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news and politics
weddings & celebrations
20 while you were sleeping
43 in the name of love
Fracking causes earthquakes, Oklahoma anti-Sharia law ruled unconstitutional, pot smoking doesn't inihibit lung function, 114, 309 dead Iraqi civilians, and more.
21 beinhart’s body politic: a tale of two citizens Larry Beinhart looks to the example of Dr. Martin Luther King for inspiration.
HOME
Melissa Esposito reports on the same-sex specific services available for gay and lesbian couples looking to tie the knot in the Hudson Valley.
whole living guide 90 healthy to the bone
Wendy Kagan examines the latest research on counteracting osteoperosis.
22 the house: newburgh foursquare
92 flowers fall: the treasure so precious
Cathy Prager and Dan Dour's period piece in Newburgh's historic district demonstrates the wondrous possibilities of 25-year commitment to a home.
29 the question: Why buy a water treatment system?
community pages 34 rhinebeck, red hook, tivoli: historical contemporary
Holly Tarson on how northen Dutchess County balances past and present. Plus a calendar of annual events and profiles of Community Music Space's Ben Senterfit and Marguerite and Andres San Millan of Cocoon Theater.
70 warwick: the best of both worlds
Gregory Schoenfelds is awed by the community spirit of this Orange County town. Plus a calendar of annual events and profiles of author and Taekwondo master Doug Cook and rustic artisan and community leader Daniel Mack.
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Two painting made by students at Devereux in Red Hook in September, 2011. Both are tempera on paper measuring approximately 12" x 36". Devereux is a non-profit organization providing services around the nation for persons with emotional, developmental & educational disabilities RED HOOK, RHINEBECK, & TIVOLI
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Bethany Saltman interviews "Tiger Mom" Amy Chua on her pushy parenting style.
medicine and healing 95 in case of emergency: the rise of immediate care centers Erik Ofgang explains why a visit to the ER isn't always neccessary for light trauma.
Community Resource Guide 30 summer camps What's cool for kids when school's out. 50 Valentine's day gift guide For lovers and lovers of lovers. 83 tastings A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 86 business directory A compendium of advertiser services. 98 whole living directory For the positive lifestyle.
“Leon Botstein conducts the American Symphony Orchestra with precision and wit. The music sounds marvelously clear in the handsome acoustics of Bard College’s Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.” — New York Times
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AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY LEON BOTSTEIN, MUSIC DIRECTOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 and SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Maurice Ravel La valse, poème chorégraphique Sergey Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63 Jiazhi Wang, violin Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring FRIDAY, APRIL 27 and SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Witold Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra Christopher Brubeck Prague Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra Tamas Markovics, bass trombone Howard Shore Mythic Gardens, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Sophie Shao, cello Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra All concerts are at 8 pm. Preconcert talks at 7 pm. SOSNOFF THEATER Tickets $25, 35, 40 For tickets and information 845-758-7900 | fishercenter.bard.edu
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Bard SummerScape 2012 presents seven weeks of opera, music, theater, dance, films, and cabaret. The season’s focal point is the 23rd annual Bard Music Festival, which this year celebrates the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, whose remarkable career shaped not only the history of music, but also the ways in which that history was transmitted and communicated to the public. SummerScape takes place in the extraordinary Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts and other venues on Bard College’s stunning Mid-Hudson Valley campus.
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This tale of Henri de Valois, a 16th-century French noble elected by the people of Poland to be their king, despite his great reluctance to be away from France, has been much praised for the quality of its music—indeed, no less a master than Maurice Ravel claimed that Chabrier’s score changed the course of French harmony.
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Two weekends of concerts, panels, and other events bring the musical world of French composer Camille Saint-Saëns vividly to life. Weekend One: Paris and the Culture of Cosmopolitanism includes a radical reconsideration of Saint-Saëns’s most famous piece, The Carnival of Animals, and examines the composer’s debt to many of his contemporaries and predecessors. Weekend Two: Confronting Modernism explores music by many of Saint-Saëns’s contemporaries —including Franck, Chabrier, and Fauré—and exoticism in music and the influence of Wagner. August 10–12 and 17–19
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The final play by a master of comedy, The Imaginary Invalid is among Molière’s greatest works. The illusory agonies of the wealthy Argan, a housebound hypochondriac who sorely desires to marry his daughter to a doctor, have proved tonic to audiences ever since the play premiered in 1673. theater two July 13 –22
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56 portfolio: Small Batch Editions
78 south by southeast asia
Work from the new Hudson-based limited edition photography distributor.
Jonathan Dixon visits Yum Yum Noodle Bar and Seoul Kitchen.
58 Gallery & museum GUIDe
81 Companion cuisine: The Raw Deal
60 music
Peter Aaron catches up with Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson, lately of GN'R.
63 cd reviews
the forecast 104 daily Calendar
Robert Burke Warren reviews Thirteenth Step by Todd Mack. Sharon Nichols reviews Songs for Persephone by Mimi Goese and Ben Neill. Jason Broome reviews Nights in Cuba by Dub Sonata.
Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 103 David Austin exhibits his "suit paintings" at Carrie Haddad in Hudson. 104 "Art," Yasmina Reza's Tony-award winning comedy at the Beacon Theater. 105 Garland Jeffries rocks the Towne Crier, which closes at the end of February. 106 The charity exhibit "Graffiti of War" stops in at Wolf Gang Gallery in Montgomery. 108 On Wednesday nights, the Vassar Observatory is open to the public. 109 Tobe Carey's flower documentary Sweet Violets screens at Upstate Films. 110 The acrobatics and physical comedy of Galumpha at SUNY New Paltz. 111 Up In One Productions presents "Hairspray" at Rhinebeck Performing Arts Center.
64 books Nina Shengold profiles writer Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrator James Ransome, authors of kids' books, including the award-winning Satchel Paige.
66 book reviews Mikhail Horowitz reviews Hope, A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander. Jana Martin reviews Animal Sanctuary by Sarah Faulkner.
68 Poetry Poems by Carla Carlson, Robert Cutrera, J. christopher D'Angelo, JLSchneider, Christopher Locke, MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick, Ed Meek, Drew Nacht, Tamas Panitz, Dina Peone, Alan Salant, Matthew Sheffer, Rachel M. Simon, J. R. Solonche, Asher Stern, and J. D. Szalla. Edited by Phillip Levine.
120 parting shot
Lindsay Pietroluongo talks raw dog food with Woodstock Meats and Fleisher's.
planet waves 114
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horoscopes What do the stars have in store for us this month? Eric Francis Coppolino knows.
david morris cunningham
Little Stinkin' Piglet, a painting by Joe Concra.
scratch some virgo, find some pisces Eric Francis Coppolino on how "opposite" astrolgical signs contain each other.
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Burner peter barrett | oil on urethane | 30" x 40" | 2011
Art has been a defining influence throughout Peter Barrett’s life. “When I was two, my mom had a long phone call and I covered the entire kitchen floor drawing patterns with blue magic marker,” he says. (The kitchen has also played an integral role in Barrett’s creative development: The Woodstock resident is Chronogram’s Food and Drink editor and an award-winning food blogger.) Since his early days as a precocious interior designer, Barrett has created abstract works and designs in the forms of paintings, drawings, three-dimensional objects, large installations (some spanning over 70 feet), photography, video, and reliefs. He says one of the defining advantages to abstraction is that it can stay open ended. “I try and give titles that are evocative but not too specific,” Barrett says. “My work can evoke a lot of things without being any of them.” Barrett’s Burner, made up of numerous squiggles of urethane foam, is one of his first relief works not entirely handcrafted from start to finish. He first drew the image using CAD software then sent the fiberboard to be cut, and finally he hand-painted each segment—a process that enabled a more intricate and ambitious piece. Up to his most recent works, Barrett meticulously hand cut and painted every element. “The most exciting part about Burner for me was that I was able to achieve levels of precision that I wouldn’t have been able to if I were creating by hand,” says Barrett. Damarys Ocaña noted in a 2003 article in Art Seen on Barrett: “Every last inch of surface on his paintings and objects, is considered, mapped, accounted for, and obsessively worked over with orderly layers of paint and pattern. Even the paintings on fancifully shaped fiberboard are just so.” With swirling, trippy, loud-colored motifs and worm-like objects, his work references ideas of science, nature, sacred geometry, and pop psychedelia. Dating back to the early 2000s, Barrett’s work incorporates a mix of bright and occasionally garish colors with fascinatingly murky hues in between. The bulk of his art employs complex and elaborate patterns reminiscent of textile designs. Barrett says he has always been obsessed with textiles because they date back thousands of years. A longtime fan of mosaics, especially from Islamic design, Barrett had the opportunity to spend a few weeks in Morocco during college, where he drew mosaic patterns constantly. These designs still directly impact his work today. Barrett studied painting both in undergrad at the Rhode Island School of Design and at the Art Institute of Chicago for his graduate studies. He has exhibited his work in numerous one-person and group shows in the US and Europe. Burner and other works in Barrett’s series “Eppur Si Muove” will be displayed at the Woodstock Framing Gallery in Woodstock from February 4 through April 1. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, February 4, 5 to 7 pm. Portfolio: Barrettart.com —Molly Lindsay 8 ChronograM 2/12
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LETTERS Where Are The Public Schools? To the Editor: Periodically—it feels like about once a semester—Chronogram runs a feature on private schools. This is understandable: judging by the six pages of fullcolor advertising that surrounded your two-page story on “The Whole Child” in the January issue, it’s a highly profitable venture. (The Bridal special section in the same issue similarly seems to have paid for itself several times over.) But why the systematic avoidance of public schools as a subject for feature coverage? Please say it’s not because they don’t advertise: after all, your magazine professes to democratic ideals, and there is not much more democratic than a school system to which the entire community contributes (via property taxes, along with state and federal funding) and which in turn offers every child in the district a free quality education. “The Whole Child” feature comes with the sub-title “Choosing the Right School ForYour Elementary-Age Child,” but other than an initial negative reference to an unspecified public school district for only being able to afford half-day kindergarten, there is no other discussion of public schools. Do they not exist? Are they somehow not “right”? Do you seriously presume that your readers are only interested in private education and would not benefit from a presentation regarding some of the excellent elementary (and middle and high) schools within your vast readership area? Does it not occur to you that many of your readers pick up the magazine because it is free, not because they have the vast disposable incomes generally necessary for attendance at the schools that you so readily promote? Do you not recognize that many of these readers are as educated and well-informed as the next, but happen to believe in the public school system and will do their part to ensure that it functions as a haven for children of all classes, all ages, all races and all financial backgrounds, thus preparing their children for entry into a functioning democratic society? Or do you as editors and publishers come to the subject with an inherent bias toward public schools, which you dare not elaborate on because you recognize that it would run contrary to your general editorial stance? If it is the latter, please tell us, so we can have an informed discussion. If it is not, please redress the balance—regardless of whether there is the advertising base to support doing so. Tony Fletcher, Mount Tremper
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about the constant golf and the lavish receptions and concerts at the White House far exceeding any president in history as our nations falls apart. No wonder your mind is in the stars. Down here on Earth you are totally out of touch like your incompetent president—soon to be ex-President. I’m circulating your laughable remarks to the few thousand conservatives on my mailing lists just to reinforce how the 17 percent of America you belong to is truly in outer space. Ed Fertik, Philmont Editor’s Note: We were unable to verify all of the statements made in Mr. Fertik’s letter and therefore cannot attest to the veracity of his claims (Michelle Obama's bloated staff, etc.). As, no doubt, he would not vouch for our claims either.
“Wanting to understand the whole pattern of a process more deeply is an impulse worth cultivating.” —Steffan Soule Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: “Is it another dreary winter day?” my five-year-old asked when I woke him up to get ready for school. He didn’t seem to mind—his was more of a dispassionate observation than a complaint. But it was true. The late January day was misty and overcast, with a deep, saturated gray enveloping everything. This is the character of every winter here in the Northeast, which has real results for our persons. There is even a designated illness for the time of year—Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The notion that our depression has an environmental cause, and we are not alone suffering with it, is a small antidote to the malaise. But more than rational remedies are needed to reconcile the impact of the darkness. In my home it is the hearth—a Danish wood stove with a glass front and bright flames leaping and dancing inside. When the autumn chill sets in, the center of gravity of everyone in the house shifts toward the fire. The stove is situated in front of the couch where one might expect a television, and we sometimes sit for hours on the couch, talking and gazing upon the flames. We hang our damp hats and mittens by the stove after hours of sledding.We stand in front of it, but facing out, warming our buns. It becomes a second sun. Others, who find the Northeast winter unbearable, can move to San Diego, where it’s 77 degrees and sunny every day of the year. But many of us live here because we enjoy the intensity of our seasons, painful as they may be. We crave variety, and love rhythm. But, isn’t it odd how the loss of light, as summer becomes fall, is felt less poignantly than phases of increasing illumination. We barely notice the loss. But in this phase we inwardly push the river, hankering for spring, though the duration of daily light is steadily increasing from the first day of winter. The quality of each phase of a cycle evokes a unique response, if we allow ourselves to engage it. It is futile to resist the darkness, however our screen-driven synthetic reality attempts to homogenize the seasons (and I don’t mean shopping seasons—I mean the actual seasons). For when there is light, darkness will follow (and light will return again), as surely as night follows day, and death follows life. Each phase represents and calls forth a different quality. Herein lies the opportunity presented by this phase in the rhythm of Great Nature—to relax into the darkness, to go inward; to feel the presence of psychic seeds that may germinate and sprout as warmth and light return. The question remains—how to inhabit the darkness, which may feel like depression, or listlessness, or even despair. Can I make it my own; can I make it the loam out of which something fresh may grow? Coincidentally it is a cold, dark time in more ways than just this season, which makes it a particularly poignant winter. In human life it is winter in a longer cycle of seasons, in which there seems to be a darkness and an ignorance covering everything. Indeed a murkiness covers every area of human life—the world economy is crumbling, revealed as a massive Ponzi scheme where the richest win at the expense of the poor; the religions are shown to be rotten with mundane agendas; “democratic” processes are sold to the highest bidder; civil liberties are so far gone that the US can rightly be called a police state; “education” is laid bare as an anachronism—a vestige from a time when accumulated data was still helpful; close relationships are mediated by screens and platforms. Accelerated degeneration is in every sphere, like a fetid swamp (though they too eventually become healthy wetlands). One can see our place in the cyclic rise and fall of empires, though never in history does it appear that the institutional towers have been built so high, with so far to fall. Consciousness is largely dormant now, in the life of humanity, though strangely there are signs of spring. I say this because, like ice on a frozen river, the institutions are beginning to crack and give. We hear a strange and ominous rumbling, as though somewhere not so far upstream an ice-dam is breaking, and a momentous wave is rushing down. —Jason Stern
A Call for Expanded Consciousness To the Editor: I have felt connected to Chronogram since arriving in the Hudson Valley 10 years ago. For me, it has always been an interactive tool by which I could gauge the tenacity, strength, vivacity, sustainability, and soul of this land and its constituents. It enlightens me, and delights me. That being said, it is not my typical practice to peruse Chronogram from start to finish, having developed the habit of flipping about to my favorite spots like a weathered consumer. In deviating from the norm this past month, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that, given the prevalence of ads, it appears the Hudson Valley is flourishing! However, this reflection was tempered by the realization that Chronogram itself has not appeared to keep pace with the breadth and depth of growth that is being experienced in the Valley. Let me explain. I find reflected in the pages an abundance of advertisements for the many fine establishments that bless those who root themselves here. This is a treasure, and I often discover some new resource of which I had been previously unaware.To be clear, the abundance of advertisements is not a complaint, rather it highlights how the sustainable growth of our economy reflects the growth of the spirit that sustains and enlivens our corner of the globe. Over the years, I grew to anticipate and appreciate the writings of your regular columnists, in particularly Eric Francis, Jason Stern, and Larry Beinhart. Their personalities infuse and inform their writing, and for that I am grateful. I appreciate the way their writing reflects and informs the developing awareness that penetrates our population. To me, they are as much a reflection of Valley life, as are the events, retreats, eateries, and stores. The problem for me, then lies in the reality that while our communities have evolved to encompass an abundance of fine entrepreneurs, the people and their interactions have not experienced the same embrace or evolution within the pages of your publication. Simply put, you need more passionate, inspiring, and insightful regular columnists! In closing, I would like to say that I am certain there are many ways to enliven and broaden your publication to further reflect and amplify the spirit and consciousness of our population. I look forward to any and every action that you might take in that regard. Christina Kravig,Woodstock
department of corrections In our January issue, we were fortunate enough to receive permission to run Norman Rockwell's Golden Rule on our front cover. We did not give credit where credit is due, however. The reproduction rights to Golden Rule are owned by The Saturday Evening Post/Curtis Publishing. The correct credit should have read: ©1961 SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. In addition, we neglected to mention that Golden Rule is part of the permanent collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.The painting is currently on tour as part of the "American Chronicles" exhibition. The museum is home to over 350 works by Norman Rockwell, hosts exhibits by other illustrators and artists of note, and is open year-round. For more information about visiting the Norman Rockwell Museum, visit Nrm.org. Also in our January issue, we misidentified a photograph from Annie Leibovitz's recent book, Pilgrimage. The skeleton pictured on page 99 was that of a pigeon, not a pig, studied by Charles Darwin. 12 ChronograM 2/12
Local Luminaries Gale McGovern & Dara Greenwald Dara Greenwald and Gale McGovern, two committed local activists, died recently. Anne Pyburn offers an appreciation of their contribution to our community.
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Gale McGovern (1938-2011)
Dara Greenwald (1971-2012)
The passing of Dara Greenwald left gaping holes in her worlds. Prior to being diagnosed with cancer in 2010, Dara and her partner Josh MacPhee had been on the road a lot, traveling with their exhibition “Signs of Change: Social Movement Culture, 1960s to Now,” described on the hip-hop blog Political Poetry as “a bull's-eye sharp exhibit, spinning webs of history, knitting years of yarn, spitting pure and rare movement history through posters from movements spanning 39 countries and 4 decades.” Greenwald, who worked her way through two master’s degrees and a doctorate in electronic arts by teaching and curating, focused her insatiable curiosity and laser-sharp gaze on so many aspects of rebellion that her life’s work becomes impossible to classify. There’s the JustSeeds Artists Collective, the Pink Bloque radical women’s dance troupe, the Linoleum Fest of Alternative Animation she curated in Moscow in 2007, the masses of titles she added to the collection of the University of Chicago’s Video Data Bank. Through her lens, we can experience squatters in Spain, or what happened when Dara and friends organized the United Victorian Workers and demonstrated in costume during the annual Chamber of Commerce Victorian Stroll in Troy. (Via a video of the event available at DaraGreenwald.com: “I thought you guys must have hired them!” says a surprised cop to an aggrieved Chamber member. “It’s good stuff they’re doing, it’s really kind of cool!”) “I was so intimidated at first to talk to her,” recalls Abigail Satinsky, program director at threewalls in Chicago, on her blog Bad at Gym. “What a badass she was. And when I would see her over the years intermittently at different art/social organizing efforts, she was secretly my barometer of whether what we were all sitting around a circle talking about had any merit. At the same time that she was so no-bullshit, she was warm, funny, and just whip-smart.” Dara’s mom, Rosendale resident Betty Greenwald, will admit that Dara’s education may have been somewhat unusual from the start. “When she was small, we lived in a community—not a commune but a cooperative community organized by a man who was a follower of Gurdjieff—and we had our own school. So she was always exposed to people who all looked out for each other and worked together.” From that early cooperative schooling, on to Oakwood Friends School, Oberlin, the Art Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and beyond, Dara Greenwald was a whirlwind. “I was blessed to come to art and cultural production through punk and feminism,” she told the folks at the 2009 Creative Time Summit, in a presentation that spanned centuries and continents. The goal? “To make resistance visible.”
Dara would have been 10 years old when a woman named Gale McGovern moved to Ulster County in 1982. Though extremely active on the New York scene in the sixties and early 1970s—McGovern worked on Bella Abzug’s first congressional campaign and pulled off many an action as a core member of both the Daughters of Bilitis and the Gay Activists Alliance, occupying things like school board offices and the editorial suite of Harper’s magazine—she’d given up organizing, or so she thought. As things turned out, she’d just been resting up. She would go on to found and lead WEB (Women Escaping Batterers), the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Youth, the Coalition for an Ulster County Human Rights Law, Friends of Comadres, People Against Racism, the Ulster County Global Warming Project, and People for Medical Secularity. Her organizations, and others she supported, played roles in the Kingston Hospital merger, the New Paltz gay weddings of 2004, the preservation of the Rosendale Theatre, and dozens of other local and national issues. Her winning lawsuit against the Town of New Paltz sought no money, but resulted in the town court being made handicapped accessible. Not many of her works are recorded on the Internet. Gale came of age in the era of envelope stuffing, when petitions needed pens and paper and shoe leather. Yet her resistance was elegantly visible—when, for instance, she arranged for the Lesbian Visibility Project to adopt a section of highway that contained the driveway of an extremely homophobic politician. Or the time when she and her small, intrepid band carried a peace banner in a Welcome Home parade for Gulf War troops. They were placed, she recalled at the time, between the horses and the pooper-scoopers. “We thought it was so funny, we didn’t argue. Parade watchers variously cheered us, screamed viciously at us, threw firecrackers at us. Others joined us.” Gale’s life is recorded in the National Women’s Hall of Fame Book of Lives and Legacies, the archives of local newspapers, and the hearts of hundreds; Dara’s website is a collation of assorted projects, a bit like an overstuffed filing cabinet drawer. “If she believed in something, she poured everything into it,” said New Paltz village justice Judith Reichler of Gale. “We all owe Gale. Not like a monetary debt; not like something she would ever want to collect. But a real, honest-to-goodness debt, something that can never be repaid.” Reichler’s words might well fit Dara. Satinsky’s description of the warm, funny, whip-smart badass might well be a description of Gale. As 2011 slipped into 2012, they both went on ahead of us, leading as ever, lighting the way. —Anne Pyburn
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Opposite, clockwise from top left: Opening of Henry Klimowicz's corrugated cardboard constructions at the Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut on January 7. Rhett Miller performing at Orient Lounge at Bull & Buddha in Poughkeepsie on January 13 . Photo: Bryan Carprari Annie Leibovitz reading her recent book Pilgrimage a=t Oblong Books and Music in Rhinebeck on January 7. Photo: Priscilla Herdman "Mojo" Myles Mancuso counting down to midnight in the barn at the Buttermilk Falls New Year's Eve bash. Rep. Maurice Hinchey of the New York's 22md Congressional District announcing his retirement after 10 terms at the Senate House in Kingston on January 19. Photo: Bryan Carprari Above, clockwise from top left: Christina Varga, Mikey Teutul, and Jake Gustafson at the opening of "2012 Invitational Show" at Varga Gallery in Woodstock on January 14. Photo: Christina Varga A panel of gay military veterans discussing their experiences under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy at Fovea Exhibitions in Beacon on January 14. Mavis Staples at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie on January 21. Photo: Bryan Carprari Chronogram's "Covers Show" opening at Hudson Coffee Traders in Kingston on January 6. Photo: Peter Brandt Aimee Mann perfoming at the Bearsville Theater on January 20. Photo: Michael Lamuniere The opening reception for "Go West," featuring works by Karlos Carcamo, Greg Slick, and Eleanor White, at Beacon Artists Union in Beacon on January 14. Photo: Lisa Zukowski 2/12 ChronograM 15
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The following is a transcript from the pilot of a late-night TV talk show based on Chronogram.While some have suggested that the late-night TV landscape is already glutted with shows, we believe there's room for a thoughtful, good-intentioned, consensusbuilt program and the naysayers won’t stop us from throwing our collective hat (a sombrero, say, or one of those Peruvian wool jobs with the dangly payos-type strings; something an indigenous person would wear) into the ring.We are currently seeking distribution. Drop us a line if you have an uncle who can get us a lunch with a producer.
[Host turns back to face the front of the stage. Not that the stage has a front, per se, as its having a front would imply that some Pilates’ balls were more desirable than others, and that those given front-row Pilates’ balls were chosen because of their looks or the host’s desire to do private sessions of Bikram hot yoga with them.]
[The show opens after the crowd, seated on Pilates’ balls arranged around the stage in a non-hierarchical formation, has been warmed-down through a guided chakra cleansing meditation by a Buddhist monk. The house band, a punk gamelan ensemble led by a CSA farmer/massage therapist, launches into the show’s theme song, “We People Who Are Darker Than Blue.” The crowd chants om as the host takes the stage. The host drops into the tadasana pose and the band abruptly stops.]
[The audience does a credible collective impression of nocturnal insect noise.]
[Host]: Thank you. Namaste. It’s really beautiful to be here. You guys are so beautifully blissed out. Whatever depressants you guys are on, I want in, because Lithium just so does not work for me anymore. I mean, why is that just when you’re enjoying a drug to its utmost effectiveness—flying high on a six-month Oxycodone stint, say—it starts losing its punch and you need to up your dosage on a daily basis. It’s just not fair. It’s as if the drug companies want you to be addicted. Which reminds me! A big shout-out to our sponsor, New Life Health Spa and Rehabilitation Center.While I’m contractually obligated to endorse New Life, as I still owe them for my treatment, they are indeed workers. Friends, if you have a family member heading down the K-hole of substance abuse, New Life has the custodial treatment options you’re looking for. Just ask my mom. Hi mom! Fourteen days clean and sober two weeks from tomorrow! [Host turns to the bandstand.] [Host]: How about that band, huh? [Audience chants an appreciative om.] [Host]: Who’d have thought that you could lay a thin veneer of mannered aggression over Balinese music played by white guys in skinny jeans and still do justice to Curtis Mayfield? Skyler, man you really know how to rock that metallophone. And sorry I wasn’t able to get to the farm this week; thanks for bringing my veggies—that kale sure is popping! Any possibility I could get some Shiatsu after the show? I need to clear some negativity I’m carrying in my lower back. We'll talk later.
[Host]: Anybody following the news this week?
[Host]: No, not the mainstream news. I mean Huff Post and the Guardian. [Audience oms.] [Host]: Did you hear about the US government study that just came out, showing that marijuana smoking doesn't screw up your breathing, long-term? Not only that, it seems there was a slight increase in lung function in marijuana users over nonsmokers. (Smoking dope is like a little workout for the lungs,heh heh.) Little by little, all the lies the government tells us—like “drugs are bad for you”—are being discredited. Today marijuana, tomorrow the Zapruder film. We shall overcome! But dig this: The 5,100 people in this study smoked, on average, a joint a day for seven years. And told the government all about it! Now I don’t smoke pot anymore because it makes me too paranoid, but back in the day, no way I was going to be like: Uh, yes, that’s correct, I smoke pot. Tons of it.You want to track my ingestion of illicit substances for the next 10 years and record all kinds of intimate shit about me? Sign me up! Calling all “I Smoked Marijuana Every Day for 10 Years and Told the Government About It” study participants: Be ready to flush the stash.The next knock on your door might not be from your dealer, and it might not be a knock either, if you know what I mean. In other news, one of the Republicans is eventually going to win enough caucuses or straw polls or Klan meetings or whatever it is they have, to be the guy running against Obama who we'll vow to destroy. More on that as it happens. Well, welcome to Chronogram Tonight! It may be the yerba mate talking, but I’m really excited. We’ve got a really enlightened show for you tonight. Anyone who doesn’t feel like a better person by the time we’re done here is obviously doing something wrong. Just write me an e-mail and I will explain it to you personally. Just don’t take it personally, because you're great! Keep watching, you’ll get enlightened one of these days. Stay tuned, more after a break. Shanti baby!
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A new US government study shows that long-term marijuana smoking does not inhibit lung function. The recent research is one of the most extensive to date on whether marijuana causes pulmonary damage. The researchers followed approximately 5,000 regular marijuana users over two decades. Dr. Donald Tashkin, a pulmonologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has studied marijuana for over 30 years and was not involved in the study, said, “There is no significant relationship between marijuana exposure and impairment in lung function.” Marijuana’s active ingredient, THC, has anti-inflammatory effects, leaving it significantly less harmful than tobacco smoke. Source: New York Times Queen of Southern cooking and Food Network star Paula Deen revealed on January 17 that she has Type 2 diabetes. The 64-year-old, who emphasizes recipes with ingredients high in fat, sugars, and salts, will be teaming up with pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk to promote a new diabetes drug and launch a program called Diabetes in a New Light. Deen has received criticism for pushing high-calorie foods from other major media figures including Barbara Walters, and Anthony Bourdain. Deen in her defense, says that she cooks affordable meals for the average family who struggles to get food on the table. Her son Bobby Deen is hosting “Not My Mama’s Meals,” which premiered on January 4, a cooking show featuring healthy versions of his mother’s recipes. In a possibly related story, Hostess Brands, maker of Twinkies and Sno Balls, filed for bankruptcy. Source: The Daily In January, a video of four US marines urinating on the corpses of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan was leaked to the press. Texas Governor Rick Perry, then on the campaign trail, defended the Marines and criticized the Obama administration for overreacting to the widely circulated video. Perry said the Marines should be punished appropriately for their “mistake,” but considering it a criminal act is a “bad message.” Source: Reuters In impoverished urban areas where humans are more scarce, packs of feral dogs and cats run wild. The exact number of feral dogs and cats in the US is unknown, but there are certainly well over 100 million. The Harrisburg police force offered one solution to the rapidly growing issue in an internal memo that leaked to the public, which suggested that the officers shoot the dogs instead of bringing them to the shelters. Source: Salon
Controversial Atlanta ad campaign “Strong4Life,” which addresses the growing issue of childhood obesity, uses harsh tactics to give parents a reality check. The ads, modeled after antismoking and antidrug campaigns, aim to shock the audience with stark, black-and-white photos and videos of obese children. One features a young girl speaking directly into the camera: “My doctor says I have hypertension,” she says. “I’m really scared.” Georgia has the second-highest obesity rate in the US after Mississippi, and an increasing number of children suffer from Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and are in need of knee replacements. According to some public health officials, the campaign could potentially have more negative than positive effects on its target audience. Peer disapproval can lead to low self-esteem and decrease the likeliness of children to exercise in fear of bullying, according to Rodney Lyn of Georgia State University’s Institute of Public Health. Source: National Public Radio Beginning last March, a series of 11 minor earthquakes shook the Youngstown area of Ohio. According to seismologist John Armbruster of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the quakes were caused by a well used to dispose wastewater from oil and gas extraction—hydrofracking. The Youngstown well that opened in 2010 was injected daily with thousands of gallons of brine, the chemical used in drilling operations. The well was shut down by its owner, Northstar Disposal Services LLC, on December 30 for safety concerns. Source: Washington Post
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The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on January 6 that an amendment banning the use of the Sharia law in Oklahoma courts was discriminatory and unnecessary. The amendment sought to prevent the state’s courts from looking “to the legal precepts of other nations or cultures” and singled out Sharia law. In its ruling, the Denver-based 10th Circuit stated that the appellants could not pose an actual problem and that there had never been an instance where the Sharia law had been used in Oklahoma courts. The measure, known as State Question 755, was approved with 70 percent of the vote in 2010. Source: Los Angeles Times Doctors can receive payments sometimes into the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in exchange for providing advice and giving lectures to pharmaceutical companies. These doctors often practice medicine differently, engaging in riskier methods, such as prescribing powerful antipsychotic drugs to children. The recent health-care reform law requires pharmaceutical companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors for research, consulting, food, travel, and entertainment. The Obama administration expects the new law will benefit patients and prevent conflicts of interest between doctors and drug-making companies. Under the new standards, manufacturers of prescription drugs and devices will have to report if they pay a doctor to help develop, assess, and promote new products. Source: New York Times On December 16, President Obama announced the formal withdrawal of combat troops in Iraq, officially ending the nine-year conflict. As of December 31, according to Iraq Body Count, the number of Iraqi civilian deaths since the 2003 US invasion was 114,309. Source: Iraq Body Count Compiled by Molly Lindsay
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Martin Luther King Jr. transformed America in nine short years. In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man, and King, a 25-year-old pastor, led the Montgomery bus boycott. Nonviolence became a propaganda triumph in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, when Bull Conner, Birmingham’s Commissioner of Public Safety, turned fire hoses and snarling police dogs on peaceful protestors. Later that summer, a crowd of 250,000 people filled the lawns from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument. King gave the speech he is most famous for, “I Have a Dream.” On November 22, 1963, Kennedy was shot. Lyndon Johnson made the Civil Rights Act his first order of business. It passed in July 1964. In December of that year, King got the Nobel Peace Prize. But then the movement stalled. It seemed to go wrong in every direction at once. “White backlash” rose up and became a politically significant issue even before the Civil Rights Act was passed. It would be part of Barry Goldwater’s campaign in 1964 and essential to Richard Nixon’s victory in 1968. White Southerners dug in. A change in the law didn’t mean a change in practice, if they couldn’t have Jim Crow laws, they’d have de facto segregation, just like up north. King tried to bring his movement north. The resistance there was greater than in the South. He was essentially driven out of Chicago. The battle there was between local white residents and home owners and blacks who wanted to move into their neighborhoods, not between well-dressed marchers who only wanted to vote and thuggish police, so it didn’t even bring King a propaganda victory. Many of King’s own disciples were ready to become more radical. Stokely Carmichael, who used the term black power, considered nonviolence just a tactic, not a principle. In 1966, the Black Panthers were formed. In 1965 black riots exploded where they were least expected, in the promised land of California. Looters in Watts yelled “Burn, baby, burn” while their own neighborhoods went up in flames. In 1966, it was Chicago, Cleveland, and Omaha. Rioting broke out in 159 cities in 1967, the year of the Long Hot Summer. The triumph of 1964 was being called a failure two years later. King quoted Ramparts magazine: “After more than a decade of the Civil Rights Movement the black American is worse off today than he was 10 years ago. The Movement is in despair because it has been forced to recognize the Negro revolution as a myth.” It was time to reevaluate. In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went off to Jamaica. He rented a house with no telephone. He wrote what would turn out to be his final book, Where DoWe Go from Here? It evaluated the movement’s accomplishments and its failures, which were great, and he tried to dig deeper, to get down into the depths of the problem so that he might find a way out. It is a work that is still startlingly relevant today.
He describes the effect of white backlash on politics: “Men long regarded as political clowns had become governors or only narrowly missed election, their magic achieved with a witches’ brew of bigotry, prejudice, half-truths, and whole lies.” Except for the specificity of “governors” it’s as good a description of the campaign to become the Republican nominee for president as anything from Jon Stewart. There are some things he says that make us realize that we’ve gone backwards:“Early in this century economic status was considered the measure of the individual’s ability and talents.” And so it is again. Listen to Mitt Romney: “In the thinking of that day, the absence of worldly goods indicated a want of industrious habits and moral fiber.” And so it is again. Listen to New Gingrich: “We’ve come a long way in our understanding of human motivation and of the blind operation of our economic system. Now we realize that dislocations in the market operations of our economy and the prevalence of discrimination thrust people into idleness and bind them in constant or frequent unemployment against their will. Today the poor are less often dismissed, I hope, from our consciences by being branded as inferior or incompetent. We also know that no matter how dynamically the economy develops and expands, it does not eliminate all poverty.” I’m sorry, Dr. King, we seem to have headed back to even before your time. The only part of your statement that would meet with agreement today would be that the economy does not eliminate all poverty, but now it leads to acceptance. It’s like unemployment. There’s always a certain amount of it around. So, let em live with it. King advocates taking the money being wasted on an “unjust and evil” war, and creating full employment or a guaranteed annual income: “There are 40 million poor people here. And one day we must ask the question, ‘Why are there 40 million poor people in America?’ And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy. And I’m simply saying that more and more, we’ve got to begin to ask questions about the whole society. We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life’s marketplace. But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. It means that questions must be raised.” Here we are, 40 years later, and if anyone stood up and spoke like King did, he’d be branded a radical, a socialist, a communist, and accused of fomenting class warfare and the politics of envy. It could serve as a manifesto for the Main Street Movement, for Occupy Wall Street, for a revitalized union movement, and even, if they ever awaken from their long Rip Van Winkle nap, the Democratic Party.
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The House
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Broadway Stagehands Create Showplace Nest By Jennifer Farley Photographs by Deborah DeGraffenreid
Cathy Parger checks the carousel horse mailbox on the front porch of her Newburgh home.
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In other words, a low-rent neighborhood, with all the associated problems. Although they remain unmarried, Prager and Dour met on the job at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut in 1979 and have been together ever since. The couple does not have children. Dour manages the carpentry department at the August Wilson Theater, where “Jersey Boys” is currently running. Prager took up painting three years ago, but still works as a freelance stagehand, most recently on “Billy Elliot.” “We didn’t buy here expecting to change the world” Undeterred by Newburgh’s persistent crime hot spots, one of which is just up the hill from their home, the first thing Dour did after moving into their house at 215 Montgomery Street was tear down the surrounding chain-link fence. Later, he ripped out screens enclosing the front porch, and installed an artsy carousel-horse mailbox made by his father, a machinist. “I don’t believe in living that way,” says Dour. “You can be just as vulnerable with a fence around your house as without,” the tall Midwesterner adds. “We knew the town, we knew its problems, and we didn’t buy here expecting to change the world,” says Prager, who’s descended from an old Brooklyn family, from which she inherited eye-catching antiques distributed throughout the house. Of particular note is the red chinoiserie cabinet at the front entrance, which belonged to Cathy’s grandmother. There’s also a set of andirons crowned with elephant heads, too large for this home’s two working fireplaces. The striking heirlooms decoratively flank
Top left: The wood treatment on walls and the staircase are original to the house. Top right: Prager realized after painting the walls this color that it was actually an appropriate historic color for the house. Bottom: The kitchen cabinets were designed and constructed by Prager and Dour.
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the living room’s comfortable brocade sofa. In addition to posters from shows they’ve worked on, landscapes, and still lifes—a few painted by Prager, and others by Newburgh-based artists Gayle Clarke Fedigan, Lily Norton, Kate Ferriter, and the late Joel McKibble—create an atmosphere of greasepaint-loving show folk paying homage to the Hudson River School. Prager’s father, a stained-glass hobbyist, made the Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired window panel insets. “I don’t want to live in a museum; my advice is to decorate with stuff you like; it doesn’t have to all be from the same place and period,” says Prager. Unlike many crafty couples who buy “handyman specials” in areas ripe for gentrification, Prager and Dour did not buy with expectations of fixing and flipping. The idea makes them cringe. “At this point, we’re really invested in the community. We don’t have any plans to sell,” says Prager. While many structures in the historic district have recently changed hands, a few dilapidated 19th-century mansions, battered by decades of use as domestic-violence and other shelters, and now rotting empty, seem destined for demolition. But others are being overhauled by deep-pocketed architecture buffs. After hearing for three decades about how Newburgh’s about to get hot—and all cleaned up—the couple believes a certain corner has finally been turned. Prager and Dour pay close attention to every nearby real estate transaction. In the past decade, at tax auctions, they’ve purchased two 19th-century brick outbuildings just a short walk out their backdoor. Dour uses them for storage —he collects old wood, windows, and other types of architectural salvage, cast-offs from neighbor’s renovations—and also as carpentry studios. In December, Prager and Dour’s house was featured on The Historical Society of Newburgh Bay & The Highlands Candlelight tour. “At the time I thought, Who wants to see our house?” says Prager. “But the tour sold almost 400 tickets, and we had at least 200 people come through.”
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How they opened up, and warmed up, 215 Montgomery Because the house has relatively small rooms, Prager and Dour created a more open feel without altering the floor plan by removing all nonessential interior doors. But they’re extremely fond of the pocket French door dividing the living and dining rooms. Along with the built-in magazine rack, it’s one of the foursquare’s signature Arts and Crafts features. But the machine-made rounded columns in the living room, and a curved wall corner off the hall to the kitchen, suggest a transitional style. In sum, like its decorations, the architectural style of 215 Montgomery is also a bit of a hybrid. It seems the builders, too, simply added details they liked or had found at a convenient price. Prager and Dour have read lots about similar architecture—in fact, the house next door is almost a twin, with a reverse floor plan. It appears to have been constructed by the same builder, but the complete history remains a mystery. Prager says that back in the 1980s, there wasn’t much reliable information readily available on so-called normal early suburban design. But today, in addition to the Internet’s vast resources, paint manufacturers and decorative hardware suppliers actually market products in this specific heritage category. With a few caveats, Prager and Dour have restored their home’s core structure to an authentic period appearance, made more comfortable—and less expensive to heat—by increasing its thermal efficiency. Although wellmade, the house settled appreciably over the years, badly cracking the original plaster walls. Removing the oak woodwork, which was painstakingly refinished, the couple demolished the original plaster, packed in fiberglass insulation, and then put up sheetrock painted in muted, period-appropriate colors. They bought a tankless hot water heater, and all their appliances are rated Energy Star efficient. They’ve mostly kept the original double-hung, single-pane windows, because they like the way they look. Prager and Dour also removed dubious earlier improvements: wall-to-wall carpet as well as exterior aluminum siding obscuring the original clapboard, which was partially replaced with cedar shingles. The oak floors were sanded and refinished with wax. They designed and built the kitchen cabinets to look period to the house. Prager likes to cook, and the food-prep island was scaled for her petite stature. Paying cash for every phase of the renovation, the main problem for years was finding enough time between their busy Broadway show schedules to complete projects with the precision they desired. “You can’t give yourself a deadline, because you don’t know what you’re going to find” when you dismantle an older home, says Prager. “You aren’t going to get everything exactly right, and you learn to live with that, but it’s all about keeping at it.” Dour says that although their home is clearly worth a good deal more than what they paid for it 27 years ago, he doesn’t think they actually come out ahead financially when placing any kind of a fair market value on their labor. “It’s not so much a money pit; it’s been more like a time pit,” says Dour, laughing, as he shows me one particularly challenging piece of ill-fitting molding he’s removed and tinkered with repeatedly.
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their land in Red Hook and sell their produce or proteins at the markets in Rhinebeck. The agriculture of Red Hook feeds the commerce of Rhinebeck. And the tourism of Rhinebeck helps keep the region commercially alive. These distinctions have become blurred over time, but the two towns are still flip sides of the same coin. In Red Hook, Gigi’s Market on Pitcher Lane serves rustic meals to eat in and prepared food and ingredients to take home. Behind the market a paddock of goats routinely delight young visitors by nibbling feed right out of their hands. In Rhinebeck, Gigi’s Trattoria is a more upscale destination with the same great food from a more extensive menu. Cocktails, yes. Goats? No. Suzanna Hermans lives in Red Hook and co-owns and manages Oblong Books and Music in Rhinebeck. She says it’s the perfect combination of “the authentic and rural experience and the more polished, tourist experience.” In the face of Amazon.com, Oblong is fighting the good fight and the residents appreciate it. The store sponsors readings and book signings. (Annie Leibovitz was just there in January. See page 14 for a picture from her reading.) Add that to the list of cool things to do on the weekend. Beyond the restaurants, the retail stores, and even the farms, there is something magical about the particular sisterhood of these two towns. They spark creativity and attract artists. Washington Irving was said to have conjured up Rip Van Winkle while taking in the view of the Catskills from what’s now Poet’s Walk in Red Hook. Venture to this bucolic park of meandering paths offering stunning views of the Hudson River, the Kingston-Rhinecliff bridge and the mountains beyond and you’ll understand why. Local Talent These communities are finding ways to value and support their local talent. Doug Shippee owns the Rhinebeck Artist’s Shop. He says the many illustrators and fine art-
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These vibrant towns are dedicated to feeding the spirits of their young minds, too. The programming at the libraries and the variety of private classes available for kids from “Go” clubs to Irish step dancing (Rhinebeck’s Solas an Lae is a multidisciplinary Irish-American dance troupe) speaks to the value placed on enrichment and education. The schools have Science Fairs that are open to the public. And the best part is this public shows up.
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Events Solas An Lae American Irish Dance Show: “Soul”
artists open their studio doors to the public Labor Day Weekend. It’s an opportunity to watch artists at work and to buy pieces
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performs three shows (March 16-18) at the Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck.
Hudson Valley Wine and Food Festival
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A great opportunity to eat gourmet food and sample wines from across New York on
Taste of Rhinebeck
September 8 and 9 at the Dutchess County
This April 17 event benefits Northern
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Dutchess Hospital. Take a walking tour of all the restaurants in the village, sample the food and the ambiance, all for a good cause. (845) 871-3505.
Hardscrabble Day Hardscrabble means meager or barren. And while the Hudson Valley is anything
Apple Blossom Day
but barren, this festival honors the people
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who work hard to make a living here. Cel-
farms in the region, Apple Blossom Day
ebrate the harvest with food, shopping,
(May 12) is a much anticipated annual cel-
and entertainment on September 22 in Red
ebration in the village of Red Hook. Live
Hook Village. Hardscrabbleday.org.
entertainment, food, and vendors line the streets as people reconnect after the long winter and officially welcome spring. Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Antique aviation is alive and well and living in Rhinebeck. Come get your fill of loop de loops and simulated World War I dog fights. Adven-
Tivoli Street Painting Festival The village of Tivoli turns out to decorate its Main Street on October 6 with fanciful creations painted by professional and amateur artists. There’s also live music and plenty of food. Tivoliny.org.
turous spirits can catch a ride in a biplane. Opening day is June 9. Oldrhinebeck.org.
Halloween Weekends in October visit Kesicke Farm on
Fourth of July
Middle Road in Red Hook for a giant corn
Each village has a parade to celebrate Inde-
maze, hay rides, pumpkin picking and ci-
pendence Day. Fireworks are accompanied
der drinking. It’s the epitome of Fall in the
by the Hudson Valley Philharmonic at the
Hudson Valley. The kids will go crazy in the
Dutchess County Fairgrounds. Barn Dance at the Rokeby Estate The Ox Barn at the Rokeby Estate is being refurbished for this barn dance in honor of
huge sandbox filled with corn kernels. Discovery Festival At Rhinebeck High School on October 27,
the Red Hook Bicentennial on August 4.
a celebration of science-based events and
Molly Mason & Jay Unger and their fam-
hands-on activities that appeal to children
ily band are slated to perform. For more
from K-12. Adults, too. Sponsored by the
information on this and other Bicentennial
Rhinebeck Science Foundation. Open to the
events: Redhook200.org.
public. Rhinebecksciencefoundation.org.
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gust 21 through 26, the second biggest fair in New York: 4-H Club milkshakes, pig races, carnival games and rides, musical performers, livestock, and more. If you time it right you might even see a calf being born. Dutchessfair.com.
Rhinebeck and makes his way up to Red Hook for a celebration around the hearth, honoring the rich agricultural tradition of the region. Then Rhinebeck turns magical on December 1 for all day and into the night merrymaking culminating in a parade with
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“Music is the oldest language in the world…allow kids to speak it!” If Ben Senterfit has a mantra, that’s it. His passion for music seems matched only by his devotion to teaching. He began his musical career as an a capella singer and later toured with bands and ran a record label. After moving from Denver to Red Hook, Senterfit melded his passions. He opened the Community Music Space in the Chocolate Factory building in 2009. It has a funky warm vibe that feels like a living room, with exposed brick walls and hardwood floors. “The space dictates the music,” Senterfit says. He hosts live acoustic-based performances by internationally renowned musicians. And with the help of a few other teachers, Senterfit offers classes for an ever-expanding array of instruments. Kids and adults alike are encouraged to sing, to play, or to just come and listen. Senterfit is particularly enthusiastic about the Vocal Ensembles—groups designed to go out in the community to perform. The music is alive and engaging. No tedious Sunday afternoon recitals here. One group is working on a ‘Mash up of Lady Gaga, Beat Boxing, and Katy Perry.’ There is something for everyone because Senterfit sees music as much more than an after-school activity. “We need to be innovative as a nation. At the core of that innovation is creativity. And at the core of creativity is music and art. When we develop creativity it expands the ability to use all of your brain.” Communitymusicspace.com
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Most college students wait until after graduation to start their first business, but Bard students Jake Stortini and Jesse Feldmus couldn’t wait. Instead of junior-year abroad, they’re spending the year in Tivoli, where they own and operate Murray’s, a coffee house/restaurant/grocery store hybrid that offers Tivoli residents a place to grab a cup of coffee, get a few hours work done, or pick up a few staples for their kitchen. The owners’ goal was always to fill a specific, and sorely needed, community niche. “There was no place to get coffee,” says Storitini. “We wanted to open a place where anyone can come spend hours doing their work.” Good coffee, fresh food, and a pleasant décor consisting of homemade wooden tables and church pews the owners found in an abandoned roller rink have created a pleasant and productive atmosphere. “There’s no other place like this in Tivoli,” says Sophia Bonami, a Bard student and Tivoli resident. “You can sit here, have a coffee, stay for three hours and no one bothers you.” Stortini and Feldmus originally envisioned just serving coffee and pastries, and although they ended up with a more expansive menu the owners still take particular pride in the coffee, which comes from Philadelphia—it’s pretty strong. “We’ve been told by customers that it’s the best coffee in Hudson valley,” says Stortini. Unlike the coffee, the food at Murray’s all comes from within a 10-mile radius, thanks to their locavore chef, Amy Lawton. Lawton moved to the area to renovate an old house, and walked into Murray’s looking for a job behind the counter. Instead, she found herself single-handedly running the kitchen and creating a menu based on produce from local Hudson valley farms. For breakfast, try the kale and eggs, or the biscuits and sausage gravy (both $9). There’s heartier fare for lunch: Chana masala ($10), tempeh reuben slider ($4.50), and pulled pork on grilled ciabatta ($10) are among the dozen entrees available. Taking a short break from cooking crème brulée and root vegetable soup in the kitchen, Lawton says that Murray’s menu would change in the spring. “Early in the season the first vegetables that pop up from the ground will pop up on our menu.” The menu will transform again in May when Murray’s starts serving dinner and seating customers in their backyard. 76 Broadway. Open Monday-Friday 7am-5pm, Saturday-Sunday 8am5pm. (845) 757-6003; Murraystivoli.com. —Jacob Kleinman
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In the Name of Love The Same-Sex Wedding Industry Comes to New York By Melissa Esposito paul joffe
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t was a sunny day in February 2004 when New Paltz Mayor Jason West resided over the marriages of 25 same-sex couples. Though the unions were not recognized by the state, the stance Mayor West and each participant took toward equal rights for all couples made a resounding statement that echoed across the country. And when same-sex marriage was legalized in NewYork last June, local residents and the national media alike recalled that momentous day; in less than a decade, a daring dream had become reality. When the legislation passed there was an initial rush of weddings, and service providers—from florists to officiants—suddenly had the opportunity to set the standard for new traditions. “It’s a whole new world of weddings and we’re so thrilled to be wandering through it,” says Laurie Beckmann, owner of the Appel Inn and wedding planning business A Gracious Event in Altamont. “One of the most exciting parts is that it’s not just your typical white wedding anymore. We did a wedding for a female couple—both dads wanted to walk their daughters down the aisle so we did a double aisle and had them enter side by side. There are no more set rules.” While A Gracious Event is only a year old, Beckmann’s been hosting weddings at the inn since 1983. She offers full-service wedding guidance, including outfitting, invitations, directing the ceremony, booking honeymoons, and suggesting other professionals to suit the couple. She’s also planned a new office for A Gracious Event that will feature a wedding library, packed with numerous inspirational books to help all couples plan their weddings. Since there isn’t currently a large market that caters to same-sex weddings, Beckmann says a big concern with female couples has been deciding what to wear. “With women it’s sometimes a bit of a struggle because there aren’t many options right now,” she says. “The problem is usually that some dresses are too feminine and most suits are too severe for the couple’s tastes. We got lucky though and found a fabulous long, brocaded jacket and tailored slacks for one woman who wanted a suit. There are options, but they’re harder to find right now.” Clients with Really Good Taste Though the times are changing, traditional wedding choices haven’t been entirely thrown out the window. Green Cottage, a florist in Stone Ridge, provided arrangements for four same-sex weddings last year. Dennis Nutley, who co-owns the shop with his partner David Urso, says seasonal colors are the most popular floral themes. Nutley says the couples he’s worked with end up choosing what they feel represents themselves, more than what’s expected of a gender. “With the women we’ve worked with, there’s been a traditional-looking bride with a bouquet and one woman in a suit with a boutonniere; not two women with bouquets,” he says. “For guys, white’s been thrown out the window. They want color. Except pink—they tend to have a strong aversion to pink.”
Nutley says he also noticed that some of the couples didn’t know where to begin. “It was kind of surprising at first to see them floundering a bit when it came to making a decision; we’re used to working directly with a bride who’s been dreaming of her wedding since she was a little girl and has everything she wants already scripted in her mind,” he says. “But some of the guys were at a total loss because they never thought they’d be able to get married. So we just sat down and played. Everyone I worked with had really good taste, so I told them to think about it as though they were throwing a really nice party at their home.” Marriages Built to Last And this is another common trend among same-sex couples planning their wedding: they’re making all of their decisions together. This is sometimes because many have been together so long that they’re used to making decisions as a pair. “I’m finding that most same-sex couples have been together much longer than the heterosexual couples I perform ceremonies for,” says Puja Thomson, an ordained minister of natural healing through the Healing Light Center Church, and owner of Roots & Wings, a wellness organization. “It doesn’t seem as though they’re just getting married at the blush of love. But all couples have the same issues—the same love that brings us together, or the same fears of commitment. Communication and trust are just as important no matter who you are.” When Rev. Thomson meets with couples, she has them fill out a form that tells how they met, what they appreciate in each other, their shared values, what vows they want to make, and other thought-provoking questions to see how each person looks at life, love, and his or her relationship. Although she’s done about five same-sex wedding ceremonies since it became legal, in the past she’s performed many more civil ceremonies of love and commitment. One couple in particular loved their civil ceremony so much they called her the night legislation went through. “I picked up the phone and said ‘I know why you’re calling,’” Thomson says. “And they said they wanted to do a legal ceremony. For couples that have had a civil ceremony but want to make it legal, we look at the previous ceremony, then decide what they would like to carry forward. It’s kind of a renewal of vows—while making it legal on paper.” A Monk, a Priest, a Rabbi, and a Pirate Walk into a Bar The Rev. Stuart Chernoff, better known as entertainer and musician Studio Stu, also has experience with performing civil ceremonies, but from a slightly different approach. “I do very modern wedding ceremonies,” he says. “I am ordained, but my background is in entertainment, so I try to give a theatrical ceremony.When I come up with a ceremony, I start from scratch and give the couple what they want; I’ll speak in another language for foreign family members, or get dressed up—I’ve been a monk, a priest, a rabbi, a pirate.” When Kingston’s Stockade Tavern held a Wedding Day at Stockade event for anyone who wanted to get married, Chernoff performed the ceremonies and invited many same-sex couples to participate. “I’ve never understood why anyone would be op2/12 ChronograM weddings & celebrations 47
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Eugene Ludins, Family Portrait, 1934, Oil on Canvas
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Joel Carreiro, Crustacean, heat transfer on birch panel, 27” x 24”, 2006. From “Split Infinitive:The Work of Joel Carreiro and Brian Wood,” curated by Creighton Michael, through February 12 at the Hudson Opera House.
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Morning in Long Alley, Hudson, NY by Peter Spear
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Black Woman, Observatory, Cape Town by Andrew Jackson
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Untitled No.26 by Joseph Putrock
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A photograph from the exhibit “Ghostly Berms, Fotos By Gerard Malanga,” at Architecture for Art Gallery in Hillsdale through February 26.
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60 MAIN ST., PHOENICIA 688-2142. “Erica Minglis.” Through February 11. “Heart & Memory.” Works of pencilist Bronson Eden and lyric painter Lynn Fliegel. Through February 11.
BAU 161 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7584. “Go West.” Karlos Carcamo, Greg Slick and Eleanor White. Through February 5. “Works by Joyce Pommer and Eliza Pritzker.” February 11-March 4. Opening Saturday, February 11, 6pm-9pm.
THE BEACON INSTITUTE FOR RIVERS & ESTUARIES 199 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-1600. “The Hudson’s Seasons & Spans.” Works by photographer Ted Spiegel. Through March 4.
CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY 622 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1915. “Tell Me a Story: Narrative Works.” Featuring a pictorial history of being black in America by Anima Katz; Tona Wilson’s social injustice series about laborers, prisoners and politics; and the covertly sinister paintings of David Austin. Through March 4.
COLUMBIA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 209 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 671-6213. “Animal Art.” Multimedia exhibit. Through March 10.
DIA: BEACON 3 BEEKMAN STREET, BEACON 440-0100. “Franz Erhard Walther: Work as Action.” Through February 13. “Circa 1971: Early Video & Film from the EAI Archive.” Through September 4. “Opus + One.” Jean-Luc Moulene. Through December 31.
samuel dorsky museum of art suny new paltz, new paltz 257-3844. “Eugene Ludins: An American Fantasist.” February 11-July 12. Opening Friday, February 10, 5pm-7pm.
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84 TEN BROECK AVE, KINGSTON 331-3112. “Snippets: Visual Text.” A group exhibition of works by five visual artists and two poets working collaboratively on a visual project. February 4-March 24. Opening Saturday, February 4, 5pm-7pm.
GARRISON ART CENTER 23 DEPOT SQUARE, GARRISON 424-3960 “Therefore I Am.” Video group exhibition curated by Greg Slick. February 4-26. “David Hayes: Painting/Sculpture.” February 4-26. Opening Friday, February 10, 6-8pm.
THE GALLERY AT STILL RIVER EDITIONS 128 EAST LIBERTY STREET, DANBURY, CONNECTICUT (203) 791-1474. “Fourteen Threadless Needles: Photographs by Vito Pasquale.” Through March 30.
GCCA CATSKILL GALLERY 398 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-3400. “Uncle Remus Reux: Contemporary Visions of How Time Goes by Turns, curated Randall.” Through February 25.
GOMEN-KUDASAI NOODLE SHOP 215 MAIN STREET, NEW PALTZ 255-8811. “Unexpected.” Photographs by Youko Yamamoto. Through February 12.
HEALING ART GALLERY ELLENVILLE REGIONAL HOSPITAL, ELLENVILLE 616-7629. “The Tree Series, Drawings and Paintings.” Works by Nancy Ostrovsky. Through February 23.
HUDSON COFFEE TRADERS 288 WALL STREET, KINGSTON 338-1300. “The Covers Show.” Exhibit of 75 covers of Chronogram. Through February 29.
Robert Reitzfeld, Asia, acrylic on linen, 36” x 36”, 2012. Showing at John Davis Gallery in Hudson through February 26, part of the exhibit “Lucy & Robert Reitzfeld:Paintings.” A reception will be held on Saturday February 4 from 6-8 p.m.
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327 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-1438. “Split Infinitive.” The work of Joel Carreiro and Brian Wood. Through February 12. “CCCA 16th Annual Juried Art Show.” February 18-March 25. Opening Saturday, February 18, 5pm-7pm.
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MIDDLETOWN 341-4790. “Awakening the Buddha Within.” Sacred paintings and photographs by Robert Lewis Hoover. Through February 7.
HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
108 hunns lake road, bangall 868-3175. “Hudson Valley Farms and Food.” Photographs by Lisa Dellwo. Through March 31.
1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 788-0100. “CIRCA 1986.” 70 artworks from more than 40 international artists who emerged with significant artworks between 1981 and 1991. Through July 31.
JOHN DAVIS GALLERY 362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907. “Lucy & Robert Reitzfeld: Paintings.” February 3-26. Opening Saturday, February 4, 6pm-8pm.
FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER
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RITZ THEATER 107 BROADWAY, NEWBURGH 562-6940 “Transition.” Solo show by painter Linda Richichi. Through April 30.
Stone ridge library 3700 main street, stone ridge 687-7023. “Lora Shelley: Paintings.” Through April 30.
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VASSAR COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-7745. “Lentissimo.” Recent work by Marco Maggi. Through April 1.
6 ELM STREET, STOCKBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS (413) 298-1025. “Alchemy of Memory.” Solo exhibition featuring photographic collage work by Fran Forman. Through March 5.
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103 Abeel Street, Kingston kmoca.org. Recent works by Stuart Bigley, Gloria Kapilow Mirsky, Vomcent Pidone, and Kaete Brittin Shaw. February 4 through March 1. Opening Saturday, February 4, 5pm-7pm.
434 columbia street, hudson (518) 822-8448. “Journeys.” Exhibition of diaries, scrapbooks, and journals of Jane Gennaro and Linda Mussmann. Through February 29
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at the hotchkiss school, lakeville, connecticut (860) 435-3663. “Fabricated.” Group show featuring Susan Wides, Livia Corona, many others. February 7-March 2.
3399 north road, POUGHKEEPSIE 575-3000x3182. “Avril/Symington.” February 1 through March 3. Opening Wednesday, February 1, 5pm-7pm.
MARK GRUBER GALLERY NEW PALTZ PLAZA, NEW PALTZ 255-1241. “Small Works: Group Show.” Through March 14.
MILL STREET LOFT’S GALLERY 45 45 PERSHING AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-7477. “Art Institute Senior Project Exhibit.” Through March 19.
THE MOVIEHOUSE 48 MAIN STREET, MILLERTON (860) 435-2897. “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.” Photographs by Don Hunstein. Through February 16.
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VASSAR COLLEGE’S JAMES W. PALMER GALLERY RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-5370. “Teen Visions 2012.” Exhibition of student work from the Art Institute of Mill Street Loft. Through February 9.
WINDHAM DINE ARTS 5380 MAIN STREET, WINDHAM WWW.WINDHAMFINEARTS.COM “White Spaces.” Recent paintings by Lisa Lebofsky. Through February 12. “Barns and Bridges.” Group show. February 18-March 31. Opening Saturday, February 18, 4pm-6pm.
WOODSTOCK FRAMING GALLERY 31 MILL HILL ROAD, WOODSTOCK 679-6003. “Eppur Si Muove.” Works by Peter Barrett. February 4-April 1. Opening Saturday, February 4, 5pm-7pm.
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ast month marked the second anniversary of the horrific earthquake that devastated Haiti. It’s difficult to believe two full years have passed since the disaster that killed an estimated 316,000 people and leveled nearly 280,000 buildings. It seems like it was only a shocked heartbeat ago we were glued to our TVs in disbelief at the scope of the tragedy. Time does have a way of surprising us. It may also be surprising to learn there’s a line that links the beleaguered Caribbean nation with the frozen climes of the Minneapolis punk scene, runs through three of the biggest American bands of the last 30 years, and finishes in Hudson. The line, as it were, is Tommy Stinson, current bassist of Guns N’ Roses and Soul Asylum and formerly of the Replacements, as well as a talented solo artist in his own right. Having seen the heartbreaking news reports, Stinson visited Haiti the summer after the tragedy and learned about Timkatec Schools, a Port-au-Prince institution for homeless children founded by Father Joseph Simon in 2002. Moved by the 82-year-old priest’s continued efforts in the wake of the catastrophe to house and provide vocational training for the epidemic numbers of orphans, the rocker sponsored a fall 2010 charity auction that raised nearly $50,000 in assistance, and he remains committed to helping the facility. “When Tommy contacted us out of the blue wanting to help I told him if he really wanted to understand the situation [in Haiti] he should come see it for himself—not thinking he’d really do it,” says Patrick O’Shea, who founded the schools’ parent organization, the Friends of Timkatec. “With the relief efforts we’ve met a lot of people with good intentions who never follow through. But Tommy came down right away, and I could see he was emotionally impacted by it all. He’s done everything he said he was going to do, and more.” “I guess I was kinda feeling like I wanted to give something back,” Stinson says. “I’ve had a pretty good run in life.” Tommy Stinson has literally grown up playing rock ’n’ roll. In 1979, not long after he’d picked up the bass at age 11, he took to jamming on classic rock tunes in the basement of his mother’s South Minneapolis house with his older, guitar-playing brother, Bob Stinson, and drummer Chris Mars. One day, a would-be singer and guitarist named Paul Westerberg was waiting outside the Stinson house for the bus that took him to his janitorial job at underwear maker Munsingwear. Westerberg heard the trio and knocked on the basement door. He immediately talked his way in and helped steer the band, then named Dogbreath, away from theYes covers the Stinsons and Mars had been playing and into the rootsy punk rock songs he’d been writing. After one gig as the Impediments, the quartet changed its name to the Replacements and became the terrors of the local scene, early on establishing the trashy, falling-apart-drunk live reputation that became their calling card. “They were pretty wild, and it was clear even then that Tommy was a great punk rock bass player,” says Phoenicia’s Steve Almaas, bassist of Minneapolis punk godfathers the Suicide Commandos. “It was also quite striking to see someone as young as him on stage. [Replacements manager] Peter Jesperson actually had to sign on as his guardian when they started touring.” “Our mom was single and I’d been arrested three times by the time I was 11, for shoplifting and stuff like that,” Stinson recalls. “She was really supportive of the band because it kept me out of trouble. Plus, Bob was there to watch out for me.” The group signed with local label Twin/Tone and released two slabs of hoarse, clattering, Faces/Johnny Thunders-derived garage rock—Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash (1981) and Stink (1982)—at the height of the tradition-rejecting hardcore explosion. “We loved hardcore and we played with a lot of those bands,” says Stinson. “But we didn’t really fit in with them.” Indeed, it was Westerberg’s way with a hook that would set the Replacements apart from their less tuneful peers. An asset that became more apparent with 1983’s Hootenanny and reached its full flower with the following year’s Let It Be (both Twin/Tone Records), the singer’s astonishing skills as a melodic pop songwriter soon saw the band top the best-of lists of prominent critics. It also attracted the undying respect of compatriot alternative acts like R.E.M., whose Peter Buck played on Let It Be, a landmark now hailed as one of rock’s most influential albums. Live, the group was a shambling, cathartic joy—Mars in the rear, laying down a no-frills backbeat; Westerberg up front, rasping out boozy anthems like “Color Me Impressed”; Bob Stinson on the right, in lipstick and a dress, squeezing out razoredged leads; and, stage left, with the cheekbones, the spiked-out hair, and the boundless exuberance, Tommy Stinson. In the early 1980s, if you were an aspiring young four-stringer operating at the genre’s more orthodox end, there were four guys to reference: Sid Vicious, Dee Dee Ramone, Paul Simonon, and Tommy Stinson. These were the dudes who made many a teen- and 20s-aged rocker want to strap on the instrument and jump around a stage. Someone else who noticed the unstoppable younger Stinson was Tommy Erdelyi— aka founding Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone—who produced the Replacements’ 1986 major-label breakthrough, Tim (Sire Records). “[Tommy Stinson] was really energetic live, totally in the moment as a performer,” remembers Erdelyi, another Phoenicia resident. “I’d wanted to work with the Replacements for a while, so I was happy when Sire hired me [to produce the band]. Tommy was very serious in the studio, very knowledgeable and ambitious. I think he was 18 at the time.”
But despite Tim’s huge college-radio success, the band would never end up following their alt-rock contemporaries into the mainstream. “R.E.M. was good at playing the game, we never were,” Stinson says. “Playing the game never even occurred to us; we didn’t really have any idea what kind of band we were supposed to be. We were all pretty fucked up as people back then.” More fucked up than his band mates, however, was Bob. By the time of Tim the guitarist’s Olympian alcohol and drug habits had seen him go from being a show-stopping loose cannon to a dysfunctional liability, and he was fired soon after the Tim tour. “My mom understood [the firing], but my grandma didn’t,” recalls the bassist, his quavering voice carrying a hint of emotion. “She was, like, ‘He’s your brother, how could you fire him?’ I think Bob really began to lose interest around the time of Let It Be, when Paul really came into his own as a songwriter and was getting the most attention.”With producer Jim Dickinson the band next cut 1987’s Pleased to Meet Me as a three-piece before adding new guitarist Slim Dunlap for 1989’s Don’t Tell a Soul (both Sire). The latter set yielded the group’s biggest hit, “I’ll Be You,” but the album’s sales were lackluster. The band began to fall apart during the making of 1990’s All Shook Down (Sire), which was basically a Westerberg solo record. Sadly, Bob Stinson passed away in 1995, though not from an overdose, as has been speculated. “He’d actually been sober for two weeks and was working on getting better,” explains Tommy. “But by then his heart was really bad and it just gave out.” The Replacements went their separate ways after the breakup, with Tommy remaining in Minneapolis. Moving to guitar and lead vocals, he recorded a solo album for Sire, Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993), under the “band” name Bash & Pop. The project fizzled out in 1994, after one tour and a track in the film Clerks. He next split for the warmth of the West Coast, where he switched back to bass and assembled Perfect, a quartet that released the EP When Squirrels Play Chicken (Medium Cool Records), which was praised by AllMusic.com as “a glorious return to Stinson’s sloppy, roots-rock sound.” With Jim Dickinson producing, Perfect recorded a fulllength for Medium Cool, but the sessions were shelved by Regency Pictures, which owned the label’s distributor (the album would eventually be released in 2004 by Rykodisc Records as Once,Twice,Three Times a Maybe). Frustrated, Stinson ended the group in 1998. Things were not looking good. But things were about to change. In a platinum-selling, arena-size way. While playing on a freelance session, Stinson heard that Axl Rose was in need of a new bassist for Guns N’ Roses. He tried out, got the gig, and for the last 14 years has toured and recorded as a member of one of the planet’s most famous rock bands. His tenure with GNR has included work on the act’s legendarily trouble-plagued sixth studio album, Chinese Democracy (Geffen Records), which took a torturous 17 years to release. Many have put the disc’s trying saga down to Rose’s reputation as an erratic band leader, but Stinson insists it’s not the cause. “Everybody loves to hang shit on Axl, but he’s a really serious, perfectionist-type guy,” Stinson says. “What happened was, we were led to believe [label head and producer] Jimmy Iovine was going to be more involved with the album, but he lost interest. So Geffen brought in [Queen/Cars producer] Roy Thomas Baker, who just had us re-record all the songs three or four times, which mostly didn’t work and ended up costing $10 million. In the end, the [band] ended up producing it ourselves.” The album went on to sell over one million copies after finally appearing in 2008, and the group continues to tour in its support. Since 2005 Stinson has also performed with his old Minneapolis scene mates in Soul Asylum, stepping in for fallen bassist Karl Mueller. The remaining Replacements reunited briefly in 2006 to record two new songs for a best-of album. Stinson and his wife, Emily Roberts, moved to Hudson last year with their fouryear-old daughter. “Emily has relatives in the area, and we just fell for the town when we came up to visit,” says Stinson, who also has a 22-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. “So we found a place we liked and saved up for it. Everyone’s been really friendly here, and we’ve met a lot of cool people. It’s definitely more my style than some white-bread suburb.” The musician recently released One Man Mutiny (2011, Done to Death Records), his second solo album after 2004’s Village Gorilla Head (Sanctuary Records). Divided between storming, Stonesy rockers (“It’s a Drag,” “Meant to Be”) and longing ballads (“Come to Hide,” the title track), One Man Mutiny was produced by Phillip Broussard, Jr. (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer) and features Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and guitarist Richard Fortus, as well as Emily on vocals and her uncle, Chip Roberts, on guitar. The singer has plans to promote the record via solo appearances at the South by Southwest and North by Northeast conventions, and to perform as part of an upcoming Timkatec benefit concert. “I’m very happy. I’m in the best spot in life I’ve ever been,” Stinson says. “I’m really busy, but I’m not a rich guy. I still don’t have what anyone would call a ‘real’ job. I’m still lookin’ for one of those. [Laughs.]” Not too hard, though. “Nope.” One Man Mutiny is out now on Done to Death Records. Tommystinson.com; Timkatec.org. 2/12 ChronograM music 61
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Zammuto February 3. Experimental pop duo the Books got its start in Brooklyn before falling in love with the scene around MassMOCA and relocating nearby in 2004. Fitting, then, that member Nick Zammuto should reserve the arts center as the venue to unveil his new band, Zammuto. The quartet recently tested the indie waters with an EP, Idiom Wind, and prior to its debut set will screen Achante, a documentary on Haitian voudou scored by the maestro. (Saakumu featuring Bernard Woma visits February 2; Catherine Russell sings February 18.) 8pm. $20, $24, $10 students. North Adams, Massachusetts. (413) 662-2111; Massmoca.org.
Weasel Walter Trio February 4. Another new unit is the Weasel Walter Trio, which is headed by Chicago noise/free jazz/grindcore multi-instrumentalist Weasel Walter (Flying Luttenbachers, Hatewave, Lake of Dracula) and hits the Spotty Dog this month. Walter plays drums for the band, which also includes saxophonist Matt Nelson (tUnE-YaRdS) and bassist Evan Lipson (Normal Love, Satanized). In store: “tightly focused, relentlessly blistering improvisations intertwined with labyrinthian compositional structures. Militaristic tactics and strategy meet TOTAL CHAOS!” With Nondor Nevai and C. Lavender. (Last Good Tooth and P. Everett play February 3; Tica Douglas checks in February 25.) 8pm. $5. Hudson. (518) 671-6006; Thespottydog.com.
An Evening with Alice Bag and Donna Lethal February 6. West Coast punk icon Alice Bag was the lead singer of the Bags, the first female-fronted band to play the infamous Los Angeles club the Masque; the group further cemented its legend with a single on the seminal Dangerhouse label and an appearance in the 1981 film The Decline of Western Civilization. For this date at the Flywheel Arts Collective, Bag performs songs, reads from her newly published memoir, Violence Girl, and is joined by writer Donna Lethal, who reads from her own book, Milk of Amnesia. (Whirl, Hellal, and Grey Skull rock February 3; Waxahatchee, Parasol, and more arrive February 7.) 8pm. $8. East Hampton, Massachusetts. (413) 527-9800; Flywheelarts.org.
Richard McGraw February 11. Singer-songwriter Richard McGraw is no stranger to these pages. The fatalist crooner, who here celebrates the release of his latest album, Popular Music, at the Ritz Theater, was profiled in the August 2006 issue of Chronogram. Heck, he even played our rockin’ Halloween party a few years back. For the covers-dominated Popular Music, McGraw takes on tracks by his hero Leonard Cohen, as well as those of such less likely sources as REO Speedwagon, Bob Segar, Rick James, and Lady Gaga. We’re not kidding. 8pm. $10. Newburgh. (845) 784-1199; Ritztheaternewburgh.org.
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February 25, 26. Organized by Chronogram staffer Lara Hope, this installment of the annual Vagina Monologues brings its female-empowering themes to Oasis Cafe. As with similar summits across the country this month, the event is linked to V Day, which is aimed at raising awareness of violence against women. In addition to spoken-word performances, there’s music from Hope’s band Tigeriss, Shana Falana, the Raw Milk, and others. Proceeds aid Family of Woodstock’s domestic violence services wing. (Upstairs at Cabaloosa, Plan 9 brings dubstep, grime, and electro-house February 4; reggae revue Royal Heart Sound comes to Cabaloosa February 11.) February 25: 8pm. February 26: 2pm. $10. New Paltz. (845) 255-2400; Cabaloosa.com.
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Richard McGraw plays the Ritz Theater in Newburgh on February 11.
cd reviews Todd Mack The Thirteenth Step (2011, Off the Beat-n-Track Records)
Over the past 12 years or so, Todd Mack has emerged as that rare artist who expends at least as much energy in the service of his fellows as he does on himself; from his late, syndicated “Off the Beat-n-Track Radio Show,” which showcased independent musicians, to FODFest, which promotes cultural understanding through music, Mack is as close as we will get to a regional rock ’n’ roll saint. But saints need help too. On “Head,” track one of Mack’s seventh solo release, The Thirteenth Step, the singer-songwriter-producer acknowledges his need with a line worthy of Leonard Cohen: “Help me shed the light so I can learn to see / I’ll take vision over sight to know what’s right in front of me.” Where Mack’s previous outings have veered toward a rollicking Rolling Thunder Revue template, The Thirteenth Step employs more of a Plastic Ono Band approach. Indeed, Mack’s cover of that album’s self-lacerating anti-anthem, “Working Class Hero,” fits right in with the raw ache of “Bereft” and the gimlet-eyed realism of the title track. As producer, Mack weaves textures both lush and stark, inviting us to look into the abyss with him—the hole opened by the ravages of addiction and/or a simple glance in the mirror. He practices what he preaches by using music—namely, rootsy rock ’n’ roll—as a way of understanding, forgiving, and enlarging the picture until angels, love, and home appear on the horizon. Toddmack.net. —Robert Burke Warren
Mimi Goese & Ben Neill Songs For Persephone (2011, Ramseur Records)
What a spectacular, gorgeous find. Emotional and symphonic, the music on this recording is from lower Hudson Valley duo Mimi Goese and Ben Neill’s multimedia musical theater performance “Persephone,” which premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and is based on fragments of the works of Berlioz, Schumann, Bruckner, Grieg, Donizetti, Gabrieli, Beethoven, and Strauss. The result is a performance-art lover’s dream come true. Goese (vocals) and Neill (“mutantrumpet,” electronics) are joined by cello, drums and bass as they navigate the romantic and abstract, both musically and lyrically, from the very first moments of this record. A bit reminiscent of Jane Siberry, Goese belts out a hypnotic refrain on lush opener “Roma” (“For all the love, we all need a little kindness now and then”) amid swirls of compelling strings and keys and Neill’s electronica and invention, the mutantrumpet. The larger-than-life “If You Lie Awake” begins with a sonorous bang, launching into a neoclassical piece of epic proportions in which Goese’s vox border on haunting as she repeats the breathy line “Don’t let go.” Mid-album track “Elegy” has a downtempo and dramatic trip-hop feel. Listen to this record with headphones, because there are a lot of subtle nuances in the layers that should not be missed. Anyone who appreciates art rock or stylistically complex bands such as Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, or Portishead should not pass this one by. It could very well be your new favorite record; I know it’s mine. Mimigoeseandbenneill.com. —Sharon Nichols
Dub Sonata Nights in Cuba (2011, Independent)
Open up the sophomore CD from producer/beat crafter Dub Sonata and out pops a colorful and diverse 28-page booklet of photos from his recent foray in Cuba: portraits, street scenes, and abstracts. The stories told through the lens are a perfect match for the music. Gritty and vibrant, like its samples from old Cuban records. Dynamic and tasteful, like its Latin jazz sprinklings from top-notch musicians. Carefully orchestrated with meticulous chaos, like its adventuresome arrangements. And, most of all, virile but old school, like the hip-hop and dub beats that dominate the record. If you don’t move while listening to Nights in Cuba, you are dead. The music shifts effortlessly from track to track—19 mostly instrumental vignettes in all, only three of which are longer than three minutes. This is an orgy of genre and influence that Lee “Scratch” Perry would revel in—from the sounds of the saltwater-battered buildings to the big-city American, corner-store chatter of 40s in brown paper bags; from the isolation and earthy simplicity of a Caribbean island to the massive urban melt of New York City. Sonata—who’s spent time in Ossining, Peekskill, New Paltz, and Albany—has managed to pay homage to the sound, dance, art, perseverance, and pervasiveness of the Cuban people while melding it all seamlessly with the edgy and frenetic culture of urban America, making it hard to believe that the distance from Cuba to Key West is the same as from Kingston to Manhattan. So close and yet so far… Dubsonata.com. —Jason Broome
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FREEDOM WRITERS The Art of James Ransome and Lesa Cline-Ransome By Nina Shengold Photograph by Jennifer May
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arried author-illustrator teams are not a rarity in children’s literature, but how many can say they met their soulmate and future collaborator at a Purple Rain theme party? Illustrator James Ransome was a sophomore at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute when he spotted a classmate at the 1985 event. “James asked me to dance, and the rest is history,” says writer Lesa Cline-Ransome. Her husband laughs, and she prompts, “You can say you thought I was cute.” “Of course you were,” James responds with alacrity. “Not to mention your warm and charming personality.” This time both of them laugh. It’s the sound of a good marriage, of people who’ve appreciated each other’s foibles for decades. The Ransomes just celebrated their eighth collaboration,Words Set Me Free:The Story ofYoung Frederick Douglass (Simon & Schuster, 2012), with a double-barreled book launch at Rhinebeck’s Oblong Books & Music; James’s paintings also grace Margaret King Mitchell’s just-released When Grandmama Sings (Amistad, 2012). The couple and their four children moved to Rhinebeck nine years ago; careful readers of Words Set Me Free will note Lesa’s dedication to the Starr and Adriance Memorial Libraries. Their house is painted in vibrant earth tones. One of James’s landscapes hangs over the dining table; an adjoining room displays two striking photos by Eudora Welty and several African masks. “I wish I could say they were from our world travels,” Lesa says, “but we bought them.” Simply dressed in a black sweater and jeans, she proffers coffee while her husband wrangles Nola, a large and inquisitive St. Bernard whose name is an acronym for New Orleans, LA. “We love our Saints,” says James, a burly man with a silvering beard and a diamond stud in his left earlobe. He does most of the talking at first, while Lesa listens, occasionally suppressing a smile at his catchphrase “long story short.” James has garnered the Coretta Scott King Award, NAACP Image Award, Rip Van Winkle Award, IBBY Honor Award, and Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance Award for his many books. Ironically, he nearly sidestepped the profession, fearing he’d be unable to make a living. “I was born in an era where there wasn’t a lot of opportunity for African Americans to do art, especially growing up in the rural South,” he says. One of six siblings in a blended family, James was raised by his grandmother in Rich Square, North Carolina. There were no art classes at school and few books at home, though he loved the intricate illustrations in his grandmother’s Bible. He also loved comics and Mad magazine, and started drawing booklets in second grade, starring his friends in save-the-world scenarios inspired by superhero comics, Bruce Lee, and World War II movies like The Dirty Dozen. During high school, he moved to Bergenfield, New Jersey, where the art curriculum included darkroom photography, still lifes, and field trips to draw from the model. Though his drawing skills earned praise, he favored filmmaking and animation. But Pratt’s art history courses introduced him to such painters as Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, and Winslow Homer, and he “fell in love with the single image. Once I understood what illustrators did, I embraced that. It’s me and my supplies—I don’t need a crew of 40 or 50 people to make an image,” James explains, pushing the panting dog away with an emphatic “Down, Nola!” Another influence was African American children’s illustrator Jerry Pinkney, who taught at Pratt during his junior year. Though his class was for seniors only, James often sat in. After graduation, he wrote to Pinkney and resumed the connection, often visiting his Croton home. “I always say Jerry taught me how to look,” he says, adding that his mentor was equally generous with practical business advice and free lunches. Though illustrators are now hired primarily through websites and promotional cards, the standard entry in the 1980s was the portfolio drop-off day. James’s portfolio included three paintings of his four-year-old sister—“intimate portraits of a kid doing everyday things, like washing her hands in the sink”—inspired by Degas’ Bathers. These caught the eye of an editor at Orchard Books, who hired James to illustrate a children’s book Do like Kyla. A new career was born. Lesa’s career path was more circuitous. She grew up just north of Boston. Both parents were nurses—her father worked days and her mother worked nights, so she could spend timwe with her children before and after school. A ferocious reader, she brought her daughter to the library every Saturday. “All of us felt almost jealous of her love affair with books,” Lesa says, describing her mother holed up in her bedroom, answering family entreaties with “Just let me finish this chapter.” “Dinner would burn,” Lesa recalls affectionately, noting that her mother retold the stories of whatever she read, drawing her young daughter into the books’ mystique. Her father “was the disciplinarian in terms of education. He hadn’t gone much farther than middle school, so he was determined that we would.” As a teenager, Lesa’s two loves were fashion and writing. At first, she thought “writing” meant journalism, but after a summer workshop, she decided it wasn’t for her: “I was incredibly shy, and asking questions made me uncomfortable.”
Though a creative writing professor at Pratt praised her fiction, she majored in fashion marketing, working as a copywriter at Lord & Taylor and Macy’s after graduation. Some years later, she had an epiphany during a long exchange over whether a particular color was teal or jade. “I just didn’t care anymore,” she says, shaking her head. “I didn’t think this career would be enough.” Following her lifelong passion for inner-city education, she earned a master’s degree in early-childhood education from NYU. During her last year, she took a course in children’s literature. By now, James was a working illustrator, and he encouraged her to write picture books. Lesa didn’t feel she could pursue that while teaching and finishing her degree, but when she was home with their firstborn, writing a book for James to illustrate seemed alluring. The only question was what it should be about. James threw out ideas, but none of them stuck. When he suggested Satchel Paige, “I thought it was the stupidest idea.” Lesa recalls saying, “You know I hate baseball. Why would you even suggest that?” But he persisted, and she agreed to read a short profile. Much to her shock, she fell in love with the larger-than-life pitcher with hardscrabble roots, who went to juvenile detention for stealing. “I don’t know that anyone expected much from him. But he had this talent, and charisma—he was a showman. How does someone become a legend? That’s an interesting story.” Satchel Paige won numerous honors, including Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Book of the Year. Though the subjects of subsequent biographies may seem wildly different—Pele, Major Jackson, Helen Keller, mixed-race 18th-century musical prodigy Joseph Boulogne—Lesa sees a unifying theme in “overcoming obstacles and going on to do amazing things. I’m the kind of person who cries at the Olympics—something about the human spirit, pushing through to achieve something.” Raised on good-for-you biographies of young model citizens (“Father, I cannot tell a lie”), she strives to present multifaceted views. Reading Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, she was struck by “a certain anger in his telling of his story that I wanted to get. He would never embrace the idea that he was less than somebody else, and that motivated and propelled what he did. ‘Don’t tell me I can’t do something’ is familiar; I see that in myself.” Lesa just completed a book for younger children about a family-owned whalewatching boat, to be illustrated by Rhinebeck neighbor G. Brian Karas. She also hopes to write for teens someday. “I devourYA books— I love that age group. But I’m not done with picture books yet.” Nor is she done collaborating with James. Their upcoming Light in the Darkness launches a historical fiction series about African Americans’ struggle for education in different eras, depicting slaves risking their lives to meet at night in a “pit school” they’ve dug. A second book takes place during Reconstruction, when “colored schools” for sharecroppers’ children were sometimes torched by hostile neighbors. Later stories may feature the 1940s Great Migration and desegregation during the Civil Rights era. Though the Ransomes share an address, they don’t work side by side. Lesa writes in the sunroom, while James has a roomy studio off the garage. Inside, jazz plays through speakers, accompanied by a burbling aquarium. There are art supplies everywhere. One wall is covered with layouts for an upcoming book (Jacqueline Woodson’s The Rope), arranged as an at-a-glance storyboard, a technique James learned from another Rhinebeck illustrator, James Gurney, of Dinotopia fame. “To me, it’s like making a film,” he says. “I find models—those are my actors— and take photos with costumes, props, lighting.” His models are often close by: Their children have been posing since infancy, and friends and neighbors also stand in for various characters. “We make it sort of a party, with drinks and sandwiches,” James says, explaining that people with minor roles hang out while main characters repeat poses again and again. Despite his efforts to make modeling fun, frequent flyers get jaded. When he greeted one of his daughter’s friends at the door with “Oh good, I need someone to—” she rolled her eyes, saying “Not again” before he even finished the sentence. Though Lesa demurs, “I’m not a visual person. I focus solely on the text,” she does plan page breaks. “I can almost hear it ending and the page turning. It’s a natural rhythm.” Months may elapse between her text being accepted and James starting to illustrate it, so they’re usually working on different projects. But seeing their work come together is always a thrill. “The artwork brings a certain human element to the story,” Lesa says. “James’s images are so intimate, it’s easy to pick up the book and feel an immediate connection, which is what both of us try to do.” Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome will present Words Set Me Free at the New York State Museum in Albany, February 11 at 1pm. James’s paintings will be on display at the Dutchess Community College library throughout the month of February; artist reception and booksigning February 27 at 5pm. 2/12 ChronograM books 65
SHORT TAKES This month, it’s personal. Six Hudson Valley authors share their connections to loved ones, spiritual journeys, and smart short fiction. Ting and I: A Memoir of Love, Courage, and Devotion Douglas Winslow Cooper Outskirts Press, 2011, $13.95
The course of true love never did run smooth, but Cooper and his wife Tina Su handle its roughest curves with exceptional grace in this inspiring memoir. College sweethearts whose parents opposed interracial marriage, they married others, reuniting two decades later. As Tina’s degenerative multiple sclerosis weakens her body, their loving bond strengthens. A Well-Seasoned Life: A Daughter’s Tales From Her Father’s Kitchen Carol O’Biso CreateSpace, 2011, $11.95
Warm as a six-burner cookstove, this reminiscence of growing up in a first-generation Sicilian-American household centers around—what else?—food. Gardiner resident O’Biso includes evocative black & white family photos and recipes both toothsome (Escarole Minestra, Pasticciotti) and humorous (Pickled Pigs Feet: “Remove all hairs from feet—not yours, pig’s). Conversations with Mom: An Aging Baby Boomer, In Need of an Elder, Writes to Her Dead Mother Betsy Robinson www.betsyrbinson-writer.com, 2011, $11
Chronogram Fiction Prize winner and playwright Robinson went “off grid” to publish this epistolary work of imagination–letters to the mother she misses, and responses channeled in “Mums’s” distinctively feisty voice (response to a grandiose “Why?” whine: “Stop thinking and clean your apartment. It’s time you did laundry. I can smell it from here.”) We should all have such mothers. Traveling Between the Lines: Europe in 1938 The Trip Journal of John F. Randolph and his Daughter’s Response Rebecca McBride Epigraph, 2011, $17
Years after her father’s death, McBride found four tiny notebooks in her mathematician father’s distinctive handwriting, detailing her parents’ on-the-cheap steamer, train, and bike tour of Europe before she was born. What was it like to travel through Germany as Hitler rose to power? How much did they know? A fascinating dialogue with a vanished time and place. Spirit Speaks. Are You Listening? The Transformative Journey and Teachings of Spiritual Intuitive Valerie Croce Stiehl as told to and written by Vera Haldy-Regier iUniverse, 2011, $17.95
Woodstock channeler and spiritual counselor Stiehl shares her circuitous life path (gritty Bronx roots, a devastating car accident and house fire in different parts of the Hudson Valley, 10 years living with the Lakota Sioux in Flandreau, South Dakota) and clear-hearted vision in this combination of memoir and personal teachings. Its final words: “May abundant blessings be yours.” The View From Outside Susan Barnett Hen House Press, 2011, $10
WAMC listeners are familiar with Susan Barnett’s spoken voice, as host and producer of “51%: The Women’s Perspective.” Her literary voice emerges with similar clarity. Barnett’s characters struggle with everyday life; she brings great insight to small revelations. The hilarious story “The Susan Float” fills a smalltown parade float with her namesakes; readers will savor the many Susans on display in this pithy and vibrant collection.
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Hope: A Tragedy Shalom Auslander
Riverhead Books, 2011, $26.95
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ccording to the Irish poet and philosopher John O’Donohue, “Negativity is a precious force. No movement of consciousness goes forward on its journey without the motor of the negative driving it.” In his debut as a novelist, Shalom Auslander—who is not Irish, but probably would be if he wasn’t Jewish, because the Celts are the only people I can think of who are as flatout funny in their deep-rooted pessimism as the Jews—revs up the motor of the negative to warp speed and runs the positive off the road, over a cliff, and into a fiery death. So, nu? This should come as no surprise to readers who have followed Auslander—who escaped a strict religious upbringing in Monsey to wind up, oddly, in Woodstock—through his short stories (collected as Beware of God) and his memoir, Foreskin’s Lament. The latter has earned him a reputation, among certain orthodox and secular folks whose trait in common is the lack of a gene for humor, as the Babe Ruth of self-hating Jews. (He’s not, by the way—he hates God, and hypocrisy, and, for all I know, baseball, but he doesn’t hate himself.) Happy to say, Hope: A Tragedy will in no way dampen the wrath of Auslander-hating Jews, who will find something to peeve them on practically every page. Solomon Kugel, Auslander’s protagonist, has shpilkes in spades. A friendly local arsonist has been targeting renovated farmhouses in Stockton, just like the one Kugel recently moved into with his wife and young son. Moreover, Kugel’s mother, who has also moved in with him, and who suffers from pseudo-post-Holocaust stress syndrome (what, you had to actually be there to be a camp survivor?), is dying. To bottom it off, he discovers that Anne Frank—very much alive and feisty, thank you—is living in his attic. (That’s not a spoiler—she announces her presence on page 24, and the book runs another 268 pages.) “While there’s never a good time to find Anne Frank in your attic, this was a particularly bad time,” Kugel reflects. If he calls the cops, he’ll “forever be known as the person—the Jewish person—that reported Anne Frank to the authorities.” The shame alone would be fatal: “He had a better chance of surviving the Holocaust itself.” Lest you think Auslander mocks the Holocaust, you are mistaken: He mocks the highly profitable pop-culture industry the Holocaust has become—that, and its appeal for comfortable, middle-class people who feel guilty for having missed out on it. Along the way, he also offers acerbic observations on reason, hope, and our collective thralldom to the past, including being exhorted to “never forget” terrible events, such as the Shoah and 9/11: “Why not forget? Isn’t that what they would have wanted, the terrorists, that we never forget? That’s probably what they said to one another when they came up with the whole plan: Holy shit, said one, they are NEVER going to forget this.” For all the absurdity of its premise, the story plays out tragically. By the time we reach the chilling account of how Anne Frank survived the death camps, we’re choking on what’s left of our laughter. By the end of Hope: A Tragedy, I wanted to paraphrase the apocryphal deathbed utterance of John Barrymore: “No, surviving Belsen wasn’t hard. Now comedy—comedy is hard!” Shalom Auslander will read 2/19 at 4pm at the Colony Café, Woodstock, sponsored by Golden Notebook. —Mikhail Horowitz
Experience What will you experience at Mirabai?
Animal Sanctuary Sarah Falkner
Starcherone Books, 2011
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POETRY
Edited by Phillip Levine. Deadline for our March issue is February 5. Send up to three poems or three pages (whichever comes first). Full submission guidelines: www.chronogram.com\submissions.
I remember a time before I was born. We were hanging out like sunlight.
i’m not well-rounded i’m eroded —p
—Asher Stern (4½ years)
Winter Shade
How Do You Make Love?
Telling Stories
The snow-riddled land looks to the sky, As chimneys send smoke screens through air, And each falling flake covers Her sighs.
Give up pictures. Give up the perfect props you’ve garnered. Give up kisses. Give up men and women, disappointment. Give up knowledge. Give up sleep. Give up respectability. All will manage without you. Give away food and money, your house, your clothes. Pity those who carry the camel’s burden. They are not free. Keep breathing. Love every wounded child you see.
When I was ten, I said a crematorium was an ice cream parlor for dead people. Even as my father laughed, I knew fire ravaged the body, that it shattered the hair first and then peeled the clothes away. But the invention felt good on my tongue. All through school I couldn’t stop; hallways throbbed with my voice, my deceit filling the air with static and wonder: “The Spanish teacher wants to sleep with me,” I told friends between the thin gray lockers; and, “Thomas Edison almost married my great-grandmother.” My English teacher encouraged me to write it all down; my English teacher with a vein of numbers tattooed on her forearm. “We told stories to stay alive,” she said. “To us, the Nazis weren’t even humans.” On the last day of school, our bus stopped at a railroad crossing. My eyes followed the boxcars as they lazied by. I could picture the countless hands sticking through the slats, rain skidding across their fingers, their open palms stunned by the chill of spring air.
Passing from clouds presently high, This snow will not melt in one’s hair. The snow-riddled land looks to the sky; Recently she gave Her good-bye To temperamental Fall; He never seemed to care, And each falling flake covers Her sighs.
—Carla Carlson The limbs of trees go numb, wondering why Their roots feel cold; now all they do is stare At the snow-riddled land, looking to the sky. A girl walks over the fields, untying Her boots, powdered snow intruding upon her bare Soles, and each falling flake covers her sighs. She gets up, tracing the steps back Home; time will soon cover her tracks. The snow-riddled land looks to the sky, And each falling flake covers Her sighs —Robert Cutrera
Boys Who Need Haircuts will tell you it’s intentional— not juvenile lion imitation. Boys who need haircuts hope to attract girls
The Language of the Listening Eye Gauguin called painting the language of the listening eye which is why you should always keep your eyes open. That way you won’t get paint in them. Painting while listening to Tool, for example, can be overwhelming. Listen: that’s not what we’re after here at the academy. We’re after much more— eyes that hear; ears that see a way out of this morass, a role for art in our age, poetry that matters, that makes us see the world, listening like Gauguin with our eyes.
who are unselfconscious about their bra straps.
—Ed Meek
Unselfconscious girls are not necessarily
Blue
those of adequate self-esteem. She can be counted on for categorical plumage, cautious traipse. Lockered hallway whispers a syllable that could be yours. —Rachel M. Simon
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—Christopher Locke
A Study of Dream I read yesterday That the Department of Difference Has begun a study In its new laboratory, Funded by the Departments of Aging, Defense, and Soliloquy, A Study of Dreams.
Blue are the drapes in the living room blue as daddy’s denim jeans blue as the sky and blue as the bottles of glass in the window which sometimes hold the sun.
It seems they want to subdivide Dream Into 360 Babylonian metaphors And from that build a new kind of circle. The funding is promised, So now they just wait and dream In the laboratory of Dream. Forceps are on order. Elsewhere, tulips bloom.
—J. Christopher D’Angelo
—Alan Salant
Encounters With the Fathers
Monday through Friday
Could Have Been
It’s like the Koreans When they were coming Over the hill with sticks And you’re sitting there with a Machine gun But after a while You know The barrel melts and they just Keep coming And their sticks are sharp tongues Honed on their yellow wasp teeth On greenbacks on (power) And I don’t need to tell you How their hearts have ossified Decades ago like dead bones Without any more of those little veins or nerves Just little holes like the underside of a Boletus But without the flavor the deep Earthen feeling just dust And its like everyone With that shape-shifting machine gun I don’t care who you are Or where you are from Is just a scared little Terrified little child inside Scared because they should be too But they have sticks And the sticks don’t ever go away They just dry out Into knobbed lengths With jagged edges Like broken dead bones In the dry creekbed
I woke up and noticed the aging in the mirror. I walked the dog. I put on a pot of coffee and opened the newspaper. The kids came down for breakfast. My wife asked why I didn’t hang my clothes up. I ate breakfast. My wife told me to wipe my feet after taking the dog for a walk. I dropped my son at school. I went to work. I came home from work and walked the dog. I remembered I hadn’t had sex with my wife in quite a while and wondered why. I asked the kids how their day was. We ate dinner. The kids went to bed. My wife and I watched television. My wife wanted to know why I didn’t appear to be listening when she was talking. We got tired. We went to sleep.
I sat by the editor of a magazine I used to submit to. To the man beside him, he whispered X and Y about the belongings I had with me on the bus. His friend, if he was his friend, said, “You never know.” One of them pulled that chord
—Matthew Sheffer
Break Room this day we mark, not so different from all the rest, yet it has candles, and cake, and plastic goblets of cheap champagne so harsh it burns the throat, the cake a slab of flour, butter, sugar, eggs overlaid with thickwhite cream graced with fragile roses crushed by a spork (no forks being available) in the dim dark of the break room, the sad coffee-colored carpet fraying under our feet and she lifts her glass, yes, before returning to struggle with the copier, thrusting her hands deep into the warmth of the machinery to retrieve the paper folded, fanlike, between the rollers
—Drew Nacht
Before The Mail Stopped: August 22nd, 1999 Dear Jake— It was both sad and comforting reading your letter. Sometimes I forget how his death touched other people and not just his family. The catalog has some tea sets in it. Hope it might help. I’ll go to the cemetery and find objects from people who knew him on the grave. Enclosed is one of Adam’s infamous rib recipes and a hat. He had so many. His head was always covered with one. His sister, Evelyn, has a couple of hats for the baby. Adam told everyone, Evelyn named the baby after him. You know, like Adam and Eve. I’m also sending you some addresses and a couple of articles from the Detroit Free Press you might be interested in. The lighter is the best I can do. I hope you can use it. I think it needs a flint. Take care. Sincerely, —Mrs. Dolores —J. D. Szalla
Sacrifice A flower picked itself in spring To save itself from withering —Dina Peone
to let them off into the night, along a dark stretch of road, and the night “You never know.” —Tamas Panitz
Halfway Through the Reading Halfway through the reading, a dog started barking. He was ten times better than the poet. Bark bark bark Bark bark bark bark Bark bark Bark bark bark bark bark bark Bark See what I mean? —J. R. Solonche
I’ve Seen You You’re the one smiling in a stranger’s face, who waits for the right moment in a man’s life then takes a pencil and draws his heart in black and white. Then finishes him off with color. —JLSchneider
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warwick The Best of Both Worlds by Gregory Schoenfeld
photos by David Morris Cunningham
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n 1993, a few notable Warwick residents (per historical documents, “Warwickians” seems to be the correct term) had an impromptu gathering to discuss a novel concept: their own brand of community visioning. “It seemed that we always organized in order to stop something from happening,” explains local community organizer, author, and multifaceted artist Daniel Mack, “whether it be overdevelopment, fracking, or things of that nature.We wondered what we could accomplish if we put that energy toward creating what we wanted to see happen in Warwick.” With so many unique traits to help exemplify the personality of the Warwick Valley—from its signature, ultra-fertile “black dirt,” to its especially bucolic vistas for a place so close to NewYork City—it is perhaps this kind of energy that best describes the soul of the community. As the crow flies, in fact, it is a scant 41 miles from Greenwich Village in Manhattan to Main Street in the Village of Warwick; yet, as Aesop suggests in his well-known fables, crows have been known to be easily deceived. In a Hudson Valley culture where names like Woodstock, New Paltz, and Beacon have become established destinations, Warwickians certainly appear to be content with the slightly-below-the-radar status that matches their relaxing open spaces so well. The rub, as it were, is that Warwick has no dearth of features to recommend it as just such a premiere destination. A continually burgeoning cultural smorgasbord and adverse business community await those who will go a bit further off the main roads. Navigating the extra few lines of Google directions pays high dividends for the intrepid traveler, just as Warwick’s singular equilibrium of remoteness and accessibility serves to strengthen its inherent sense of kinship. Growing Your Own “What has happened, for all the supposed ‘inconvenience’ of our remote location, is that the business community has been able to grow and foster itself,” suggests Warwick Mayor Michael Newhard. “If people need something, whatever it is, they look to find
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clockwise from left: Warwick Valley’s famed black dirt.; Meadow Brook Farm; A scenic vista near spanktown road
it here.” First incorporated as its own town in 1788, and later infused with both increased access and economic stimulus with the advent of the Warwick Valley Railroad in 1862, that balance of proximity and distance has been a formative part of Warwick’s character. The heart of the Warwick Valley, however, remains the same as it has always been: the rich agriculture that not only sustains its residents, but also provides the open-space backdrop that makes the area such an inviting haven. Newhard, now in his 11th year as mayor, was in fact among those present at the 1993 meetings that eventually spawned the organization known as Community 2000. Though many substantive results have emerged from the visioning group, which is still active today, perhaps the most significant advancements have come in the form of preserving and promoting Warwick’s rich farmland, its bounty, and the people who care for it. The plan for the Village of Warwick Farmers Market, still a celebrated and successful event here, was conceived and implemented within the year. A series of interfacing programs to maintain open space and farmland were created, featuring a Community Preservation Fund and Purchase of Development Rights plan. The quick explanation is this: The town will pay a local farmer the difference, per acre, between the value of that land as farmland and as development land. In return, the town places a perpetual easement on the land, preserving it from commercial exploitation. How successful has it been? The initial goal was to preserve 3,000 acres; currently, over 4,100 acres are protected. And, if the power of a community that has bought in to its own well-being wasn’t clear, there is this past September’s Farm Aid as example. After Hurricane Irene’s devastation, a goal of $25,000 was set to be raised to help local farms, centered around a September 25 Warwick concert. After the proceeds were tallied, 44 local farmers received checks for $2,272 apiece. “Being an elected official in a place like this is inspiring,” Newhard says. “You just harness the energy of the people that live here, and watch them go.”
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That there are so many routes to Warwick’s soul is one of its most appealing charms, and Main Street would not be the same without Taekwondo Master Doug Cook’s way of the noble warrior. The sixth-degree blackbelt and his family came to Warwick from New York City in 1985. Like so many others, he was drawn by the energy of a community that he is now an integral part of creating. “I came here many times with my parents as a kid,” says Cook, “and I knew this was where I wanted to raise my own children.” Cook’s Chosun Academy has now been in its same Main Street location for 15 years, where he teaches Taekwondo and wife Patty offers hatha yoga classes. Cook, a longtime teacher, published author, and columnist, is a committed advocate of the unique balance of the Warwick community, one that reflects his own discipline. “The people here are mindful, people who are rooted in the earth,” Cook explains. “We are both artistically and agriculturally based, and the two juxtapose each other very nicely.” Cook’s own brand of community outreach is exemplified perfectly in Chosun’s Leadership Team. A constantly replenished group of 25 teens and children—with no shortage of those wanting to join—provides a host of community services locally. Over the past seven years, the Leadership Team has raised thousands for local animal shelters, the Lions Club, and beyond. “It’s an integral part of the nobility,” says Cook. “They are creating their own reality by taking action. You’d be amazed at how effective they are.” Sounds more like just another day at the dojo in Warwick. Chosuntkd.com
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Warwick Events Applefest Main Street swells with a throng of thousands who turn out for this annual celebration of the harvest. Vendors, entertainment, culinary delights, and, of course, apples, apples, apples! October 14. Warwickapplefest.com.
Bob Dylan Tribute Festival Each Memorial Day Weekend, Warwick Valley Winery’s Orchard Stage hosts a three-day musical bash celebrating the irrepressible American bard. Wvwinery.com.
Ladie’s Night Out August shines as the Warwick Merchants Guild keeps Main Street open late to honor the women of the community, and any who would care to join in, for its 15th annual Ladies’ Night. Warwickinfo.net/events-aug.html
Children’s Book Festival Literary fans of all ages and dozens of authors and illustrators descend upon Warwick’s elementary school in September. Warwickinfo.net/cbf/index.html
Warwick Valley Jazz Festival The rich local landscape comes alive with the sound from August 16 to 19 at multiple locations in the village. Warwickvalleyjazzfest.com.
Springfest The Warwick Chamber of Commerce celebrates the coming of spring with its own Home & Garden Expo each April. Everything from local apple growers to koi pond professionals is on hand. Warwickcc.org.
Art on the Green Every third Sunday from June to September: art, crafts, music, and a gathering of interesting folk on Railroad Green. Artonthegreen.info.
Farmers’ Market Over 25 local growers, winemakers, and prepared-food vendors gather every Sunday from May through November in the South Street parking lot. Warwickvalleyfarmersmarket.org.
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Business and Culture, Homemade Newhard is himself a home-grown Warwick product, and representative of yet another telling example of the area’s sustainable energy: People like to live here, even if they grew up here. And, as befits the artistic pastiche that is Warwick, he is himself a holistic blend of village business owner, painter and visual artist, former New York City resident, parent, and community leader. A conversation about Warwick cannot be complete without discussing the blossoming art scene, one that is uniquely embodied in the labor of love that is the Tuscan Café. Cristie Ranieri and Kristen Ciliberti,Warwick natives and lifelong friends, opened their updated version of the Tuscan in 2006.What they’ve succeeded in creating is a welcoming all-inclusive meeting place, where both alternative-minded local high school kids and the town Democratic Party committee can hold court side by side. The Tuscan has become a focal Hudson Valley concert location as well, with open mics every Thursday and a full schedule of featured bands. How did Ranieri and Ciliberti bring it all together so well? “It just happened,” explains Ranieri with a laugh. “It’s holistic. It just fell into place, and it is really cool that it works.” This past year, the Tuscan Café won the Times Herald-Record’s award for Best Small Music Venue, a well-deserved honor. Yet another pair of lifelong friends tell a complementing tale, this one fueled by apples as much as art. When, in 2001, Jason Grizzanti obtained the license needed to become the first Hudson Valley distillery since Prohibition, he and partner Jeremy Kidde’s Warwick Valley Winery helped put Warwick on the map. As with all things Warwick, the success of these New-Jersey-natives-turned-local-residents is not easily defined: Warwick Valley is a winery and award-winning small-batch craft distiller, while their celebrated apple orchards double as a site for well-attended summer music festivals. Though their plethora of products is enjoying widening success (Doc’s Draft Hard Cider is available in 13 states), the pride of Warwick Valley Winery is their local distribution:Their products can be found at almost every one of the myriad restaurants and bars in town. “People come up here to see us, and we tell them where else they can go,” explains Kidde. “Local businesses support us, and we support them.” From celebrated culinary staples like the Iron Forge Inn and the Landmark Inn, to popular local hangout Yesterday’s—and the surprisingly extensive eclectic mix of choices in between—there is a clear message: We’re all in this together. The conversation within the business community of Warwick begins to read like a television “infomercial,” except that, in this instance, the testimonials are for a product that genuinely works blend of intention, achievement, art, and good-old nature. From George Tuttle’s CertaPro painting contractors, to Christina Topaloglou’s Soho-esque Colors Home store—each contributor helps to build what Topaloglou describes as “a diverse, art-focused, and creative community that preserves old traditions while accepting and welcoming new ideas.”Yet perhaps the most telling testimony is the most direct one, as exemplified in a recollection of Mayor Michael Newhard. Newhard and his son, then 11, were enjoying a trip down the village’s Railroad Avenue, with the farmers’ market to one side, Art on the Green outdoor gallery on the other, when the child turned and simply said: “Dad, I love Warwick.”
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“One of the earmarks of Warwick,” says Dan Mack, a visual artist, rustic furniture maker, teacher, author, and community facilitator extraordinaire, “is a consistent examination of conscience. There is a commitment to the evolution of what is most effective.” A powerful claim, but one that can be substantiated: Mack, one of the founders and current president of the ultra successful Community 2000 project, has recently decided to step down and help install new leadership. The need for fresh ideas, Mack posits, is what keeps the positive action flowing. In fact, for Mack, one might say fresh ideas are his stock-in-trade. For all of his possible appellations, perhaps the most accurate is the one he uses: He is a working imaginalist. He has been creating art from natural materials for over 30 years, from grand-scale rustic design to his current work with Hudson River driftwood. “The theme is emerging selves,” Mack explains of his current work, a concept that could well be applied to the living art community he helps to foster. Mack still maintains his position as vice president of the vibrant and active Orange County Arts Council, and volunteers his time teaching creative process at the local public elementary school—perhaps the most significant teaching gig of his career. Twenty-five years ago, Mack and his family made the exodus from New York City. “We kind of got lost and ended up here. It was like time traveling.” When the rustic woodworker saw the 1906 Victorian that would become his home and studio, he knew that he had arrived. All these years later, it is difficult to imagine a community without him. Danielmack.com
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South by Southeast Asia Yum Yum Noodle Bar and Seoul Kitchen By Jonathan Dixon Photographs by Roy Gumpel
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culinary triumph is often something sublime; an epic culinary failing can, if nothing else, turn into a pretty fascinating car-wreck spectacle. But mediocrity really pisses me off—and there’s a lot of it out there. It can take a truly Herculean effort not to lose it in the face of all the middling nonentities preparing food or, at least, to keep from a slide into despair. There are certain cuisine types that fall victim to this more often than others. It’s a tough slog to find those places making really transcendent Mexican food, or pizza that makes you want to lift your fists heavenwards. And the spectrum of many Asian restaurants out there isn’t any less baleful. From where I’m perched in Saugerties, my trusty GPS tells me that within a 12-mile radius, there are more than 25 Asian restaurants, most of them offering Hunan-style or Sichuan-style Chinese food. I’ve tried a clutch of them and have this to report: with the notable exception of the Little Bear Café in Bearsville, the scallion pancakes and mu shu pork are as indistinguishable as the ubiquitous menus printed in that vaguely psychedelic red and green ink. After eating at any one of them, with your belly resignedly full and your soul plagued by a faint haunting of guilt for the fat, oil, and sodium you’ve crammed into your mouth, you still know you’ll keep trying other similar restaurants out because you keep waiting to find the one that lives up to the promise inherent in many Asian cuisines: balanced contrasts, ingredients that exist independently and in synchronicity, and bright, clean flavors. So when an Asian restaurant does shake higher on the Richter scale than its many peers—and I’m gratified to be writing about two of them: Yum Yum Noodle Bar in Woodstock and Seoul Kitchen in Beacon—it’s worth asking why. Most people will tell you it’s strictly a matter of authenticity. The closer a dish is in flavor, composition, and texture, to something served in the mother country, the more vastly superior that dish’s very existence. I personally find that whole notion faintly ridiculous. If mu shu pork as we know it isn’t a dish someone from one of China’s provinces might recognize, isn’t it still an “authentic” expression of what occurred with Chinese cooking when it arrived on American shores? Maybe no one south of the Rio Grande ever eats chimichangas, but to me it’s a fine example of Mexico and Texas shaking hands. What really makes a restaurant stick out is a matter of execution—putting a serious effort into its food’s preparation—and a unique vision. Maybe the cuisine is truly “authentic” or maybe not; that isn’t what matters.
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Yum Yum Noodle Bar The Yum Yum Noodle Bar, less than a year old and set in the dead center of Woodstock, is a pan-Asian affair open solely for dinner. Owned and run by Erika Mahlkuch, formerly of Saboroso restaurant in Rhinebeck, and Nina Moeys-Paturel and Pierre-Luc Moeys, owners of nearby Oriole 9, it makes gestures to Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, China, and Korea. Looking at the menu on their website a few days before I drove over, I’ve got to cop to a little bit of prejudice: the menu offers up bibimbap, construct-your-own noodle bowls, peanut noodles, beef salad—a grouping that really covers all the bases. I got the same sort of feeling that settles over me when I see Thai restaurants that also offer sushi, a feeling that makes me want to ask, “Isn’t just one hard enough?” But following that line of reasoning starts to bring you back towards notions of “authenticity” and I was willing to give Yum Yum a fair shake and just go with it. But still, I wanted to know, so before I ate, I asked Mahlkuch, “Do you think all these cuisines have something in common?” After a long pause, she said, “No.They all have a different style.The Japanese is more delicate. Not spicy. More delicate flavors. With Thai you have hot, salty, sour, sweet. There’s the Asian of Thai and Vietnamese, and those flavors are kind of similar. The lime and the lemongrass and the chilis.” “What’s the appeal of this sort of cooking for you?” “The ingredients—being able to work with something different. If you’ve been cooking for a while, you’ve probably done a lot of French or Italian, and to be able to go beyond that into another kind of cooking that people aren’t as familiar with is fun and fascinating for us.” “And what about the concept of the restaurant at its inception?” “We brainstormed about what the area needed and we listened to the people. People would say, ‘What about a noodle bar?’ And it made sense.We’ve all been to noodle bars in the city, and Luc [Moeys] traveled in Japan, so we brought everything back here. We wanted something that was healthy, clean, and affordable for everyday dining. And, so far, it has done very well.” Mahlkuch mentioned that Momofuku in NewYork City had provided a healthy dose of inspiration forYumYum, something that made sense when we sat down and ordered. The flavors of Vietnam or Japan are there, or sometimes just the flavor of an idealized Asian dish—but these are non-traditional-dish-specific, working with the same panoply
Above (l-r): Erika Malkuch of Yum Yum Noodle Bar. A bowl of udon, miso broth, and salmon; a platter of steamed pork buns at Yum Yum Noodle Bar. Opposite: Clear yam noodles, Korean veggie pancake, string bean, pork chop, turnips, tofu with mushroom and carrots, and rice at Seoul Kitchen.
of tastes, if not the exact compositions. But it wasn’t conceptual; nothing broken down, deconstructed, atomized, or otherwise deliberately rent asunder. It seemed more like the owners’ mix tape of favorites and covers. And as for execution,Yum Yum acquitted itself well: the vegetable dumplings were crisp and earthy, without a heavy sheen of oil all over the skin; the seared calamari in a mild chili sauce was genuinely perfectly cooked; the pork buns—a direct lift from Momofuku—had all the flavor of their forebears, even if the texture wasn’t quite as silken.We didn’t walk out without some criticisms, though: while the crispy pork in my noodle bowl was terrific, as was the chicken in my wife’s pho, and while the vegetables in each bowl were beautifully cooked, the broth itself was really underseasoned, and there’s only so much soy sauce you want to pour into your entrée. This is a pretty easy fix, though. And the Thai iced coffee was poor—plain coffee, kind of weak, with what tasted like evaporated milk rather than condensed, and none of the thick, intense bitterness and intense sweetness you get from the best examples of the genre. Yum Yum is slated to open a second location in late February at 275 Fair Street in Uptown Kingston, which will be open for lunch and dinner. Moeys says that plans are also in the works for launching Yum Yum catering and food truck lines. Seoul Kitchen Over in Beacon, at the far end of Main Street, almost out of town, sits Seoul Kitchen, owned and operated by Heewon Marsharo. Marsharo, born in Seoul, was once an actress in Korea before moving to Japan to get married and sell life insurance. She was, she informs me, the number one salesperson in her company. When her marriage ended, she lit out for the United States. Marsharo says she didn’t know a single person in America, but thought she might learn something about herself through the adventure. Seoul Kitchen really isn’t a restaurant, per se. Marsharo describes it as a Korean deli, but this is accurate only in the most minimal sense. There is a cooler selling sodas, drinks, and a few packaged foods (in addition to Korean dried anchovies—the best available, says Marsharo), and there’s a tiny steam table with dishes Marsharo prepares in an absurdly small kitchen space at the back of the room. Nothing, really, like the densely stocked shelves, sprawling steam tables full of just about every food imaginable, and the blinding fluorescence of Korean delis all over New York City. That tiny steam table is the main attraction for the approximately 25 or so custom-
ers who come in every day to buy their lunch of traditional Korean dishes by the pound, or entrees like bibimbap at night. Many customers come in multiple times weekly. I went into Seoul Kitchen at around 3 p.m., after the lunch rush. Marsharo leaned her head out from the kitchen and asked, “Chronogram? Yes? Are you hungry?” Marsharo just seems to understand she’s a good cook, grateful for the praise I offer the sweet potato noodles, marinated chicken, kimchee, a vegetable pancake, and a cup of fermented bean paste soup, but not all that surprised.The meal tastes like something prepared by the Korean grandmother of my imagination. If you were inclined to think in terms of “authenticity,” this would probably be it, but that isn’t paramount to Marsharo’s mission, either. Really, this all started by default. She couldn’t get a job in the insurance business like she’d hoped, and after she married her current husband, whom she met on a Metro-North train, her cooking vocation began to make itself manifest. “Each time I cooked, my husband said, ‘Delicious! Delicious!’ and he’s American, right? So we started to invite people around. And they said it was delicious. And I liked that. And I liked to cook. I’ve been cooking for myself for 30 years. Even if I was very busy. I like my food. I don’t like the food in restaurants. Sometimes its good, but I like my food. But I didn’t want to work as a waitress or cashier. So, okay, what about having American people know about Korean homemade food? It took almost three years, then I found this place.” Marsharo and her husband built Seoul Kitchen up from scratch, installing all the hardware and giving the space a quiet, decorative touch. She focuses intently on her cooking, and also keeps her eyes cast off beyond the room’s walls. She describes another project she’d like to undertake someday soon, a restaurant offering her dishes where all the diners sit at one big table eating and communing. Other than that description, she doesn’t elaborate. “I have to build my dream. I concentrate every day on my dream. I just started the beginning of my dream now. But I have to continue. Like first level, then second level, maybe third level.” I ask what the third level would be. “No! I don’t even think about the third,” says Marsharo. “Because I’m still at one. I have to concentrate on one, then think about two. I’m building my dream,” she says and gestures at the room. “This is my American dream.” Yum Yum Noodle Bar Yumyumnoodlebar.com Seoul Kitchen (845) 765-8596 2/12 ChronograM food & drink 79
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Kevin Christofora, owner of Woodstock Meats, thinks that he’s got the answer to what your dog craves for dinner. “We know what your pet would eat if they had their choice,” Christofora says. His Butcher’s Blend dog and cat food is just like what your pet’s ancestors ate. After noticing that many of his customers were buying steak and lamb for their pets instead of their party guests, Christofora decided to make his own raw pet food. Butcher’s Blend was introduced to the market last January. Woodstock Meats also sells additional pet products, like bones, beef bone dust, turkey necks, tripe, and chicken liver. Jessica Applestone, co-owner of Fleisher’s Grass-fed and Organic Meats, has been on the raw pet food diet bandwagon since opening her butcher shop in 2004. Fleisher’s sells pet food patties made from organic chicken, bones, heart, liver, and tongue. While Applestone’s an animal lover (she feeds her own dogs Fleisher’s patties), making dog food was also a matter of business savvy. “It is necessary in our business—we are nose-to-tail butchers—to use every part of the animal,” says Applestone. “It made sense to use this as an outlet for our offal and meat.” “The notion that pets can eat the same thing every day for years and be healthy is a myth,” Christofora says. “It would be comparable to a human eating only cereal.” To make canned or dried pet food, first a carcass is stripped for human products. Then it’s ground, cooked, and filled with preservatives. The healthy enzymes are gone, and a lot of chemicals and disgusting ingredients are in its place. Pet food contains everything from beaks and feathers to blood-soaked sawdust. Raw diets, on the other hand, replicate the kind of meal a carnivore is designed to eat. In the wild, a dog would eat a rabbit, including the meat, bone, organs, and greens in the digestive tract. “That’s nature’s perfect meal,” Christofora says. Plus, Chrisofora and Applestone don’t add any chemicals to their mix. Since mass-produced dog food has a high chemical content, and since the chemicals just pass through the dog as waste instead of being absorbed, raw dog food is much more filling. Your dog can eat less and feel satisfied longer. Woodstock Meats’ Butcher’s Blend is distributed at Classy Creatures Boutique in Shokan; Emmanuel’s Pet-Agree in Stone Ridge; Lucas Avenue Pet Supply, The Barnyard Pet and Feed, Mother Earth’s Storehouse, and Pawprints and Whiskers in Kingston; Accord Plaza Feeds; High Falls Food Co-op; Woofstock in Woodstock; Paws of Distinction and Sue’s Zoo and More Inc. in New Paltz; Red Hook Natural Foods; Pleasant Stone Farm in Middletown; and the Beacon Barkery. Fleischer’s pet patties are distributed at Fleisher’s Meats locations in Kingston and Brooklyn. —Lindsay Pietroluongo Fleisher’s Grass-fed and Organic Meats Fleishers.com Woodstock Meats Woodstockmeats.com
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Gourmet take-out store serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week. Featuring local and imported organic foods, delicious homemade desserts, sophisticated four-star food by Chefs Richard Erickson and Jonathan Sheridan. Off-premise full-service catering and event planning for parties of all sizes.
Pamela’s Java Hut 1097 Main St, Fishkill, NY (845) 896-1261
The Bees Knees Café at Heather Ridge Farm 989 Broome Center Road, Preston Hollow, NY (518) 239-6234 www.heather-ridge-farm.com Great lunches right on the farm! Enjoy views of the Catskill Mountains from shaded picnic tables or eat inside our 1820s farmhouse. Our own grassfed meats and pastured poultry lovingly prepared with local organic produce and cheeses. Café and farm store open Saturdays and Sundays, Mem. Day through Col. Day Weekends. Menu and schedule on website. “Soup Kitchen” Saturdays, Nov-April.
Catering Fresh Company Garrison, NY (845) 424-8204 www.FreshCompany.net
Holberts Catering 1118 State Route 17K, Montgomery, NY (845) 457-5806 www.holbertscatering.com holberts@frontiernet.net
Delis Jack’s Meats & Deli 79 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2244
Akasaka 40 Front Street Suite #103, Newburgh, NY (845) 568-5889
American Glory BBQ 342 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 822-1234 www.americanglory.com
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American Glory is a restaurant specializing in “legendary wood smoked regional BBQ of the United States, and classic American comfort foods.” In addition to the extensive BBQ fare, the menu includes a wide selection of grilled burgers, steaks and fish, along with an assortment of fresh salads, several vegetarian options, and numerous side dishes like collard greens, cheese grits, garlic mashed potatoes, mac & cheese, cornbread, and creamy ole country coleslaw. All menu items are prepared fresh daily and all BBQ is smoked on site using local wood.
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Aroi Thai Restaurant 55 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-1114 www.aroirestaurant.com
Baba Louie’s Woodfired Sourdough Pizza 517 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 751-2155 286 Main Street, Gt. Barrington, MA (413) 528-8100 34 Depot Street, Pittsfield, MA (413) 499-2400 www.BabaLouiesPizza.com Handcrafted with fresh, all natural ingredients. Italian brick-oven woodfired pizzas made with sourdough crust & fresh mozzarella. Choose from our creative signature pizzas or build your own! Heaping salads with fresh greens, house made soup, pasta specials, lunchtime sandwiches & ciabatta panini. Family friendly! Delicious gluten-free and vegan options available everyday!
Brasserie 292 Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-0292 www.brasserie292.com
Celebrated nonconformist Frank Serpico teams up with Chef Noah Sheetz of the Chef’s Consortium to cook before a live studio audience. Enjoy specially created chocolate by Oliver Kita Saturday, March 31st at 7pm at the Hudson Valley’s newest art venue , S.P.A.F. Saugerties Performing Arts Factory www.thespaf.com $75 per ticket. Tickets must be purchased in advance by calling Stella May Productions at 845-247-3070.
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Dermot Mahoney’s Irish Pub 40 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 853 8620 www.dermotmahoneys.com
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6242 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3911
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!
Gomen Kudasai ‚Japanese Noodles and Home Style Cooking 215 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-8811
Grappa Ristorante 22B Railroad Ave, Warwick, NY (845) 987-7373 www.GrappaRistoratnte.com
Osaka 22 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7338 or (845) 876-7278 www.osakarestaurant.net Foodies, consider yourselves warned and informed! Osaka Restaurant is Rhinebeck’s direct link to Japan’s finest cuisines! Enjoy the freshest sushi and delicious traditional Japanese small plates cooked with love by this family owned and operated treasure for over 17 years.
11 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1099 www.karmaroad.net info@karmaroad.com Winner of “Best Vegetarian Restaurant in the Hudson Valley” 2010. Friendly, casual breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, juices and award-winning smoothies for a delicious, healthy alternative to standard fare. GlutenFree aplenty! Steps from the Rail-Trail in historic downtown. Open 8am-8pm, 7 days. Find us on Facebook!
Kavos 4 North Clover Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473 4976 www.kavosgyros.com kavosgyros@gmail.com We make Gyros just the way you will find them in Greece today, with pork or chicken. Made fresh every day in house. No processed meat, no preservatives and no food additives.
LaBella Pizza Bistro 194 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2633 www.labellapizzabistro.com LaBella Pizza Bistro voted Best Pizza in The Hudson Valley. We serve more than just great pizza, including catering for any occasion. Our dishes feature LOCALLY GROWN organic produce! We offer a healthy WHOLE GRAIN PIZZA CRUST! Vegan Pizza is now available as well.
Leo’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria 1433 Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 564-3446
Luna 61 55 Broadway, Tivoli, (845) 758-0061 www.luna61.com
Swoon Kitchen Bar 340 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 822 8938 www.swoonkitchenbar.com
Tavern 955 Route 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 424-3254
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, awardwinning 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.
Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro 6426 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3330 www.terrapinrestaurant.com custsvc@terrapinrestaurant.com Voted “Best of the Hudson Valley” by Chronogram Magazine. From far-flung origins, the world’s most diverse flavors meet and mingle. Out of elements both historic and eclectic comes something surprising, fresh, and dynamic: dishes to delight both body and soul. Serving lunch and dinner seven days a week. Local. Organic. Authentic.
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Yobo Restaurant Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 564-3848 www.yoborestaurant.com
Snacks Mister Snacks, Inc. 500 Creekside Drive, Amherst, NY (800) 333-6393 www.mistersnacks.com steve@mistersnacks.com
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Karma Road Organic Cafe
Rated “Excellent”~Zagat for 17yrs • “4.5 Stars”~Poughkeepsie Journal
237 Forest Hill Drive, Kingston, NY (8) 453-404277 44 North Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2210
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TIVOLI 74 Broadway (845) 757-5055 RHINEBECK 22 Garden St (845) 876-7338
Skytop Steakhouse and Brewing Co.
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240 Boulevard Route 32, Kingston, NY (845) 331 4386 www.thehillsidemanor.com 27 W. Main Street, Goshen, NY (845) 294-5561 www.howellsdeli.com
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American Green Home Builders
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3650 Main Street, PO Box 720, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-6242 www.nriverarchitecture.com
Karen A. Friedman, Esq. 30 East 33rd Street, 4th FL, New York, NY (212) 213-2145 www.newyorktrafficlawyers.com President of the Association of Motor Vehicle Trial Attorneys
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The new Aspects Inn resides in the heart of the historic artists’ colony of Woodstock, NY, nestled in the famed Catskill Mountains ski and summer resort region. Aspects provides a unique and exclusive sensual retreat with two private luxury two-bedroom apartments joined to a 2,000 square-foot cathedral ceiling, cedarand-glass enclosed, climate-controlled spa with 40’ saline pool, Jacuzzi and therapeutic infrared sauna.
Diamond Mills 25 South Partition Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 247-0700 www.DiamondMillsHotel.com info@DiamondMillsHotel.com
Holiday Inn Kingston 503 Washington Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 338-0400 www.hikingston.com
Minnewaska Lodge 3116 Route 44/55, Gardiner, NY (845) 255-1110
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Rhinecliff Hotel 4 Grinnell Street, Rhinecliff, NY (845) 876-0590 www.therhinecliff.com
Sky Lake Lodge Bed and Breakfast 22 Hillcrest Lane, Rosendale, NY www.skylakelodgebnb.com www.skylake.shambhala.org On the northern crest of the Shawangunk Ridge, Sky Lake Lodge Bed and Breakfast offers a unique setting of natural beauty and comtemplation. Sky Lake Lodge is a Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center with spacious grounds, pond, indoor and outdoor meditation areas, and sumptuous organic breakfasts from local farmers. Rest and Renewal.
Windham Mountain Ski Resort Windham, NY (518) 734-4300 www.windhammountain.com edewi @windhammountain.com
Alternative Energy Hudson Valley Clean Energy, Inc. (845) 876-3767 www.hvce.com
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Art Galleries & Centers Ann Street Gallery 104 Ann Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 784-1146 www.annstreetgallery.org facebook.com/annstreetgallery Bill Yost: A Retrospective. February 25, 2012–April 21, 2012. The Ann Street Gallery will have an Artist Reception on Saturday, February 25 from 6-9 pm. This is the first major gallery exhibition devoted to the full scope of the career of artist William Yost. The exhibition, which will only be seen at the Ann Street Gallery presents an unparalleled opportunity to study the artist’s development over nearly six decades. The exhibition begins with his early academic works exhibited in Minnesota before he moved to New York and concluding with his final, sparely abstract pieces produced in 2011.
Back Door Studio 9 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-3660 sydhap@aol.com
Country Gallery
Hollenbeck Pest Control
Markertek Video Supply
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Kitchen Cabinet Company
Auto Sales & Services Begnal Motors 552 Albany Ave, Kingston, NY (845) 331 3322
Jenkinstown Motors, Inc. 37 South Ohioville Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2500
Ruge’s Subaru 6444 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7074 www.rugessubaru.com
Beverages
17 Van Kleeck Drive, Poughkeepise, NY (845) 471-6480 www.kitchencabinetco.com
N & S Supply www.nssupply.com info@nssupply.com
Williams Lumber & Home Centers (845) 876-WOOD www.williamslumber.com
Cinemas Rosendale Theater Collective Rosendale, NY www.rosendaletheatre.org
Upstate Films
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Internationally recognized and the Hudson Valley’s pre-eminent landscape photographer, Nick Zungoli’s work has been widely collected since 1979 when he opened Exposures Gallery. To date he has sold over 50,000 prints to corporations and celebrities such as Steven Spielberg and Quincy Jones. Along with images from the Hudson Valley, his new special exhibit “Mekong Journal” can be viewed this season. Visit online at exposures.com for Photo Workshops at the gallery and Italy.
Choose Esotec to be your wholesale beverage provider. For 25 years, we’ve carried a complete line of natural, organic, and unusual juices, spritzers, waters, sodas, iced teas, and coconut water. If you are a store owner, call for details or a catalog of our full line. We’re back in Saugerties now!
6415 Montgomery St. Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2515, 132 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-6608, NY www.upstatefilms.org
Gray Owl Gallery
22 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845)876 4861 www.monkfishpublishing.com
Water Street Market, New Paltz, NY www.grayowlgallery.com
Mark Gruber Gallery New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 www.markgrubergallery.com
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY www.newpaltz.edu/museum
George Cole Auctioneers
Vassar College: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
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11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, CT (860)435 3663 www.hotchkiss.org
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Glenn’s Wood Sheds
1357 Kings Hwy, Sugar Loaf, NY (845) 469-9382 www.exposures.com Winter Hours: Thursday to Sunday, 11 to 5
16-18 Railroad Avenue, Warwick, NY (845) 986-5520 theeclecticeye@gmail.com
7392 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-0202
747 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2200 www.cabinetdesigners.com
Exposures Gallery
Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School
The Red Hook Emporium
Audio & Video
1955 South Road Square, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 297-1684
Eclectic Eye
North Broadway (Route 9, next to IGA), Red Hook, NY (845) 758-9114 www.georgecolauctions.com
Throughout New York State Speeding, Reckless Driving, DWI Trucking Summons and Misdemeanors Aggravated Unlicensed Matters Appeals, Article 78 Cases, 27 Years of Trial Experience
Cabinet Designers
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Windham Fine Arts 5380 Main Street, Windham, NY (518) 734-6850 www.windhamfinearts.com info@windhamfinearts.com
Book Publishers Monkfish Publishing
Bookstores Mirabai of Woodstock 23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2100 www.mirabai.com The Hudson Valley’s oldest and most comprehensive spiritual/metaphysical bookstore, providing a vast array of books, music, and gifts for inspiration, transformation and healing. Exquisite jewelry, crystals, statuary and other treasures from Bali, India, Brazil, Nepal, Tibet. Expert Tarot reading.
Oblong Books & Music 6422 Montgomery Street, (Route 9), Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-0500 www.oblongbooks.com
Broadcasting WDST 100.1 Radio Woodstock Woodstock, NY www.wdst.com
Cleaning Services Joe Clean (845) 633-2475 letjoeclean@yahoo.com
Mold Mitigations (845) 462-2638 moldmitigations@yahoo.com
Clothing & Accessories Joanne Klein Vintage Clothing Clinton Corners, NY (914) 489-8228 info@joanneklein.com
NYC Flair Fashions 190 South Plank Road, Newburgh, NY (845) 561-3550 NYC Flair Fashions is a quaint woman’s boutique that understands the value of offering customers the finest fashions at affordable prices. Because we are smaller than major retail chains, we have the freedom to select the most innovative fashions for our clientele. We have a unique line of apparel and accessories by designers worldwide. Casual and formal, petite to tall and plus to women sizes, NYC Flair will allow you to show-off your distinctive style with confidence.
Rambling Rose Boutique 73 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-3899
Woodstock Design 9 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-8776 www.shopwoodstockdesign.com
Collaborative Workspace Beahive Kingston 314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY www.beahivekingston.com bzzz@beahivebeacon.com
College Advising Hudson Valley College Consulting 3 Paradies Lane, New Paltz, NY (914) 368-8095 www.hudsonvalleycollegeconsultants.org hudsonvalleycollegeconsultants@gmail.com
Mother Earth’s Store House 1955 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 296-1069 249 Main Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-9614 300 Kings Mall Court, Route 9W, Kingston, NY (845) 336-5541 www.motherearthstorehouse.com Founded in 1978, Mother Earth’s is committed to providing you with the best possible customer service as well as a grand selection of high quality organic and natural products. Visit one of our convenient locations and find out for yourself!
Pennings Farm Market & Orchards
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161 South Route 94, Warwick, NY (845) 986-1059 www.penningsfarmmarket.com
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Sunflower Natural Foods Market
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Consignment Shops Past N’ Perfect 1629 Main Street (Route 44) , Pleasant Valley, NY (845) 635-3115 www.pastnperfect.com A quaint consignment boutique that offers distinctive clothing, jewelry, accessories, and a unique collection of high-quality furs and leathers. Always a generous supply of merchandise in sizes from Petite to Plus. Featuring a diverse & illuminating collection of 14 Kt. Gold, Sterling Silver and Vintage jewelry. Enjoy the pleasures of resale shopping and the benefits of living basically while living beautifully. Conveniently located in Pleasant Valley, only 9 miles east of the Mid-Hudson Bridge.
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Cooking Classes Natural Gourmet Cookery School 48 West 21st Street, New York, NY (212) 645-5170, Fax (212) 989-1493 www.naturalgourmetschool.com info@naturalgourmetschool.com
Custom Home Design & Materials Atlantic Custom Homes 2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY www.lindalny.com www.hudsonvalleycedarhomes.com
Since 1978, Your source for organic and local, farm fresh produce, eggs, dairy products, bulk coffee, rice, beans, granolas, teas, all natural body & skin care, supplements, homeopathy. And so much more!
Financial Advisors Third Eye Associates, Ltd 38 Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 752-2216 www.thirdeyeassociates.com
Florists Burgevin Florist 245 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-0874 www.burgevinflorist.com burgevinflorist@gmail.com
Flower Nest Florist Kingston Plaza, Kingston, NY (845) 331-4440 www.flowernest.com
Good Old Days Eco Florist 270 Walsh Avenue, New Windsor, NY (845) 562-2820 www.goodolddaysflorist.com
Gardening & Garden Supplies Mac’s Agway 68 Firehouse Lane, Red Hook,NY (845) 876-1559, (845) 255-0050
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Farm Markets & Natural Food Stores Adams 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
Hawthorne Valley Farm Store 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7500 www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org Mon - Sat 7:30 to 7, Sundays 9 to 5 A full-line natural foods store set on a 400-acre Biodynamic farm in central Columbia County with on-farm organic Bakery 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.
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1177 Route 9, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 462-2085 www.whatsnewagain.com
75 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5361 www.sunflowernatural.com info@sunflowernatural.com
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Hair Salons Allure 12 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7774 allure7774@aol.com
Androgyny 5 Mulberry Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-0620
Dazzles Salon & Day Spa 2722 W. Main Street, Wappingers Falls, (845) 297-5900, 738 Route 9, Fishkill Plaza, Fishkill, (845) 897-5100, NY www.dazzlessalon.com
Donna, Scott & Daniel
Glenn Bryon Hair Studio 8 West Street, Warwick, NY (845) 987-1150
Home Furnishings & Decor Bumble and Hive In the Courtyard at 43 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2625
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702 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-3070 www.freightliquidatorshv.com
Lounge High Falls, NY (845) 687-9463 www.loungefurniture.com
Home Improvement Certapro Painters (845) 987-7561 www.certapro.com
Hudson Valley Contracting Group Inc. 2713 Route 17M, New Hampton, NY (845) 294-8242 www.hudsonvalleykitchens.com
Sheeley Roofing (845) 687-9182 www.sheeleyroofing.com
William Wallace Construction (845) 750-7335 www.williamwallaceconstruction.com
Home Organization Hudson Valley Closets www.hudsonvalleyclosets.com
Interior Design
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CUTTING EDGE, STRATEGIC INTERNET MARKETING SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESSES AND AGENCIES www.dragonsearchmarketing.com 845.383.0890 dragon@dragonsearch.net
Architectural Stylist (914) 213-1598 www.architecturalstylist.com amy@architecturalstylist.com
Bertolini and Co. 80 Main Street, Warwick, NY (845) 986-1810 www.bertolinico.com
Internet Services DragonSearch (845) 383-0890 www.dragonsearchmarketing.com dragon@dragonsearch.net
Site Optimized (845) 363-4728 www.dougmotel.com
ONLINE MARKETING Coaching & Classes: Google, Facebook, Twitter and more...
Doug Motel, Author, Speaker & Marketing Wiz www.SiteOptimized.com 845.363.4728
Jewelry, Fine Art & Gifts Bernbach Studio 446 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 772-1775 www.bernbachstudio.com
Dreaming Goddess 44 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2206 www.DreamingGoddess.com
Forever Jewelers 38 Main Street, Warwick, NY (845) 986-2248 www.foreverjewelers.com
Warren Kitchen & Cutlery 6934 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6208 www.warrenkitchentools.com
Landscaping Coral Acres, Keith Buesing, Topiary, Landscape Design, Rock Art (845) 255-6634
Lawyers & Mediators Jane Cottrell (917) 575-4424 www.janecottrell.com Mediation is the best opportunity for the disputing parties, not courts or juries, to control the outcome of a dispute. Experienced lawyer and mediator certified in US and UK. Choice of mediation techniques. Landlord/ tenant, debtor/creditor, commercial/business, wills/trusts, arts/creative, employment. Free consultation.
Law Offices of Michel Haggerty 37 West Market, Rhinebeck, NY (845)876-3300 www.haggertylawoffices.com
Wellspring (845) 534-7668 www.mediated-divorce.com
Martial Arts Woodstock Aikido At the Byrdcliffe Barn, Upper Byrdcliffe Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-8153 www.woodstockaikido.com A traditional United States Aikido Federation affiliated dojo situated in the Byrdcliffe artist community in Woodstock, NY. We have the extreme privilege of training under Harvey Konigsberg, Shihan.
Music Rondout Music Lounge Kingston, NY (845) 235-7098 www.rondoutmusiclounge.com
Musical Instruments Imperial Guitar & Soundworks 99 Route 17K, Newburgh, NY (845) 567-0111 www.imperialguitar.com
Organizations Country Wisdom News (845) 616-7834 www.countrywisdomnews.com
24 Main Street, Warwick, NY (845) 988-5080 www.frazzleberries.com
Country Wisdom News— Subscribe to Country Wisdom News, Ulster County’s newest source for good news—age old and modern thoughts on food, the land, and the home. An annual subscription is $35. Send checks to PO Box 444, Accord, NY, 12404.
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Devereux
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24 Main Street, Warwick, NY (845) 988-5080 www.frazzleberries.com
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Hummingbird Jewelers
Bardavon Opera House
23 A. East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4585 www.hummingbirdjewelers.com hummingbirdjewelers@hotmail.com
35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org
Iriniri Designs
1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY (845) 236-7970 www.liveatthefalcon.com
20 Main Street, Warwick, NY (845) 469-7934 98 Main Street, Nyack, NY (845) 353-4245,
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Kitchenwares
Freight Liquidators
Performing Arts
Falcon Music & Art Productions
Paramount Center for the Arts
Chris Hanson
Wild Earth Wilderness School
ROOTS & WINGS / Rev Puja Thomson
100 Brown Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 739-2333 www.paramountcenter.org
Newburgh, NY (845) 430-8380 chanson@historicnewburghhomes.com www.historicnewburghhomes.com
New Paltz / High Falls area, (845) 256-9830 www.wildearthprograms.org info@wildearthprograms.org Wild Earth, a not-for-profit located in the Shawangunk Ridge region of the Hudson Valley, joins inspired leaders in offering multi -generational programs and events that strengthen connections with ourselves, others and the Earth while building ecological, social and cultural resilience. Our programs, which draw on a broad spectrum of teachings from indigenous cultures to modern natural sciences, offer adventure and fun, primitive skiils and crafts, awareness games, and story and song to boys and girls ages 4 to 104.
P.O. Box 1081, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2278 www.rootsnwings.com/ceremonies puja@rootsnwings.com
Shakespeare & Company 70 Kemble Street, Lenox, MA (413) 637-3353 Shakespeare.org
Starling Productions The Rosendale Theater, Rosendale, NY (845) 658-8410 astarlingproduction@gmail.com
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (845) 758-7900 www.fischercenter.bard.edu
WAMC The Linda 339 Central Ave, Albany, NY (518) 465-5233 www.thelinda.org The Linda provides a rare opportunity to get up close and personnel with world-renowned artists, academy award winning directors, headliner comedians and local, regional, and national artists on the verge of national recognition. An intimate, affordable venue, serving beer and wine, The Linda is a night out you won’t forget.
Pet Services & Supplies Earth Angels Veterinary Hospital 8 Nancy Court, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 227 7297 www.earthangelsvet.com
Photography (845) 485-0151 www.eidphotography.com
Fionn Reilly Photography Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 www.fionnreilly.com
Photosensualis 15 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-7995 www.photosensualis.com
Picture Framing
275 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (845) 399-1212 Contact Bill Oderkirk (owner/manager) 3991212@gmail.com
Recreation Mountain Skills Climbing Guide (845) 853-5450 info@mountainskills.biz www.mountainskills.biz
Schools Bishop Dunn Memorial School (845) 569-3496 www.bdms.org
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-5343 www.caryinstitute.org
Center for the Digital Arts / Westchester Community College Peekskill, NY (914) 606-7300 www.sunywcc.edu/peekskill peekskill@sunywcc.edu
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School 330 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7092 www.hawthornevalleyschool.org Located in central Columbia County, NY and situated on a 400-acre working farm, Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School supports the development of each child and provides students with the academic, social, and practical skills needed to live in today’s complex world. Also offering parent-child playgroups and High School boarding. Local busing and regional carpools. Nurturing living connections, from early childhood through grade 12.
Mountain Laurel Waldorf School 16 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0033 www.mountainlaurel.org
Atelier Renee Fine Framing
New York Military Academy
The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth Street, Suite 3, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-1004 www.atelierreneefineframing.com renee@atelierreneefineframing.com
78 Academy Avenue, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY (845) 534-3710 www.nyma.org admissions@nyma.org
A visit to Red Hook must include stopping at this unique workshop! Combining a beautiful selection of moulding styles and mats with conservation quality materials, expert design advice and skilled workmanship, Renee Burgevin, owner and CPF, has over 20 years experience. Special services include shadow-box and oversize framing as well as fabric-wrapped and French matting. Also offering mirrors.
1830 South Rd Suite 101, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-5600 www.fastsigns.com/455 455@fastsigns.com
Real Estate Baright Realty (845) 233-8939 www.barightrealty.com
Warwick, NY (845) 986-3236 www.warwickvillagewedding.com
Renaissance Kids
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
1821 Route 376, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 452-4225 www.renkids.org
Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 www.byrdcliffe.org events@woodstockguild.org
YMCA Day Camps
The Byrdcliffe Barn and the grounds of White Pines located on Upper Byrdcliffe Road in the historic Byrdcliffe Art Colony in Woodstock, NY are available for unique country weddings and other celebrations May – October.
(845) 338-3810 x115 www.ymcaulster.org
Sunrooms Hudson Valley Sunrooms Route 9W, Beacon, NY (845) 838-1235 www.hvsk.fourseasonssunrooms.com
Wine & Liquor B&R Wine and Liquor
Tattoos
Shoprite Plaza, 153 Route 94 South, Warwick, NY (845) 988 5190
SkinFlower Tattoo Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-3166 www.skinflower.org
Blue 57 57 North Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 388 2583 www.blue57wine.com
Tourism Embassy Travel
JK’s Wine & Liquors
871A Route 82, Hopewell Junction, NY (845) 221 5000 facebook.com/embassytravel
Kingston Plaza, Kingston, NY (845) 331-6429 www.jkswineandliquor.com
Historic Huguenot Street
Madden’s Fine Wines & Spirits
Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1660
65 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 340-9463 www.maddensfinewines.com
Safe Harbors of the Hudson (845) 562-6940 www.safe-harbors.org
The Merchant Wine and Liquor
Ulster County Tourism
10 Ann Kaley Lane, Marlboro, NY (845) 236-7620 www.stoutridge.com
SUNY New Paltz School of Fine and Performing Arts
Warwick Village Wedding
Summer Camps
Oakwood Friends School
7578 North Broadway, Red Hook, NY (845)758 5554 redhookframer@gmail.com
Fast Signs
21 Winston Drive, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3200 www.dcstudiosllc.com info@dcstudiosllc.com
10 Westbrook Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 340-3566 www.ulstertourism.info
Red Hook Framing
730 Ulster Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 331 1923
Miron Wine and Spirits 15 Boices Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 336 5155 www.mironwineanspirits.com
Vineyard Stoutridge Vineyard
HudsonValleyPhotoshop.com The Shirt Factory, 77 Cornell St., Kingston (845) 339-7834 www.HudsonValleyPhotoshop.com
Weddings HudsonValleyWeddings.com
491 Cottekill Rd, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 339-2025 www.sunyulster.edu/CampUlster Campulster@sunyulster.edu
120 Morey Hill Road, Kingston, NY (845) 336-4705 www.artworksbyjudy.com judy@hudsonvalleyweddings.com The only resource you need to plan a Hudson Valley wedding. Offering a free, extensive, online Wedding Guide. Hundreds of Wedding professionals. Regional Bridal Show Schedule, Vendor Promotions and more. Call or e-mail for information about adding your weddingrelated business.
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Red Lion Inn
700 Route 22, Pawling, NY (845) 855-4825 www.trinitypawling.org
30 Main Street , Stockbridge, MA (413) 298-1604 www.RedLionInn.com
New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3860 www.newpaltz.edu/artnews
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Twin Lakes 198 Walton Lane, Hurley, NY (845) 338-2400 www.twinlakeslodge.com
DC Studios
New York Military Academy is an important part of America’s independent school heritage. Today, we offer a rigorous global curriculum for students who actively seek to be set apart for excellence in a structured program that enables them to enter college. 22 Spackenkill Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 462-4200 www.OakwoodFriends.org SummerCamp@OakwoodFriends.org
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Rev. Puja A. J. Thomson will help you create a heartfelt ceremony that uniquely expresses your commitment, whether you are blending different spiritual, religious, or ethnic traditions, are forging your own or share a common heritage. Puja’s calm presence and lovely Scottish voice add a special touch. “Positive, professional, loving, focused and experienced.”
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HEALTHY TO THE BONE What can stop osteoporosis in its tracks? Some say the answer lies in space-flown mice and the sound of om. by wendy kagan illustration by annie internicola
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atherine Walker was always healthy and strong. “I’ve chopped my own wood, carried the wood. I’m a Woodstock woman,” she says. “I grow my own food, eat kale every day from my garden.” So she was shocked when, after a routine DEXA bone-density scan at age 60, Walker was told by her doctor that she had severe osteoporosis. A T-score of -3.5 meant that her bone mass was well below average, rendering her limbs the thin, honeycombed aspect that’s more vulnerable to fractures. “My diet was good, and I was taking supplements,” she says, like an innocent shouldering the blame for someone else’s complicity. Yet in retrospect Walker recognized a few telltale signs. She had always been slender, small-boned, and pale. Her menstrual period had arrived late, at age 14, another risk factor. Walker’s mother had osteoporosis, as did some of her aunts. “They say it’s a skinny white woman’s disease,” she says, “though I’ve seen other types who have it.” Walker (whose name has been changed by request for this article) is lucky—most people don’t discover they have osteoporosis until they have broken a limb. A silent condition in which bones can lose up to one-third of their density to become slight and weak, osteoporosis most commonly presents in postmenopausal women, when a drop in estrogen can rob the skeleton of its sturdiest minerals. Yet the disease doesn’t just affect females; of the 10 million Americans diagnosed with osteoporosis (and the 44 million with low bone mass), about 20 percent are men. DEXA bone scans have become a standard recommendation for women over 60 and men over 70. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, the cost of osteoporosis-related fractures in this country will total $25 billion by 2025. The specter of the broken hip haunts osteoporosis patients most of all, as 24 percent of those age 50 and older die in the year following a hip fracture. Yet there’s good news, too, for them bones. Scientists and doctors are coming up with more novel ways than ever to offset or even reverse the ravages of osteoporosis. Today’s research has migrated from the laboratory to the yoga mat and even beyond Earth orbit. It could be that downward-facing dogs and mice in space hold promise for people like Walker to escape an increasingly fragile world and stay healthy and safe. STRIKE A POSE, BUILD YOUR BONE About five years ago, Dr. Loren Fishman had a hunch that his patients with low bone mass just might benefit from his contagious passion for yoga. The bow-tied, Oxford-educated doctor—a weekend resident of Dutchess County who has a Manhattan practice in physical medicine—has been doing yoga since the 1970s and spent a year studying with guru B. K. S. Iyengar in India. In
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2007 Fishman recruited 19 patients to participate in a pilot study on yoga and osteoporosis. After receiving preliminary DEXA bone scans, 12 patients were instructed to practice a sequence of poses for 10 minutes a day; a control group of seven patients did not do any yoga. After two years, says Fishman, “The difference was dramatic. The yoga patients gained about six-tenths of a point on their T scale for the spine and almost a full point (nine-tenths) on their hips. So they really did get stronger.” Emboldened by the results, Fishman initiated a broader study in 2009 that administers calcium and vitamin D supplements along with a daily dose of yoga. “Now we’re going head to head with the drug companies,” he says. Though Fishman is only three years into the five-year study, preliminary findings are positive. Out of the 400 participants from around the world, “Some people are no worse but they’re no better; they’re holding their own, which is very good because most osteoporosis patients are losing bone,” says Fishman. “Only one patient lost bone, but many gained bone. I had one patient who gained 8 percent of her bone mass in two years. That’s a lot. She was thrilled.” In the meantime, Fishman coauthored the book Yoga for Osteoporosis with yogini Ellen Saltonstall. Asked about other osteoporosis treatments and medications, Fishman says, “I prefer yoga. It has very few side effects and a number of extra good effects. We have over 49,000 hours of people doing yoga, and no one has broken a bone. Yoga gives you better posture, a sense of grace, better coordination, improved balance, and reduced anxiety. These five things are really important for avoiding fracture.” Fishman contends that yoga is a stronger stimulus for building bone than weight-bearing exercise. With yoga, says Fishman, “You’re opposing one group of muscles with another group, so you’re multiplying the force of gravity many times over. Yoga makes the bones respond much more strongly than just gravity alone.” ROCKETING TOWARD A CURE Astronauts can tell you all about bone loss and gravity—or the lack of it. Rapid bone loss, or accelerated osteoporosis, is one of the key medical risks for astronauts on extended space missions. During just one month in microgravity, an astronaut can lose one to two percent of his or her bone density—about five times the rate of bone loss experienced by postmenopausal women here on Earth. With NASA looking toward a future interplanetary mission to Mars, scientists have kicked osteoporosis research into high gear, and the findings could help individuals both Earth-bound and star-reaching. Last July, 30 mice were turning somersaults in a specially built habitat
aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, which was making its final voyage to the International Space Station. Sent by scientists and the pharmaceutical company Amgen, these tiny passengers were on a mission to test a new drug that could powerfully reverse the bone loss associated with osteoporosis. “Most existing osteoporosis therapies only prevent bone resorption and don’t help build new bone,” says Ted Bateman, PhD, the study’s lead researcher from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. “This one is different because it actually increases bone formation.” Bateman explains that the drug is an antibody to sclerostin—a protein expressed by osteocytes, the cells in bones that respond to mechanical loading. When mechanical loading (from gravity or exercise) is reduced, sclerostin increases, sending the signal to halt bone formation. The new drug, says Bateman, “blocks these higher sclerostin levels, tricking the body into thinking that mechanical loading has gone up and that new bone needs to be formed.” The official findings won’t be published until September, so Bateman can’t divulge every detail of the study or the drug’s potential side effects. Yet he hints that the results are positive—part of the long, gravityladen road toward FDA approval. WEIGHTY CHOICES Every medication has its risks—and that’s why, initially, Katherine Walker decided to try a natural, drug-free approach to treating osteoporosis. After her diagnosis, she loaded up on supplements and continued her active lifestyle. Yet two years later Walker was disappointed to learn that her condition had gotten worse: She had lost more bone and was now a frightening -4.5 on the T scale (normal is -1 or higher). Following her doctor’s advice, she started taking Fosamax, one of the widely prescribed bisphosphonate medications that, while they do not help build new bone, can halt further bone resorption. She also got more serious about exercise, taking Pilates and yoga classes, walking with ankle weights, and riding her bike in summer. “I worked hard,” she says. A year later, Walker saw improvement: She had climbed to -3.8 on her T score. For Walker the difference was slight (“All this and I only got better by 3 percent!” she says), but for experts like Jeri Nieves, MD, any improvement is a triumph. Says Nieves, director of bone density testing at Helen Hayes Hospital in West Haverstraw and an associate professor of clinical epidemiology at Columbia University, “Unfortunately, once an older person has lost bone mass there is little they can do to completely regain it. Successful treatment is often no further loss of bone.” For this reason, she adds, prevention is key. “Everybody needs to do certain things to take care of their skeleton at all ages,” she
says. “Exercise that’s good for the skeleton is weight-bearing, but that doesn’t mean lifting weights. It means carrying the weight of your skeleton, whether it’s walking, dancing, bowling, or golf. The important thing is to be on your feet and moving.” Nieves notes three other proactive choices to protect bone health: not smoking, drinking alcohol in moderation, and eating a healthy diet. It’s widely understood that vitamin D and calcium support bone health— yet most people don’t know the most effective ways to get enough of either nutrient. “Fortified milk has only 100 IUs [International Units] of vitamin D per cup,” says Nieves. So in order to get the recommended 600 to 800 IUs, “we’re talking six or more glasses of milk a day, and that’s just not going to happen.” As a safeguard, Nieves thinks that most people should be taking a supplement such as liquid vitamin D drops. “There are signs that if you have higher levels of vitamin D in your blood, you are less likely not just to fracture but to fall,” Nieves explains. “Vitamin D may actually impact muscle strength.” When it comes to calcium, however, Nieves advises differently: Get it through food. “You have a good chance of getting a fair amount of calcium from your diet by making little changes, such as switching to calcium-fortified orange juice and eating yogurt and dark green leafy vegetables like bok choy, broccoli, collards, and kale.” More calcium is not necessarily better; excessive intake has been linked to an increased risk of prostate cancer, heart disease, and kidney stones. “All of this can be prevented by getting calcium primarily from food.” THE FUTURE OF BONE HEALTH Chopping kale in her kitchen, Walker recounts a terrifying moment in her osteoporosis story. “I had a bad fall about a year ago,” she says. “I slipped on something in my garage and fell really hard on my elbow and right hip. I thought, “Oh no.” And you know what? I was fine.” Walker’s story might flummox most doctors, who would expect bones like hers to break as easily as dry kindling. Yet it turns out there’s another measure of the bone health, which the medical community is only just beginning to consider: bone quality. Says Fishman, “Bone quality involves some amount of the density of your bone, but it also involves your internal structure, which is quite different from person to person. Anywhere from 40 to 60 percent of your bone strength is not bone density but rather the structure—the latticework that holds the bone together. It can be feeble and flimsy or it can really be strong.” Fishman believes that exercise can help. “It’s not well understood yet,” he says, “but that’s where the research is going now.” In the meantime, he suggests, try downward-facing dog. 2/12 ChronograM whole living 91
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Flowers Fall By Bethany Saltman
Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing, and weeds spring up amid our antipathy. — Dogen Zenji, Genjokoan
The Treasure So Precious, There’s No Word for It: A Conversation with Amy Chua on the Intimate Practice of Tiger Parenting Amy Chua is theYale law professor who, overnight, became the most talked about mom in American when an excerpt from her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother was published in the Wall Street Journal with the title “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior.” Everyone, including yours truly, wrote about this stunner, most of us without reading the book. Now that I have read the book and gotten to know Professor Chua, I am not only a big fan of the hers—she is unbelievably nice, funny, dynamic, and smart—but I also feel strongly that when we sift through the details, the hours of forced piano practice, the threats to burn stuffed animals (much of which was included in the book as Chua’s meant-to-be-funny confession of her own over-the-top-ness), and our own envy of a mom with that much confidence, we will see that there is a message here that just might be worth our time.
That’s very helpful to me because sometimes I worry that I do push my daughter for myself because my parents didn’t push me, and I am working out my own thing on her. It’s also just part of human nature, in some ways it might protesting too much to say, Oh no, this has nothing to do with me. It could be more complex.
Bethany Saltman: You write, “Happiness is not a concept I tend to dwell on. Chinese parenting does not address happiness.” Don’t you think that the kind of values you instilled in your girls is what you believe leads to happiness? Amy Chua:You’re right. I think about happiness all the time. I am still trying to figure this out myself, but lately I’ve been thinking that it would be good if you could combine hard work and discipline, which I do think contributes to a strong sense of self-esteem, and apply this to a much wider and more experimental out-of-the-box kind of choices.You don’t want a whole country of violinists and mathematicians. Now that Lulu is playing tennis [instead of the violin], I am so much less miserable! I don’t have to force her. The thing is that I still believe you should put 110 percent into everything, whatever it is you choose.
We often hear about how if we push kids into things, they might do it only to please us, and not out of a genuine love of the thing itself. What do you think of that? Is that a real distinction? Does it matter? I think a lot of people in the West today romanticize the idea of “affinity” or “talent” and are always looking for their child’s “innate gift,” when so often what later seems to be a “gift” is just the product of hard work and a good attitude. Lulu did not show tremendous “affinity” for violin until after 1-2 years of screeching. Then she took off. And she really showed zero affinity for math—the opposite, actually—but after me bearing down and showing her what she could do, today at age 16 math is her favorite subject and her friends think she is a “whiz.”
I feel like there is a very confused message out there, which is one of the reasons I loved your book. I feel like it really nailed this thing about how to be clear and determined with your kids and express your unconditional love at the same time. Exactly. That part is a struggle for me, now that I’m older. Among my regrets, I wish I hadn’t used such harsh words. And when my girls speak harshly and I say, Don’t do that, they say, But mommy, you do! There is always teaching by example. Did you ever read Open by Andre Agassi? I was scared to read it, thinking, Oh my God, I am going to be compared to him. Well, it’s interesting. Andre Aggasi was a trained monkey, and he hated tennis. And he hated himself and ended up becoming a drug addict. It might seem obvious that his pushy father was terrible, but— and maybe it’s a stupid question— how does one know one’s own motivation? You’re right.You’ve put your finger on it. I think one of the reasons I wrote the book is because I was losing sight of that with Lulu. I am still a supertough mom, but I do feel thankful to her because she was telling me loud and clear, You may think you are doing all of this for me, but it’s borderline now. We hear so much about in the Western parenting world about the narcissistic extension, making our kids do things for our own gratification. That’s tricky for me. For the Chinese, the child is just an extension of yourself. But that’s not considered a negative thing. When you attach it to Western psychotherapy, the narcissism has negative connotations. There’s this Chinese word bao bei, which means a treasure that is so precious, there’s no word for it. I always thought of my daughters that way. In Zen we would call that is intimacy with your daughters, not separate. Yes, exactly. The negative side of that is when the child is separate and you’re basically using the child. 92 whole living ChronograM 2/12
Right!When I am forcing her to do something she doesn’t want to do, which is not a popular method in my little subculture, in some ways I am doing it for myself because I know how important it is. I’m in the equation. You’re so right. “I’m in the equation.” I love that. One has to acknowledge that. And it’s a very Western question: Are you doing this for your daughter or for yourself?
In Western parenting—which includes me, of course—I feel a laziness that is really disheartening. We want to plug our kids in and hope for the best. I know too well what that leads to. Someone I know wrote an article about my book and said something like, I think the key to our kids’ innovation and happiness is they need to walk on the beach more. I know that is sort of true in the sense that they need space, but if that were the only thing parents needed to do, it would be so easy, right? Right, and one of the things I am trying to meld this together with is the idea of simplicity parenting, blocking out all the excess bullshit, all the hoopla and software. Our kids need attention, they need devotion, they need to have meaning and know they can do stuff! It doesn’t take any special anything to be able to do that. Exactly! It takes a lot of discipline to prioritize play in this culture. Right. When I was young, we had a lot of free time. People worry that if you are too strict you will have to deal with a big rebellion, but my intuitive feeling is that I am not worried about that because we’re connected to our daughter. It’s not like we’re just laying down the gauntlet and saying, Screw you, this is the deal. That’s my 100 percent answer. And so far, Bethany, knock on wood, it totally works for me. I feel like I am so much closer to both of my daughters than so many people I know. I know what’s going on in my 16-year-old’s life. And I have never been afraid to come down and say no. That connectedness, when you have it, you know it. But it does come from work. It comes from devotion. A longer version of this interview can be read at www.bethanysaltman.com.
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Left: The children’s lobby at FirstCare Walk-In Medical Center in Highland. Right: Vassar Brothers Medical Center RN Sarah Ogasian enters updates on an emergency room patient into the hospital’s new electronic medical record system.
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irstCare Walk-in Medical Center in Highland bears little resemblance to your stereotypical doctor’s office. Missing are the white walls, stuffy feel, and lack of colorful accents. Replacing these medical standbys are wood floors, warm rooms—each with its own TV, a coffee bar, and an art show on the walls that changes regularly and features the work of local artists. “We kind of made it like a spa,” says Dr. Stephen Weinman, the medical director and one of the owners of FirstCare. It’s all part of FirstCare’s efforts to keep up with a recent trend in the medical industry that favors more patient-friendly customer service. The goal, says Weinman, is to make the experience of going to the doctor’s office as pleasant and as painless as possible. “We use a hotel model of customer service and people like that. People really like customer service,” Weinman says. But friendlier, more spalike customer service is not the only trend FirstCare is part of. The facility is one of a growing number of urgent care centers that are popping up all over the Hudson Valley and the country. Urgent or immediate care centers are a type of walk-in medical facility that can handle minor emergencies or ordinary medical problems that are not worth going to the emergency room for but are pressing enough that patients want to treat them immediately and don’t have the time to wait for an appointment with a general practitioner. Most urgent care facilities are open late, on weekends, and on holidays. If you hurt your ankle playing basketball on Saturday and want to get it X-rayed and treated immediately, you can go to an urgent care center. Or, if you think you have the flu but don’t want to wait until your family doctor is free, you can walk into an urgent care facility without waiting for an appointment. “Urgent care is really kind of like the halfway point between the doctor’s office and the emergency room,” Weinman says. “We typically offer more services than a doctor’s office but less services than an emergency department.” The idea of urgent care is not that new, but in the last decade or so it has taken off. Weinman explains that “the urgent care idea, it’s probably like a 20-year-old concept—that’s when the first urgent cares started popping up—but it’s within the last 10 years that it started to really catch on and grow.” Weinman adds that the surge in popularity in urgent care facilities has a lot to do with the convenience they offer patients. “One of the things with our culture is people don’t like to wait and that doesn’t seem to be changing. If anything people are getting less interested in waiting. I’ve got a sore throat, the doctor says ‘We’ll see you tomorrow,’ people are like ‘No, I want to be seen yesterday.’ So they just come here.” He added that urgent care facilities can treat people with non-life threatening injuries quicker than a hospital emergency room.
“In an emergency department you may be seen by a doctor within half an hour but you’re going to be there for a while waiting for tests to come back and the whole process. Whereas in urgent care, typically you’re seen by a doctor, you’re treated by a doctor, you’re discharged by a doctor relatively quickly. Usually you get treated, get your prescription and discharged all within 30 or 40 minutes.” Dr. Joyce Moscowitz is the medical director of Health Quest-operatedurgent care centers in Lagrangeville and Wappinger Falls. She says going to an urgent care facility instead of an emergency room saves not only time but money as well. “I think ERs—many of them—are overcrowded and over burdened, so the wait time can be very long. Also, what the emergency room charges is quite a bit of money. We are a much more affordable alternative.” She adds, that for minor problems going to an urgent care facility can be “so much better than going to the emergency room. It’s not chaotic, it’s pretty calm and tranquil but we take care of the problems and we do it in a relatively efficient way.” Dr. Ferdinand Anderson, the owner and Medical Director of Emergency One, an urgent care center in Kingston, says that facilities such as his have become more and more popular “because people have different levels of problems,” and urgent care centers help get patients with immediate health problems treated right away. “I think that the health care system is looking for ways to contain cost and yet provide care, and that’s kind of difficult sometimes when you’re dealing with a centralized health care system, [it helps] if you spread it out,” Anderson says. “Urgent care centers are significant because they allow patients to access care without getting into a scheduled visit that might not be appropriate for them. It might be something so simple, they just basically need something taken care of so they can go on with their daily lives. It’s not something where they have a complex medical issue that needs to be managed.” Danielle Bradt is the practice manager for EmUrgentCare, an urgent care company that has a location in Saugerties and another in Coxsackie. She says that new urgent care facilities will continue to open and existing ones will remain popular because they help meet the demand for quick, high-quality care. “The urgent care model will continue to grow because it offers ideal accessibility to the services people need including walk-in service, extended hours, and rapid, yet professional treatment. Patients increasingly have a choice in where they will be treated, and facilities like EmUrgentCare will continue to deliver on the criteria that matter: quality care, convenience of service, and customer service,” Bradt says. “Urgent care facilities provide peace of mind to a community. Knowing that an urgent care facility is there if you need it is a real comfort to people. People may not be willing to go to an emergency room for a minor health concern and they may not 2/12 ChronograM medicine & healing 95
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be willing to wait weeks to see their primary care doctor, urgent care gives them another, more convenient option.” Bradt adds that people often do not realize how much some urgent care centers can do. “Many times people underestimate how much EmUrgentCare can handle. For example, we have an X-ray on site and can treat broken bones and serious lacerations.” When You Need an Emergency Room Despite their capabilities, urgent care centers do not take the place of an emergency room and there are times when it’s appropriate to call 911 or drive straight to the hospital. Bradt says, “If a patient is suffering a life-or-limb threatening medical emergency, they should call an ambulance, go directly to a hospital’s emergency department, or call 911 for immediate assistance.” She adds, “Hospital emergency departments are equipped to handle life-threatening medical emergencies. However, they are often called upon to treat minor injuries that may be a better fit for urgent care or primary care facilities. This can result in long wait times, as anyone that has spent time in an emergency department can attest.” Weinman says that you should go to the emergency room or call 911 when you’re experiencing “severe pain of any kind. So, severe chest pain, severe headache, sudden severe pain in your arm or leg for no real reason, [or] an injury causing severe pain.” He adds that if you have a severe cut or shortness of breath you should go to the emergency room as well. “We can treat something like mild asthma, but someone who’s ready to collapse because they can’t breathe—they need to call an ambulance.” Doctors who work in urgent care facilities often have backgrounds in emergency medicine and are generally equipped to recognize problems that are potentially life threatening.When patients do come in with dangerous symptoms, they are immediately sent to the nearest emergency room. Anderson says that because the staff at urgent care facilities usually have an emergency medicine background, they’re also skilled at recognizing when an apparently minor problem can pose a major health risk. “The back pain that’s not a back pain but an aneurysm, the headache that’s not a headache but it’s someone that’s having a stroke— sometimes things are very subtle and you have to be on your toes.” Urgent care facilities also don’t take the place of a standard doctor’s office.Weinman says that before patients come to his facility, “we encourage people to call their doctor first and see their doctor first so they have that continuity of care.” Anderson says, “I feel that we supplement doctors’ offices.” He adds, that a regular family doctor is still the best place to go for health problems that need long term management such as high blood pressure. “The private practitioner is going the way of the dinosaur, which is unfortunate because those individuals have dedicated their lives to their patients.” Anderson opened his first urgent care facility in the early ‘90s. At that point there were few facilities like it. “We were doing things that weren’t really done except at a hospital,” he says. “I’m glad that urgent care is growing up and doing better.” Anderson says that in the future he’d like to see more cooperation between hospital emergency rooms, urgent care centers, and general doctors’ offices so that patients can be sent directly to the facility best suited to handle their health problem. “I think going forward, my hope—and maybe it’s the hope of a dreamer—is that these operations can network together instead of people feeling that ‘I want to own everything or nothing at all,’ he says. Anderson adds that as a result of having more urgent care facilities around, patients have more choices “and when there are choices, then you have a better system. I’m sure hospitals wouldn’t like 100 minor problems coming into their emergency room when they’re trying to give high end care to more urgent cases.” Health Quest, the organization Moscowitz runs her urgent care facilities for, also operates many other health facilities including standard primary care doctor’s offices and three hospitals—Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, North Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. Moscowitz says this network of hospitals, urgent care facilities, and standard medical offices helps her urgent care centers coordinate care. “We have a rapport with the doctors in the hospital and the doctors in the other practices associated with Health Quest,” she says. 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Since 2001. Private treatment rooms, attentive one-on-one care, affordable rates, many insurances, sliding scale. Stephanie Ellis graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University in pre-medical studies. She completed her acupuncture and Chinese medicine degree in 2001 as valedictorian of her class and started her acupuncture practice in Rosendale that same year. Ms. Ellis uses a combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Classical Chinese Medicine, Japanese-style acupuncture and trigger-point acupuncture. Creekside Acupuncture is located in a building constructed of non-toxic, eco-friendly materials.
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50 Hospital Hill Road, Sharon, CT (860) 364-4000 www.sharonhospital.com
Vassar Brothers Medical Center 45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-8500 www.health-quest.org
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New Paltz, NY (845) 706-0229
Debra Budnik, CSW-R
Traditional insight-oriented psychotherapy for long- or short-term work. Aimed at identifying and changing self-defeating attitudes and behaviors, underlying anxiety, depression, and relationship problems. Sliding scale, most insurances accepted including Medicare/Medicaid. NYS-licensed. Experience working with trauma victims, including physical and sexual abuse. Educator on mental health topics. Located in New Paltz, one mile from SUNY. New Paltz, NY (347) 834-5081 www.Brigidswell.com Janne@BrigidsWell.com Brigid’s Well is a psychotherapy and coaching practice. Janne specializes in childhood trauma, addictions, codependency, relationship issues, inner child work, EMDR and Brainspotting. Janne’s work is also informed by Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal Neurobiology. Coaching for all life transitions as well as Mindful Parenting, Mindful Eating and Circle of Women. Call for information or consultation. FB page: www.BrigidsWell.com/facebook.
Sharon Slotnick, MS, CHT
Judy Swallow, MA, LCAT, TEP
New Paltz, NY (845) 389-2302
25 Harrington Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-7502 www.hvpi.net
Increase self-esteem and motivation; break bad habits; manage stress, stress-related illness, and anger; alleviate pain (e.g. childbirth, headaches, chronic pain); overcome fears and despondency; relieve insomnia; improve learning, memory, public speaking, and sports performance; enhance creativity and address other issues. Change your outlook. Gain control. Make healthier choices. Certified Hypnotist, two years training; broad base in Psychology. Also located in Kingston, NY.
Peg Malloy, CHHC Poughkeepise, NY (518) 727-0385 www.callinginyourbeloved.com
Martial Arts Chosun Taekwondo Academy & Hatha Yoga Center 62 Main Street, Warwick, NY (845) 986-2288 www.chosuntkd.com
Massage Therapy Mid-Hudson Rebirthing Center (845) 255-6482
Optometrists Rhinebeck Eye Care 454 Warren Street, Hudson, NY, (845) 828-0215 6805 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2222 www.drsmadiganandgibbons.com
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Amy R. Frisch, LCSW
Janne Dooley, LCSW, Brigid’s Well
Life & Career Coaching julieezweig@gmail.com
Psychotherapy
Northern Dutchess Hospital
Rodney Wells, CFP 845-534-7668 www.mediated-divorce.com
Imago Relationship Therapy
(845) 626-4895 or (212) 714-8125 www.psychicallyspeaking.com gail@psychicallyspeaking.com
New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4218
Sharon Hospital
Design Your Own Future Nurture Your Children Preserve Your Assets
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Kingston Hospital is a 150-bed acute care hospital with a commitment to continuous improvement. In addition to the new, state-ofthe-art Emergency Department, a full compliment of exceptional, patient-focused medical and surgical services are provided by staff with dedicated and experienced professionals. With the only accredited Chest Pain Center in the Hudson Valley, other specialized programs include: The Family Birth Place, Wound Healing Center, Hyperbaric Oxygen Center, Cardiology Services and Stroke Center.
Rhinebeck, NY www.NDHKnowsBabies.com
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Psychics
Julie Zweig, MA, Certified Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner, Imago Relationship Therapist and NYS Licensed Mental Health Counselor New Paltz, NY (845) 255-3566 www.zweigtherapy.com julieezweig@gmail.com 20+ years of experience successfully treating adults, couples, families, children and adolescents through verbal body-centered psychotherapy, Rosen Method Bodywork, Play Therapy and Imago Relationship Therapy. I can guide you from feeling stuck, and experiencing painful symptoms, to blossoming into your genuine self...a place of ease.
Meg F. Schneider, MA, LCSW Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-8808 www.megfschneiderlcsw.com I work with adolescents and adults struggling with depression, anxiety, anger, eating disordered behaviors, loneliness and life transitions. I’ve helped teens and adults with substance abuse and trauma connected to physical, emotional and sexual abuse. My approach is psychodynamic, linking the painful past with current and cognitive problems which reframes negative beliefs allowing for positive outcomes. I also practice EMDR, a technique for relieving distress by exploring critical memories.
Michelle Rhodes LCSW ATR-BC New Paltz/Gardiner and New York City, NY (845) 255-8039 www.deepclay.com deepclay@mac.com
25 years experience providing individual and group psychotherapy and inter-modal expressive arts therapy. Brief intensive counseling for teens and adults, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, child and family play therapy, parent counseling, and “Dreamfigures” a clay art therapy group for women.
Steven C. Siegel, LCSW, CASAC Rhinebeck/Red Hook, Manhattan, NY I am a clinical social worker and also a certified substance abuse counselor, skilled in working with teens and adults who struggle with depression, anxiety and addiction. I provide a nonjudgmental and safe environment in which we can explore and solve issues collaboratively. I rely heavily on cognitive-behavioral theory but my approach is conversational and insightoriented. Together we can help you get more joy out of life and have fuller more meaningful relationships. I offer sliding scale payment and accept several insurance providers.
Resorts & Spas Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa 220 North Road, Milton, NY (877) 7-INN-SPA, (845) 795-1310 www.buttermilkfallsinn.com
Resorts & Spas Giannetta Salon and Spa 1158 North Avenue, Beacon, NY (845) 831-2421 www.gianettasalonandspa.com
1285 Route 9, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 231-4041 www.jalspa.com
Marlene Weber Day Spa 751 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-5852 www.marleneweber.com
Clear Yoga: Iyengar Yoga in Rhinebeck Suite 6423 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6129 www.clearyogarhinebeck.com
Everybody’s Yoga Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 592-4110
Hot Spot Kingston, NY www.hotspotkingston.com
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health Stockbridge, MA (800) 741-7353 www.kripalu.org
Mountainview Studio 20 Mountain View Avenue, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-0901 www.mtnviewstudio.com mtviewstudio@gmail.com
Satya Yoga Center Rhinebeck and Catskill, NY (845) 876-2528 www.satyayogacenter.us
Yoga Nude in Albany Albany County, NY (518) 577-8172 www.yoganudeinalbany.com yoganudeinalbany@yahoo.como Transcend body & mind. Transcend societal & religious negativity around the body. Experience your sensual self with naked bodies flowing in movement ignited by their ujjaji breathes. Private sessions for couples or individuals.
Yoga on Duck Pond (845) 687-4836 www.yogaonduckpond.com
Retreats supporting positive personal and social change in a renovated monastery overlooking the Hudson River. Featuring Compassion and Presence: Skills training in Contemplative Care, March 1-4, and David Frenette: Deeper Center, Living Prayer, March 16-24.
A dynamic yet subtle approach to yoga based on the premise that we develop habitual patterns of movement that can effectively be changed by bringing unconscious movement into conscious awareness. Only then can we explore new combinations of ways to move. Learn how to experience yoga poses comfortably and beneficially, from the inside out, without strain or struggle. When we slow down, we can sense and feel more clearly and comfortably how we move. Experience a style of yoga that is dynamic, rejuvenating, empowering and transformational. Donna Nisha Cohen, RYT, with over 30 years experience. Classes daily. Privates available.
Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center
Yoga Society of New York, Ananda Ashram
Retreat Centers Garrison Institute Rt. 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 424-4800 www.garrisoninstitute.org garrison@garrisoninstitute.org
Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-6897 ext. 0 www.menla.org menla@menla.org
Spiritual Flowing Spirit Healing 33 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-8989 www.flowingspirit.com Jwalzer@flowingspirit.com
Tarot Tarot-on-the-Hudson‚ Rachel Pollack Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-5797 www.rachelpollack.com rachel@rachelpollack.com
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Yoga Way 985 Route 376 at Brookmeade Plaza, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 227-3223 yogaway@earthlink.net www.yogaway.info Yoga Way is celebrating its 10th year of Service! Classical Yoga, taught in a way that is both practical and accessible, at every state of life. Ongoing classes offered for adults and special short-series programs offered for meditation, prenatal, babies, toddlers and kids. January Introductory Workshops will be held on Saturday the 7th and again on the 21st. Call to reserve your space. Yoga Way is an affiliate of Lakulish Yoga LLC. Jahnvi Formisano, Director.
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Board, David Austin, acrylic on canvas, 2006. Austin's paintings will be exhibited at Carrie Haddad in Hudson through March 4.
Insomniac Dreams
“I don’t paint paintings, I grow them,” David Austin explains. His art is featured in “Tell Me a Story: Narrative Works,” a group show at Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson through March 4. Born in Berkeley, California, Austin grew up in a farmhouse in rural Fulton County, near Utica. He majored in art at the College of St. Rose in Albany, where he studied traditional techniques of oil painting. Fifteen years ago, when his wife was pregnant, he switched to acrylics to avoid the toxicity of oils. (At that time, his studio was in his apartment.) Austin uses multiple glazes of color, over a base of texture paste, which adds a subtle thickness to the paintings. He works very slowly. One canvas may require 30 layers of paint. Asked if his dreamlike narratives derive from his sleeping subconscious, Austin replies: “No, the opposite; I get a lot of my imagery from not being able to sleep.” In the twilight state between waking and dreaming, scenes appear to him. Also, during the day Austin carries a notepad to jot down vagrant thoughts. His first “suit paintings,” in 2005, were a reaction to the wiretapping, extraordinary rendition, waterboarding, and other infringements on civil liberties ushered in by the Patriot Act. Gradually, the paintings have evolved. At first the faces were blurs, like fingerprints, but they are coming into focus. “When I first started painting suits, in my mind they were devious and sinister, but over time, I’ve started to give them souls,” Austin says, chuckling. Austin describes a suit as a “full body mask.” Looking at a series of his works, I was reminded of the Men In Black and the Blues Brothers. Before they were a movie, the Men in Black belonged to the mythology surrounding UFOs: ominous men in suits who
would arrive after a spaceship sighting to erase the memories of the observers. Men in suits, like clowns, priests, and soldiers, lose their identities inside their garments. Austin’s paintings elicit widely divergent responses. One viewer began laughing hysterically. Others find them creepy. Last summer, in a gallery in Troy, a couple had a furious argument over the meaning of Austin’s art. “The gallerist was afraid they would come to blows,” the artist says. Austin’s paintings are almost like Rorschach tests, inkblots that each test subject interprets differently. Coincidentally, Austin has been experimenting with Rorschach images for the last several months, making hundreds of inkblots. He’s not sure why, but he’s compelled to produce these symmetrical enigmas. A suit is a neutral covering for a male body. Looking at these images, we find ourselves wondering if the men in suits are the Good Guys or the Bad Guys. Is it sometimes necessary to kidnap a woman—for her own good? One thing is certain: The men in suits are never democratic. They work for their own shadowy purposes, and they never ask permission. “Tell Me a Story: Narrative Works” also features paintings by New Paltz artist Tona Wilson. Trained at the Art Institute of Chicago, Wilson moved to Argentina after college, returning to the US fluent in Spanish. She has worked for many years as a court translator, giving her an intimate view of America’s criminal justice system. Works by self-taught artist Anima Katz, many of them celebrating African American culture, also appear in the show. “Tell Me a Story: Narrative Works” will be exhibited at the Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson through March 4. (518) 828-1915; Carriehaddadgallery.com. —Sparrow
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WEDNESDAY 1 Body / Mind / Spirit Yoga for Mama with Baby 10am-11am. $65/$12 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Community Style Acupuncture 10am-12pm. $30. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Zumba 5:30pm-6:30pm. $10. Cornell St. Studios, Kingston. 331-0191. Beginners Mind Meditation 5:30pm-6:30pm. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Shamanic Journey with Live Drumming 7pm-8:30pm. $20. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245. Meditation Series 7:15pm-8:30pm. $55 series. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net. A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner. Call to verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
Classes Swing Dance Class Beginners at 6pm, Intermediate at 7pm, Advanced at 8pm. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939. A Taste of Trompe L'oeil 9am-12pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
The Corporation 7pm. Film screening. The Crafted Kup, Poughkeepsie. 483-7070. The Economics of Happiness 7pm. Presented by a group of a group of regional Transition Initiatives. Beahive Kingston, Kingston. 309-2162.
1:30pm-3:30pm. Ages 0-5. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Kids
Metropolitan Hot Club 7pm. Gypsy jazz. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811.
Move With Me: 1 - 2.5 years 12:15pm-1pm. $72 series/$15 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Kids' Yoga 4:30pm-5:15pm. Ages 5-10 with Susan Silverstream. $80 8-week session. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605.
Music Acoustic Thursdays with Kurt Henry 6pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Matt Jordan with The Harvest Duo 7pm. Swing, jump. Babycakes Café, Poughkeepsie. 485-8411. John Simon and The Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis 7pm. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Sarah Fimm with Doug Yoel 8pm. $5. The Emerson, Woodstock. 679-7500. Thursday Night Jazz 9pm. Bull and Buddha, Poughkeepsie. 337-4848.
Music Chris Bergson Band 7pm. Opening: Andy Stack Trio. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Conjunto Sazon with Tony Velez 7:30pm-10:30pm. $10. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. The Dazzling Dooms 8pm. Alternative rock. $8. The Chance Theater, Poughkeepsie. 486-0223. Benefit Concert for Freedom Theater of Palestine 8pm. Full Circle, Sweet Clementines, The Lunch F'Orchestra. Cabaloosa, New Paltz. 255-3400. Last Good Tooth + P. Everett 8pm. $5. The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Chimps In Tuxedos 9:30pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277. Fat City 9:30pm. New Orleans funk, blues , Motown and rock favorites. Bacchus, New Paltz. 255-8636.
“Art” at the Beacon Theatre How would you feel about your best friend if he suddenly did something so incredibly stupid it made you question your very friendship? In Yasmina Reza’s comedy “Art,” when an art lover buys a high-priced minimalist painting, his best friend goes ballistic and a third buddy gets caught in the middle. “Art,” an international hit, is a 1998 Tony Award winner. The New York Times calls it “A remarkably wise, witty, and intelligent comedy. It has touched a universal nerve.” Presented by 4th Wall Productions on Friday and Saturday February 3, 4 at 8pm and Sunday February 5 at 2pm at the Beacon Theatre in Beacon. $15. (845) 226-8099; Thebeacontheatre.org.
Art Show and Pre-Valentine's Day Selected artwork by the late artist, Kwabena Chan AnsaPilSqehSis. Keegan Ales, Kingston. 331-2739. 2012 Carbon Farming Workshops in Regenerative Agriculture Call for times. The Pfeiffer Center, Chestnut Ridge. 352-5020. Art, Dance, Music, and Words 3:30pm. Villard Room, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370. The Sacred Earth Leadership Forum: Reflections and Connections Forum 6pm-9pm. Sanders Auditorium, Poughkeepsie. www.priyacomm.com/sacredearth.php.
Film Igla/The Needle 8pm. Rockefeller Hall 200, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
Kids Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Juggling and Cirkus Arts Afterschool Program Call for times. Through May 23. Beginners will be introduced to basic juggling, tumbling, stilt walking, clowning, and basic partner acrobatics. $225. Morris Memorial, Chatham. (518) 828-7470.
Spoken Word
Workshops Wall Sculpture with Jenne Currie 9am-4pm. Weekly through Feb. 22. $370. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
THURSDAY 2 Body / Mind / Spirit Mama's Group with Breastfeeding Support 1pm-3pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Zumba 5:30pm-6:30pm. $10. Cornell St. Studios, Kingston. 331-0191. Yoga: Mind and Body 6pm-7pm. Montgomery Street Health Annex, Rhinebeck. 876-7844. Gathering with Clark Strand 6:30pm-9pm. Weekly conversation/contemplation. $10. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes Color: Learned Intuition with William Noonan 6:30pm-9:30pm. Through February 23. $180/$160 members. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.
Events Seed-A-Thon 2pm-4pm. Walk-in discussion of seeds and plants for the 2012 growing season. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. (413) 298-3926. Grandmother Talks, Grandmother Dances 7:30pm. A collaborative piece weaving dance and poetry, this performance narrates Indigenous continuance through bloodlines, resistance, and creativity. The Aula, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
Film Wisdom's Way DVD Series 7pm-8:30pm. Author Guy Finley. New Windsor Community Center, New Windsor. 764-6892. In Transition 1.0 7pm-9pm. Film screening followed by discussion. Coykendall Science Building, New Paltz. nptransition@gmail.com.
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Classes Artful Use of What's At Hand 1pm-4pm. Polly Law. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Adult Beginner Contemporary Ballet 1:30pm-2:30pm. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. (914) 204-7185.
Dance Tango in New Paltz 4:30pm-8pm. Beginner: 4:30pm-5:30pm, intermediate: 5:30-6:30 pm, practice 6:30pm-8pm. New Paltz. 489-2048. Tethered: Vertical Performance 7pm. EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy. (518) 276-3921. Life Saturdays 10pm. Open format dance music from all around the world. Orient Ultra Lounge, Poughkeepsie. 337-3546.
Events
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Lisa G. Collins 5:30pm-6:30pm. Lecture on the Women's Studio Workshop. Class of '51 Reading Room, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. www.handvoicevision.com. Permaculture & Bioregionalism 7:30pm. Ecological models for economic development with Andrew Faust. $10/$25 series. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Introductory Orientation Workshops 11:45am-1:45pm. $15. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net. Yoga, You, and Zumbatonic 12pm-1pm. $50/$25 members’ series. YMCA, Kingston. (914) 388-4012. Beat your Sugar Blues 2pm. $15. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Reflexology Day 11:30pm-4:30pm. $45/session. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
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Theater
Euro Dance for Seniors & Others 1:30pm-2:30pm. $5/$8 couples. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Urinetown the Musical 8pm. $18/$15 members. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264. All My Sons 8pm. Arthur Miller drama. County Players Theater, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491. Art 8pm. Presented by 4th Wall Productions. $15. The Beacon, Beacon. thebeacontheatre.org. The Inheritance of Nightdreams 8pm. Dramatic reading. Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370. Too Much Information III 8pm. True monologues developed over the course of a 12-week workshop. $15. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
FRIDAY 3 Body / Mind / Spirit Kids Yoga 4:30pm-5:30pm. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net. Craniosaral Touch, Sound Massage and Healing Energy 6pm-8:30pm. With Lea and Philippe Garnier. $30. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Prenatal Yoga 6pm-7:15pm. Practice safely throughout your pregnancy using a curriculum designed specifically for the expectant mother. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net.
Classes Watermedia 9am-12pm. Angela Gaffney-Smith. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Dance Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre 8pm. Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-7470.
Events Setsubun 5pm. Traditional Japanese event; throwing beans to an ogre. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811.
Film Repo Man 7:30pm. Cult classic with Emilio Estevez. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. To Kill a Mockingbird 7:30pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088.
Kids Music Together Babies Only: Birth - 9mo 10am-10:45am. $145/8 weeks. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Kindermusik Development through Music 12:30pm-1:15pm. Birth-2 years. $225 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Waddle n Swaddle Play Group
Workshops The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30pm-8:30pm. $350/series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
SATURDAY 4 Art Community Bowl Making Day Call for times. Women's Studio Workshop Gallery, Rosendale. 658-9133. Eppur Si Muove 5pm-7pm. Works by Peter Barrett. Woodstock Framing Gallery, Woodstock. 679-6003. Snippets: Visual Text Opening Reception 5pm-7pm. The Gallery at R&F, Kingston. 331-3112. The Fanciful 5pm-8pm. Elisabeth Prenot. Duck Pond Gallery, Port Ewen. 338-5580. Lucy & Robert Reitzfeld: Paintings 6pm-8pm. John Davis Gallery, Hudson. (518) 828-5907.
Body / Mind / Spirit Qi Gong with Lorraine Hughes 9am-10am. $10. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Reflexology Clinic Day 10am-4:30pm. $45/session. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Qi Gong Classes 10am-11am. $410. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Randolph School Open House 10am. Wappingers Falls. 297-5600. Kingston Farmers' Winter Market 10am-2pm. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. www.kingstonfarmersmarket.org. Karmabee Valentine Reception 5pm-8pm. Karmabee, Kingston. 443-3358. Scottish Robbie Burns Supper 6pm. Rhinecliff Hotel, Rhinecliff. 876-0590. Chronogram Open Word 7pm. Chronogram poetry editor Phillip Levine hosts poetry/prose/performance event. Beahive Kingston, Kingston. 246-8565.
Kids Kindermusik Development through Music: Birth to 24 months 11am-11:45am. $225 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Pirate School: A Pirate's Life for Me! 11am. $9/$7 children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Music Open Rehearsal: Mahagonny Ensemble 11am. Skinner Hall, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370. Gustafer Yellowgold's Show 11am. Children's music. Utopia Soundstage, Woodstock. 331-6949. Live Jazz 7pm. Kindred Spirits, Palenville. (518) 678-3101. Ryan Keberle Quartet 7pm. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Gerry Malkin Quartet 7:30pm-10:30pm. $10. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Tell A Tall Tale 8pm. Hip hop. The Chance Theater, Poughkeepsie. 486-0223. Bryan Gordon 8pm. Singer/songwriter. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Weasel Walter Trio + C. Lavender 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Tony Trischka 8pm. $15. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048. Luther Johnson and the Magic Rockers 8:30pm. $25. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. The Erin Hobson Compact 8:30pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277. 28th Annual Woodstock Tribute To Bob Marley 9pm. $20/$15 in advance. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. The Harvest Duo 9pm. Dance music. Babycakes Café, Poughkeepsie. 485-8411. Mr. Oh 9pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Album Release Show for Fairweather Friends 10pm. $4. Bacchus, New Paltz. 255-8636.
The Outdoors Blackhead Catskills Hike Call for times. 7 strenuous miles. Call for location. (917) 613-2043.
Spoken Word Beekeeping for Gardeners: Getting Started in Backyard Beekeeping 9am-12pm. $45/$37 members. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. (413) 298-3926. Dr. Myra Young Armstead 1pm. Author of Freedom’s Gardener: James F. Brown, Horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum America. Mount Gulian Historic Site, Fishkill. 831-8172. Rose's Heavenly Cakes 2pm-5pm. Book signing and tasting with Rose Levy Beranbbaum. bluecashew Kitchen Pharmacy, Rhinebeck. 876-1117.
music garland jeffreys image provided Garland Jeffreys will perform at the Towne Crier Cafe in Pawling on February 3, part of a month-long goodbye to the venerable club, which will close at the end of February.
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Across his nearly 50-year resume Garland Jeffreys has only briefly tasted the mainstream American success he so richly deserves. While he’s had several self-penned hits in Europe and the UK, over here he’s probably best known for his 1981 cover of ? and the Mysterians’ “96 Tears,” an early MTV favorite. But while leagues of flash-in-the-pan rockers have struck gold only to plummet back down to pumping gas, Jeffreys has hung in there, cultivating a solid-gold rep as a singer-songwriter’s singer-songwriter and building an unshakeable fan base that includes peers like Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, and John Cale. Fitting, then, that such a consummate craftsman as Jeffreys, who will perform at the Towne Crier Cafe in Pawling on February 3, should be among the final acts to play the venerated venue, which will close its doors at the end of the month. “Our lease expired and the owner put the building up for sale, and [the process of preparing to close] has been bittersweet,” says Towne Crier owner Phil Ciganer, who began the club in 1972 and opened the Pawling location in 1989. “Garland really wanted to play a farewell show for the club. He and I have another connection: We grew up in the same area of Brooklyn and went to the same high school.” Jeffreys was raised in the borough’s Sheepshead Bay section. While in his early teens he followed doo-wop and R&B, and by the time he finished high school was a devoted fan of soul music and Bob Dylan—the two most audible influences on his own style. He studied art at Syracuse University, where he befriended two other students and aspiring songwriters: Lou Reed and future Young Rascals front man Felix Cavaliere. After
college, Jeffreys began playing New York clubs and in 1969 formed the band Grinder’s Switch with Woodstock players Ernie Corallo, Stan Szelest, and Sandy Konikoff. The group cut a lone 1970 LP for Vanguard Records before splitting up. Jeffreys signed with Atlantic for his self-titled solo debut in 1973, following it up with the underground smash single “Wild in the Streets” (famously covered 10 years later by LA hardcore punks the Circle Jerks). The tune reappeared on the singer’s classic 1977 A&M album, Ghost Writer, which sums up his method: soulful, character-driven street operas à la Bruce Springsteen—but with Jeffreys' own uniquely confessional bent. (Members of the Boss’s E Street Band, along with Reed and others, backed Jeffreys on his 1981 Epic Records masterpiece, Escape Artist). Subsequent years have seen more acclaimed outings from Jeffreys, 2011’s The King of In Between (Luna Park Records) being the latest. Although February marks last call for the Town Crier’s Pawling incarnation, Ciganer insists it’s not the end. “We’ve had offers from more populated areas in the region about opening our next place,” he says, adding that a string of Towne Crier 40th-anniversary concerts at other locations is being planned for the interim. “When we moved into [the present space] it felt rushed. This time, we want to take our time and make the right move. And, hopefully, the final one.” Garland Jeffreys will play at the Towne Crier Cafe in Pawling on February 3 at 8:30pm. Tickets are $25 and $30. (845) 855-1300; Townecrier.com. —Peter Aaron 2/12 ChronograM forecast 105
Poetry on the Loose 4pm. Featuring poets from the Wawayanda Review 2. College of Poetry, Warwick. 294-8085.
Theater Urinetown the Musical 8pm. $18/$15 members. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264. All My Sons 8pm. Arthur Miller drama. County Players Theater, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491. Art 8pm. Presented by 4th Wall Productions. $15. The Beacon, Beacon. thebeacontheatre.org. Crazy Mary 8pm. Play by A.R. Gurney, with Maryann Matthews and Pam Tate. $18/$14 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Too Much Information III 8pm. True monologues developed over the course of a 12-week workshop taught by Eva Tenuto, Sari Botton, and Julie Novak. $15. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Workshops Cheese-Making Workshop 1pm-3pm. Demonstration, workshop and tasting. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. (413) 298-3926. The Secret Life of Bees 1pm-2:30pm. $16/$10 members. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. (413) 298-3926. Winter Botany Workshop 1pm-4pm. Hawthorne Valley Farm, Ghent.
MONDAY 6 ART Cooperative Extension Biodiversity Photo Contest Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. (518) 828-1481 ext.3344.
Spoken Word Solopreneurs Sounding Board 6:30pm. Ad hoc advisory board meets group therapy for your work. $10/members free. Beahive, Beacon. 418-3731.
WEDNESDAY 8
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Body / Mind / Spirit
Chronic Disease Self-Management Program 10:30am-12:30pm. Standford's peer-centered workshop provides effective management methods for people with long term health problems. Woodland Pond at New Paltz, New Paltz. 338-6400. New Mother's Adjustment Support Group 6pm. $100/$80 members. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Qigong with Zach Baker 7:30pm-8:30pm. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Community Style Acupuncture 10am-12pm. $30. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Yoga for Mama with Baby 10am-11am. $65/$12 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Zumba 5:30-6:30pm. $10. Cornell St. Studios, Kingston. 331-0191. Beginners Mind Meditation 5:30pm-6:30pm. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Meet the Doula Night 6:30-8:30pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Shamanic Journey with Live Drumming 7pm-8:30pm. $20. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245. Embodying Our Higher Self 7pm-8:30pm. Channeled meditation and guidance with Nancy Leilah Ward. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Meditation Series 7:15pm-8:30pm. $55 series. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net.
Classes Tango in Hudson Beginner: 6pm-7pm Intermediate: 7pm-8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 537-2589. African Dance 6pm-7:30pm. $10. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700. Group: Spiritual, Psychic Development Meditations and Practices 7pm-8:30pm. Mondays. $60 series of 4/$20 session. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245.
Rhinebeck Winter Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. Rhinebeck Town Hall, Rhinebeck. www.rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com.
Film Farm Film Fest IV 1pm-4pm. Crandell Theatre, Chatham. (518) 766-5892.
Kids Art For Kids - Color Splash 11:30am-12:15pm. Ages 1-3. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Music Glen David Andrews and Band 10am-3pm. New Orleans jazz brunch. $12. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Jorden & Pagdon 11am-2pm. Mezzaluna Café, Saugerties. 246-5306. Live Jazz 7pm. Kindred Spirits, Saugerties. (518) 678-3101. Meklit Hadero 7pm. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Theater Urinetown the Musical 2pm. $18/$15 members. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264. Art 2pm. Presented by 4th Wall Productions. $15. The Beacon, Beacon. thebeacontheatre.org. Crazy Mary 2pm. Play by A.R. Gurney, with Maryann Matthews and Pam Tate. $18/$14 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Too Much Information III 2pm. True monologues developed over the course of a 12-week workshop taught by Eva Tenuto, Sari Botton, and Julie Novak. $15. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989
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Book Reading & Conversation 5pm-9pm. Conrad Vispo of Hawthorne Valley's Farmscape Ecology Program. Hawthorne Valley Farm, Ghent. (518) 672-7500. Meeting of Middle East Crisis Response 7pm-8:30pm. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 876-7906.
Theater Traveling Light 7pm. A new play by Nicholas Wright. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.
Workshops Doody Calls! 1pm-2pm. $10. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Euro Dance for Seniors & Others 1:30pm-2:30pm. $5/$8 couples. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Basic Cooking Techniques 7pm. Beacon. (917) 803-6857.
Body / Mind / Spirit Kids Yoga 4:30pm-5:30pm. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net. Prenatal Yoga 6pm-7:15pm. Practice safely throughout your pregnancy using a curriculum designed specifically for the expectant mother. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net. Medical Intuitive Connection 6pm-8pm. With Darlene Van de Grift. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Body / Mind / Spirit
Events
Spoken Word
Time Capsules 5pm. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.
Cooperative Extension Biodiversity Photo Contest Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. (518) 828-1481 ext.3344.
Swing Dance to DJ Ron Fields 6pm-9pm. Beginner's lesson 6:00-6:30. $10/$6 FT students. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
Acoustic Thursdays with Kurt Henry 6pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. John Simon and The Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Thursday Night Jazz 9pm. Bull and Buddha, Poughkeepsie. 337-4848.
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SUNDAY 5
Mama with Baby Pilates and Prenatal Pilates 10am-11am. $75/$15 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Hypnobabies 10am-1pm. $375 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Beginners Series: Intro to Yoga 12pm-1pm. With Shawn. $15/$50 series. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605. Beginners Series: Intro to Yoga 12pm-1pm. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605. Couple Birthing Yoga 2pm-4:15pm. $60. MommyBwell, Saugerties. 514-4124. Dream Circle 2pm-5pm. Explore them with compassionate dreamworkers in reliable confidentiality. Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805. Uncovering the Brilliance of Your Soul 2pm-4pm. A Jungian Archetypal Soul Journey with Dr. Craig Lennon, PhD. accompanied by Jim Davis on Celtic Harp. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Kids' Yoga 4:30pm-5:15pm. Ages 5-10 with Susan Silverstream. $80 8-week session. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605.
Graffiti of War at Wolf Gang Gallery War and art are two things that aren’t normally linked to each another. But for the veterans involved in the traveling exhibition “Graffiti of War,” it most powerfully is. “Graffiti of War” is a charity devoted to raising awareness and using art as a therapy for soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder. Creating art has become a necessary use of the healing process to these military service members. Their mission aims to begin a dialog between soldiers and civilians, to bring understanding and empathy to the experience of war through the lens of street art. The exhibit opens at Wolf Gang Gallery in Montgomery on Friday, February 17 at 5pm for public viewing continues through Sunday February 19. Graffitiofwar.com Spoken Word Meeting of Dutchess Peace 7pm-8:30pm. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 876-7906.
TUESDAY 7 Body / Mind / Spirit Prenatal Yoga 5:30pm-6:45pm. With Inka. $78/series. MommyBwell, Saugerties. 514-4124. Full Moon Meditation 7pm-7:30pm. Yoga 6-7. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605.
Classes Beginning Ballet 4pm-5pm. Ages 4-8. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700. Hip Hop I 5pm-6pm. Ages 5-16. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700. Belly Dance Class 7pm-8pm. $60 series of 4/$20 session. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245. Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118. Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541.
Events The Artful Dodger 1pm. A relaxed and informal presentation by a member of the faculty who shares his or her personal experience and interpretation of an object from the Art Center's permanent collection. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-5632. Go Club with Kazuma Oshita 5pm-8pm. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811.
Film Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Call for times. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Music Blues & Dance with Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fi's 7pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner. Call to verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
Classes A Taste of Trompe L'oeil 9am-12pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Film Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Call for times. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Spoken Word Better than a Thousand Words 6pm-8pm. Famed physicist John D. Barrow will discuss the observer effects principle and the impact of images on the development of science throughout history. EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy. (518) 276-3921. Keeping the Romance Alive 7pm. Author and public speaker Tobias Jungreis. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.
THURSDAY 9 Body / Mind / Spirit Mama's Group with Breastfeeding Support 1pm-3pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Zumba 5:30pm-6:30pm. $10. Cornell St. Studios, Kingston. 331-0191. Yoga: Mind and Body 6pm-7pm. Montgomery Street Health Annex, Rhinebeck. 876-7844. Gathering with Clark Strand 6:30pm-9pm. Weekly conversation/contemplation. $10. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Events Open Hive/Game 7:30pm. Socialize, laugh, think, play. Beahive, Beacon. 418-3731.
Film Wisdom's Way DVD Series 7pm-8:30pm. Author Guy Finley. New Windsor Community Center, New Windsor. 764-6892.
Kids Move With Me: 1 - 2.5 years 12:15pm-1pm. $72 series/$15 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Classes Watermedia 9am-12pm. Angela Gaffney-Smith. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Events Magic Palooza 8pm. Derrin Berger and Frank Monaco. $18. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Film My Week with Marilyn 7:15pm. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989. Free Energy: The Race to Zero Point 8:15pm. Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz. 255-5030.
Kids Music Together Babies Only: Birth - 9mo 10am-10:45am. $145/8 weeks. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Kindermusik Development through Music: Birth to 24 months 12:30pm-1:15pm. $225 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Waddle n Swaddle Play Group 1:30pm-3:30pm. Ages 0-5. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Music Bernstein Bard Trio 7pm. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811. John Herington Group 7pm. Opening: Abe Ovadia Group. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Frampton Comes Alive 35 Tour 7:30pm. Peter Frampton. $39.50-$69.50. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Hope Machine 7:30pm. Folk/traditional. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. 2nd Friday Jams with Jeff Entin & Bob Blum 8pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. The Maria Hickey Band 9:30pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277.
Spoken Word Poetry Evening 7pm. Featured poet Phillip Levine. Mezzaluna Café, Saugerties. 246-5306.
Theater All My Sons 8pm. Arthur Miller drama. County Players Theater, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491.
Workshops The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30pm-8:30pm. $350/series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
SATURDAY 11 Art Beauty of Ice Sculpting Competition 12pm-4pm. Watch as artists turn river ice, driftwood and other objects found along the shoreline into intriguing works of art. Scenic Hudson's River Center, Beacon. 471-7477.
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Put New Paltz on your Calendar www.newpaltz.edu/fpa | 845.257.3860 THE DORSKY MUSEUM Visit www.newpaltz.edu/museum for information and related events Opening receptions: February 10, 5-7:00pm The Leonardo Series: Drawings by Anthony Panzera based on the work of Leonardo da Vinci Through April 15 Eugene Ludins: An American Fantasist February 11 – July 12 Reading Objects 2011 February 11 – July 15
MUSIC Tickets available at the door Music by Hudson Valley Composers February 14 at 8:00 p.m. McKenna Theatre
Eugene Ludins, Family Portrait Photo: John Kleinhans
Student Honors Recital February 21 at 8:00 p.m. McKenna Theatre, Free Faculty Jazz Recital February 28 at 8:00 p.m. McKenna Theatre
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FEBRUARY 3,4+5 Too Much Information Round III $15 advance| $20 door | 8pm/2 pm FEBRUARY 7, 8 DOCUMENTARY: Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chogyam
Trungpa Rinpoche $7 | 7:15 pm 11 VIEWS FROM THE EDGE: Reefer Madness + Fatal Glass of Beer $7 | 10 pm 12 DANCE FILM SUNDAYS: The Sleeping Beauty from The Royal Ballet $7 | 2 pm 18+25 Oscar Nominated Shorts $7 | 11 am & 2 pm 19 OPERA IN CINEMA: Jules Massenet’s Cendrillon $20 | 2 pm 20 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING: Wallace & Gromit Shorts $3 | 2 pm 21 DOCUMENTARY: Finding Joe, sponsored by the Joseph Campell Roundtable $10 suggested | 7:15 pm FEBRUARY 26 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: Travelling Light $12/$10 members | 2pm Plus nightly films at 7:15 except for Saturdays, with 2 shows at 5:30 + 8 or 8:30. FEBRUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY
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Body / Mind / Spirit Open House 10am-3pm. Free health consultations, acupuncture, Reiki and foot reflexology sessions, as well as healthy cooking and life style classes. The Acupuncture and Chinese Herb Center, LaGrange. 485-1770. Living Principles of Tantra 11am-4pm. Arabella Champaq. $45. Beacon. www.meetup.com/Tantra-in-Beacon. Introductory Orientation Workshops 11:45am-1:45pm. $15. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net. Yoga, You, and Zumbatonic 12pm-1pm. $50/$25 members’ series. YMCA, Kingston. (914) 388-4012. The Restorative Yoga of Passive Poses and Sound Healing 5pm-7pm. $35/$30. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. VortexHealing: Divine Healing Energy Through the Magic of Merlin 5pm-6:45pm. With Linda Raphael. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Richard McGraw 8pm. Folk singer/songwriter. $10. Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh. 784-1199.
Baby Yoga 2:30pm-3:30pm. Non-walkers. $16.50. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net.
Terry Champlin CD Release Concert 8pm. Acoustic. Hyde Park Library Annex, Hyde Park, Alabama. 229-7791.
Classes
The Antioch Chamber Ensemble 8pm. Skinner Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7294. The Fab Faux 8pm. Beatles tribute band. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088. Chris Smither 8:30pm. Folk. $30/$25. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. Exactly Not 8:30pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277. David Torn 9pm. $20. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Soul Purpose Valentine's Day Dance Party 9pm-12am. $10. Gold Fox Restaurant, Gardiner. 255-3700. David Torn Quartet 9pm. $20. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Creation 9:30pm. Modern rock. Millbrook R&B, Millbrook. 224-8005.
Cultivating Perception and Flexible Thinking Through Plant Study and Astronomy Call for times. Intended for farmers, gardeners and others interested in developing a deeper relation to the land and plants. The Nature Institute, Ghent. (518) 672-0116. Labor and Birth Essentials: One Day Intensive 1pm-6:30pm. $150. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Events Legacy Farm Co-Housing Information Session 12pm-2:30pm. 194 Breezy Hill Road, Kingston. 339-2526. Magic Palooza 3pm. David MacDonald and Steve Charney. $18. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Film Sweet Violets Film Premiere 1pm. Film by Tobe Carey chronicling Rhinebeck’s violet industry. Upstate Films, Rhinebeck. 876-2515. My Week with Marilyn 7:15pm. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Kids Kore's Kids Club 9am-12pm. Group for all children ages 5-12 who wish to learn more about Eclectic Paganism. Akasha's Journey, Wassaic. www.koreskids.webs.com.
Classes Artful Use of What's At Hand 1pm-4pm. Polly Law. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Adult Beginner Contemporary Ballet 1:30pm-2:30pm. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. (914) 204-7185.
Dance Tango in New Paltz 4:30pm-8pm. Beginner: 4:30pm-5:30pm, intermediate: 5:30-6:30 pm, practica 6:30pm-8pm. New Paltz. 489-2048. Life Saturdays 10pm. Open format dance music from all around the world. Orient Ultra Lounge, Poughkeepsie. 337-3546.
Events Millerton Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. North East Community Center, Millerton. (518) 789-4259. Mentalist Lucas Handwerker 7pm. A 60-minute symphony of psychological wonder. Mountainview Studio, Woodstock. $15. 679-0901. Magic Palooza 8pm. Belinda Sinclair and Margaret Steele. $18. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Theater
Debra Meloy Elmegreen (Vassar College) et al.
Alumni Exhibit 3pm-5pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Barrett Art Center's 2012 100X100 Event 4pm-7pm. Locust Grove Historic Site, Poughkeepsie. 454-4500. Works by Joyce Pommer and Eliza Pritzker 6pm-9pm. BAU, Beacon. 440-7584. Love / Hate 5pm-9pm. Art exhibit showing love letter, hate letters and related art. Blackbird Attic, Beacon. 418-4840.
Open Viewing Nights at the Vassar College Observatory The Class of 1951 Observatory at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie houses three telescopes: a 32-inch telescope (one of the two largest in New York State) for advanced courses and faculty-student research, a 20-inch teaching telescope, and an eight-inch refracting telescope for “naked-eye” observations. On clear Wednesday nights from 9pm to 11 pm during the school year, the observatory hosts “Open Nights,” when members of the community are encouraged to enjoy the natural beauty of the night sky. Targets of interest will vary between season and lunar phase. If the weather is questionable, contact the Department of Physics and Astronomy at (845) 437-7340 before 4:30 pm, or call the observatory at (845) 437-7679 after 8:45 pm. Vassar.edu.
Film My Week with Marilyn 5:30pm. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Kids Kindermusik Development through Music: Birth to 24 months 11am-11:45am. $225 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Mister G 11am. Jack Black meets Dr. Seuss. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 828-1438. Magic & Beyond Featuring Illusionist David Garrity 11am. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Music Suzzy Roche of The Roches Call for times. North East Community Center, Millerton. (518) 789-4259. Gotterdammerung 12pm. Wagner, Met opera Live in HD. $25/$15 children. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448. Senior Recital 4pm. Jacob Finkle, baritone, assisted by David Alpher, piano. Music of Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, and others. Skinner Hall, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370. Classical Guitarist David Temple 6pm-10pm. Cornell St. Studios, Kingston. 331-0191. Dorraine Scofield and Thunder Ridge 6pm. Valentine's Day party. $25 dinner and dancing. St. Mary's Hall, Kingston. 338-3972. Live Jazz 7pm. Kindred Spirits, Saugerties. (518) 678-3101. Adam Levy & The Mint Imperials with Bill Sims Blues 7pm. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Bob Meyer Project 7:30pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Peter Wolf 7:30pm. Blend of rock, R&B, blues, folk and country. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845. DJ T-Bone & Body Counsel + f(x) 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Amy Fradon Valentine's Concert 8pm. $15. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048. The Kurt Henry Band 8pm. Rock. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287. Keith Newman & Robert Leitner 8pm. Acoustic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000.
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All My Sons 2pm. Arthur Miller drama. County Players Theater, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491. Traveling Light 2pm. A new play by Nicholas Wright. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.
MONDAY 13 Body / Mind / Spirit Chronic Disease Self-Management Program 10:30am-12:30pm. Stanford’s peer-centered workshop provides effective management methods for people with long term health problems. Woodland Pond at New Paltz, New Paltz. 338-6400. New Mother's Adjustment Support Group 6pm. $100/$80 members. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Occupy Yourself: The Gurdjieff Expansion Series 6pm-8pm. An approach to inner work. $10/$100 series. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes Tango in Hudson Beginner: 6pm-7pm Intermediate: 7pm-8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 537-2589. African Dance 6pm-7:30pm. $10. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700. Group: Spiritual, Psychic Development Meditations and Practices 7pm-8:30pm. Mondays. $60 series of 4/$20 session. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245.
Film My Week with Marilyn 7:15pm. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Kids Black Violin 10am. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088.
Workshops Dream Board Workshop 7pm-9pm. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
TUESDAY 14 Art Split Infinitive 6pm-8pm. The work of Joel Carreiro and Brian Wood. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.
Body / Mind / Spirit Prenatal Yoga 5:30pm-6:45pm. With Inka. $78/series. MommyBwell, Saugerties. 514-4124. Merkaba Activated Under the Guidance of the Master Teachers 7pm-8:30pm. With Suzy Meszoly. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes The Outdoors Snowshoe Walk 2pm-3pm. Mud Creek Environmental Learning Center, Ghent. (518) 828-4386 ext. 3.
Spoken Word Meadows Turned Garden 1pm-3pm. $27/$22. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. (413) 298-3926. Larry The Cable Guy 5pm. Comedy. $43.75. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. John Pinette 7pm. Comedy. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.
Theater All My Sons 8pm. Arthur Miller drama. County Players Theater, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491.
Workshops Creative Sheet Forming Seminar II Call for times. $395. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550. Begonia Workshop 10am-12pm. $45/$37 members. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. (413) 298-3926. Ikebana Flower Arrangement Lesson 10am-12pm. $25/$20. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811. Babywearing Bonaza 2pm-3pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
SUNDAY 12 Body / Mind / Spirit Mama with Baby Pilates and Prenatal Pilates 10am-11am. $75/$15 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Hypnobabies 10am-1pm. $375 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Sacred Chanting 10:30am-12pm. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Beginners Series: Intro to Yoga 12pm-1pm. With Shawn. $15/$50 series. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605. Toddler / Preschool Yoga 1:15pm-2:15pm. Through age 4. $16.50. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net.
Art For Kids - Color Splash 11:30am-12:15pm. Ages 1-3. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Music Jeremy Denk Call for times. Mozart piano program. $30/$10. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. Sunday Brunch 10am-2pm. Featuring Akie Bermiss. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Compact 11am-2pm. Mezzaluna Café, Saugerties. 246-5306. Jazz at The Falls: Valentine's Singer Showcase 12pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Vickie Russell 3pm. Classical, opera. Grace Community Church, Lake Katrine. 382-2288. Louis Landon 3pm. Jazz. Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh. 563-3609. Albany Pro Musica's High School Choral Festival 4pm. $10. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-0038. The Inner World of Feeling 4pm. Organ concert, Christa Rakich. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. info@ berkshirebach.org. Greg Westhoff's Westchester Swing Band 5:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Live Jazz 7pm. Kindered Spirits, Saugerties. (518) 678-3101. Anat Cohen 7:30pm. Modern and traditional jazz, classical music, Brazilian choro, Argentine tango, and Afro-Cuban styles. $24. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.
The Outdoors Fahnestock Outing Call for times. Hike, snow shoe, or cross country ski depending on conditions and participants' choice. Fahnestock State Park, Cold Spring. 454-4428.
Spoken Word ASK Hosts the Hosts 6pm. A reading by hosts of poetry series throughout the Hudson Valley. $10. ASK Arts Center, Kingston. 338-0331. Brian Regan 7pm. Comedy. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088.
Beginning Ballet 4pm-5pm. Ages 4-8. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700. Hip Hop I 5pm-6pm. Ages 5-16. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700. Belly Dance Class 7pm-8pm. $60 series of 4/$20 session. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245. Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118. Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541.
Events The Artful Dodger 1pm. A relaxed and informal presentation by a member of the faculty who shares his or her personal experience and interpretation of an object from the Art Center's permanent collection. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-5632. Go Club with Kazuma Oshita 5pm-8pm. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811.
Film My Week with Marilyn 7:15pm. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Kids Black Violin 10am. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
Music Community Music Night 8pm-9:45pm. Six local singer-songwriters. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048. Blind Pilot 8pm. $20. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Crooning with Curtis 8pm. Curtis Winchester, Jon Cobert, and Marshall Toppo. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
Spoken Word Zbigniew Oksiuta: A Biological Future? 12pm. Research on creating biological living habitats and projects developed by his students. EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy. (518) 276-3921. Transition Marbletown Second Tuesday Conversation, Building a Local Economy 6:30pm. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. info@transitionmarbletown.org.
film sweet violets image provided A vintage postcard, depicting Rhinebeck's violet industry, featured in Tobe Carey's documentary Sweet Violets, which screens at Upstate Films on February 12.
Rhinebeck: Violet Capital of the World Few people know that a violet-growing industry once bloomed and boomed in Rhinebeck, bringing the region international renown and a sturdy economy for a generation. By the early 20th century, Rhinebeck produced five million purple buds, purchased as corsages for the fairer sex. One could be forgiven for this oversight, for extant evidence of the fabled era is negligible: a Poughkeepsie street is named Violet Avenue. Or take a shovel to any Rhinebeck backyard lawn. The result would be heaps of glass, the remains of the acres of greenhouses that covered the landscape so abundantly, the town was called The Crystal City. This is the bittersweet coda to the new documentary Sweet Violets, by Glenfordbased filmmaker Tobe Carey. The film will have its premiere screening at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck on February 12. Assembled with spit, sealing wax, and an abiding respect for heritage and the people who create it, Sweet Violets is an elegy for a bygone era. The third of Carey’s films to examines this region. It was preceded by The Catskill Mountain House and the World Around, a celebration of the grand hotels that brought the wealthy to this region, and, arguably his masterwork, Deep Water: Building the Catskill Water System. The latter is a passionate work about the evils of eminent domain and how New York City obliterated 30 local communities to build a reservoir. Sweet Violets was an afterthought, Carey admits. In 2000, he was working on Deep Water with Woodstock musicians Robbie Dupree and Artie Traum. Traum’s wife Beverly, who ran a Rhinebeck antiques store, mentioned that a violet industry once thrived in the area. “I didn’t pay any attention to it,” Carey says. But Beverly Traum met up with the filmmaker again at a January, 2011 screening of The Catskill Mountain House and reminded him. Carey was finally hooked. “I was fascinated with the subject of this flower that nobody uses these days.” He spent the ensuing year interviewing local historians, academics, and the scions
of the once-successful family businesses—which were started as a cottage industry to supplement farming after seedlings were brought over from England. (Only one business remains in the area: Battenfeld’s, which produces corsages from Valentine’s Day through Easter.) Poking about museums, private collections, and historical societies in the region, Carey uncovered photographs, song sheets and postcards that celebrated the business that put Rhinebeck on the map as the Violet Capital of the World. “I didn’t know if there would be enough material to do a film,” he says. He proved himself wrong. In 38 minutes, Sweet Violets rambles through a capsule history of botany, ancient mythology, American 19th-century business and numerous ways in which the violet was immortalized in popular song and film—notably, a short by Thomas Edison. One of the reasons why the violet industry faltered was economics; gathering and bunching the fragile buds was slow and labor-intensive and done best by women and children. As American industry sped up, such efforts were deemed cost prohibitive. Another reason for the decline, unexpectedly, was homophobia. In 1926, a melodrama titled “The Captive” arrived on Broadway. The theater piece concerned a love triangle between two women and a man. Violets figure as a plot device. The play was shuttered within five months amid public outcry and violets, now linked to lesbianism, plummeted in public favor. (However, lesbians began wearing the flowers defiantly.) Carey is already working on his next film: a study of the railroads that once crisscrossed the region and connected the Hudson Valley to the rest of America. “I really like these lost histories,” says Carey. Sweet Violets will be screened on February 12 at 1pm at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Tobe Carey. www.sweetvioletsmovie.com; www.upstatefilms.org. —Jay Blotcher
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Workshops Collagraph with Kate McGloughlin 9am-Wednesday, February 15, 4pm. $215. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Supply and Demand! 1pm-2pm. Breastfeeding workshop. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
WEDNESDAY 15 Body / Mind / Spirit Yoga for Mama with Baby 10am-11am. $65/$12 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Community Style Acupuncture 10am-12pm. $30. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Zumba 5:30pm-6:30pm. $10. Cornell St. Studios, Kingston. 331-0191. Beginners Mind Meditation 5:30pm-6:30pm. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Full Moon Sound Healing Tune Up 6pm-7pm. Activation of Our Crystalline Resonance with Philippe Pascal Garnier. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Shamanic Journey with Live Drumming 7pm-8:30pm. $20. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245. Meditation Series 7:15pm-8:30pm. $55 series. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net. A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner. Call to verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
Thursday Night Jazz 9pm. Bull and Buddha, Poughkeepsie. 337-4848.
Spoken Word onedotzero: poemetrics 7:30pm. An entertaining series of shorts that looks at expressive moving image work based on or inspired by poetic texts. $6. EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy. (518) 276-3921.
Workshops Supply and Demand! 1pm-2pm. Breastfeeding workshop. $10. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Euro Dance for Seniors & Others 1:30pm-2:30pm. $5/$8 couples. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
FRIDAY 17 Body / Mind / Spirit Nebi Wabo: A Women's Ancient Water Healing Ceremony 6:30pm-9pm. This three part series is presented by Grandmother Barbara Threecrow. $75 series/$30. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes Watermedia 9am-12pm. Angela Gaffney-Smith. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
All My Sons 8pm. Arthur Miller drama. County Players Theater, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491.
Workshops The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30pm-8:30pm. $350/series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
SATURDAY 18 Art Byrdcliffe by Design 11am-Monday, February 20, 5pm. 16 premiere artisans from the Hudson Valley. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079. CCCA 16th Annual Juried Art Show 5pm-7pm. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.
Body / Mind / Spirit Introductory Orientation Workshops 11:45am-1:45pm. $15. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net. Yoga, You, and Zumbatonic 12pm-1pm. $50/$25 members’ series. YMCA, Kingston. (914) 388-4012. Harmonic (Overtone) Singing 3pm-5pm. The Soul and Science of Sound with Timothy Hill. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes A Taste of Trompe L'oeil 9am-12pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Spoken Word Permaculture & Bioregionalism: Ecological Models for Economic Development 7:30pm. Andrew Faust. $10/$25 series. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Theater Lucky Dragons: Actual Reality 8pm. A complex audio-visual piece that is a performance and document all at once. EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy. (518) 276-3921.
THURSDAY 16 Art Graffiti of War Art Event Call for times. Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery. 769-7446. Inner Knitter 7pm. Stitch and bitch gathering. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Leonard Live 7pm. HD tour of "Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan” captured at the UK National Gallery. $12.50/$10 members/$5 students and children. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.
Body / Mind / Spirit Mama's Group with Breastfeeding Support 1pm-3pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Zumba 5:30pm-6:30pm. $10. Cornell St. Studios, Kingston. 331-0191. Yoga: Mind and Body 6pm-7pm. Montgomery Street Health Annex, Rhinebeck. 876-7844. Gathering with Clark Strand 6:30pm-9pm. Weekly conversation/contemplation. $10. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Women's Dream Circle 6:30pm-9:30pm. Dreamwork reaches a rich new dimension in this gathering of wise, compassionate women. Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
Film Wisdom's Way DVD Series 7pm-8:30pm. Author Guy Finley. New Windsor Community Center, New Windsor. 764-6892. Soul Masters: Dr. Guo & Dr. Sha 7pm-9pm. Film screening & divine healing hands blessing. Traders of the Lost Art, Kingston. 471-1438.
Kids Move With Me: 1 - 2.5 years 12:15pm-1pm. $72 series/$15 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Kids' Yoga 4:30pm-5:15pm. Ages 5-10 with Susan Silverstream. $80 8-week session. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605.
Music Acoustic Thursdays with Kurt Henry 6pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. John Simon and The Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Jeremy Baum Organ Trio 7pm. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Jeff Otis & Larry Balestra 7pm. Jazz. Babycakes Café, Poughkeepsie. 485-8411. The Pink Floyd Experience 7:30pm. $32/$27. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Lucky Peterson and Tamara Peterson 8pm. An acoustic evening with Doug Yoel. $15. The Emerson, Woodstock. 679-7500.
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Galumpha at SUNY New Paltz’s McKenna Theater Three performers come together to create Galumpha, a sensational performance-art experience that combines stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, physical comedy and inventive choreography. Galumpha, formed in 2002 by Andy Horowitz and Greg O’Brian, delivers a fast-paced, athletic brand of movement, distinctive for its ingenuity. Unison Arts Center presents the trio at the McKenna Theater on the SUNY New Paltz campus Saturday February 25 at 7:30 pm for an evening of superb family entertainment. $25/$20. (845) 255-1559; Unisonarts.org. Film Dr. Strangelove 7:30pm. Kubrick classic starring Peter Sellers in multiple roles. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
Kids Music Together Babies Only: Birth - 9mo 10am-10:45am. $145/8 weeks. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Kindermusik Development through Music: Birth to 24 months 12:30pm-1:15pm. $225 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Waddle n Swaddle Play Group 1:30pm-3:30pm. Ages 0-5. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Music Voice Master Class 12:30pm. With Dominique Labelle, soprano. Featuring students of the music department. Skinner Hall, Poughkeepsie. 437-7294. Meg Hutchinson 7pm. Opening: The Knox Sisters. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Frank Lacy, Johnathan Blake & Kevin Ray 7:30pm-10:30pm. Jazz. $10. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Vassar College and Community Wind Ensemble 8pm. Skinner Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7294. CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band 8:30pm. $30/$25. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. The Kurt Henry Band 9pm. Rock. Babycakes Café, Poughkeepsie. 485-8411. Four Guys In Disguise 9:30pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277.
Theater
Girls' Night the Musical Call for times. $25-$38.50. Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf. 469-2287. Stomp 7:30pm. Urban dance extravaganza. $29.50/$39.50/ $49.90. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Nothing Means Nothing 8pm. Addresses many of the hidden questions of veterans' lives. $18/$14 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Women's Health Symposium 4pm-6:30pm. With Susun Weed, Susan Willson & Suzy Meszoly. Become informed on safe, effective alternatives to keep you healthy and support wellness and healing. $20. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 687-4143.
Classes The HoneybeeLives Winter Organic Beekeeping This natural approach to beekeeping helps beginning beekeepers understand the responsibilities of the beekeeper, and develops an understanding of the instincts and community of the bees with a Biodynamic influence. $175. Sustainable Living Resource Center, Rosendale. www.HoneybeeLives.org. Artful Use of What's At Hand 1pm-4pm. Polly Law. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Adult Beginner Contemporary Ballet 1:30pm-2:30pm. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. (914) 204-7185. Create Enchanted Mosaics 6pm-9pm. Second session on Feb. 27. $75. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Dance Tango in New Paltz 4:30pm-8pm. Beginner: 4:30pm-5:30pm, intermediate: 5:30-6:30 pm, practica 6:30pm-8pm. New Paltz. 489-2048. Life Saturdays 10pm. Open format dance music from all around the world. Orient Ultra Lounge, Poughkeepsie. 337-3546.
Events Kingston Farmers' Winter Market 10am-2pm. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. www.kingstonfarmersmarket.org. George Washington's Birthday Celebration 12pm-4:30pm. 3-day event full of activities and presentations. Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh. 562-1195. Winter Sledding Party 1pm-4pm. Siegel Kline Kill Public Conservation Area, Ghent. (518) 392-5252 ext. 214.
Kids Drawing and Painting for Kids 10am-12pm. $30/$22 members. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550. Mad Science of the Mid Hudson 10:30am. Discover the science of physics with unforgettable interactive demonstrations. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507. Kindermusik Development through Music: Birth to 24 months 11am-11:45am. $225 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Sleeping Beauty by Tanglewood Marionettes 11am. $9/$7 children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Clay for Kids 2pm-4pm. Weekly through March 27. Ages 8+. $130/$110. Barrett Clay Works, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.
Music El Rancho Deluxo's Cuban Blues Call for times. Mezzaluna Café, Saugerties. 246-5306. Gotterdammerung 1pm. Wagner, Met opera live in HD. $25/$15 children. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448. Live Jazz 7pm. Kindred Spirits, Palenville. (518) 678-3101. Marta Topferova 7pm. Singer/songwriter. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Tin Pan Band 7:30pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Kurt Henry & Cheryl Lambert 8pm. Acoustic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. The Avalon String Quartet 8pm. Skinner Hall, Poughkeepsie. 437-7294. Paul and JoAnne Schubert in Concert 8pm. $15. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Bryan Gordon 8:30pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277. Peter Yarrow 8:30pm. $40/$35. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. The Christine Spero Duo 8:30pm. Jazz. Last Chance Tavern, Tannersville. (518) 589-6424. An Acapella Extravaganza 9pm. Featuring the Phantoms. $15. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Ciarlante, Katz & Sharrard 9pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
Spoken Word The World According to Dirr: Trees and Shrubs for the 21st Century 2pm. Berkshire Botanical Garden presents Dr. Michael Dirr. $42/$35 members. Monument Mountain Regional High School, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. www.berkshirebotanical.org.
Theater All My Sons 8pm. Arthur Miller drama. County Players Theater, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491. Stomp 8pm. $29.50-$49.50. Urban dance extravaganza. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Annie Dorsen: Hello Hi There 8pm. A humorous meditation on the division between human and machine presented through a live conversation between two chatbots discussing the nature of language, creativity, and political power. $18. EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy. (518) 276-3921.
Workshops Landscape and Mood with Christie Scheele 9am-Sunday, February 19, 4pm. $215. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Ikebana Flower Arrangement Lesson 10am-12pm. $25/$20. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811.
SUNDAY 19 Art President's Weekend Art Auction 3pm. With live music. Emerson Inn and Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-7900.
Body / Mind / Spirit Hypnobabies 10am-1pm. $375 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Mama with Baby Pilates and Prenatal Pilates 10am-11am. $75/$15 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Beginners Series: Intro to Yoga 12pm-1pm. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605. Meditation, Intention and the Zero Point Field 4pm-6pm. With Ricarda O'Conner. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Events Rhinebeck Winter Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. Rhinebeck Town Hall, Rhinebeck. www.rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com. George Washington's Birthday Celebration 12pm-4:30pm. 3-day event full of activities and presentations. Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh. 562-1195.
Film
Kids
The Time of the Their Lives 2pm. Abbot & Costello classic, with period shorts and cartoons. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.
Art For Kids - Color Splash 11:30am-12:15pm. Ages 1-3. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
theater hairspray joanne contreni Bill Ross (Edna), Esme Hyman (Tracy), and David Foster (Wilbur) star in the Up In One production of "Hairspray" this month at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck.
Edna Goes to Camp A few weeks ago, Tivoli-based actor Bill Ross was in Manhattan to do a little preparation for his next stage role. That motivation was not apparent to the puzzled female shoppers in Wigs Plus and Kmart. “I just have to get over the fact that I am pawing my way through all the oversize bras in the Kmart in midtown Manhattan,” Ross says. “But I do what I have to do.” The results of such dedication will be on display this month at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck when Ross takes the stage as Edna, Baltimore housewife, diet-pill-popping laundress and, most recently, business manager of local dance sensation Tracy Turnblad, in the musical “Hairspray.” The role is the latest in a series of shape-shifting parts for the longtime actor, whose previous Center productions include “Evita,” “Macbeth,” “Falsettos,” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” “I’ve played a king, a prince, a duke, a bisexual transvestite—and now a happily married, middle-aged wife and mother,” Ross says. “Hairspray” director Kevin Archimbault, who worked with Ross in “Evita” and “Falsettos,” praises Ross’s commitment. “His ideas and details are well thought-out and rehearsed and researched,” Archimbault says. “And he says: What part of that did you hate and what part did you love? He’s totally willing to go on that ride.” Ross, who won the role over five other actors, will not play Edna Turnblad as a caricature. “This is never done tongue-in-cheek; you’re never winking at the audience [and saying] ‘I’m a man.’” Hence the careful attention paid to dresses, shoes and wigs. Ross is eager to be fitted with a fat suit—“It’s all boobs and butt,” he explains—because it will force him to transform his body language and center of gravity. The intensive process excites him. “I’m in the Meryl Streep school of acting,” he says. “I like to disguise myself.”
The complete Rhinebeck production is no less complicated, Archimbault says, involving more than 180 costumes, 41 locations, 25 musical numbers and 35 wigs. The original Broadway show (2003 winner of eight Tony awards, including Best Musical) was based on the John Waters cult movie. After a filmography that celebrated bikers, transvestites, serial killers, and polymorphous perversity, Waters unleashed his greatest act of subversion: a good-hearted tale about teenagers fighting for racial integration in 1962 Baltimore. As Waters explained in a 2002 New York Times article, “The real reason I’m praying that ‘Hairspray,’ the Broadway musical based on my 1988 movie, succeeds is that if it’s a hit, there will be high school productions, and finally the fat girl and the drag queen will get the starring parts.” The show ran for nine years and spawned a film version. The “Hairspray” cast includes Esme Ariel as Tracy Turnblad; Harrison Forman as her beau, Link Larkin; Samantha Farcher as nemesis Amber Von Tussle; Molly Parker Myers as the scheming Velma Von Tussle; and David Foster as Wilbur Turnblad. In the past, Archimbault has piqued audiences with show choices. “Falsettos,” the William Finn musical about a man who leaves his wife for another man, drew spotty crowds and at least one complaint. But the director doesn’t expect such static with “Hairspray.” “It’s such a quirky show, but it’s such a fun-loving family show,” he said. “Besides a great time, I want people to leave the theater with a feeling of acceptance of themselves. Every character has a transformation, which is why I am in theater.” Up In One Productions presents “Hairspray” at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, February 24 through March 11. $26/$24 seniors/children. (845) 876-3080; Centerforperformingarts.org. —Jay Blotcher 2/12 ChronograM forecast 111
Music
Events
Sunday Brunch 10am-2pm. Featuring Akie Bermiss. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Kimberly & Bruce Hildenbrand 11am-2pm. Mezzaluna Café, Saugerties. 246-5306. American String Quartet 3pm. Haydn, Beethoven and Bartok. $20/$15 seniors. Holy Cross Church, Kingston. 340-9434. Music Faculty Recital 3pm. Thomas Sauer, piano. Music of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Roger Sessions, and others. Skinner Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7294. Paul and JoAnne Schubert in Concert 3pm. $15. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Unplugged Acoustic Open Mike 4pm. $6/$5 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Live Jazz 7pm. Kindred Spirits, Palenville. (518) 678-3101. Lucky Peterson 7pm. Acoustic blues. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Greg Brown 7:30pm. $45/$40. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.
The Artful Dodger 1pm. A relaxed and informal presentation by a member of the faculty who shares his or her personal experience and interpretation of an object from the Art Center's permanent collection. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-5632. Go Club with Kazuma Oshita 5pm-8pm. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811.
Workshops Bullying Workshop 12pm. Presented by black belt master instructor Gary J. Stevens author of If I Called You a Hippopotamus. Chosun Taekwondo Academy, Rosendale. 986-2288.
MONDAY 20 Body / Mind / Spirit Chronic Disease Self-Management Program 10:30am-12:30pm. Stanford’s peer-centered workshop provides effective management methods for people with long term health problems. Woodland Pond at New Paltz, New Paltz. 338-6400. New Mother's Adjustment Support Group 6pm. $100/$80 members. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Occupy Yourself: The Gurdjieff Expansion Series 6pm-8pm. An approach to inner work. $10/$100 series. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Music Blues & Dance with Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fi's 7pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Zee Avi 7:30pm. Singer/songwriter. $20/$15 students. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.
WEDNESDAY 22 Body / Mind / Spirit Community Style Acupuncture 10am-12pm. $30. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Yoga for Mama with Baby 10am-11am. $65/$12 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Zumba 5:30pm-6:30pm. $10. Cornell St. Studios, Kingston. 331-0191. Beginners Mind Meditation 5:30pm-6:30pm. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Shamanic Journey with Live Drumming 7pm-8:30pm. $20. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245. A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner. Call to verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
Classes A Taste of Trompe L'oeil 9am-12pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
THURSDAY 23 Body / Mind / Spirit
Winter Art Camp 9am-Friday, February 24, 3pm. $50 day/$225 week. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4568.
Creating Positive Change with Hypnosis Call for times. Learn about Ericksonian Hypnosis and the ways it can complement healing modalities, improve your well-being, and create positive change in your life. Demonstration included. Beahive Kingston, Kingston. (212) 627-5861. In The Caravan of Rumi: An Introduction To Sufi Poetry & Practices Call for times. Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805. Mama's Group with Breastfeeding Support 1pm-3pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Zumba 5:30pm-6:30pm. $10. Cornell St. Studios, Kingston. 331-0191. Yoga: Mind and Body 6pm-7pm. Montgomery Street Health Annex, Rhinebeck. 876-7844. Prenatal Yoga 6:15pm-7:30pm. $90 6-week series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Gathering with Clark Strand 6:30pm-9pm. Weekly conversation/contemplation. $10. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Music
Events
David Kraai 8pm. Singer/songwriter. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newburgh. 561-7240.
Mah Jongg Group 1:30pm-4:30pm. An ancient Chinese game similar to rummy that is played with tiles. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Open Hive/Film 6:30pm. A film with a message, each month at this intimate, informal gathering at the hive. Beahive, Beacon. 418-3731.
Classes Tango in Hudson Beginner: 6pm-7pm Intermediate: 7pm-8pm. Hudson. (518) 537-2589. African Dance 6pm-7:30pm. $10. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700. Group: Spiritual, Psychic Development Meditations and Practices 7pm-8:30pm. Mondays. $60 series of 4/$20 session. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245.
Events George Washington's Birthday Celebration 12pm-4:30pm. 3-day event full of activities and presentations. Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh. 562-1195.
Kids
The Outdoors Beginner Snowshoe and Cross-country Skiing Fahnestock State Park, Cold Spring. skipnewyork@yahoo.com.
TUESDAY 21 ART The Periphery of Perception Works by Ryan and Trevor Oakes. EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy. (518) 276-3921.
Body / Mind / Spirit Prenatal Yoga 5:30pm-6:45pm. With Inka. $78/series. MommyBwell, Saugerties. 514-4124. The Dutchess County Holistic Moms Chapter Meeting 6:30pm-8:30pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Transformation Through Kinesiology 7pm-9pm. Explore a particular theme and use Transformational Kinesiology to access and clear subconscious blocks, suck places and limiting beliefs that have been getting in your way. $20-$40. The Sanctuary, New Paltz. (413) 259-4369.
Classes Beginning Ballet 4pm-5pm. Ages 4-8. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700. Hip Hop I 5pm-6pm. Ages 5-16. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700. Belly Dance Class 7pm-8pm. $60 series of 4/$20 session. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245. Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118. Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541.
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Film Wisdom's Way DVD Series 7pm-8:30pm. Author Guy Finley. New Windsor Community Center, New Windsor. 764-6892. Last Year at Marienbad 7:30pm. $6. EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy. (518) 276-3921.
Kids Move With Me: 1 - 2.5 years 12:15pm-1pm. $72 series/$15 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Kids' Yoga 4:30pm-5:15pm. Ages 5-10 with Susan Silverstream. $80 8-week session. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605.
Music Acoustic Thursdays with Kurt Henry 6pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. John Simon and The Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Jim Campilongo Electric Trio 7pm. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Thursday Night Jazz 9pm. Bull and Buddha, Poughkeepsie. 337-4848.
Spoken Word Meeting of Middle East Crisis Response 7pm-8:30pm. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 876-7906.
Workshops Babywearing Bonaza 1pm-2pm. $10. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Euro Dance for Seniors & Others 1:30pm-2:30pm. $5/$8 couples. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. French Bistro Supper 7pm. $65. Beacon. (917) 803-6857.
FRIDAY 24 Body / Mind / Spirit Trance Mission: Using Sound to Work Within the Field 6pm-8pm. With Thomas Workman. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes Watermedia 9am-12pm. Angela Gaffney-Smith. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Events SAT/ACT Diagnostic Exam 1:30pm-5pm. $150. Tutoring Up-Grades, Poughkeepsie. 462-8886.
Film Ferris Bueller's Day Off 7:30pm. John Hughes classic starring Matthew Broderick. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088.
Kids Music Together Babies Only: Birth - 9mo 10am-10:45am. $145/8 weeks. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Kindermusik Development through Music: Birth to 24 months 12:30pm-1:15pm. $225 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Waddle n Swaddle Play Group 1:30pm-3:30pm. Ages 0-5. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Music David Kraai & Amy Laber 6:30pm. Singer/songwriter. Andes Hotel, Andes. 676-4408. CB Smith Band 7pm-9pm. Mezzaluna Café, Saugerties. 246-5306. Tigran Hamasyan Quintet 7pm. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Tony Jefferson's CD Release Party 7:30pm-10:30pm. $10. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. American Symphony Orchestra 8pm. Maurice Ravel's La valse, Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2, and Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. $25/$35/$40. Fisher Center, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900. Swing Dance to The Gordon Webster Trio 8:30pm-11:30pm. Beginners' lesson 8-8:30. $15/$10 FT students. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571. Exit 19 9:30pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277.
The Outdoors Tracks & Traces Snowshoe Hike 2pm-3pm. Mud Creek Environmental Learning Center, Ghent. (518) 828-4386 ext. 3.
Theater Hairspray 8pm. $26/$24 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. TMI Project Women's Intensive Weekend Workshop and Retreat Call for times. $450. Lifebridge Sanctuary, Rosendale. 338-6418.
Workshops The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30pm-8:30pm. $350/series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Swing Dance Workshops 6:30pm. Two sessions: 6:30-7:15 & 7:15-8:00. $15/$20 both. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
SATURDAY 25 Art Leonard Live 7:30pm. HD tour of "Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan" captured at the UK National Gallery. $12.50/$10 members/$5 students and children. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.
Body / Mind / Spirit Qi Gong with Lorraine Hughes 9am-10am. $10. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Reflexology Clinic Day 10am-4:30pm. $45/session. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Qi Gong Classes 10am-11am. $410. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Introductory Orientation Workshops 11:45am-1:45pm. $15. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. yogaway@earthlink.net. Restorative Yoga 12pm-2pm. $20. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605. Introduction to Tai Chi 2pm-4:30pm. $35. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Sound Healing with the Tuning Forks 2pm-5pm. With sound healer John Beaulieu. $30. Photosensualis, Woodstock. 679-7995.
Orgone Crystal Dream Concert 7pm-9pm. With sound healer John Beaulieu. $30. Photosensualis, Woodstock. 679-7995. Reflexology Day 11:30pm-4:30pm. $45/session. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Classes Artful Use of What's At Hand 1pm-4pm. Polly Law. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Adult Beginner Contemporary Ballet 1:30pm-2:30pm. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. (914) 204-7185.
Dance Tango in New Paltz 4:30pm-8pm. Beginner: 4:30pm-5:30pm, intermediate: 5:30-6:30 pm, practica 6:30pm-8pm. New Paltz. 489-2048. 30th Annual VRDT Bardavon Gala 8pm. Featuring the Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre. $11/$9. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Ballroom by Request with Joe Donato & Julie Martin 9pm-11pm. Lesson 8pm-9pm. $12. Snap Fitness, LaGrange. 227-2706. Life Saturdays 10pm. Open format dance music from all around the world. Orient Ultra Lounge, Poughkeepsie. 337-3546.
Events Millerton Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. Gilmore Glass, Millerton. betseymccall@gmail.com. Pine Island Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. W. Rogowski Farm, Pine Island. 258-4574. 15th Annual Chili Bowl Fundraiser 2pm-7pm. $5 early admission. Rosendale Recreation Center, Rosendale. 658-9133. Galumpha 7:30pm. Stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, physical comedy and inventive choreography. McKenna Theater, SUNY New Paltz. 257-7869. Mike Doughty 8pm. The Book of Drugs: reading, concert, Q&A. $22. WAMC Linda Norris Auditorium, Albany. (518) 465-5233.
Film Soul Masters: Dr. Guo & Dr. Sha 7pm-9pm. Film screening & divine healing hands blessing. $5. Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
Kids Kindermusik Development through Music: Birth to 24 months 11am-11:45am. $225 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Music Uncle Rock 11am. Children's music. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Met Opera Live in HD: Verdi's Ernani 1pm. $25/$15 children. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448. The Met Opera Live in HD: Verdi's Ernani 1pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088. die Schlauberger 3pm. World music. Windham Mountain, Windham. (518) 734-4300. Midwinter Fireside Concert 6pm. Close Encounters with music presents Troika. Searles Castle, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (800) 843-0778. Live Jazz 7pm. Kindred Spirits, Palenville. (518) 678-3101. Music Menu with John Schmitt and The Levins 7pm-9pm. Mezzaluna Café, Saugerties. 246-5306. TrioKinesis 7:30pm-10:30pm. Roots jazz. $10. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. American Symphony Orchestra 8pm. Maurice Ravel's La valse, Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2, and Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. $25/$35/$40. Fisher Center, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900. Tica Douglas 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Hot Tuna 8pm. Country blues, folk and original music. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845. Keith Newman 8pm. Acoustic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. KJ Denhert & The New York Unit 8pm. Opening: Tres Amigos. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Andrew Mac Namara 8pm. Traditional Irish music. $15. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048. Johnny Dell and UFB 8:30pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277. Kane Bros. Blues Band 9pm. $15. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. The Connor Kennedy Band 9pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. In The Pocket 9:30pm. Covers. Quiet Man Pub, Wappingers Falls. 298-1724.
The Outdoors Fahnestock Park Hiking or Snow Shoeing Call for times. 7-8 mile loop. Fahnestock State Park, Cold Spring. 462-0142.
Spoken Word
Film
Big Bold and HOT! Summer Bulb Standouts 10am-12pm. $30/$25 members. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. (413) 298-3926.
Office Space 7pm. $5/$3 children. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
Theater
Theater
Hairspray 8pm. $26/$24 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Measure for Measure 8pm. Dramatic reading. Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
Workshops Forging Nonferrous Metals Call for times. $125 +$35 materials. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550. Action Abstraction with Jenny Nelson 9am-Sunday, February 26, 4pm. $215. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Family and Friends CPR and First Aid for Children 1pm-3:30pm. $45. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Hot Scaping with Succulents, Orchids, and More 1pm-3pm. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. (413) 298-3926. Doody Calls! 2pm-3pm. $10. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Photographic Collage with Photoshop Master Fran Forman 2pm-Sunday, February 26, 5pm. Sohn Fine Art, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. (413) 298-1025. Photographing the Nude in the Studio 3:30pm-9:30pm. With Dan McCormack. $120/$100 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
SUNDAY 26 Art Leonard Live 1pm. HD tour of "Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan" captured at the UK National Gallery. $12.50/$10 members/$5 students and children. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.
Body / Mind / Spirit Mama with Baby Pilates and Prenatal Pilates 10am-11am. $75/$15 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Sacred Chanting 10:30am-12pm. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Akashic Records Revealed 2pm-4pm. With June Brought. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
TUESDAY 28 Art 15 Ulster County Artists 5pm-8pm. A two-gallery showcase of new and recent work. Albert Shahinian Fine Art Gallery, Rhinebeck. 505-6040.
Body / Mind / Spirit Prenatal Yoga 5:30pm-6:45pm. With Inka. $78/series. MommyBwell, Saugerties. 514-4124. Breastfeeding Essentials 6pm-8pm. $55. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Classes Beginning Ballet 4pm-5pm. Ages 4-8. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700. Hip Hop I 5pm-6pm. Ages 5-16. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700. Belly Dance Class 7pm-8pm. $60 series of 4/$20 session. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245. Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118. Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541.
Events The Artful Dodger 1pm. A relaxed and informal presentation by a member of the faculty who shares his or her personal experience and interpretation of an object from the Art Center's permanent collection. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-5632. Go Club with Kazuma Oshita 5pm-8pm. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811.
Music
Sumi-e Class 10am-12pm. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811.
Big Time Rush 7pm. $25-$45. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Community Music Night 8pm-9:45pm. Six local singer-songwriters. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048.
Dance
Spoken Word
Classes
30th Annual VRDT Bardavon Gala 3pm. Featuring the Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre. $11/$9. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
Kids Art For Kids - Color Splash 11:30am-12:15pm. Ages 1-3. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Music Alessio Bax Call for times. Playing Rachmaninov's Ten Preludes. $30/$10. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. Sunday Brunch 10am-2pm. Featuring Akie Bermiss. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Brunch with Sean Schenker 11:30am-1:30pm. Mezzaluna Café, Saugerties. 246-5306. Jazz at The Falls: Jeff Otis, Charlie Kniceley & Larry Balestra 12pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Vassar College Orchestra 3pm. Skinner Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7294. Live Jazz 7pm. Kindred Spirits, Palenville. (518) 678-3101. Gustafer Yellowgold 7pm. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
The Outdoors Hairspray 3pm. $26/$24 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
MONDAY 27 Body / Mind / Spirit New Mother's Adjustment Support Group 6pm. $100/$80 members. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. New Moon Sound Healing Tune Up 6pm-7pm. With Philippe Pascal Garnier. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Occupy Yourself: The Gurdjieff Expansion Series 6pm-8pm. An approach to inner work. $10/$100 series. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes African Dance 6pm-7:30pm. $10. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700. Group: Spiritual, Psychic Development Meditations and Practices 7pm-8:30pm. Mondays. $60 series of 4/$20 session. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245.
Dutchess Doulas Meeting 10am-11am. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Why Did the Salamander Cross the Road? 6:30pm-8pm. Learn about the forests and wetlands in the Hudson Valley and the migration of amphibians. Scenic Hudson's River Center, Beacon. 471-7477.
Theater Measure for Measure 8pm. Dramatic reading. Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
Workshops Soul Healing for Relationships Workshop 7pm-9pm. Heal the soul of your relationships with Master Elaine Ward. $20. Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
WEDNESDAY 29 Body / Mind / Spirit Yoga for Mama with Baby 10am-11am. $65/$12 drop-in. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Community Style Acupuncture 10am-12pm. $30. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Beginners Mind Meditation 5:30pm-6:30pm. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Shamanic Journey with Live Drumming 7pm-8:30pm. $20. Ascensive Light, New Paltz. (561) 271-7245. Message Circle: Receive Messages from your Loved Ones in the After Life 7pm-8:30pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner. Call to verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
The Outdoors Wednesday Wandering 10am-11:30am. Ooms Conservation Area, Austerlitz. (518) 392-5252.
Spoken Word Permaculture & Bioregionalism: Ecological Models for Economic Development 7:30pm. Andrew Faust. $10/$25 series. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Theater Measure for Measure 8pm. Dramatic reading. Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
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Planet Waves by eric francis coppolino
Scratch Some Virgo, Find Some Pisces
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he late, great horoscope writer Patric Walker once wrote, “Scratch a Pisces and you’ll find a Virgo under their skin.” Though this was a cute one-liner that I read in the New York Post, Patric was alluding to a real astrological principle: the “opposite” signs contain each other. In a sense, they’re not even really opposite; they are aspects of the same thing, and in this way a polarity of two signs—any two signs—works as one entity. When signs on both sides of the polarity have planets or notable events in them, this is especially noticeable—and that’s what’s happening these days with Virgo and Pisces. Mars is currently in Virgo, making an extremely rare eight-month visit that includes an approximately 11-week retrograde. (The retrograde extends between January 23 and April 13.) That’s placing an unusual emphasis on Virgo, since Mars does not usually move that slowly, and because (particularly when retrograde) it’s not considered the best fit for Virgo. On the other side of the sky, Chiron is currently in Pisces, where it will be into 2019. Then Neptune is due to arrive on February 3, and it will remain there until 2025. These are slow movers that will change the shape of the world, our perception of the world, and our experience of existence. Such events, taken together, qualify as the full activation of the Virgo-Pisces axis— what I will call the axis of practical imagination. Virgo expresses the technical side of nearly anything, based on its tendency toward integrated or applied knowledge. Pisces expresses the imaginative side of the psyche, which can often inspire the more practical modes of expression. The two have to work together in order for much of anything worthwhile to happen. Think of the circuit board and all the ingenuity required to create it as an expression of Virgo. Think of the concept “Macintosh” as an expression of Pisces. To do anything innovative, it’s necessary to have both ends of the polarity working, which is the challenge that both artists and technicians face every day. Usually someone is oriented toward one side or the other—they like the creative end but not the practical end—or vice versa. Mars in Virgo: The Mind on Fire Let’s start with a careful look at the Virgo side of the polarity and come back to Pisces. Mars in Virgo is the mind on fire. This placement can represent a drive for integrity, impeccability or even perfection. Healing and self-improvement can become obsessions. There is the drive to fix things. If Mars in this sign turns on itself, the result can be a painful and even tortured neurosis. Casting Mars retrograde in Virgo in the best light, I see an inquiry of some kind, a questioning of conventional values, and an intellectual quest that continually questions itself. This is not going to be so comfortable for everyone, however. If Socrates was right about an unexamined life not being worth living, a good few people may be getting
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the message that it’s time to do things differently. The self-critical attribute of Virgo is famous. Add to that Mars retrograde and it may be time to open an astrological support hotline. On the other hand, this will be excellent astrology for those who are in therapy, doing spiritual counseling or who are devoted to their healing—as long as they convert judgment into compassion and perfectionism into the intention of gradual improvement. In “Reality Check,” my 2012 annual edition, I interpreted Mars retrograde through the signs as a systems check for the astonishing events of For retrograde hunters, the last time Mars was retrograde in Virgo was in 1997, but part of that cycle happened in Libra, so we did not get the full effect. Mars did something similar in 1950, splitting a retrograde between Virgo and Libra. Mars spent a little piece of its 1995 retrograde in Virgo as well. The last all-Virgo Mars retrograde was the famous one that took place in early 1965, famous in my mind, anyway, because Mars passed through the Uranus-Pluto conjunction. Doing so, it stirred up a lot of collective energy, helping spark what we think of as the 1960s. That conjunction, which happens less than once per century, combined the revolutionary power of Uranus with the evolutionary power of Pluto and set many things in motion. In January, Lyndon Johnson made his “Great Society” speech. This was the era of “guns and butter.” Two months later, he sent the first combat troops to Vietnam. The Civil Rights movement was on fire in Alabama, where James J. Reeb, a Unitarian Universalist minister, was beaten to death—one of several members of the clergy to be killed by the KKK. In April, the first anti-Vietnam War march, organized by Students for a Democratic Society, drew 25,000 people (and that was just the first of many impressive antiwar protests that year). In May, 40 men burned their draft cards at the University of California at Berkeley, and marched a coffin to the local draft board. Good thing, too. By July, Johnson nearly doubled both the ground troop count in Vietnam and the number of men drafted. (He also signed the Social Security Act of 1965, which provided for Medicaid and Medicare). In other words, the historical era that we actually think of as the Sixties emerges during the Mars retrograde of 1965. Births from this specific era of 1965 include Trent Reznor, Robert Downey Jr., Eric Cantor, and Sarah Jessica Parker. A piece of timeless artwork that manifested in this moment was the recording A Love Supreme by John Coltrane. The Beatles recorded “Ticket To Ride,” a song about abortion. (Later in the year, they went full-on psychedelic, with “Day Tripper,” “Nowhere Man,” and “Norwegian Wood.”) And This Is Now We are now having another all-Virgo Mars retrograde, the very first since then. What’s
interesting is that we are once again in a potent Uranus-Pluto phase—the square. This is the first Uranus-Pluto quadrature (90-degree type) aspect since the ‘60s, and it’s pretty easy to feel the resonance between our era and that one. This Mars retrograde will awaken Uranus and Pluto in the natal charts of many people born in the ‘60s. It’s fair to say that for a while, the world will feel a little more like home to ‘60s babies—though this isn’t just about Virgo. Our current Mars retrograde also arrives with a Pisces awakening. At the moment, Venus and Chiron are in Pisces. The Sun arrives for a month in late February. And most significantly, Neptune is about to arrive, which will shift the story of the world and allow the realm of imagination to be more tangible and accessible. When the question is one of method, we find a counterpart in purpose in its counterpart energy, Pisces. When it’s one of proof (in Virgo), we have a matter of faith (in Pisces). Looked at another way, our problems are never solved by technology alone. They are solved by the creative use of creative technology. What our era has in common with the mid-’60s (indeed, nearly the whole decade) is once again the presence of Chiron in Pisces—something that blended the focusing power of Virgo with the softer light of Pisces. I think of Chiron in Pisces as being the side of the ‘60s that was about love, peace, and beauty. This was a spirit represented, among other manifestations, by The Beatles, who provided a soundtrack and embodied a peace-loving, creative ethos available beneath all the turmoil of the era. Their musical repertoire also tracks the speed with which the era progressed. (It was just 15 months from “A Hard Day’s Night” to “Yesterday,” though it seems like a lot longer.) We’re now entering a time of history that will make the ‘60s seem like a day at the shore. The Uranus-Pluto square that fully takes hold in June describes an extended phase of awakening, creative expression, and surges forward in many necessary aspects of life. Yet this radically progressive astrology is forming in a world where the human spirit has been all but moralized or legislated out of existence; or worse, subsumed in advertising. Still, we have the strength to wage ideological battles and attempt to prove our points either intellectually or with intellectual bullying. Beneath the hashing out of supposed right and wrong, of evidence and proof, of bombastic rhetoric, there is a softer reality. Amidst the chaos we’re witnessing and, indeed, about to witness, there is a calm voice speaking and asking reasonable questions, if anyone is willing to listen. Of course, there are always those who want us to believe what defies reason and rationality, and plenty are ready to do so, thinking it’s much easier. I think we needed to take notice when Karl Rove made his famous comments making fun of the “realitybased community”—that is, everyone who did not worship at the altar of his delusions. We live in a culture that already extols image above substance, and there’s hardly a day when we can get that going in the right order. Mars retrograde in Virgo is a reminder to check the facts, to check your logic, and to test your perceptions against some other metric. Yet the thing to remember is that all the facts in the world don’t add up to the truth. All the proof in the world does not tally up to something that makes sense. The final gesture of bestowing something with the blessing of “being real” comes from each of us. Let’s consider the rational/irrational spectrum a bit differently, with a physical metaphor. During the 14 years that have led to Neptune ingressing Pisces, we’ve had Neptune in Aquarius (between 1998 and early 2012). Much like Virgo, the realm of Aquarius describes patterns of information, and studying those patterns could help us establish some basis by which we can assess what we perceive; that is, determining what’s real and what’s not. During this era, the Internet has manifested as a way to give many people access to knowledge and factual information, but for the most part, it has a different purpose. During those 14 years of Neptune in Aquarius, the Internet went from something that existed in relatively few households into something that everyone carries in their pocket. What started as the realm of academic research, repositories of information, and a foundation of knowledge has transformed into a realm dominated by fantasy, shopping, games and entertainment. The Internet has also manifested in everyday life as a communication medium, replacing everything from leaflets to mail to the telephone to shortwave radio. I would offer two early thoughts about Neptune in Pisces. First, consider that the emergence of the Internet as we currently know it—a kind of fantasy shopping dimension—is more about the lack of imagination than too much of the stuff. Neptune in Aquarius encouraged us to use imagination a certain way—basically, in the most effective way to either make money or spread propaganda. There is relatively little beauty for its own sake on the Internet. Neptune in Pisces is a reminder to honor precisely that: beauty and truth for their own sake. Second, we have learned something about communicating over a nonlocal network, by which we’re linked through wires, fiber optics cables and wireless portals. It’s time to move away from this metaphor and recognize that we’re all connected, and we all influence one another, without all the gadgets.
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Planet Waves Horoscopes Aries (March 20-April 19) Focus on your health. The potential problem I see is stress. However, I also see an opportunity to cultivate habits and patterns of living that open the way to your vitality and longevity. Your best window of opportunity for this endeavor is from now through mid-April, when the influential planet Mars treks backward in Virgo. Let’s start with stress—which in this case seems to be a study in how you handle obstacles created by the need for attention to details. If you’re experiencing any kind of a setback, view it as an opportunity to solve a lot of seemingly minor issues that you want to work out anyway, only now you have an excuse. The whole theme of “rethinking” is one that will help you relax into a truly creative space, which will be good for you. As for wellness opportunities—the story boils down to remembering that you exist in physical form, and physical activity is good for you; indeed, it’s essential to keeping your psychic energy in balance. You have so much voltage running through you at the moment that balance and clarity count for extra. I suggest you start by unraveling or undoing habits you don’t want—such as subtracting certain foods from your diet—and then gradually shift your momentum into what you consciously want to establish or create. This is a simple formula. As you liberate stuck energy and aggravating factors, more of your vital force becomes available for creative purposes.
Taurus
(April 19-May 20)
Einstein once said that imagination is more powerful than knowledge, which describes perfectly how the planets are speaking to you right now. You may be discovering that certain things you knew for sure are no longer as valid as you thought. Curiosity will save the day, as you can quickly shift from any sense of disappointment about what’s not true toward an inquiry into what is. Curiosity about yourself is high on the agenda, though this is the kind of curiosity you must answer in experience rather than in theory. You seem to have reached a new depth of relationship with your opposite-sex self, which implies experiencing both of your inner gender polarities as more distinct and vivid. They have a relationship to each other, and you have a relationship to them. Your creative quest involves diving into new and even improbable experiences of yourself. By improbable, I mean that if you have an experimental spirit and turn your sense of inquiry onto yourself, you may discover unexpected new inner territory. You’ll notice things about yourself that you don’t identify as, but which are no less part of, your psyche. The question might arise: How far do I go exploring with others or physically experiencing what I desire? I would say, start where you feel safe, and work your way out to the edge of that. Test your boundaries. A significant aspect of this is expressing in words to yourself and to others what you want, for the pleasure of doing so.
Gemini (May 20-June 21) It’s a miracle that anyone feels safe on our planet, with all that seems poised to go so wrong. Yet actual conditions have minimal influence on one’s level of security or insecurity; the assessment is usually based on an internal metric—and becoming conscious of this is the theme of the coming few months. Let’s start with the idea that your level of fear is influenced by much of anything outside you. If the sources of fear were really external, our lives would be strewn with the nonstop disasters envisioned by our anxieties. In truth, very little that we fear actually happens. Fear has its origins—and many of those are likely to involve family baggage. We come into this life with patterns that go back generations, though we prefer to think that our minds work in some original way. The fears you experience might be so directly attributable to others it’s as if they come tagged with the name of the source. For the next three months you have the opportunity to take out the trash—identify and make a conscious choice to let go of every insecurity that you don’t want. I know that fears are among the most persistent thought forms, though part of their staying power involves a lack of understanding where they come from. In any event, I suggest you define as a primary goal your desire to feel safe living here. By the way, this works out to be a leadership question.
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Logic is one of the most powerful tools in the shed, though it doesn’t work for everything. I suggest you test your logic and also apply logic to test your conclusions, and see how both factors check out. Just remember, logic rarely points to what is possible. More often, it points to what is seemingly impossible, not worth doing, or not even worth trying. For that reason alone, it’s worth testing. Every significant human achievement was significant specifically because it defied the prevailing logic of its day. Some limit was exceeded; some purpose not previously recognized was fulfilled; someone saw potential in a way that nobody else had noticed, or at least dared to try. In a similar spirit, I suggest that you open your mind’s eye to your potential, to unlikely possibilities, and to the vision of things that don’t yet exist. Consider how you want to shape your life over longer spans of time than you usually think about—say, perhaps 10 or 20 years. Allow creativity to bring something new to the conversation when typical approaches to problem solving don’t get you where you want to be. Challenge yourself to both seeing the limits of how you think now, and to conceive of your life in certain ways that project you into entirely new territory. The world is wider than you may think; places you’ve never been, and experiences you’ve never had, are waiting for you—no matter what anyone may deem as possible or impossible.
Planet Waves Horoscopes Leo (July 22-August 23) One of the reasons that many Leos feel so good about themselves is that you’ve figured out that it makes more sense than feeling any other way. You take an almost scientific approach to self-esteem, rationally assessing the ways in which you both excel and other ways in which you need improvement. The world would be a better place if more people did this, though if lately you’re noticing that you fall short of your own standards, you need a new way to measure. I can think of two qualities to consider. One is in your ability to find common ground with people. That is an astonishing gift to have, because common ground is the substance of which cooperation is made. Second, you tend to project yourself into the community that surrounds you in a clear way that people can understand, no matter what point of view they’re coming from. They’re extensions of the same deeper property you have, which is your ability to hold people together like the Sun keeps their planets in their orbits. Over the next several months you seem poised to move into wider and more visible public roles that relate to both social and professional aspects of life. More will be at stake; bigger risks than usual will be on the line. Before you take your new role, I suggest that you really understand the truly unique gifts you have, so that you have full confidence in them when you need them the most.
Virgo (August 23-September 22) There’s only so far you can take the concept of integrity before it ceases to be practical. In fact pushing things out to an extreme of impeccability can have the opposite effect, of making you (or any human) want to break some rules just for its own sake. With Mars retrograde in your sign, I suggest you beware of this kind of reactionary effect. Make some room in your relationships for some of what cannot be verified or judged. People need to believe some of their own illusions, and they can often do so harmlessly enough. I recognize that it’s sensible in some ways to judge people (including yourself) on the basis of whether they’re strictly true, or whether they fit precise metrics of authenticity. Yet they don’t leave much room for imagination, which we depend upon to get through the day, every day. I suggest you view the people around you in a more idealistic light. See them for the good things they offer and make an effort to overlook what might annoy you. If you do this enough, you’ll get better at doing the same thing for yourself. All of the flaws in the world do not add up to perfection, so if you’re looking for happiness, you will need to look somewhere else—or rather, look another way. Remember that much of what the mind sees is the mind itself. There are other approaches to seeing, though instead of wondering what they are, I suggest you open your eyes and look.
Libra (September 22-October 23) How strongly can you identify with someone else’s experience? Or maybe the more accurate question is, how much do you want to? It would seem that someone in your environment is teaching you a lot—and has also become a powerful influence in other ways. This situation has been developing for a while, though it’s only recently that you’re noticing just how much the experience is helping you rearrange your perspective. In recent seasons, you’ve been investing lots of your energy into organizing your life, focusing on maturity and getting clear about what’s important to you. Yet it seems you’ve been trying to do this from an internal orientation, avoiding competing influences. Along the way, certain distinct elements in your outer environment have been playing a role that you may not have noticed till recently. Someone who others might think is too “challenging” to be around has proven to be an inspiration, in particular, driving you to express your full talent and individuality. This is of course more than most people can stand for themselves—all that awakeness and talent and full expression of energy kind of stuff is scary for lots of people. You’re in one of those situations where your best option is to rise to the occasion and take full advantage of the situation. If you can handle some unpredictability and running a bit higher voltage than you usually do, you’ll get the benefits of a truly one-of-a-kind creative partnership experience.
Scorpio
(October 23-November 22)
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Everyone wants to be popular, but not everyone recognizes the potential cost. Everyone wants a meaningful role to play in their community, but hardly anyone is willing to do the work. Everyone wants to be seen as someone with integrity, though few are willing to make the investment in themselves to deserve that distinction. At the moment you have all of this going on, and you may be wondering how much progress you’re making. I would propose that you’re in the “cleaning and scaling” phase of a new relationship to whatever you think of as the public: your circle of friends, your immediate community, or perhaps some wider audience. I suggest that as you go through this phase, you take an experimental attitude, rather than assuming any long-term successes or failures based on what happens in the immediate future. The situation isn’t perfect, but it’s clearly workable—as long as you don’t set perfection as a goal. If more things than usual seem to be going wrong, or if certain objectives seem to be slipping out of reach, that’s because you’re testing a number of things in practice that you had only worked out in theory. You’re also getting to experience how “human nature” responds with you turn up the energy, and you’re learning something about group dynamics that for some reason was not obvious before. Meanwhile, if you’re looking for a dependable working method, try this on: Be clear with people and they will be clear with you. 2/12 ChronograM planet waves 117
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Sagittarius (November 22-December 22) Focus on your work and not your career. There is a difference, though it’s often forgotten. Keep your emphasis on what you’re doing now, rather than on the trajectory of what you intend to be doing, have decided to work toward, or where you’ve been previously. Let your experience only be relevant when it provides actual information you can work with. See what it’s like to proceed for a while with no ambition to be more visible, respected, or even successful; rather, get into the Be Here Now experience of full presence in your immediate activity. That is where the real energy is for you personally, whichever way we might look at your charts. In the current version of the world, there is way too much emphasis placed on supposed success, on the technical side of the creative process, and on this elusive thing known as fame. Where your charts are the strongest right now is on the quality of your creative or work experiences as well as the results you get; on the chemistry you have with your collaborators; and on being known as someone who does the job well, rather than being known for its own sake. As you focus on the present and your present efforts, you will gradually redefine your notion of success. You will shift your relationship to authority, including both your inner authority and those who seem to hold power in the external world. And when you proceed after this experiment, you’ll truly be your own boss.
Capricorn
(December 22-January 20)
You are by nature an intuitive thinker. However, that’s another way of saying creative thinker. Yet creative is a matter of emphasis, with the emphasis being on noticing what you have not noticed before, or seeing what others do not; your apparent lack of logic often works to your benefit. You’re now in an extended phase of your life when the theme is how you think. You may be discovering that there is no such thing as “pure reason,” though it’s possible to ask reasonable questions. You may suddenly be able to tune into your perception and notice patterns that were not obvious before. This may seem clairvoyant, in particular if you don’t know how you reached a certain conclusion. Therefore, I suggest that you allow your mind to work in its new way, and if you’re wondering how you arrived at a certain destination, work your way backward from your recognition to the facts that initially led to it. For the sake of credibility, you might want to leave some of your calculations in the margin, so that others know that there are steps you took to get where you’re going. However, don’t let them get in your way when you’re working independently of others. Yet for your own sake, making sure that there are logical steps after the fact will help build your confidence in your observation skills. They may not seem important today, but the way the world is going, you’re going to be glad you have them the moment you need them.
Aquarius (January 20-February 19) Lately you seem to have your doubts about where you stand with yourself, though I suggest you give that a rest. You are, at least, becoming fully self-aware and determined to know the truth about yourself. This is an excellent start. I would caution you against listening to what others try to convince you of, particularly if a sexual or financial relationship has gone awry or turned negative any time recently. You still have a lot of your self-esteem invested in that situation—and it’s going to take some time to work this out. I suggest you think of this as a technical exercise that will gradually get results. If there’s a spiritual component, that might be about compassion and patience. Know that your personal resources are more valuable than whatever you may have invested in the relationship. Indeed, it would seem that there’s relatively little invested, in terms of actual commitment; there seems to be more of an entanglement that you now have the responsibility of working out. As when untangling anything else, you cannot push, and you have to remember not to pull too hard. Yet the thing to really keep in mind is that this is not a measure of your value, to yourself or to anyone else. You’re merely in a situation that is calling for care and attention, and that you will easily let go when the details are resolved—and when emotions settle down. You can help by keeping them as cool as possible.
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Pisces (February 19-March 20) This month, Neptune arrives in your sign, to stay until 2025. It is rare that you get to say that a new phase of your life has begun. However, astrology also provides a metric. Neptune in your sign will shift your experience of yourself—and as a result, your experience of the world you live in. Yours is the most watery of the water signs. Yet there’s just one planet that’s directly associated with water— Neptune. It moves extremely slowly, and has been hanging out since 1998 in an angle of your chart where its best properties have been difficult for you to access. This has had two effects. One is that you’ve had to turn your sensitivity up, in order to compensate for what was not immediately available. You’ve had to make company for yourself when you were feeling isolated, and find softness within when there seemed to be none around you. I suspect that any residual sense of isolation is going to gradually dissipate over the next few months, and your relationships—all of them—are going to go through a phase of adjustment. The gist of that story is that you’re going to feel a lot more comfortable being who you are, and exist in a world that’s a more your kind of climate. Others, in turn, will need to adapt to your being more grounded in your being—or rather, they will or they will not, but either way, you’ll feel more at home.
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