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NEWS AND POLITICS

EDUCATION

12 WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

31 THE INFINITE CLASSROOM

Prettier people are making more money, dogs reduce allergies, and more.

13 BEINHART’S BODY POLITIC: BEST OF ENEMIES

Larry Beinhart talks conflicts between the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

HOME

Anne Pyburn Craig discusses teaching different types of intelligences.

COMMUNITY PAGES 40 LANDLOCKED BEACH TOWN: NEW PALTZ

Walking the streets of the historic and laidback cliff-climbing community.

14 WABI-SABI HOUSE Jennifer Farley explores the Millbrook creekfront home of Ed and Michele Sayres.

WEDDINGS AND CELEBRATIONS 25 BARN BRIDE 101

Amanda Black offers tips on planning the perfect rustic wedding reception.

KIDS AND FAMILY 28 THE MYTH OF COLORBLINDNESS

Annie Dwyer Internicola on talking with your kids about racism and segregation.

Brinton Baker browses at Jack’s Rhythms in New Paltz. COMMUNITY PAGES

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WHOLE LIVING 72 OVERCOMING ANGER

Buddhist teachers share how to work through anger toward a joyful revolution.

COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE 66 TASTINGS A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 68 BUSINESS DIRECTORY A compendium of advertiser services. 76 WHOLE LIVING Opportunities to nurture mind, body, and soul.

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ARTS & CULTURE

FOOD & DRINK

50 GALLERY & MUSEUM GUIDE

62 SOME PIG: PRAIRIE WHALE

52 MUSIC: TURNING THE TURNTABLES

66 DRINK RECIPE: SAINT NICHOLAS PUNCH

Peter Aaron asks local music aficionados for the Hudson Valley’s best sounds of 2013 and what to check out in 2014. Nightlife Highlights include TriBeCaStan; Bettye Lavette; Eldar Jangirov; Driftwood; and Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires Glover. Reviews of The Wrong Box: A Musical Comedy by Kit Goldstein Grant; Drinking the Sea by Robert Capowski; and Rap/Electronic by Young Paris.

56 BOOKS: THE COMEBACK KID A profile of Jackie Kellachan and her Woodstock bookstore, The Golden Notebook.

58 BOOK REVIEWS Reviews of One Woman Farm: My Life Shared with Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Goats, and a Fine Fiddle by Jenna Woginrich; It’s Not You: 27 (Wrong) Reasons You’re Single by Sara Eckel; and Seymour Hersh: Scoop Artist by Robert Miraldi. Plus Short Takes.

60 POETRY Poems by Noelle Adamo, Peter Coco, Fenner Osmond Friedman, Nigel Gore, Whit Griffin, Anthony G. Herles, Tony Howarth, Dean P. Johnson, Donald Lev, Checko Miller, Melissa Nau, Harry Edgar Palacio, Ellen Saltzman, and David Van Biema. Edited by Phillip X Levine.

96 PARTING SHOT

Josh Rosenmeier of Kingston’s Stockade Tavern makes a spiced wine punch.

THE FORECAST 82 DAILY CALENDAR Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 81 Thirteen-piece band Mother Falcon plays BSP Lounge in Kingston on January 14. 82 Peter Aaron reads from his new book at Inquiring Minds in New Paltz January 17. 83 Peter Richmond talks Phil Jackson’s life at Millerton’s Oblong Books January 18. 84 Three local screenings show Lorna Tychostup’s journey documenting Iraq. 85 Marshall Crenshaw & the Bottle Rockets play in Northampton on January 25. 86 Bindlestiff Family Cirkus cabaret starts January 25 at Club Helsinki Hudson. 87 “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” runs at the Beacon Theatre January 10-19.

PLANET WAVES 90 LET ME RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM SO IT CAN BE SOLVED Eric Francis Coppolino discuess the importance of looking back in order to move forward.

92 HOROSCOPES

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

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Malick Sidibé’s Monsieur Sourmoro a bu du Dolo (Mr. Sourmoro has drunk Dolo), a photograph from his show at Vassar College.

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Molly Rausch is a postage stamp artist. Don’t misunderstand: She is not in the employ of the United States Postal Service. Rausch uses stamps as a jumping off point for miniature paintings that surround the original image. It’s a mischievous mimicry, akin to what children do when they stare at a painting and imagine what’s beyond its edges. In Rausch’s case, her technical acumen takes the appropriation way beyond mere child’s play. “I’m not a stamp collector,” says the New Paltz-based artist, “but the aesthetic of postage—the whole envelope—appeals to me.” Stamps also serve as talismans to Rausch. She once sent a proposal for an artist’s residency through the mail with stamps from the states the package was to travel through. “I thought it would bring my parcel good luck,” she says. Rausch began working with stamps in 1998, after making a small artist’s book by hand. After sketching a drawing on the first page she didn’t like, she looked for something to cover the offending image. Rausch had a stamp laying around. “The stamp was just the right size to cover my awful drawing,” she says, “and then I just kept going.” It was the mistake that launched, according to Rausch, a few hundred paintings (thus far). Rausch works both for her own satisfaction and on commission, with prices for her paintings in the $300 to $450 range. Though she professes that she’s not a philatelist, Rausch is in possession of thousands of stamps, many given to her by admirers of her work, sometimes whole collections at a time. “There’s a stamp out there for everything,” says Rausch, and her collection of paintings bears this out. There’s a Hungarian stamp of a cruise ship and a woman in a bikini; a Parisian street scene painted around the Eiffel Tower; Santa in Anguilla; Christopher Columbus landing in the New World (with a dinosaur approaching in Rausch’s painting). Stamps of paintings by other artists also appear frequently in Rausch’s miniatures. Well-known works by Mary Cassatt and Winslow Homer on stamps are faithfully extended. Rausch claims that she does no research on the stamps she uses, and that the areas outside the paintings are invented from scratch. She points to one piece, the stamp a close-up image of a woman writing with a quill at a table in front of a blood-red curtain. Rausch blows out the scene, continuing the colorful pattern of the quilt covering half of the writing table and envisioning a painting of a sailboat. “She’s writing to her boyfriend who’s far away,” says Rausch. “He’s a sailor.” She pauses to look at the image. “You construct a little story.” In April, Molly Rausch’s stamp paintings will be exhibited at the Mexican National Museum of Philately, MUFI, in Oaxaca. Rausch also contributed a stamp-based artwork for the Hudson Valley Seed Library’s 2014 art pack collection. Postagestamppaintings.com. —Brian K. Mahoney CHRONOGRAM.COM WATCH Filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss talks with Molly Rausch about her artistic process.

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Brian K. Mahoney Editor’s Note An Added Bonus

e didn’t win a game that first season. Maybe we won a couple times, but I can’t imagine a team worse than us. Our uniforms were blue cotton T-shirts with a crude soccer ball screenprinted on the front along with our name, the Bayside Bombers. White dolphin shorts accented with blue piping to match. There were no numbers on the backs of our uniforms. At least half the kids played in sneakers. We were pretty ragtag, even for a bunch of six-year-olds just learning to play soccer. The games would go something like this, the intrinsic narrative of youth soccer: An undifferentiated scrum of 20 children would chase the ball around the field with occasional breakaways by the star sixyear-olds, who would basically dribble the ball into the goal past the terrified goalie, too stunned to move, with the sudden commotion of screaming parents as the horde of children stampeded toward the penalty box like the bison rumbling across the plains in Dances with Wolves. Tatanka! Tatanka! I was the terrified goalie who saw the ball dribble past. The coach, my father, had stuck me in goal the first game and I just never left. Most of the time, being in goal was quite peaceful. We played under the Throg’s Neck Bridge and I could daydream, watching the waves splash against the massive concrete supports of the bridge onramps. And the sudden terror of the scrum. Once, a goal was scored against me with my back turned to the field as I watched a gull out on Long Island Sound. That year, the local newspaper wrote a story on the fledgling soccer league that my mom and dad had founded with some other local parents. When asked about the Bomber’s dismal record, my father told the reporter, “Winning is an added bonus.” I had no way of knowing this at the time, but my father, clever man, had turned Vince Lombardi’s hard-boiled coaching maxim—“Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing”—on its head. But it just sounded off-kilter to me at the time. As shitty a goalkeeper as I was, I knew the point of the game was to win. (And to eat a load of quartered oranges at half-time and make orange rind smiles with my teammates.) What was the point of schlepping out here in all kinds of weather if not to win? It certainly felt better when we won, with all the high-fiving and jumping up and down and the dejected looks on the faces of the other team. Four years later, we won the championship. I had become a better goalie through determination and practice, but that’s not why we won. Pat Cooley was the reason. As big as a high schooler in fifth grade, he dribbled like a monster truck over opposing defenders. After Pat scored the winning goal in the championship, the goalie on

the other team—also the son of the coach—punched the goalpost so hard he broke his hand. The other goalie went to the hospital and my father, pleased with our victory and possibly surprised, threw us a pizza party. I continued to compete in athletics through college and beyond, eventually making it to the national championship of another sport, Ultimate Frisbee, a number of times in my 30s. After retiring from competition a couple years ago, I was invited by some young players to coach their college Ultimate Frisbee team at my alma mater. Flattered, I accepted and jumped in head first. I wrote a 30-page playbook and drilled the team on the plays in practice three days a week between scrimmages and wind sprints. While the SUNY New Paltz Gunx may have had fancy uniforms with numbers on the back, and everyone wore cleats, we might as well have been called the Bombers. We didn’t win a single game that season. After the last game, I had nothing left to say to the team. I was disappointed and angry—mostly with myself. I shook everyone’s hand, got in my car, and drove home. If winning was an added bonus, what was it in addition to? My father never told me. For some, like myself, competition can be form of focused anger, a way sublimating our grievances with the world on the playing field. You don’t need to be a student of Freud to suspect that anger won’t always be contained in the competitive arena. What happens when it spills over? Enter meditation teacher Sharon Salzburg and Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman. Their new book, Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit and Be a Whole Lot Happier, offers some innovative ideas about anger management, one of the most interesting being that anger is an energy that can be used creatively—if we remain joyous. The lack of joy has caused us no end of problems, Thurman tells Wendy Kagan (“Overcoming Anger,” page 72). “We can’t have in this century another violent revolution where the revolutionaries just take over the levers of power then turn out to be worse than the previous people. We have to have a joyful revolution, person by person.” I think back on that kid under the bridge, who watched the gulls sail on the wind as the scrum pinballed across the field like a Roomba. I didn’t understand what could possibly be greater than winning. My father knew what it was—let’s call it joy for short—because when the game is over, the winners and losers are left where they started. It could be joy, it could be sorrow. I’m choosing joy. Viva la revolution! 1/14 CHRONOGRAM 7

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Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: There’s a story about a young man with spiritual aspirations. In the story, he is frustrated with his state of being. He notices that inasmuch as he spouts fine words about lofty ideals, when truly tested he inevitably succumbs to the most basic impulses. Though he knows generally how to work on himself, he becomes distracted by attachment to known comforts and loses his determination. Impelled by the irritation of this perception of himself, and seeking a source of courage to relinquish the known, he begins to search. He reads books, and tries varied practices with little result. After many abortive efforts he has a second realization: trying to change himself from himself is like a dog chasing its tail. He sees that he needs help from someone or someones with knowledge who can give him guidance from beyond the ken of his habits and predilections. Thus begins a journey that leads far from his home, in search of teachers or schools that will guide him in his quest for freedom. The young man meets gurus and sages, adepts and renunciates, some surrounded by adoring disciples, others alone in the forest or in caves. They either try to persuade him to follow them, or tell him he isn’t ready to inhabit their rarified world and send him away. Out of hope and money, and with holes in his shoes, he finds himself one morning at dawn walking along a waterfront. In finding himself, he feels the sand under his feet, and looks out at the vast ocean, the sun rising above its edge.The waterfront is empty of people but for an elderly man holding a reed fishing pole dangling a line into the water.The young man says good morning, and the older man hellos in return without looking up. As he walks past, the young man hears a murmuring voice behind him. He looks back to see the old man’s lips moving with some kind of mantra or prayer, and beads silently passing between the first two fingers of his free right hand in rhythm with the sound. Struck by some kind of inspiration, or impelled by desperation, he turns and walks back to the fisherman. “Father,” he asks, “can you give me directions?” As the fisherman looks up the young man sees a distant gaze, as though the person looking is located somewhere far behind the bright, dark eyes.There is a silence in the gaze that seems to place the young man on a scale and weigh him. Finally, the fisherman answers. “Where is it that you are going?” Heartened, the young man comes closer. He tells his story including everything that led him to this point.The old man listens, looking out to the horizon of the sea. Sometimes the fingers pause in their working of the beads, as though to give fuller attention to the young man’s tale. As the narrative reaches the present moment, the young man pauses, remembering the question. “I am going home but to a home I sense I have never been. I have always believed that my true home is where I am going, not where I am.” The fisherman says nothing for a long time. “You want freedom from your limited sense of self; to see reality— yes?” “Yes, that is what I want.” “Then come here.” The fisherman puts down his pole and beckons the young man to sit beside him. “Look into the water.” The young man bends down and peers into the sea. “What do you see?” “Um... water, foam, sand…” “Look closer.” He get closer, his nose almost in the water. Just as he catches a glimpse of the reflection of his face screwed up with concentration, he feels a strong hand on the back of his neck and his whole head is plunged beneath the surface of the water. Frightened, the young man struggles and kicks, but the old man’s powerful grip holds his head submerged. Lungs bursting, he feels the imminence of drowning and death. Just as he is about to give up and inhale the sea water into his lungs, the old man pulls his head out of the water. Spluttering and coughing in the sand he begins to recover; he is at first bewildered and then angry. “You dangerous and vile old man. I came to you for help and instead you try to kill me! What kind of enemy of humanity are you? A demon or simply a murderer?!” “Be quiet and sit down,” the fisherman answers calmly. The young man hesitantly obeys, sitting some distance from the old man, out of reach of his iron grip. “What did you want just now? What did you want more than anything?” The young man didn’t hesitate. “I wanted air, of course!” “Yes,” replied the fisherman, “and when you want to see reality as much as you wanted air just now, you shall have what you seek. Until you arrive at that singleminded certainty, no knowledge or practice or help will be of any use you.” The fisherman and the young man leave the story here. —Jason Stern

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chronogram seen Clockwise from top left: The Basilica Farm and Flea in Hudson on November 30. Photo: Brian K. Mahoney. The Rosendale Improvement Association Brass Band and Social Club at Frozendale on December 7. Photo: Ted Dixon. Renoened soprano Dawn Upshaw with Vassar College freshman Anna Isabel Torruella at a master class. Photo: Jennifer May. Coorganizer Danielle Bliss and the Hullabaloo bear at the Hudson Valley Hullabaloo at BSP in Kingston on December 7. Photo: Eric Anthny Johnson Photography. Dame Kat Purling at the Diamond Street Dames Student showcase at Club Helsinki in Hudson on December 5. Photo: Katherine Wright | YTK Photography. Dennis Diamond, Marcus Pocus, and Daryl Hannah in “Elephant Room” at Bard College’s Fisher Center on December 13. Photo: Brendan Hunt.

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Post-prom, cafeteria cliques, and the cheerleading squad, a new research paper confirms that even after high school, the pretty people still win. According to the study, “In School, Good Looks Hurt (But They Mostly Help),” the more attractive you are, the more money you make. More attractive women made eight percent more money than below-average looking women, who had a four percent penalization. Attractive men made four percent more while lesser-looking fellas had a 13-percent drop. The study’s sociologists Rachel Gordon and Robert Crosnoe say the research showed that from high school on, people rated “better-looking poeple” higher in intelligence, personality, and success. Source: Time The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that over the past year, three people dropped dead from a heart infection called Lyme carditis, a rare form of Lyme disease. The three victims, aged 26 to 38, had not been treated for Lyme disease but my have been unknowingly exposed to a tick bite. The uncommon infection causes heart attack-like symptoms with sudden cardiac arrest. Source: NBC News Recent data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention showed that 15 percent of school-aged children had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and 3.5 million were on medication, an immense jump from just 600,000 in 1990. Psychologist Keith Conners called the rising diagnosis rates a “national disaster of dangerous proportions” and a concoction to justify handing out medication. Following asthma, the disorder is now the second most frequent long-term diagnoses made in children. Additionally, pharmaceutical companies are now marketing towards an adult ADHD. Source: New York Times An English liver specialist and his colleagues at Nottingham University Hospital spent a year reading Ian Fleming’s novels and counting up 007’s alcohol intake. They concluded that not only was Bond an alcoholic, but he would be a likely candidate for liver cirrhosis, cognitive defects, depression, and even sexual dysfunction. Bond drank about 45 beverages a week, roughly seven per day, specifically the Vesper Martini (three measures of Gordon’s gin, one of vodka, and half a measure of Kina Lillet). The study showed that even handling his Walther PPK firearm would have been difficult, let alone washing down 20 drinks before a high-speed chase. Source: NPR

The latest from the Snowden files: On December 9, the Guardian, in association with the New York Times and ProPublica, released files showing that US and UK spying agencies targeted online gaming communities, where intelligence targets could “hide in plain sight.” The NSA document, written in 2008 and titled “Exploiting Terrorist Use of Games & Virtual Environments,” stressed the risk of leaving games communities under-monitored, describing them as a “target-rich communications network.” Of particular interest to the spying agencies was the game “World of Warcraft.” The documents, however, contain no indication that the surveillance ever foiled any terrorist plots, nor is there any clear evidence that terror groups were using the virtual communities to communicate. Source: Guardian (UK) A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last month found that mice exposed to dust from households that allowed dogs outdoors had significantly reduced allergic responses than mice exposed to dust from homes without dogs. The study, which looked at why pets may protect kids against allergies and asthma, showed that having a dog alters the composition in dust microbes, which could lead to a baby’s more mature immune system that is less sensitive to allergens, says the study’s senior author Dr. Susan Lynch. The researchers are hoping to develop probitocs to prevent or treat asthma and allergies. Source: Wall Street Journal

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he United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran have, at long last, come out on the dance floor to take a spin with each other in front of—polls show—a mostly adoring public. It’s been called historic. It’s been called the worst deal since Munich—a reference to the deal that allowed Hitler to grab a chunk of Czechoslovakia instead of launching a war like Newt Gingrich or Lindsey Graham are certain they would have done. But what it should be called is peculiar. Not the attempt at resolution—the conflict itself. The United States has developed a severe re-enactor fetish, way beyond dressing up as Confederates and firing cannons without balls. Pretending that Saddam Hussein is Hitler to do a remake of World War II. Loving it so much they did it again. But screwed it up so it turned into a redo of Vietnam. With Iran, our leaders went for a reprise of the Cold War. This is neither flippant nor satirical. It’s one of the few sustainable conclusions of any serious analysis. The trouble started in 1979. Iran was ruled by the Shah, a 17th-century autocrat who happened to have jets, missiles, and a Gestapo. There was a revolution. He fled. The new regime said they wanted him back for a trial. But they almost certainly feared that the United States was stashing him until they could mount a counterrevolution and then re-install him on the throne. It had happened twice before. US president Jimmy Carter refused. Rioters stormed the US Embassy, which they correctly called the Nest of Spies, and took 52 Americans hostage. Legend has it that the Ronald Reagan’s election team made a deal with the Iranians not to release the hostages until after the election.True or false, the hostage crisis cost Jimmy Carter the election and the hostages were released within minutes of Reagan’s inauguration. From there on out, it was demonization, propaganda, provocations, and proxy wars. From both sides. The Iranians playing the game as avidly as the westerners. Even Al Pacino couldn’t have outdone the Ayatollah’s performance as a theological godfather, urging the crowds to shout “Death to America,” and to burn the American flag. Iran was attacked, externally, by Saddam Hussein, and internally, by counterrevolutionaries. They began a series of purges, executing thousands, and

sent teams to assassinate opponents who had fled into exile. They believed that their revolution was so glorious it could be marketed for export. They funded groups who set off bombs and bragged about it, like Hezbollah. After 9/11, the Iranian people and the leadership both expressed their sympathy for the Americans and denounced mass murder. When the United States invaded Afghanistan, the Iranians provided essential assistance. George Bush, high in the grandeur of his God inspired visions, responded by naming Iran as part of the Axis of Evil. Still, a year later, Iran reached out with an offer to negotiate on all the issues between the two countries. That administration, still wallowing in their succulent fantasies of regime change with every enemy, ignored the opportunity. Iran had developed a nuclear program under the Shah. The Ayatollah disapproved. Nuclear development ceased completely and did not resume until after his death in 1989. Iran signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, but engaged in a series of actions that made it look like they were up to no good. Hysteria ensued. They had to be stopped! Bomb them? It would only put them back two years or four, maybe. Invade? With what army? The US military was exhausted by Iraq and Afghanistan. Who would pay? America was in the midst of auto-asphyxiation by debt crises. Israel could strut and fret upon their stage, but Iran was neither Syria nor Iraq, with a single plant, built by foreigners, that could be taken out in a single air-strike. Yet neither side would back down. The only scenario left was comically bloody tragedy. Why had it come to this? Both countries had regimes that justified themselves and their every excess with an enemy.They were addicted to enemyship. Stripped of enemies, their citizens would see how dreadful they were. But why did these two pair up? Because they had dissed each other. Like two ghetto teens who had insulted each other’s Nikes and were ready to kill for respect. So it’s astonishing that in the throes of such adolescent posturing, they decided to stand down instead of kill. Consider it to have been a Christmas present—with apologies if you’re an Islamist, Hindu, atheist or some other other—to the world. 1/14 CHRONOGRAM 13

The House

Wabi-Sabi House FENG SHUI FABULOUS IN MILLBROOK By Jennifer Farley Photographs by Deborah DeGraffenreid

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Opposite: Looking across the living room to Michele Sayres’s office area. On the wall above the desk, Navajo rugs from Arizona. This page: View across the kitchen to Ed Sayres at work in the dining room.

d and Michele Sayres’s 1,100-square-foot creekfront home on five acres is anomalous in horsey, affluent Millbrook. The property feels secluded, but it’s on a side road a quarter mile outside the village, where Michele has an office on Franklin Avenue for her thriving interior design business, M. Sayres Design. The deceptively mundane exterior—board-andbatten siding, a generic 1984 contemporary—belies the striking pan-Asian interior. It’s a serene blend of influences from Japan and China, leavened with decorative items collected on holidays; for example, rugs from a Navajo reservation in Arizona. From elements seen and unseen, Michele’s passion and prowess as a certified feng shui consultant pervades. Feng shui is the 2,000-yearold Chinese system of siting and designing healthful, harmonious, and auspicious spaces, and reducing less favorable environmental impacts. 1/14 CHRONOGRAM HOME 15

Top: Looking into the kitchen from the living room. Of note: Broadway Linear Crystal Chandelier above the bar by James R. Moder. Michele, a feng shui expert, says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fiery nature of the crystals balances the strong wood element throughout the home.â&#x20AC;? Bottom: Michele and Ed in the living room. Of note: On extreme left, a media cabinet Michele designed and custom made by Tony Gorga of New York Handmade in Red Hook, to consolidate media equipment, firewood, and fireplace tools.

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Above: North facade of house. Says Michele: “The large bluestone slab creates transition space from driveway to entry door.” Bottom: A dead tree transformed into a creekside hightop table with the addition of a bluestone slab and bar stools.

“Most of my clients come via word of mouth, but a few have found me on the Internet when they search for interior designers who are certified in feng shui, a small niche I am happy to fill,” says Michele. When pressed for more details about her business—Millbrook’s known as a haven for celebrities, and however ancient in origin, feng shui is enjoying a moment of upmarket vogue— Michele clams up. “Sorry, no name dropping. I respect my clients’ privacy.” Michele’s been studying feng shui since the early ‘90s. Her mentor, Howard Choy, is an architect and internationally recognized feng shui master and lecturer who currently resides in Berlin. In 2005, she was part of the first group of foreigners—20 students from 11 countries—to be certified in feng Shui by an accredited Chinese university. “We studied in Wuhan, a city of eight million, and the courses were conducted in Mandarin and translated by Howard. Wherever we went, we were greeted with stares and giggles. It was very challenging, but an enormous growth experience!” says Michele. Ed recently retired as president and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Since relocating to New York from San Francisco in 2003, Sayres was instrumental, together with a task force assembled by Mayor Bloomberg, in reducing the euthanasia rate in New York City’s shelters from 74 percent to 39 percent. For two decades, Sayres worked at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center, a statewide animal protection agency in Madison, New Jersey, where he created the largest humane society-based dog training facility in the country. His father, uncle, and grandfather were handlers for champion show dogs. The couple—married for 38 years—met through friends at the New Paltz Craft Fair. They have two adult sons. Other household residents include their rescued dog, an ornery toy poodle-chihuahua mix named Jezebel, and Mr. B, a portly, affectionate, once-stray cat. Wabi-Sabi House “I call our home the wabi-sabi house. Wabi-sabi is the Japanese aesthetic of celebrating imperfection,” says Michele. “There are dings in the wide pine floors.” Translated in a design sense as flawed beauty, characteristics of wabisabi include asymmetry, economy, modesty, and an appreciation of textures 1/14 CHRONOGRAM HOME 19

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WEDDINGS & CELEBRATIONS

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e’ll be the first to admit: There’s something so romantic about saying your “I Dos” in a rustic and historic barn. The exposed wooden rafters, the effortless lighting peeking through the wooden slats, that rich, old musky smell that you couldn’t re-create if you tried—it’s all there. But there’s plenty that goes into making all that romance and beauty come to life. Sure, a lot of it is built-in charm that you get just by signing a venue contract, but there’s plenty that goes on behind the scenes, much like with a more traditional wedding venue (we’re looking at you, ballrooms and banquet halls). From a few of our favorite spots, to the dos and don’ts of making your big day perfect, here’s everything you need to know before you book that barn. Informal Is the New Normal Planners always say picking the venue is one of the toughest parts, if not the toughest part, of wedding planning. And they’re right! After you’ve chosen your location, a lot of your style aesthetic falls into place: You’re not going to have a rustic ballroom wedding (we’d love to see that!) or a gothic English garden affair. But maybe that’s why brides have fallen in love with barn weddings—you can go as rustic or as elegant as you want, says Karin Hlywiak, owner and lead wedding coordinator for Cinderella for a Day, based in Kingston. Barns allow couples a

tremendous amount of room for customization. Favor a backyard barbecue over a full sit-down dinner? Either will work in a barn venue. Or, maybe your guests don’t want to leave after the music shuts down—you can have a bonfire in the back and roast marshmallows over the fire. Hlywiak has even arranged an outdoor lounge area, complete with a projector screen to re-create the vibe of a drive-in theater. Guests relaxed and watched a movie late into the night. But our favorite part about barn weddings? While some barns feature antique cars or tractors as charming décor, you don’t have to worry about kicking over a precious piece of art like at a museum venue or scratching up the parquet or marble floors in a ballroom. Daniel Giessinger, co-owner of Shadow Lawn in High Falls, says, “Guests relax and have fun—the setting shakes off a formality that people expect at a wedding, and that makes for a great party.” But we don’t have to tell you that behind every amazing wedding, there’s a lot of preparation and planning. Barn weddings are not the exception. Every detail, down to your wedding dress, has to be taken into consideration (you don’t want that delicate organza or Chantilly lace to get torn on the floor). Giessinger notes that because barns aren’t very regimented, the couple has to plan their wedding experience to a T. “Not everybody wants to make that many decisions.” Here are a few things to consider while you’re planning a barn wedding: 1/14 CHRONOGRAM WEDDINGS & CELEBRATIONS 23

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Your Guest List: Barns aren’t always built to accommodate a big number of people. The average barn can usually hold around 150 guests, but that number can go up to over 300 and down to below 100. For instance, the barn at Stone Tavern Farm in Roxbury can hold up to 400 people. For a more intimate affair, Tralee Farm in Stone Ridge can only hold up to 175 people in their barn. Of course, some smaller barns could probably seat more guests if you really tried, but you don’t want people to feel uncomfortable, and you also have to worry about safety regulations. Plus, you can’t forget about where the band or DJ will be stationed and where people can dance. Stone Tavern’s barn has a built-in stage for your band and plenty of space for dancing. Tralee Farm has an incredible eight-foottall apple tree hanging from the ceiling that is commonly strung with twinkle lights for a striking décor piece over the dance floor. If you’re having a destination wedding, you also have to think about where all your wedding guests will be staying, and how they are getting to the wedding venue. Because your venue is a barn, chances are, it’s not near many big hotels. Luckily, some barns, like Apple Barn Farm in Livingston, have on-site housing where you can rent out cabins for the weekend. Ask your venue for nearby lodging suggestions—bed-and-breakfasts are a great way to keep your business local and help support the economy. If many people are staying off-site, also consider transportation. It’s always nice to offer busing to and from a common place, which can cut down on overcrowding and confusion at the venue if there isn’t enough parking to accommodate all your guests the day of. Setup: It’s standard practice to begin setup for a wedding the night before. Keep in mind, though, that barns are often open to the elements overnight: Birds can fly in and out and ants and flies get into everything. Hlywiak recommends covering tables with plastic sheets so that nothing gets ruined overnight. “Dust kicks up on the floor, birds could poop on your tables; if you get plastic, it’s a small investment and assures you that your tables won’t be destroyed when you arrive the next day.” Then there are small things like making sure lose nails aren’t on the floor—you don’t want a toddler to find that out while they’re wandering around. Marybeth Boruta, the manager and wedding coordinator at Apple Barn Farm, says she goes as far as making sure every single light bulb is working in the barn—this way, when you get to dinner, you can rest assured all your guests will be able to see the people sitting across the table from them. Also remember that not everything takes place indoors. You don’t want your guests to arrive and have to weed whack their way through a field to find the barn. Have staff directing people to the proper location and pathways on the farm. If it rained the night before, guests might find themselves sinking into the grass— Boruta recommends putting gravel down and then throwing a drop cloth over it for easier traversing. And speaking of pathways, when it gets dark, make sure your guests can see where they’re going. A fun way to do this is to set luminaries along pathways: to the bathroom, to the bonfire, to the parking area. The Weather: Remember, barns weren’t originally constructed for people. Because of this, more often than not, you won’t have central air-conditioning, or heat if things get cold. In the summer, it can get very hot in a barn, so fans are important for circulating air. As soon as fall rolls around, don’t think that you can get away with a few blankets. Heat lamps are nice in concept, but like Hlywiak says, “they only heat the immediate area, so you’ll need to force heated air into the barn to keep people warm.” Another consideration is having a plan B in case you can’t have your outdoor ceremony due to rain. Always have a tent set up or have the barn staged for a ceremony, as well. Then again, rain isn’t always bad news, says Giessinger: “Guests are warm and dry inside the barn while the rain pelts the roof; although you might not expect it, these are the makings of a truly memorable party.” Then there are the photos: A lot of the appeal of having a barn wedding is for those amazing photo ops on the property, but weather plays a big role in making those shots unforgettable. Sure, the rain could put a damper on them, but so could heat. Boruta goes the extra mile and shuts down Apple Barn Farm during the hottest part of the summer. 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grew up in a 99 percent white, mostly Catholic small town upstate. Like many other young girls in the mid-’80s, I desperately wanted a Cabbage Patch Kid. The shelves were mostly cleaned out, except for a handful of black Cabbage Patch Kids. My sisters and I each wanted one, and asked our parents to get them. My father didn’t say anything, but he made it clear he was uncomfortable. My sisters and I left the store empty-handed, wondering what the big deal was. We’ve made great strides in our country since the days of segregation, but there are frequent reminders of how far we have left to go. Race is still a loaded topic, and racism is more pervasive than we’d like to admit. Parents, particularly white parents, are uncomfortable discussing race. While I pride myself on my candor on any number of topics, race remains daunting. When my husband and I moved to Kingston and started a family, I loved knowing my three children were growing up in a much more diverse place than I did. Yet I wasn’t sure if I should call attention to this. While we understand our kids start to distinguish gender as “pink” and “blue,” most parents behave as if our children don’t see the difference between “white” and “brown.” We are comfortable talking about traditional boy-girl stereotypes with our kids in an effort to combat them, but we worry that by calling attention to racial differences, we will cause our kids to develop a racial construct. We think that by avoiding the topic, we keep them immune to bias. However, more and more research suggests that by failing to address race, our children are more likely to make assumptions based on color. Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman devoted a chapter to this research in their book Nurtureshock called “Why White Parents Don’t Talk About Race.” They highlight Dr. Birgitte Vittrup’s PhD dissertation, which looked at whether children’s videos with multicultural story lines had an effect on children’s racial attitudes. About 100 white families were recruited, and their racial attitudes were measured using the Racial Attitude Measure, a series of questions designed by Vittrup’s mentor, Dr. Rebecca Bigler. Vittrup intended to measure those attitudes after parents followed the guidelines she assigned to them. Interestingly, when she asked one-third of those parents to discuss interracial friendship, families began to drop out of the study; other families did not have the discussion as instructed. Only six families followed through; all six of their children greatly improved their racial attitudes when they were reassessed. White Is the Default In September, my son was pointing out two new friends down the street—both had dark hair, brown eyes, and the same color shirt; the only difference was skin color. He confessed to feeling guilty verbally distinguishing skin color as a means to differentiate between the two boys. I understood his discomfort. Like many modern parents, the politically correct culture of our childhood implied that we should pretend not to notice skin color. As a result, many of us have a fear

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of saying something ignorant or offensive, which I believe has been damaging and has prevented progress toward true diversity. I talked to Sakinah Irizarry, a black mother of two and a massage therapist in Saugerties, knowing she had discussed a racially sensitive topic with a mutual friend. “I don’t believe in colorblindness. It’s a poor concept that got started when we were children and we are reaping the results of it today,” she agreed. “Verbalizing differences isn’t the issue. Characterizing those differences as a race-wide pathology, that’s an issue.” Even the label “African-American” can feel biased. “White is considered the default and everyone else gets an added identifier that isn’t even necessarily accurate,” Sakinah noted. Imagine how odd and often inaccurate it would feel if we referred to white people as European-American. Studies also show that black parents tend to broach race earlier because they want to prepare their children for their part in a diverse world, including the possibility of discrimination. Sakinah shared that she had already begun to help her boys value how they are different from their friends. “I have pointed out to them pictures in books or characters on television and drawn their attention to how the character looks like them. I have read them age-appropriate books that talk about skin, eye, hair color, texture,” she elaborated. But she acknowledged that more explicit conversation was not simple for her either. “I have not used ‘black’ or ‘white as much as perhaps I should. My husband is Hispanic, so I tend toward the all-encompassing ‘brown.’ I realize that I may not have done so even as much as my own family did growing up.” Race to Talk Race Many parents think their children are too young to understand and wait for their kids to start asking questions.Yet, even in infancy, babies stare longer at a face of someone of another race, suggesting they recognize the difference. Kids are not blank slates or sponges. They actively create concepts based on what they observe. One of the ways children tend to try to make sense of those observations is by visual sorting. Multiple studies have shown that the racial bias children might display in preschool has less to do with the racial attitudes of their caregivers and more to do with the fact that they are prone to seeking “sameness” by focusing on an external factor. They are not able to categorize multiple characteristics simultaneously, so they latch on to the most obvious characteristic, often race or gender. Bronson and Merryman mention another study in which preschool children were assigned a T-shirt color to wear every day. Even in the classroom where the teacher did not acknowledge the colors, children still developed a bias in favor of their assigned color (i.e., “Reds are the smartest!”), demonstrating how kids are developmentally prone to in-group preferences. Meaningful antibiased discussion often tends to be too late. Some research suggests

that the window of opportunity to prevent bias closes by third grade. Even when white parents broach the subject earlier, they often stick to the vague “everyone’s equal” or a similar variation, but this is too abstract to be effective. When kids verbalize their observations on racial differences, our impulse is to shush them. Doing so can be damaging because it unintentionally implies that there is something bad about our differences. Instead, experts advise parents to provide a calm, neutral response, allowing these observations to become teachable moments. The Conundrum of Diversity Sending kids to a diverse school isn’t enough. Some research has found that integrated schools don’t necessarily lead to more interracial friendships. Dr. James Moody, a professor at Duke University, condicted a study on diversity in schools (also mentioned in Nurtureshock), in which he found that the more diverse the school, the more kids selfsegregate. One exception was that for every extracurricular activity white students share with students of another race, the more likely they are to develop interracial friendships. Dr. Moody’s work focuses on how teens form social networks, but he has not done further research on race integration. His opinion on how schools could inhibit self-segregation? “I think if academic goals can be seen as common, collective goals, then they might help promote integration—but if left to individual pursuits or, worse, seen as a competitive feature (focus on class rank, etc.), then they might exacerbate self-segregation,” he says. “This is one of those features we just don’t have the research on right now, as the data are so difficult to collect.” It’s Only as Awkward as You Make It “Ask your kids to take notice that people of different races and backgrounds look different,” Irizarry advises. “Teach your kid that everyone doesn’t look like you, speak like you, live like you.” After Trayvon Martin was killed, Catherine Perlman, a social worker and professor at the College of New Rochelle, wrote about the importance of talking about race with our children in the Wall Street Journal. “Be curious and humble. People generally appreciate your willingness to learn about them,” she suggested. “Talking about race is about as easy as the birds and bees. It can be awkward and uncomfortable. But, ultimately, a discussion with your children about race will open up the avenue to important future dialogues.” The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund goes into more detail. “By speaking openly about similarities and differences between people, we can raise children whose lives are not constricted by fear. By joining with them to recognize and talk about discrimination, we will help our children become adults who work to end it. By encouraging our children to reach across racial and ethnic lines, we will enable them to lead richer, fuller lives and to recognize the humanity of all people.” An article by Lousie Derman-Sparks, Carol Tanaka Higa, and Bill Sparks on Teaching for Change.org echoes some of this advice: “Children will ‘naturally’ grow up to be nonracist adults only when they live in a nonracist society. Until then, adults must guide children’s antiracist development. This will include the fostering of: 1) accurate knowledge and pride about one’s racial/cultural identity; 2) accurate knowledge and appreciation of other racial groups; and 3) an understanding of how racism works and how to combat it.” Continuing the Dialogue I wondered about parents in my hometown upstate. For those who don’t live in a diverse community, how can they promote diversity? Books and websites abound with advice, much of it practical yet simple: Read picture books that feature families of other races and ethnicities. Engage them in media that show positive examples of diversity. Get them multicultural crayons and markers so they can draw people of all colors. Seek out opportunities to expose them to people who aren’t like them, like minority church events and cultural festivals. Download one of the apps from the Race Awareness project, which were created to help get people talking about race in an entirely new way. All of these things can lead to more meaningful conversation. In her blog, Rage Against the Minivan, writer and marriage and family therapist Kristen Howerton advises readers to take an inventory of their home’s diversity. “Are your toys sending a subtle message?” she asks. This got me looking at my own home, and it was pretty convicting. My girls love dolls, but their selection is not much more diverse than my own as a child. Which shows me that while we’ve already begun a dialogue, there is still much more I have to do if I hope to raise kids who value and further diversity. CHRONOGRAM.COM

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hirty years ago, developmental psychologist and Harvard education professor Howard Gardner published Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. The book set off a depth charge underneath the comfortable Stanford-Binet IQ test-based academic world in which learning ability was widely regarded as binary—verbal and mathematical. Drawing on his research with both brain-damaged adults and “normal” child development, Gardner proposed that rather than two main areas of intelligence, there are eight: linguistic, logic-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic. Gardner was careful to make the distinction that what he had developed was a theory of developmental psychology and not a theory of education per se. Nevertheless, his thinking offered a breath of fresh air to a great many educators, validating and organizing as it did something many of them had long intuited about the failures of cookie-cutter instruction. Steiner Got There First “In the Waldorf movement, the reaction was a big ‘Yay! Wonderful,’” says John Greene, head of faculty at Great Barrington Rudolph Steiner School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. “It was a sense of recognition that what Rudolf Steiner [founder of Waldorf education] was trying to articulate has merit and was being more widely recognized. Any teacher worth their salt recognized learning differences and their importance, but what he did was break it down—very impressive.” Though she’s also quick to point out that Waldorf educators have been working from a multiple intelligence point of view for almost a century now, veteran GBRSS teacher Nancy Franco can reel off multiple examples that dovetail nicely with Gardner’s work. “We work with all of these aspects every

day, both individually and en masse—you could say that the Waldorf understanding of these concepts is very honed,” she says. “They’re important aspects of the human being that deserve to be experienced by all students. And since the Waldorf way involves working with the same group of students for eight or 12 years [students advance through the grades with the same teacher], we become very aware of how the individual modalities operate within the individual kids. We seek to utilize the strengths as learning tools, and to develop the areas that might need work.” For example, Franco says, a Waldorf school day begins with a musical interlude. “We sing, play instruments, recite rhythmic verse, do clapping games. Those activities touch on and elicit linguistic, spatial, musical, kinesthetic and interpersonal intelligence—so in that 15 minute opener, you’re looking at four or five of the intelligences right there.” Beyond Paper Gardner’s work also finds a natural home at the Birch School in Rock Tavern, an innovative program of the Watershed Learning Center that has evolved from its founder’s work with children in settings such as summer camp and homeschooler support. “Birch teachers and mentors create learning experiences that are engaging for different kinds of intelligences,” says co-director Kate Fox. “Students try out their skills and discover which learning experiences work best for them. Students choose modalities that they have an affinity for. Information can be gathered for authentic assessment and used to inform further learning processes as the student progresses. They encourage students to reflect on their learning process and help students learn to identify what they are good at.” What that looks like on the ground at Birch is, among other things, “a 1/14 CHRONOGRAM EDUCATION 31

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The Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School’s projects knit together the multiple intelligences.

Application Nation Gardner has always been careful to describe himself as a psychologist first and foremost, and largely left to others the question of how best to apply his discoveries in the classroom—although he does caution against confusing multiple intelligences with “learning styles,” saying that the MI theory is more a delineation of basic equipment, and styles are more a matter of how it’s put to use. Since publication of Frames of Mind, he’s gone on to identify the possibility of another innate intelligence—existentialist—and publish further works, the most recent one being The App Generation: How Today’sYouth Navigate Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World, an exploration of the difference between being “app-dependent” and “app-enabled.” But while the questions of pedagogical method he refuses to weigh in on are more numerous than those he’ll answer, he makes one thing perfectly clear: “I personally prefer a school in which a range of discipline and skill areas are a regular part of the curriculum, and I dislike a school with a narrow focus on any intelligence, be it a traditional academic school or an arts-centered school,” he said in an online chat at Thirteen.org. Which would seem to be a message that Hudson Valley educators are hearing loud and clear.

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Community Pages

Tyler Peschel and Taylor Mazza walking to class at SUNY New Paltz.

LANDLOCKED BEACH TOWN NEW PALTZ BY ERIK OFGANG PHOTOGRAPHS BY THOMAS SMITH

ew Paltz is a place that visitors and residents cling to—sometimes literally. The unofficial climbing capital of the East Coast, New Paltz is a multifaceted community that has a laidback beach-town feel, but with more diversity. Home to SUNY New Paltz, the village features all the things you’d expect from a college town: cool bars, restaurants with vegetarian specialties, and artisan bakeries and coffee shops with wheat-free menu items. There’s also a strong sense of history in New Paltz; the town’s downtown is home to several antiques shops, and the town’s celebrated historic district allows visitors a glimpse into the past. Then there is the outdoors. New Paltz is home to a variety of farms and orchards that stretch from the center of town to the base of the Shawangunk Ridge. Finally, it is the call of the wild that lures many travelers to New Paltz. The chalk-white cliff face of the Shawangunk Ridge provides a stunning backdrop to much of the community. Known locally as the “Gunks,” and located just outside the village of New Paltz, the range is home to several parks and preserves that provide outdoorsmen and-women with thousands of acres to hike, bike, and climb on. The area attracts more than 50,000 climbers each year. Only Joshua Tree National Park in California attracts more climbers annually in the US. 40 NEW PALTZ CHRONOGRAM 1/14

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New Life, Old Things Walter Marquez, who owns two antiques shops in town, The Antiques Barn and Antiques on Main, says New Paltz is energized by all the different types of people it attracts. “For a small town there’s a lot going on,” he says. “It’s a great town to be in.Weekends are always busy with people from the city, and Jersey, and Albany, and Kingston. There’s a lot of diversity here; we have the climbers and the Mohonk people [lodging at the historic hotel atop the ridge], and we have the college here, and Historic Huguenot Street.” Both of Marquez’s stores feature an eclectic array of antiques. “We offer a pretty wide range. We don’t have one specialty—we like to appeal to everybody,” he says. The antiques carried at both stores include small collectibles, like pieces of kitchenware and goblets, as well as large items like furniture. These pieces come from a variety of time periods. “We have items from the 1800s up to the 1960s—we like to cover it all,” Marquez says. Walking the streets, it’s easy to see what Marquez means by diversity. Here, differences are celebrated, not hidden. There are students hanging out on the corner, climbers on their way to or from the mountain, and rainbow flags hanging from many windows. Gay pride is a staple of the community. In 2004, New Paltz Mayor Jason West challenged state law by marrying 24 same-sex couples in a day, and the town hosts a gay pride parade every June. Visitors to New Paltz won’t want to miss a trip to Water Street Market, a quaint European-inspired outdoor shopping village that is home to more than 20 restaurants and shops, which offer a variety of wares. Shops located within the Water Street Market include The Mudd Puddle Café, a coffee house that futures delicious coffee hand roasted and blended by owner Michelle Walsh. Elsewhere at the Water Street Market, visitors can stop by the Bridge Creek Café, which serves a mix of comfort foods with Mediterranean, Latin, and Asian influences. Stop in at Jar’d, a micro wine pub, for a restorative glass and some small plates. Downtown is full of wonderful and diverse dining options. Moxie Cupcake is a hip and vibrantly decorated cupcake boutique.To flavor its cupcakes, Moxie uses pure Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans as well as local dairy and eggs, and never adds trans fats, preservatives, or stabilizers. The shop also offers organic fair-trade coffee, andHopewell tea. Junction Depot. Veteran Alfredococoa, Delossantos at the Visitors to New Paltz can also stroll through Historic Huguenot Street.The street is a National Historic Landmark District, featuring seven stone houses dating to the early 1700s, a burial ground, and a 1717 stone church, all in their original village setting. The New Paltz Huguenots were Protestant residents of France and what is now Belgium. Seeking religious freedom, they sailed to the New World in the 1660s and 1670s. The group traveled to present-day Kingston and then founded New Paltz, named for “Die Pfalz” in Germany, where they had received temporary refuge before fleeing to America. In 1677, 12 families purchased 40,000 acres of land stretching from the Shawangunk Mountains to the Hudson River. Huguenot Street allows visitors to get a glimpse of what life was like for the founders of New Paltz. Visitors can stroll through the neighborhood on their own, or get a guided tour that will allow them to peak into some of the buildings that are operated as historic museums. The Wallkill Valley Rail Trail runs through New Paltz.This past summer, the Historic Rosendale Trestle became a part of the trail. The trestle is a 118-yearold structure that is now a walkway over the Rondout Creek—150 feet high, 940 feet long, the trestle offers spectacular views of the Shawangunk Ridge, Joppenbergh Mountain, and the village of Rosendale. The trestle’s completion means the Open Space Institute and Wallkill Valley Land Trust are now close to completing plans for a continuous 24-mile trail running from the town of Gardiner through New Paltz, and ultimately to Kingston. A $200,000 grant from the state Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation was awarded in December to aid in the completion of the trail. Into the Wild Leaving downtown and heading toward the Shawangunk Ridge, one drives through a sprawling, flat valley of farmland. Here, there are several locations that farm-to-table enthusiasts won’t want to miss, including the Wallkill View Farm Market, which sells a variety of fresh vegetables and produce as well as tasty baked goods. Those looking for outdoor adventures in the Shawangunks have lots of options. There is the Mohonk Preserve, Minnewaska State Park, and the

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Peter Hovling shopping at Likwid.

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Brock Kosiner, co-owner of Dohnut.

Doughnuts from Dohnut.

Gabriel Solomon researching in the atrium at SUNY New Paltz.

Sean Ring at Shea O’Brien’s.

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Tony Amitrano at Jar’d.

Adrian Capulli at Shea O’Brien’s.

Tyler Beatrice repairing a guitar at Root Note Music Shop.

Mohonk Mountain House, a Victorian resort that has miles of trails that guests can access. The Gunks were first climbed by Fritz Wiessner in 1935, and Wiessner and Hans Kraus mapped out many of the classic climbing routes on the mountain range, including a legendary route called High Exposure, considered by many climbing enthusiasts to be one of the best climbs for its difficulty level anywhere in the world. One of the most popular climbing areas in the Gunks is called the Trapps. Located within Mohonk Preserve, the Trapps consist of a striking gray-white cliff wall that is close to 300 feet high. There are more than 1,000 different climbing routes in the Gunks (more than can be found at any other Northeast climbing location), and about half of these routes are found in the Trapps. Many of these climbing routes have colorful-pun inspired names, including Tequila Mockingbird and Into Thin Hair. There are several licensed New Paltz-based climbing companies that will instruct beginning climbers. Last year I climbed with one of these companies, HighXposure Adventures, Inc. I was a novice climber and was able to climb a route called Three Pines, which is one of the less challenging routes in the area. While I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been back on the cliff since, I found climbing the Gunks to be an exhilarating and rewarding experience, and one that, when done with professional guidance, can be fun and safe, even for climbing newbies. The climbing culture in New Paltz extends beyond the cliffs, as the community, for obvious reasons, has become a gathering point for climbing enthusiasts.The town is home to several climbing-related businesses, including The New Paltz Climbing Co-Operative, an indoor climbing gym, and Rock & Snow, a downtown rock-climbing clothing and gear store. Once your visit to the Shawangunk Ridge is complete, there are many dining options you can enjoy as you head back downtown.Two sushi restaurants nestle 1/14 CHRONOGRAM NEW PALTZ 45

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within blocks of each other, plus there’s Greek food atYanni’s, two gourmet hot dog outlets, and upscale rustic Italian at A Tavola Trattoria. Fans of craft beer will want to sample the selection of home brews at the Gilded Otter, a brew pub and restaurant that has been serving beer lovers in New Paltz for more than a decade and a half. Kelsey Stoddard, a bartender at the Otter, says patrons are drawn to the pub for its “locally brewed beers and family atmosphere.” A popular item is the “Beer Garden,” a beer sampler that includes small samples of all the brew pub’s current offerings. Stoddard lives within walking distance of The Gilded Otter, and says New Paltz is a great place to live and work. “It’s a beautiful area, there’s so much hiking and the mountains are right here, and it’s just a cute little town that people like to walk through. There’s eclectic shopping, plus, with the college, there are always kids around, so it gives it life here.”

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JANUARY 22 – APRIL 13, 2014 Opening reception: Sat., February 8, 5–7pm Detail: Mary Reid Kelley with Patrick Kelley, Still from The Syphilis of Sisyphus, 2011, HD video, sound, 11 min. 2 sec.

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Marie Antoinippe, an illustration by Christina Hess appearing on the Hudson Valley Seed Library’s packaging for the herb catnip. An exhibition of the HVSL’s packaging art, The Art of the Heirloom, is at Anvil Gallery at Tech Smiths in Kingston through January 29.

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galleries & museums

Blue Tree, Nicole Roskos, 36” x 36”, 2007. From the exhibit “Landscape Exhibition” at Fletcher Gallery through January 12.

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BETSY JACARUSO STUDIO & GALLERY

311 HUDSON STREET, CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON 534-4717.

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“Orange AGRC Real Art Show”. Through January 12.

“Winter Solstice 2013 Holiday Show.” Featuring new watercolor paintings by Betsy Jacaruso and the Cross River Artists, the show will include both large and small works of art, which aim to capture the heart and beauty of the Hudson River Valley. Through February 1.

AI EARTHLING GALLERY 69 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2650.

“No Wave Heroes. XMAS 13.” Pat Place, Richard Boch, GODLIS, Marcia Resnick, Bob Bert. Through January 12.

ANN STREET GALLERY 104 ANN STREET, NEWBURGH 784-1146.

“Practice and Process.” The work of five contemporary artists who address practice concerns in an attempt to provide insight into their method of creative thought. Through January 11.

THE ANVIL GALLERY AT TECH SMITHS 45 NORTH FRONT STREET, KINGSTON 443-4866.

“The Art of the Hairloom.” Original art and package design from the Hudson Valley Seed Library. Through January 29.

THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK VYTLACIL CAMPUS 241 KINGS HIGHWAY, SPARKILL 359-1263.

“Catherine Redmond: Painting on Paper and Canvas.” In her search for painting’s possibilities, Redmond continues the conversation between image and symbol in recent canvases and small cut paper gouaches. Through February 6.

BARRETT ART CENTER

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“Warwick Inspirations.” Works by Susan Hope Fogel. Landscape paintings completed in the artist’s backyard in Warwick. January 5-April 6. Opening reception January 5, 5pm-7pm.

CATALYST GALLERY 137 MAIN STREET, BEACON 204-3844.

“Catalyst Small Works Show.” Painting, sculpture, photography and mixed-media work by more than 40 artists. Through January 3.

COLUMBIA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 209 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 671-6213.

“Members Annual Holiday Small Works Show.” Small scale in all mediums, fabric, oils, sculpture, jewelry. Through January 12.

DD.GALLERY 318 WARREN STREET, HUDSON.

“Laura Katz: New Work.” Through January 26.

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ELENA ZANG GALLERY

“7x5 for $75 Holiday Small Works Exhibition.” Through January 24.

3671 ROUTE 212, SHADY 679-5432.

BEACON ARTIST UNION

“Holiday Group Show.” New pottery. Through January 6.

506 MAIN STREET, BEACON 222-0177.

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“Saints & Sinners.” Annual national open call juried exhibition. With Jackie Skrzynski In The Beacon Room. Through January 5.

4 NELSON AVENUE, PEEKSKILL (914) 737-1212.

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“Artists in the Archives: A Collection of Card Catalogs.” Through January 31.

FLETCHER GALLERY

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“Landscape Exhibition.” Exhibit of works by Katharine L. McKenna, Douglas Maguire, Nicole Roskos, and Lowell Miller. Through January 21.

“Enlightened Views: Gayle Clark Fedigan and Robert Trondsen.” Contemporary art in the traditional genres of landscape and still life painting. Through January 7.

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“The Beacon Portrait Project.” A visual map of community by Meredith Heuer. Through January 5.

“Wild: 75 Freshwater Tropic Fish of the World.” Watercolor paintings by Flick Ford. January 11-January 31. Opening reception Saturday, January 11, 5pm.

FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER AT VASSAR COLLEGE 124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-5237.

PALMER GALLERY

“Malick Sidibé: Chemises.” Exhibit of works by celebrated West African photographer Malick Sidibé captures Mali’s cultural shift in the wake of independence. January 24-March 30. Opening reception January 24, 5:30pm.

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THE GALLERY AT R&F 84 TEN BROECK AVENUE, KINGSTON 331-3112.

“Cartography for Daydreamers: Paintings by Lisa Kairos.” Through January 18.

GALLERY 66 NY 66 MAIN STREET, COLD SPRING 809-5838.

“Roots and Pathways: High School Juried Exhibition.” Aspiring high school students interpret their vision of the words ‘roots’ and ‘pathways’ in this juried exhibition. January 5-31. Opening reception January 3, 6pm-9pm.

THE HARRISON GALLERY 39 SPRING STREET, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA (413) 458-1700.

“Photographs by Paul Caponigro.” Contemporary works. January 4-29.

HOTCHKISS LIBRARY 10 UPPER MAIN, SHARON, CT (860) 364-5041.

“A Trek in the Himalayas.” Paintings by Robert Andrew Parker. Through January 31.

“Teen Visions.” More than 100 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs by top participants ages 11-19 from the Junior Art Institute and Art Institute of Mill Street Loft programs. January 23-February 13.

RED HOOK CAN NORTH BROADWAY, RED HOOK 758-6575.

“Ornamentation.” All media. Through January 5.

ROOS ARTS 449 MAIN STREET, ROSENDALE (718) 755-4726.

“Light Me Up.” For this Holiday, we once again invited everyone to participate in our annual holiday show. Through January 22.

RUBY GALLERY 31 FAIR STREET, KINGSTON 544-5373

“How to Work the Machine.” After his years of photographing fashion models in China, working with National Geographic Explorer TV, and featuring multiple pieces on Chronogram’s covers, Roy Gumpel brings his recent exploits to Kingston’s Ruby Gallery. Aside Patti Knoblauch, Gumpel’s gallery explores the world through his contemporary lens. Through January 19.

27 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM 518-392-3005.

1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 788-0100.

“Pamela Dalton Paper-Cutting Exhibit.” Through January 30.

“Jordan Rathus: Based On, If Any.” Through July 27.

THEO GANZ STUDIO

IMOGEN HOLLOWAY GALLERY

149 MAIN STREET, BEACON (917) 318-2239.

81 PARTITION STREET, SAUGERTIES (347) 387-3212.

“Blue Stone By Barn Door.” New work by Robert Petersen. Through January 19. Dinner and discussion with the artist, January 10, 7pm.

“Forgotten Dreams.” Featuring paintings, drawings, sculptures and fabric objects of Samantha Beste, Hiro Ichikawa, Insun Kim, Wendy Lindbergh, Andrea Moreau, Antonella Piemontese, and Judy Sigunick. Through January 5.

JOHN DAVIS GALLERY

THOMPSON GIROUX GALLERY

362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907.

57 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3336.

“Mark Tambella: Paintings.” Presenting a continuing group of new paintings seeking to locate the aesthetics of objects in the dream space of painting. January 2-26. Opening reception January 4, 6pm-8pm.

“The Aura of Fiery Inspiration.” Featuring the work of John Hampshire, Philip Howie, Tatiana Klacsmann, Jonathan Potts, Gabrielle Senza and Nick Walters. Through January 5.

KINGSTON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (KMOCA)

TIVOLI ARTISTS GALLERY

103 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON KMOCA.ORG.

60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI 757 2667.

“The Dysfunction of Too Many Dinner Parties.” Work by Laura Johansen and Eric Anthony Johnson. January 4-31. Opening reception January 4, 5pm.

KLEINERT/JAMES ARTS CENTER

“Ask Invitational & New Year/New Work.” The exhibit will feature ten artists from the Art Society of Kingston, showing paintings and sculpture, who have won the “People’s Choice” Award at ASK. January 10-February 2. Opening reception January 11, 6pm-8pm.

34 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2079.

TREMAINE GALLERY AT THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL

“14th Annual 5x7 Show.” All works exhibited anonymously, 5x7 in size and priced at $100. Through January 5.

MARK GRUBER GALLERY 17 NEW PALTZ PLAZA, NEW PALTZ 255-1241.

11 INTERLAKEN ROAD, LAKEVILLE, CT (860) 435-3663.

“Jane Martin: Beyond Boundaries.” Jane Martin is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the primal power of the natural landscape and the human body. Through January 26.

“37th Annual Group Holiday Salon Show: Beauty, Meaning, and Joy.” Through January 16.

WALLKILL RIVER SCHOOL AND ART GALLERY

NEUMANN FINE ART

“13th Annual Members Exhibit 200 Strong!.” January 1-30. Opening reception January 11, 5pm-7pm.

65 COLD WATER STREET, HILLSDALE 413-246-5776.

“Joel Griffith’s Oil Paintings.” Through January 4.

232 WARD STREET, MONTGOMERY 457-ARTS.

WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM

NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM

28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940.

222 MADISON AVENUE, ALBANY (518) 574-5877.

“Case Studies.” Works from the Permanent Collection by John Carroll, Pele deLappe, Gela Forster, and Arnold Wiltz. Through January 2.

“Weather Event.” Focuses on Charles E. Burchfield’s depictions of the weather south of Lake Erie, where the artist lived for most of his life. Individual weather events are examined through both an artistic and scientific lens. Through February 23.

OLD CHATHAM COUNTRY STORE AND CAFÉ 639 ALBANY TURNPIKE ROAD, OLD CHATHAM (518) 794-6227.

Works by Susan Anderson. Folk art paintings. Through January 2.

THE WOODSTOCK JEWISH CONGREGATION 1682 GLASCO TURNPIKE, WOODSTOCK 399-3505.

“Winter Fine Arts Show.” The show features works by the members of the art committee and/or their spouses: Maxine Davidowitz, Charlotte Scherer, Helen Gold and Raymond J. Steiner. Through April 18. 1/14 CHRONOGRAM ARTS & CULTURE 51

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THE CHATHAM BOOKSTORE

HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

Music

Some of the local artists mentioned in our look at what’s brewing on the music scene: (clockwise from top left) Amy Helm, Gail Ann Dorsey, Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton, Simi Stone, Florist, the Last Conspirators, Alexander Turnquist.

Turning the Turntables

Area Musical Movers, Shakers, and Scene Makers Sound Out By Peter Aaron

ith the aim of getting other perspectives of the Hudson Valley music scene, we asked a select cast of local musicians, writers, record store folks, radio DJs, venue bookers/owners and others to tell us what sounds they dug in 2013, which local artists they enjoy, what releases they’re looking forward to in 2014, and which artists they have their eyes and ears on.

Deborah McDowell Co-owner of Helsinki Hudson In our spare time, [husband and co-owner] Marc Shafler and I listen to our LP collection—Barbara Lynn, Dinah Washington, Nat King Cole, Betty LeVette, and [1985 Earthworks Records compilation] The Indestructible Beat of Soweto. I listen to old friends who have played Helsinki that I love, like Olu Dara and Mose Allison. Local artists are particularly important to us. I’m always wondering what new bent Tommy Stinson is taking. Otto Hauser is always up to something interesting. Bobby Previte and the monster players for his Voodoo Orchestra North series are hot stuff. There’s Simi Stone, Gail Ann Dorsey, Alexis P. Suter, the Wiyos, Stephen Merritt, Kris Perry, Jordon Weller and the Feathers, the Faux Meek, Young Paris, Lady Moon, Murali Coryell, my duo, the Double D’s, and many others. I’m looking forward to music in 2014 from 52 MUSIC CHRONOGRAM 1/14

Trapper Schoepp and the Shades, Holly Williams, Lake Street Dive, Devon Allman, Emily Wells, Simone Felice, Frankie Lee, Swear and Shake, Elvis Perkins, King Krule, and Chic Gamine.

DJ Lunar Moss Host ofWGXC’s “The Lunar Moss Radio Show” I started the year off listening to a Chilean double-header: Föllakzoid’s 2 brings a super-tight, poundingly austere, modern, motorik sound, while the Holydrug Couple’s Noctuary (both Sacred Bones Records) tends more toward hazy meditations ruminating between equal parts sun and shadow. She Beats (Chapter Music) by Beaches has nice hooks and a great balance of fire and air. After years of reaffirming my love for the classic Wire LPs Chairs Missing and 154 (1978 and 1979, consecutively; reissued by Pink Flag Records), I realized maybe it was time to stop sleeping on Colin Newman’s solo material from relatively the same era. So, so good! I continue to be amazed by Craig Leon’s Nommos (1981; reissued on Superior Viaduct). I’ve dug performances locally from Lea Bertucci, Silent Isle, and Alexander Turnquist. I’m looking forward to new releases from Amen Dunes, Sunn O))), Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, and the new collaboration by Donovan Quinn and Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance.

Michael Merenda Of folk rock duo Mike and Ruthy This year, the albums we’ve spun the most include Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer’s Child Ballads (Wilderland Records), the Murphy Beds’ The Murphy Beds (Independent), Robert Sarazin Blake’s Robert Sarazin Blake (Independent), A. C. Newman’s Shut Down the Streets (Matador Records), the Milk Carton Kids’ The Ash & Clay (ANTI Records), Dan Bern’s Hannukah Songs (Independent), and Aoife O’Donovan’s Fossils (Yep Roc Records). I saw Leonard Cohen this year, so I dove pretty deeply into his catalog. There’s always some classics on our turntable: early Beatles, the Clash, Bob Marley, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Jack White, Dave Van Ronk, Donovan, The Band, Clarence Carter, ’60s ska. Amy Helm is making incredible music and doing a lot to champion local players, and Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton remain central to the scene. Natalie Merchant has a new record coming out next year that I’m excited to hear. Connor Kennedy’s band is sounding great. We love the Big Takeover. I heard some great recordings by Lovesick recently. And I hear Josh Ritter just moved to the area. We’re releasing a live record this winter, as well as starting work on a new Mike and Ruthy studio record.

Chris Silva Executive director of the Bardavon and UPAC Bob Dylan is the one artist I am constantly turned on to, especially his albums of the last 10 years, Time Out of Mind, Love & Theft, Modern Times, and Tempest (1997-2012, all Columbia Records). He developed Modern Times at the Bardavon and I got to listen in while it was happening. I really don’t think anyone can come close to him these days, or maybe ever. Locally, I love the Lindsey Webster Band. [Webster is] soulful in the extreme and she writes great songs and her band is just amazing. I don’t know why she’s not a big star. My wife just turned me on to Lorde, who is very cool, hip, and now. That’s the thing about music today: It comes and goes so quickly that a “new release” is almost an oxymoron. New today, old tomorrow.

Seth Rogovoy Editor of RogovoyReport.com, author of Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet A few things got a lot of airplay on my home station (and in my car) this year. One old and terribly overlooked album, I think, is Elvis Costello’s Get Happy!! (1980, Columbia Records). New stuff I dug this year:Yo La Tengo’s Fade (Matador Records), Atoms for Peace’s Amok (XL Recordings), David Bowie’s The Next Day (Columbia), Kanye West’s Yeezus (Def Jam Recordings), Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird’s Bad Old Songs (Oriente Music), and Michael Winograd’s Storm Game (Golden Horn Records). And Bob Dylan’s Another Self Portrait (Columbia), although not exactly “new,” was revelatory. Barely Alive is a terrific young EDM duo based in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, churning out original tracks and remixes at a frantic pace. They’re definitely ones to watch.

John Lefsky Owner of Jack’s Rhythms music store in New Paltz Hardly a week goes by that I don’t listen to old favorites Tall Dwarfs and the Mekons. Tall Dwarfs were endlessly inventive with limited resources and the Mekons mix the political and personal while still maintaining a sense of humor. Releases in 2013: The Ex and Brass Unbound’s Enormous Door (In the Fishtank Records) and the Bevis Frond’s White Numbers (Woronzow Records). Much of the newer stuff I’ve been listening to is pretty retro: Thee Oh Sees, Fuzz, King Khan, Barrence Whitfield. Neko Case’s The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I LoveYou (ANTI) and Richard Buckner’s Surrounded (Merge) have been getting a lot of spins. I don’t get out too often, locally, but Breakfast in Fur and Shana Falana are always great. For 2014, I’m watching for new releases by OOIOO, Carla Bozulich, Holly Golightly, the Ettes, Tinariwen, and Tara Jane O’Neil.

Tony Falco Owner and booking agent of the Falcon in Marlboro Wonderful roots-rock music is being kept alive by people from the Band’s circle: Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Jim Weider, Amy Helm, Professor Louie, Byron Issacs, and Randy Ciarlante. I think that Levon Helm’s barn has been a wellspring of this Hudson Valley sound. I give credit to Amy Helm and Barbara O’Brien for keeping it going. There is a whole new vibrant world of musicians who are taking this sound to new levels, like Jay Collins and the Kings County Band, the Felice Brothers, Scott Sharrard and the Brickyard Band, Dawes, Chris Bergson, the Connor Kennedy Band, Bow Thayer, CKS, Simone Felice, the Alexis P. Suter Band.

Alexander Turnquist Fingerstyle guitarist extraordinaire As far as releases of new music in 2013 go, I’ve been really into Lubomyr Melnyk’s Corollaries (Erased Tapes). I love everything about this album; I could listen to him play piano on a loop for the rest of my life. It’s produced by Peter Broderick (who I’m also a big fan of). He holds the sustain pedal down and transforms a grand piano from a solo instrument into a cacophonous orchestra of acoustic bliss. There’s also Liam Singer’s Arc Iris (Hidden Shoal Records). He blends his expert knowledge of contemporary composition and instrumentation into pop music that is in a league of its own. Zomes’s TimeWas (Thrill Jockey Records) has lush, deep, organ drones and hypnotic vocals—just a great, mellow vibe. Oneohtrix Point Never’s R plus 7 (Warp Records) is a shape-shifting, multi-instrumental trip, one of the coolest electronic records I’ve heard. And on William Tyler’s Impossible Truth (Merge Records), the Nashville guitarist travels from his country roots into psychedelic territories of effected electric guitar and his usual acoustic full jams. My favorite local band is It’s Not Night: It’s Space. My favorite solo artist is Johanna Warren. With every new year, I have my hopes and dreams that Stars of the Lid will make another record.

Greg Haymes Mike Amari Editor of Nippertown.com and musician with the Ramblin’ Jug Stompers Booking agent at BSP Lounge in Kingston; musician with Lovesick and The albums that most often found their way onto my “hit-repeat” playlist during the past 12 months were actually old favorites by the Band and Bobby Charles, Shana Falana The records I’ve listened to most the past year are Mac DeMarco’s 2 (Captured Tracks Records), Naomi Punk’s The Feeling (Captured Tracks), Thee Oh Sees’ Floating Coffin (Castleface Records) and Putrifiers II (In the Red Records), all of Kurt Vile’s stuff (Matador Records), Crystal Stilts’ Nature Noir (Sacred Bones) is great, Dirty Beaches’ Badlands (Zoo Music), Angel Olsen’s Halfway Home (Bathetic Records). My favorite locals artists are No Valley (formerly Vacation from Beacon), Dirty River, Alexander Turnquist, Wave Sleep Wave, and Emily Sprague’s new project, Florist. For 2014, I’m looking forward to Breakfast in Fur’s first proper record (I feel like I know all the songs already!), the new Cibo Matto record (their first in 15 years; they’ll be at BSP on February 9), and Future Islands’ new record, which they recorded at Dreamland Studios in Woodstock. Mostly, I’m looking forward to two of my own releases! My band, Lovesick, is releasing our first EP in March, and Shana Falana, who I play drums with, is set to release her first LP in 2014.

both of which intersect at Charles’s self-titled 1972 Bearsville Records album (co-produced by John Simon and Rick Danko). My fave new discoveries were Trixie Whitley’s begoggling solo debut, Fourth Corner (Strong Blood Music), and Say Grace (Independent) by low-key Texas tunesmith Sam Baker. Too many worthy local artists to name, but near the top of my list would be the Charlie Watts Riots, Bryan Thomas, Eastbound Jesus, the Last Conspirators, MaryLeigh Roohan, Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys, and David Greenberger. For 2014, I can’t wait to see what club owner Howe Glassman (ex-Valentine’s Music Hall) comes up with for his new Albany music venue—along with a grand, spectacular 95th birthday concert by Pete Seeger.

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

TRIBECASTAN January 4. New York band TriBeCaStan stirs together a rich and invigorating stew that fuses elements of Middle Eastern, Balkan, African, Latin American, and Indian styles, winning the effusive accolades of the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Village Voice. And with members who’ve played with James Brown, Ornette Coleman, Patti Smith, the Violent Femmes, Ween, and Taj Mahal, it’s safe to say the group has the Western-music side down as well. This return date by the torrid ensemble at the Towne Crier gets 2014 off to a euphoric start. (Chip Taylor visits January 9; Caravan of Thieves steals in January 25.) 8:30pm. $15.

DORIAN GILD

Beacon. (845) 855-1300; Townecrier.com

BETTYE LAVETTE

DRIFTWOOD

January 11. After 50 years in front of the mike, Detroit-raised R&B vocalist Bettye LaVette finally began getting her massaudience due with a series of 2000s “comeback” albums. Perhaps the best known of these is 2010’s Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, which includes her soulful covers of the Beatles, the Who, Pink Floyd, and the Rolling Stones. But by the time of its release, the firecracker diva, who here pays a hot visit to Club Helsinki, was already a legend among Northern soul collectors, thanks to her scorching 1960s singles on essential genre labels like LuPine, Atlantic, Calla, SSS International, Atco, and Silver Fox. (Martin Sexton sings January 10; Beth Orton plays February 7.) 9pm. $45, $50.

January 24. “Bands like Old Crow Medicine Show, the Horseflies, and the Highwoods String Band came out of this same area and had a huge influence on us,” says Driftwood’s Dan Forsyth about his group’s home base of Binghampton. “We played a lot of old-time music in the beginning and it was a huge part of our band learning to play music together.” The insurgent Americana string band, which drifts into Snug Harbor (aka Snug’s) in late January, just released its self-titled third album, a disc produced, quite appropriately, by Donna the Buffalo’s guitarist, Jeb Puryear, and engineer, Robby Hunter. Call for set time and ticket price.

Hudson. (518) 828-4800; Helsinkihudson.com

CHARLES BRADLEY & HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES

January 18. When he was a mere 12 years old, RussianAmerican wunderkind Eldar Djangirov became the youngestever guest on Marian McPartland’s venerated NPR show “Piano Jazz.” Now 26, Eldar, as he’s also known, has found fans in keyboard kings like the late Dr. Billy Taylor and Dave Brubeck and regularly gets written up in Downbeat, which says “his command of the instrument is beyond staggering.” Last year saw the release of two acclaimed albums by the young maestro, Breakthrough, a jazz set, and Bach/Brahms/ Prokofiev, a solo classical outing. The prodigy performs at the Windham Civic Center this month. 8pm. $25, $22 (seniors), $5 (students).

January 24. His is the kind of voice that comes only from a life seasoned with the toughest of times, a voice that stands in stark contrast to the stylized, cookie-cutter, Mariah Carey/ Michael Bolton-esque talent-show filler now plaguing network TV. One listen and it’s clear how Charles Bradley, who’s set to play the Bearsville Theater, earned the nickname of “the Screaming Eagle of Soul.” The Daptone Records star, 64, has thus far woven his rough life (broken home, hard labor, murdered brother, homelessness) into the musical gold of two instant-classic albums, 2011’s No Time for Dreaming and 2013’s Victim of Love, and is worshipped for giving the most moving, knock-down-drag-out live show since his hero James Brown’s “Live at the Apollo.” (Albert Cummings burns January 11.) 8pm. $25, $40, $48.

Windham. (518) 734-3868; Greatnortherncatskills.com

Bearsville. (845) 679-4406; Bearsvilletheater.com

ELDAR JANGIROV

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New Paltz. (845) 255-9800; Facebook.com/snugsnewpaltz

CD REVIEWS KIT GOLDSTEIN GRANT THE WRONG BOX: A MUSICAL BLACK COMEDY (2013, INDEPENDENT)

Upstate native Kit Goldstein Grant, a prize-winning playwright, lyricist, and composer, has struck gold with her latest production, The Wrong Box. Closely following the novel of the same name written by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson, Lloyd Osbourne, this musical-theater album is a wild ride centering around a vanishing cadaver in Victorian London and the two unethical branches of the same family who want to get their hands on a tontine (a scheme in which investors pay into a fund that grows in value over the years, with the last surviving elderly member collecting the money).This recording comes after a decade of writing, composing, and recording, and the farce is told in 24 tracks by two dozen musical theater veterans and players from the Capital District.The music was originally composed by Goldstein Grant on piano, then it was passed onto musical director Barret Germain, who adapted it for a 13-piece orchestra with string quartet, brass, and woodwinds, to mimic late-19th-century musical stylings. Though the theme is dark, the songs are remarkably funny, such as the jaunty “Off the List,” a recounting of individuals and some of the amusing ways in which they died. “Push the Piano” is sung in duet by male and female characters who plot to dump a piano in a lake because there’s a dead chap inside. If you enjoy death humor and musical theater, look no further for a little demented, first-class entertainment. Kitgoldstein.com. —Sharon Nichols

ROBERT CAPOWSKI DRINKING THE SEA (2013, INDEPENDENT)

My introduction to Robert Capowski’s new album came as I was speeding down the highway to Thanksgiving, entrenched in falling snow, sleet, and rain. The gulf between the music and the circumstance could not have been grander, as there is absolutely nothing rushed or frantic about these 12 songs. To hit it home, the first words on the album are “Got nothing but time to kill.” Each word and note is laid out with fireside patience and warmth, while heartwearing sleeves follow melodic guitar lines that are engaging and deliberate. The lyrics articulate first-person depth and alternate with a distant feel of third-person storytelling, and Capowski’s soothing and strong voice and welcoming guitar just add whipped cream to the pumpkin pie. All the album’s standouts have a stark mix of sadness and hope, flowing slowly and measured and taking the exact amount of time necessary with the exact amount of necessary instrumentation to make the point. Sometimes there is just bass accompaniment—which is stellar, and provided by area resident Sara Lee (Gang of Four, B-52s). Quite an achievement of restraint in this selfindulgent world of have-it-all multitracking and have-at-it plug-ins. “Less is more” can take a lifetime to master, and it appears that Capowski, who has relocated to his native Hudson Valley, has paid his dues. Beautiful, languid folk from a guy singing about the ocean blue and lost loves with nary a self-conscious bone in the body. Drinkingthesea.com. —Jason Broome

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YOUNG PARIS RAP/ELECTRONIC (2013, INDEPENDENT)

Black N Gold’s 2012 CD Pet the Lights sparkled with expansive electro-pop arrangements, many courtesy of producer Steve Durand. It was a joyful, desultory affair, jumping from twinkling Afro pop to goth rock to a winking and brilliant David Bowie homage. The musical maximalism was paralleled in the global scope of Young Paris’s lyrics. Since then, the prolific Hudson-based rapper has apparently decided that it is time to settle down, to go deep rather than wide. Young Paris’s selfproduced new release declares its style simply in the title: Rap/Electronic. On this recording, everything that was florid, spangled, and melodic about Pet the Lights is gone, in favor of a spare, hard, dance-floor minimalism. The first three tracks are in some ways indistinguishable—four-on-the-floor grooves with tuned percussion on top and rapping that is self-referential, repetitive in a way that would give Gertrude Stein a run, and largely free of affect. But once this new aesthetic has been established, Young Paris loosens up, and a sense of play and an expanded production palette creep back in. The fourth and fifth tracks, “F Realm” and “KLAP,” are two of the most compelling on this aggressive, collar-grabbing disc, with the latter achieving an ominous urgency that might remind the listener of the recent Kanye West hit “New Slaves.” Rap/Electronic is, if nothing else, utterly committal and consistent, a record with one undeniable intent. Facebook.com/youngparis. —John Burdick CHRONOGRAM.COM LISTEN to tracks by the bands reviewed in this issue.

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Books

THE COMEBACK KID Jackie Kellachanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Golden Notebook Touch By Nina Shengold Photograph by Thomas Smith

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t’s hard to get Jackie Kellachan out of her Woodstock bookstore. Its snug upstairs office boasts a framed photo of Doris Lessing, whose groundbreaking novel inspired founders Ellen Shapiro and Barry Samuels to choose the name The Golden Notebook in 1978. Kellachan and her staff are planning “a little shrine” to the late author, but everyone’s been too busy. Bookseller Quentin Rauschenbusch-Rowan hunches over a laptop, placing an online book order. Downstairs, poet Gretchen Primack unpacks a carton of hardcovers, greeting customers as they come in from the cold. “Oh, we got the new Jim Harrison?” Kellachan beams, pausing to pick up a book on her way to the door. “The cover is gorgeous. I’m glad we got five of them.” “The holiday season is our busiest retail month. You want everyone to buy books, but you also want to have every book on the shelves,” she explains, walking past Golden Notebook’s award-winning window display (drawings by Thorneater Comics’ Will Lytle) and crossing the street to the Garden Café. “Every year there’s some big book that’s the gift book everyone wants, and you don’t know what it’ll be.” Three winters ago, Kellachan had no clue about book sales patterns. An epidemiologist by training, she had not worked in retail, much less run a risky business like a small independent bookstore. The economy was in shambles, and alarmists touted the coming extinction of bookstores (if not printed books) as online retail and e-books eroded their turf. It wasn’t just smoke-blowing: More than 500 independent bookstores closed between 2002 and 2011. But a counter-narrative started emerging as veteran booksellers found ways to boost business with in-store cafes, online ordering, Kobo e-readers, author events, and community outreach, while a new generation stepped in to launch start-ups. Kellachan remembers reading a 2010 New York magazine piece about second-wave Brooklyn bookstores like Greenlight and Word, whose owners found creative ways to finance with grants and investors. She’d been working in New York City public health for nearly two decades, researching the spread of SARS, West Nile virus, and an outbreak of mumps in Brooklyn’s Hasidic community; her husband Paul McMenemy was in finance. They’d owned a home in Bearsville since 1997, moving upstate full-time after their third son was born. (Cole is now 9; his brothers Lucian and Caleb 11 and 12.) While raising three children, Kellachan continued consulting part-time, eventually taking a full-time job at the NewYork State Board of Health in Albany. She loved her work (“There’s nothing more interesting—and sometimes horrifying—than how a disease breaks out, and I was gelling that story in lots of detail”), but the daily commute was a strain. An avid reader since childhood, when she rode her bike to the Larchmont Public Library, Kellachan was distressed to learn that Shapiro and Samuels were selling their beloved bookstore. Golden Notebook had weathered hard times— sales dropped by 50 percent between 2002 and 2006, as Barnes & Noble opened a big-box franchise in Kingston, and Amazon’s ruthless price-cutting lured more and more readers online—but Shapiro was ill, and they needed a buyer. McMenemy and Kellachan met with them, and within a few weeks, they had “a handshake deal.” “We stuck our necks way out,” Kellachan says. “It was really like jumping into a fire. I knew nothing about bookselling.” But she was determined to keep the store going. “If you like something and want to keep it in your community, you have to be willing to engage yourself,” she says. “We live in times where so much is changing so quickly. I just thought, if I don’t do this, it won’t happen.” The transition took place after Labor Day, 2010. The store closed its doors as local builders Rennie Cantine and Barry Price reconfigured the space—just shy of 1,000 square feet—to include a new children’s section, replacing the adjacent store run by children’s buyer Gaela Pearson, who’s been with Golden Notebook since 1980. Pearson helped Kellachan set up new accounts and order as much stock as she could afford. When the bookstore reopened around Halloween, “it wasn’t even halfway filled,” Kellachan recalls. “It was a year before the shelves were fully stocked.” But the community rallied behind the relaunch, and whatever the new owner lacked in experience, she made up in work ethic. “I think I took 10 days off in the first 18 months,” she says; seven-day work weeks are still not uncommon. “With a small bookstore, I do everything from paying bills to cleaning the store to WAMC Book Picks, talking with authors and customers, ordering books.”

Golden Notebook has a loyal customer base and a high-traffic location in a destination town. But its staff credits Kellachan with not only keeping it open, but helping its business increase year by year. “I’ve never seen anyone come into unfamiliar territory…and take it on with more enthusiasm and grace,” says Nan Tepper, who coordinates author events and publicity.” She calls Kellachan “the least lazy person I know,” and 2013’s track record—113 author events, plus 11 book fairs in area schools—bears ample witness. Kellachan recently converted a storage area into an upstairs event space, which seats 25. For larger crowds, Golden Notebook partners with nearby restaurant Oriole 9 or the Kleinert/James Art Center. “The Woodstock Writers Festival is huge for us; we sell a lot of books there,” reports Kellachan. But even the smallest events make a difference. “It keeps us relevant. There’s always something interesting going on, and it’s free. That’s lower than the price of a book on Amazon.” There’s also the joy of entering a space devoted to books, where shoppers browse carefully curated shelves and get recommendations from passionate readers, instead of online algorithms culled from keywords (i.e. customers who liked Goodnight Moon also liked Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep.) Golden Notebook’s staff numbers six full and part-time booksellers, plus two teenage interns and (sometimes) two lapdogs named Buddy and Hazel.You don’t get that online. “Amazon has been so successful at devaluing books,” says Kellachan. “People come into the store and it’s viscerally hard for them to pay full price.” But, she asserts, spending money locally and feeding the tax base helps pay for schools, roads, and libraries, keeping communities vital and neighbors employed. “Income disparity in our country is a result of the choices people make. If you always choose the lowest price, there’s kind of a bubble effect.Yes, One-Click is less expensive, but it’s not less expensive if you lose your job next week.” “To own an independent bookstore in the 21st century is a radical act,” asserts Gretchen Primack. “It is predicated on the belief that writing and reading matter. As a writer and editor and bookseller, I see what Amazon and big-box are doing to literature, and it breaks my heart. But being part of the Golden Notebook—a community resource, a temple to the written word, an operation that values and respects ideas and creativity—gives me hope.” Her fellow booksellers agree. “There’s a kind of good will that permeates the place,” offers Quentin Rauschenbusch-Rowan. “Everyone who works here has a very genuine desire to put a book in a customer’s hand in a way that’s not so much about salesmanship as passing on something useful.” Gaela Pearson adds, “One of the best things about the job is connecting kids with great literature and watching them become excited about the written word.” Intern Jack Warren was plucked from the stacks at age 12, when he wandered over from his mother’s long meeting at Oriole9 and sat in the aisle reading Mockingjay. He offered to help reshelve books, and Kellachan asked him to come back the next week; he’s been working there now for three years. His favorite part of the job? “Books! Everywhere! Being surrounded by so many author’s dreams and ideas.” Sometimes, says bookseller Desiree O’Clair, those authors appear in the flesh. “When George Saunders came into the store, I had The Tenth Of December at point of sale. I didn’t recognize him, but as I rung him out, his wife asked if I would like him to autograph his book. I was tickled to death.” And when Elvis Costello came to WDST to promote his recent concert, he paid Golden Notebook a visit and left with an armload of books. “Having a bookstore is very anachronistic. With all its inefficiencies, it’s a joyful, pleasurable, visceral experience,” says Kellachan. “All kinds of relationships start in bookstores. It’s all about browsing and random spottings. Who knows where it will lead?” January and February are traditionally the slowest months for independent booksellers. So when cabin fever sets in, make a trek to Golden Notebook—or any local bookstore you cherish and want to keep in your community. If you’re not close enough to drop in, you can order online from their website or pick up the phone. “If we don’t have a book, we can get it for you really quickly,” says Jackie Kellachan. Of course they can. In the words of Jack Warren, “It’s the best bookstore in the whole wide multiverse.” 1/14 CHRONOGRAM BOOKS 57

SHORT TAKES New Year’s resolution for every age: Read more local fiction. SLIDING PAST VERTICAL LAURIE BORIS CREATESPACE, 2013, $14.99

One of Chekhov’s characters is nicknamed “101 Misfortunes”; Sarah Cohen could give him a run for his money. Long-suffering Emerson has carried the torch for her ever since their college fling, but is he prepared for her move back to Syracuse? Woodstock author Boris writes lived-in, textured characters who feel like old friends. Leading workshop “Relatively Painless Self-Publishing” 1/26 at 1pm, Golden Notebook, Woodstock. WISHBONE CREEK AND OTHER STORIES TOM NOLAN MILLBROOK WRITERS, 2013, $14.95

The nine stories in Nolan’s collection stretch from a Russian piano mover delivering an electric keyboard to an elderly widow to an ex-Air Force sergeant who wakes up on a beach with a naked woman and no clue who she is. In between are plenty of twists, delivered in a clipped, assured diction that keeps pages turning. Appearing 1/24 at 7pm, Inquiring Minds, New Paltz. PICTURE ME GONE MEG ROSOFF G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS, 2013, $17.99

A National Book Award finalist, this young-adult novel by the protean author of How I Live Now unfolds in a wintry upstate New York landscape. As hyperintuitive Mila (named after her grandfather’s dog) helps her father search for clues to his best friend’s disappearance, she discovers far more than she bargained for. Rosoff’s crystalline prose glints like moonlit snow. BLUE HYDRANGEAS MARIANNE SCIUCCO BUNKY PRESS, 2013, $9.50

Middletown author and nurse Sciucco spins a heartfelt love story of a couple struggling with Alzheimer’s. Blue Hydrangeas is the name of the Cape Cod B&B where Jack has been his wife’s devoted caregiver for nine years. Now his own health is failing, and he reluctantly yields to the notion that he can no longer manage her care at home. But there’s one last lap on their journey together, and it’s full of emotion. MADNESS & GLORY ALBERT ROTHENBERG VANGUARD PRESS, 2013, $18

As the French Revolution strikes blows for liberty, pioneering psychiatrist Philippe Pinel frees asylum inmates from literal chains. An escaped patient (and former politician) gets wind of a plot against Robespierre, but who will believe a madman? Readers with a historical bent will savor this eventful literary novel by Canaan resident Rothenberg, a Harvard professor of psychiatry. THE SCAR BOYS LEN VLAHOS EGMONT USA, 2014, $17.99

Struck by lightning when bullies left him tied to a tree at age eight, Harry has carried the scars for a decade. Music becomes his salvation in this moving saga of rock’n’roll, road trips, and redemption. Former punk rocker Vlahos titled each chapter after a different song from the ‘70s and ‘80s playbook … “Thunder Road,” “Bad Brain,” “Pump It Up,” “The Song Is Over.” Appearing 2/2 at 4pm, Hudson Valley YA Society at Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck.

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One Woman Farm: My Life Shared with Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Goats, and a Fine Fiddle Jenna Woginrich Illustrated by Emma Dibben

It’s Not You: 27 (Wrong) Reasons You’re Single Sara Eckel Perigee, 2013, $15

Storey Publishing, 2013, $16.95

hirty-something never-married women can feel like an anomaly in our mostly twoby-two society. Questions, unspoken and outright, come from well-meaning friends and self. Too quirky? Driven? Unappealing? Bogged down? As this pair of books show, there’s more than one way and far more than one reason for a singleton existence. For some, it’s just a placement on the far end of the kismet list. And for others, it’s because the kismet came early and hard—but for something other than a human. Jenna Woginrich is passionately in love with her farm. Originally a Web designer, she ditched city living and cubicle life to become a homesteader, an evolution she’s recorded in a popular blog and three previous books. Her latest farm, her first purchased, brought her to upstate New York’s Washington County. One Woman Farm is an illustrated journal of her first year on this farmstead, a place she’s peopled with furred and feathered tribes. Woginrich is a rare entity—a single-female back-to-the-lander whose self-described “monastic” life is so closely tied to the farm that caring for (and chronicling ) it is literally all she does. Her milk comes from her goat, her eggs from her chickens, pork from a feeder pig, and wool, meat, and leather from the sheep. Fun means teaching herself to ride her horse, work her dogs, play the fiddle, and knit. It’s a self-contained, self-sustaining life with little room for an “other”—and yet, she sometimes longs for “strong arms and a heartbeat” to fall asleep against, and performs an ancient love-attracting spring ritual of face washing in morning dew. It’s a close-to dream-come-true existence she details here in honest, passionate, spiritual, yet somehow entirely unsentimental prose: “There’s no family. No boyfriend. Just a girl and her wolf pack and her farm full of animals. It’s perfect and imperfect. Full and empty. Validating and terrifying. Above all, it is just as I want it to be.” When writer Sara Eckel wrote a New York Times “Modern Love” column declaring that successful thirty-something women who are still single are not flawed, unlovable freaks, she received a flood of e-mails and comments from grateful readers. This book is an outgrowth of that essay, a further unpacking of her journey through online dating sites, mediocre dates, and unpaired living in a world full of couples. Eckel tried all the conventional ways to “fix” her singleness, including self-help books and self-love classes like yoga. Well-meaning friends gave well-meant advice—and none of it worked. But what did was a slow acceptance of herself and her situation, and in this book, she details the process as she simultaneously debunks just about every singles myth invented. Each chapter takes one on: “You’re Too Limited,” “You’re Too Picky,” “You’re Too Selfish,” “You’re Too Old.” Ultimately, it was discovery of mindfulness meditation’s paradigm of “effort and surrender” that showed her the clearest and best way through. The pain isn’t the problem, she discovered—it’s the self-judging thoughts behind it. And it’s also the fact that you just may have not found your love match yet. Eckel met the man who became her husband when she was 39. They work well together, she says, simply because they are right for each other. “Human beings are not houses,” she says, meaning, you can’t gut the bathroom and add a patio and make them perfect for you. “You love them as they are or you let them find someone who does.” —Susan Krawitz

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Seymour Hersh: Scoop Artist Robert Miraldi Potomac Books, 2013, $34.95

eymour Hersh is US journalism’s heaviest hitter. For over 40 years, his investigative reporting has penetrated the Pentagon, the CIA, and the Oval Office. His revelations about the secret actions of our leaders weigh grievously in our collective psyche. In 1969, he brought the My Lai Massacre to light. The story of hundreds of civilians slaughtered in a South Vietnam village conveyed a perception of US troops as baby killers and rapists that would expand support for the antiwar movement. In 2004, he uncovered the torturing of Iraqi detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison; the grotesque photos that surfaced would yet again show our policies to be misguided and our military out of control. Our knowledge of the CIA’s lawless activities—be it domestic spying campaigns or plots to oust foreign leaders—owes much to the Pulitzer Prize recipient’s crusading work. Even a sworn enemy, Richard Nixon, took a policy cue from his 1968 treatise on biological and chemical weapons, unilaterally renouncing them. Comparable in influence, Hersh’s 1983 tome on Henry Kissinger’s career likely prevented the controversial diplomat from getting a post in Ronald Reagan’s cabinet. A new biography by SUNY New Paltz journalism professor Robert Miraldi offers a jaunty survey of Hersh’s spectacular scoops—all of which are failproof interest grabbers, jewels in the annals of our nation’s covert history. Miraldi seeks to understand his subject’s mysterious level of success, his long reach into the sanctums of power, his cultivation of entrenched, anonymous sources. Colleagues from Hersh’s New York Times tenure in the 1970s recall a demonic phone manner that could threaten just as easily as charm. “His ability to scare people on the phone was unbelievable,” Arthur Gelb noted. Leg work might include cold calling bureaucrats who are leaving their jobs, or showing up unannounced on the doorstep of an army general’s home. Miraldi attributes Hersh’s aggressive style to his beginnings on the police beat for the Chicago News Bureau, a gritty atmosphere where fistfights over stories were not unusual. The hardboiled scribe makes no secret about being abnormally competitive and lets on that making money is vital to his cause. Chagrined by the seven-figure book deals of his biggest big-league rival, Hersh remarked, “I’m pathological on the subject of [Bob] Woodward’s money.” Although forced onto the Watergate trail by his editor, Hersh promptly exposed a White House cover-up taking place right under Woodward and Bernstein’s noses, as their “president’s men” stories were first appearing. Miraldi observes that Hersh in the Times did as much as the famed Washington Post duo to end Nixon’s regime. Hersh’s articles typically give a measured agglutination of facts and only sparse analysis. His methods of plying sources and piecing together vetted fragments are largely unfathomable. He denies a political agenda, though his general views on war became evident early on; he once commented, “We don’t fight wars any better than the ‘nips’ and the ‘krauts.’” The rules of engagement recur as a theme in his reporting, with the United States repeatedly shown as a bully who all but fabricates a provocation. Guiding us through Hersh’s muckraking victories, Miraldi conjures a vision of the highest possible stakes, amply quoting fourth-estate eminences such as Anthony Lewis and James Reston. Shying away from platitudes, Miraldi’s Hersh tells it straight: “I guarantee that we in the press have as good a sense of what’s important and what’s good for America as the people in the CIA.” —Marx Dorrity

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POETRY

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

Candy isn’t just a food, it’s a lifestyle.

Turning over a new leaf

—Fenner Osmond Friedman (12 years)

Now that’s heavy lifting —p

ON A BAD AND UNEXPECTED DIAGNOSIS OF A FRIEND’S MOTHER I saw Death surrounded by his paparazzi at Union Square, across from Barnes & Noble. A hawk had dropped a pigeon and was staring down a flock of iPhone-slinging tourists. Defiant in his role as apex predator, He gave no ground and plucked and plucked the liver. The humans snapped away, enraptured by the bold display of natural selection So out of context, far removed from Wall Street And the Natural History Museum. As for the victim, one could only guess at what ran through her brain before the talon. “With so few hawks in town; so many pigeons, What were the odds? This morning I was happy.” —David Van Biema

REVISION He mapped a career in medicine, focused on the eye, an organ of wondrous complexity, demanding extended years of study. He built a crowded practice, french cuffs and a tie beneath his starch-white lab coat, schedule tethered to the ticking clock: A daily routine of laser treatments, tweezering chips of splinters or paint from under sedated eyelids, scrubs and latex gloves for intra-ocular surgery. But, one morning, after breakfast—no school, thanks to a tree-stumper storm—while he’s criss-crossing his tie, his two boys clamber-bamber up his back, Wrestle him to the ground, pile on top— a wiggling six-legged griffin—thumping, pummeling, growling its glee—Come on, guys, not on the floor. In his car, later, as the motor hums, he stares at the rearview mirror—caught not by the driveway— but by the vision of his boys as they mussed his hair. En route, the trees lift up their branches— he waves back at them—sings and tingles his way to the office—way behind schedule. —Tony Howarth

TO KEEP

SIMPLE AS SNOW

Under the snow Things can be found A key A wallet A seed A filmed single sunglass lens.

mis(sim pleas sNOW) under stood: You the vent he copsoutt here pro tec ting the move rlo ok the i c y r r

Within an old vase That no one has cleaned for months Objects of interest could reside A leaf Pebbles Notes The dry husk of a bug That hid in the stiff dark green ferns Of a dear bouquet Presented at the precise moment The fish had to be taken out of the oven Or it would toughen. Inside of a heart There can be a space Leftover from a barely noticed remark That became a gash Small and raw Which left a thin shadow of scar That throbs when the humidity rises.

EOS (1) Goddess Dressed in mist Anoints Grieves Before the day begins Cries for her son Slain at Troy Giving us wet grass In the morning.

But within a soul Whether you locate it in the brain Or in the gut —Anthony G. Herles A miraculous game of hide and seek can always be played. That is where I found a picture of my beloved ATTIC SPACE Diving cleanly into the deep stony shaded lake Where I learned to float on my back Standing in the back room sniffing magazines Staring at the sky Vein’s jaw-like crease Ignoring that the other creatures below As she looked me in the brain digging for a glint Knew I was there. Bedroom glares like heavy dream puzzles Dances herself to sleep —Ellen Saltzman Makes me laugh between my teeth. Biting off the nib of the universe A moon beam nod FROM THE CUTTING BOARD It doesn’t hurt to ask “I’m not that type of girl,” she said Another full moon is placed above me then continued... Waning: halves / quarters / small slivers “You first.” Another blade in my back Another scar on my skin —Harry Edgar Palacio The woman with the knife is crying for me She wipes her eyes and I see stars —Melissa Nau

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—Dean P. Johnson

TRAPPED AT HOME WHILE TRUCKS PAVE THE ROAD LEADING TO MY HOUSE MAKING IT IMPASSIBLE, I SIT IN MY KITCHEN AND EAT A POMEGRANATE AND STEW WITH WHAT TO DO WITH THE PAIN OF REJECTION. I forgot to move my car. Next to the vase of wilted flowers the pomegranate fills both hands. Outside trucks groan to force a way on earth. Meanwhile the world races past roads. I look for a new direction. Everything and everyone competes with the speed of everything and everyone while hurt feels like it takes longer than ever to pass. It’s too late to slow down to meet the wounds with a kiss but I must steady the knife. I’d like to be where I was four lifetimes ago, when this pomegranate dropped into my hand from the branch you shook. It opened. I opened. Then you were gone.

“YES, WE HAVE LEMONS”

ALONG THE SIDE

You drove me to eye surgery today singing “Wake Up Little Suzie”

Come along the side of the house where there used to be a path. Remember the Euphrates, as I dubbed the stream of clear water that had originated from a broken pipe so long ago. You might find Enid’s Lilith sitting sadly between the jewelweed and the bee balm, waiting for Messiah to come drive her to a nursing home.

You picked me up later with my cool Surgery Center issue shades after the best Psychedelic experience since “California Sunshine” singing “Walk Right Back” You dropped me home to chill, shopped, crapped the dog twice, got my brand-new Medicare card laminated, came back with bundles from the farmer’s market, loaded 50 years of my poetry onto a zip-drive, let me massage your back, noticed my black Lauren shoes after 4 years, finished your real estate messages, cooked your Miracle Lamb Ragu, then baked an organic apple galette from scratch, went for a ride with the dog and called me 1/2 an hour later, sounding slightly alarmed, to see if we had lemons for your Caesar dressing… the day after your bone marrow biopsy came back OK after a month of weeks of exhaustion, antibiotics, radioactive pills and thyroid scans, brainscans, bone density testing, MRAs, breast biopsy, a dozen blood tests and finally the liver test to decide how carefully to go forward with treatment… Yes, my dear one of all these years—we do have lemons… and perhaps even lemonade

The taste was enough.

—Peter Coco

Any struggle was masked by the pace of camels.

NURSING HOME

One slice now and I can break open this fruit as full as the day stain my hands, sour my tongue separate again and again chamber from chamber jewel from skin break suck consume finish then I’m kickin’ asphalt the first red bud to push through the pavement. —Noelle Adamo

We brought you to this boneyard Of piss, sour cheese Wracked bodies in cribs Redundancy and death Monitors ringing Monochrome time Like passing bells. Gulag thin I cannot lift you Dress you, change your bag Wash your arse. I am as useless To you as you to me. We have realized parity Here at the end where Everything and nothing matters. —Nigel Gore

—Donald Lev

BLUE IS THE ALL-ENVELOPING CELESTIAL COLOR Great steerer of the tiller, halt the sacred boat. Dolphins gamboling on the surface betoken a storm. Spirits receive offering in person beside the Pampa. To placate the gods, Polycrates cast away his ring cut by Theodorus. Thus human desires and the stars are of the same substance. Desires are consumed on the way. I think the quivering has something to do with feeding. Elephants, not ancient Egyptians, marked this cave. A cistern at Ravenna is more valuable than a vineyard. And someday all our planets will be moons about a planet that is now our sun. The form is in labor. The abstract always was. —Whit Griffin

APPROACHING 66 Approaching 66 and looking upward at yet one more sudden sunset, distinct from all the thousands of others I’ve been so privileged to witness, too many for one memory to remember. How many more will I enjoy, be soothed by, be awed by, become dreamy by? Each having me sum up a day’s activities and planned hopes, what’s done and undone, what time is left. For within minutes changing shape and color, orange, to pink, to purple, to gray, dimming, fading into not yet twilight— when Venus will first appear, its bright white light of sun’s reflection beaconing before the night— when Orion will hunt across the darkness. —Checko Miller

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Food & Drink

Some Pig The Prairie Whale Text and Photos by Peter Barrett

et’s get this out of the way right off the bat: “Prairie Whale” is an old name for a pig; by the mid 19th century, rendered lard was beginning to replace whale oil in lamps. Restaurateur Mark Firth chose the phrase to rename his year-old Great Barrington establishment, formerly the Bell & Anchor, after he got a cease-and-desist order from another Bell & Anchor in Sag Harbor. Firth, well known for his Brooklyn restaurants Diner and Marlow & Sons, sold his interests in those enterprises and moved to the Berkshires a couple of years ago with his wife and two young children. Since then, he has been hard at work not just opening and running a restaurant but integrating the business into the fabric of the surrounding community and landscape. Firth, 45, was born in Britain, grew up in Zambia, and returned to England for school. He left at 18 to travel through Europe for several years before arriving in New York, where he worked as a waiter and bartender before building Diner. On their choice of the Berkshires, he explains, “We looked all over NewYork State for years, visiting on weekends, but never found anything.Then, while visiting a friend in Stockbridge, another friend called to say ‘there’s a farm for sale in Monterey; you should check it out.” They closed within the month. Their farm, tucked into a valley about 10 miles from the restaurant, sits on 82 acres, of which four are open pasture for sheep and a flock of laying hens. Firth’s wife Bettina Schwartz manages the restaurant while the kids are in school and tends the sheep and chickens at the farm. On a gray December day, the red barn contrasts appealingly with the dull woods and still-green grass. A soft mist drifts down the valley and hovers over the pond by the house. Letting their new Maremma puppy Burdock out of the barn to frolic with Hazel, their adult dog, Schwartz summarizes the appeal of the place: “It’s beautiful, and the people and schools are great.” Maremmas are Italian guard dogs: Pure white, long-haired, and playful, they also possess a powerful instinct to patrol the pastures and keep predators from the sheep and chickens with their deep barks and startling speed. Schwartz shouts at Hazel to stop wrestling with a ram, setting a bad example for the ungovernably enthusiastic pup. She looks forward to having more help as the farm expands. Firth and Schwartz obtained an agricultural exemption for the whole parcel, and they have big plans for spring. “We’re going to take out the nonnative trees and evergreens, leaving hardwood and nut trees,” says Firth. Besides the stand of sugar maples on the steep hill above the barn, a resource they have only begun to 62 FOOD & DRINK CHRONOGRAM 1/14

Opposite (top): The building has offices and storage upstairs, with the bar, restaurant, and kitchen below; (bottom): Bettina Schwartz at the barn on the restaurant’s farm. This page, clockwise from top left: Austin Rapisarda pulls a pint for Jason Chase (in glasses) who built out much of the restaurant; ody Cook grinds pepper on hot dog buns; Mark Firth, sous chef Dan Studwell, and chef Stephen Browning over a wooden box containing freshly salted pig legs for prosciutto; Browning and Studwell with the smoker, a converted oil tank; Braised and grilled red cabbage, cannellini beans, and onion broth.

tap, the resulting forest will be used for sylvopasturing pigs. Sylvopasturing simply means opening up woodlands to create forest/field hybrids, where animals can forage and shelter under trees. “Animals [raised this way] eat much less because they’re not using so much energy to stay warm or cool,” Firth explains. His goal is an edible landscape for animals and people alike; fences will keep the livestock in certain areas—pigs with apple and oak trees, for example—while other fruits and nuts will be used in the restaurant. A diet of woodland acorns is, after all, largely responsible for giving the Pata Negra pigs of Spain their legendary (and very expensive) flavor. There were some Large Black pigs on the farm (Large Black pigs are particularly well suited to foraging) but they were all recently slaughtered and processed by the kitchen into fresh cuts and charcuterie. Because of the regulations governing meat curing, which Firth decries as being the opposite of common sense, all the charcuterie is aged at the Meat Market down the road, where proprietor Jeremy Stanton has a dedicated refrigerator for such a purpose. Besides making prosciutto from the back legs, the kitchen staff also makes guanciale from the jowls, coppa from the shoulders, and bacon from bellies in the hulking smoker out back, welded from an old oil tank. The pigs get all the nonmeat scraps from the restaurant, though in their current absence those scraps get composted instead. In addition to his expanding garden at the farm, Firth plans to build a greenhouse and more raised beds on the sizable rectangle of flat grass next to the restaurant, cutting and milling the black walnut trees that occupy the spot where the greenhouse will go. “I want to build a fire pit, too, where people can enjoy a drink and smokers can hang out.” The rambling colonial building, formerly an antiques store, sits on a slight rise above Main Street with a stone path leading to the front porch. Near the front gate, a 1/14 CHRONOGRAM FOOD & DRINK 63

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small sign says “Prairie Whale” on one side and “Food And Ale” on the other.The letters are magnetic, and Firth likes to regularly mess with their message.The interior, extensively renovated by Firth and his crew, is invitingly warm and woody. Firth built all the tabletops with wood cut and milled on his property (the legs are salvage), and the two smaller dining rooms are both paneled with planks of his cherry. More shelves over the bar, one for each type of booze, are next on his to do list. Chef Stephen Browning changes the menu daily; he and sous chef Dan Studwell take stock of what’s coming in from the farms and adjust accordingly, keeping a relaxed attitude about the need for constant flexibility. “Limitations can spur creativity,” says Browning, “and things go together because they’re in season together.” Both clearly love working with such high-quality ingredients and enjoy knowing the people who grow them. Firth regularly forages with Browning and Studwell, combing the woods for ramps and mushrooms in season. Both chefs, as well as pastry chef Megan McDiarmid, moved up from NewYork City to staff the kitchen, and all are enamored with their new country workplace. “It’s a great team: funny but serious,” says McDiarmid. The food emerges quickly from the efficient kitchen on chunky white dinerstyle plates, the casualness of which contrasts appealingly with the artful presentation—not fussy, but attentive—the visual equivalent of the food’s nimble straddling of homey accessibility and skilled execution. An appetizer of coppa, sliced translucently thin and served with arugula salad, conveys the essence of the Large Black pig: meltingly tender, almost sweet, with a lingering animal complexity on the finish. Fleshy descriptors notwithstanding, vegetarians can also rejoice: a soup of roasted kabocha squash broth with kale, fregola, and a poached egg is remarkably rich and deeply flavored, and a quarter head of braised and then grilled red cabbage arrives on top of tender cannellini beans in a bright onion broth. A grilled kale salad seems especially popular. The menu reliably features some standards: brick chicken with crackling skin, chicken liver pâté with grilled bread and cornichons, a grass-fed steak and burger from Kinderhook farms. The only off note came in the form of a chickpea purée under a perfectly cooked duck breast with apples and radishes; the austere density of the legumes clashed with the fatty pink meat. A couple of desserts featuring local produce made a fitting conclusion: butternut squash pôt de crème—a pumpkin pie in a glass—and a quince parfait with crème fraîche, made from a friend’s quinces and using cream fermented in the kitchen. Behind the bar, the beer is all local and the wines are all natural and biodynamic. Local liquors, including Berkshire Mountain Distillers’ fine bourbon and brilliant Ethereal Gin, have pride of place centered on the shelves behind the bar. Firth points to one of the taps. “We had a local hard cider in there, but they got bought up by a big corporation. I need to find a replacement.” Speaking about vodka, which he does not like, he makes an analogy between the flavorless spirit and the Long White pigs that dominate industrial meat production: “They have no hair, no fat, and no flavor. It’s all been bred out of them.” Firth, who exudes a restless energy even when relaxing at a table with his family, alternates between talking about the 20-year plan for the restaurant and farm and then reeling it all back in to the present as he overwhelms himself with the scope of the work to be done. “Farming and running a restaurant are both demanding jobs. The next step is to buy a tractor and have somebody manage the farm.” As the farm expands, raising more food will help increase profit margins on those ingredients, but he has no plans to be self-sufficient. “I want to keep supporting other farmers, too. We’re all connected up here.” He has no time for precious, prolix menus listing every ingredient’s provenance, or for self-conscious farm-to-table strutting: “It’s like a ‘Portlandia’ sketch. I’ve been buying whole animals since back in the Diner days [chef Caroline Fidanza insisted] and produce from farmers. The staff all know where it’s from if you want to ask them.” His States-softened accent cutting through the hubbub in the dining room, he describes combining nose-to-tail cooking with an affordable menu aimed at regular folks. “It’s a passion, but making other people passionate about the same thing takes time.You can’t please everybody; you have to do what you believe in. But we always have a roast chicken, a good steak, and a really good burger that you can eat without guilt.” While the chefs have free rein to improvise and experiment, he continues, they do so understanding that accessible standards tend to sell the best, and build a loyal local clientele. “I want to be busy on Mondays and Thursdays, too. The weekenders are just gravy.” The Prairie Whale 178 Main Street,Great Barrington, MA (413) 528-5050; Facebook.com/PrairieWhale Hours: Monday: 5 pm-10 pm; Thursday-Friday: 5 pm-10 pm; Saturday-Sunday: 11 am-3 pm, 5 pm-10 pm; closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

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By Josh Rosenmeier, Stockade Tavern, Kingston Everyone is now thinking about seasonal eating, especially in the Hudson Valley, where we enjoy a variety of foods harvested from April through November. But what about seasonal drinking? You wouldn’t drink a margarita in January, would you? Well, maybe you would, and your secret is safe with any bartender—we saints of discretion—but why not a cocktail to match the season? The Saint Nicholas Punch is my take on the traditional spiced wine punch common throughout Europe that’s served during the holidays, tweaked for the adventurous modern palate. A spiced wine punch should be an incredibly luscious, bold, and rich hot quaff with an alcohol content low enough to withstand multiple glasses during holiday gatherings. This recipe will make 20 three-ounce servings, just enough to get the party started.

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INGREDIENTS 20 oz. Port, preferably a quality Tawny 2 Lemons, peels only 1 Orange, peels only ½ Cup Prunes 16 Cloves, whole 3 Cinnamon Sticks, broken 8 Cardamom Pods, crushed lightly between fingertips 4 oz. Orgeat (sweet almond syrup), or more to taste 18 oz. Lillet Blanc 6 oz. Cognac, preferably Pierre Ferrand 1840 24 oz. Water TOOLS Crock-Pot or large pot Cheesecloth Peeler METHOD Peel the lemons and the orange. Combine with the cloves, cinnamon, and cardamom pods in cheesecloth and tie with string. Add the Port, prunes, orgeat, and cheesecloth with spices to a Crock-Pot or large pot. Heat gently over low heat and let infuse for about 30 minutes or so; the longer the better really but never let this boil. Remove and discard cheesecloth of spices. Strain the infused Port and reserve the prunes for later use. Combine infused Port mixture, Lillet Blanc, Cognac, and water into a Crockpot (if you have one) and heat until warm. You can serve directly out of this for the entire party. If not, combine these ingredients in a large pot, heat over low heat, and serve warm out of pot or punch bowl, if you’ve got it!

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NOTE Take those reserved Port-soaked prunes and use them as a garnish in either the glass or in the punch bowl along with some clove studded orange slices. Or, serve them alongside spiced gingerbread cookies and maybe a soft creamy goat cheese from France. Cheers.

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Delis Jack’s Meats & Deli 79 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2244

Restaurants 1215 Route 199, Milan, NY (845) 758-6676 www.anotherforkintheroadmilan. wordpress.com

Elephant 310 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 339-9310 www.elephantwinebar.com

Gilded Otter 3 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-1700 A warm and inviting dining room and pub overlooking beautiful sunsets over the Wallkill River and Shawangunk Cliffs. Mouthwatering dinners prepared by Executive Chef Larry Chu, and handcrafted beers brewed by GABF Gold Medal Winning Brewmaster Darren Currier. Chef driven and brewed locally!

Suruchi Indian Restaurant 5 Church Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2772 www.suruchiindian.com

Terrapin Catering & Events 6426 Montgomery Street Rhinebeck, NY (845) 889-8831 www.terrapincatering.com hugh@terrapincatering.com Local. Organic. Authentic. At a Terrapin event, you can expect the same high quality, award-winning cuisine and service that you know and love at Terrapin Restaurant. Terrapin’s professional event staff specializes in creating unique events to highlight your individuality, and will assist in every aspect of planning your Hudson Valley event.

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Accommodations Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa 220 North Road, Milton, NY (877) 7-INN-SPA; (845) 795-1310 www.buttermilkfallsinn.com

Diamond Mills 25 South Partition Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 247-0700 www.DiamondMillsHotel.com info@DiamondMillsHotel.com

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22 Hillcrest Lane, Rosendale, NY (845) 658-8556 www.skylakelodgebnb.com

Antiques Hyde Park Antiques Center 4192 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY (845) 229-8200 www.hydeparkantiques.net

Outdated 314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-0030 outdatedcafe@gmail.com

Art Galleries & Centers Dorsky Museum SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3844 www.newpaltz.edu/museum sdma@newpaltz.edu

Mill Street Loft’s Gallery 45 45 Pershing Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 471-7477 www.millstreetloft.org

Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 www.byrdcliffe.org events@woodstockguild.org

Art Supplies Catskill Art & Office Supply Kingston, NY (845) 331-7780, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 452-1250, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2251

Attorneys Traffic and Criminally Related Matters Karen A. Friedman, Esq. President of the Association of Motor Vehicle Trial Attorneys, 30 East 33rd Street, 4th FL New York, NY (212) 213-2145 fax (212) 779-3289 www.newyorktrafficlawyers.com

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2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY (888) 558-2636 www.LindalNY.com www.hudsonvalleycedarhomes.com info@LindalNY.com

Mirabai of Woodstock 23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2100 www.mirabai.com

Olde Warwick Booke Shoppe 31 Main Street, Warwick, NY (845) 544-7183 www.yeoldewarwickbookshoppe.com warwickbookshoppe@hotmail.com

Broadcasting WDST 100.1 Radio Woodstock Woodstock, NY www.wdst.com

Building Services & Supplies Cabinet Designers 747 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2200 www.cabinetdesigners.com

Cord King

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Glenn’s Wood Sheds

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1357 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, NY (845) 469-9382 www.exposures.com Open Wednesday to Sunday, 11am to 5pm. Internationally recognized photographer Nick Zungoli has been capturing iconic images of the Hudson Valley and world travel since 1979. Current special exhibit “Tuscana”. Fine art for residential and commercial spaces offering interior design services and installation. Commissions, Stock, Photo Workshops.

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Mark Gruber Gallery

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Atlantic Custom Homes

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Beverages Binnewater/Leisure Time Spring Water 25 South Pine Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-0237 www.binnewater.com

Book Publishers Monkfish Publishing

Custom Home Designer

Barner Books

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Exposures Gallery

New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 www.markgrubergallery.com

Bookstores

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Ice B’Gone Magic www.ibgmagic.com

N & S Supply www.nssupply.com info@nssupply.com

Will III House Design 199 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0869 www.willbuilders.com office@willbuilders.com

Cinemas Upstate Films 6415 Montgomery St. Route 9, NY Rhinebeck (845) 876-2515 32 Tinker Street, Woodstock , NY (845) 679-6608 www.upstatefilms.org

Dance Lessons Got2LINDY Dance Studios (845) 236-3939 www.got2lindy.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

Berkshire Co Op Market 42 Bridge Street, Great Barrington, MA (413) 528-9697 www.berkshire.coop

Brookside Farm 1278 Albany Post Road, Gardiner, NY (845) 895-7433 www.Brookside-farm.com Brookside Farm, organic grass-fed beef, chicken, eggs and pork. We go beyond organic to bring gourmet quality, healthy food to the Hudson Valley. Visit our farm store and specialty shop for your gourmet needs.

Hawthorne Valley Farm Store 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7500 www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org storeadmin@hawthornevalleyfarm.org A full-line natural foods store set on a 400-acre Biodynamic farm in central Columbia County with onfarm organic Bakery, Kraut Cellar and Creamery. Farm-fresh foods include cheeses, yogurts, raw milk, breads, pastries, sauerkraut, and more. Two miles east of the Taconic Parkway at the Harlemville/Philmont exit. Monday-Sunday, 7:30am to 7pm.

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Sunflower Natural Foods Market 75 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5361 www.sunflowernatural.com info@sunflowernatural.com

The Green Space 73B Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 417-7178 www.ShopTheGreenSpace.com

Financial Advisors Third Eye Associates, Ltd. 38 Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 752-2216 www.thirdeyeassociates.com

Gardening & Garden Supplies Mac’s Agway 68 Firehouse Lane, Red Hook, NY (845) 876-1559 145 Route 32N, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0050

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mercer INTERIOR Warwick, and Brooklyn, NY (347) 853-4868 www.mercerinterior.com info@mercerinterior.com We provide refined, personalized interior concepts for clients wanting functional satisfaction in and emotional connection to every room—be it home or workspace. Led by Rhode Island School of Design graduate Elizabeth Mercer Aurandt, we design customized interiors and build enduring relationships. 3143 Route 9, Valatie, NY (518) 758-1555 www.nydfo.myshopify.com

Internet Services DragonSearch (845) 383-0890 www.dragonsearchmarketing.com dragon@dragonsearch.net

Dorrer Jewelers 54 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 516-4236 dorrerjewelers.com info@dorrerjewelers.com

Dreaming Goddess 44 Raymond Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2206 www.DreamingGoddess.com

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

Home Furnishings & Decor Lounge High Falls, NY (845) 687-9463, Kingston, NY (845) 336-4324 www.loungefurniture.com

Home Improvement Gentech LTD 3017 US Route 9W, New Windsor, NY (845) 568-0500 www.gentechltd.com

William Wallace Construction (845) 750-7335 www.williamwallaceconstruction.com

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New York Designer Fabric Outlet

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Landscaping Coral Acres, Keith Buesing, Topiary, Landscape Design, Rock Art (845) 255-6634

Lawyers & Mediators Ranni Law Firm 148 North Main Street, Florida, NY (845) 651-0999 www.rannilaw.com

Schneider, Pfahl & Rahm, LLP Woodstock: (845) 679-9868, New York City: (212) 629-7744 www.schneiderpfahl.com

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Music Mid-Hudson Music Together www.musictogether.com/hudsonvalley

Performing Arts Bardavon Opera House 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org

Eisenhower Hall Theatre West Point Highway, Highland Falls, NY (845) 938-4159 www.ikehall.com

Falcon Music & Art Productions 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY (845) 236-7970 www.liveatthefalcon.com

Half Moon Theatre 2515 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY www.halfmoontheatre.org

Kaatsbaan International Dance Center

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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 personnel with world-renowned artists, academy award winning directors, headliner comedians and local, regional, and national artists on the verge of national recognition. An intimate, affordable venue, serving beer and wine, The Linda is a night out you won’t forget.

Photography Corporate Image Studio 1 Jacobs Lane, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-5255 www.mgphotoman.com

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

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Schools Bard Master of Arts in Teaching Program (800) 460-3243 www.bard.edu/mat mat@bard.edu

Berkshire Country Day School PO Box 867, Lenox, MA (413) 637-0755 www.berkshirecountryday.org

Canterbury School 101 Aspetuck Avenue New Milford, CT (860) 210-3832 www.cbury.org admissions@sbury.org

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

Columbia-Greene Community College 4400 Route 23, Hudson, NY (518) 828-1481 ext.3344 www.mycommunitycollege.com

Green Meadow Waldorf School (845) 356-2514 www.gmws.org

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hey may come from different traditions within Buddhism, but in their new book, Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit and Be a Whole Lot Happier (Hay House, 2013), Robert Thurman and Sharon Salzberg are essentially saying the same thing. Our anger- and fear-based culture could use an intervention. A peaceful, enlightened intervention. The Tibetan Buddhist teacher and founder of Menla Mountain Retreat Center in Phoenicia, Thurman delves into spiritual philosophy with intellectual rigor. Salzberg—a regular presenter at Menla and at the Garrison Institute—uses her nationally known meditation and mindfulness wisdom to offer practical advice for everyday living. Here, they give a new twist to the idea of anger management, offering teachings not just about Buddhism, but also about ourselves. What birthed the idea for your new, co-written book, Love Your Enemies? Sharon Salzberg: At Menla, Bob and I often teach a workshop together called “Working with Your Enemies,” in part because many people have a lot of suffering around inner and outer enemies. Inner enemies are things that we feel governed and overwhelmed by, like anger and fear, while outer enemies might be people whose actions have harmed us in some way. Maybe we get a little obsessed and give over too much of our life energy to those people or those feelings. Robert Thurman: We have found it a tremendous release, a life-changing relief, for people to really deal with these issues—internalized anger, bitterness, resentment, sadness. We thought, why don’t we do a book? Sharon has the tremendous resources of the Vipassana community and the mindfulness and loving-kindness skill sets that they develop. I have the resources from Shantideva, the great Buddhist master from India (the Dalai Lama is the special teacher of his tradition), and also the selflessness meditation of Tibet and what is called mind transformation yoga—seeing through the rigidity of ego and seeing ego resilience. So those things mesh nicely. I’m interested in the idea put forth in the book that as a culture we’re addicted to anger. How did we end up here? SS: In Tibetan Buddhist teaching, they say that anger is what we pick up when we feel weak because we think it will make us strong. So if we look deep into a state of anger, we find a kind of helplessness. I think one thing American society is based on is this idea that we should be in control all the time. Of course, we’re not. And so we feel perpetually helpless, and we can’t bear it—we think it’s wrong. So we pick up anger as the likeliest, most familiar means to not feel that anymore. Then we get caught in a vicious cycle. RT: In the world right now, with all this propaganda in the news, one of the things they do is encourage people to be helpless. If you don’t consume the products they’re selling you, if you don’t flip out over this and that, or fear this and that, you’ll be

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miserable. All this false propaganda is encouraging people to maintain the worst habits. In the middle of that, we’re working to reinforce the great teachings of Buddha and Jesus and Mohammad and Krishna and Lao-Tzu, all the great sages of humanity, with a really strong, well-worked-out technical psychology of the yogic and Buddhist masters. Modern ego psychology, although it’s a little more relaxed about the notion of rigid identity, is still in its infancy compared to the great psychologies of the East. It’s not a religious thing where we’re just telling people to be a good boy or girl and be pious. We’re giving people a skill set to be happy. Can you give a nutshell version of the Buddhist take on anger and other “enemies”? SS: The book is actually based on a Tibetan Buddhist model which has four kinds of enemies. The outer enemy is the most obvious one—people who’ve harmed us or who we fear will harm us. The inner enemies are things like jealousy and greed, and anger itself; it’s not the feeling of them that’s the problem but when we get overwhelmed by them and they guide our actions. Then the third enemy is the secret enemy, which is a sense of Self and Other, Us and Them, and not realizing that we live in an interconnected universe. We feel very much alone, at odds with everyone, and threatened by the great big Other out there. But it’s a construct—it’s not based on reality but on a kind of conditioning. The fourth enemy is the supersecret enemy, which Bob describes as self-loathing. I see it as almost this feeling of hopelessness. We try so hard to be happy, yet we do the very things that can cause so much pain and difficulty and confusion, and we start to spiral down. How do we break out of that? RT: We must see anger as an addictive emotion, or even an addiction—and the first step to conquering an addiction is to see that it is harmful. This is where Sharon comes in really powerfully with her self-awareness methodologies; you understand the mechanisms of your mind by observing it and seeing the way thoughts arise when your emotion gets kindled and you think, This is horrible, this is unacceptable, I’m going to flip out now. You get to see how that works in your mind and you are able to intervene. Then there are the mind transformation practices the Tibetans are so good at:You use the adversity, the thing that would make a normal person flip out, to change yourself internally—to develop your patience, your tolerance, your ability to withstand difficulties without losing control of yourself, and even turn those adversities into an advantageous energy that enables you to develop a kind of inner strength. The next step is developing what I call cool heroism, where you can be quite forceful and energetic in righting wrongs and preventing harm against yourself or others, yet you never lose your cool, you always have the best judgment, you even have a sense of humor, and you do it happily, you remain joyous, even dealing with adversity. That’s, of course, practically enlightenment, but every degree that we reach is a kind

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of enlightenment. We have this ability. Human beings are very intelligent and have a great power of self-awareness. Once we get over the brainwashing idea that we’re just creatures of habit and there’s nothing we can do about overcoming this emotional reaction, this rigidity of self-identity that we have, as we get over that we realize that we can be responsible for how we are, what we think, say, and do. We can change it for the better, and we can have a much happier life. SS: When you’re using mindfulness you might realize, well, I screamed at somebody last week and it didn’t work out that well. Maybe I have other options for trying to get what I want. It’s not that you have to back down, be a doormat. It’s not that you can’t get your point across, or that you can’t be strong or fierce. But if you’re overcome by anger, you’re actually not going to see many options. With anger, you get tunnel vision, and you may be less likely to get what you want in the end because of your reactive state. Do we need to repress our feelings? SS: Bob and I don’t mean to say that you should suppress your feelings or pretend you’re something you’re not—that would be quite counterproductive—but to understand that there’s a possibility to make a shift that serves our own well-being, which is a very important thing. It’s not just feeling a little better and having some energy. It’s having the energy to care about others and to be generous ourselves, and to make a contribution to the world. If you’re depleted, exhausted, and overwhelmed, that’s not going to happen. When we make a shift that serves our own well-being, we start to understand that we don’t have to be so bound to the past, and maybe vengefulness is not as strong as we were once taught, and compassion is not really weakness. RT: Don’t repress your anger, but be aware of it, and come to understand how the mind works. We can look at the mind and say, I don’t have to freak out about this. Then I’ll just be hurting myself more. And if I get angry at the person who hurt me, they’re going to hurt me worse. One begins to develop the ability to maintain judgment, rather than act habitually with screaming or fighting. Eventually, we get to see that anger is just energy. As long as you remain joyous—which means that you express anger neither internally or externally, because you understand that anger is a trick to trap you into behaving like a robot—then you can use that energy another way.You can use it creatively. What about modern psychology’s answer to anger and other difficult emotions? RT: Modern psychology has really gone down the tubes to materialism, where it’s just prescribing some sort of mood-altering drug and doing neuroscientific research to see what sort of brain stimulation you can have. The overall drive of industrial capitalism is that individuals are helpless to take care of themselves and have to rely on a substance, an authority, some other thing, instead of learning to become aware of themselves and cultivate themselves. We’re trying to reencourage people, and I think it’s part of a self-help movement, or self-responsibility movement, in the country and in the world. The people who won’t eat the crappy food produced by Archer Daniels Midland or Kellogg, the GMO or Monsanto clients and so on, and who look carefully into their diet and don’t take the mind-altering drug from the shrink who can’t get paid for talking to them but just for prescribing these expensive drugs. The people who move out from that and start thinking for themselves, managing their minds, doing yoga to manage their body. That’s what I call a self-responsibility movement. No one book is going to solve the whole problem, but if it helps turn people in this direction, that’s why we’re doing it. Where do we go from here? RT: The key is to develop harmony amongst ourselves and loving relationships, and connectedness and self-restraint and detachment, and a sense of freedom in the mind. We can’t have in this century another violent revolution where the revolutionaries just take over the levers of power and then turn out to be worse than the previous people. We have to have a joyful revolution, person by person. A fun revolution. Not fun by depending on some consumer product, but fun by developing knowledge of how your own mind and body work. A joy revolution.

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Psychotherapy Amy Frisch 5 College Avenue, New Paltz, NY (845) 706-0229 www.itsagirlthinginfo.com amyfrischLCSW@yahoo.com

Janne Dooley, LCSW, Brigid’s Well New Paltz, NY (347) 834-5081 www.Brigidswell.com Janne@BrigidsWell.com Brigid’s Well is a psychotherapy, coaching and supervision practice. Janne Dooley, LCSW specializes in childhood trauma, addictions, codependency, relationship issues and inner child work. Janne is starting a Trauma Training and Consultation group for psychotherapists. Call or email for information or to set up a consultation.

Judy Swallow, MA, LCAT, TEP 25 Harrington Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-7502 www.hvpi.net

Counseling & Therapy for Men Woodstock & Stone Ridge, NY (845) 807-7147 kentagram@gmail.com Therapy is the time-honored process of self-examination with the nonjudgmental, confidential support of a dedicated professional. At 63, late in my career, I am limiting my practice to working with men in this endeavor.

Legga, Inc. New Paltz, NY (845) 729-0608

Resorts & Spas Giannetta Salon and Spa 1158 North Avenue, Beacon, NY www.gianettasalonandspa.com

Retreat Centers Garrison Institute Route 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 424-4800 www.garrisoninstitute.org garrison@garrisoninstitute.com Retreats supporting positive personal and social change in a renovated monastery overlooking the Hudson River. Featuring Krishna Das: Heart of Devotion Retreat, February 28 – March 2, and Mindfulness at Work, with Sharon Salzberg and Janice Marturano, March 7 - 9.

Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-6897 ext. 0 www.menla.org menla@menla.org

Sex Therapy Frank Francavilla, MA, LCSW

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Tarot Tarot-on-the-Hudson‚ Rachel Pollack Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-5797 www.rachelpollack.com rachel@rachelpollack.com

Workshops Empowerment Wins (512) 785-3907 www.empowermentwins.com

Yoga Clear Yoga Iyengar Yoga in Rhinebeck 17b 6423 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6129 www.clearyogarhinebeck.com Classes for all levels and abilities, seven days a week. Iyengar Yoga builds strength, stamina, peace of mind, and provides a precise framework for a yoga practice based on what works for you. Check our website for upcoming workshops from Senior Iyengar teachers.

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Transformational Energy Work Priscilla Bright, MA

Private practice in Rhinebeck & New Paltz, NY, and mid-town Manhattan. Phone sessions also available. Profound individual energy-healing work with the former School Dean of the world-renowned Barbara Brennan School of Healing and presenter at Omega Institute and NYC Open Center. • Reconnect with your intuitive inner awareness • Open blocked energies • Increase relaxation - decrease stress • Learn skills for energy self-care • Life-transitions - career issues - relationships www.priscillabright.com • priscilla@priscillabright.com • 845-417-8261 FREE INITIAL PHONE CONSULTATION

A group designed especially for teenage girls focusing on issues of adolescence: relationships, school, dealing with parents, coping with teen stress, and more. Group sessions include expressive art activities - it’s not all talk! Tuesday Evenings New Paltz, New York Facilitator: Amy Frisch, LCSW For more information call: 845-706-0229 or visit: www.itsagirlthinginfo.com

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Put New Paltz on your Calendar THE DORSKY MUSEUM www.newpaltz.edu/museum 845.257.3844 Mary Reid Kelley: Working Objects and Videos Jan. 22 – Apr. 13 Opening reception: Feb. 8, 5–7 pm Along His Own Lines: A Retrospective of New York Realist Eugene Speicher Feb. 5 - July 13 Opening reception: Feb. 8, 5–7 pm

Eugene Speicher, Girl in a Coral Necklance (Joyce), 1935

THEATRE Buried Child, by Sam Shepard Feb. 27-Mar. 1, Mar. 6-8 at 8:00 p.m. Mar. 2 and 9 at 2:00 p.m. Parker Theatre Tickets: $18, $16, $10 Box Office opens: Feb. 17 On The Verge, by Eric Overmyer Apr. 24-26, May 1-3 at 8:00 p.m. Apr. 27 & May 4 at 2:00 p.m. McKenna Theatre Tickets: $18, $16 $10 Box Office opens Apr. 16

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1980s Style: Image and Design in The Dorsky Museum Collection Feb. 5 - July 13 Opening reception: Feb. 8, 5–7 pm

ART LECTURE SERIES Huma Bhabha, sculptor Feb. 5, 11:00 a.m. Coykendall Science Auditorium Free

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Mother Falcon brings it s chamber pop to BSP Lounge in Kingston on January 14.

Room at the Top When Mother Falcon performed on NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert” earlier this year, the series’ name took on a more literal meaning. The April appearance saw the acclaimed chamber pop band—whose ranks have at times included as many as 20 players—go down as the largest act thus far to cram itself into the cramped confines of host Bob Boilen’s storied office-cum-studio. Luckily for the members of the Austin, Texas, outfit, however, they’ll have a bit more elbow room when they set up on the stage of BSP Lounge on January 14 for the ensemble’s first Hudson Valley visit. But, still, it begs the question: While its novel-for-a-rock-band scale and diverse instrumentation—three cellos, six violins, various horns, bassoon, acoustic guitar, mandolin, pianos, glockenspiel, and more—give Mother Falcon its uniquely sprawling sound, one might guess that touring with such a mammoth lineup does bring along its share of craziness. “Oh yeah, the whole thing is crazy,” says guitarist Matt Puckett with a laugh. “We tour in a 15-seat passenger van with the last seat taken out to make room for our gear, so it’s pretty tight. It’s definitely a challenge sometimes.” Mother Falcon was formed around multi-instrumentalist and singer Nick Gregg when the players were still teenage music students. The band, which composes collectively and includes several other multi-instrumentalist-vocalists, followed the trail blazed by fellow Austin symphonic-indie unit the Polyphonic Spree by playing local rock clubs and DIY spaces in lieu of the auditoriums and concert halls normally associated with classical-tinged music—although Mother Falcon’s rapid ascendency has since seen the

orchestral crew perform at stately venues of the latter variety. Gregg, guitarist and pianist Claire Puckett, accordionist and pianist Tamir Kalifa, and percussionist and saxophonist Issac Winburne make up the creative hub of Mother Falcon, which released the debut EP Still Life (Independent) in 2010. The record’s bewitching single, “Marigold,” became a cult hit on regional radio and set the scene for the success of the band’s 2011 follow-up, Alhambra (Creme Fraiche Records), a Top 10 album on college radio charts. You Knew (Creme Fraiche), Mother Falcon’s sophomore full-length, took flight this past May, preceding monthlong summer club residencies in New York and Los Angeles. Drawing instant praise from NYLON, Paste, and other in-the-know publications, the set’s layered, ethereal tracks include the charging “Dirty Summer,” a reworked version of “Marigold,” and other sweeping, swelling standouts. For its current tour the group has pared down to a more manageable 13 pieces, but not at the expense of its live shows. “We’ve gotten good at presenting our ideas in ways that are engaging and highenergy—which is important when you’re playing classicalbased music in rock clubs,” Puckett explains. “That’s the great thing about touring: You get to try something one night and if it doesn’t really work you can refine it the next night.” Mother Falcon will perform at BSP Lounge in Kingston on January 14 at 8pm. And the Kids will open. Tickets are $9 in advance and $10 day of show. (845) 481-5158; Bspkingston.com. —Peter Aaron

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WEDNESDAY 1

FILM

KIDS & FAMILY

All is Lost Call for times. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.

Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.

Holiday Break Mini-Camps Jan. 3, 9-11:30am. $22/$14 members. For children in grades K-3rd. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Wildlife Education Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.

Veterans For Peace Trip to the West Bank 7-8:30pm. Films of Palestine Series. Tarak Kauff and Ellen Davidson visited the West Bank as part of a special Veterans For Peace delegation. Come hear their experiences talking to Palestinians, Israeli peace activists, and former members of the Israeli Defense Force. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 331-2884.

MUSIC

KIDS & FAMILY

New Year Gonging for Life 1pm. With Lea and Philippe Garnier, Michael Jay, Beth Ylvisaker & Janet Young. Come and go, sit or lay down, get your gong shower and go on with your year! Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. New Year’s at Ashokan Four days of of music and dance workshops, performances and dances featuring old time, swing and cajun music, and waltz, contra, and square dancing. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333. 6th Annual New Year’s Day Musical Ritual Event 3pm. $25/$20 in advance. Join Amy McTear and over 25 musicians on a musical journey through a soundscape of drums, flute, didgeridoo, symphonic gong, crystal singing bowls and more. Meditations for healing grief, aligning with inner guidance, envisioning and empowering collective change. Epworth Center, High Falls. (914) 388-0632.

Crafty Fun Fridays 4pm. Come in out of the cold and get crafty with us! For kids ages 8 and up. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.

Rowdy the Clown Comes to the Firefighting Museum! 10:30am & 12:30pm. $0-$20. Rowdy the clown will perform an interactive fire safety presentation that is sure to appeal to children and the “child” in all of us, at the FASNY Museum of Firefighting on January 4, 2014 from 10:30 am until 12:30 pm. Rambunctious Rowdy will share all her uproarious antics with children during this interactive and educational show. Fire safety crafts, balloon sculpting and other fun will abound, so come and spend the morning “clowning around” at the Museum. FASNY Museum of Firefighting, Hudson. 518-822-1875.

ART GALLERIES AND EXHIBITS 13th Annual Members Exhibit Opening Reception 5pm-7pm Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. 457-ARTS.

KIDS & FAMILY

OUTDOORS & RECREATION New Year’s Day Snowshoe Waterfall Outing 1-4:30pm. $5 snoeshow reservation. Join Laura Conner, Environmental Educator, for an approximately two and a half mile snowshoe hike along the scenic Awosting Falls carriage road. Minnewaska State Preserve Park, Kerhonkson. 255-0752.

Holiday Break Mini-Camps 9-11:30am. $22/$14 members. For children in grades K-3rd. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Wildlife Education Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.

LITERARY & BOOKS Local Poet: Sarah Heady: “Niagara Transnational” 7pm. Free. Deeply marked by her Hudson Valley upbringing, poet Sarah Heady writes on human geography, American history, and the built environment. Her first book, Niagara Transnational (Fourteen Hills, 2013), won the 2013 Michael Rubin Book Award. Barbara Tomash calls it “an epic American travelogue, but don’t expect mythic vistas and fruited plains. Heady propels us with gutsy, erotic, punky aplomb into the rusted waste and sugary spoils of the last century. With this series of sagely annotated poems made of passionate trash—old postcards, out-of-date informational placards, crumbling

Saturday Winter Workshop: Play with Plastillina 2pm. $5/$2 additional family member. Explore the medium of plastillina by creating a totem based on Monte Cassino: The Broken Statues by Italo Scanga. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100.

LECTURES & TALKS Dharma Study Group 10am. 1st class free/$15. We are also a Buddhist Sangha which offers support for all who wish to be part of a sangha community. Call center for specific class topics. Greymoor Spiritual Life Center, Garrison. 235-5800.

LITERARY & BOOKS Sonia Greenfield and William Greenfield 4pm. Poetry reading. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

Ramones Book Signing in New Paltz (Plus Pizza!)

Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism Classes 7pm. 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices and principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.

Four misfits from Queens, the Ramones stripped rock ’n’ roll down to its bare bones and beating heart, igniting the

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

punk rock revolution. The new book If

A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.

You Like the Ramones… by Peter Aaron, Chronogram’s music editor, covers over 200 bands, CDs, films, and other oddi-

THURSDAY 2

ties Ramones fans will love. On Janu-

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

ary 17 at 7pm, Aaron will read from the

Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.

book and sign copies at Inquiring Minds bookstore in New Paltz. Pizza will be

KIDS & FAMILY

MUSIC Akie B & the Falcons First Thursday of every month, 7pm. American soul-jazz. Doors, bar, and restaurant open at 5:30. No cover, donations welcome. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Voices of Glory 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

amusement park rides, rest stop confessions—Heady reports to us from the field.” Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.

SPIRITUALITY

MUSIC Chris O’Leary Band 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Chris Walsh 9pm. Singer-songwriter. Sidelines Restaurant & Sports Bar, Red Hook. 758-4545. Marji Zintz 7pm. Acoustic. Joma Café, West Shokan. 251-1114. Tony Leon and his Groupo Son Latino 7:30pm. Latin. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

SPIRITUALITY Private Past-Life Regression with Margaret Doner First Friday of every month, 11:30am & 3pm. $125/90 minute session. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

SATURDAY 4

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

FILM

Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737.

FOOD & WINE

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS HV:CREATE First Friday of every month, 8:30am. Free. Come check out why over 40 accomplished creative people from both sides of the Hudson and from NYC show up at 8:30 in the morning at a cafe in Stone Ridge, NY. HV:CREATE is a no-agenda informal meet-up space for creatives to meet, connect, and inspire each other. Conversations about creativity, work, money, life, collaboration. Conversation pods. Announcements & provocations. Spontaneous collaborations, connections, networks. MaMA’s Cafe sells delicious coffee, tea, and pastries to keep conversations fresh and flowing in the morning. INSTIGATOR: Jeffrey Davis, TrackingWonder.com MaMa, Stone Ridge. 679-9441.

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13th Annual Members Exhibit 200 Strong! Opening reception January 11, 5pm-7pm Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. 457-ARTS.

FILM All is Lost Call for times. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989. Blood and Sand (1922) 2pm. $7. Matador Juan Gallardo’s (Rudolph Valentino) meteoric, “rags to riches” rise to fame is threatened when he meets a sultry aristocrat, Dona Sol. Silent film with live accompaniment by Marta Waterman. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.

MUSIC Sunday Brunch: Gustafer Yellowgold 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Jason Casterlin 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

All is Lost Call for times. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989. Kingston Farmers’ Market First Saturday of every month, 10am-2pm. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. 338-6759.

HEALTH & WELLNESS 4-Week Teen Yoga Series 11:45am. $50 series. Yoga can help with creating a strong and flexible body and mind. Yoga helps to build self-confidence and self-acceptance while supporting an inner peace that can help one through life’s challenges. Yoga develops and increases focus and concentration in turn improving performance in music, sports, academics, and any other activity. 6th Grade-High School. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212. 4-Week Youth Yoga Series 10:30am. $50 series. Yoga can help with creating a strong and flexible body and mind. Yoga helps to build self-confidence and self-acceptance while supporting an inner peace that can help one through life’s challenges. Yoga develops and increases focus and concentration in turn improving performance in music, sports, academics, and any other activity. (3rd-5th grade). The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212.

41st Annual Feast of Three Kings Celebration 6:30pm. Hosted by the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception on the steps of the Red Lion Inn Join the Marian Fathers for community caroling, a visit by the Three Kings and refreshments. The Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-5545.

THEATER Audition: The Boys From Syracuse 7pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

MONDAY 6 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Transgender & Queer Support Network Meetings 7pm. First and third Monday of every month. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.

FILM All is Lost Call for times. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.

MUSIC

Dee Ramone: “Hey! Pizza! Great, let’s

Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Joe McPhee/Dominic Duval: The Dream Book 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.

dig in!” (845) 255-3800; Inquiringbooks.

NIGHTLIFE

com/new-paltz-bookstore.

Monday Night Karaoke 9pm. Free. Come and Join us for a night of Singing, Laughing and Fun starting Nov. 18th Monday night at Rendezvous Lounge in Kingston. Starting at 9pm -? bring a lot friends and have fun! Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.

served. In the immortal words of Dee

Holiday Break Mini-Camps Jan. 3, 9-11:30am. $22/$14 members. For children in grades K-3rd. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Wildlife Education Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.

FRIDAY 3

SUNDAY 5 ART GALLERIES AND EXHIBITS

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS

SPIRITUALITY

Mahatma Frequency Transmission For Ascension First Thursday of every month, 7pm. $20. Guided meditation and energy transmission of the Seven Sacred Flames For Ascension. These frequencies can be used to help us with any personal problem we set the intention for. These energies flow through the physical, mental and emotional bodies, clearing our Aura and Magnetic fields of negative thought patterns, belief patterns and emotional patterns. Energetic blocks of lack, scarcity and limitation dissolve with regular practice of receiving the Mahatma Frequencies. These energies feel like a gentle current flowing through the body bringing with them a powerful and lasting sense of peace and calm. True Light Healing Center, Kingston, N.Y. 332-0031. Private Raindrop Technique Sessions with Donna Carroll First Thursday of every month, 11:30am-6pm. $75/one hour. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

to keep a healthy hive of bees and the role of pollinators and their relationship to flowering plants. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Kakizome 2-3:30pm. A Japanese cultural program celebrating the traditional first calligraphy writing of the New Year. Presented by Arts Mid-Hudson Folk Arts Program and the Mid-Hudson Japanese Community Association. Play with Plastillina 2-4pm. Explore the medium of plastillina by creating a totem based on Monte Cassino: The Broken Statues by Italo Scanga. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100.

MUSIC Aztec Two-Step 7:30pm. $50 Gold Circle/$28/$26 in advance. Discover the band described as the bridge to the Beat Generation and instrumental in ushering the music of the ‘60s into the 1970s and beyond. Eighth Step @ Proctors, Schenectady. 518-346-6204. The Bob Meyer Project 7:30pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Celtic Night with the Irish Mafia First Saturday of every month. Sean Griffin’s Irish Mafia and invited guests connect the Celtic tradition to Galicia, Spain. Elephant, Kingston. Elephantwinebar.com. Mark Gamsjager and The Lustre Kings 9pm. Birthday tribute to Elvis Preseley. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Mindcrime 7pm. $10-$15. Queensryche Tribute, Kill Em All- Metallica trib, Escape From Reality. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.

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.

SPIRITUALITY Ceremony of the Heart/Expansion Into Light 7pm. $20. With Philippe Garnier and Shaman Rebecca Singer We all have a stream of light emanating our hearts to the Greater Light of the Universe. This is a unique opportunity to gently open your heart and, through sound, experience the light in you and others. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Meditation Instruction 2pm. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.

THEATER Audition: The Boys From Syracuse 1pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Beekeeping for Gardeners 10am-1pm. $45/$35 members. Learn how to start a honeybee colony, the seasonal management required

TUESDAY 7 HEALTH & WELLNESS Talk on Soul-Focused Living and Healing with Energy Medicine 9:30-11am & 7-8:30pm. Join Center Founder Bernadette Bloom for a free talk on soul-focused living and healing with energy medicine. Align, Attune and Allow the new to come into your life. Center for Aligned Healing, Chappaqua. (239) 289-3744. Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group First Tuesday of every month, 10am. Support Connection, Inc. offers a Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group. Open to women with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. There are many common factors to any cancer diagnosis. Join other women who have been diagnosed as we discuss all stages of diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment. Advance registration required. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 962-6402.

KIDS & FAMILY Rhyme Time 10:30am. Song and story circle for young children with a parent or caregiver. Matrushka Toys and Gifts, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-6911.

MUSIC Blues & Dance Party with Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis 7pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Chrissy Budzinski hosts Open Mike 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.

NIGHTLIFE Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 876-3330.

SPIRITUALITY Channeled Guidance to Further Your Journey First Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm. $20/$15. We are all on a spiritual journey and need guidance on that journey. An excellent way to receive that guidance is from a spirit guide who has distance from our worldly cares and who is understanding, wise, loving, compassionate, supportive, and above all, empowering. He will help you to tap into the wisdom in your own heart. We all have all the wisdom in the universe at our finger tips--the trick is to be able to access it. When the formal session is over, you may stay to ask questions about, or discuss your experience. Flowing Spirit Healing, Woodstock. 679-8989.

BOOKS PHIL JACKSON: LORD OF THE RINGS MELISSA DAVIS

Lord of the Rings Phil Jackson, the son of Pentecostal preachers in Montana, has won more championships than any other coach in American professional sports history. Jackson is also a student of philosophy, a practicing Buddhist and follower of Lakota Sioux spiritual traditions, and is insatiably curious about everything. He’s dropped acid, smoked weed, and given his millionaire players instructional manuals like Dan Millman’s Way of the Peaceful Warrior. “He’s made up of a million different things,” says Millerton resident and veteran sportswriter Peter Richmond, whose Phil Jackson: Lord of the Rings (Blue Rider Press, 2013) plumbs the depth of the enigmatic big man who won two NBA titles as a player, started his coaching career with the Albany Patroons, and led a Zen basketball workshop at the Omega Institute for many years. Richmond charts the improbable rise of the counterculture seeker through the professional coaching ranks and attempts to deconstruct Jackson’s outsized success. Peter Richmond will give a talk and sign copies of Phil Jackson: Lord of the Rings at Oblong Books & Music in Millerton on January 18 at 6pm. (518) 789-3797; Oblongbooks.com. —Brian K. Mahoney

Why a book on Phil Jackson? As he acquired all those rings and he was getting near the record, I said to my agent, “This is really bizarre. The history of sports has never had a ‘Phil Jackson.’ A guy who’s read every philosopher and spiritualist, from P. D. Ouspensky to Nietzche; a guy who’s studied Buddhism and Native American spirituality with the Lakota Sioux, Christianity, and Pentecostalism. He was into weed and LSD when he was a player, and now he’s possibly going to be the winningest coach ever. We should really think about this.” I wanted to write it partly to be instructive. If this guy wasn’t Vince Lombardi, Pat Riley, or name-your-hard-assed coach—he’s the opposite—then maybe people would start thinking of professional sports coaching in a new paradigm. When did you first get a sense that Phil Jackson was substantively different from other coaches? In his first year as coach of the Bulls, I did a long magazine feature on him, and it included going to Woodstock to talk to his friends. His friends were extremely kind but also very protective of him, in a way that you would want your friends to be protective of you with the press. And it struck me after those interviews that Jackson was something different, that his strategies had more to do with how he dealt with people every day, which was different from all of the coaches I had interviewed in a long sportswriting career.

Different how? What’s the default setting for most coaches? A guy who somewhere in his college athletic career realizes that his future will be in coaching. He goes to coaching seminars held by the big coaches, he studies his craft, he then schmoozes and gets an entry-level job with a professional team, and works his way up to his career pinnacle when he gets a head coaching job. Phil did the opposite. Phil followed Phil. It wasn’t until [Bulls GM] Jerry Krause found him. Krause said, “You’re too smart, you treat your players so well that they go to the end of the world for you in this minor league. Come to my team.” Krause brings him to Chicago from Albany in ’85. Phil shows up wearing a straw hat with a macaw feather and a beard and long hair and spends the entire interview explaining the mystical significance of the macaw feather to then-coach Stan Albeck. Needless to say, he doesn’t get the job. Two years later, Krause calls Phil and asks him to come back to interview with a new coach, but tells Phil to wear a suit and cut his hair. He did, he got hired, and two years later, he was the head coach of the Bulls. You didn’t interview Jackson for the book. You can write better books when the subjects are not there to tell you about themselves. It helped that I didn’t talk to Phil. If you’re writing about somebody, and you see any aspect of what they do through their own personal lens, it’s automatically a cracked lens. If you have 350, 400 pages to surround a subject, then that’s as authentic a story as you can deliver. If I had to do it over and somebody said, “You can have Phil,” I still wouldn’t want to talk to him. Not having Phil caused me to seek out people from fringe universes and seeing him in a much more objective light than people close to him and ultimately him himself. You end your book on the note that Jackson is essentially an enigma. Given his essential unknowability, how do you most succinctly describe him? By thinking outside of the sports box, and by treating his players as people first and athletes he works with second, not as product but as fellow human beings, he was able to set a completely new set of rules which turned out to dwarf, in quantitative success, every other coach in history. No American coach ever won 11 championship rings, and he did it by thinking counterintuitively to the stilted old thought. Charley Rosen, his friend of 35 years, said to me, “Look, don’t think you’re going to get to this guy, I don’t know who he is.” Nobody knows Phil. Phil may not know Phil. But I know that he’s at least comfortable with himself as a person—which I think is the number one requirement for happiness on Earth. He knows who he is. CHRONOGRAM.COM LISTEN to the full audio of the interview with Peter Richmond, available via the Chronogram Conversations podcast, episode 43, streaming on Chronogram.com or on iTunes.

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Open House with a Dharma Talk: Discipline = Joy? 7pm. Community sitting practice with instruction available from 6-7pm. Talk, discussion and refreshments from 7-9pm. Sky Lake Lodge, Rosendale. 658-8556.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Winter Journal Class with Geoff Rogers 10am-noon. $75/$60 early registration. Weekly through Feb. 11. Presented by Writers in the Mountains. Fairview Public Library, Margaretville. 586-3791.

WEDNESDAY 8 FILM All is Lost Call for times. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Breast Cancer Support Group Second Wednesday of every month, 2pm. Free support group for breast cancer patients and survivors. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212.

MUSIC Industry Mixer and Music Showcase 9:30pm. $10. DJ music starts at 10:30pm. Hudson Valley Hotel and Conference Center, Newburgh. 564-9020. Open Mike Night with Jeff Entin 7pm. Jeff Entin welcomes talent musicians and singers. Come grab a bite to eat and listen to up and coming artist from the Hudson Valley. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.

Hindenberg, Sundown, Direct Drive Band, Shadows Edge 7pm. $15. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966. Jeff Entin & Bob Blum’s Second Friday Jam 8:30pm. Lifelong friends and musicians, Jeff Entin and Bob Blum, host a rocking good time every second Friday of the month. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. The Jeremy Baum Trio 9:30pm. Blues. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Martin Sexton 9pm. Blend of folk, soul, jazz, gospel, and pop. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Murali Coryell & “Mojo” Myles Mancuso 9pm. $10. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

SATURDAY 11 HEALTH & WELLNESS 4-Week Teen Yoga Series 11:45am. $50 series. Yoga can help with creating a strong and flexible body and mind. Yoga helps to build self-confidence and self-acceptance while supporting an inner peace that can help one through life’s challenges. Yoga develops and increases focus and concentration in turn improving performance in music, sports, academics, and any other activity. 6th Grade-High School. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212. 4-Week Youth Yoga Series 10:30am. $50 series. Yoga can help with creating a strong and flexible body and mind. Yoga helps to build

Poetry Readings 7pm. $5/$2.50 open mike. Roberta Gould and Donald Lev reading the work of Enid Dame. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 331-2884. Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival Reading 2pm. Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock. 679-7420.

MUSIC Albert Cummings 9pm. $20. Blues guitar. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Soul Singer Bettye LaVette 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Brushy One String 8pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. John Street Jam 7pm. $5. John Street Jam, Saugerties. 943-6720. Eric Erickson 8pm. Singer/songwriter. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. The Jeremy Baum Trio 9:30pm. Roots music. Liberty Public House, Rhinebeck. 876-1760. Mark Donato 8pm. 2 Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-4717. Sanctuary: Iron Maiden Tribute Noon. $10. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

All is Lost Call for times. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.

MUSIC Nat Baldwin 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737.

FRIDAY 10 DANCE Zydeco Dance with River City Slim and the Zydeco Hogs $15/$10 FT students. Lesson at 7pm, dance 8pm-11pm. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 255-7061.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Citizen CPR and Red Cross Ready Class 6pm. Learn simple and effective steps we can take to protect ourselves and our loved ones during emergencies and disasters. Then, they will show us how to perform hands-only CPR, an easy and effective compression technique that can help save a person’s life. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. Kids’ Yoga 4:30-5:30pm. Classes blend kid-friendly postures, breathing exercises, relaxation techniques with storytelling and creative play. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

Beyond Treason In 2003, Chronogram News and Politics Editor Lorna Tychostup traveled to Iraq as a photojournalist on a mission to humanize the Iraqi people to the American public. She spent nine years photographing ordinary Iraqi civilians, risking her life, imprisonment, and even a $1 million fine to put a human face on global tragedy. Trish Dalton explores Tychostup’s controversial journey in the documentary, Bordering on Treason, which will have its local premier at Upstate Films in Woodstock on Sunday, January 26 at 1pm; Downing Film Center in Newburgh on Monday, January 27 at 7:15pm; and Rosendale Theater on Tuesday, January 28 at 7:15pm. Borderingontreason.com. self-confidence and self-acceptance while supporting an inner peace that can help one through life’s challenges. Yoga develops and increases focus and concentration in turn improving performance in music, sports, academics, and any other activity. (3rd-5th grade). The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212. American Heart Association Adavanced Cardiac Life Support Renewal Course 8am-4pm. $150. This is a recertification of the ACLS course. You must have a current ACLS certification to take this course. Course completion results in a two-year ACLS certification from the American Heart Association. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742. Baby Yoga 4:30-5:15pm. $16.50. Non-walking babies —including newborns through crawlers, along with their care-givers, establish early connections to yoga, body movement, and breath awareness. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223. Toddler-Preshcool Yoga 3:30-4:15pm. $16.50. Toddlers through age 4 and their care-givers establish early connections to yoga, body movement, and breath awareness. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

KIDS & FAMILY

Bill Robinson Wildlife Show 11am. See birds of prey and reptiles up close. Learn how these animals survive in the wild and the role they play in our ecology. Ages 5 and up. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.

Crafty Fun Fridays 4pm. Come in out of the cold and get crafty with us! For kids ages 8 and up. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.

Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.

LECTURES & TALKS

Saturday Winter Workshop: Make a Musical Instrument 2pm. $5/$2 additional family member. Create a musical instrument out of found objects inspired by artist Chen Zhen. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100.

Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? 7pm. free. On Friday, January 10 at 7 p.m. join the Cary Institute for a presentation by investigative journalist Alan Weisman, author of the bestselling The World Without Us. In Weisman’s follow-up book, he explores the fastest, most practical, and affordable ways of balancing population growth with the health of our planet. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook. 845 677-7600 x121.

MUSIC Cheryl Wheeler 7:30pm. $35 Gold Circle/$28/$26 in advance. Singersongwriter-commedienne extraordinaire. Eighth Step @ Proctors, Schenectady. 518-346-6204. Chris Bergson Band 7pm. Opener: The Flaming Meatballs. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Frank Migliorelli & the Dirt Nappers 7:30pm. Classic rock. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

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NIGHTLIFE Monday Night Karaoke 9pm. Free. Come and Join us for a night of Singing, Laughing and Fun starting Nov. 18th Monday night at Rendezvous Lounge in Kingston. Starting at 9pm -? bring a lot friends and have fun! Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.

THEATER Audition: Miss Saigon 7pm. Johnny Dell Productions. Knights of Colombus, Wappingers Falls. 297-9049.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Audition/Scene Study Workshop 11am-1pm. 6-week workshop presented by Mirage Theater Company with June Prager. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. Miragetheatrecompany.org.

The 400 Blows 7:15pm. $7. One of the defining films of the French New Wave movement, The “400 Blows” is director Francois Truffaut’s semi-autobiographical tale of a neglected boy’s descent into juvenile delinquency. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.

BUSINESS & NETWORKING

FILM

Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

FILM

THURSDAY 9

Kingston-Rhinebeck Toastmasters Club Second Thursday of every month, 7-9pm. Practice public speaking skills. Ulster County Office Building, Kingston. 338-5184. Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.

MONDAY 13 MUSIC

TUESDAY 14

A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

Meditation, Intention and the Zero Point Field 2pm. $20. With Ricarda O’Conner. Ricarda takes you on a lively exploration of consciousness and intention: how to set it, release it, and hold space for it to manifest. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Introduction to the Guitar for Beginners 6:30pm. $70. In this ten week class we will begin by learning simple songs, chords and melodies as well as how to tune and take care of your instrument. You will also get a taste of guitar playing styles like fingerpicking, flatpicking and just plain ole “good” picking. The environment is supportive and open to your interests and questions. If you don’t have a guitar, help is available in finding one. Olive Free Library, West Shokan. 901-2029.

SPIRITUALITY

Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting Second Thursday of every month, 7pm. Shawangunk Town Hall, Wallkill. 418-3640.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Sensory Story Times 10-11am. These story times allow children with a variety of special needs to enjoy a story time tailored to their sensitivities. Participants will listen to stories, play games, do an art project and experience all that a library story time has to offer. Parents will have an opportunity to meet other special needs community families. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.

LITERARY & BOOKS Poetry Brothel 8pm. $10. A uniquely immersive poetry experience that takes poetry outside classrooms and places it in the lush atmosphere of a recreated turn-of-the-century Bordello. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS

HEALTH & WELLNESS Meditation Seminar 6:30pm. Susan Olin-Dabrowski, BS, CHt Certified Consulting Hypnotist & Reiki Master Teacher. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.

KIDS & FAMILY Rhyme Time 10:30am. Song and story circle for young children with a parent or caregiver. Matrushka Toys and Gifts, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-6911.

MUSIC Mother Falcon 9pm. $10/$9 in advance. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158.

Renew You 2014 9am-12:30pm. $20. Fundraiser to benefit building of new playground at Kingston’s Forsyth Park. Spend the morning working out and getting pampered with 25 classes/workshops. Cornell Street Studio, Kingston. 679-8348.

NIGHTLIFE

SPIRITUALITY

Meditation Instruction 2pm. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.

THEATER Audition: The Comedy of Errors 1pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Annuals: Gardening with Color 1-3pm. $30/$25 members. Join Andrew Koehn, head gardener at Mohonk, for a talk about tried and true garden performers and some newcomers that are worth a try on the “annual” list. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Make a Musical Instrument 2-4pm. Create a musical instrument out of found objects inspired by artist Chen Zhen. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100. Success by Design: Create a Transformational Master Plan 12-6pm. $125. www.burnbright-lifeworks.com

SUNDAY 12 LECTURES & TALKS Johanna and Robert Titus: The Hudson River School: An Ice Age Origin? 2pm. $9/$7 members. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill. 518-943-7465.

MUSIC Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Tony Jefferson & Groovocity 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

THEATER Audition: Miss Saigon 7pm. Johnny Dell Productions. Knights of Colombus, Wappingers Falls. 297-9049. Audition: The Comedy of Errors 7pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 876-3330. Psychic Sylvia Browne 7:30pm. $60. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.

WEDNESDAY 15 FILM Film Night: The Deflowering of Eva Van End 6pm. English subtitles. In this perfect blend of satire and sincerity, a dysfunctional family gets turned on its head when the ‘perfect’ exchange student moves in. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group 7pm. Third Wednesday of every month. Support Connection, Inc. offers a Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group. Open to women with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. There are many common factors to any cancer diagnosis. Join other women who have been diagnosed as we discuss all stages of diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment. Advance registration required. Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel. (914) 962-6402. Empowerment Workshop 6-9pm. Empowerment Life Coach Ann Davison, LCSW is offering a 3 hour introductory Empowerment workshop in which people will learn about and experience structured techniques for improving their confidence, increasing their effectiveness and unlocking their true potential. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. (512) 785-3907.

LECTURES & TALKS MAKOplasty Seminar 6pm. MAKOplasty® Hip Replacement & Knee Resurfacing is performed using the RIO® system, a highly advanced, surgeon-controlled robotic arm system that offers a new level of precision to restore your mobility and return you to an active lifestyle. Vassar Brothers Ambulatory Surgery Center, Poughkeepsie. 483-6088.

MUSIC Blue Cranes and Rene Hart, Allison Miller, and Jeff Lederer 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Open Invitation for The Rhinebeck Choral Club 7:30pm. First meeting of the new year. All voices are welcome from beginner to professional from any where in the Hudson Valley Area. Archcare at Ferncliff Nursing Home, Rhinebeck. 876-2011.

MUSIC MARSHALL CRENSHAW WITH THE BOTTLE ROCKETS

Pop Goes Crunch Sometimes what might at first seem like an odd pairing makes for a perfect fit. Take, for example, the ongoing live collaboration between Marshall Crenshaw and the Bottle Rockets. Crenshaw has long been recognized as a genius of melodic, jazz-inflected, Beatles-/Buddy Holly-based power pop, while the Bottle Rockets are revered as pioneers of a twangy altcountry sound that owes more to Southern rock and the heavy crunch of Crazy Horse. To many, such a fusion of disparate styles shouldn’t work. But work it does—gloriously so, as YouTube clips of the two acts’ recent live collaborations inarguably display. And no doubt such scenes will be reprised when Crenshaw and the Bottle Rockets’ current tour brings them to the Iron Horse Music Hall on January 25. So when and how did this uncanny joining of forces begin? “We’ve been doing shows together on and off since 2011,” says Crenshaw. “Basically, it started because we both have the same booking agent and he suggested we work together. I’d always liked the Bottle Rockets’ stuff, so I was really into the idea. And it turned out they were, too. There’s a real mutual respect between all of us as songwriters and musicians, so the whole thing really clicks well. At this point we’ve done somewhere between 30 and 40 shows together.” Crenshaw, a Rhinebeck resident, is one of the brightest lights of the contemporary singer-songwriter field. He played John Lennon in Broadway’s “Beatlemania” before rising to prominence on 1980s alternative radio and, in addition to other film work, penned the theme for 2007’s Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Lately, Crenshaw has been busy with a series of 10-inch, 45rpm vinyl EPs, releasing a new three-song disc “every few months”; the latest is Driving and Dreaming (Red River Entertainment). Formed in 1992 in the musical metropolis (?) of Festus, Missouri, the Bottle Rockets, along with the pre-Wilco unit Uncle Tupelo, co-led the ’90s insurgent country/roots-rock wave. Presently comprised of guitarist and vocalist Brian Henneman, drummer Mark Ortmann, guitarist John Horton, and bassist Keith Voegele, the Rockets are touring in support of Bloodshot Records’ double-CD reissue of their crucial first two albums, 1993’s Bottle Rockets and 1995’s The Brooklyn Side. On this tour’s shows, the Bottle Rockets will play their own set before joining Crenshaw for a segment that spans his deep catalog. “It’s definitely an equal collaboration: On some nights, the audience is made up of more of my fans, and on others, it’s more of theirs,” says Crenshaw. “Even if we haven’t played together for a while, once we get on stage there’s a real chemistry there that comes right back.” And at the moment, the only way to get a taste of that rare chemistry is in a live setting, as Crenshaw and the Bottle Rockets have no plans to enter the studio together at this time. Marshall Crenshaw and the Bottle Rockets will perform at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, Massachusetts, on January 25 at 7pm. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. (413) 586-8686; Iheg.com. —Peter Aaron

Marshall Crenshaw

Mother Falcon brings it s chamber pop to BSP Lounge in Kingston on January 14.

The Bottle Rockets

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SPIRITUALITY Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism Classes 7pm. 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices and principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Passion for Plants—Study Group 10am-noon. $75 series/$65 series members/$25 individual class. Join a study group at to consider plant groups of particular interest to the staff of the Berkshire Botanical Garden. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.

THURSDAY 16 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300. OLOC (Old Lesbians Organizing for Change) 6:30-8:30pm. Third Thursday of every month. A potluck dinner followed by a discussion or program. All lesbians 60 years old or older are welcome. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.

KIDS & FAMILY Youth Creative Movement 4:30pm. After-school participants ages 6 -8 years old will explore dance and creative movement at the HOH studio. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181.

Matuto! The Heights of World Music 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Spillway Band 7pm. Country. Catamount Ski Area, Hillsdale. (518) 325-3200.

SPIRITUALITY The Art of Being Human: Talk by Arawana Hayashi 7:15pm. The Art of Being Human is a weekend program which is part of the Shambhala Training series. The topic is our innate ability, which meditation practice helps us develop, to experience our lives fully and be available to others. Sky Lake Lodge, Rosendale. 658-8556.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Botanical Painting with Watercolor: Master Class with Carol Woodin 10am-4pm. $360/$320 members. Through January 19. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Tax Talks- Tips and Changes 7:30pm. Presented by Jean Berasi, an enrolled agent with H&R Block. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.

SATURDAY 18 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Voices of Diversity 12-2:30pm. Third Saturday of every month. A social network for LGBTQ people of color. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.

DANCE Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company 8pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.

KIDS & FAMILY Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747. The Other Side of the Jungle: Folk Tales From Around the World 10:30am. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507. Saturday Winter Workshop: Cast Your Hand 2pm. $5/$2 additional family members. Make a plaster cast of your hand! Based on many figurative works in ‘Art at The Core’. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100.

LECTURES & TALKS Artist Talk: Izhar Patkin 2pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Dharma Study Group 10am. 1st class free/$15. We are also a Buddhist Sangha which offers support for all who wish to be part of a sangha community. Call center for specific class topics. Greymoor Spiritual Life Center, Garrison. 235-5800. Gallery Talk 2:30pm. Talks by Ronald Netsky, Professor of Art at Nazareth College, and Dr. Patricia Phagan, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.

MUSIC The Big Takeover 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. British Steel: Judas Priest Tribute, Chaos 7pm. $12-$15. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966. Eldar Djangirov: The Brilliant Jazz Pianist in a Solo Recital. 8pm. Genl: $25; Srs $22; Contributors $20; Students $5. No credit cards. Windham Chamber Music Festival

MUSIC Bucky Pizzarelli & Ed Laub Duo 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Community Sound Circle 6pm. $5. Come join composer, singer and sound healer Cecilie Hafstad, from Oslo, Norway, for our monthly Community Sound Healing group. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Does This Show Make Me Look Fat? 8pm. $15. A Staged Reading of Cathy Ladman’s comic’s trip through life with anorexia. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. (323) 313-8426.

FOOD & WINE Farm to Table Event: An Evening in Tuscany 7pm. Join Italian born chef and author Tiberio for a delicious Italian meal prepared from home grown Hudson Valley produce, paired with mouth watering wines and Italian opera and songs performed live in the gallery by operatic baritone and gallery owner Kerry Henderson and friends. Uptown Kingston, Kingston.

KIDS & FAMILY Crafty Fun Fridays 4pm. Come in out of the cold and get crafty with us! For kids ages 8 and up. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. Moonrise Snowshoe Hike 6pm. The nearly full moon will be rising as we hike Mud Creek’s trails. Hot cocoa and tea will be provided afterwards. Registration is recommended in order to reserve snowshoes. Mud Creek Environmental Learning Center, Ghent. (518) 828-4386 ext.3.

LITERARY & BOOKS Reading and Book Signing with Peter Aaron 7pm. Author of If You Like the Ramones... Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.

MUSIC The Sounds Within Concert 7pm. $20. With Nacho Arimany and St. Cecilie. A deep immersion in elemental sounds from the earth and vocal improvisations that will generate a journey within your self. Inner balance, deep meditation states, natural resonance and entrainment through rhythms of nature. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. ASK for Music January 8pm. $6. Come out to hear the finest Hudson Valley singer-songwriters the 3rd Friday of each month. This month’s performers are Vince Sauter, Jeff Entin and Bob Blum and C.B. Smith and the Lucky Devils. Event hosted by Michael and Emmy Clarke. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0331. Bakklash 9:30pm. Classic rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Bill’s Toupee 8:30pm. Covers. Shadows On the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 486-9500.

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FILM Back to the Future 7pm. $7. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

MUSIC Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Keegan/Grilliot/ Miller 8pm. American trombonist Matt Keegan, now based in Australia, makes his Beacon debut in a trio including veterans of past Quinn’s jazz sessions, bassist François Grilliot and drummer Dave Miller. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

FRIDAY 17

Transgender & Queer Support Network Meetings 7pm. First and third Monday of every month. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.

Martin Luther King Jr...The Man We Never Knew 1pm. This play is actually an interactive program and is appropriate for all ages. Includes 10 minutes of Q&A with actor/historian Michael Monasterial who speaks with the audience in character. The second part of the program is the dramatic back story of the March on Washington with selections from the “I have a Dream” speech. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. Mountaintop by Katorie Hall 6pm. This is a compelling work of fiction and a retelling of the last night in Martin Luther King Jr’s life. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.

Adult Book Discussion Group 7-9pm. Stephen King’s 11/22/63. Fallsburg Library, South Fallsburg. 434-6067.

COMEDY

MONDAY 20 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

THEATER

LITERARY & BOOKS

Library Knitters 7-8pm. Third Thursday of every month. Sit and knit in the beautiful Gardiner Library. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737.

all of her talents to a live performance, the recording studio, and in her compositions. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Sunday Brunch with Joe Carozza 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Swear and Shake 8pm. Indie-folk. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Winter Cabaret Tighten those corsets and glue on those glitter eyelashes! Wintertime means Hudson’s very own Bindlestiff Family Cirkus is back for its monthly cabaret series at Club Helsinki Hudson. The adult-oriented cabaret kicks off on Saturday, January 25 at 9pm with an eclectic mix of internationally renowed street performers, circus acts, theater, comedy, and original, witty musical entertainment. Each month will bring a new lineup, from sword swallowers to contortionists to aerialists. Audiences are encouraged to dress up, and those in costume or circusy makeup receive discounted admission. (518) 828-4800; Helsinkihudson.com

TUESDAY 21 HEALTH & WELLNESS Community Holistic Helath Care Day 4-8pm. Wide variety of holistic modalities and practitioners are available to all for appointments on a first-come, first-served basis. Marbletown Community Center, stone ridge. Rvhhc.org.

KIDS & FAMILY Third Saturday Contradance 7:30pm. Third Saturday of every month. $10/$5 students. St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie. 473-7050. West Coast Swing Dance Party 8pm. $10. West Coast Swing is the smoother, slower style of swing dancing. Lesson 8-8:30, dancing from 8:30 til 11:30. No partner necessary. With Denis Riley and Lee Mansfield. Blazin’ Dance and Fitness, Fishkill. 569-7192.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS Repair Cafe 10am-3pm. Free. A free meeting place to bring a beloved but broken item for repair. Yes, for free! Mechanical, electric & electronic, clothing, things made of wood, dolls & stuffed animals, jewelry, tool sharpening & digital devices. New Paltz United Methodist Church, New Paltz. 646-302-5835.

FOOD & WINE Kingston Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Third Saturday of every month. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. 338-6759. Say Cheese: Mastering Quick Mozzarella Noon. $50. Start the new year with a fun day of stretching mozzarella. Join Hawthorne Valley Farm’s cheesemaker Peter Kindel and see the process from start to finish. We’ll taste what we make against some of the other mozzarellas out in the market. Saturday, January 18 from noon to 3 pm in the Farm Creamery. Hawthorne Valley Farm, Ghent. 518-672-7500.

HEALTH & WELLNESS AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers CPR Course 9am-2pm. $75. This 1-day course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals the ability to recognize several life threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. Course completion results in a certification card valid for 2-years from the American Heart Association. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742. Qi and Psoas Release 2pm. $20. With Amy Shoko Brown. Relieve back pain and chronic core postural issues. This workshop gives you a effective way to relieve lower back pain, neck, shoulder pain, GI disturbances, general tension and stress, and yes, it does relieve emotional stress and trauma as well. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

kicks off the 2014 season with Eldar Djangirov, A Genius Jazz Pianist, in a Solo Recital. “A sparkling command of the instrument - new horizons for music. With my compliments and admiration.” - Chick Corea Windham Civic Center, Windham. 518 734 3868. Lara Hope and The Ark-Tones 9pm. Rockabilly, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Mark Donato 9pm. Liberty Public House, Rhinebeck. 876-1760. Pianist Pedja Muzijevic 8pm. Classical music. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.

Rhyme Time 10:30am. Song and story circle for young children with a parent or caregiver. Matrushka Toys and Gifts, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-6911.

SPIRITUALITY

Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 876-3330.

Meditation Instruction 2pm. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Cast Your Hand 2-4pm. Make a plaster cast of your hand! Based on many figurative works in ‘Art at The Core’. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100. Community Chili Bowl Days 12, 2:30 & 5pm. Help us prepare of our annual Chili Bowl Fiesta at one of our Community Bowl Days! Wheel throwing & hand-building, no experience necessary. 121:30, 2:30-4 & 5-6:30pm. Help us prepare of our annual Chili Bowl Fiesta at one of our Community Bowl Days! Participants will wheel throw and hand build bowls to be sold at our annual Chili Bowl Fundraiser. Woman’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale. Wsworkshop.org.

SUNDAY 19 LITERARY & BOOKS Loretta Di Leo 4pm. Presents I’ll Be Seeing You, a book about Dr. Richard Jasper, who imparts wisdom from the afterlife to assist us in building bridges between the dimensions. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.

MUSIC Dan Lavoie on Harp Guitar 4:30pm. Acoustic. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Jazz at the Falls: The Terri Roiger Trio Noon. Teri is an accomplished jazz vocalist, plays piano, composes music, and writes lyrics. The depth of her experiences and love of jazz is apparent when she brings

MUSIC Big Joe Fitz & the Lo-Fis Blues and Dance Party 7pm. Bring your dancing does to the best blues dance party in the Hudson Valley. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Chrissy Budzinski hosts Open Mike 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.

NIGHTLIFE

SPIRITUALITY Channeled Guidance to Further Your Journey 6:30pm. Third Tuesday of every month. $20/$15. We are all on a spiritual journey and need guidance on that journey. An excellent way to receive that guidance is from a spirit guide who has distance from our worldly cares and who is understanding, wise, loving, compassionate, supportive, and above all, empowering. He will help you to tap into the wisdom in your own heart. We all have all the wisdom in the universe at our finger tips--the trick is to be able to access it. When the formal session is over, you may stay to ask questions about, or discuss your experience. Flowing Spirit Healing, Woodstock. 679-8989.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Power Attunements: Powering Up for the Aquarian Age 7-9pm. $20/$15. Psychic medium Adam Bernstein. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

WEDNESDAY 22 MUSIC Jeff Entin’s Open Mike Night 7pm. Come on down for a bite to eat and an night of eclectic performers. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

KIDS & FAMILY

A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.

Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747. Saturday Winter Workshop: Create a Nature Mobile 2pm. $5/$2 additional family members. Inspired by Lisa Hoke’s work, make a mobile out of natural material. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100. Unity Jam! An Interactive Musical Experience for All Ages Fourth Saturday of every month, 2pm. Musical storytelling, group drumming, freestyle dancing, calland-response singing, listening and other interactive activities. Cultivation of gratitude, mindfulness, service and the importance of developing connection and community. MaMa, Stone Ridge. 687-8707. Unity Jam! An Interactive Music Experience For Children and Families 2pm. Fourth Saturday of every month. Musical storytelling, group drumming, freestyle dancing, calland-response singing, listening and other interactive activities. MaMa, Stone Ridge. 867-8707.

Swimmy, Frederick, and Inch By Inch 2pm. $20/$10 children. The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia puppet group. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.

Passion for Plants—Study Group 10am-noon. $75 series/$65 series members/$25 individual class. Join a study group at to consider plant groups of particular interest to the staff of the Berkshire Botanical Garden. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.

THURSDAY 23 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Holistic Self-care Class 7-8:30pm. Awakening to the New Year through sound healing with Kate Loye. Family Traditions, Stone Ridge. Rvhhc.org. The New Year, New You Wellness Workshop 7pm. $327/$267 early reg. Weekly through Feb. 27. Substantially improve how you feel, look and weigh by resetting the clock, your metabolism and your relationship with food . Six life-changing sessions including a hands-on natural foods cooking class. Marika’s Kitchen, Beacon. (646) 241-8478.

MUSIC Willa McCarthy Band 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

SPIRITUALITY

LITERARY & BOOKS Laura Ludwig Presents Performance Art and Poetry 6:30pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.

MUSIC The Art of Contemplative Listening and Symbolic Healing with Myth 7pm. $20. With Craig Lennon PhD Guests: Chaz Griffin on Flute, Cecilie Hafstad, Voice. Contemplation is the spiritual practice that opens us to seeing the way visionaries see. Contemplation penetrates through the web of illusion that fixates our minds and distorts our open receptivity to the unlimited field of human emotion. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

LITERARY & BOOKS Doug Wilson 4pm. Emmy-winning producer and director of ABC’s Wide World of Sports presents The World Was Our Stage. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.

Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 876-3330.

The Kleio Quartet 3pm. Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck. 876-3533. MotherLode 8pm. Singer/songwriter series. Dogwood, Beacon. 202-7500. Sunday Brunch: Vic Juris & Kate Baker 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION Catskill Mountain Snowboard Series Slalom and GS Races 8am. Plattekill Mountain, Roxbury. (607) 326-3500.

PETS Pet 1st Aid, CPR & Disaster Preparedness Course 10am. $45 includes books and materials. Covers common health and safety-related issues for Dogs & Cats, first aid basics, CPR, choking maneuvers for pets, when to seek professional care and disaster planning steps for your pet. Course completion results in a

Crafty Fun Fridays 4pm. Come in out of the cold and get crafty with us! For kids ages 8 and up. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.

LITERARY & BOOKS Author Larry Wittne: What’s Going On at UAardvark? 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Tom Nolan 7pm. Presenting his anthology of short stories Wishbone Creek and Other Stories. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.

MUSIC The Amigos Band with David Amram 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Buckeye Rooster 9pm. Bluegrass. The Quiet Man Pub, Peekskill. Thequietmanpublichouse.com. Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires 9pm. $25/$40/$48. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Driftwood 10pm. Snug Harbor Bar & Grill, New Paltz. 255-9800. Myles Mancuso Band 8pm. Blues. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Working with Wood: Build Your Own Double Paddle Canoe 4pm. $600/$500 members/$900 tandem/materials fee extra. In this two-weekend, hands-on workshop you will build and take home your own ultra-light double paddle canoe. Participants will steam and install ribs, lash stringers to the ribs, install inwales and complete the frame, skin the boat with a tough polyester cloth and waterproof the skin. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.

12 Years a Slave Call for times. In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.

LITERARY & BOOKS Stories for Inquiring Minds With Janet Carter Last Wednesday of every month, 7pm. Rediscover the timeless world of story through the voice of the storyteller. Join Janet Carter, and guest storytellers, while they regale us with tales of fear, love, fantasy, humor and history. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. Janet.carter332@gmail.com.

MUSIC

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.

FILM

KIDS & FAMILY

WEDNESDAY 29 FILM

AFI 6pm. $30. Rock. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.

FRIDAY 24

Kids’ Yoga 4:30-5:30pm. Classes blend kid-friendly postures, breathing exercises, relaxation techniques with storytelling and creative play. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

Tootie’s Tempo 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

NIGHTLIFE

Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737.

Citizen CPR and Red Cross Ready Class 6pm. Learn simple and effective steps we can take to protect ourselves and our loved ones during emergencies and disasters. Then, they will show us how to perform hands-only CPR, an easy and effective compression technique that can help save a person’s life. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.

MUSIC

Brazilian Guitar Quartet 3pm. $25/$20 seniors. Church of the Holy Cross, Kingston. 331-6796.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Rhyme Time 10:30am. Song and story circle for young children with a parent or caregiver. Matrushka Toys and Gifts, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-6911.

MUSIC

Contentment in Everyday Life 7pm. First class free. Runs for 5 Thursday nights. Contentment can be hard to find. Much of the time we search for contentment in things, achievements or relationships. With meditation practice, we relax with ourselves and appreciate simple human experiences. The class includes talks, discussion, and meditation practice. Sky Lake Lodge, Rosendale. 658-8556.

TUESDAY 28 KIDS & FAMILY

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) The preposterous yet undeniably hilarious “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” will take the stage at the Beacon Theatre January 10 to 19. With only three actors, the (necessarily) fast-paced romp touches on each of Shakespeare’s 37 plays in just 97 minutes, including the world record for the shortest-ever performance of Hamlet— merely 43 seconds—and then backwards in 42 seconds. As one of the world’s most frequently produced plays, the quirky comedy includes audience participation and speaks to the Shakespeare lover and hater (I mean, who cares about “King John”?) in all of us. (845) 226-8099; Thebeacontheatre.org.

THURSDAY 30 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.

MUSIC Jim Campilongo Trio 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Michael Schenker Group, Starstruck, Kristen Capolino 7pm. $20-$35. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966. Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Winter Cabaret 9pm. Not suitable for children! Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Shaktipat: Ecstatic Grooves, Hypnotic Kirtan, Tribal Drumming 8pm. Fourth Saturday of every month. Come join a growing community of ecstatic warriors united in the thunder of pulse, voice and spirit! Raise your voice in hypnotic kirtan, move your body to the sacred rhythms, drum your way to ecstasy, and help create a collective sacred space. MaMa, Stone Ridge. 687-8707. The Stepkids 8pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Kids Cup Race 8am. Open to kids of all ages! Plattekill Mountain, Roxbury. (607) 326-3500.

SPIRITUALITY Meditation Instruction 2pm. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Beyond Song and Sound for Women’s Circles 7-8:30pm. $20. With Grandmother Threecrow. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Create a Nature Mobile 2-4pm. Inspired by Lisa Hoke’s work, make a mobile out of natural material. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100. Extending the Season’s Harvest Growing Vegetables for Four Seasons 10am-2pm. $50/$40 memenrs. Learn how to extend the season’s harvest to enjoy your own garden greens throughout the late fall and early spring months. Consider growing under cover in an unheated greenhouse, cold frame or high/low poly tunnels and learn techniques needed to achieve a true four-season harvest. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.

SATURDAY 25

SUNDAY 26

FILM

certification card valid for 3-years from the Emergency Care and Safety Institute. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Akashic Records Revealed 2pm. $20. With June Brought. The Akashic Record is the recording of one’s soul imprint since inception. Through accessing this field of energy, with the client’s consent, June works with individuals to translate information in response to questions or voiced perceptions. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. The Saturn Return and Other Karmic Turning Points 2-4pm. $20/$15 in advance. Astrologer Alexander Mallon. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

MONDAY 27 FILM 12 Years a Slave Call for times. In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.

MUSIC Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Mike Dopazo Trio 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.

20 Feet From Stardom 7:30pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Lord of the Strings 7-9pm. A multimedia presentation of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien in modern music. Music ranges from actual songs and poems from Tolkien’s works to folk music, soft rock, hard rock, and heavy metal. Fallsburg Library, South Fallsburg. 434-6067. Scott Wendholt/Adam Kolker Quartet 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

THEATER London’s National Theatre in HD: Coriolanus 7pm. $25/$18 students. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737.

FRIDAY 31 HEALTH & WELLNESS Citizen CPR and Red Cross Ready Class 6pm. Learn simple and effective steps we can take to protect ourselves and our loved ones during emergencies and disasters. Then, they will show us how to perform hands-only CPR, an easy and effective compression technique that can help save a person’s life. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. Kids’ Yoga 4:30-5:30pm. Classes blend kid-friendly postures, breathing exercises, relaxation techniques with storytelling and creative play. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

KIDS & FAMILY

Couponing 101 1pm. Please join us for an introduction to using coupons at local stores. Learn some tips and tricks for getting the best deals in town. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. Introduction to the Guitar for Beginners 6:30pm. 70.00. In this ten week class we will begin by learning simple songs, chords and melodies as well as how to tune and take care of your instrument. You will also get a taste of guitar playing styles like fingerpicking, flatpicking and just plain ole “good” picking. The environment is supportive and open to your interests and questions. If you don’t have a guitar, help is available in finding one. Olive Free Library, West Shokan. 901-2029.

Crafty Fun Fridays 4pm. Come in out of the cold and get crafty with us! For kids ages 8 and up. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music 10:30am & 6:30pm. $13-$71. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

MUSIC Jay Collins & The Kings County Band 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Wintereise 7pm. $20. Winter Journey by Schubert presented by LiederWorks. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. 338-6759.

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ART GISELLE POTTER AT CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY

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ART GISELLE POTTER AT CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY

Illustrations by Giselle Potter from To Do: A Book of Alphabets and Birthdays will be exhibited at Carrie Haddad this month. All illustrations gouache on paper, 2012-2013.

Of Alphabets & Birthdays Giselle Potter is the illustrator of over 25 children's books, including The Year I Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Go to School, based on her experiences traveling in Italy as a child with her parents' puppet troupe, The Mystic Paper Beasts. As Potter's parents and grandparents were artists, it's not surprising the paint brush did not fall far from the easel. Potter's illustrations have appeared in numerous publications, most notably The New

Yorker. For a recent project, she illustrated Gertrude Stein's To Do: A Book of Alphabets and Birthdays (Yale University Press, 2011), to accompany an exhibit of the Stein art collection. Potter lives Rosendale with her husband and two children. Illustrations by Potter will be exhibited at Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson as part of the group exhbiitin "Modern Artists," January 24 to March 2. Carriehaddadgallery.com.

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Planet Waves BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO

LIZANNE E.WEBB / PLANET WAVES

A rally in Venice, Califronia, on May 25, part of the nationwide March Against Monsanto.

Let Me Recognize the Problem So It Can Be Solved

orking with my collaborators at Planet Waves, I set out on a mission of finding signs of progress amidst the many strange and tragic news events of 2013. Americans, as a lot, are people averse to following current events, and when we do, we rarely look back in an honest way. It’s true: there’s hardly time these days. Yet part of not looking back means not remembering what we’ve learned in the past, not taking advantage of our mistakes, and not taking responsibility for them. It sounds good to praise the power of now, but that serves little purpose if you forget a discovery about yourself that you made a day or a week ago and never put it to use. By many accounts, we are alive in a momentous era of history, and events of 2014 are going to ramp this up by a few orders of magnitude. Astrology describes this scenario in a longterm aspect called the Uranus-Pluto square, part of a cycle that you can trace back through history and observe the upheavals, revolutions, and transformations of society. This one pattern is enough to shake up any skeptic who claims astrology isn’t real. The last time we experienced a major phase of this cycle was in the mid-1960s, when Uranus and Pluto formed a conjunction. It’s only in hindsight that we can see the positive developments of that era. Yes, it was an exciting time to be alive if you were not wracked with anxiety or paranoia. There were also the assassinations of many progressive leaders, and while that was happening, tens of thousands of 18-year-old boys were being shipped to Vietnam and coming home in flag-draped coffins a year later, or soaked with dioxin and terror three years later. Many people lost close friends, boyfriends, fathers, husbands, and brothers to a war that just about everyone now admits was a pointless disaster. Yet who stands up to the equally corrupt, profit-driven war machine today? Do you?

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Mars retrograde in Libra is going to send a jolt of energy through the UranusPluto square, and precipitate many events long in development. In searching for the positive, just about everything fell into one category—the revelation or acknowledgment of a problem that had been previously concealed or denied. The main developments seemed to be evidence of people waking up to injustice in one form or another. There is a lesson in the workbook for A Course in Miracles that is titled, “Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved.” It begins, “A problem cannot be solved if you do not know what it is. Even if it is really solved already you will still have the problem, because you will not recognize that it has been solved. This is the situation of the world. The problem of separation, which is really the only problem, has already been solved. Yet the solution is not recognized because the problem is not recognized.” Problem 1: NSA Spying is Unconstitutional In June, a man named Edward Snowden revealed to the world that the Obama administration had expanded the program of spying on the American people, created by the Bush administration. This caused an actual fuss. Snowden, fearing for his life and his freedom and preferring not to be tortured, went first to Hong Kong, then to Moscow, where Vladimir Putin gave him a visa to stay for a year. Various courts have litigated the program and in logic befitting Alice in Wonderland, managed to find it perfectly constitutional. Then in late December, a federal judge named Richard Leon said the obvious in a ruling: the program is a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which in plain language guarantees that the American people shall be secure in their papers and their possessions, which will be subject

to search only with warrant specifically naming the thing to be seized. Judge Leon was appointed by President George W. Bush, which may seem a little strange—but a true conservative believes in following the Constitution, and federal judges are appointed for life to make it possible for them to think with their own minds. This is apparently something Leon likes to do; that and he has a knack for the obvious. “I cannot imagine a more ‘indiscriminate’ and ‘arbitrary’ invasion than this systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every single citizen for purposes of querying and analyzing it without prior judicial approval,” Judge Leon wrote in a 68-page ruling. “Surely, such a program infringes on ‘that degree of privacy’ that the founders enshrined in the Fourth Amendment.” The same week, a panel commissioned by President Obama recommended that the president remove NSA authority over phone data, leave it in the hands of private companies, and put the NSA under civilian control. We are very close to recognizing this is a problem.

Problem 4: Relationship Bigotry We actually made some progress on this one. The Supreme Court threw out the Defense of Marriage Act, one of the most ridiculous laws ever written, passed thanks to two serial infidels, Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton. California’s referendum allowing same-sex marriages was also upheld by the Supreme Court. There are now 17 states that allow same-sex marriage and 33 that have a ban on same-sex marriage. That may seem lopsided, but the cat is out of the closet. The imporant thing is that the Supreme Court has set a precedent, and any law that is challenged could easily fall on its face. Many places with a ban have populations that are not nearly as bigoted as their Neanderthal, religious nut politicians. Speaking of Neanderthals, Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty and Alec Baldwin got spanked—to the tune of millions—for making homophobic comments. Baldwin lost his program after making an anti-gay slur to a photographer. Phil Duck took a public flogging from A&E. The new Roman Catholic pope even got into the act, telling reporters, “If a person is gay and seeks the Lord and has good will, well who am I to judge them? The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains this in a very beautiful way, but says, wait a moment, how do you say... it says, [that] these persons must not be marginalized for this, they must be integrated into society.” Then came the best surprise of all, at least for the Chronogram polyamory bureau chief. In December, a federal judge ruled that laws prohibiting what is politely called “cohabitation”—that is, polygamy— violate the First Amendment right to freedom of religion and assembly. Clark Waddoups quoted Supreme Court Justice Kennedy, saying that the Constitution provides people with “an autonomy of self that includes freedom of thought, belief, expression and certain intimate conduct.” Judge Waddoups was also appointed by George W. Bush. Go figure.

What seemed totally impossible just years ago is now a palpable reality.

Problem 2: Government Subsidized Minimum Wage In 2013, protests about below-poverty wages erupted outside fast food restaurants and big box stores like Walmart. It actually made the news when Walmart suggested that employees donate food to one another so they could have a good Thanksgiving. One of my favorite facts of the year is that megacorporations that pay minimum wage (and often, minimum taxes) have massive numbers of employees on public assistance. An astounding 52 percent of McDonald employees receive food stamps or other forms of public assistance, costing the government $1.2 billion a year, while the company makes $5.46 billion in profits. McDonald’s CEO Donald Thompson is paid $6,875 an hour. Were he paid the federal minimum wage, he would have to work 1.89 million hours a year. Yum! Brand comes in second place for pumping the government, with Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and KFC eating $648 million in public assistance; Subway is next, costing $436 million, Burger King $356 million, Wendy’s $278 million, and so on. Fast food corporations chiseling their employees costs the government $3.8 billion each year. It is good news that we know this. It makes it a lot easier to see that those who advocate for “free market” capitalism are full of shit. This kind of information may take a little time to sink in, and it has to sink in deeper than the public’s addiction to fat, salt, sugar, cheap meat, and carbs, but it still counts for raising consciousness.

Problem 3: Monsanto (and it’s now a household word) I have covered the crimes of Monsanto since 1991, so it’s always been a household word wherever I live—and a secret just about everyplace else. This year, Monsanto came under the spotlight after a worldwide protest was called against the agricultural nightmares that it creates. On May 25, the March Against Monsanto was staged, with protests in cities around the world. While this was not exactly the Occupy movement, it was a miracle that people came out to protest a corporation that until recently was known mostly to farmers and people who visited Disney World as a kid. The battle over labeling genetically modified foods did not go well, but it’s now on the surface of awareness. On the eve of the March Against Monsanto, 71 senators voted against an amendment that would have guaranteed states the right to enact mandatory GMO labeling laws. One problem is the bribery known as campaign contributions. One of GMO’s biggest apologists, Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, received $739,926 in campaign contributions from agriculture firms in 2012, which would give her a reason to chirp endless lies about how wonderful GMO crops are, how they resist disease, feed the poor, and resist droughts. All of this is now out in the open. One problem getting the country on board is junk food. Those who chow down on Doritos don’t really care what kind of corn it is.

And Then There’s Us It seems in hindsight that the collective awareness has indeed cracked open within a relatively short amount of time. Much of what I’ve just reported is indicative of raising consciousness. What seemed totally impossible just years ago is now a palpable reality. Each of these developments offers some evidence of actual change. Yet those of us who have been aware of these problems for a while know there is still a long way to go. Fortunately, we are in the midst of an acceleration process indicated by the Uranus-Pluto square. Awareness is a crucial first step. That’s where we are, on the verge of fully recognizing what we know. Many people are observing that an old order is dissolving. Yet for real change to happen, many individuals need to take up the work in a deeply personal way. With awareness comes the need for incredible responsibility; for a kind of impeccability. New consciousness can start to rise, and then be blocked by old hangups, habits, the fear of change, and other facets of the past weighing on people who say they want to move ahead. Progress requires more than hope and good intentions. There is the reality of the road ahead. Those who have already treaded the path of real change for a while know how deep and dark the journey is; how uncomfortable; the extent to which any seemingly outer issue must be embraced as an inner reality in order for actual change to come. We know how much therapy, spiritual work, and experience it can take to unravel deeply ingrained patterns. It is challenging to take that kind of responsibility and do something about what we feel and see; it’s much easier to stand in dumbfounded paralysis, completely shocked and desensitized, or to entertain ourselves to death, watching events unfold like a circus. How we respond is ultimately a personal choice. And the moment of decision is arriving. Additional research and writing: Hillary Conary, Elizabeth Michaud, Len Wallick, and Chad Woodward. CHRONOGRAM.COM READ Eric Francis Coppolino’s weekly Planet Waves column.

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(March 20-April 19)

You’re figuring out that you’re capable of great things. Yet none of it will be possible without fostering cooperation. There is, of course, the danger of giving away your power to others by depending on them for the completion of your goals, so you need to know about that potential pitfall and remain in full alignment with yourself. That means being the primary authority in your life. Cooperation is a peer-to-peer enterprise, a consultative role, an exchange of ideas, but without the competition or authority stuff that we’re so accustomed to in nearly every facet of existence. This is a seed moment for you, particularly where your work and your contribution to society are concerned. If you’ve been having ideas that you believed could change the world (and it looks like that’s been true for years), this is the time to act on them. The gift of the present moment is twofold: one facet is the birth of a new kind of confidence, despite whatever confusion you may be feeling. You are starting to trust that you can have an actual impact. Another is discovering evidence that you were on the right path all along. You have already learned most of what you need to know, and what you gained in the past is one of your greatest resources today.

TAURUS (April 19-May 20)

Faith is your rock, or said another way, the axis around which your world turns. Yes, you may have your doubts. They will come and go. But they are part of the “turning world” rather than the beam of faith around which it spins. Despite many challenges and the demand to call yourself fully present for everything you do, you’ve maintained a steady course of growth, of achievement and living in the moment rather than being lost in ancient history. Your chart suggests that you’ve been burrowing your own path through the remnants left to you by many ancestors whose combined influence has added up to little more than a reason to pretend you don’t have the strength to do what you came to the world to do. Once you admit that you possess actual faith in yourself, you will see your doubts in perspective, and they will be far less meaningful. The one element that is calling for a special focus is the exchange of resources angle of your chart—the zone where you share a field of influence with another person, often in intimate situations. You seem to come up against one circumstance after the next where there is a question—though as you’re probably learning, the solution is always spiritual. Love, forgiveness, and understanding will light your way.

GEMINI (May 20-June 21)

The edgy quality of your charts may be a reminder of the fragile, transient nature of existence, and this is summoning you into unfamiliar territory. That alone would be a value—the waste of time that the world withstands is a terrible loss, and most of it involves denial about beginnings and endings. You seem to be fully aware that time is transient and that relationships are experiences that exist only in the moment we notice them. With the world moving so fast, there is precious little time to waste. Many factors in your astrology have drawn you out to a region where you will feel better addressing people about what actually matters than you will engaging in any form of diversion or games. While superficiality is smothering consciousness, you are being confronted with facts about yourself that are calling you to engage fully with reality. This translates directly to having a respectful relationship with the unknown, and that which you don’t understand. It no longer serves you to do anything else—there are great rewards possible when you focus only on what is true. You may think this requires more courage than you have; courage is an option you can choose, and almost always helpful. Meanwhile, I suggest you use curiosity and persistence as your main assets on this quest.

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(June 21-July 22)

It’s time to reclaim the young person you are inside—or be aware that that little kid is claiming you. Recent years of your life have come with a maturity campaign, which has been a necessary part of your growth and have contributed significantly to your wellbeing. Yet at the same time, your chart illustrates a moment when you’re on a dare to make an impression on the world, to define your own terms, and to be free from needless authority. One of the ways you render external authority as pointless is to take over the process yourself, which accounts for the value of your drive to be a mature adult. Without some discipline, you cannot get very much done. Yet the child in you wants to come out. There are a few ways that can happen—remembering what gives you the most pleasure in life, and doing those things, are among them. There is also a relationship encounter that will open the door to the playful, loving child that you are. This experience will call for a blend of maturity and thirst for freedom. The door is opening into a realm where all your relationships can deepen, as if you’ve mysteriously walked into common ground you didn’t know existed. It always has—you are opening up to it in a new way.

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LEO (July 22-August 23) Focus on your health, which will mainly require managing your work responsibilities and your stress level differently than you currently do. You need to make some structural changes, including to your schedule and possibly to your physical work space. This is a quality-of-life issue, and you have the focusing power and determination to make real, lasting changes that help you and will improve your efficiency. If you’re facing puzzles or questions, most of the solutions or answers seem to be hiding in plain sight. One thing that may not be so obvious is addressing certain issues that are still hanging out in your life from early childhood. This may include insecurities that you’ve never quite been able to get a handle on, as well as the residual conditioning of being burdened with more than was appropriate for a child. These matters have a way of hanging on and sometimes become more challenging to address as time goes on, though the astrology of this time in your life is centered on making a clean sweep emotionally, as well as making sure your physical space is up to the task of supporting your life. It would be simpler to say take a holistic approach, where every aspect of your life, and every person in your life, is supportive of all the others.

VIRGO (August 23-September 22)

There is no question that relationships remain the focal point of your life this year, though the theme brings a deeper focus on sexuality. I would describe this as seeking a purpose rather than treating it as something that’s just there, or that can be taken for granted. Most people don’t consider the notion of existing with a sexual purpose, though they also don’t consider how disorienting the lack of one can be, and how it leads directly to giving away one’s power. You will begin to make discoveries the moment you make the commitment to doing so, and harness your creativity and life-force energy as you make contact with how real and how vital these themes are for you. The connection point to your relational experiences may seem intuitive or obvious, though it’s worth stating. What is healing and empowering to you will either strengthen the people in your life, or have a way of repelling them. You’ve needed to overcome the fear of that particular effect for a while; now you’ve reached the point where you must be in harmony with the people with whom you’re intimate, because you are now capable of embracing them more deeply than ever. To do this safely and honestly, having a sense of purpose, and sharing it openly, is essential.

LIBRA (September 22-October 23)

Let this be the year you succeed at not making the same mistakes as in the past. Mistakes are excellent learning laboratories, though for that purpose, usually one or two tries is sufficient. This is your time to learn from past errors in judgment or lessthan-careful decisions, whether they happened recently or in the distant past. Mars in your sign for most of the year will give you plenty of opportunities to review; so too will the retrograde of Venus that began recently. So much historical data may be bubbling to the surface that you may be overwhelmed. But it’s all going to boil down to one thing, which is how you make decisions. I am familiar with the special struggle that many born under your sign personally describe. It’s not that you don’t make up your mind; it’s about how you hesitate before doing so. That hesitation is different than considering the factors involved in a particular choice. These days, you’re likely to be pushed in some direction by circumstances or by someone close to you if you don’t choose a direction of your own. Though this may temporarily relieve the burden of making the decision, it doesn’t take away responsibility for the consequences. You know what is right for you. You always have and you always will. Trust that.

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SCORPIO (October 23-November 22)

You may be feeling like you’re under some strange pressure, which on one level feels like the necessity to get control of your life. On another level, you’re being pushed to cut loose, and to dive into your passions, your fears and the desire that you’ve spent so much time denying. So what do you do, hold fast, or let go? Saturn in your sign is providing a boundary. Though it may feel like you have to make necessary changes, Saturn’s real message is about getting to know yourself. Meanwhile, Mars, your ruling planet, will be spending much of the year in the zone of your chart where you conceal your deepest feelings, needs and anxieties. Unless you follow Mars into that mysterious realm, you may feel like you’ve “gone missing.” If that happens, take it as a message to look within rather than obsessing over circumstances, other people or external responsibilities. You will get your work done; you will keep your promises. The time has come to keep a promise to yourself, which is to clarify your inner relationship as your top priority. Though many would think this idea as comprehensible as Mandarin, you know this already. The calling to absolute self-honesty has been nagging you very nearly forever, and it’s high time you answered.

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SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 22) Your life is not as complicated as it seems. It’s true that your sign is currently hosting one of the most impressive collections of planets I’ve ever seen (all of them “minor” planets, but no less potent). You are indeed facing many deep spiritual issues, and it will help you to see them that way rather than as psychological. The prevailing theme of the next few seasons is about how you invest your life into the lives of others. It’s necessary to learn a mode of sharing with others that is not a general partnership / total surrender but rather a limited partnership on certain topics or themes. I don’t mean to imply being partially committed. I mean being wholly committed in specific ways, such that you are able to reserve enough of your time, space, and vital force to create your own existence the way you want it. As you may know, it’s also time to get serious about money. It may seem like some great mystery how to acquire or concentrate the stuff, but it’s actually a practical matter based on specific skills. Make a point of acquiring those skills at the same time you do something more fundamental, which is make sure you don’t violate your own values or principles. There is no conflict here—they are really the same thing. CAPRICORN (December 22-January 20)

You know that you cannot be content with anything superficial or make believe, so you may as well not lose any more sleep over that. You’re discovering that you have something to say, and you may be wondering if anyone wants to listen. You can set that one aside too; your charts say that it’s time to get the word in before you get the word out. As you invest your energy in self-knowledge, and making the changes you have wanted to make for so long, you will become your message. Part of what you’re seeking in this process is an understanding of how things got to be the way they are. This applies to your life, and to any aspect of the world that you are seeking to influence, change, develop, or in some way correct. The story of the world the way you perceive it corresponds directly to the story of your life. The changes you are going through connect to the urgent need for progress in the world. You are a kind of personal intersection of the two, but in order not to have that become a burden, I suggest you focus on your life and your learning process, and take action only when you feel profoundly moved to do so. Less is more—and when the time comes, that will be plenty.

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