jazz great Kenny Barron, in a solo piano performance. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. 679-8217. Orchestra of St. Lukes; Benjamin Beilman, violin 8-10pm. $25-$80. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252. To Brazil and Back 7-8pm. $10. MeadowSuite will perform chamber music of Brazil and more. Athens Cultural Center, Athens. (518) 945-2136. ToeJam Pre-Festival Showcase 8pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Unspoken 8pm. $35. Soulful pop. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
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West Point Band’s Benny Havens Band: West Point Block Party 7:30pm. West Point Military Academy, West Point. Usma.edu. Young People’s Concert: Elizabeth Mitchell and Family 11am. $5/children free. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. 679-8217. Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience 8pm. Daryl's House, Pawling. 289-0185.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Garden Conservancy Open Days Open day in Pawling, NY and Sherman, CT. Details online. Gardenconservancy.org.
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"Elemeno Pea" 8pm. $39/$34. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
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"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" 8pm. $27/$25 An inventor, his children, and a flying car. The iconic story comes to life in this staged production. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
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PS21 Theater Opening Night Celebration and Revue 8pm. $50/$40 members/$10 students. With accordionist Guy Klucevsek, TAKE Dance, comedian Hilary Chaplain, Vanaver Caravan, and Parsons Dance. PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, Chatham. (518) 392-6121. Vassar & New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater presents: "Radio Island" See website for showtimes. Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Drawing and Painting with Les Castellanos 9am-noon. $200/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
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An Introduction to Storytelling 10am-12pm. $40. Paul Ricciardi will guide participants through exercises that will lead to a dynamic, performance-ready story. No experience necessary. Ancram Opera House, Ancram. (518) 329-7393. Repair Cafe at Historic Locust Lawn 10am-3pm. Repair Yesterday and Today. See how things were repaired a hundred years ago. Bring items for repair today. Plus tours of the 1814 Col. Josiah Hasbrouck House. Locust Lawn, Gardiner. Lgny.org/locust-lawn-farm.
SUNDAY 1 HEALTH & WELLNESS Gentle Yoga Series 10-11am. Start your summer off by learning basic gentle yoga poses in the calming natural setting of Clermont’s landscape. Guided by Cleo Post (Rainbow Body Yoga), you don’t need prior experience, just a desire for health and harmony. Reservations required. Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 537-6622.
LITERARY & BOOKS Counterculture Luminary Ed Sanders Reading from his new book, Broken Glory: The Final Years of Robert F. Kennedy. Kingston Artist Collective and Cafe, Kingston. 399-2491.
MUSIC Maverick Chamber Music Festival: Trio con Brio Copenhagen 4pm. $30/$55 reserved/$5 students. The Maverick rounds out its stunning opening weekend with the welcome return of one of the most accomplished piano trios in the world. The ensemble is a true phenomenon, where family ties, cultural blending, and musical connections all converge to color, shape and energize the concerts they present worldwide. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. 679-8217. Inuksuit by John Luther Adams 1-6pm. An epic outdoor piece performed by more than 60 percussionists and other instrumentalists, directed by Doug Perkins. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION D&H Canal High Falls Flea Market 9am-4pm. Free to the Public. The Flea Market runs every Sunday from the second Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. Located in Grady Park, on Rt. 213, right in the Heart of High Falls. 810-0471.
THEATER "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" 3pm. $27/$25 An inventor, his children, and a flying car. The iconic story comes to life in this staged production. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. "Elemeno Pea" 2pm. $39/$34. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. "Gene Kelly: The Legacy," An Evening with Patricia Ward Kelly 2-4pm. $25/$35/$45. Legendary actor, dancer, director, and choreographer Gene Kelly brought astonishing grace and athleticism to the big screen- yet we know little about him. Gene Kelly directed the film Hello, Dolly! and did so in a masterful way. Patricia Ward Kellyhis wife and biographer- comes to the Paramount to present an intimate portrait of this dynamic and innovative artist who. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039 ext. 2. "Million Dollar Quartet"" 3pm. Forestburgh Playouse, Forestburgh. Fbphouse.org. Piccolo Circus 2pm. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. Vassar & New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater presents: "Radio Island" July 28. See website for showtimes. Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Natural Dye Retreat 1-5pm. $165. This open level workshop participants will learn two different ways to color cloth with natural dyes at Letterbox Farm. We will create and experiment with three dye baths- avocado stones, onion skins, and a seasonal foraged pot. Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson. (518) 545-4028.
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Parting Shot
The photographs in Sean Hemmerle’s book Them (Kehrer Verlag, 2017) consists of portraits of Iraqis and Afghans living in the conflict zones of those countries in the early 2000s, the most heated period in our wars there. His photographs are intended to send a message. “This was really a fuck you piece to the Bush Administration and our answer to 9/11,” says Hemmerle, a Poughkeepsie-based photographer. Through his documentation of the effects of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, he aims to give readers a new perspective on the wars in the Middle East and witness the unsung tragedies befalling civilians in that region just as he had first hand. Here’s an excerpt from Them describing a scene from September 13, 2003: “I walked through the remains of the Iraqi Olympic Committee offices this morning. One very large bomb, exploded near the base of the six-story, block-long structure, fractured it from top to bottom, ripping a crater in it twenty feet deep and collapsing portions of the floors above. There are no walls remaining on the first two floors. The exterior melts and disintegrates in Claes Oldenburg fashion. On the upper floors, evidence of the office activities remain, but most are ashen. The area smells exactly like ground zero did on September 11. A family now lives on the premises and is constantly involved in scavenging any useable materials. One man walked with me through the floors making charade gestures of airplanes dropping bombs, explosions, and men firing rifles. Occasionally he would stand with arms raised, palms up, and frown at me quizzically. He asked me where I was from. I told him, ‘Mexico.’” —Andrew Solender
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Portraits of Afghans and Iraqis from Sean Hemmerle’s recently published book Them (Kehrer Verlag).
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