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6 ON THE COVER Thomas Smith’s Sunday Brunch. Video online at Chronogram.com. 7 DIGITAL TABLE OF CONTENTS A guide to exclusive content on Chronogram.com. 8 ESTEEMED READER Jason Stern learns a lesson from his two sons. 10 EDITOR’S NOTE Brian K. Mahoney on a tragic coincidence.
32 THE CHILD IN NATURE
NEWS AND POLITICS 12 WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
Quarterbacks want unions, CVS bans cigarettes, comedians are crazy, and more.
13 BEINHART’S BODY POLITIC: HEAVENLY, HEAVENLY, DIVINE MARKETS
14 THE ACE OF SPACE: A MODERN LOG HOUSE IN MT. TREMPER Jennifer Farley explores designer Allan Skriloff’s organic and minimalist log cabin.
21 HORTUS CONCLUSUS
Michelle Sutton takes a walk though a four-acre enclosed botanical garden.
BEAUTY & FASHION 24 LOFTY IDEAS
62 BEST FOOD FORWARD
Spring into fashion with an exclusive look at some local boutiques.
Anne Pyburn Craig takes a look at the Hudson Valley’s re-emergence as a culinary paradise and agricultural powerhouse, from the CIA to local farms.
WHOLE LIVING 70 WHEN FOOD IS FUTURISTIC
Wendy Kagan bites into the world of genetically modified organisms —GMOs may not be as bad as we thought, but should we really eat them?
COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE 60 TASTINGS A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 66 BUSINESS DIRECTORY A compendium of advertiser services. 74 WHOLE LIVING Opportunities to nurture mind, body, and soul.
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Cheryl Demuth finds and explores three green, kid-friendly pastures in the midst of concrete jungles. Esopus Library in Port Ewen and two schools in Kingston, George Washing Elementary School and Livingston Street Early Childhood Community, offer natural play areas for both childen and adults.
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44 GALLERY & MUSEUM GUIDE
58 JACÜTERIE: HANDACRAFTED CHARCUTERIE
48 MUSIC: THE SEEDS ARE SOWN Remembrances of Pete Seeger from area musicians and writers. Nightlife Highlights include Uhadi; The War on Drugs; Deer Tick; Kevin Burke; and Mobile Death Camp. Reviews of Highway 9 by The Acoustic Medicine Show; Rest and Heal by Liana Gabel; and Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Michelle Makarski and Keith Jarrett.
52 BOOKS: HEAVEN SENT Nina Shengold catches up with poet Mark Wunderlich at his home in Catskill.
54 BOOK REVIEWS Anne Pyburn reviews Ice Run by Steve Hamilton and Nature of the Beast by Roland Keller. Peter Aaron reviews a Man Called Destruction by Holly George-Warren. Plus Short Takes.
56 POETRY Poems by Dante A. Cantú, Solana Cantú, dld, Emily Graham, Cliff Henderson, Lynn Hoins, Drew Nacht, Andrea Pacione, Mike Rosen, Elizabethanne Spiotta, Janine Stankus, and Jenna Tripke. Edited by Phillip X Levine.
96 PARTING SHOT Sarah Skorgen Teigen’s Wall Explorations at the Center for Photography at Woodstock.
Nicole Hitner visits Herondale Farm to taste Jack Peele’s cured meats.
THE FORECAST 82 DAILY CALENDAR Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 79 David London brings surrealist magic to the Seligmann Center in Sugar Loaf. 80 The Cocoon Theatre brings Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days to Rhinebeck. 81 Los Lobos will give us a howl in Bearsville Theatre on March 4. 82 HMS Sustainable Living Fest presents classes, music, and food in Stone Ridge. 83 Eugene Speicher unveils a retrospective of portraits at The Dorksy. 84 Poughkeepsie stages a production of musical hits by Steven Sondheim. 86 Ballet Hispanico and Flamenco Vivo dance into the Hudson Valley. 87 New York Times Bestseller Thomas Moore celebrates his lastest book in Garrison. 89 “The Vandal” premiers close to home in Tivoli peformed by Tangent Theatre Co.
PLANET WAVES 90 JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE Eric Francis Coppolino looks back on two decades as an astrologer.
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Sunday Brunch thomas smith | photograph | 2014 Tom Smith originally created Diner Porn as an homage to the importance of diners in his own life. As a child, his parents took him to Park West Diner in Little Falls, New Jersey. He fell in love at 7th Avenue Diner & Donuts in Brooklyn. When he was kicked out of his New York apartment, he spent the night sitting at the counter of the Washington Square Diner on West 4th Street. In a way, diners are home to Smith, and he has tried to capture that through his photographs. After he began sharing his work, he realized that he was not alone in his love of 24-hour greasy spoons—nearly 40,000 people follow the blog, and it’s been featured on Huffington Post, Thrillist, and a variety of other food-focused websites. But it’s not strictly a food blog. Diner Porn highlights the best parts of the diner experience—the vintage decor, the chrome buildings, and most importantly, the people and the communities. Through photo essays and editorial vignettes, written in collaboration with his partner Alecia Eberhardt, Smith maintains a focus on the stories of diners and the people that patronize them. (The photo featured on the cover is of the couple during a recent visit to the Phoenicia Diner.) Smith and Eberhardt are headquartered in Saugerties, and have recently featured diners all over the Hudson Valley and Catskills region. To date, they’ve covered over 25 diners in New York and New Jersey—as well as one in Iceland on a trip there last year—but the project is constantly expanding and evolving. Several new contributors have joined the team and the site has begun taking submissions from readers who want to share their own “diner porn.”The next step for Smith and Eberhardt is a road trip this fall to capture diners across the country; they plan to collect their experiences in a book of photos and narratives. The establishments captured by Diner Porn are classic representations of American culture, where anyone and everyone is welcome inside and invited to share their story. Like a train station or a bar, diners are a crossroads, a space of genuine human connection, fueled by coffee and all-day breakfast, and to Smith, preserving this culture is essential in a world run by corporate chains. Diners have given Tom Smith a home in the way that they have for thousands of others across America, and that’s perhaps why this project has struck a chord with so many people—in every cup of coffee, stack of pancakes, or ice cream sundae, readers can find a bit of themselves. You can follow all of Smith and Eberhardt’s exploits at Freedinerporn.com. CHRONOGRAM.COM WATCH Filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss talks with Tom Smith and Alecia Eberhardt about diners.
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PHOTO ESSAY: A Day in the Life of Poughkeepsie Photographer Tom Smith takes to the streets of the Queen City of the Hudson to document a town that often seems to lead a double life. As Lindsay Pietroluongo writes in her introduction: “Poughkeepsie is the Hudson Valley’s yin-yang.” ROY GUMPEL
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Ultimately I want the freedom to die.To die the first death, the ability to let go of all of my attachments. Actually to let them go, literally. How is it possible? It isn’t at the moment. But little by little. If I can let one argument go, I have freedom from that.The argument’s over. By moments, I wish to realize the possibility of death. How to realize that? I have to be able to somehow sense the loss of everything I value, except myself. Everything that my ordinary life gropes for, argues for, persists in. I have to see that all gone. All my constructions, all my plots and plans, my manipulations. I have to see myself disappearing from the scene.This is the way of our work, to get freedom. —George Adie Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: Returning from a calorific afternoon of ice-skating, I was driving home with my two boys. We were relaxed from the thrill and speed and effort of skating, and everyone was in a good mood. “I had a dream, dad,” my son, who’s nine, spoke from the seat next to me in the car, as we sped through valley formed by precipices of snow rising up on both sides of the road. “You want to hear it?” “Of course!” I said, preparing to focus as much attention as I could spare on his telling. “Well, it was like this,” he began. “I was running over hills and down into valleys, running away from a monster. It was terrifying, because every time I looked back the monster was closer. Finally, I realized I wasn’t going to be able to get away and I turned around. The monster was on a hill on the opposite side of a valley, about 30 feet away, and he stopped too. We just looked at each other.” The younger brother was leaning forward from the back seat, straining to hear the story over the din of the road. “Talk louder!” he said, “I can’t hear.” “Put your seatbelt back on!” I shouted back to him. And he did. The older boy continued, “The monster said, ‘I have the power to destroy you!’” I slowed the car to allow a very furry deer to cross the road in front of the car. “So what did you do?!” younger brother called from the back. “I said to the monster, ‘Yeah, well, I have the power—to wake up!” Silence. “So, then what happened?” I asked. “I woke up,” he said. A chuckle rose up in me like the beginning of far-off thunder, and then became a deep, full, delighted laugh. The boy in the back began to laugh also. It sounded like a laughing duet. “What’s so funny?!” asked the teller. I paused, wondering how to describe the source of my delight. “Come on, dad. What’s so funny?” “Well, what you did in your dream is what we have to do in life, whenever there’s something we’re afraid of. We always have the power to wake up from the dream of the moment and see what’s real. Your dream is a teaching dream. It’s so beautiful, it makes me happy to hear it,” I said. “Yeah, I see that,” the boy said. We continued driving in silence for awhile. “You know, dad, there’s different kinds of knowing. There’s knowing about things—you know, that stuff you’re always talking about—and then there’s knowing things directly.” “Do you think your dream was a way of knowing directly?” I asked. “Yeah. Which one do you think is better?” “I think knowing directly is infinitely better. That’s why I love your dream.” “Yeah, I do too. But knowing about things can be useful too.” “Yeah,” I agreed. The conversation quickly changed to being about skating, and sledding, and snow, and we haven’t returned to it since. But the boy’s dream has stayed with me. I see how often my attention is captured by fear of loss, concern for the future, or a perceived slight or insult. I watch my whole being contract around the concern, and become a tight ball of self-protective self-concern. In some of these moments, by a kind of grace, I find enough attention to see myself in this disposition, this defensive asana.The glimpse, like a snapshot of the anxious sensing-thinking-feeling organism, is looking the monster in the eyes. Seeing the monster that seems intent on destroying me, I realize that the same power I am giving the monster to destroy me can be used to wake up as though from a bad dream. “Well, I have the power to wake up!” I say to the mis-identification. And I do. —Jason Stern
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ach month, we profile a city or town in our Community Pages section, featuring its residents and businesses in words and pictures and trying to capture some of the essence of a place. Six months ago, we began working with a new photographer, Tom Smith. Tom’s instincts as a day-in-the-life photographer are pretty sharp, and he has a knack for sniffing out street life as it unfolds. In the fall, Tom happened upon the filming of a rap video in Newburgh and captured some of the most dynamic images we’ve printed in recent years. (In an interesting twist, Tom was also captured by the filmmaker and appears in the background of the video.) On January 18, Tom was prowling the streets of Rhinebeck, searching for iconic street scenes of that town, which admittedly, is a tall order when it’s below freezing in January. Nonetheless, Tom shot an interesting crosssection of images: a mom and her kids at Rhinebeck Bagels, bon bons being made at Oliver Kita Chocolatier, a woman being instructed in stretching at Rhinebeck Pilates, a girl and her horse at Southlands, pizza being made
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at Posto Pizzeria. Another image, typical in its way, was of two college students walking down East Market Street. The tragic coincidence was that less than two weeks later, those students, Evelina Brown and Sarah McCausland, would be dead. Brown and McCausland, both students at Bard, were struck and killed by a drunk driver while walking northbound on Route 9G, just north of Broadway in the Village of Tivoli on the evening of Friday, January 31. As Bard College and the greater Northern Dutchess community reeled from this tragedy, Chronogram hit the streets on February 1, featuring a sidewalk portrait of Brown and McCausland. Calls and e-mails poured in to our office, informing us of the ghostly appearance of the pair in the magazine the day after they had died. (An eerie additional note to the drunken driving tragedy—a sign for Old Mill Wine & Spirits hangs above the young womesn’s heads in the photo.) Tom Smith, who took the photo of McCausland and Brown, tells how the Bard students ended up in front of his camera: “I had just taken a portrait of a young couple and a baby and thought to myself, ‘I need to find cool young college kids,’ and that’s when I saw the two of them strolling by Summer Moon on East Market Street. They were talking and laughing, hands in their pockets because it was frigid out that day. I quickly ran across the street right in front of a 14-foot box truck that was making a left off of Route 9. They saw me pop out in front of them on the sidewalk and I asked if they wanted to have their photo taken for Chronogram. “They looked at each other and said sure. I said, ‘Well, good thing, since I almost got hit by a truck coming over here to ask you.’ So they asked me what they should do and I told them to walk with me, I wanted to find a good spot. That was the only photo I took of them. I remember they laughed at each other before and after it was taken, but the expression they gave in between was something from a movie, something of great confidence. Like they were so comfortable with each other. I told them afterward that they had mastered the art of not smiling on camera. I think they knew what I meant. A lot of people refrain from smiling, but few people have such a bright, glowing happiness about them that they don’t even need to smile.” I did not want to write about McCausland and Brown in this issue. Death has swung its scythe wide in the Hudson Valley this long, punishing winter—from my neighbor’s demise (which I wrote about last month), to Pete Seeger’s passing, to the heart attack that felled spoken word artist and sometime Chronogram contributor Maggie Estep at age 50. (And remember the horse I mentioned from the Rhinebeck Community Pages feature? The horse’s name was Oklahoma. A couple of weeks ago, it had to be put down after breaking its leg.) I am done with death. But death, of course, is not done with me—not by a long shot. One of the distinctive features of human consciousness, and what separates us from other animals, is our keen awareness of our terminal state. We’re going to die and we know it all too well. This knowledge of our own cessation, like the acknowledgement of the passing of our neighbors, heroes, colleagues, and fellow community members we did not even know except through the links of tragic circumstance, propels us to live more fully in the ever-shortening span left to us. So, here’s to the two young women cut down by the side of the road, and to Pete, and to Maggie, and my neighbor Tom. Rest in peace. For those of us remaining, a directive: Kiss your children. Call your parents and tell them you love them. Hug your siblings. Laugh with your friends. Drag your wildest dreams into the bright sunlight and dare to live them. Do it today—find where your bright, glowing happiness resides and cradle it like there’s no tomorrow.
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It’s safe to say most of us think of comedians as a bit wacky—and now there’s research to prove it. The British Journal of Psychiatry has revealed that comedians have high levels of psychotic personality traits, after analyzing hundreds of stand-up men and women from Australia, Britain, and the United States. Compared to a control group of people with noncreative jobs, the comedians displayed much higher scores on four types of psychotic characteristics. Gordon Claridge of the University of Oxford, leader of the study, stated that comedians have similar cognitive manners of people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but in lesser forms. Therefore, small doses of madness can reward people with new and original ideas. The funniest people out there are easily able to produce unique material through traits like manic thinking, cognitive disorganization, and introverted personality traits (particularly antisocial behavior and a tendency to avoid intimacy), as well as impulsive nonconformity. Source: Reuters
An illegal cockfighting operation, described as one of the largest rings in the history of New York State, was shut down in the Ulster County town of Plattekill last month. The fights took place from Ulster all the way to Kings and Queens Counties, abusing nearly 30,000 birds raised in Plattekill. Roosters and chickens were given performance-enhancing drugs and sharpened razors replaced their sharp spurs. Overall, 70 people were taken into custody, nine people were arrested for felonies, and thousands of birds were rescued. Source: New Paltz Times CVS Caremark, the country’s largest drugstore chain in overall sales, has announced that it will stop selling all tobacco products by October of this year. Though this means a $2 billion loss in yearly revenue, the chain has decided that it doesn’t make much sense to sell cigarettes—an obvious health hazard—in a pharmacy committed to providing health care. The chief executive of CVS, Larry J. Merlo, claims the choice to ban tobacco in stores “was really more of a discussion about how to position the company for future growth.” Source: New York Times We spend most of our time draining our iPhones’ battery, and our iPhones may be returning the favor. According to new research, nighttime smartphone use not only makes it harder to fall asleep at night, but can also exhaust the user by the following afternoon. In two studies monitoring workers’ sleeping habits and workplace activity after spending the night fondling their phones, findings concluded that smartphone usage was associated with fewer hours of sleep, “depleted reserves of selfcontrol,” and a less engaged work day. Leslie Perlow, Harvard Business School professor and author of Sleeping With Your Smartphone, has revealed that executives became more excited about work after getting the chance to “disconnect” from their mobile devices before bed. Source: Wall Street Journal 3/14 12 CHRONOGRAM 3/14
Kain Colter, quarterback of the Northwestern University football team, has asked to be represented by a labor union—a first in the history of college sports. “Right now the NCAA is like a dictatorship,” said Colter. “The only way things are going to change is if players have a union.” Colter’s efforts have been rebuffed by NCAA Chief Legal Officer Donald Remy, who stated, “This union-backed attempt to turn studentathletes into employees undermines the purpose of college: an education.” If the National Labor Relations Board decides to certify the union, student-athletes in private colleges would be represented under the College Athletes Players Association (CAPA). CAPA’s goals include better concussion and medical protections, and for scholarships to cover the full cost of students’ college attendance. College sports generate $5.15 billion in revenues a year for schools. Source: ESPN According to a new major study, the first five years of a child’s life sets the stage for his or her future weight. One third of 7,738 overweight kindergarteners were obese by the time they hit eighth grade. Ruth Loos, professor of preventive medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, explained, “The main message is that obesity is established very early in life, and that it basically tracks through adolescence to adulthood.” The researchers who conducted the study stated that the cause of obesity “may be a combination of genetic predispositions to being heavy and environments that encourage overeating.” In considering these findings, the fight against obesity must be started at an extremely young age, even before a child enters kindergarten. Source: New York Times Due to a recent boycott of lethal drugs, death row inmates have been facing longer deaths. According to a survey of death sentences taking place in Texas over the past three years, lethal injections now take twice as long after the utilization of the compound drug pentobarbital in July 2012. Executions with the former standardized three-drug cocktail took 10 minutes, whereas pentobarbital causes death after anywhere from 12-30 minutes. The drug scarcity is a result of various political entities, most notably the Europe Union, passing legislation criminalizing the sale of drugs for use in capital punishment. Unable to attain pentobarbital, Louisiana is considering using the same two-drug method used to kill Dennis McGuire, a convicted murderer who took up to 25 painful minutes to die in Ohio in January. McGuire’s family is suing the state of Ohio based on witnesses’ descriptions of his “cruel and inhumane death.” Such suits are typically dismissed by courts. Source: Guardian Russian environmentalist and Sochi Olympics critic Yevgeny Vitishko was handed a three-year prison sentence while athletes were handed gold medals. He was initially sentenced to 15 days in jail on a charge of “hooliganism” for cursing in public. Later in Krasnodar—capital of the region where Sochi is located—the court ruled Vitishko had violated a sentence similar to parole for a previous crime in which he spray painted graffiti on a fence. Members of Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International protested the arrest. Yulia Gorbunova, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, commented, “The case against Vitishko has been politically motivated from the start. It became clear they were trying to silence and extract retribution against certain persistent critics of the preparations for the Olympics.” Vitishko co-authored a report critiquing Olympic preparations, such as building ski runs on land taken from the Sochi National Park. Source: New York Times Compiled by Melissa Nau
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any Christians used to imagine a heaven, perhaps some still do, imaginary machine would create errors and misevaluations. where the deserving drift along on clouds, joyfully listening to The world, of course, does not work that way. Sugar, Fat, Salt, by Michael the sort of music that would have driven them out of the room Moss, reveals, as its subtitle says, How the Food Giants Hooked Us. They invested, in real life. and continue to invest, huge sums in order invent the cheapest mixtures that Catholic children, back in the `50s, were told that, yes, good Protestants will get the maximum response, hopefully something addictive, by playing on could go to heaven, but the Catholics would live in big houses and drive Ca- the blind, groping food cravings that humans developed through evolution. dillacs, while the lesser, non-Pope-obeisant Christians, would reside in tract Moss discovered that when a food company decided, for reasons of conscience housing and, at the very best, drive Buicks. or just for better public relations, to make a product that was healthier but Some Muslims, notoriously, are said to imagine a paradise for martyrs, less of a button pusher, their more ruthless competitors crowded them off much like a Persian garden, where they will be able the shelves of our supermarkets. Beyond the point of to despoil 72 virgins or get to eat white grapes, deproviding nutrition, which they passed long ago, the Catholic children pending on how one deciphers the antique Arabic of food giants are like tobacco companies, in that the the Koran. amount of their profits is directly proportional to the in the 1950s were It’s hard not to wonder how that actually works. harm they do. Do the virgins just hang around in semidiaphanous The ideal of the market, so perfect, so divine, told that, yes, good harem pants, looking coy but appetizing—similar to says that money is the absolute supreme measure of Protestants would go the harp-playing angels—and stay eternally intact? In value. One that trumps all others. That the acquisiwhich case, it’s all temptation and no satisfaction, like tion of money must be a good thing. Even if it is acto heaven, but the being an adolescent back in Tehran or Riyadh, and complished by lying, cheating, and buying influence. Catholics would live what’s the point? Or do they engage in intercourse, That the possession of money demands respect and obviously transforming them into nonvirgins? With should not be tampered with, even if it’s simply in big houses and all 72 of them then flowering to a fuller womanhood, been inherited. drive new Cadillacs. becoming as complicated as genuine people involved On his first day at a brokerage, Jordan Belfort, who in relationships? Or worse, as difficult as anyone in would become the Wolf of Wall Street, had the job a group thing that has a ratio of 72:1? The answer, explained by the stockbroker who was his mentor: according to Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, that famous 15th-century Egyptian Islamic “You’re not creating anything, you’re not building anything. The truth is, we’re scholar, is, “Each time we sleep with a houri [loose translation: pure compan- nothing more than sleazoid salesmen.” Yet according to the inexorable logic of ion of paradise] we find her virgin.” Exhausting? Enervating? No! “The penis of “the market,” if the broker makes more than the special education teacher, what the Elected never softens. The erection is eternal.” Top that, Pfizer! No need to the broker does is more valuable. call your physician after four hours! “Each chosen one will marry 70 houris, It is a logic that has distorted our entire nation. besides the women he married on earth, and all will have appetizing vaginas.” As a society, and as individuals, we have other values than straight-up, indiThe point of this, in a roundabout way, is to create an analogy to the econo- vidual wealth. Honor, the opportunity to determine our own lives, the ability mists’ idea of “the market.” It is an imaginary construct, like these heavens. It to get justice, human progress, the creation of art, building a civil society, requires the willful rejection of obvious truths, akin to thinking there could be educating our children, building a world that offers hope and inspiration. If an entire population enthralled with hearing Pachelbel’s Canon, over and over such values decline, as compared to the acquisition of money—or worse, they again, throughout eternity. It is fiscal pornography, intensely arousing when become items that can be bought and sold—our whole world deteriorates. alone, or better yet, in a circle of other economists, but running an economy When stockbrokers made two or three times what a teacher made, the according to its tenets is like becoming a plumber because you believe that gratifications that come from being a good and useful person helped balance housewives always disrobe within minutes of a man with a monkey wrench things out. Being a teacher was respectable. Teachers having unions and trying coming through the door. to get better pay seemed reasonable. Once stockbrokers started making 10, There is bumper-sticker logic to the idea that what people will pay for 20, or 100 times what a teacher makes, it began to seem like teaching was only something determines its real and actual worth, certainly better than any something a loser would do. Otherwise, it would pay—be valued—more. If other method. they didn’t get more money on their own, why, then having unions to get it for If there were such a thing as the “perfect market,” entered into by perfectly them was like cheating. rational people, with equal power, equal knowledge, and equal resources, then The more income inequality increases, the further this process goes. So that might be true. And it might be true that the amount that people acquired we should do something about it. Or wait to find out if there are Cadillacs in would be the perfect measure of the value of what they’d done to obtain that Catholic heaven and harp strummers in Protestant clouds, and what those 72 money. Furthermore, any deliberate interference with this perfect, divine, but virgins really get up to. 3/14 CHRONOGRAM 13
The House
The Ace of Space A MODERN LOG HOUSE IN MOUNT TREMPER By Jennifer Farley Photographs by Deborah DeGraffenreid
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esigner, painter, and real estate investor Allan Skriloff is an expert space planner. His three-bedroom, three-bath 2,000-square-foot log home in Mount Tremper, which he designed, almost flawlessly marries technique with amazingly direct style. The modernistic cabin, built in 2000, is made of hand-peeled red pine from Michigan. In addition to being a showplace for precise craftsmanship, Skriloff’s cabin dramatically juxtaposes textures and scale. The strong horizontal lines of the logs lend a masculine, ordered feel. The logs are round inside and out, with a half-moon-shaped groove on the bottom, and custom-fitted to one another. This is also known as the “chinkless” method, as there is no need for plaster. It’s an extremely old technique, and very labor intensive. A riverstone surround behind the renovated 19th-century woodstove, a materials element that’s repeated in the foundation and exterior columns. The masonry has a slightly surreal vibe, like a movie star’s cinematic “morning after” hair, a contrived and picturesque messiness. That’s because Skriloff hired an expert stonemason to construct the facings and supports superquickly, without a lot of measured precision. Consequently, the slightly free-form masonry accents seem as if they were built by a charming farmer long ago. There’s no trite Adirondack kitsch in Skriloff’s log home. Organic and minimalist on the whole, in this designer’s abode, one discovers careful nooks replete with surprising collections—round antique silver hand mirrors, vintage baseballs in a basket, a photographic collage of loved ones in a dressing room. It’s modern without being chilly. 14 HOME CHRONOGRAM 3/14
“The problem with most log homes, from my perspective as a designer, is that the decor tends to be so expected–you know, the taxidermy trophies on the wall, the rocking chairs,” says Skriloff. “It’s boring. Too much of anything is never good.” Queens to Mount Tremper Skriloff grew up in the Forest Hills section of Queens. He attended Pratt Institute, then transferred to Parsons School of Design. He designed custom furniture and interiors for top Manhattan firms and then began renovating brownstones on the Upper West Side. He also implemented a custom closet department for Pottery Barn—the nation’s first to offer wire shelving designed and cut to order. Six of his paintings appeared on “The Days of Our Lives” soap opera over the course of several episodes set in an art gallery. Several of his “Oil Worker” paintings, from his “Men at Work” series, decorate the Precision Drilling Oilfield Services Inc. office in Houston. Currently, a selection of Skriloff’s figurative work is on display in the lobby at The Emerson, a nearby resort hotel with a spa that’s open to the public. The Emerson found Skriloff through an artist friend; he’s also represented by Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson. Skriloff’s cabin is set on eight acres, and bordered by state land on three sides. It’s proven such a fulfilling place to live, entertain, and paint that last year, Skriloff finally just rented out his Manhattan apartment. “I loved the way it looked, but never really used it anymore,” he says.
Opposite: Allan Skrilloff in his second-floor painting studio, which overlooks the living room/dining room. This page: Large banks of windows flood the living room/dining room with natural light.
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Approaching 70, Skriloff’s an avid hiker and skier; in fact, his first upstate country home was in the Hunter Mountain area. He does still travel—he loves Munich and Amsterdam, and has friends and former clients all over the world. He just got back from a hilarious trip to Palm Springs that featured hiking in the desert nude. But these days, for him, there’s no place like Mount Tremper. Compression, Expansion: A Nod to Frank Lloyd Wright The cabin’s approach is via a winding narrow gravel driveway, and there are three sets of useable vintage snowshoes waiting on the front porch.The interior pays homage to Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural signature of compression, then expansion. Inside the entrance foyer, there’s nary a log to be seen, just a colorful canvas of a Masai warrior, a low, seven-foot, pressed-tin ceiling, and a pair of elegant Chinese vases on chimney stacks used as pedestals. The ceramic pattern picks up the cinnabar paint of the sheetrocked walls. Toward the back, there’s a glimpse into a sedate and streamlined kitchen, rich with clever and aesthetic built-ins; galvanized metal sheets face the appliances and cabinets. Walk left, and suddenly you’re in the expansive great room, with it’s soaring 32-foot ceilings, exposed logs, and creamy maple floors. It’s a southern exposure. There’s a clean-lined custom banquette, covered in celadon flannel. Exactly the right amount of sculptural antiques and contemporary art warm up the lavish space. Mature evergreens peek through the oversize insulated glass windows and doors. Skriloff’s second-floor-loft painting studio overlooks the living room, where he changes the decorative accents seasonally, replacing winter’s fur, wool, and dark jewel tones with bright, bold pillows and rugs more suited to the summer. Interior Analysis “People do tell me I work magic,” says Skriloff, who, although semiretired, launched Interior Analysis, a space-planning consulting business, in 2008. “I like to stay busy and meet new people,” says Skriloff. “I’m single, I don’t have kids, and it’s what I do best. My clients initially were realtors.” For an initial fee of just $100, Skriloff will come to your home and advise on improvements small and large. He does all of this with the eye of a designer, the wisdom of a contractor, and the resourcefulness of a creative New Yorker. “The consultation is probably worth $500, but then I wouldn’t get such interesting calls. I just did a home in Kingston, for the dean of a medical school in Dominique; he only uses the place a few times a year. He’d budgeted $10,000 for updating the living and dining room, but I did it for $4,000,” says Skriloff. “It’s too easy to make everything look great simply by spending a whole lot of money,” says Skriloff. “I get a kick out of how thrifty I can be—obviously not in every instance, but figuring things out within a budget is an exciting challenge for me, whether I’m doing it for myself or for a client.” Case in point: The downstairs guest bathroom features a handmade wooden salad bowl, repurposed as a vessel sink, and the water faucets are literally garden variety. “I liked the way they look, and it’s unexpected, but see how well it all works, the textures and shapes; and, of course, it was such a bargain, finding an interesting way to economize on plumbing fixtures like that,” says Skriloff.The wall behind the guest bed is made of rusted steel panels from a industrial metal shop in Kingston; Skriloff distressed them himself, using weather exposure and acid. Almost Perfect But springing for the most expensive and, to Skriloff, the most beautiful log cabin construction method was “worth every cent” says the designer, 22 years later. “I don’t even recall now how I learned about Swedish Cope, or even what compelled me to want a log cabin, now, except that they’re so handsome, and very butch,” says Skriloff, laughing. Aesthetically pleasing because the logs are round inside and out, Swedish Cope—also known as Saddle Cope, because the concave groove removed from the bottom of each log that allows it to stack firmly is shaped like a saddle—is the most expensive way to build a log cabin. Every log must be handhewn to fit. The skeleton of Skriloff’s cabin was actually built in Michigan—he went to see it, the first floor and the second floor were separated—and each log was numbered. The materials were delivered on three flatbed trucks that had to be hauled with a tractor into position on the building site.The cabin went up in three days. “There’s only one flaw,” says Skriloff. “I didn’t make the amplifier cabinet quite wide enough, so I had to stand the component on end to make it fit. Otherwise, the house perfect.”
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The Garden
Scott Serrano and Allyson Levy in their extensive botanical garden in Stone Ridge.
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The Botanical Imagination of Levy and Serrano By Michelle Sutton Photograph by Larry Decker
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making my own ex situ seed library by incorporating seeds of plants that I loved into my work, knowing that if these plants somehow became extinct I would be able to repopulate nature with them,” she says. “This is based on the 15thcentury idea of storing seeds in wax for storage on shipping vessels.” Levy is currently exhibiting her paintings at PS 209 in Stone Ridge and will be having a show at Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson this summer. Serrano is best known for his fabricated 19th-century science installation, “Picturesque Flora Wallaceana: Botanical Ambulations in Greater Wallaceana 1854-1857.” Picture an exhibition in a Victorian natural history museum, where the entry is marked with red velvet curtains. Inside are displayed meticulous, colorful botanical illustrations and descriptions of the most truly peculiar, fantastical flora to be found on the island of Wallaceana. There are travelogues and vintage newspaper articles, and flowery quotes from plant explorers written on the walls above these items. The name of Serrano’s invented island of Wallaceana is an homage to naturalist and plant explorer Alfred Russel Wallace, who co-discovered evolution by natural selection with Charles Darwin. Serrano says he is obsessed with Wallace’s travel accounts. “Wallace’s writings capture the feeling of absolute unbridled joy of hitting tropical jungle, being immersed like a sponge among new 3/14 CHRONOGRAM HOME 21
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Above: Allyson Levy’s encaustic painting, “Fraxination,” was created with ash seeds (genus: Fraxinus) embedded in pigmented wax. Photo courtesy of Allyson Levy/Carrie Haddad Gallery. Right: Scott Serrano’s illustration of the imagined “Bearded Piranha Pitcher and Heades Cerulescent Honey Glutton” on the invented island of Wallaceana.
plants and insects, and trying to record everything he saw,” Serrano says. “Describing orchids he’d never seen, recording the number of leeches on his body at the end of the day—his writings convey the feeling of being an awestruck five-year-old kid. That’s the way Allyson and I feel when we encounter plants that are new to us.” That’s also the sense Levy and Serrano wish to convey to visitors to Hortus Conclusus, who can come during open garden days several times each season. Serrano says, “Our goal is for folks to connect with a few new plants, to get excited to try growing new things.” The pair, who support their botanical garden through income from their design, consulting, and landscaping business, have been propagating some of these rare and unusual plants to sell on open days. “We can be a bit overwhelming here because we’re not just ornamental, not just edible, not just native,” Serrano acknowledges. Indeed, they have amassed one of the most diverse collections of plants to be found in Ulster County. Besides being passionate about edibles, Levy and Serrano grow collections of hardy cacti, pitcher plants and other bog plants, stalwart perennials, and unusual small flowering trees. Because there is so much to see and Levy and Serrano have so much passion and knowledge to impart, more than one visit is in order. Some Discoveries in the Land of Levy-Serranoana HudsonValley home gardeners should try growing and eating medlar, a fruit that enjoyed great popularity during the Middle Ages and tastes like raspberry applesauce. Medlar is a small tree, thought to be native from southeastern Europe to central Asia, whose fruit, also called medlar, is best eaten after it has been “bletted,” or softened, by frost while still on the tree. Levy says, “For years we did it wrong—we’d read that if you picked them and stored them on a soft surface indoors, they would ripen up, but we tried that, and the flavor wasn’t good. Now, I come out in December and January and eat them off the tree and like them much better.” Unlike most apple varieties, which require cross-pollination and take 10 years to produce fruit, medlars are self-fertile (one tree is sufficient) and begin bearing fruit after only four to six years. Unlike apple trees, they are easy to grow organically and have few or no pests. They also perform well in a wide range of soils and tolerate drought once they are established.
There is a variety of strawberry called “Seascape” that is tasty, super durable, and bears fruit from spring to fall. Prickly pear cactus can be scraped clean of its glochids (prickly parts), boiled for 15 minutes, then stir-fried and eaten, like our HC hosts do for their annual Mexican-themed New Year’s Eve party. “If you’re crazy and want to be eating out of your garden in December,” Levy says, “you’ll go to that trouble for something that tastes like green beans!” Given good drainage, eastern prickly pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa) is fully hardy in this region and makes a great ground cover. It’s not compatible with small kids and pets, however—those glochids sting. The fruits of our native spicebush, Lindera benzoin, taste like black pepper meets coriander meets cloves, and they make a great spice for mulled apple cider and soups. Serrano calls spicebush “the great neglected, overlooked native food plant of our region.” An extra plus: It grows well in shady, wet places. Sometimes good fruit trees can be found near parking lots. Levy and Serrano already have an extensive collection of plum trees from around the world. “That one was a volunteer I dug up from a parking lot area on a public beach in Long Island,” Serrano told me, pointing to a beach plum, fittingly botanically known as Prunus maritima. Native all over the eastern seaboard, beach plums are naturally adapted to dry sites and salt spray. This explains why they are able to survive and even multiply near beach parking lots, and why they are good candidates for tough urban sites generally. It is easy to amass 50 kinds of sage. And put them all in one large, spectacular bed. Some, like pineapple sage, have culinary uses; others are strictly ornamental, like “Black and Blue,” with its arresting royal blue petals and steely black sepals. In 2014, Levy and Serrano are going to teach an edible landscaping course through Wild Earth, a New Paltz-based nature program. Wildearth.org. Resources Hortus Conclusus Hortus.biz The Fine Art of Levy and Serrano Botanicalart.us 3/14 CHRONOGRAM HOME 23
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THE CHILD IN NATURE THE NATURAL PLAYSCAPES MOVEMENT By Cheryl Demuth Celebrating Mud Day last May at the natural playscape at the Esopus Library in Port Ewen.
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y elementary school playground was typical for 1980s suburbia. It had swings, a slide, teeter-totters, monkey bars, and a large ball field with a few trees scattered along the edges. The swings gave me a feeling of flying as I swung sharply downward. Sitting on top of the monkey bars, yelling at my friends running below, was exhilarating. What I remember most fondly is playing underneath an enormous tree in the far corner of the yard. The trunk was so large that four kindergarteners could hide behind it without being seen for hide-and-seek. In the fall, the leaves that accumulated under the canopy were crisp, bright, and snapped under my feet as I galloped below. In the dappled sunlight on the far corner of the school yard under my favorite tree, I listened to the delighted screams of my classmates, felt the gentle wind through my hair, smelled the moist, rich earth, filled my fingernails with dirt, and made lasting friendships. That tree was what I loved about the playground. I was lucky to have meaningful outdoor experiences as a child. Many children don’t. Over the past few years, much research has been done on the consequences of limited access to natural, green space, especially for children residing in high-density, low-income areas where the outdoors looks more like a concrete jungle. A 2009 report by Susan Strife and Liam Downy on environmental inequality shows that more children today suffer from longterm health problems like obesity and diabetes, severe cognitive disorders, and anxiety and depression than ever before. In determining the cause, links have been found to a lack of physical activity and the absence of nature in the everyday. These studies suggest that little or no exposure to nature actually hurts our bodies and our minds. Outdoor Environments for the Soul For safety concerns as well as handicap accessibility, the overall trend for outdoor design has moved in the direction of mass-produced, prefabricated equipment, limiting the amount of physical activity while decreasing the challenges inherent on the playground. Controlling risk by installing safeguarded equipment creates a feeling of safety for both parents and children that they are protected from threat of injury. Though it seems counterintuitive, chil-
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dren, as young human beings, are prewired to test their bodies and minds in order to learn. Conventional, manufactured playground equipment has a limited variety of challenge. Children may create risk while misusing equipment or overestimating the pliability of a synthetic surface. This behavior can produce more of a threat for frequency and severity of injury. It also takes away from the point of being outdoors and playing in a natural environment where challenge is inherently multilevel and fits all developmental stages and ages. With health and child development in mind, there has been a rising interest in the creation of play areas for children that use the natural landscape, vegetation, and seasons as the foundation of the playground. These playgrounds, called natural playscapes (a phrase coined by Rusty Keeler, author of Natural Playscapes: Creating Outdoor Environments for the Soul), are a small but growing trend in outdoor design for children. In the Hudson Valley, there have been several places that have latched on to the knowledge that children need appropriate challenges for growth, that nature has a powerful, positive effect on health, and that fond childhood memories are made in beautiful, natural environments. With the help of Keeler, the Esopus Library in Port Ewen, as well as two schools in Kingston—George Washington Elementary School and Livingston Street Early Childhood Community—have committed to creating these natural play areas for children and adults. An Introduction to the Outside World In 2007, the Esopus Library moved into a new building. At the time, Lois Ingellis, a strong proponent for preserving and creating natural play areas for children, headed the Friends of the Esopus Library. Next to the new building is a small pond that the library decided would be a good, natural feature to highlight as the cornerstone of their outdoor playscape. According to Keeler, who advised the group and led a couple of workshops for the community, “A play area for children is more than a ‘playground’—it’s an introduction to the outside world and to the planet. Natural playscapes offer children endless possibilities of ways to play and interact with the natural world—different every day, every season, every year.”
Ingellis, along with her fellow volunteers, designed, coordinated, and built several other features to enhance the landscape around the pond, including a smaller, shallower pond with stepping stones for children to challenge themselves to cross and wildlife including fish, frogs, turtles, and ducks. These features add a risk to the adventure of crossing a body of water that challenges children appropriately on multiple developmental levels. For example, a five-year-old may test their jumping skills on the steps, while a nine-year-old may stop to lean down and catch a frog. Katelyn Semon goes to the library frequently with her children, aged four and seven. About the outdoor area Semon says, “In the winter, we like the diversity of the wildlife that you can see right outside the window. In the summer, after we choose books in the library, we can go outside among the tall grasses and reeds. The kids can be away from me, hidden, without being too far away. It gives them a sense of freedom.” While a library may seem uncommon for an outdoor play area, a more common place to find a playground is an elementary school. George Washington Elementary School (GW) in Kingston is known as a Title 1 school, which means that more than half the population is determined low income. For children living in poverty, life is already stressful. But with health and education in mind, GW has envisioned and committed to creating a natural outdoor classroom that will serve to calm, teach, stimulate, and encourage each member of the school’s population, from child to teacher to parent. Currently, the school yard is largely concrete, with jungle gyms and swings in a small grass-and-mulch area. Some of the equipment is broken and all of it is well worn. Ann Loeding, head of the Playscape Committee, explains the biggest challenge in getting the outdoor classroom built: “We have dreams beyond what our budget can support. But we’re content to approach the project in phases.” For the first phase, GW has already begun connecting with the community, finding out what the children want in an outdoor classroom (like a water slide and a tiger pen), and what the teachers would find helpful teaching tools (such as, more reasonably, running water and a rabbit pen). Keeler comments, “For some people, creating a natural space for kids is a new idea—they might be used to thinking about play only on traditional ‘fixed’ play equipment. But, if they have the opportunity to watch children in a natural space with staff and teachers who are excited, and to stage the space with loose parts and tools for interacting with the space their minds may soon be changed. There are many opportunities for children to participate, which also opens up possibilities for ties to curriculum, nutrition, literacy and more.” As decisions are still getting made and challenges still being overcome, GW looks forward to watching as its vision becomes a reality. Part of an Urban Landscape Founded in 2010, Livingston Street Early Childhood Community is a daycare center that has an outdoor space with an area to ride tricycles, three sandboxes, and a picnic table for outdoor snacks, all customary elements for outdoor play. But what distinguishes the playground, called the playgarden, from other early-childhood programs is that there are vines for swinging instead of swings, trees for climbing instead of monkey bars, and boulders for mountaineering instead of plastic climbers. A meandering path down a hill leads past a hollow log that a four-year-old can squeeze inside, two shade gardens that grow native plants like witch hazel and Jacob’s ladder, and forts made from tree branches, leaves, and sticks. The secluded, wooded area that serves as Livingston Street’s playgarden sits directly above Route 9W, and the noise of passing cars is a constant reminder that the playgarden is part of an urban landscape. When the children are asked what they like about the playgarden, the answers are varied and memorable: “I can run. I look for birds, but I don’t always see any”; “I like playing with the little shovels, digging in the dirt”; “I like the tree that we climb on. I can climb so high!”; “We pretend there are bad guys and we run away from them and hide.” These are enduring memories that the children will hold on to as adults. The joy inherent in the experiences creates a lasting impression of the splendor and thrill of the natural world. Shared by many people, these carefree moments are a testament to childhood that all children should be able to experience. And as parents and adults, we owe it to our children to expose them to the wonder and joy of nature for their own health and the well-being of the Earth.
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Waldorf Education I N T H E H U D S O N VA L L E Y Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
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The Waldorf curriculum is a living, breathing, framework that allows for individuals and communities to thrive in different environments while providing a solid educational foundation. Teachers integrate a multisensory and multi-disciplinary approach to academics, art, music and movement which fosters independent thinking, self confidence and a love of learning. The early childhood curriculum emphasizes imaginative play and regular activities in nature.
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Valley 3 Hawthorne Waldorf School early childhood through grade 12 518-672-7092 hawthornevalleyschool.org School 4 Mountaintop early childhood 845-389-7322 mountaintopschool.com
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are able to learn about the natural world
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lying on a handmade wooden table. The
through direct experience - not always an
2nd Grade.
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option in an urban setting.
scarves gently covering woolen dolls.
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School, emphasizes imaginative play in natural
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surroundings as well as setting daily rhythms.
Parent Child, Bread Making and Crafts & Tea
entering, parents often remark, “I wish I were
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small again so I could go here.”
throughout the day helps children to feel safe
screens, gadgets, bleeps or blips.
Primrose Hill School, which follows the
and
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Primrose Hill
what
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expect
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and secure and creates the best environment
believes
to learn new skills and build confidence.
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in educating the whole child - physically,
Waldorf early childhood educators understand
info@primrosehillschool.com, (845) 876-1226 or
emotionally and spiritually.
Our classrooms
the importance of nurturing a young child’s
visit our website www.primrosehillschool.com
are made of entirely natural materials and are
inner world through creative free play, music,
adorned with items such as pine cones, stones
movement, storytelling and connection to
and leaves, which the children collect on their
nature and the seasons.
Waldorf
philosophy
of
teaching,
daily walks. Nature is our best teacher and the Hudson Valley offers many resources. Children here
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Green Meadow Waldorf School 3 0 7 H U N G R Y H O L LOW R O A D , C H E S T N U T R I D G E , N Y
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certified
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from Nursery through 12th grade, and runs
(NY State Assoc. of Independent Schools)
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popular summer programs. Founded in 1950, we are one of the oldest, largest Waldorf
CO N TA C T : For more information on grades
schools in the US, with about 390 students.
1-12, contact Vicki Larson at (845) 356-2514 x 302
Benefiting from discovery and play in our
or admissions@gmws.org.
Early Childhood program, skill-building in
For details on early childhood education,
our Lower School, and rigorous intellectual
contact Lisa Miccio at (845) 356-2514 x 326 or
challenges in the High School, Green Meadow
lmiccio@gmws.org.
students go on to top colleges, fulfilling careers, and are known for their resilience and creativity. Come to an admissions event to see how we are transforming education. S P EC I A L
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arts; and enriching, hands-on experiences in
Valley Waldorf School welcomes students from
nature and at Hawthorne Valley’s working farm.
all around the world.
Each year’s curriculum is designed to meet the unique needs of the developing child or young
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learning. In the High School, young women
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and men grow academically, artistically, and
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socially into the creative individuals needed in
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today’s complex world.
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With a unique home-based high school
Valley Waldorf School provides an integrative
boarding program designed to meet the needs
Waldorf curriculum that combines academic
of the developing adolescent and an active
exploration; practical, performing, and fine
international exchange program, Hawthorne
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thing as an average student, the combination of
after year. Nursery School–Grade 12
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shape and achieve their personal goals and
and Dance, College classes at Bard
make a difference in a complex world. 40 full and part-time teachers have worked in the field
CO N TA C T : For additional information, contact
an average of 10 years. 86% hold advanced de-
Adrian Hood at (845) 246-3744 ext 103, or email
grees. 50% of WDS families receive financial
Adrian at ahood@woodstockdayschool.org.
aid, with award amounts from 15-50% of tuition. Founded in 1972, Woodstock Day School is an
Woodstock Day School became a part of the
independent school set on a beautiful 25 acre
community over 40 years ago, propelled by high
campus in New York’s pristine Hudson Valley
levels of participation by parents, students and
offering a powerful progressive educational
others in support of initiatives that continually
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Mountain Laurel Waldorf School 1 6 S O U T H C H E S T N U T S T R E E T, N E W P A LT Z , N Y
| (845) 255-0033
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T H E WA L D O R F C U R R I C U LU M I S B R O A D A N D CO M P R E H E N S I V E
M
Teachers in Waldorf Schools are dedicated
ountain Laurel Waldorf School located in beautiful and historic New Paltz,
to
generating
an
inner
enthusiasm
for
PA R E N T & C H I L D C L A SS JOYFUL BEGINNINGS
is fully accredited by the Association of
learning within every child. This eliminates
Expectant Parents - Baby - Toddler - Preschool
Waldorf Schools of North America and is
the need for competitive testing, academic
Facilitated by experienced Waldorf Early
chartered by the New York State Board of
placement, and behavioristic rewards to
Childhood Teacher. Meets once a week on
Regents. Structured to respond to the three
motivate learning and allows motivation
Fridays, February through May. 9:30am
developmental phases of childhood – birth to
to arise from within. It helps engender the
- 11:30am. Free introductory class for
6 or 7 years, 7 to 14 years and 14 to 21 years –
capacity for joyful life-long learning.
prospective families.
Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf Education,
Waldorf Education is independent and
stressed to teachers that the best way to
inclusive. It upholds the principles of freedom
Sip a cup of tea while your child plays near
provide meaningful support for the child is to
in
you in a beautiful home-like setting. Through
comprehend these phases fully and to bring
administration
and
quiet observation, parents deepen their own
“age appropriate” content that nourishes
internationally. It is regionally appropriate education
intuitive knowledge and discover new ways of
healthy growth for the Waldorf student.
with hundreds of schools worldwide today.
being with and loving their children. Special
education
and
engages
locally,
independent
continentally
attention is given to support the unfolding
Music, theatre, science, math, literature, legends and myths are not simply subjects
G R A D E S O F F E R E D : Parent/Child, Nursery,
of children’s interests, motor abilities, social
to be read about and tested. They are
Kindergarten - 8th Grade.
interactions, and problem solving skills.
experienced. Through these experiences, Waldorf students cultivate their intellectual,
CO N TA C T : For further information, contact
emotional, physical and spiritual capacities
Judith Jaeckel, Administrator and Enrollment
to be individuals certain of their paths and to
Director at: mtlaurelwaldorf@aol.com or
be of service to the world.
(845) 255-0033 x101.
MOUNTAIN LAUREL WALDORF SCHOOL
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Waldorf Education in the Berkshires Lower School:
35 WEST PLAIN RD, GREAT BARRINGTON, MA, GBRSS.ORG |
Voted “Best School in the Berkshires” in 2013,
14 PINE ST, STOCKBRIDGE, MA, WALDORFHIGH.ORG
High School:
philosophy, curriculum and environment.
3-season Intramural Sports, German and
Our education culminates in the academic
Spanish, Summer Programs
and artistic rigor of our nearby affiliated
High School: SEVIS-certified for International
Waldorf High School, a college-preparatory,
students, Foreign Exchange and Travel to
coeducational
Germany or Cuba, Competitive Soccer,
day
school
that
inspires
learning in an atmosphere of openness and
Basketball and Tennis, Chorus, Drama, Fine
mutual respect.
and Practical Arts, Summer and Homeschool
Located in the “best small town in America”
Programs, Community Internships
(Smithsonian Magazine), convenient to the
and Projects
the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School
tricorner area of New York, Connecticut and
provides a warm, developmentally appropriate,
Massachusetts, our schools offer an exceptional
CO N TA C T :
experiential approach to learning for students
education for your child, from toddler to
Tracy Fernbacher Call (413) 528-4015 x106 or
from pre-k through 8th grade on a 32-acre
young adult.
email admissions@gbrss.org.
campus surrounded by gardens, fields and woods. A rich curriculum satisfies the great
S P EC I A L P R O G R A M S
need for a school that addresses the heart and
Lower School: Parent-Baby and After School
will—as well as the mind—of the child. This
programs, Farming and Gardening, Chorus,
whole-child approach is the cornerstone of our
Orchestra, Drama, Fine and Practical Arts,
Poughkeepsie Day School 260 BOARDMAN ROAD, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
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contribution, wonder and connection – where
tuition assistance. Come visit our beautiful 35-
students
academic,
acre campus, including historic Kenyon House,
practical and social capacities to make a
and a recently-renovated 40,000 square-foot
creative contribution to the world.
classroom building with science labs, maker
develop
the
essential
Be part of our distinctive 80-year legacy,
labs and full sized gymnasium. Discover how
where a passion for learning and living and
Poughkeepsie Day School connects joy to
a first-rate faculty make for a 21st century
learning and why every day at PDS is amazing.
education that is second to none, and where
Poughkeepsie Day School develops educated
100% of graduating seniors are admitted to a
CO N TA C T :
variety of selective colleges each year, including
For more information, call (845) 462-7600 x201
the Class of 2013’s Brown, Berkeley, Bryn Mawr,
or email admissions@poughkeepsieday.org.
Ithaca and Clarkson.
global citizens with a passion for learning,
Our student body comprises 300+ individuals
leading and living. At PDS we see school as a
from 50 communities throughout the Hudson
place for curiosity, creativity, collaboration,
Valley, with 25% identifying as students of color
integrity, courage, self-awareness, compassion,
and approximately 40% receiving need-based
many minds, one world
Oakwood Friends School 2 2 S PA C K E N K I L L R O A D , P O U G H K E E P S I E , N Y
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large. Oakwood Friends School encourages
For over 200 years Oakwood Friends School
each student to discover his or her own voice
has educated and strengthened young people
and interests within the framework of a college-
for
preparatory curriculum. We nurture the spirit,
accomplishment.
lives
of
conscience,
compassion
and
the scholar, the artist and the athlete in each G R A D E S O F F E R E D : A Friends Coeducational
student. Both the upper and middle schools’ academic programs
offer
broad
foundations
in
Mathematics, Science, Humanities and the Arts.
CO N TA C T : Barbara Lonczak, Director of
The faculty is supportive and engaging and
Admissions. Call 845-462-4200 or email
helps develop each student’s critical, analytical
blonczak@oakwoodfriends.org
Founded in 1796 and guided by the Quaker
and creative thinking skills through stimulating
principles of integrity, equality, community,
classroom discussions, the use of primary
simplicity, and peace, Oakwood Friends School
text and hands-on application. Students are
emphasizes the importance of individuality
challenged to strive for academic excellence
and one’s responsibility to the community at
and nourish their intellectual curiosity.
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Boarding and Day School. Grades 6 -12.
High Meadow School 3643 M A I N S T R E E T, S TO N E R I D G E , N Y 1 2 4 8 4
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(845) 687-4855
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by school buildings– including a converted
parent body is bonded by a commitment to a
19th century brick mansion and a 260-seat
community that develops the whole child. High
Performing Arts and Athletic Center– set amid
Meadow School is a place where children, from
nine private acres of trails in the heart of
18 months through eighth grade, learn, create,
historic Stone Ridge.
and truly love to be.
High Meadow School is a not-for-profit, NYSAIS accredited, progressive independent
CO N TA C T : For more information please
school for children Pre-K through Eighth. Each
contact us at (845) 687-4855 or email
child is placed at the center of a continuously
contact@highmeadowschool.org.
challenging curriculum. In addition to our multi-disciplinary and intensive core arts program, HMS excels in its teaching of math and sciences and provides opportunities for exploring advanced studies through electives in the upper school. Walking onto the High Meadow School campus
Led by a visionary Head of School, the
you will first be struck by the school’s beauty: a
extraordinarily gifted and committed teaching
landscaped, state-of-the-art playground framed
staff shine with a sense of vocation. The engaged
Bard College at Simon’s Rock | The Early College 84 A L FO R D R O A D , G R E AT B A R R I N GTO N , M A
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typically enter Simon’s Rock at age 16 and
will fulfill your potential for excellence.
earn their BA by age 20. When high school is not challenging enough,
S P EC I A L P R O G R A M S : The Berkshire
Simon’s Rock offers another option: a rigorous
Regional Scholarship provides significant
program in the liberal arts and sciences and a
financial assistance to qualified students who
community of engaged, supportive peers and
reside in 14 surrounding counties.
faculty. Small, interactive courses emphasize analytical thinking, excellence in expression,
CO N TA C T : For additional
and
information, contact (800) 235-7186,
interdisciplinary
perspective.
Our
academic, advising, and residential programs
startearly@simons-rock.edu, or visit
are tailored to the needs of teens, not older
simons-rock.edu/admission.
students. Founded in 1966, Simon’s Rock joined the Bard College at Simon’s Rock is the only four-
Bard College system in 1979. Our BA is jointly
year residential campus specifically designed
granted by Simon’s Rock and Bard College.
for students ready to begin college early
Simon’s Rock graduates have excelled in every
– before completing high school.
field of endeavor. Visit us to see if early college
Students
South Kent School 40 B U L L S B R I D G E R O A D , S O U T H K E N T, C T
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(860) 927-3539
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success in college, one’s career and family.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS: College Level Courses
CREATIVITY South Kent encourages students
through Syracuse University iPad Program,
to discover, improve upon and showcase new
Advanced Media Group, Affinity Program—
creative talents through a variety of outlets.
Adventure: Rock Climbing, Hiking &
Dramatic performances, art, musical theater,
Snowshoeing, Overnight Camping; Service:
dance,
enable
On-campus Service, Habitat for Humanity,
students to explore and develop talents in a
Helping the elderly; Explore: Plays, Musical
productive and nurturing environment.
performance, Video production.
and
multi-media
programs
WHY BOYS? South Kent School embraces
CENTER FOR INNOVATION (CFI) A 130-acre,
unique learning styles of boys to create a boys-
hands-on
centered curriculum that leads to success.
solve real world problems with a focus on the
HERO PATH South Kent School’s education
future for sustainability, applied technology
program stresses rigorous academics and
and human expression. Student’s construct
personal transformation to foster and develop
timber-frame barns and classroom buildings,
knowledge, courage and strength of character.
plant orchards and cultivate organic gardens,
We call this the Hero Path and it serves as the
gaining experience and appreciation for the
fundamental building block towards future
world in which they live.
outdoor
laboratory,
designed
to
CO N TA C T : Ken Brown. Call (860) 927-3539 or email admissions@southkentschool.org.
1923
SOUTH KENT S C H O O L
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Trinity-Pawling School 700 R O U T E 22, PAW L I N G , N Y
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body is comprised of 300 students in grades 7
Pavilion. Scully Dining Hall, completed in
to 12. Grade 7 and 8 is offered to day students
2010, is a Leed Certified geothermal building.
only, grades 9 to 12 and PG, have spaces for both boarding and day students.
SP EC I A L
Trinity-Pawling School offers Advanced
developed for the bright student with mild
PROGRAMS:
Placement courses in all major disciplines,
language based learning differences.
English curriculum
interscholastic competition in thirteen sports, and a myriad of extracurricular activities.
CO N TA C T : Kim DeFonce. Call (845) 855-4825
The fine and performing arts center features
or email kdefonce@trinitypawling.org.
a 400 seat theater, music practice rooms, and art studios. Athletic facilities include an all weather track, lighted turf all-sport playing field (2013), 9 Har-Tru tennis courts (2013), Trinity-Pawling School, a traditional college-
baseball diamond, lacrosse and soccer fields,
preparatory school, is located on 150 acres
Tirrell Hockey Rink, Hubbard Gymnasium,
70 miles north of New York City. The student
Rock Squash Courts, and McGraw Wrestling
Canterbury School 101 A S P E T U C K AV E N U E , N E W M I L FO R D , C T
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(860) 210-3832
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day school for students in grades 9-12. The
encourages them as necessary, challenges
School prides itself on creating a community
them as appropriate, and inspires them to
based on its Five Values – Honesty, Respect,
become moral leaders in a complex, secular
Compassion, Spirituality, and Self Reliance –
world.
where students and faculty forge lasting bonds and every student experiences a broad and
SPECIAL PROGRAMS: Crew (Club), Cross
challenging program in a small school setting.
Country, Field Hockey (F), Football, Soccer,
The School’s educational environment fosters
Volleyball (F), Water Polo, Basketball, Ice
academic rigor, athletic development, artistic
Hockey, Squash, Swimming, Wrestling,
enrichment, and spiritual growth and strives
Baseball, Crew, Golf, Lacrosse, Riding,
to ensure a superior experience that prepares
Softball, Tennis, Track & Field.
students for leading colleges and universities CONTACT: Contact Matt Mulhern at
and for life. With its rigorous and humane approach
mmulhern@cbury.org or (860) 210-3832.
to students, both in and out of the classroom, Founded in 1915 and still guided by lay
Canterbury’s
Roman Catholics, Canterbury is a college
intellectual and ethical habits of mind. The
preparatory,
School
coeducational
boarding
and
sees
program all
inculcates
students
as
vital
CANTERBURY SCHOOL
individuals,
Columbia Greene Community College 4400 R O U T E 23, H U D S O N , N Y
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dynamic degree and certificate programs.
Campus life is vibrant, with sports, student
The college is known for programs in fine
activities and clubs that are shared by the
arts, business, teacher education, nursing,
college’s diverse student body. Approximately
criminal
36
justice,
automotive
technology,
computer science, computer graphics, medical
percent
of
C-GCC
students
are
adult learners.
office assistant, and human services. One new entry, Computer Security and Forensics,
S P EC I A L P R O G R A M S : Nursing, Fine Arts,
prepares students for today’s CSI professions.
Business, Teacher Education, Criminal Justice,
C-GCC has graduated more than 7,000
Computer Science, Automotive Technology
students. The college has many transfer agreements
with
universities,
including
four-year a
colleges
and
dual-enrollment
program in teacher education with SUNY Opened in 1969, Columbia-Greene Community
New Paltz.
College is one of 30 community colleges of
Student-centered teaching and small classes
the State University of New York. Some 2,000
(student-to-faculty ratio is 18:1) account for the
full- and part-time students are enrolled in 40
success of C-GCC’s graduates.
40 EDUCATION ALAMANC CHRONOGRAM 3/14
CO N TA C T Admissions at (518) 828-4181 or email info@mycommunitycollege.com.
Center for the Digital Arts 27 N O R T H D I V I S I O N S T R E E T, P E E K S K I L L N Y 1 0 5 6 6
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C R E AT E A R T I N T H E D I G I TA L A G E
T
he Center for the Digital Arts, Peekskill
This center offers 3-credit courses in digital
grades offered: First 2 Years Of College
Extension is one of the Hudson Valley’s
imaging, graphic layout design, web design,
teacher student ratio: 1:15
premier digital arts resources located in
2D & 3D animation, digital filmmaking, and
tuition: $179 per credit
the
motion graphics, and music technologies.
downtown
artist-district
of
Peekskill.
The Center for the Digital Arts, an extension
The
location of Westchester Community College,
Quick start courses in software training
has five post-production studios on 27 North
and a pre-college program in the digital
Division Street and is dedicated to fostering
arts. In addition to arts courses, this center
digital
are
offers a wide range of general education
interested in developing a web portfolio,
courses, English as a Second Language (ESL),
recording a video with your iPad or just getting
academic support and advisement, and other
into social networking, the Center for the
student
Digital Arts is an access point to creating art
see www.sunywcc.edu/peekskill or call us at
in the digital age.
(914) 606-7300.
arts
education.
Whether
you
center
also
services.
offers
For
non-credit
further
adult
$2,140 For full-time residents accreditation: Middle States Commission on Higher Education
information
Indian Mountain School 211 I N D I A N M O U N TA I N R O A D , L A K E V I L L E , C T
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pre-kindergarten through grade nine in a
A well-defined and articulated set of values–
boarding and day environment. We promote
honesty, compassion, respect, and service–is
moral
at the heart of Indian Mountain School.
growth
and
personal
academic
excellence in a setting that fosters a respect for learning, the environment, and each other.
S P EC I A L P R O G R A M S : Robotics, Film, Fine Arts,
We celebrate our international and culturally
Music, Adventure Education, Strong Athletic
diverse community. We guide and challenge
Program, Rigorous Academic Curriculum
students through balanced elementary and middle school scholastic, athletic, and arts
CO N TA C T : Ruth Crowther by phone at
curricula, combining instruction and coaching
(860) 435-0871 x115 or by email at
with a system of personal support. We involve
admissions@indianmountain.org.
students in our Adventure Education and community service programs, which tie into the spirit of IMS. We help our students gain confidence in their own innate abilities and a
develop the necessary academic and personal
traditional education for boys and girls from
skills to be successful in secondary education.
Indian
Mountain
School
provides
Indian Mountain School
A co-ed independent day and boarding school
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The Millbrook School 131 MILLBROOK SCHOOL ROAD, MILLBROOK, NY
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leadership. Since its founding in 1931, students have been encouraged to develop as strong and
service program. The
800-acre
campus
features
Holbrook
healthy individuals as well as concerned citizens
Arts Center, Mills Athletic Center, the AZA-
of their world and its environment. Millbrook
accredited Trevor Zoo, and a state-of-the-art gold
is a leader among independent schools in
LEED-certified Math and Science Center.
conservation education and sustainability. A traditional liberal arts curriculum features
S P EC I A L P R O G R A M S : Service learning
Honors and AP courses in the major disciplines
opportunities, study abroad and semester-
as well as four languages, independent study
away programs, and Intersession–a weeklong
opportunities, a culminating experience for
exploration of interests outside the classroom.
seniors, and a variety of electives including Animal Behavior, Astronomy, Constitutional
CO N TA C T : Jonathan Downs, Director of
Located 90 miles north of New York City,
Law, Anthropology, Digital Video, and Aesthetics.
Admission. (845) 677-8261 or
Millbrook is a coeducational boarding and day
Exceptional offerings in the visual and performing
admissions@millbrook.org
school which offers its 285 students in grades 9-12
arts complement a strong competitive and
a rigorous college preparatory curriculum that
recreational athletic program. All students and
integrates academics, athletics, arts, service, and
faculty participate in an on-campus community
The Harvey School 260 J AY S T R E E T, K ATO N A H , N Y
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school for students in grades 6-12. The school
high school students is also offered as is an on-
educates highly motivated students of above
line learning program. Our new International
average ability in a warm, supportive setting. With
Student Program began in the fall of 2013 with
an average class size of 10 students, teachers get
the arrival of six students from China.
to know their students individual learning styles well. Honors classes and advanced placement
S P EC I A L
PROGRAMS:
courses challenge our most capable students,
International
while faculty members are readily available for
learning program, Extraordinary community
those students who require extra help. Harvey
service opportunities
Five
Student
Day
Boarding,
Program,
On-line
offers a wide array of extracurricular options: students participate enthusiastically in the
CO N TA C T : William Porter: (914) 232-3161 or
performing arts, interscholastic sports and
wporter@harveyschool.org
community service. A dynamic theater program is housed in the Walker Center for the Arts; a Located on a wooded, 125-acre hilltop campus,
spacious indoor athletic center was opened last
Harvey is a coeducational college preparatory
year. An optional five-day boarding program for
Mount Saint Mary College 3 3 0 P OW E L L AV E N U E , N E W B U R G H , N Y
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( 8 88 ) Y E S - M S M C
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programs, three master’s degree programs,
with options in special education and
and life-enriching community education, all
middle school extension? Learn more at
within a close, supportive community.
www.msmc.edu
Our
strong
professions,
programs
education,
the
health
business,
in
media
S P EC I A L P R O G R A M S : Adult Degree
studies, and sciences prepare students for in-
Completion programs offer eight bachelor’s
demand career growth fields. An outstanding
degree programs, with accelerated schedules.
and diverse faculty offer both tradition and innovation in teaching. Students benefit from
CO N TA C T :
the 14:1 faculty-to-student ratio, a robust
Undergraduate Admissions: 1-888-YES-MSMC
internship program, and an exciting study
or Admissions@msmc.edu. Graduate and
abroad program. Come to the Mount, and
Adult Degree Completion: 845-569-3223 or
earn a degree that works for you.
AdultStudentAdmissions@msmc.
Mount Saint Mary College is a private, fouryear liberal arts college offering bachelor’s
FOCUS ON EDUCATION
and master’s degrees in a tradition of academic
Did you know that Mount Saint Mary College
excellence. The Mount offers college-age and
offers both childhood and adolescence
adult
education certification programs,
students
career-focused
bachelor’s
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Mount Saint Mary College
Hawthorne Valley Valley Waldorf Waldorf School School Hawthorne Nurturing living connections... early childhood through grade12
www.randolphschool.org
Nurturing living connections... early childhood through grade12
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School offers students a Waldorf curriculum from Early Childhood through grade 12. Each year’s curriculum is designed to meet the unique needs of the developing child or young adult. The curriculum is highly interdisciplinary, blending academics with lessons in the fine and practical arts. The aspiration of Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School is to develop the full creative potential of each individual. Day students Pre K– grade 12 and grade 8–12 boarding students
518-672-7092 xx 111 111 518-672-7092
info@hawthornevalleyschool.org
Open House House Open March 22nd March 22nd 10 am–2 pm 10 am–2 pm
WALDORF WALDORF SCHOOL SCHOOL || www.hawthornevalleyschool.org www.hawthornevalleyschool.org 330 330 County County Route Route 21C, 21C, Ghent, Ghent, NY NY 12075 12075 || 518-672-7092 518-672-7092
The Randolph School Nurturing a sense of wonder--each child, every day
Wappingers Falls 845.297.5600
Pre-K to 5th Grade
Open House
Sunday April 6th 10am-1pm
RSVP at motria@acornschoolhouse.com
Puppet Show 11:30am
Now enrolling for Fall 2014
845-443-1541
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Working Objects and Videos Working Objects and Videos THROUGH APRIL 13, 2014 THROUGH APRIL 13,Sat., 2014February 8, 5–7pm Opening reception: Opening reception: Sat., February 8, 5–7pm
85,000 Sq. Ft.
Our Collection Features: Harley Davidson, Racers, Police, Military, 1880s & up, Choppers, 1901-1953 Hours: Friday - Sunday 10-5 Admission: Adults $11 Children $5 Under 3 Free
1922 Ace 4-Cyl
performance, on select weekends between March and July. Tickets can be purchased at www.hvcca.org.
The 13th Annual:
April 4, 5 & 6
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
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ARTS &
CULTURE
Herbert Reichert, untitled (canon one), gelatin silver print (object by J. Foyster), 5” x 7”, 2013 From the exhibition “Aprocrypha,” at John Davis Gallery in Hudson through March 23.
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Orange County Farmland, a newly installed mural by Nestor Madalengoitia on view in the first floor family waiting room of the Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown.
ALBERT SHAHINAIN FINE ART GALLERY
FLAT IRON GALLERY
22 EAST MARKET STREET SUITE 301, RHINEBECK 876-7578.
105 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 734-1894.
“17th Anniversary Winter Salon & Collector’s Exhibition.” Through March 30.
“Outside.” Oil landscapes painted during the past year by Jessica Miller. March 1-30. Opening reception March 2, 1pm-5pm.
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 258 MAIN STREET, RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT (203) 438-4519.
“Music.” Explores the relationship between music and visual art by Simon Blackmore, Martin Creed, Sol LeWitt, James Mollison, and Xaveria Simmons. Through March 9. ANN STREET GALLERY 104 ANN STREET, NEWBURGH 784-1146.
“Materiality.” Forty works by twenty-two fiber artists who employ traditional and non-tradition techniques. March 15-April 30. THE ART AND ZEN GALLERY 702 FREEDOM PLAINS ROAD SUITE B6, POUGHKEEPSIE 473-3334.
Photographs by Dave King. Through March 30. BEACON INSTITUTE FOR RIVERS AND ESTUARIES 199 MAIN STREET, BEACON (845) 838-1600.
“Water Way.” Paintings by Fredericka Foster. March 8-October 5. Opening reception March 8, 5pm-7pm. BETSY JACARUSO STUDIO & GALLERY
FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER AT VASSAR COLLEGE 124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-5237.
“Malick Sidibé: Chemises.” Exhibit of works by celebrated West African photographer Malick Sidibé captures Mali’s cultural shift in the wake of independence. Through March 30. GALERIE GRIS 621 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1677.
“Color, Shape and Form.” Group show with Marina Cappelletto, Jenna Bauer, Joanne Freeman, Kylie Heidenheimer, Robert Cronin, and Marina Adams. Through March 24. THE GALLERY AT R&F 84 TEN BROECK AVENUE, KINGSTON 331-3112.
“Kim Bernard: Gestural Record.” A solo exhibition of paintings. Through March 22. Opening reception March 22, 5pm-7pm. GALLERY 66 NY 66 MAIN STREET, COLD SPRING 809-5838.
“Rouge.” New watercolors from Betsy Jacaruso and the members of Cross River Fine Art. Through March 31.
“Nonverbal Communication.” An exhibition of the haunting portraits of Rieko Fujinami. March 7-30. Opening reception March 7, 6pm-9pm.
CAFFE A LA MODE
GARRISON ART CENTER
1 OAKLAND AVENUE, WARWICK 986-1223.
23 GARRISON’S LANDING, GARRISON 424-3960.
“Warwick Inspirations.” Landscape paintings by Susan Hope Fogel. Through April 6.
“Rock Homes.” Cyrilla Mozenter and Louise Brooks. March 15-April 6.
CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY
HUDSON BEACH GLASS GALLERY
43 EAST MARKET STREET, RHINEBECK 516-4435.
622 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1915.
“In the Black.” Joseph Maresca, Ralph Stout, Jay Matthews, Betsy Weis, Sarah Berney, Kris Perry, David Paulson and Linda Cross. March 5-April 15. Opening reception March 8, 6pm-8pm. THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK 59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-9957.
162 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-0068.
“Beacon Re-Imagined.” This exhibition focuses on two future projects:. The Mount Beacon Incline Railway Restoration. and the Beacon Greenway Trails. Through March 9. HUDSON OPERA HOUSE 327 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-4181.
“May the Road Rise to Meet You.” Works by Sara Macel. Through March 30. “Tabula Rasa.” Curated by Ariel Steinberg. Thorugh March 30.
“Rebecca Allan: Ground/Water.” Rebecca Allan is a New York-based painter whose work centers on the landscape and themes of music. Through March 15.
COLUMBIA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
209 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 671-6213.
1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 788-0100.
“Nature Mort et Vivant.” Works expressing still life, florals/plants and botanicals in all media. Through March 14.
“Jordan Rathus: Based On, If Any.” Through July 27 “Art at the Core: The Intersection of Visual Art, Performance & Technology.” Through July 27.
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OLD CHATHAM COUNTRY STORE AND CAFÉ 639 ALBANY TURNPIKE ROAD, OLD CHATHAM (518) 794-6227.
“Work by Karen Hummel.” Through April 2. Opening reception March 2, 3pm-5pm. ORANGE HALL GALLERY SUNY ORANGE, MIDDLETOWN 341-4790.
“A Photographer’s Life.” Chet Gordon’s life during the past twenty years. Through March 19. RED HOOK CAN NORTH BROADWAY, RED HOOK 8457586575.
“Family Matters.” An artistic interpretation of family relationships, portraits, dysfunctions, generations, and the psychology of home in all mediums. Through March 2. RIVERWINDS GALLERY 172 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-2880.
“Ripe Figs and Rich Pomegranates: The Garzoni Series.” Contemporary art by Beth Haber. Through March 2. ROOS ARTS 449 MAIN STREET, ROSENDALE (718) 755-4726.
“Relative Objects.” A show of paintings by Dan Green and sculptural works by Galen Green. March 8-April 2 Opening reception March 8, 6pm-8pm. STOREFRONT GALLERY 93 BROADWAY, KINGSTON THESTOREFRONTGALLERY.COM.
“Seeing Hands.” Sculptures and pen-and-ink drawings of Stephen West. March 1-29. THE CHATHAM BOOKSTORE 27 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM 518-392-3005.
“Gail Giles Pathways & Waterways Drawings.” Chatham artist Gail Giles displays largescale charcoal drawings mainly from the Hudson River’s edge. Through April 27. THEO GANZ STUDIO 149 MAIN STREET, BEACON (917) 318-2239.
“Walking the Changes.” An exhibition featuring two new installations of projected digital paintings by Carl Van Brunt. March 8-April 6. 57 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3336.
Joanne Arnett’s fabric work 18 months, part of the exhibit “Materialality,” showing at Ann Street Gallery in Newburgh through April 30.
IMOGEN HOLLOWAY GALLERY
“Big Shoes to Fill.” An installation by Kate Hamilton. Through March 9. TIVOLI ARTISTS CO-OP 60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI 758-4342.
“Awakening: Image and Word.” A mix of artwork and essay. March 7-30. Opening reception March 8, 6pm-8pm.
81 PARTITION STREET, SAUGERTIES (347) 387-3212.
TRANSNDANCENDRUM
“From the Vault.” The gallery’s greatest hits. Through March 16. Artists’ reception March 7, 6pm-9pm.
415 MAIN STREET, ROSENDALE TRANSNDANCENDRUM.COM/FRE/.
362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907.
“RSOA Student/Teacher Art Show.” Come meet the artists and register for the spring semester. March 8-30. Opening reception March 8, 5pm-7pm.
“Apocrypha.” Exhibition of paintings, photographs and sculpture. Through March 23.
TREMAINE GALLERY AT THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL
JOYCE GOLDSTEIN GALLERY
11 INTERLAKEN ROAD, LAKEVILLE, CONNECTICUT (860) 435-3663.
JOHN DAVIS GALLERY
16 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-2250.
On Time and Place: Celebrating Scenic Hudson’s First 50 Years. Through March 6.
“Site and Sound.” Multimedia group installation curated by Micael Tong. March 22-April 30. Opening reception March 22, 4pm-6pm.
UNISON
KAPLAN HALL
“Liza Mills & Bianca Tanis: Rock & Garden.” March 2-April 27.
SUNY ORANGE, NEWBURGH 431-9386.
“60 Years of Seeing.” The exhibit is comprised of small-scale models of sculpture, images of large-scale sculpture, multi-piece digital assemblages, and drawings by modern artist, Colin Greenly. Through March 14. KLEINERT/JAMES ARTS CENTER 34 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2079.
“Ruckus.” Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild’s annual eclectic exhibition. March 7-April 14. Opening reception March 8, 4pm-6pm. MATTEAWAN GALLERY
68 MOUNTAIN REST ROAD, NEW PALTZ 255-1559.
WALLKILL RIVER SCHOOL AND ART GALLERY 232 WARD STREET, MONTGOMERY 457-ARTS.
“Creative Expressions: Mixed Media, Fiber Art, Paintings and Sculpture.” March 2-31. Opening reception March 15, 5pm-7pm. THE WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART 15 LAWRENCE HALL DRIVE, WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS (413) 597-3055.
“Monika Baer.” Monika Baer’s paintings and drawings include works created between 1990 and 2013. March 1-May 18.
464 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7901.
WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM
“Elemental.” Works by Susan English, Winston Roeth, Greg Slick. Through March 1.
28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940.
MILDRED I. WASHINGTON ART GALLERY
“March Group Show.” A group show of work in any media, any size, juried by Wayne Lempka. March 1-30.
53 PENDELL ROAD, POUGHKEEPSIE 431-8610.
“Toby Sisson: Then & Now.” Through March 15. THE MUROFF KOTLER VISUAL ARTS GALLERY @ SUNY ULSTER
THE WOODSTOCK JEWISH CONGREGATION 1682 GLASCO TURNPIKE, WOODSTOCK 399-3505.
“Spring 2014 Alumni/ae Art Exhibition. March 7-April 11. Opening reception March 7, 6pm-8pm.
“Winter Fine Arts Show.” The show features works by the members of the art committee and/or their spouses: Maxine Davidowitz, Charlotte Scherer, Helen Gold and Raymond J. Steiner. Through April 18.
NEUMANN FINE ART
WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART
491 COTTEKILL ROAD, STONE RIDGE 687-5113.
65 COLD WATER STREET, HILLSDALE 413-246-5776.
2470 ROUTE 212, WOODSTOCK 679-2388.
“Group Show.” Paintings by Ron Goldfinger, Joel Griffith, Jeffrey L. Neumann, H.M. Saffer II and Ken Young. Through March 2.
“Student Exhibit I.” Class work from a selection of the school’s instructors, completed during the past year. Through March 8. 3/14 CHRONOGRAM ARTS & CULTURE 47
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THOMPSON GIROUX GALLERY
Music
The Seeds Are Sown Pete Seeger (1919-2014)
Pete Seeger and friends at the finale of the 2013 Summer Hoot. Photo by Scott Harris.
W
e all knew the day would come. We dreaded the thought of it, and braced ourselves as best we could, even though we knew it would be difficult. And so it came: January 27, 2014, the day Pete Seeger left us. It’s so hard to fathom that he’s really gone. Human mortality aside, it always seemed our beloved folk music patriarch and benevolent pillar of social and environmental justice would be right here, on the planet he so loved and worked to improve, with us, its people, who he loved just as much and fought just as selflessly for. Of course, Pete will never really leave us. Because whenever we see an individual—or, indeed, a union of individuals—fighting for equality and basic human rights, whenever we hear someone raising his or her voice in song on their behalf, and whenever we find ourselves moved by and valuing our beautiful Hudson River and the Earth through which it flows, we’ll also be looking at the indelible image of Pete Seeger himself. And we’ll be hearing his voice as well. During the course of my twin careers in the fields of journalism and music I’ve encountered numerous figures of note—some who seemed bigger than life, some who seemed nonchalant and down to earth.When I interviewed Pete for Chronogram in 2010, he was somehow both. “A sower of seeds,” he called himself when talking about his role among us, adding that “some seeds fall on stones and don’t even sprout, but some seeds fall on fallow ground and multiply a hundredfold.” It’s up to us to water those seeds and nurture their fruits. Thanks, Pete, for showing us how. Here are some thoughts on Pete Seeger, his passing, and his legacy from some of our Hudson Valley friends who knew, worked with, and continue to be inspired by him. —Peter Aaron I don’t know where I’d be today if it wasn’t for Pete Seeger. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have started singing folk songs or playing the guitar and banjo, and there certainly would not have been a lifetime of writing, performing, traveling, teaching, and innumerable musical adventures. I might not have 48 MUSIC CHRONOGRAM 3/14
even met my wife, Jane, whom I originally encountered through folk music. I owe it all to Pete. Back in 1954, some high school friends took me to a concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. There, on stage, was this tall, skinny guy, standing alone in the spotlight before hundreds of young people, playing his long-neck banjo and singing for, and more important, with, the crowd. He sang about all manner of things that I had never heard addressed before, and his energy, enthusiasm, and engagement with the audience captivated me, electrified me. I suddenly saw music in a whole new light. It could address social issues and relate to the joys and sorrows, the history and universality, of people everywhere. I watched Pete on stage and I thought, “I can do this too!” As I sang along on “Wimoweh,” “Wasn’t That a Time,” “If I Had a Hammer,” and “Goodnight Irene,” I felt the thrill of being part of something vast and important. I thought that music was going to change the world. The next day, I went out and bought a guitar. I found out about Washington Square, went to “hoots” and folk concerts, learned hundreds of songs and sang them with the image of Pete peering over my shoulder. I tried to approximate his stance, his instrumental style, and his cheerleader’s approach to group singing. I sang only songs I thought Pete would approve of, and wore his records thin—“Darlin’ Cory,” “The Goofing Off Suite,” “Sodbuster Ballads,” and anything I could get my hands on by the Weavers. I sang of solidarity with unions, even though I wasn’t a worker; peasant chants—and I certainly wasn’t a peasant (never even met one). From today’s perspective, this all seems naive and hopelessly outdated, but somewhere deep inside my soul the eternal optimism of Pete’s songs still rings true. I think of those old days as sunny and warm, filled with camaraderie, friendship, and idealism, with Pete’s warm voice, gentle humor, and thrilling banjo leading our way to a better world. And even if that new world doesn’t materialize in our lifetime, I know that one 16-year-old’s life was irrevocably changed by the revelation of a lone man on a wide stage, singing his songs and becoming one with his audience.Thanks, Pete. I’ll be forever grateful. —Happy Traum, musician and Homespun Tapes owner
I started quilting my Peace banner during the Gulf War, and it’s traveled to marches and candlelight vigils for decades. During the war in Iraq, another mom and I carried it to a rally in Kingston where Pete Seeger was singing (wasn’t he always?). It started to rain, and though Pete was unfazed, our children got whiny. Becky held up the banner while I got them cocoa. When Pete came offstage, he walked over and said, “That’s a beautiful banner.” Becky replied, “My friend would be honored if you signed it.” When I returned with the kids, she showed us the damp scrawl in green pen, with a banjo sketch. Years later, Chronogram photographer Jennifer May and I collaborated on a book called River of Words: Portraits of Hudson Valley Writers. I wanted to interview Pete, and since he didn’t e-mail, I mailed him a card with a snapshot of the Peace banner. Several weeks later, my phone rang, and a bright, reedy tenor said, “This is Pete Seeger.” For reasons I’ll never quite understand, I burst out laughing and said, “Well, of course it is.” He was tired of interviews, but offered to send us a song for the book. Then he told me a story about the song, and one about the Hudson, and 45 minutes later, he said, “A bunch of us old peaceniks get together on the shoulder of Route 9D every Saturday. Why don’t you come down and join us?” So Jen and I did, and he told more stories, and let her take photos, and we stood with Pete Seeger and sang in the rain. I can’t imagine anything finer. —Nina Shengold, Chronogram books editor and author Pete’s our guy, our model. He shows us what responsible citizenry is. For us players, he reminds us that music must move us forward.Yeah, dance your ass off—and then sing something, together. Something with great words. I once saw Pete at an honorarium for [musician] David Amram. All us pups (me, Josh White, Guy Davis,Tom Paxton) had all done our bit while Pete paced backstage. Finally, at the very end, Pete gets on. The audience snaps to attention. He begins, “I can’t sing as well as I used to.” The audience starts muttering encouragement. “But I know alotta songs.” Now the audience is yelling, stomping. “And you can help me sing.” He is drowned out by the applause. Talk about having them from “Hello.” —John Sebastian, musician Few humans have used music and the power of song as elegantly, as beautifully, and with as much conviction to communicate observations and ideas about this life, this fragile existence that we collectively experience, as Pete Seeger. Pete was a trailblazer, a humanist, a dreamer, a believer, a master musician, a hope machinist, and a poet who used language and harmony to bind this world together one sing-along at a time. His lifelong belief was that the world would not be saved by one big thing but by millions of tiny contributions. Millions of teaspoons heaped on the seesaw, one by one. It is difficult to say goodbye to a friend. But with Pete’s loss I am overwhelmed by a feeling of purpose and the confidence to live my life to its fullest, with the most righteous sense of truth and conviction. With this resolve, felt by millions of Pete’s “children” the world round, and with Pete’s guiding instructions that can be passed on and on into the distant future, I am well assured that Pete’s legacy and vision will endure as long as there are people and singers inhabiting the Earth. As Woody used to say, and as Pete often reiterated, “Take it easy, but take it.” —Mike Merenda of Mike & Ruthy, musician [The day of Seeger’s death] was a sad day for the Valley, although we had years to prepare for it, the realization that Pete Seeger was gone was difficult to fathom. “Patriarch” is defined as “the oldest and most venerable member of a group or tribe.” Pete Seeger was most certainly that to me and so many of my friends and neighbors living here in the Hudson Valley who believe in the transformative power of music and care deeply about our community and the environment. Because Pete was so generous with himself, so many of us had the privilege and pleasure of being in his company over the years. And there was a glow that came over everyone’s faces in his presence, it was the sort of expression you see on the face of a kindergarten child when something delights or astonishes them. Pete was always the oldest and wisest man in the room. He was the best storyteller, he had the best stories, and he encouraged everyone to gather ’round and listen. And when Pete asked you to sing along, you couldn’t help but join in. His legacy will be heard and felt every time we sing one of the songs he taught us. —Natalie Merchant, musician and activist Between the summer of 2007 and the fall of 2009, I spent crazy hours on the phone with Pete Seeger. We talked about John DeAngelico’s
Kenmore street guitar shop.We talked about how to plane a piece of ironwood. And we talked about the Republican boot-stomp results of having too many lefty stickers on your instrument case. The conversations wheeled, in one way or another, around Pete’s iconic longneck banjo. Eventually, the chats led to the publication of a collection of stories I wrote for Fretboard Journal. But Pete and I also talked about the important things. Cookies. How to make a great salad. Man’s fondness for hitting things. We talked about peace, and the lack of it; science; politics; sunshine; Pete’s wife Toshi; Peekskill;Woody; the borscht belt in the 1940s; unrest in the 1960s; the sloop Clearwater in the 1980s; and what makes a great song in any decade. Between the phone calls, we’d run into each other here or there. He was always in motion, always on his way somewhere.That meant he only had half an hour to regale you, instead of hours to spin fascinating yarns. I’ve come to think of those collected sessions as a second college education. Pete was my teacher. He was our teacher. It will take us lifetimes to truly learn his lessons. But we have to try. Treat yourself. Have a cookie. Then get off your ass and make the world a better place. —Michael Eck, musician and Chronogram contributor When Pete arrived backstage at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center late on a Saturday night last September it had already been a long weekend for the 94-year-old. He’d done two gigs on Friday, squeezed in a marathon interview with a foreign journalist that morning at his house in Beacon, and was slated to play again on Sunday. Yet despite the hour, despite the fact that his bones were creaking in the light rain, and the crowd of 25,000 strong was the loudest and most lubricated he’d seen in many years. Pete wanted to be there. As he limbered his fingers on his long-neck banjo backstage, Neil Young stopped in to pay his respects, leaving like a smiling schoolboy showing off the book—Pete’s autobiography, Where Have All the Flowers Gone: A Singalong Memoir—his mentor had personalized. Pete wanted to be there that night because he had something to say. Something about fracking. Rural New York was his backyard. He’d never lived anywhere else but this state. When John Mellencamp brought the surprise guest on stage, 25,000 roared. After a solo version of “If I Had a Hammer,” flanked by Mellencamp and Willie Nelson, Dave Mathews and Young, Pete’s version of “This Land Is Your Land” included some New York-specific lyrics that, he teased the crowd, “You’ve never heard before!” The next day, Rolling Stone called Pete’s surprise performance “the emotional highlight” of the event. As always with Pete, the message had come first. —Jon Bowermaster, author and environmental activist Pete had grown up hearing about the floating bathhouses dotting the perimeter of Manhattan at the turn of the last century, and for much of his life imagined a similar flow-through pool in the Hudson River. He was sure that if people came to the river, swam in it, felt it, they would learn to care for the river. River stewardship, he knew, could begin with knowing what it was to be in the river. And building a small pool for kids seemed to be a good way to start. So with water quality in the Hudson much improved by the late 1990s, he worked with a group of volunteers to design, build, and install a small pool at the river in Beacon. Now, each year since 2004, the group organizes the Great Newburgh to Beacon Cross River Swim to raise money to operate the pool. And each year, Pete would join us at the Newburgh marina to sing a song or two before we jumped into the river. There were kids, teenagers, dad, moms, grandparents, athletes. Each of has our own reason for wanting to swim across that shining river—it could be celebrating a birthday, rejoicing in an anniversary, marking the end of chemo, or just wanting to take a dip in the river. But when Pete sang “This Land Is Your Land,” with the wide, gray water streaming behind him, everyone down at the waterfront knew the swim was about something bigger. Even the most seasoned athlete training for a triathlon could be seen tearing up. We all knew the words, the notes, the tunes that run in our veins and in our heritage just as strong and as sure as that current runs in the Hudson. We all sang along. We all felt the power of the river, the power of community, the power of song. And then we all splashed in to the Hudson River. —Akiko Busch, author of Nine Ways to Cross a River CHRONOGRAM.COM REMEMBER More tributes to Pete Seeger from Kate Hudson, Jana Martin, Liv Carrow, Jimmy Buff, Robert Burke Warren, Laurie McIntosh, Mark Morgenstern, and Roy Volpe can be found on our website.
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UHADI
NIGHTLIFE HIGHLIGHTS
March 29. What a month it is for ethnic sounds in the region, with March’s requisite Irish music and this much-endorsed performance by the all-star South African jazz band Uhadi. Coming to the Bearsville Theater from Johannesburg, the quintet delivers the kind of contagious, high-energy native jive and township music (ghoema, Xhosa, mbaqanga, and other styles) that South Africa’s oppressive rulers tried to stamp out—unsuccessfully—during the apartheid era. “The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale,” said the late Nelson Mandela. “You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but that song gives you hope.” And a hope-filled night this will be. (Three shreds March 1; Phish’s Mike Gordon swims back March 30.) 8pm. $20, $30. Bearsville. (845) 679-4406; Bearsvilletheater.com.
Handpicked by music editor Peter Aaron for your listening pleasure.
DEER TICK
KEVIN BURKE
March 5. The stylistic arc of Deer Tick, the rootsy Rhode Island outfit led by John McCauley, is an interesting one. Since 2004, the group has moved from an earnest indie vein that saw comparisons to Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse, and Uncle Tupelo (2007’s War Elephant) to a rawer, rockier path, with glimpses of the Rolling Stones (2010’s Divine Providence). Last year’s Negativity, Deer Tick’s latest release, even features brass accompaniment by the Grammy-winning Latin-fusion band Grupo Fantasma. Now you can be part of that arc: This show at Infinity Music Hall is being taped for a live album. (Tab Benoit and the Subdudes’ Tommy Malone tear it up March 2; Sarah Jarosz sings March 9.) 8pm. $29, $44. Norfolk, Connecticut. (866) 666-6306; Infinityhall.com.
March 21. Considered one of the top Irish fiddlers of our time, Kevin Burke is a virtuoso of the Sligo fiddling style who made his name as a sideman to the great Christy Moore and as a member of the legendary Bothy Band. In 1979, Burke and his fellow former Bothy Band mate guitarist Micheal O’ Domhnaill immigrated to Oregon and began a successful run as a duo, before O’ Domhnaill left to form Nightnoise. Awarded the National Endowment for the Arts’ prestigious National Heritage Fellowship in 2002, Burke will astonish and astound at this event presented by Studio Red Hook at Saint Paul’s Hall in an evening that also features guest dancing by New York company Solas An Lae. Sure it’s a little after Saint Patrick’s Day, but why let the party end? 8pm. $27. Red Hook. (845) 802-6515; Studioredhook.com.
MOBILE DEATHCAMP
THE WAR ON DRUGS
March 9. And now for something completely different. Mobile Deathcamp was assembled in 2008 by singer and guitarist Todd Evans following his stint as the bass-playing character Beefcake the Mighty in the infamous theatrical shock-rock troupe Gwar. His new trio trades in a rapid-fire, Slayer-esque attack that led online metal bible Encyclopaedia Metallum to call its 2010 debut album Black Swamp Rising “the Holy Grail of thrash!!” So beware: The terrifying threesome is certain to stir up a moshing vortex when they hit the Anchor this month. With Hellkeeper, Billxnye, Doomscenario, and Fisting Jesus. (Gozer, Talon, and Cirrhosis rage March 1; Bad Buka visits March 8.) 6pm. $10. Kingston. (845) 853-8124; Facebook. com/theanchorkingston.
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March 15. One of BSP Lounge’s many coups of the last two years was the Kurt Vile and the Violators date it hosted this past October. So it makes a lot of sense that the club would also bring in Philadelphia band the War on Drugs, an act that Vile co-founded with singer-guitarist Adam Granduciel, who is himself a former Violator (confusing, this incestuous Philly indie-rock stuff). TWOD’s third album, Lost in the Dream, comes out this month, and has been accumulating advance raves as the latest installment of band leader Granduciel’s hazy and melodic neopsychedelia. All right, then, let’s get lost. White Laces open. (The Black Hollies and Raccoon Fighter brawl March 1; Marissa Nadler bewitches March 6.) 9pm. $15, $17. Kingston. (845) 481-5158; Bspkingston.com.
CD REVIEWS THE ACOUSTIC MEDICINE SHOW HIGHWAY 9 (2013, WILD TURKEY RECORDS)
Oddly enough, Highway 9 is not a road. Rather than a dark midnight ribbon snaking beneath the headlights, it’s a lazy Sunday stream sparkling on a summer afternoon. That, at least, is the sonic effect of Highway 9 from rootsy Elizaville combo the Acoustic Medicine Show. Only songwriter Joe Tobin and bassist Paul Chinelli remain from the band’s original lineup, but as the former is the chief vocalist and tunesmith, the distinctive, self-described “mountainfolkgrass” sound stays true. Like many contemporary unplugged combos, the Acoustic Medicine Show leans hard toward bluegrass instrumentation while remaining a singer-songwriter vehicle. Tobin betrays a remarkable John Prine influence, but I have combed through the rule books and nowhere—nowhere—does it say that’s a bad thing. “Rockin’ Chair” (with sweet backing vocals from Adele Schulz) echoes the easy lope of Prine’s most recent material. It feels comfortable, not like a shoe, but like a big couch in the backyard under a tree that drips sap on the overstuffed arms. Like the rest of Tobin’s material, it’s not slavish or forced. He won’t be taking home any Grammys soon, but his tunes are sure nice to groove to. Co-producer Mark Moss contributes lots of mighty fine mandolin, chopping on “Please Don’t Go,” trilling on “Melody,” and picking forcefully on “Let Me Down Easy.” Finnegan Shanahan matches him bow for pick on fiddle, with both offering a loose-elbowed kitchen jam aesthetic that sounds as specifically Hudson Valley as it does Appalachia. Theacousticmedicineshow.com. —Michael Eck
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Rest and Heal is an offbeat mix of show-tuney, art-pop cabaret. A genre-bending shuffle between jazz, indie rock, and adult contemporary. Liana Gabel sings with abandon—controlled, courtesy of her classical voice training, but fearless. Her voice is striking and definitive, at times veering on a warm, thrilling shrill. The lyrical content and vocal inflections are playful and dark with flavors reminiscent of Bjork. And the combination of instruments (including trumpet, violin, banjo, and flute), voice, and production couldn’t be better suited. In fact, it works so well that one wonders if Gabel got lucky, or, as it appears, a bubbling cauldron of talent was manufactured by her motivated musical soul mates on a focused and symbiotic quest. Originally from Rochester, Gabel moved to the Hudson Valley and met up with Evan and Jesse Stormo of New Paltz’s Los Doggies, who play multiple instruments on the album and helped with its arrangements and excellent production. The album manages to stay light in the heels while maintaining an intensity of thought and force. “Emerald Green” is a treasure, starting out dirgelike, then slinking into proggy stabbings that find their way to an airy upbeat swing until finally landing in Beatlesque territory (think Revolver). All of the songs stay true to the heart of weird, with a confident, curious soul. Gabel will perform at Snug Harbor in New Paltz on March 1 and Chill Wine Bar in Beacon on March 29. LianaGabel.com. —Jason Broome
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MICHELLE MAKARSKI / KEITH JARRETT JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: SIX SONATAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (2013, ECM RECORDS)
Violinist Michelle Makarski has pursued a career that’s equal parts jazz and classical, working in a duo with pianist and fellow Woodstock resident Marilyn Crispell and other jazz players while maintaining expected activity as concert soloist and recitalist. This project with esteemed jazz pianist Keith Jarrett evolved out of informal music making during holiday visits, and it retains a strong sense of spontaneity that comes from the relaxed atmosphere in which it was born. It is not superficially jazzy Bach; it is Bach played by musicians who are expert improvisers, remaining respectful to Bach’s score. Makarski and Jarrett do not clutter it up with much in the way of ornaments or other historic filigree. It is clean, emotive, unfussy, and flexible Bach. One hindrance to any violinist willing to undertake the six accompanied Bach violin sonatas is the sheer heft of those who have done them in the past; how could one hope to match what Perlman did with these sonatas in the ’70s, or Milstein in the ’50s? Makarski once took master classes with Milstein, but whatever she may have learned from him is subsumed into the whole of her interpretation, which is light and easy. Through avoiding a sense of competition with past versions and bringing a fresh perspective to this familiar music, Makarski and Jarrett have achieved what might be the most accessible and readily appealing set of the Bach Six Sonatas for general listeners. Ecmrecords.com. —David N. Lewis
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Books
HEAVEN SENT
Mark Wunderlich’s Poems of Work and Worship By Nina Shengold Photograph by Roy Gumpel
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he stone house near Catskill, set back up a long snowy driveway, suggests a church with its peaked roof and leaded-glass windows. The sacrament practiced within is writing poetry. Mark Wunderlich stands in the doorway, wearing a black jacket over a collarless shirt, jeans, and boiled wool slippers; a black cat slinks around his legs. The white room is impeccably neat, with a double row of antlers over the mantle, and the scent of unfurling hyacinths. Despite the fire in the woodstove, the house is cold; Wunderlich has barely been under its roof. He flew home last night after reading from his just-published The Earth Avails (Graywolf, 2014) in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and spent all day at Sarah Lawrence, where he’s guest teaching this semester in addition to his long-term job at Bennington College. Tomorrow he’ll leave before dawn to continue his book tour in California. If all this travel exhausts him, he’s hiding it well. Affable and articulate, he settles into a chair by the fire to talk about The Earth Avails and the home that inspired it, which he bought with his former partner James 11 years ago. They’d been living in subsidized artist housing in Provincetown, but found Cape Cod real estate prices “impossible.” Next stop, Hudson Valley. Built in 1715 and restored by a former owner, the stone house had become derelict. Pipes had frozen, raccoons had moved in, and the snow-covered mound outside the front door was a midden of trash, including three Christmas trees still strung with lights. Though the realtor urged them toward more upscale properties, they fell in love with the house’s good bones, and spent seven years fixing it up. When they split “very amicably” two years ago, Wunderlich stayed. The Earth Avails was “born out of the renovation and restoration of the house.” As they removed literal layers of history, Wunderlich kept a box of vintage wallpapers, linoleum, blacksmith nails, old glass bottles, a straight razor. When they removed a wall, exposing insulation made from cow hair, “it released this animal smell from 200 years ago,” he marvels; a poem opens:
Dwell in my house.Take up your spot in the tightest of corners, in the crumbling cow-hair plaster mending the wall
While researching the house’s lineage, he found a family will listing a weaver’s loom and two dependent slaves. Who had lived here in centuries past, he wondered, and what was the fabric of their daily lives? Among his findings was a folk-religious document called a Heaven-letter, which he describes as “a mix of prayer, admonition, and chain letter. They were printed as broadsides and framed for display, tucked into the family Bible, or folded and carried for luck.” Other poems were inspired by a 19th century prayer book he found while visiting his parents in western Wisconsin. Although his ancestors settled the region in the 1830s, circa Little House in the Big Woods, Wunderlich grew up in a 1970s split-level ranch on the banks of the Mississippi. He was raised in the United Church of Christ, “kind of a bloodless Protestantism” with roots in the Swiss Reformation; he spent summers at Bible Camp. His mother was a church elder—and an atheist. “When I asked if she saw any irony in being a top church lady and an unbeliever, she said, ‘This way, the Lord doesn’t get in my way,’” reports Wunderlich. “My father is a believer, but quite private about it.” His father is a retired accountant; his mother taught nursing at Winona State College. They also farmed, keeping as many as 200 sheep, a herd of dairy goats, horses, and, sometimes, hogs; Wunderlich and his brother had daily chores. “I spent a lot of my childhood looking after animals,” he says, and many appear in his poems: sheep, crows, a wild boar, a mange-plagued coyote, an albino buck leaping like “a white tooth / in the closing mouth of the woods.” His language is precise, austere yet lyrical, with images that startle: overhead the dumb sky strips off / its wet shirt and tosses it to the wind’s hands.” Wunderlich’s mother has read his books; his father has not. “They’re proud of me, but these are Midwestern German people. Modesty is appreciated. Doing things in the public eye is foreign and a bit suspicious,” he says, acknowledging that the homoerotic content of his debut book The Anchorage (U. Mass Press, 1999) may also be a factor. “My parents have never been anything but supportive of my work, but they showed their support by giving me space to do what I wanted and needed to do. They respect my privacy, they always have. That’s a great gift.” Though Wunderlich’s mother read aloud at breakfast every morning (oatmeal with a side of Hardy Boys) and a beloved school librarian plied him with books,
“I wasn’t one of those kids who was always writing poems. I didn’t know it was even an option—I thought all poets were dead. I’d never met one. I didn’t know that was a thing.” But once he took a creative writing class “by accident” in college, “I realized it was a conversation I wanted to be having all the time. It was a whole world of language I’d just stumbled into.” He started college at a tiny German-immersion program in Bemidji, Minnesota, but chafed at its isolation. “I had grown up in a hometown of 700 people—I graduated high school with the same 68 kids I went to kindergarten with. I realized I was in another small place, where everybody would know me, again.” So he transferred to the University of Wisconsin. “Fifty thousand students,” he says, grinning. “I loved it!” Madison’s larger community freed Wunderlich to come out publically, but telling his father was hard. “I feared I would be rejected, but actually the opposite was true—it was harder for my mother in some ways.” His father’s response still moves him: “We don’t get to choose what the Lord sends us. It’s a father’s job to love his children.” In 1991, he moved east. “I was living in the East Village in the middle of the AIDS crisis,” he recalls. “I would walk down the street and see people my age in wheelchairs, who were skeletal, who’d been rejected by their families when they were dying. I could see the community, the chosen family coming together. I could also see the indifference, stupidity, and cruelty of political forces who were just cynical enough not to care that these people were dying.” He joined the crowd that carried the body of artist David Wojnarowicz through the streets. “I had this vision of moving to New York to be an artist and to be gay. I got there and found I was part of a group of people perceived as being disposable. That changed me.” Wunderlich wrote most of The Anchorage in graduate school at Columbia; it won a Lambda Literary Award. His second book, Voluntary Servitude (Graywolf, 2004), also met with strong praise. The Earth Avails had a longer evolution, partly because of his duties at Bennington, where poetry readings can rally a campuswide crowd (“It’s our version of a football game,” he quips) and partly because he kept these poems close to the vest. The collection includes two “Heaven-Letters”; nine titles include the word “Prayer.”Wunderlich notes, “I realized I was writing a book that was religious, addressed to a god I don’t believe in. As a queer agnostic, it was kind of embarrassing to be writing these devotional poems. I didn’t show them to my usual readers, didn’t publish them in journals.” But the topic continued to fascinate him. “God’s sort of the big backstop against which you keep throwing the ball,” he explains; the first “Heaven-Letter” concludes:
With your brush of feathers dust away my footprints.
Stay with me, here in the house. Urge, with your holy claw, the scratching of my pen.
Wunderlich’s current project is “a series of short prose pieces about cold places, and I think of it as something of a meditation on coldness.” He’s done winter residencies in Iceland and Finland, and joined a reindeer expedition in Swedish Lapland, “winter camping and traveling by reindeer sled north of the Arctic Circle.” He plans to travel to Greenland, northern Canada, and Siberia. This winter, the Arctic Vortex brought the subject to his door. In sunnier climes, the poet maintains “an absurdly large vegetable garden” and keeps bees. In “Opening the Hive,” he writes:
Suited and veiled to see the queen I bruise the air with smoke, puff from a billow
the punkwood and cow horn sumac I burn to stun the city of sunlight that is the hive.
“I’m awed by bees, by their organization and their beauty. But they’re like roses; they sting. My whole front yard is wild purple asters—the last blooming thing in the fall. There’s not much nectar, but lots of pollen. You walk down the driveway and the whole yard is buzzing. In one square foot there might be four or five hundred bees.” Mark Wunderlich beams. “It feels like the world’s this miraculous place, and we get to look at it.” Appearing 4/6 at Roeliff Jansen Community Library in Hillsdale. For more information: Roejanlibrary.org. 3/14 CHRONOGRAM BOOKS 53
SHORT TAKES March comes in like a literary lion, as six local authors investigate matters of body and soul. THE PRACTICE OF NADA YOGA: MEDITATION ON THE INNER SACRED SOUND BAIRD HERSEY, FOREWORD BY KRISHNA DAS INNER TRADITIONS, 2014, $16.95
Anyone who’s ever sat on a sticky mat chanting “Om” knows that breath and sound are the essence of yoga. Woodstock-based yogini, composer, and founder of overtone-singing ensemble PRANA explores the ancient precept and experiential practice of nada, “the yoga of listening.” He offers exercises to hear the outside world more clearly, still the mind’s noise, visualize sound, and attain inner bliss through Sacred Sound. SPELL BREAKING: REMEMBERED WAYS OF BEING, AN ANTHOLOGY OF WOMEN’S MYSTERIES EDITED BY IONE M.O.M./DEEP LISTENING PUBLICATIONS, 2013, $25
Kingston dream visionary Ione brings together 18 writings from an international Women’s Mysteries community. By turns intimate and overarching, these diverse pieces touch on Yoruba ritual, Native American lore, Harley riding, poetry, and other explorations. Ione writes, “In the process of spell-breaking we are ‘undoing the tangled webs that bind us.’” Amen, sister! HARVEST: FIELD NOTES FROM A FAR-FLUNG PURSUIT OF REAL FOOD MAX WATMAN W.W. NORTON & COMPANY, 2014, $24.95
Second-generation foodie Watman (Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw’s Adventures in Moonshine) shifts his obsession from homemade booze to DIY food. In Hudson Valley “farm-totable land,” he raises chickens, tries pickling and cheesemaking, takes hunting and fly-fishing trips. Since his backyard’s too small for a grass-fed steer, he raises one long distance, chronicling feasts and fiascos along the way. UPSIDE DOWN (ONE ON THE HOUSE) WILLIAM TEETS OUTSKIRTS PRESS, 2014, $16.95
Dutchess County resident Teets pulls no punches in this memoir of hitting bottom and struggling back. From the opening pages, he takes readers deep inside the disorientation, hallucinations, and palpable madness of someone who’s almost literally drunk himself to death yet still craves a drink on the ICU gurney. This is an “abusive relationship with my mistress alcohol” as seen from inside. It’s not pretty, but you can’t look away. GETTING THINGS OFF MY CHEST: A SURVIVOR’S GUIDE TO STAYING FEARLESS & FABULOUS IN THE FACE OF BREAST CANCER MELANIE YOUNG, FOREWORDS BY MARIA THEODOULOU, MD AND ELIZABETH CHABNER THOMPSON, MD/MPH, CEO/BFFL CO PLAIN SIGHT PUBLISHING, 2013, $16.99
Gardiner food and wine professional Young has spent ample time in “a place you didn’t prepare to visit and don’t care to return: Cancer Land.” This practical and affirmative book aims to help other women navigate their own cancer journeys, from the shock of diagnosis through treatment and ongoing wellness. “It took losing my breasts to find my voice,” she writes; that voice is warm, witty, and personal. DREAMS OF TOTALITY: WHERE WE ARE WHEN THERE’S NOTHING AT THE CENTER SHERRY SALMAN SPRING JOURNAL BOOKS, 2013, $32.95
Like a mythological weaver, Jungian psychoanalyst Salman pulls together a variety of strands, from Indra’s Net to the World Wide Web—“dreams of totality, visions of utopias and dystopias.” Her wide-ranging intellect and breadth of reference reverberates in the book’s 27 illustrations, from prehistoric stone circles to Tibetan mandalas and microphotographed stem cells. A provocative, rewarding read, urging wakefulness.
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Ice Run
Nature of the Beast
Steve Hamilton
Roland Keller
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SUNY Press, 2014, $19.95
ust in time to get you through the last tattered shreds of winter, two local mystery writers have brewed fresh hell for their antiheroic series protagonists. Venture into the bitter polar vortex of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and/or shuttle around the seedier backwaters of the Upper Hudson Valley with these guys, and your own messy life will start to seem refreshingly peaceful. In Ice Run, the latest in Cottekill resident Steve Hamilton’s Alex McKnight series, Alex has finally found a woman of his own caliber—smart, tough, and bristling with issues. They dare to attempt a midwinter’s date night at a vintage Upper Michigan hotel. Tugging at the thread of some seemingly random, minor events pulls Alex and Natalie into a tangled underbrush of rage with deep roots in the history of these lonesome border towns. The hair-raising things that unfold also have deep roots in Natalie’s family history, impacting in a very real way on whether this challenged romance has a chance. Building from the seemingly mistaken arrival of an antique hat to an in-depth meditation on murder, revenge, child abuse, and brotherhood, Edgar Award-winner Hamilton shows us he’s growing ever more masterful at the incisive characterization and vivid detail that craft his chilling lake effect. Steve Hamilton’s Alex McKnight and Roland Keller’s Easy Taylor are about as different as two fictional investigators can get. Alex gets a grip on a question and shakes it until truth falls out; Easy falls into clues and revelations almost against his will, often while trying to do something else like pick a horse or dodge a creditor. His heart’s in the right place even if his wallet, car keys, and cash seem to flee with alarming regularity. And he’s about to experience The Nature of the Beast. The Catskill ne’er-do-well’s getting set to write a great novel (once he figures out what to write about) when his landlady seizes his typewriter for back rent. So it’s lucky that his veterinarian squeeze, Doc Hank (short for Henrietta), knows someone who needs a lost dog found. Easy is revolted to discover what kinds of things can befall a missing pit bull, including underground dogfights and a shady scientific research lab. Will Easy succeed in saving Sirius from a horrible fate and restore him to the sheep farmer who loves him? Will he manage to stay one step ahead of the fierce landlady, while capturing a terrifying Jamaican hustler with the moniker “Fatal” for an atrociously manipulative bail bondsman? Will his tenuous connection to a Catskill policeman keep him out of jail? Will a deranged scientist succeed in creating an aggression virus that could make a sheep kill? Easy staggers through a series of unfortunate events, mostly wishing he was somewhere else. Sometimes Easy’s so exasperating that a reader might wonder what Doc Hank sees in the man–only to be reminded of his big warm heart, just about the only quality Easy and Alex share. Hamilton writes with breathtaking grace; Keller is less polished, but Easy’s got potential and room to grow. Searing agonies on the Canadian border or madcap antics in a skewed Upper Hudson Valley? Either, or both, makes for a great armchair voyage into derring-do. —Anne Pyburn Craig
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ragic. Transcendent. Frustrating. Profoundly influential. These descriptors are forever linked to the late, great Alex Chilton. If you’re a Hollywood screenwriter looking for a life story to plunder—meteoric rise to teen stardom that makes That Thing You Do look like a slow crawl; decades of unfulfilled, belowthe-radar, just-about-to-break-big languishing as rock’s consummate cult artist; maybe throw in some drugs and a propensity for career self-sabotage—well, here’s your meal ticket. A ticket that lies ready and waiting on a silver platter— perhaps even one of the platters the singer-songwriter himself scrubbed during his late-in-life day gig as a dishwasher. In A Man Called Destruction, award-winning, Phoenicia author Holly GeorgeWarren (The Road to Woodstock, Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry, Punk 365) lays out the tumultuous ride of the Memphis rocker’s 60-year life, a journey soundtracked by the wealth of incredible music he left behind. Born to an art-loving couple whose cocktail-swigging lifestyle made them less than well-equipped as parents, Chilton found instant fame at age 16 as the growling singer of garage soul legends the Box Tops. His first-ever visit to a recording studio resulted in the 1967 number one smash “The Letter,” but never again would his career attain such impossible fluke heights. Though the Box Tops enjoyed other enduring, lesser hits (“Cry Like a Baby,” “Soul Deep”) before splitting up in 1970, they promoted them via back-breaking tours that lined the pockets of their handlers but, hmm, somehow earned the band very little. Chilton’s next key foray was with proto-power pop band Big Star, arguably the definitive cult act. The group’s melodic, raw, and darkly moving albums saw it tapped by gushing critics as the Next Big Thing, until bad business deals, tensions in the band, and the public’s tin-eared taste tore it apart. Such neck-snapping ups and downs have got to fuck with your head, and, as George-Warren illustrates, in Chilton’s case they sure did, making him into an infamously withdrawn outsider who chafed at the reminders of his coulda-been-a-contender status heaped upon him by well-meaning fans. Such an impenetrable personality would naturally make Chilton a hard nut to crack, but George-Warren gets closer to his complex core than any who’ve made the attempt before. In a you-are-there yarn colored by over 100 revealing conversations with bandmates, friends, lovers, and others—even the subject himself, via interviews conducted before his fatal 2010 heart attack—she follows Chilton from childhood through the giddy-turning-sour rush of the Box Tops and his artistic flowering with Big Star, New York punk scene tenure, work as a producer of the Cramps and others, lionization by an entire generation of indie rockers, 1980s solo renaissance, down-and-out reclusive years in New Orleans, reemergence via the reunited Big Star and Box Tops, shocking demise, and lingering legacy. In an ode they named for him, his acolytes the Replacements dubbed Chilton the “invisible man who can sing in a visible voice.” That voice’s greatness, both sonically and creatively speaking, has always been clear to fans. But now, thanks to George-Warren, the man behind it is far less murky. Appearing 4/12 at 6:30pm, Golden Notebook, with live music by Robert Burke Warren. —Peter Aaron
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POETRY
Edited by Phillip X Levine. Deadline for our April issue is March 5. Send up to three poems or three pages (whichever comes first). Full submission guidelines: www.chronogram.com/submissions.
Osprey, Osprey Osprey, Osprey Hunting Osprey Skimming the waves and Looking for prey Nightblack talons uncurl, Majestic wings unfurl A screech splits the sky This is the osprey’s hunting cry A splish, a splash, a sploosh! What’s that? Osprey’s head snaps all the way back. Scree! Dive, flap and fly, Osprey’s talons split the sky Osprey vs. Fish is like knife vs. butter Or chocolate chip cookie vs. Giant Cookie Cutter Talons like knives Beak like a drill This Osprey is going Right for the kill Osprey goes home to enjoy her meal This story’s not a poem It’s really real! Always think of Osprey Talons like steel And a beak with A drill-like feel
Goodbye Pete. Thank you. —p
LOVE AIN’T LIKE THAT I went to the store to get you a card, but love ain’t like that. Them hearts and flowers is all very well for the rich folk up on the hill. Here we do it different. It’s more like my jeans smellin’ fresh in the drawer from hangin’ on the line, or that extra half a peanut butter sandwich in my lunch sack. It’s you hummin’ by the kitchen sink— your hands rough and red— too many dishes, too much scrubbin’ floors. Don’t think I don’t notice. —Lynn Hoins
WATER FRONT
—Solana Cantú (9 years)
River, I cling to you murky mirage slow, scintillating curves
I DREAM OF EGGS IN THE TRUNK
Limbless lover, all body with a soft spot for seedy cities
blue green eggs, the Araucana eggs I knew as a child. I remember collecting them then wanting to horde them, wear them somehow. I wanted to lick that color. Bite the shell. Now, dream after dream, I place them in the refrigerator I notice which ones are loose and which ones are boxed, and I smile, tilted head. I drive away with them so close to one another in the trunk that there is no way for them to crack. loose and tight all at once. And as they touch, they make a tingling sound, the sound of a first touch, the thrill of impact from a kiss below the waist— anticipated but unknown. —Elizabethanne Spiotta
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Boot in the mud, unsown I used to come to you at dusk, watch you sidle up lick little rocks mixed with beer tabs and butts Sky flushes, dips behind the tall hedge, rolling Gauze of grey-blue smoke Shore up your lullabies tired tapping on wood jet skis rubbing out streams on your skin tipsy slosh over the bar’s bobbing black hull parking lot fragments in a plastic box Here there is no water, only rock No swimming, no drinking, no rite or ritual From above, I imagine how the desperate will die bones crushed against concrete, an ebb catching the light —Janine Stankus
TO “LJ” ON THE OCCASION OF MY RETIREMENT FROM LIFE GUARDING I’m sorry I took too long to respond to your last letter in which you expressed your desire to visit with assurances that you no longer did crazy, death defying antics. I’ve always hated that I found out from your mother’s family holiday letter which came nearly a year after you took your own life on the previous New Year’s Day…. No wonder you had to be so extreme in talent, so piercing in pain to penetrate such callousness: Hers and mine. After 35 years, I still find you in the cold winter sky where Orion lingers omni potently over my front yard. And in the hawk who spirals effortlessly higher and higher as I write this, until gone from my sight. Given your ethereal state you know that the waves created when you cannonballed into my life ripple silently, anonymously, in perpetuity. It was quite a career! Eternally grateful, dld —dld
EVE KALI-ING OUT
HAIL MARY
PROPITIATOR
If I ever meet a good man, I’ll never reveal myself again. Prying is the sort of challenge That really turns you on to begin with.
I keep time with celery, stir the horseradish sediment in my extra bloody Mary.
One time I thought I could Go all out with a friend.
Swish, swish, swish. Tick tock.
Always willing, no matter how recent Scars are of the past, always Willing to love full force in the face Of a seed of perfect chemistry
Long drags of tomato cocktail. More Tabasco.
Silhouettes, defined against an early evening blue, the clean precision of a draftsman’s line. Approaching her table, I fight the urge to touch her cheek, gently rake my fingers through her hair to the warmth of her neck. The long-tailed man spews forth gold-plated platitudes, the ragged configuration marveling at the light streaming from his mouth. I am the last spring raindrop, the end of a lulling rush, absorbed into the mysteries of the lake; fading ripples echo this passing season. Before darkness sets, the old farmer wrings the soil firmly, sensually, a final plea under a moonlight that irrigates his fertile dreams.
Few if any have ever been strong enough to receive I believe They all loved me, Truly or falsely, But there is no consolation in that This soul seeks One beyond control Love beyond love, beyond death Now I accept All ugliness and beauty Equal in the eye of the witness Beholding I will always be the true lover of myself And still I seek the man manifested I love being who I am In illusion and in essence Driven To keep living on In spite of all my failures I hold them dear And love the same In time I’m sure Your face will fade. The point is to be happy Without any Thing Or any Body. A kind of far away, Lonely happiness, Where you’re absorbed back Into the Soul Recycling Center— Well, God loves to choose creation, And Here I Am, Partying it up again, In the little blue garden.
The young man in a Misfits tee on the stool next to mine not-so-subtly eyes my spread:
—Dante A. Cantú
Mostly blank sheets of paper crossed-out words a thesaurus a Papermate ballpoint Flexgrip another drink.
How I got it made starts after breakfast, they must always be in a hurry to waste so much. There are a lot of good neighborhoods but gun to my head, you can bury me right here on the corner of ninth and forty-sixth street— Queen trash can, I call her, surrounded by her minions— at least five eateries snuggled up tight. Today, I got me the usual rounds of half-eaten muffins and bagels, a little oj to wash it down with, but then I got the gold, the king kong of treats, a full, warmed up cup of coffee with the top still on it! It don’t have no lipstick or nothin’, clean as a new shine on the hood of a cadillac— it’s mint condition day.
What are you writing? A novel a eulogy erotic Twilight fan fiction my last will and testament or maybe I’m just signing the check— but I’m not speaking to him, and he’s vacated already; I’m talking to Mary on an empty stomach with a flaming tongue and some time to kill. —Jenna Tripke
TELL YOURSELF (AFTER MARK STRAND) we are blue prints, ash, just enough anything to get us through Thursday. On the good nights we give blood in name of vertigo workshop our crash patterns and account for the ripcords.
I call out to my dancer, I call out to the one, To make with me in mortality, Immortal fun.
—Mike Rosen
Cast the human divinity complete, And taste the fruit so sweet.
Life gave me everything I asked of it. If only I had known the right questions.
—Andrea Pacione
—Cliff Henderson
APOLOGIA
MINT CONDITION DAY
—Drew Nacht
SEA MOTHER Someone told me once that God is in the ocean. “If God is anywhere, it’s there.” And so I know, God is a woman. Consider the dive under— the shimmering blue carrying you you, curled and naked, stretched and kicking, the rising and falling of waves like slow, heavy footsteps, the anticipation of up and down you move in your cocoon, it goes and you go too, and the sun rays are fingertips tracing your outline from somewhere outside they love you. And you come up and you’re out when you choose, and you’re half it and half you, and air is for breathing, and all is for seeing and new—and by God, are you not reborn? —Emily Graham 3/14 CHRONOGRAM POETRY 57
Food & Drink
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Handcrafted Charcuterie from Columbia County By Nicole Hitner Photographs by Roy Gumpel
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efore my tour of Jacüterie’s headquarters at Herondale Farm, I had never seen a smoking chamber. In my mind, bacon was surely born in an imposing brick oven pregnant with woody fragrances, but when I stepped into the curing facility, I saw no such thing. The room looked and smelled like a professional kitchen, clean and unassuming. The doorways were hung with wide plastic ribbons, and in a corner, squatting beside a desk, was the smoking chamber. It could easily be mistaken for a filing cabinet. To my astonishment, I learned that half of Jacüterie’s meat-curing magic happens inside that little metal box, and the other half happens in what looks like little more than a walk-in closet outfitted with fans, a dehumidifier, and an air extractor. With just one curing chamber, one growing season, and his own two hands, Jacüterie founder Jack Peele has created a considerable buzz among Hudson Valley carnivores. His humble charcuterie produces four different varieties of bacon, five sorts of cured sausage, and four types of fresh sausage using organic, locally sourced ingredients and Peele’s own original recipes. Most of the pork, lamb, and beef in Jacüterie’s products are sourced onsite at Herondale Farm, which his father, Jerry, has been managing for the past 10 years. Peele says Jacüterie strives to “bring flavors and traditional recipes from around the world to the local scene using local ingredients.” He must be doing something right, because his products routinely sell out—especially the salamis, of which the Alpine cervelat and the Finocchiona, an Italian fennel sausage, are the most popular. But the fresh sausages and bacon are flying off Herondale’s farm store shelves as well. There’s the Bombay Banger, enjoyed for its breakfast-sausage sweetness and curry undertones, and the mint-infused Moroccan lamb merguez, which can add an earthy depth to any meal. Peele also claims to be working on a new, “extremely delicious” French-style saucisson sec seasoned with garlic and herbes de provence that he predicts will be a hit.
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Slow and Sustainable While there has long been a market among the sustainably minded for local, organic meats in general, Peele seems to have stumbled upon a burgeoning demand for cured meat in particular. Jerry believes the salamis have taken off for the simple reason that they taste amazing, but Peele identifies another likely attraction: “A lot of charcuterie involves using every single part of the animal.You’re not wasting anything, and I think that’s very important. By using every single part of the animal, you’re honoring it better and giving it more of a purpose.” Whereas butchery saves only select cuts for market, traditional charcuterie makes use of internal organs and parts of the head, back, and feet that usually go to waste. Peele already incorporates neglected back fat in his salamis and has been experimenting at home with recipes using other parts, such as pork liver. But saucisson sec differs from your standard fresh cut in one other important department: intensity. The curing process distills the meat’s natural flavor, turning salami into a contemplative food that insists on being savored. The Alpine cervelat, for example, boasts a peppery bouquet of mustard seed, nutmeg, ginger, and coriander, pairing well with mild hard cheeses, like caciocavallo. Best served in small portions and good in the refrigerator for over a year, the salami may perhaps reign supreme as the ultimate slow food. Art, Science, Salt The long road to a sausage begins with farmer Jerry Peele’s careful agrarian nurturing. At Herondale, he raises beef, pork, chickens, and lamb using alternative organic husbandry practices à la Joel Salatin. (You can, if you like, buy a DVD copy of Food, Inc. at his farm store.) Jerry strolls up the farm’s drive past his herd of Murray Greys and British Whites, cattle breeds
Opposite: Jack Peele in the curing room at Jacüterie in Ancramdale. Above: Slices of Saucisson Sec Provençal.
he specifically selected for being well suited to a grass-based diet. In winter, the animals wander freely between the barn and field, munching on a mix of hay and silage; in summer, they rotate from pasture to pasture, feasting on a cornucopia of grasses. The pigs in turn spend the bulk of their days lounging and foraging in the farm’s shady wood lots. Jerry believes that there is a positive correlation between animals’ quality of life and the quality of the meat they will yield. Once harvested, the meat passes from father to son, and Peele begins his stage of the process. As low-tech as meat curing may seem, it in fact requires immense skill and culinary aptitude. Curing was invented as a means of preserving food without refrigeration, so the science must be exact to yield safe results. “The basis for everything is salt,” says Peele. “It draws all the liquid out while enhancing the meat’s flavor, and this allows the sausages to hang in the right environment for long periods of time.” But even a dry food can still be a welcome habitat for bacteria, so Peele inoculates his sausages with a lactic acid culture, which initiates a fermentation process, lowers the meat’s pH, and renders it inhospitable to harmful microbes. The sausages then spend approximately four weeks in the curing chamber at 50 degrees and 70 percent humidity. During this period, Peele must carefully monitor the salamis’ pH and water activity. If everything goes smoothly, in a month he will have a finished product ready for market. Four weeks might sound like a long time to invest in a sausage, but Peele waits even longer for thicker cuts, like prosciutto. “Prosciutto,” explains Peele, “is a whole leg of a pig, so it’s going to take a year or a year and a half in the curing chamber. I’m excited because I actually have a prosciutto in my curing chamber that I started in December of 2012, and it’s just about ready!”
Once Upon a Fridge How exactly Peele wound up devoting his time to artisanal meats begs explanation, especially since he spent the bulk of his professional career in the film and photo industry. For six years, he worked as a digital imager at a photography studio in the city and would spend his free time embarking culinary adventures in his home kitchen. Peele eventually decided to attend the French Culinary Institute to study pastry, and it was around this time that he began posting cooking videos of himself on YouTube and his food blog, Jack Is Cooking. Peele’s life as a pastry chef lasted only briefly, however, and he was once again a photographer by the time he picked up his first book on charcuterie. “Because we had the meat farm,” Peele explains, “I started getting really into ham, prosciutto, and salami, and I wanted to know how to do it. After I’d been reading about curing for a little while, I built a little curing chamber out of an old fridge.” After supplementing his reading with a few charcuterie courses at the French Culinary, Peele soon began wowing friends and family with his fridge-cured creations. When he and his wife moved up to Columbia County last year, Peele decided to take a stab at turning curing into a business and has been building momentum ever since. Right now, Jacüterie’s meats are only available at Herondale’s farm store, at the Millerton Farmers’ Market, and through the farm’s Salami Club, which deposits sausage at drop-off points as far south as New York City, but Jacüterie’s first season has enjoyed such regional acclaim that Peele has begun the process of applying for a USDA license that will allow him to sell his products anywhere in the country. Peele’s backroom tinkering has blossomed into the talk of the town virtually overnight, so let’s wait and see what Jack cooks up next. 3/14 CHRONOGRAM FOOD & DRINK 59
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Culinary Adventures
Best Food Forward THE REGION STAKES A CLAIM TO CULINARY PROMINENCE ERIK GOLDSTEIN
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ome people saw it coming early.Travel + Leisure writers Matt and Ted Lee journeyed north from Manhattan in 2002, having sensed “a quiet revolution” but half-fearing that they would find something “just like the Hamptons with sheep.” Instead, they had a blast meeting farmers and eating fantastic food, and wrote “Sweet (Hudson) Valley Highs” about their adventures. That was around the time that the Rondout Valley Growers Association was first getting organized. The concept of collaboration rapidly found favor among new niche growers and third-generation farmers alike. “There were informal discussions under way that led to the organization being born in 2003,” says RVGA president Deborah DeWan. “Before the [farm-to-table] movement became a movement, we had a tradition—a community of growers who had been on and in the land for generations, practicing farm-to-table, giving mutual aid, delivering sweet corn to NewYork and ingredients to restaurants. It’s an exciting and challenging time now that these things are on the tip of everyone’s tongue—to our members, it’s just who we are, in our core and at our roots.” The Hudson Valley’s re-emergence as agricultural powerhouse and culinary paradise is indeed on everyone’s lips. As the locavore and slow food movements have grown in national prominence, partly in response to the catastrophe-ridden and depressing saga of Big Ag (cardboard tomatoes, anyone?) the region has become a bubbling stew of activity centered around every phase of local food: growing it, marketing it, cooking it, and eating it. With the rising tide of food system consciousness, our proximity to the Big Apple (named, after all, for a prominent agricultural product) has fueled recognition of the importance of rich soil, crafty microclimates, and devoted expertise. Emblematic of the shift may be the fact that within the cavernous reaches of Tech City, where IBMers once labored, one of the most successful endeavors is a food packaging facility, Farm to Table Co-Packers.
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Farm to Table grew from the sweet dreams of Jim Hyland, himself a transplant from the city who fell in love with the CSA concept and started an unusual one, Winter Sun. Having started with freezing their own produce because they loved having good local food in winter, the Hylands figured others would enjoy it too. They were very right. “We’ve been taking more space every year—we just added 2,000 square feet, so our total is 35,000 now,” says Hyland of the food packaging facility he runs. “Farm to Table is mission driven. We want to help local farms and the local food movement by opening up new markets. Aggregation and processing of value-added products was a missing link. We’re going out to every market we can think of, so the farms don’t have to worry about it. Ken Migliorelli has created a whole line. Other farmers just drop off their produce and get paid. It’s been a very positive direction. I think the growing popularity of farmers’ markets was the leading edge with the public.” Chef College The Hudson Valley’s modern era of food stardom dates back to 1972, when the Culinary Institute of America, founded 25 years earlier in New Haven, moved to Hyde Park. Recognized as the place where the best students go to become world-class master chefs, the CIA has only grown in luster and importance— this year, National Restaurant News named the college president, Dr. Tim Ryan, and two of the college’s alumni to its list of the 50 most powerful people in the food business. Ryan himself is an alumnus, as are household-name celebrity chefs like Cat Cora and Anthony Bourdain. Other grads have fallen in love with the charms of this sweet valley and opened restaurants of their own here.The CIA’s website lists a couple of dozen of these, from the avant garde hot dog outlet Soul Dog in Poughkeepsie to
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such renowned bastions of traditional eating as The Would in Highland and Ship to Shore in Kingston and Bruce Kazan’s Main Course in New Paltz, an early adopter of farm-to-table cuisine. One of the CIA’s own restaurants, American Bounty, boasts as much about its embrace of local and sustainable as of the menus crafted by its experts. There’s a lengthy listing of “farm partners” on its website, in 10 different food categories.Yet more evidence of the CIA’s ability to stay on top of the region’s wonders: They’re opening their own craft teaching brewery in concert with Brooklyn Brewery in 2015. Not all of the region’s great chefs come through the CIA pipeline. In the 1970s, Craig Claiborne of the NewYork Times discovered the DePuy Canal House in High Falls and John Novi, who would come to be called the Father of New American Cuisine. Decades later, Novi looks with great satisfaction on the emerging local developments. “I believe in destiny,” says Novi. “Certain things are written in advance if we let our instincts lead us. Things are coming together in a sort of pinpoint focus in the region right now. I’ve already got producers making things specifically for me. Up at Harpersfield Cheese they’re making an exclusive Canal House cheese. I’ve got a meeting scheduled with (heritage grain grower) Don Lewis of Wild Hive. Growers from the Catskills stop here on their way to the Greenmarket in the city, before they get on the Thruway, and I get first pick. It’s a wonderful puzzle to figure out and put together.” Then there are the wild younguns like Noah Sheetz, one of the co-founders of the Hudson Valley Chefs’ Consortium, a group that’s part advocacy, part showmanship, and part having a blast and providing the dining experience of a lifetime. “It grew from a bunch of us who kept meeting up at local food events like Columbia County Bounty,” says Sheetz, “and then things really got rolling when we got together with the director of the Bannerman’s Island Castle Trust
and hosted dinner out there.We’ve cooked on a sandbar that’s only there part of the time, at the Athens Lighthouse—all kinds of nontraditional locations.We’ve worked with an artist friend, Chip Fasciana, on an event that put together a winery, an artist, and a meal. These all make for interesting logistical puzzles.” The Terroir Factor The food revolution underway in the onetime breadbasket of the American revolution doesn’t lack for glamour, and one of the primary goals is enabling growers both niche and traditional to make a decent living, feeding their families while they feed the rest of us and keeping our remaining green space green. But nonprofit groups are a huge driving force. Folks at Glynwood, a dot-org and working farm in Cold Spring where they’ve been studying every aspect of agricultural from land use to value-added product since 1995, have devoted much serious thought to the emergence of the Valley as an agricultural and culinary power center. “We know that the Hudson Valley region is renowned for its history, culture, and recreation. Landscapes have always been a central part of that identity, made famous of course by the Hudson River School painters,” notes Glynwood vice president of programming Sara Grady. “But the opportunity for the Hudson Valley in this time, in our era, is to go further—to be defined by food. To truly be a leading region for sustainable agriculture—and therefore a place where world-class food is grown and crafted. To ensure the Hudson River Valley is known as a world-class destination identified by its landscapes, communities and food. “In our time, it is food that responds to all our most pressing concerns and crises: environmental, economic, health, and social wellbeing. When we scan the scene of farming and food system development here in this region, we see a burgeoning and increasingly sophisticated network 3/14 CHRONOGRAM CULINARY ADVENTURES 63
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getting organized around farming and food, seeking to solve some challenging practical concerns: things like farmer training, access to land, processing and distribution, market development, product creation, community engagement, consumer education.” The job’s not done, as Grady observes. “We are not yet, as a region, defined by signature foods that express the character of this place. The beginnings are there—and could be on the level of other regions where a vibrant food culture ensures the viability of farming, like Napa, Normandy, and Vermont. In such places, where the sense of place is closely tied to food, this ‘terroir’ factor facilitates the agricultural economy and becomes a sort of positive feedback cycle between regionally distinctive foods, viable agricultural businesses, productive farmland, and the identity of a place as ‘defined by food.’ Seeking that sense of definition, one of Glynwood’s latest projects is a cider initiative. “We have a strong success in the work we have accomplished with cider. The Hudson Valley is an apple region, recently hard cider has been gaining popularity, and producing it brings greater value to apples—so it can help to ensure that orchards remain profitable. Cider is a distinctive product that can be emblematic of the region, with a beneficial ripple effect: More growers can profit from growing cider apples, cidermakers thrive, creating jobs, attracting investment, tourism, and pride in the region.” The same could be said of craft brewing and small-batch distilleries, which are continuing to pop up across the region. Incubating Farms Last fall, the Local Economies Project of the New World Foundation bought the 1,255 acres of farmland in Hurley, the former Gill Farm, to launch a huge new farm hub that seeks to be “a regional center for farmer training, agricultural research, and demonstration of innovative farm technologies,” according to its website. “Local food is a driving force behind almost everything we do at LEP,” says spokesperson Brooke Pickering-Cole. “It all begins on the farm.The Farm Hub project is envisioned as a way to bolster resilient agriculture in the Hudson Valley; by working to strengthen farming, we aim to strengthen the local food system. We felt that the time was right for this kind of project—there is so much demand for local food. With celebrated traditions, great land, young people interested in farming, and proximity to the New York City market, the Hudson Valley is very well positioned to supply that demand. This area also seems to attract people who love good food. All the restaurants, bakeries, cafés, farmers markets, caterers and, of course, the CIA, are magnets for ‘foodies’ of all types who are increasingly interested in the source of what’s in the grocery store and on the menu. These businesses are evidence of a culture that supports the kind of work we and our partners are doing and that’s very fortunate. There’s a great deal of potential for economic development around farming and food here.” Todd Erling, executive director of the Hudson Valley Agribusiness Development Corporation and Hudson Valley Bounty, agrees. “There’s better collaboration than ever,” he says. “Formally and informally, adding to the depth and diversity of not only agricultural products but artisanal products and the means to get them to market.” The good news just keeps rolling in. Late in February, the Local Economies Project announced a grant of $200,000 to the New York branch of the American Farmland Trust to “expand new, local markets for farmers through the Farm to Institution New York State Partnership,” an organization that Works to serve more local products in places like schools and hospitals. Along with the hard work comes a heaping helping of fun. One more sprouting development of note: a new international magazine, Modern Farmer, launch recently in Hudson. “People would ask us, ‘How is that a scalable audience?’” says founder Ann Marie Gardner. “And it’s like, ‘Do you eat?’ I was a journalist traveling all over the world, and everywhere I went, people care about food. They want growing skills. They want to raise chickens. They want the basic skills we’ve lost touch with, and there was nobody giving them the information in an accessible, popular format. “And we’ve hit a nerve.We’re selling the magazine in Singapore and Berlin. People in Tokyo want our T-shirts. What’s going on in the Hudson Valley is a microcosm of something that’s happening everywhere, and this is a great place to be headquartered—we’re right in the thick of it.”
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Art Galleries & Centers Dorsky Museum SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Drive New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3844 newpaltz.edu/museum sdma@newpaltz.edu Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art 1701 Main Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 788-0100 Haiti Project at Vassar College Poughkeepise, NY thehaitiproject.org
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FUTURISTIC GMOS MIGHT NOT BE AS TERRIBLE AS WE THINK, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN WE SHOULD EAT THEM.
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hey’re as old as the Garden of Eden. In pie, they’re all-American. Teacher-pleasers and doctor warder-offers, apples are a vision of wholefood health—you can even eat the wrapper. But come next Halloween, the fruit you might be bobbing for will be unlike any you’ve ever known. Apples have gone high-tech.The new Arctic® Apple (note the registered symbol) has been genetically engineered so that it doesn’t turn brown when sliced. That’s right— the world’s first apple made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is coming to market soon, pending a few final hurdles toward USDA deregulation.Yet it’s no surprise that en route toward its commercial debut, the laboratory-born fruit has sprouted a bit of controversy. Anti-GMO activists are upsetting the apple cart with corporate admonishments and consumer amber alerts. The Arctic® Apple’s producers, a Canadian biotech company called Okanagan Specialty Fruits, says the apples are well tested and found perfectly safe to consume; without the “yuck factor” of browning, they might even inspire more healthful eating in our junk food nation. The marketing challenges, however, are fierce—just how eager will the public be to bite into the so-called Frankenapple? Sci-fi metaphors aside, most of us are wary of GMO foods. We’ve heard about the superweeds that genetically modified crops have spawned, the restraints that patented seeds tend to put on farmers, and the corporate greed of GMO food megaproducers like Monsanto. Yet we do consume GMO foods, perhaps more frequently than we realize. According to the Center for Food Safety, more than 70 percent of the processed foods on supermarket shelves contain ingredients from genetically modified crops like corn, soy, and canola. That means you’re getting a mouthful of GMOs every time you dig into your breakfast cereal, crackers, cookies, chips, even baby formula. The push right now among consumer groups is to get GMO foods labeled so people know what they’re buying. The big question is: Are GMO foods safe to eat? The Science Behind Science Food Academic databases are glutted with studies about GMO products, both industrysponsored experiments and independent trials. But rather than wade through hundreds of papers to draw conclusions, British environmentalist and author Mark Lynas—once one of the anti-GMO movement’s most fervent activists, who just last year publically reversed his stance and softened his views after he “discovered science”—suggests a different way of diving in. “The most useful starting place, and I would suggest, the default position for any sensible layperson, is the statements produced by academic institutions assessing the overall evidence in this area,” says Lynas. “For example, the American Association for the Advancement of Science states quite categorically that GMO crops are as safe as any other, as do the European Union science academies.” Lynas warns against conspiracy theories and “anti-GMO denialism,” saying that the consensus in the scientific community 70 WHOLE LIVING CHRONOGRAM 3/14
is that GMOs in our foods pose no known health risk. The 2012 Seralini rat study in France seemed to challenge this verdict when it found adverse health effects, including tumors, in rats fed a diet of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready corn—but the experiments were later discredited and the study was retracted by the journal that published it, expunging it from the scientific record. Of course, that’s not the end of the story; with science, the case is never closed. Watchdog groups like the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) want GMO researchers to probe into areas that may be overlooked. “Our first concern is that the genetically engineered traits of these foods will actually survive in our bodies,” says Alexis Baden-Mayer, the political director for OCA. “We’ve been told for years that they just get dissolved through digestion, which doesn’t make sense because most of our food is incorporated into our body and is absorbed into our bloodstream.” A 2011 study in Canada found traces of Bt—a genetically modified organism used in corn, potatoes, and other crops to ward off pests—in the blood of over 90 percent of women of reproductive age, as well as in 80 percent of fetal cord blood. “So we know that not only are these genetically engineered traits and proteins surviving digestion and accumulating in our bodies, but they’re even being passed to our children before birth,” says Baden-Mayer. “We don’t know what effect this has, but they do leave a mark in our body.” Brave New Crops for a Brave New World Most of the fears around GMOs revolve around what we don’t know—not what we do know. But some environmentalists and farmers say we should be looking at the bigger picture. “While there are so many negative things out there about GMOs, it’s also important for people to see the positive, too,” says Amy Hepworth, who with her two partners owns Hepworth Farms, one of the Hudson Valley’s largest organic farms, in Milton. Although Hepworth would never use GMOs herself, as organic farming prohibits them, her thinking on the issue has evolved over the years. “When I first heard of Roundup Ready, I hated the idea of a soybean that wouldn’t get hurt if you sprayed herbicides on it. But then I saw that it helped decrease our use of some really toxic chemicals. No one can say it wasn’t an environmental win at that time [the mid-1990s].” Roundup has proved far from perfect, highlighting the risks of GMO agriculture on a number of levels—including the chance that modified plants will infiltrate the natural gene pool. “If you’re going to use GMOs, it should be the most contained situation,” says Hepworth. “People ask, ‘Why use them if you’re going to have that risk?’ Well, the reason GMOs are here is to help us solve some bigger problems. Drought, malnutrition—there’s where GMOs really have a chance to make a difference.” Environmentalists like Lynas agree that GMO crops offer an opportunity for us to address the challenges of a changing climate, as well as hunger in various parts of the globe. “There are billions of us on the planet, and
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limited natural resources,” says Hepworth. “We’re blessed here in the Northeast with rainfall and spectacular ecological diversity. Other regions don’t have that. When people are having malnutrition and starving in Africa, and you ban a GMO rice that has more nutrition in it, it’s kind of scary. You could help millions of people. We can sit over here with our abundance and our privileged lives and say that’s bad. It’s weird. I’m not comfortable with that.” Apple Brown Betty, Without the Brown Creating GMO foods out of global necessity is one thing. But does the world really need a nonbrowning apple? Some apple growers argue yes.The makers of the Arctic® Apple say their product, which doesn’t bruise like other apples, will create less waste, as fewer fruits will need to be discarded. But people like Baden-Mayer don’t think the benefits outweigh the risks in this instance. “The technology used in the apple, called RNA interference technology, is used to block the expression of a gene,” she says. “So a gene blocker is ending up in our bodies. That’s even scarier than the Bt example, because a gene blocker could influence our bodies’ normal function.” Supporters of the Arctic® Apple, including Lynas, say that the apple’s producers are simply switching off an enzyme that causes browning and that the science is harmless; defenders say the fruit is as safe to eat as any produce grown with conventional crop-modification techniques. “You can’t conventionally breed a crop to knock out a gene,” says Baden-Mayer. “There are effects all up and down the DNA strand. We don’t know what else happens to the apple.” We’ve been modifying our food since the beginning of modern agriculture in pursuit of a crispier apple, a bigger tomato, or a heartier broccoli. But some suggest that tampering with our food endlessly—even through conventional, natural means—is not without potential risk. William David, MD, says in his book Wheat Belly (Rodale, 2011) that modern wheat bears little resemblance to the wheat that our forebears ground into their daily bread—and he directly connects these changes to the rise in allergies, gluten sensitivities, and celiac disease that we have today. GMO foods could have similar effects, though we simply don’t know for sure. The only solution is more clinical trials and more testing; just last year, the American Medical Association recommended that the FDA conduct mandatory, premarket safety testing of GMO foods, which we currently do not have. Waves of Change and Fields of Dreams GMO skeptics say that we’re part of one big human experiment, kind of like juggling with apples. But Hepworth is more optimistic. “I believe in the agricultural community’s ability to create good, safe food that is of zero risk to your health, just fresh fruits and vegetables. Give the people what they want—clean food, sustainable practices.” For those who want to avoid GMO foods, one surefire solution is to eat exclusively organic. But after working within organic agriculture for 30 years, Hepworth is starting to see its limitations. “My position now is that local is better than organic. I once thought organic was the end all, but it’s not the best agricultural practice anymore. There’s so much more out there now in biotech. They’re producing chemistries that have a very short life and are very effective without toxicity, very specifically targeted.” It could be that the next wave of agriculture will move beyond organic, remaining toxin-free while making use of the vast array of technologies and innovations available today. Just what that will look like, and whether or not GMOs will be a part of it, is unclear right now. Whatever you think of GMOs from a political, environmental, economic, or humanitarian standpoint—and each of these areas is complex—the bottom line from a personal health point of view is that we should steer clear of them. Not because they’ve been proven unsafe (they have not), but because the foods they’re likely to inhabit are processed foods and fast foods, which play a role in modern health scourges from diabetes to heart disease to cancer. The Arctic® Apple could be the beginning of GMOs making their way onto supermarket produce shelves, too, requiring a new kind of consumer savvy. But it will have its competitors, including a new apple that is extremely slow to brown and was developed with conventional breeding techniques, called WA 38 (expect a sexier name when the apple comes to market around 2017). GMO labeling should be mandatory, because we have a right to know what we’re eating. But we can also focus our efforts on quelling the fear mongering, and thinking positive. “Can you imagine everybody uniting to have sustainable, healthy soil and clean food? Wouldn’t that be fantastic?” asks Hepworth. “We can do that. I have a lot of hope that we’re going to come together with a unified agricultural system that’s ecologically sustainable and healthy.”
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WOMEN’S PROGRAM
New Paltz, NY (845) 729-0608
(845) 679-0512 joanapter@earthlink.net
1772 South Road, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-6060 victory-over-pain.com
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Legga, Inc.
Private treatment rooms, attentive oneon-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.
Hoon J. Park, MD, PC
Helping the alcoholic and addict find the gift of sobriety for over 4 decades and 4 generations.
Animal Assisted Therapy
Alexander Technique Mosaic Bodyworks: Jocosa Wade Waterstreet Market, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2129 mosaicbodyworks.net
See also Massage Therapy
Astrology Planet Waves Kingston, NY (845) 797-3458 planetwaves.net
Body & Skin Care Essence MediSpa, LLC Stephen Weinman, MD 222 Route 299, Highland, NY (845) 691-3773 EssenceMediSpa.com Dermasave Labs, Inc.
Counseling break / through career and life coaching (845) 802-0544 heymann.peter@gmail.com Companion at the Crossroads Counseling Services, Elizabeth Cunningham, MSC New Ulster County location: High Falls (845) 687-6038 elizabethcunninghamwrites.com Individuals, couples & families: life decisions • conflict resolution • spiritual direction • bereavement • creative process • writing coaching. Sliding scale. Evening & weekend appointments available. All faiths welcome, all doubts, too!
High Ridge Traditional Healing Arts
Acupuncture Herbal Medicine Qigong and Meditation Classes Allergies Women’s Health Weight Management
Carolyn Rabiner, L. Ac., Dipl. C.H. Board Certified (NCCAOM) 7392 S. Broadway (Rt.9) North Wing of Red Hook Emporium Red Hook, NY 845-758-2424
www.highridgeacupuncture.com
Transformational Energy Work Priscilla Bright, MA
Private practice in Rhinebeck & New Paltz, NY, and mid-town Manhattan. Phone sessions also available. Profound individual energy-healing work with the former School Dean of the world-renowned Barbara Brennan School of Healing and presenter at Omega Institute and NYC Open Center. • Reconnect with your intuitive inner awareness • Open blocked energies • Increase relaxation - decrease stress • Learn skills for energy self-care • Life-transitions - career issues - relationships www.priscillabright.com • priscilla@priscillabright.com • 845-417-8261 FREE INITIAL PHONE CONSULTATION
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Breathe • Be Mindful • Let Go • Flow
H Y P N O S I S - C OAC H I N G Kary Broffman, R.N., C.H. 845-876-6753 • karybroffman.com
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“ Miracles still do happen.” —Richard Brown, MD Author Stop Depression Now “ John Carroll is a most capable, worthy, and excellent healer of high integrity, compassion, and love.” —Gerald Epstein, MD Author Healing Visualizations Breath~Body~Mind Workshop Sun. March 9 Spring Morphology Class Fri. March 28 - Sun. March 30
Check John’s website for more information johnmcarrollhealer.com or call 845-338-8420
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Some insurances accepted Saturday hours available
A group designed especially for teenage girls focusing on issues of adolescence: relationships, school, dealing with parents, coping with teen stress, and more. Group sessions include expressive art activities - it’s not all talk! Tuesday Evenings New Paltz, New York Facilitator: Amy Frisch, LCSW For more information call: 845-706-0229 or visit: www.itsagirlthinginfo.com
Julie Zweig, MA Certified Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner, Imago Relationship Therapist, and NYS Licensed Mental Health Counselor New Paltz, NY (845) 255-3566 zweigtherapy.com julieezweig@gmail.com The Accord Center for Counseling & Psychotherapy (845) 646-3191 theaccordcenter.com
Dentistry & Orthodontics
Healing Chronic & Life Challenging Illness Accord Center for Counseling & Psychotherapy
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In order to access the miraculous healing power of the bodymind interface we need to know how to dissolve negative thoughts and feelings. Most people believe they are thinking positive thoughts when they are really just suppressing negative thoughts and feelings because they don’t know how to dissolve them. Suppressing not only does nothing for healing it can actually get in the way of healing. We also need to know how to flip the switch and turn up the capacity for the bodymind interface to create the most powerful internal healing environment. Learn how to do this now. The Accord Center offers compassionate, gentle and truly effective support for healing Chronic and Life Challenging Illness.
107 Fish Creek Road, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-2729 and (212) 912-1212 holisticortho.com The Center For Advanced Dentistry Bruce D. Kurek, DDS, FAGD 494 Route 299, Highland, NY (845) 691-5600 thecenterforadvanceddentistry.com
Herbal Medicine & Nutrition Empowered By Nature
The Accord Center • 845 626 3191 • www.theaccordcenter.com Phone and SKYPE sessions are available.
Holistic Orthodontics Dr. Rhoney Stanley, DDS, MPH, Cert. Acup, RD
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1129 Main Street, 2nd Floor Fishkill, NY (845) 416-4598 EmpoweredByNature.net lorrainehughes54@gmail.com Lorraine Hughes, Registered Herbalist (AHG) and ARCB Certified Reflexologist offers Wellness Consultations that therapeutically integrate Asian and Western Herbal Medicine and Nutrition with their holistic philosophies to health. This approach is grounded in Traditional Chinese Medicine with focus placed on an individual’s specific constitutional profile and imbalances. Please visit the website for more information and upcoming events.
Holistic Health Cassandra Currie, MS, RYT‚ Holistic Health Counselor
www.ymcaulster.org
507 Broadway, Kingston
41 John Street, Kingston, NY (845) 532-7796 holisticcassandra.com John M. Carroll
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WIN A FREE MONTH MEMBERSHIP Enter our Body by Y contest for your chance to win a 1-month membership by taking care of your own body. (New and returning members. Details to be picked up in the membership office) FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL (845) 338-3810 OR VISIT US AT WWW.YMCAULSTER.ORG
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715 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8420 johnmcarrollhealer.com John is a spiritual counselor, healer, and teacher. He uses guided imagery, morphology, and healing energy to help facilitate life changes. He has successfully helped his clients to heal themselves from a broad spectrum of conditions, spanning terminal cancer to depression. The Center also offers hypnosis, and Raindrop Technique.
Kary Broffman, RN, CH (845) 876-6753 Karyb@mindspring.com 18 plus years of helping people find their balance. As a holistic nurse consultant, she weaves her own healing journey and education in psychology, nursing, hypnosis and integrative nutrition to help you take control of your life and to find True North. She also assists pregnant couples with hypnosis and birthing. Nancy Plumer, Energy Healing and Mystery School Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-2252 womenwithwisdom.com nplumer@hvi.net Energy Healing and Mystery School with One Light Healing Touch in Stone Ridge begins April 2014. The School is based in Shamanic, Esoteric and Holistic teachings across the ancient wisdom traditions. Learn to increase your intuition; release old programming - hurt, grief, sadness, pain; become empowered, grounded, and heart-centered; access Source energy and increase spiritual awareness and more. Also, private OLHT energy healing sessions are available. Priscilla Bright, MA Rhinebeck & Kingston, NY (845) 417-8261 priscillabright.com Stillpoint Journaling prismpublish.com/stillpointjournaling-workshops stilpoint@prismpublish.com
Hospitals Health Quest 45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 283-6088 health-quest.org
Massage Therapy Joan Apter (845) 679-0512 apteraromatherapy.com joanapter@earthlink.net Luxurious massage therapy with medicinal grade Essential Oils; Raindrop Technique, Emotional Release, Facials, Hot Stones. Animal care, health consultations, spa consultant, classes and keynotes. Offering a full line of Young Living Essential oils, nutritional supplements, personal care, pet care, children’s and non-toxic cleaning products.
March 31 - April 2, and The Beauty of Our Lives: A Mindfulness Meditation weekend for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer
Stone Ridge Healing Arts
Communities, April 17 - 20.
Joseph Tieri, DO, & Ari Rosen, DO, 3457 Main Street, Stone Ridge (845) 687-7589 stoneridgehealingarts.com
Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center
Drs. Tieri and Rosen are NY State Licensed Osteopathic Physicians specializing in Osteopathic Manipulation and Cranial Osteopathy. Please visit our website for articles, links, books, and much more information. Treatment of newborns, children, and adults. By appointment.
Psychotherapy Amy Frisch
375 Pantherkill Road, Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-6897 ext. 0 menla.org menla@menla.org
Frank Francavilla, MA, LCSW 202 Hooker Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 235-5501 empireforensics@aol.com
Janne Dooley, LCSW Brigid’s Well
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New Paltz, NY (347) 834-5081 Brigidswell.com Janne@BrigidsWell.com
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25 Harrington Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-7502 hvpi.net Kent Babcock, LMSW, Counseling & Therapy for Men Woodstock & Stone Ridge, NY (845) 807-7147 kentagram@gmail.com Therapy is the time-honored process of self-examination with the nonjudgmental, confidential support of a dedicated professional. At 63, late in my career, I am limiting my practice to working with men in this endeavor.
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Gentle Forces No Extractions Cranial Sacral Adjustments ALF Appliances Invisalign
Dr. Rhoney Stanley 107 Fish Creek Rd, Saugerties (845) 246-2729 | (212) 912-1212
of any partner preference and any form of gender identity are welcome.
Sound Healing Movement 4 Life
Zweig Therapy Julie Zweig, MA, LMHC
(530) 386-8343 movement4life.net
Yoga Clear Yoga Iyengar Yoga in Rhinebeck
Rosen Method Bodywork & Body-Centered Psychotherapy Imago Relationship Therapy • Couples Therapy
17B 6423 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6129 clearyogarhinebeck.com
New Paltz, New York • (845) 255-3566 • (845) 594-3366
www.ZweigTherapy.com • julieezweig@gmail.com
Classes for all levels and abilities, seven days a week. Iyengar Yoga builds strength, stamina, peace of mind, and provides a precise framework for a yoga practice based on what works for you. Coming up in March: Backbends with Genny Kapular, Saturday March 22nd. Finding the Balance: Sunday March
Garrison Institute
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Route 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 424-4800 garrisoninstitute.org garrison@garrisoninstitute.com
clearyogarhinebeck.com/events
Retreats supporting positive personal and social change in a renovated
yogasongretreat.wordpress.com yogasongretreat@gmail.com
Yoga & Song Retreat with Wendy Kagan
Judy Swallow MA, LCAT, TEP
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Judy Swallow, MA, LCAT, TEP
Acupuncture that links physical, emotional and spiritual patterns to support total health.
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MUSIC www.newpaltz.edu/music Madera Vox March 4 at 8:00 p.m. McKenna Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door A spirited and sophisticated ensemble premieres “The Dreamer, Awakened,” and works by Weill, Mancini and Corea. The Loneliness and Lushness of Jazz March 11 at 8:00 p.m. McKenna Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door Music of Billie Holiday, Ornette Coleman and Billy Strayhorn.
Buried Child, by Sam Shepard (left) Paul Boothroyd as Dodge and Max Singer as Tilden.
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THEATRE www.newpaltz.edu/theatre Box office: 845-257-3880 Buried Child, by Sam Shepard Mar. 1, 6, 7, 8, at 8:00 p.m. Mar. 2 and 9 at 2:00 p.m. $18 general, $16 senior, SUNY New Paltz faculty/staff, $10
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The Romantic Oboe March 25 at 8:00 p.m. McKenna Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door Oboist Joël Evans, violist Valentina Charlap-Evans and pianist Ruthanne Schempf perform works of the 19th and early 20th century influenced by romantic and gothic literature.
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rosen dale theatre 408 Main street rosendale, nY 1 2472 845.658.8989 rosendaletheatre.org
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Sunday SilentS
Orchids & ErMinE
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ThE MAgic fluTE $12, 2:00
March 22 KidS’ programming
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$7, 7:15 pm March 9
March 16 opera Film SundayS
dance Film SundayS
March 23 nat’l theatre From london wAr hOrsE $12, 2:00 pm
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March 27 nat’l theatre From london wAr hOrsE $12, 7:15 pm
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nat’l theatre From london wAr hOrsE $12, 1:00 pm
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The Fourth Annual
Readings, workshops, panels & performances—58 events in March 2014 at 36 venues throughout Berkshire County
For complete listings, see our website:
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the forecast EVENT PREVIEWS & LISTINGS FOR MARCH 2014
David London brings his suitcase of magic to Sugar Loaf this month.
This Magic Moment David London first realized he was a magician when he was seven years old. Donning a miniature tuxedo, he stood on stage and pulled a rabbit out of a hat to the amazement of his entire audience. Since that moment, London’s journey has brought him through magic “tricks” to ritual, or, “bizarre” magic, and, finally, to an exploration of the theory of magic that asks, what does magic really mean and, more important, what can magic really do? While studying film at Columbia College in Chicago, London enrolled in an art history class in which he explored the Surrealist movement. He immediately realized the connection between his lifelong pursuit of magic and the products of Surrealist artists; both magic and Surrealism were philosophies that valued and investigated the connections between imagination and reality. “Surrealism looks at all of existence with a magical mindset,” says London. “It provides the intersection between logic and imagination, which is essential to all magic tricks.” But, according to London, tricks are not all there is to magic: “Magic tricks and magic are two completely different things.” It is London’s interest in the connection between Surrealism and magic that brings him to the Seligmann Center in Sugar Loaf this month, where he will be offering workshops and performances related to his craft. Surrealist painter Kurt Seligmann (1900-1962) was also interested in what London calls “big-picture magic”—that is, how the reality we perceive intersects with other realities and energies that we don’t see. This intersection is what connects Surrealism to magic; both seek to manipulate perception to help access magical energy. This is what London refers to when he separates magic tricks, or illusions, from actual magic. “Magic tricks are an important way to access a magical state,” London explains, “but there are many other ways to access this state without tricking your mind into it.” Here, London’s ideas break from mainstream magic. London is in constant pursuit
of a communion with big-picture magic. True magic, he explains, is “the experience of feeling connected to something larger than the universe around us” and can be achieved through any opportunity that takes us outside of ourselves—“art, nature, or even contemplating the vastness of the universe,” he says. For London, magic is personal, it is vital, and it is intensely spiritual. Most of us never experience this magic. Creativity and imagination are essential to unlocking our experiences with big-picture magic. “Creativity is a direct path to a magical experience,” London claims. However, these less tangible faculties tend to be marginalized by society, minimizing magical encounters. London attempts to redeem creativity through his work. Deeming his approach to magic “Magic Outside the Box,” he reaches beyond conventional ideas of magic to create one-of-a-kind experiences. In his children’s program, “Imagi Nation,” London takes his audience on an exhilarating ride in which they are all invited to use their imaginations. Through storytelling and jocular magic trickery, London fosters a creative and imaginative environment in which magic is experienced by all who engage. So, we return to the big questions, what does magic mean and what can it do? Why devote one’s time—whether it be hours or years—to magic? For one thing, magic opens our minds. It helps us view the world through varying perspectives. As London explains, “Magic is the expansion of possibility; the power of magic is to provide us a pathway to the expansiveness beyond us.” As London understands it, magic is, well, pretty magical. David London’s Weekend of Magic will be offered at the Seligmann Center for the Arts in Sugarloaf March 14 to 16, with performances and workshops over the weekend. (845) 469-9459; Kurtseligmann.org. —Bridget Corso
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SATURDAY 1 DANCE DanceFest! 2014 3:30 & 7:30pm. $15/$12 children. Hosted by The Vanaver Caravan and featuring pieces by ten dance schools from the Hudson Valley will come together to share their work. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. 256-9300. Freestyle Frolic Community Dance 8:30pm-12:30am. $2-$10. Knights of Columbus, Kingston. Freestylefrolic.org/. Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre 32nd Annual Gala 8pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Berkshire Festival of Women Writers Month-long festival with lectures, readings, workshops and performances throughout the Berkshires. See website for specific dates, times and locations. Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA. Berkshirewomenwriters.org. Maple Fest Join us for an all-day pancake breakfast, tap a tree and watch syrup being made, try blacksmithing, tinsmithing, or broommaking, or walk woodland trails . Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333.
FILM Millerton Shorts Film Festival Featuring the work of up and coming filmmakers from the Berkshires and the Hudson Valley. Check website for specific films and times. North East Community Center, Millerton. 373-7742.
Twisted Steele 8pm. Twisted Steele plays a wide variety of hits from the 70’s to the present, with over 60 songs in their arsenal it allows them to make every show unique. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975. Valience 8:30pm. Electronic. Hopped Up Café, High Falls. 687-4750.
Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre 32nd Annual Gala 3pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS 33rd Annual Toy & Train Show 10am-3pm. $3/under 6 free. Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. (518) 828-1481.
Water Songs: Ha Tay G’am 8pm. $15/$10 students. A new live music and video project exploring the profound history of the Colorado River. Featuring compositions by John Luther Adams, William Brittelle, Shara Worden, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Paola Prestini. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
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Orchids & Ermine 2pm. $7. Colleen Moore plays “Pink” Watson, a girl who dreams of a life better than that of a telephone operator at a cement factory. Things look up when she lands a job as an operator at the Ritz Hotel which is full of rich old men looking to turn their “forty year old wives in for two twenties.” Colleen finds that she can fit that bill very nicely. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
First Saturday Reception 5-8pm. First Saturday of every month. ASK’s openings are elegant affairs with wine, hors d’oeuvres and art enthusiasts. These monthly events are part of Kingston’s First Saturday art events. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0331.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Bird Banding Demonstration 10am-noon. $5/$3 children. Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lenox, MA. (413) 637-0320. Maple Sugar Opening Day and Tours 10:30am-3pm. $10/$7/$4. Crafts, games, tree tapping contests and Native American story telling at the outdoor camp fire. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Wildlife Education Center, Cornwall. 534-7781. Plattekill Cup GS Race 8am. Open to kids and adults of all ages. Plattekill Mountain, Roxbury. (607) 326-3500.
Millerton Shorts Film Festival Featuring the work of up and coming filmmakers from the Berkshires and the Hudson Valley. Check website for specific films and times. North East Community Center, Millerton. 373-7742.
FOOD & WINE March Mead Madness 3-6pm. $3. Presenting the history of Mead and pouring a few varieties. Hopped Up Café, High Falls. 687-4750. The Souk Epicuian Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. The Outside In, Piermont. 398-0706.
KIDS & FAMILY Bicycle Rodeo & Family Fun Weekend 10am. $11/$5 ages 4-12/3 and under free. A safety course presented by local Police departments that teaches children about helmet safety, bicycle safety, and
THEATER Golden Dragon Acrobats 4pm. $40/$35/$10. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. The House: A Puppet Show for Adults and Children 4pm. $20/$18 members/$10 kids 12 and under. Awardwinning Danish puppeteer Sofie Krog. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438. A Streetcar Named Desire 3pm. $22/$20 seniors/$15 students with ID. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
MONDAY 3 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Transgender & Queer Support Network Meetings First Monday of every month. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Hudson Valley Auto Show 11am-5pm. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800.
FILM Gravity 7pm. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212. Living with Lymphedema Support Group Bi-monthly educational forum and support group for people living with lymphedema and their care givers. All types of lymphedema are included and addressed. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-6331.
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18th Century Tavern Night 4-7pm. $35/$25. Guests will be invited to step back in time, as they learn about 18th century food & drink, music, dancing, and gambling. Vanderpoel House of History, Kinderhook. (518) 758-9265.
Pediatric Support Group Programs First Monday of every month. Cub’s Place (dealing with family members’ illness), Ped. Chronic Illness, Autism, ADHD, and Juvenile Diabetes groups available. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-8500 ext. 72385.
Historic Red Hook Hosts Soup Night 6-8pm. $10/$6 children under 10. Home made soups, fresh baked and salad. Live music by Red Hook’s own Grass Fed band. Elmendorph Inn, Red Hook. 758-5887.
Teen iPad Photo Portrait Workshops 3:30-5:30pm. Part two held on March 4. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212.
LECTURES & TALKS
Hudson Valley Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. Hudson Valley Farmers' Market, Red Hook. Greigfarm.com. Kingston Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. First Saturday of every month. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. 338-6759.
Dragon’s Way Presentation and Demonstration 6:30-7:30pm. The Dragon’s Way program is a unique 6-week weight loss and stress management program based on traditional Chinese medicine principles. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
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LITERARY & BOOKS
Bicycle Rodeo & Family Fun Weekend 10am. $11/$5 ages 4-12/3 and under free. A safety course presented by local Police departments that teaches children about helmet safety, bicycle safety, and traffic safety while riding. Children must bring their own bicycles and helmets to participate in this event. With games and other activities. Motorcyclepedia, Newburgh. 569-9065.
Speaking of Books 7pm. First Monday of every month. Non-fiction book discussion group. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 471-6580.
Celtic Heels Irish Dance 11am. Joan McGrenaghan and her performing troupe have delighted audiences for over two decades! Enjoy Jigs, Reels and Hornpipes choreographed to energetic, hand-clapping, toe-tapping instrumentals. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
LITERARY & BOOKS Poetry on the Loose Reading/Performance Series 3:30pm. Featuring Sonia Lynch. Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf. 469-9459.
MUSIC The Band Three 9pm. $15. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. The Big Takeover 9pm. Ska-reggae. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Borodin’s Prince Igor: the Met Live in HD noon. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Bryan Gordon 10pm. Acoustic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Celtic Night with the Irish Mafia First Saturday of every month. Sean Griffin’s Irish Mafia and invited guests connect the Celtic tradition to Galicia, Spain. Elephant, Kingston. Elephantwinebar.com/.
Happy Days Samuel Beckett, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. The Irish novelist, playwright, director, and poet is best known for exposing a bleak view of the human condition like “Waiting for Godot.” Utilizing dark humor, Beckett exposed the hilarity of existential dread. “Happy Days,” presented by the Cocoon Theatre, is typically minimalist fare from the master. The play involves only two characters: Willie (Doug Woolley) and Winnie (Marguerite San Millian), who must face sorrow in a struggle for hope. Direction by Andres San Millian. Takes place March 7 to 23 in Rhinebeck. Mature audiences. Limited seating. (845) 876-6470; Cocoontheatre.org.
Winterfest Patrol Fundraiser 5pm. BBQ, band, torchlight parade. Plattekill Mountain, Roxbury. (607) 326-3500.
THEATER The Met: Live in HD Prince Igor Noon. $26/$22 Bardavon members/$19 children. Preshow talk at 11:30am. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088. The House: A Puppet Show for Adults and Children 7pm. $20/$18 members/$10 kids 12 and under. Awardwinning Danish puppeteer Sofie Krog. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438. Into the Woods 7:30pm. $25/$20 children. The iconic musical of Stephen Sondheim. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Nilaja Sun: Open Rehearsal of Pike Street 2pm. Followed by a discussion with the artists. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
Benefit Concert for Habitat Newburgh 1-4pm. $20. The Chris O’Leary band will perform a benefit to raise funds for Habitat Newburgh’s Veterans Build. The Falcon, Marlboro. 568-6035 ext. 115.
A Streetcar Named Desire 8pm. $22/$20 seniors/$15 students with ID. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Harlem Teens Choir 8pm. $27-$43. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.
Chinese Brush Painting Workshop 1-4pm. $15/$13 materials fee. Linda Schultz. Ages 10+. Athens Cultural Center, Athens. (518) 945-2136.
High School Musical Theatre Showcase 3-6:30pm. Sponsored by The Orange County Arts Council. Crystal Run Galleria, Middletown. Jeff Armstrong & Night Train 8:30pm. Blues. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466. The Kim Lesley Band 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Los Lobos 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Lucy Kaplansky 8pm. The Purple Crayon, Hastings on Hudson. (914) 231-9077.
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WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
traffic safety while riding. Children must bring their own bicycles and helmets to participate in this event. With games and other activities. Motorcyclepedia, Newburgh. 569-9065.
LECTURES & TALKS Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life 1pm. $25/$20. In this engaging and delightfully illustrated talk, Marta McDowell takes participants on a personal journey by tracing the development and eventual blossoming of Beatrix Potter’s life as a gardener. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
LITERARY & BOOKS David Paone 4pm. Presents Mickey Rooney Was Right, Paone’s autobiography with the emphasis on his quest to achieve success as both a writer and assistant cameraman in the entertainment industry. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. Hudson Valley Ya Society: Story Crush Tour 4pm. Featuring: Katie Contugno (How to Love), Robyn Schneider (The Beginning of Everything), Melissa Kantor (Maybe One Day) & Courtney C. Stevens (Faking Normal). Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
MUSIC Andy Statman Trio 7:30pm. $24. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Brother Joscephus & the Love Revolution 8pm. $15. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Collaborative Poetry: Meet the New You 1-3pm. Workshop by Will Nixon. Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf. 469-9459.
Kira Velellam and Scott Barkan 8pm. Indie folk and Americana. 2 Alices, Cornwall-onHudson. 534-4717.
Free SAT Preparation-Kaplan 10am-2pm. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212.
Matt Durfee 1pm. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Café, Red Hook. 758-6500.
The Healing Garden, Spring Herbal Detox 1pm. $40. Spring is the optimum time to clean out the closets and tend to your internal Healing Garden by utilizing the detoxifying energy provided by the plants. Hands of Serenity Healing, Fishkill. 896-1915.
SUNDAY 2 DANCE Swing Dance 6:30-9:30pm. $10/$6 FT students. Beginners’ lesson at 6pm. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
North Mississippi Allstars 8pm. Blues-infused Rock ‘n’ Roll. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Perry Beekman & Lou Pappas Noon. Jazz at the Falls Sunday Brunch series continues with Perry Beekman and Lou Pappas. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Singer Songwriter Sami Grisafe 4pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Willa McCarthy Band 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
MUSIC Affiance, Close Your Eyes, and My Enemies and I 5:30pm. $12-$15. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966. Simi Stone and Band: March Residency 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
NIGHTLIFE Monday Night Karaoke 9pm. Free. Come and Join us for a night of Singing, Laughing and Fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.
THEATER “Is it True Blondes Have More Fun? 6pm. In honor of Women’s History Month, Marcy B. Freedman will use humor and lots of images to expose the rampant sexism in the world of advertising. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 271-5891. Golden Dragon Acrobats 10am. $40/$35/$10. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Comedy Writing Workshop 7-9pm. $300. 6-week class with Christine O’Leary. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Organic Vegetable Gardening 6-9pm. $230. Weekly through the month of March. Designed for those starting or caring for a vegetable garden, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
TUESDAY 4 FILM The Anonymous People 7:15pm. $10. A feature documentary film about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. 7:15pm. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Bariatric Support Group First Tuesday of every month. For those considering or who have had bariatric surgery. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-3026. Better Breathers Support Group 7pm. First Tuesday of every month. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 489-5005. Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group 10am. First Tuesday of every month. Advance registration required. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 962-6402.
LITERARY & BOOKS Hotchkiss Library of Sharon Tuesday Book Group 7pm. Discussing The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brow. Hotchkiss Library, Sharon, CT. (860) 364-5041.
MUSIC LOS LOBOS AT BEARSVILLE THEATER
Los Lobos plays the Bearsville Theater on March 4.
Wolves, Surviving and Thriving According to the National Census Bureau, most American marriages last an average of eight years. And being in a band is a lot like being married, as anyone who’s spent a measurable amount of time stuffed in the back of a dirty van between their sleep-andhygiene-deprived bandmates will tell you. So it’s nothing short of miraculous for a band to stay together for a staggering 41 years. Which is exactly what Los Lobos, who will play the Bearsville Theater on March 4, have done—with transcendent, always interesting results. “Yeah, it really is kind of amazing [for a band to have lasted so long],” says saxophonist Steve Berlin, a “junior” member of the group, having joined its ranks a mere 31 years ago. “But we don’t really think all that much about ‘building a legacy’ or whatever when we’re playing or making records. We just kinda plow forward and do what we do.” Los Lobos have been doing what they do—which is make enduring music that combines rock, blues, Tex-Mex, country, R&B, Mexican and Central American folk, and pop, soul, and jazz with an emphasis on great songs—since 1973. Formed by singer and guitarist David Hidalgo and drummer Louie Perez as Los Lobos del Este—“The Wolves of the East,” a play on both their East Los Angeles roots and the name of influential norteno act Los Lobos del Norte (“The Wolves of the North”)—the group quickly grew to include two of Hidalgo and Perez’s high school friends, singer and guitarist Cesar Rosas and bassist Conrad Lozano. Soon after self-releasing 1978’s acoustic, folkloricbased Just Another Band from East L.A., the foursome shortened their name and found a receptive outside audience in the LA punk scene, which is where Berlin, then playing
with the Blasters and the Flesh Eaters, first encountered them. “[The band] had been working totally off the radar from the rest of us, creating their own style on the other side of the river,” recounts Berlin. “What struck me most was that they had not just one but two great singers in David and Cesar.” The sax man joined Los Lobos during the recording of 1983’s major indie debut EP, …And a Time to Dance; next came 1984’s critically acclaimed How Will the Wolf Survive? (both Slash Records), followed by their number one hit version of “La Bamba” from the 1987 Ritchie Valens biopic of the same name. Although their Top 10 stardom proved fleeting, Los Lobos have remained unfaltering, touring with the likes of Bob Dylan, U2, and Neil Young, drawing consistently at large clubs and theaters, and steadily waxing richly rewarding albums like 1990’s The Neighborhood, 1992’s Kiko (for many, the band’s breakthrough masterpiece), and 1996’s underrated avant-rock stunner, Colossal Head (all Warner Bros.). The group’s newest outing is 2013’s live acoustic Disconnected in New York City (429 Records). “We’re definitely lucky to still be able to do what we want to do after all this time,” says Berlin, who explains that the quintet’s current tour revisits all eras of their four-plus decades. “If anyone says we’re blessed, I completely agree.” Los Lobos will perform at the Bearsville Theater on March 4 at 7pm. Tickets are $40, $55, $65, and $75. (845) 679-4406; Bearsvilletheater.com. —Peter Aaron
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MUSIC Chrissy Budzinski hosts Open Mike 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Party with Big Joe Fitz 7pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Gaelic Storm 7:30pm. $28. Celtic fusion. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Los Lobos 8pm. $40-$75. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Madera Vox 8pm. $8/$6/$3. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. My Gay Banjo, Chris Garneau, Michael Truckpile 7pm. $7. On tour from Brooklyn, My Gay Banjo, sing homespun gay-themed duets and queered-up mashups in a heart warming old time country style. Team Love RavenHouse Gallery, New Paltz. 419-2033.
NIGHTLIFE Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 876-3330.
SPIRITUALITY Channeled Guidance to Further Your Journey 6:30pm. First Tuesday of every month. $20/$15. We are all on a spiritual journey and need guidance on that journey. Flowing Spirit Healing, Woodstock. 679-8989.
Weight Loss Surgery Information Session 5pm. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. Health-quest.org/WeightLossSurgery.
Kingdom of Giants, Outline In Color, The Ongoing Concept 6pm. $12. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.
KIDS & FAMILY
Marc Black and Warren Bernhardt 8:30pm. With co-bill Vance Gilbert. Towne Crier Café, Beacon. 855-1300.
Magic: The Gathering Club 3:30pm. Learn the card game and play with others. Ages 10+. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
The Berenstain Bears Live 11am & 2pm. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Book Club: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 3pm. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
Tartan Terrors 8pm. $30. Special guest The Mighty Ploughboys. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Derrin Berger and Frank Monaco Magic Show 11am. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
MUSIC
SPIRITUALITY
Acoustic Thursdays with Barbara Dempsey & Dewitt Nelson Barbara and Dewitt welcome three singer-songwriters to the High Falls Café. High Falls. 687-2699.
Private Past-Life Regression with Margaret Doner 11:30am & 3pm. First Friday of every month. $125/90 minute session. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.
Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
Cowboy Junkies “Trinity Session” 8pm. $60. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Sanskrit Immersion 6pm. $240/$200 early reg. Through March 9. This weekend workshop will give you intimate familiarity with the unique points of resonance in your own palate that support Sanskrit’s sacred sounds. Become firmly grounded in proper pronunciation of this ancient language. Shambhala Yoga Studio, Beacon. (518) 929-8575.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Irish Open Jam Session 7pm. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975. John Simon and The Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Marissa Nadler 8pm. $12/$9. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158.
THEATER A Few Good Men 8pm. $22/$20. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
WEDNESDAY 5
Vanderbilt Day at Joseph’s Steakhouse 11:30am. Have lunch or dinner at Joseph’s Steakhouse and support the not-for-profit FW Vanderbilt Garden Association. Vanderbilt Garden Association Inc., Hyde Park. 229-6432.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Gong Meditation 5:15pm. $15 or class card. All levels. Short warm up followed by Meditation & deep Gong relaxation. SHUNIYA, kingston. 481-1183.
LECTURES & TALKS Parenting and Technology: Understanding the Issues, Establishing Safe and Appropriate Practice 7pm. Learn how today’s children are using the Internet and smart phones in ways that put them at risk and what you can do to reduce those risks. Berkshire County Day School, Lenox, MA. (413) 637-0755.
MUSIC Drew Bordeaux 8pm. Acoustic. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
High Meadow School Sustainable Living Festival Go green while enjoying a wide variety of classes, workshops, food, demos, activities, and music. Learn alongside experts in areas like poultry raising, butchery, quilting, and green living; experience free workshops in maple-syrup making, buttermaking, or gardening; indulge in homemade, local, sustainable foods; even taste regionally produced wine, beer, and spirits. Experts include Michael Jacobson on kefir/kombucha making, One Change author Winnie Abramson, Greening Your Home author Alexandra Zissu, Joshua Applestone on butchery for hunters/farmers, and local farmer Ryan Fitzgerald on raising backyard chickens. Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriguez of Electric Kulintang (above), world renowned for their original percussion and electronic music, perform from 4 to 5pm. Saturday, March 29, 1 to 4pm in Stone Ridge. (845) 687-4855; Highmeadowschool.com. Stephen Kellogg Band 8pm. Folk/rock. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
SPIRITUALITY Mahatma Frequency Transmission For Ascension 7pm. $20. First Thursday of every month. Guided meditation and energy transmission. True Light Healing Center, Kingston. 332-0031. Private Raindrop Technique Sessions with Donna Carroll 11:30am-6pm. $75/one hour. First Thursday of every month. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.
THEATER The Vandal 8pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
FRIDAY 7
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391. 1,000 Hands Buddha Qigong 6:30pm. $70 for the 5 class series. cultivate the heart. Thousand Hands Buddha QiGong is a seated form that uses symbolic hand positions (called mudras) to cultivate the ‘Art of the Heart.’ this is especially useful in our busy, urban lives when we can so easily loose our connection to the world around us and within us. this is a safe, adaptable form suitable for any level of mobility ability, & any or no experience in self-awareness practices. SHUNIYA, Kingston. 481-1183.
THURSDAY 6 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS East Fishkill Community Library Photography Group 7pm. First Thursday of every month. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.
DANCE Swing Dance 6:30pm. Hosted by Red Hook Library & Bard College. Red Hook Firehouse, Red Hook. 758-6575.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Laryngectomy Support Group 11am-noon. First Thursday of every month. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 483-7391. Pre-Operative Spine Education Sessions Noon. First Thursday of every month. Whether you are scheduled for spine surgery or are considering it, the spine education session is an opportunity for you and your loved ones to receive more information. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 204-4299.
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Fifth Annual Eleanor Roosevelt “We Make Our Own History” Forum 2pm. $25. With author Farah Jasmine Griffin. Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center, Hyde Park. 486-7770. Woodland Treasures 1-3pm. $30/$25. Learn about the beautiful woodland plants grown by John Lonsdale from Edgewood Gardens in southeastern Pennsylvania. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
Women’s Writer’s Conference: A Celebration of Women’s Voices: Women Writers Past and Present Two-day workshops include: Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Short Story, Journal writing, Poetry, Public Opinion and Blogging, and many more. Workshop facilitators include Nava Atlas, Laura Shaine Cunningham, Kate Hymes-Flanagan, Suzanne Cleary, Jan Schmidt, Judy Dorney, Lynn Domina, Catharine Clarke, Kim Ellis, Pauline Uchmanowicz, Heather Hewitt and Susan Stessin-Cohn. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. Huguenotstreet.org.
FILM
FOOD & WINE
By Herself: Woman’s Self-Representation in Twentieth Century Art 9:30am-noon. The Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-5545.
Kingston’s Second Saturday Spoken Word 7pm. $5/$2.50 with open mike. Featuring poets Lee Gould and Louis Asekoff followed by open mike. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 331-2884.
Discipline is NOT a Dirty Word 4:30-6pm. Parents and caregivers learn about the seven basic principles of positive discipline. 4-week series.
The Invisible Woman 1pm. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
LECTURES & TALKS
LITERARY & BOOKS
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Dinner & A Movie 6:30pm. $27. Executive Chef Tommy Muff draws inspiration from each night’s movie for a special menu that also embraces Henry’s mantra of local sourcing, including from the restaurant’s on-site organic farm. Henry’s at the Farm, MIlton. 795-1500.
Babysitting Preparedness Course 9am. $45. The course is led by nationally certified instructors who also have experience as emergency responders. Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel. 475-9742.
Open Mike Night with Tony Moza| 10pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000.
Private Spirit Guide Readings with Psychic Medium Adam Bernstein 12-6pm. First Tuesday of every month. $40 30 min/$75 hour. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.
Bastards of Young 7:30-10pm. Woodstock Film Festival selection. Film screening & director’s Q&A. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
KIDS & FAMILY
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS HV: Create 8:30am. First Friday of every month. Designers, artists, writers, teachers, coaches, musicians, scholars, & other intellectually curious, creative-minded people gather for facilitated round-table conversations, riffs on creativity & work, Icarus Sessions, community announcements. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 679-9441.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Saugerties First Friday 6-9pm. Between music in shop windows, passion fruit rum punch, Tango dancing and mini-martinis we’ll serve you up a hurricane of treats and wonders. Downtown Saugerties, Saugerties. (347) 387-3212.
FILM National Lampoon’s Animal House 7:30pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
LITERARY & BOOKS Janet Hamill 7pm. Presenting Tales From the Eternal Cafe, her first full collection of short stories. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
MUSIC Afropop Legend Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi 9pm. Afropop legend Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Banda Magda 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Chain Gang 9:30pm. Classic rock. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (800) 772-6646.
Sylvia 8pm. A. R. Gurney's love triangle of a man, his wife, and their dog, Sylvia. Shandaken Theatrical Society Playhouse, Shandaken. 688-2279.
MUSIC Bad Buka A family gypsy punk rock band. The Anchor, Kingston. 901-9991. Beck Jeff Group with Becki Brindle 8:30pm. Blues. Hopped Up Café, High Falls. 687-4750. Bill’s Toupee 8:30pm. Covers. Hurricane Grill & Wings, Poughkeepsie. 243-2222. Chain of Fools 9pm. R&B, motown. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Chris Bergson Band CD Release Event 7-10pm. Opener: Good Night Brother. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Cowboy Junkies 8pm. $30-$50. Alternative country-rock band. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
Happy Days 8pm. $25. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.
Dave Leonard’s 19th Annual Pices Party 9pm. $10. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
The Vandal 8pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
Derek Knott 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
SATURDAY 8 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Mid Hudson Orchid Society 11am. Spring Orchid Show and Sale. See rare and blooming orchids on our show table; purchase from a large selection at reasonable prices. Orchid experts available all day for your questions. Education classes for beginners start at 1pm. Mid Hudson Orchid Society, Newburgh. 294-1000.
DANCE Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana 7:30pm. $30/$45. Flamenco Vivo brings to the stage the passion, drama and vitality that is Flamenco. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106.
FILM
Dickey Betts & Great Southern 8pm. $75. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Eric Erickson 8pm. Acoustic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Hudson Valley Philharmonic Beethoven’s 5th! 8pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Lucky House 8:30pm. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466. Paul Tryon 1pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Café, Red Hook. 758-6500. Pilfers, Mephiskapheles, Hub City Stompers, Rude Boy George 7pm. $15. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966. Reality Check 8:30pm. Classic rock. La Puerta Azul, Salt Point. 677-2985.
FOOD & WINE
Rock Tavern Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild Coffeehouse 7:30pm. $6/$5 members. Featuring Ken McNally. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, New Windsor. Uucrt.org.
Hudson Valley Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. Hudson Valley Farmers Market, Red Hook. Greigfarm.com.
Techung: Tibetan World Music Concert 8pm. $18/$15 in advance. Tibetan Center, Kingston. 383-1774.
Millerton Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. The Annex @ NorthEast-Millerton Library, Millerton. (518) 610-1331.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS
Gulliver’s Travels 2pm. $10/$7 children. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
The Pine Island Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. W. Rogowski Farm, Pine Island. 258-4574.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Baby Yoga 4:30-5:15pm. $16.50. Non-walking babies —including newborns through crawlers, along with their care-givers, establish early connections to yoga, body movement, and breath awareness. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223. Toddler-Preshcool Yoga 2:30-3:15pm. $16.50. Toddlers through age 4 and their care-givers establish early connections to yoga, body movement, and breath awareness. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.
Playing with a Full Deck 5-7pm. Live auction fundraiser of original card deck artwork. Greene County Council on the Arts Gallery, Catskill. (518) 943-3400. Journey Through Space 7pm. $11. 50th birthday event for Eric Francis. Back Stage Productions (BSP), Kingston. Ericfrancis.com. Rock the Boat Dance Party 7-10pm. $25. Benefit for Rhinebeck Crew, Inc. Enjoy PJ the DJ playing your favorite dancing music and celebrated Chef Tom Vaccaro, Dean of Baking and Pastry Arts at the CIA serving up your favorite American Cuisine, plus a silent auction. Enigma, Red Hook. 758-2264.
THEATER Art By The Numbers $20. Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor. 534-4227.
ART EUGENE SPEICHER AT THE DORSKY MUSEUM
Eugene Speicher, Portrait of a French Girl (Jeanne Balzac), oil on canvas, c. 1924, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum Permanent Collection
The Rediscovery of Eugene Speicher “He was such a big deal then; it’s really amazing how he’s fallen out of the canon,” remarks Valerie Leeds, curator of “Along His Own Lines: A Retrospective of New York Realist Eugene Speicher” at the Dorsky Museum. Speicher was born in Buffalo in 1883, but moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League. His first formal recognition, the Kelly Prize, was awarded for a portrait of fellow student Georgia O’Keeffe in 1908. (At that time her name was Patsy.) In the painting, O’Keeffe looks like a dreamy young schoolmistress in a black frock and matching sash. Portraiture became the young artist’s specialty. He was constantly sought after for commissions, and his art shows were packed. Speicher’s solo exhibition at the Rehn Gallery in 1934 drew more visitors than Edward Hopper’s recent retrospective. In 1936 Esquire called him “America’s most important living painter.” Yet today, 52 years after his death, Speicher is essentially unknown. Major museums have deaccessioned his work, or never display it. Enter independent curator and “Americanist” Leeds. Ever since she received her doctorate from CUNY in 2000, she has dreamed of staging a Speicher retrospective, to introduce a new generation to his work. So how do the paintings look today? The eyes of American women were changing in the 1920s, and Speicher captured this evolution. A new boldness was emerging, tempered by women’s fear that they were losing their “femininity.” Babette, a portrait from 1931, shows a young woman with a muscular torso in an open red shirt. She has a beauty parlor hairdo that’s gone slightly ragged, and gazes downward with troubled eyes. We see only her head and shoulders, which have the solemnity of ancient Greek sculpture. The architecture of women’s clothing can approach the absurd. In Portrait of a Lady
with Striped Blouse the flaring blue-and-red-striped shoulders of the blouse match the upswept brunette hair, creating almost a sense of a person flying. Fira Barchak is a woman with a modernist metallic necklace, a bandanna on her head, ballet slippers, and a ukulele! Katharine Cornell as Candida is the best piece in the show. It’s almost life-size, and Cornell’s theatrical presence dominates the room—at once commanding and seductive. The red of her gown is sumptuous, and so is the green of the chair beside her. Speicher was a slow, methodical painter. The subjects of his portraits complained that he asked them to return again and again. Normally, when you step up close to a painting, you see the brushstrokes. Peering closely at Girl in a Coral Necklace (Joyce), I felt like I was about to touch a woman’s face—as if Joyce herself were trapped inside the painting. Speicher practiced an art-as-alchemy. Speicher’s drawings show his mind at work, seizing on a yearning look in a subject’s eye, a confiding tilt of the head. The sketches are freer, more spontaneous, than the canvases—and they remove Speicher’s anxiety about color. Speicher—whose nickname was “Spike”—lived most of the year in Woodstock, and retreated more and more into rural life over time. Eventually, he turned down portrait commissions, declaring that “they are as inspiring as a piece of gaspipe.” Instead, he painted still lifes of flowers from his garden, and local friends. His house still stands on Bellows Lane, named after his more famous contemporary George Bellows. “Along His Own Lives: A Retrospective of New York Realist Eugene Speicher” will appear at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz until July 13. (845) 257-3844; Newpaltz.edu/museum. —Sparrow
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A Few Good Men 8pm. $22/$20. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Happy Days 8pm. $25. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470. Sylvia 8pm. A. R. Gurney's love triangle of a man, his wife, and their dog, Sylvia. Shandaken Theatrical Society Playhouse, Shnadaken. 688-2279. The Vandal 8pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Intro to Organic Beekeeping: Planning a New Hive for Spring 10am-6pm. $100/$190 with Sunday course. Handson beekeeping workshop for beginners, with HoneybeeLives’ Chris Harp. Sustainable Living Resource Center, Rosendale. 255-6113. The Wonderful World of Maples 10am-noon. $30/$25. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
SUNDAY 9 DANCE Milonga des Artistes-Sunday Afternoon Tango with Ilene Marder 3pm. Second Sunday of every month. $12 at the door. DJ Ilene Marder, founder of the 10 year old Woodstock Tango community. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 331-3261.
FILM
FILM
MUSIC
LITERARY & BOOKS
Ender’s Game 7pm. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212.
Matt Schofield Trio 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
West Side Story 7pm. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
Met Opera Live in HD Borodin’s Prince Igor (Encore) Noon. $18-$25. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
John Kedzie Jacobs 7pm. Author of The Stranger in the Attic. In this heartbreaking memoir he collects the letters of his brilliant, lost older brother and brings us into the world of the Great Depression in the Hudson Valley and abroad. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
MUSIC The Faux Meek 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Simi Stone and Band: March Residency 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
NIGHTLIFE Monday Night Karaoke 9pm. Free. Come and Join us for a night of Singing, Laughing and Fun starting Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.
TUESDAY 11 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Newburgh Informational Tour 9am. During the tour, visitors will have the opportunity to walk on the stage where Lucille Ball made her debut theatrical performance and to learn how Safe Harbors supportive housing, award-winning contemporary art gallery and performing arts venue are instrumental in the revitalization of downtown Newburgh. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-6940.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391. Facebook 101 Workshop 9:30-10:30am. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212.
THURSDAY 13 BUSINESS & NETWORKING Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting 7pm. Second Thursday of every month. Shawangunk Town Hall, Wallkill. 418-3640.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Kingston-Rhinebeck Toastmasters Club 7-9pm. Second Thursday of every month. Practice public speaking skills. Ulster County Office Building, Kingston. 338-5184. The Relatives As Parents Program Support Group 6-7:30pm. Second Thursday of every month. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie. 452-8440.
FILM
COMEDY
Art of the Bag: a speed bag story 7:15pm. $7/$5 members. Special screening. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Amy Schumer 8pm. $45/$37.50. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq 2pm. $10/$6 children. A new biographical documentary of the legendary ballerina written and directed by Nancy Buirski. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Welcome to the Journey of Soul Focused Living and Healing Class 9:30am-6:30pm. $199-225. Learn to bring balance and ease to the body, mind, and spirit via the electromagnetic field also called the aura. Center for Aligned Healing, Chappaqua. (914) 861-2712.
Bernstein Bard Quartet 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Greg Westhoff’s Westchester Swing Band 6pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Joe Tobin 1pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Café, Red Hook. 758-6500. Second Sunday Salon Series: Irish Harpist Lynn Saoirse & cellist Abby Newton 2pm. $25/$20/$15 members/students half price. Lynn Saoirse and Abby Newton will play Celtic music, with special attention focused on the music of the great Turlough O’Caralan, one of Ireland’s most revered and colorful composers. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Singer-Songwriter Meg Hutchinson 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Southern Music Master Ed Snodderly 7:30pm. $17/$15 with RSVP. Empire State Railway Museum, Phoenicia. 688-9453.
Side by Side by Sondheim Poughkeepsie’s Half Moon Theatre presents a program of well-known songs from the man who will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the musical theater’s most influential composers and lyricists, Stephen Sondheim. Broadway veterans Molly Renfroe Katz and Denise Summerford front the revue that draws numbers from some of Sondheim's most famous musical theater productions, including “Company,” “Follies,” “A Little Night Music,” “Anyone Can Whistle,” “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” and “Pacific Overtures.” Directed by Michael Schiralli. March 21 to April 5. Half Moon Theatre, Poughkeepsie. (845) 235-9885; Halfmoontheatre.org. MUSIC
FILM
Buffalo Daughter 8pm. $12/$10. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158.
Linsanity 7:30pm. $9 general / $5 students. The New York Knicks were halfway through another unremarkable season when recent Harvard grad and devout Christian Jeremy Lin was pulled off the bench. Followed by a Q+A with filmmaker Brian Yang. Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
The Lonliness and Lushness of Jazz 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Music of Billie Holiday, Ornette Coleman, and Billy Strayhorn. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. Sin City Woodstock 8:30-11:30pm. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
NIGHTLIFE Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 876-3330.
KIDS & FAMILY Magic: The Gathering Club 3:30pm. Learn the card game and play with others. Ages 10+. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
FILM
Sylvia 2pm. A. R. Gurney's love triangle of a man, his wife, and their dog, Sylvia. Shandaken Theatrical Society Playhouse, Shnadaken. 688-2279.
August: Osage County 1pm. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Linsanity 7:30pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
FOOD & WINE
Happy Days 3pm. $25. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.
Rewarding Recipes 1pm. Get inspired from learning about entrepreneurship in the food services industry and restoration and preservation of a historic landmark, the Canal House with Chef John Novi. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262.
Matt Schofield 7:30pm. $28. Special guests Carly & Eliza. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
A Few Good Men 3pm. $22/$20. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
The Vandal 3pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Gardiner Library Fiction Writers’ Workshop 6-10pm. Second Sunday of every month. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Understanding and Caring For Your Honeybees 10am-6pm. $100/$190 with previous days’ course. The second day of organic beekeeping with HoneybeeLives’ Chris Harp. Sustainable Living Resource Center, Rosendale. 255-6113.
MONDAY 10 BUSINESS & NETWORKING Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress Breakfast: Under Pressure...Not Cracking 7:45-9:30am. $50/$40 members. Four county leaders in the northern part of the region will discuss issues facing their communities. Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie. 565-4900.
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John Kedzie Jacobs 7pm. Presenting The Stranger in the Attic. In this heartbreaking memoir he collects the letters of his brilliant, lost older brother and brings us into the world of the Great Depression in the Hudson Valley and abroad. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. Lady Moon and the Eclipse 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. An Opera Double Bill 7pm. $15/$25/$35/$100. Featuring the talented singers of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, this student performance includes the world premiere of Payne Hollow by Shawn Jaeger and The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten. Conducted by James Bagwell and directed by Nicholas Muni. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
WEDNESDAY 12
HEALTH & WELLNESS Breast Cancer Support Group 2pm. Second Wednesday of every month. Free support group for breast cancer patients and survivors. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212. Stroke Support Group 11am-noon. Second Wednesday of every month. Is for patients and family members to share information, express concerns, and find support and friends. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 483-6319.
KIDS & FAMILY HVP Young People’s Concert You Can Change the World! 10 & 11:45am. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
LECTURES & TALKS Art in Food and Food in Art 7pm. Peter G Rose leads an illustrated slide talk on food and drink seen in the 17th century Dutch Masters. Rosendale Public Library, Rosendale. 658-9013.
Second Friday Jam with Jeff Entin & Bob Blum 8pm. Lifelong friends and musicians Jeff Entin & Bob Blum host Second Friday Jams every month at the Café. The guys bring different themes to their shows and invite friends and local musicians to join them for what always proves to be a fun evening of music and dancing. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
NIGHTLIFE Pot-O-Gold 6pm. $100/for two. A bonnie big ceilidh (party). Join the New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce for the chance to win the $10,000 grand prize, one of ten $100 prizes, door prizes, fisherman’s raffle prizes, and a live auction. Unlimited beer and wine and unlimited hors d’ourves. Novella’s, New Paltz. 255-0243.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Ribbon Cutting and Pi Day Party 4pm. Come enjoy fun, refreshments, and more on. Tutoring Up-Grades, Poughkeepsie. 462-8886.
THEATER Happy Days 8pm. $25. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470. Sylvia 8pm. A. R. Gurney's love triangle of a man, his wife, and their dog, Sylvia. Shandaken Theatrical Society Playhouse, Shnadaken. 688-2279. The Vandal 8pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
SATURDAY 15
MUSIC CKS Band 8pm. Featuring members of the Greg Allman Band, the Levon Helm Band, and the Band, the group will be doing a live recording of this performance. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
THEATER
Groovy Tuesday 8:30pm. Classic rock. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505.
Scottish Fiddle + Cello Camp Featuring Lilly Pearlman, offering a fiddle class for beginners and be on hand as fiddle coach, and Quena Crain, an exciting young contra dance caller. Workshops, dances, concerts. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333.
The Souk Epicuian Farmers Market 10am-3pm. The Outside In, Piermont. 398-0706.
MUSIC
The Great Divas of Gospel 8pm. $10. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Payne’s Grey Sky 8:30pm. Acoustic. Hopped Up Café, High Falls. 687-4750.
Rosendale Winter Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Lots of vendors, live acoustic music and children’s activities at every market, free coffee & tea. Rosendale Farmers’ Market, Rosendale. 658-8348.
Alexander Nemerov: The Chiaroscuro of Thomas Cole 2pm. $9/$7 members. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill. 518-943-7465.
Dan Bern & Grant Lee Phillips 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Joe Crookston 8pm. Singer-songwriter. Fiddler's Green, Hyde Park. 483-0650.
FOOD & WINE
LECTURES & TALKS
MUSIC
The Trapps 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
THEATER The Vandal 8pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
FRIDAY 14 DANCE Cajun Dance with Krewe de la Rue 7pm. $15; $10 with FT student ID. A punchy dance hall mix of Cajun, Creole and Zydeco music. Free dance lesson 7pm; Dance 8-11 pm White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 255-7061. Rhythm in the Night 8pm. $38-$70. An epic journey derived from a tale of good versus evil where deception reigns and temptation rivals the strongest of wills. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Solas An Lae 8pm. $20. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Voices of Diversity 12-2:30pm. Third Saturday of every month. A social network for LGBTQ people of color. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
DANCE Ballet Hispanico 8pm. $65 Gold Circle/$45/$40 members/$20 students. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Barefoot Dance Company 11am. This unique company of young dancers will perform several innovative modern dance pieces in a delightful concert. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Freestyle Frolic Community Dance 8:30pm-12:30am. $2-$10. Knights of Columbus, Kingston. Freestylefrolic.org/. Rhythm in the Night 8pm. $38-$70. An epic journey derived from a tale of good versus evil where deception reigns and temptation rivals the strongest of wills. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Solas An Lae 8pm. $20. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Food Heals Healing and Psychic Fair 4-8pm. $20. Skilled healers and psychics are participating in a benefit being organized to help the Good Neighbor Food Pantry of Woodstock. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Woodstock. 417-5535.
Maple Fest 2014 11am. $10/$5 children/$25 families (up to 5 members). A traditional maple-sugaring event for the whole family. Join us for demonstrations of tapping trees, collecting and boiling sap to make maple syrup, Jack Wax Taffy making (aka “sugar on snow”) music, sing-a-longs, storytelling, handmade crafts, face painting, games, and hikes. The Randolph School, Wappingers Falls. 297-5600. March Madness Vendor Event 6pm. Vendors Include Edible Art by Erin, Fun with No Sun, Tye to Dye For, PartyLite, Passion Parties, Virgolune Designs, Arbonne, Thirty One Bags, and Tastefully Simple. Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham, Middletown. 692-0098.
FILM Werner Herzog’s Wheel of Time 7pm. $8. Tibetan Center, Kingston. 383-1774.
The Vandal 8pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020. Sylvia 8pm. A. R. Gurney's love triangle of a man, his wife, and their dog, Sylvia. Shandaken Theatrical Society Playhouse, Shandaken. 688-2279.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Mead Making Class 11am-3pm. $50. Class, lunch, tasting and raffle of a “Drink More Mead” tee shirt. Pantano’s Wine Grapes & Home Brew, New Paltz. 255-5201. Origami Workshop with Motoko 11am. $6. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181.
SUNDAY 16
FOOD & WINE Hudson Valley Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. Hudson Valley Farmers' Market, Red Hook. Greigfarm.com. Kingston Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Third Saturday of every month. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. 338-6759.
KIDS & FAMILY American Heart Association First Aid CPR AED Course for Adult, Child & Infant 9am. $100. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742. Family Fun at Unison: The Amazing Meldini 1pm. $5-$14. Melody “The Amazing Meldini” Newcombe; comedy, magic and ventriloquism add up to Family Fun. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
DANCE Solas An Lae 3pm. $20. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. West Coast Swing Dance $8/$6 FT students. Beginner’s lesson 5:30-6pm and dance to DJ’d music 6pm-9pm. Reformed Church of Port Ewen, Port Ewen. 338-3777.
FILM Farm Film Fest VI The festival shows short films that focus on farms, farming, and farming issues and is especially interested in films that have a local connection. Crandell Theatre, Chatham. Chathamkeepfarming.org.
FOOD & WINE The Souk Epicuian Farmers Market 10am-3pm. The Outside In, Piermont. 398-0706.
The Vandal 3pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
MONDAY 17 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Transgender & Queer Support Network Meetings Third Monday of every month. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
FOOD & WINE St. Patrick’s Day Celebration 5:30-9pm. Live music from the Whiskey Shivers. Global Palate Restaurant, West Park. 384-6590.
MUSIC The Felice Brothers 8pm. Fusion of rock, country, folk and gospel. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. The Informer 7pm. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212. Simi Stone and Band: March Residency 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
NIGHTLIFE Monday Night Karaoke 9pm. Free. Come and Join us for a night of Singing, Laughing and Fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.
TUESDAY 18 HEALTH & WELLNESS Community Holistic Healthcare Day 4-8pm. Third Tuesday of every month. A wide variety of holistic health modalities and practitioners are available. Appointments can be made on a first-come, first-served basis upon check-in. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. www.rvhhc.org.
Mason Library Puppet Show 11am. “The Hollyhock Dream,” an original puppet play for young children. Mason Library, Great Barrington, MA. Gbrss.org.
KIDS & FAMILY
Motoko: Folktales from Japan 10am. $8/$6 children/$25 family of four. Parents’ Choice Award-winning storyteller Motoko enchants audiences of every age with her weaving of ancient lore, original tales, lyrical movement and traditional music. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.
LITERARY & BOOKS
LECTURES & TALKS
MUSIC
The Garden at Night: A Photographic Journey 1-3pm. $35/$30. Enter the fascinating world of Linda Rutenburg, Canadian photographer and gardener, as she shares her five-year project in the US, Canada and England, documenting botanical gardens after the sun goes down. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition 3pm. Advanced conservatory string students compete for cash prizes and the opportunity to play with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic during the following season. Support these talented young musicians and to enjoy a wonderful musical event. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Hvpstrings@yahoo.com.
Bassist Joanna Smith and Songstress Alison Self 9pm. Snug Harbor Bar & Grill, New Paltz. 255-9800.
MUSIC
Jim Brickman: The Love Tour 5pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
NIGHTLIFE
Body/Head 8pm. $25/$20 in advance. Experimental collaborative of Sonic Youth co-founder Kim Gordon and guitar phenom Bill Nace. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 6622111. The Chip White Dedications Sextet 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Henry Gross 8pm. $25. Singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. The Ritz Theater, Newburgh. 784-1199. Jazz Vespers 5:30-7pm. Featuring Rob Scheps. 1st Presbyterian Church of Philipstown, Cold Spring. Presbychurchcoldspring.org. The Kurt Henry Parlour Band 7pm. Peekskill Coffee House, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287. Leo & the Lizards 9pm. Classic rock. The National Hotel Bar And Grill, Montgomery. 457-1123. Marco Benevento 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Massenet’s Werther: Met Live in HD 12:55pm. $25/$20 members/$18 season/$15 students. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Met Opera Live in HD Massenet’s Werther 1pm. $18-$25. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040. Paul Tryon 8:30pm. Classic rock. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466. Scottish Fiddle + Cello Camp Featuring Lilly Pearlman, offering a fiddle class for beginners and be on hand as fiddle coach, and Quena Crain, an exciting young contra dance caller. Workshops, dances, concerts. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 6578333. Seth’s Sauerkraut Revue 9pm. A mini-festival of regional Americana and honkytonk performers hosted by “Sauerkraut” Seth Travins. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Sheryl and Dan Wheeler 1pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Café, Red Hook. 758-6500. The War On Drugs 9pm. $17/$15. Rock. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158.
Friends & Family CPR 10am. $35. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742. Anna Harlas 4pm. Presenting her book, Spiritual Eternal Energy and her CD White Light Meditations from the Angelic Realm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Laura Sumner 1pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Café, Red Hook. 758-6500.
KIDS & FAMILY
Popa Chubby 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Rob Paparozzi /Pete Levin Quartet 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Scottish Fiddle + Cello Camp Featuring Lilly Pearlman, offering a fiddle class for beginners and be on hand as fiddle coach, and Quena Crain, an exciting young contra dance caller. Workshops, dances, concerts. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333. Women’s Heritage Month COncert: Pat Lamanna and Lydia Adams Davis 3-5pm. $10. Featuring songs of the Abolitionist, Temperance and Women’s Suffrage movements. Kiersted House, Saugerties. 246-9529.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS
KIDS & FAMILY Magic: The Gathering Club 3:30pm. Learn the card game and play with others. Ages 10+. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
LECTURES & TALKS Astronomy Class 7:30pm. Course fee sliding scale $50 - $100. A course in five sessions on the starry sky with Henrike Holdrege and Jeanne Simon-MacDonald at The Nature Institute, Pre-registration is required. The Nature Institute, Ghent. (518) 672-0116.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Barbara Dempsey & Dewitt Nelson’s Acoustic Thursday 7pm. Barbara Dempsey & Dewitt Nelson welcome three singer-songwriters to Acoustic Thursdays. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
Blues & Dance Party with Big Joe Fitz & the Lo-Fis 7pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Chrissy Budzinski hosts Open Mike 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 876-3330.
Bucky Pizzarelli & Ed Laub Duo 8-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Eddie Money 8pm. $60. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Irish Open Jam Session 7pm. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975. Open Mike Night 8pm. Presented by Weezer from The Miles Brothers. Hopped Up Café, High Falls. 687-4750.
THEATER
Clearwater Winter Open Boats 4-8pm. With potluck and open jam sessions. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080.
The Vandal 8pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
SPIRITUALITY
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Channeled Guidance to Further Your Journey 6:30pm. Third Tuesday of every month. $20/$15. We are all on a spiritual journey and need guidance on that journey. Flowing Spirit Healing, Woodstock. 679-8989.
Library Knitters 7-8pm. Third Thursday of every month. Sit and knit in the beautiful Gardiner Library. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
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FRIDAY 21
HEALTH & WELLNESS
FILM
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group 7pm. Third Wednesday of every month. Support Connection, Inc. offers a Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group. Open to women with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. There are many common factors to any cancer diagnosis. Join other women who have been diagnosed as we discuss all stages of diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment. Advance registration required. Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel. (914) 962-6402.
Cabaret 7:30pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
KIDS & FAMILY The Very Hungry Caterpillar & other Eric Carle Favorites 10am & noon. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
MUSIC Audition Notice for An Experienced Musical Director 7:30pm. The Rhinebeck Choral club will be holding auditions for the paid position. The Rhinebeck Choral Club is an SATB Mixed Community Chorus. 2 seasons from Sept. and May. Archcare at Ferncliff Nursing Home, Rhinebeck. 527-7768. London’s National Theatre in HD War Horse (Encore) 1pm. $25/$18. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
THEATER
Sylvia 2pm. A. R. Gurney's love triangle of a man, his wife, and their dog, Sylvia. Shandaken Theatrical Society Playhouse, Shandaken. 688-2279.
A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
Happy Days 8pm. $25. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.
Happy Days 3pm. $25. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.
Genealogy Computer Class 9:30-10:30am. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212.
St. “Platty’s” Day 8am. Shamrock hunt, live music & specials. Plattekill Mountain, Roxbury. (607) 326-3500.
Holistic Self-Care Class 7-8:30pm. This month’s class is “Breath: The Most Powerful Tool” with Nancy Plumer. Sponsored by the Rondout Valley Holistic Health Community and Family Traditions. Family Traditions, Stone Ridge. Rvhhc.org.
MUSIC
THEATER
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon and Dance 1-5pm. $25. Hosted by Friends of Seniors of Dutchess County. Music by the Bob Martinson Band. Elks Lodge #275, Poughkeepsie. 485-1277.
Community Yoga Class 6-7:15pm. $5. Join us in our beautiful meditation hall and practice a variety of yoga styles (i.e. gentle hatha, vinyasa, restorative, partner and more) taught by local “guest” teachers. All levels welcome. Won Dharma Center, Claverack. (518) 851-2581.
Alison Self 8pm. Country. Snug Harbor Bar & Grill, New Paltz. 255-9800.
Botanicals with Quill Pen and Ink 10am-4pm. $300/$275 members. Through March 21. Learn the art of pen-and-ink rendering for botanical drawing. Students will work with the modern metal crowquill, well known and liked for its ability to produce fine details. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
The Straits 8pm. $36.50/$27.50. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
Bereavement Support Group 5:30-6:30pm. This expressive support group is open to the community and led by Adrienne London, LCSW-R. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-3101.
MUSIC
Massenet’s Werther: Met Live in HD Noon. $25/$20 members/$18 season/$15 students. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
An Opera Double Bill 2pm. $15/$25/$35/$100. Featuring the talented singers of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, this student performance includes the world premiere of Payne Hollow by Shawn Jaeger and The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten. Conducted by James Bagwell and directed by Nicholas Muni. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Adult Book Discussion Group 7-9pm. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City, Jonathan Mahler. Fallsburg Library, South Fallsburg. 434-6067.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS
Open Mike 4-6pm. $7/$5 members. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
OLOC (Old Lesbians Organizing for Change) 6:30-8:30pm. Third Thursday of every month. A potluck dinner followed by a discussion or program. All lesbians 60 years old or older are welcome. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar & other Eric Carle Favorites 10am. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
The Magic Flute 2pm. $12/$10 members/$6 children. The cinema version of the Bregenz Festival’s production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s beloved The Magic Flute. 2pm. HD cinematic/operatic experience. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
The Metropolitan Hot Club Noon. The Metropolitan Hot Club featuring Michael Boyle, Michael Snow, Aaron Lieberman, and Martin Keith is a gypsy jazz group that plays hot swing of the 30s and 40s. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
THURSDAY 20 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
HEALTH & WELLNESS AHA BLS for the Healthcare Provider Renewal Course 6pm. $50. This is a recertification course for BLS Healthcare provider and you must have a current BLS certification to take this abridged recertification course. Course completion results in a certification card valid for 2 years from the American Heart Association. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742.
LITERARY & BOOKS Boria Sax 7pm. Presenting two new books, In Mythical Zoo: Animals in Life, Legend, and Literature, and tradition. In Imaginary Animals: The Monstrous, the Wondrous, and the Human. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
MUSIC ASK for Music March 8pm. $6. Come out and listen to the finest singer songwriters in the Hudson Valley. This month features Whispering Tree, Shane Loverro and Fred Gillen Jr. Refreshments served. Hosted by Michael and Emmy Clarke. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0331. Jazz Violist Alva Anderson’s Trio 8pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Kevin Burke: The Naked Fiddle 8pm. St Paul’s Hall, Red Hook. Studioredhook.ticketleap. com/an-evening-with-kevin-burke-the-naked-fiddle/. Laser Spectacular’s The Spirit of Michael Jackson 8pm. $38. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Los Lonely Boys 8pm. $50-$67.50. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390.
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Melissa Ferrick 9pm. $20. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. The Real Original New York Doo Wopp Show 8pm. $40-$55. Will feature all original lead singers from Judy Mann & the Chiffons, Eugene Pitt & the Jive Five, Jay Siegel’s Tokens and acappella by Classic Sounds and the Sheps. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.
THEATER 8th Annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare Festival 8pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Echoes of Ireland 7:30pm. $15. The sweep of the Irish experience from County Cork to New York City is on display in Echoes of Ireland, a drama about family ties, the immigrant life and the Irish-American experience. Written and directed by Ellenville, NY resident Brian C. Petti. The play is being presented by Safe Harbors of the Hudson and Hatmaker’s Attic Productions. Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh. 210-4530. Happy Days 8pm. $25. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.
in-cheek, and always super-fun, they come to MASS MoCA to perform in conjunction with Darren Waterston’s installation Uncertain Beauty, which features a voice and cello soundscape composed by the band. Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
Mister Oh! 9pm. Mister Oh! is a group of guys from the valley below “the gunks” that brings many styles of music together to make our own gunk. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
Happy Days 8pm. $25. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.
Chris Jackson 8pm. Acoustic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000.
Poundcake 7-10pm. Opener: RoseAnn Fino. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Sylvia 8pm. A. R. Gurney's love triangle of a man, his wife, and their dog, Sylvia. Shandaken Theatrical Society Playhouse, Shnadaken. 688-2279.
Helsinki on Broadway 8pm. Featuring Tony Award winning Broadway legend and extraordinary opera and symphony concert soloist Judy Kaye. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Richard Buckner and Anders Parker 8pm. $12/$10. Songer/songwriter. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158.
Kim Clarke Trio 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Shaktipat: Ecstatic Grooves, Hypnotic Kirtan, Tribal Drumming 8pm. Fourth Saturday of every month. Come join a growing community of ecstatic warriors united in the thunder of pulse, voice and spirit! Raise your voice in hypnotic kirtan, move your body to the sacred rhythms, drum your way to ecstasy, and help create a collective sacred space. MaMa, Stone Ridge. 687-8707.
The Kurt Henry Band 8pm. Progressive rock. American Glory BBQ, Hudson. (518) 822-1234.
Travis Caudle 8:30pm. Pop, soft rock. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466.
Hidden Jazz Collective 7pm. Gomen Kudasai, New Paltz. 255-8811. John Pray 1pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Café, Red Hook. 758-6500.
Sylvia 8pm. A. R. Gurney's love triangle of a man, his wife, and their dog, Sylvia. Shandaken Theatrical Society Playhouse, Shnadaken. 688-2279.
Side by Side by Sondheim 8pm. $25-$30. Half Moon Theatre, Poughkeepsie. Halfmoontheatre.org/.
SUNDAY 23
The Vandal 8pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS 3rd Annual Hudson Valley Beer & Cheese Festival 1-4pm. $45/$40 in advance. Keegan Ales, Kingston. 331-2739.
SATURDAY 22
FOOD & WINE
BUSINESS & NETWORKING
FAIRS & FESTIVALS 16th Annual Twin County Science Fair 10am-2pm. Sponsored by C-G Superintendents Association. Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. (518) 828-1481.
FILM Way out West 2pm. $10/$7 children. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
FOOD & WINE
Ballet Hispanico
Hispanic Groove From traditional flamenco to Hispanic ballet, award-winning dance groups are strutting through the Hudson Valley this month. Ballet Hispanico is the nation’s premier Latino dance organization, led by Cuban-American choreographer Eduardo Vilaro. The group is known for its provocative outfits and high-spirited, fast-paced movements. A much more traditional dance style—Spanish flamenco—also makes an appearance in the area with Flamenco Vivo. Carlota Santana leads the group and was awarded the Order of Civil Merit by the Consul General of Spain for honoring the country’s proudest art. Flamenco gives equal attention to joy and sorrow through song and dance, featuring acoustic guitar and customary long, ruffled gowns. Ballet Hispanico will dance their way to the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie on Saturday, March 15, at 8pm. (845) 473-2072; Bardavon.org. Flamenco Vivo/Carlota Santana takes the stage March 8, 7:30pm, at Kaatsbaan in Tivoli. (845) 757-5106; Kaatsbaan.org.
Farm to Glass Classroom 10am. $20. The Carey Institute is holding workshops for farmers, brewers and those interested in the growing local craft brewing movement. Topics include Hops Production, Business Planning & Design and Honey & Mead Making. Carey Center for Global Good, Rensselaerville. (518) 797-5100.
Flamenco Vivo
BaseCamp 9:30pm. Motown/R&B. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Betty 8pm. Female trio of pop rockers. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111 8pm. $20 reserved / $12 advance / $16 day of / $10 students. As these legendary all-girl pop-rockers approach thirty years of musicmaking, they are as current as ever. Irreverent, tongue-
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Americana Singer/Songwriter Gurf Morlix 7:30pm. $18/$15 with RSVP. Empire State Railway Museum, Phoenicia. 688-9453. Gustafer Yellowgold 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Infamous Stringdusters 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Jake Shimabukuro 8pm. $47.50. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
8th Annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare Festival 3pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
American Heart Association ACLS Provider Course (2-Day Course) 8am. $300. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support is an advanced, instructor-led classroom course that highlights the importance of team dynamics and communication, systems of care and immediate postcardiac-arrest care. It also covers airway management and related pharmacology. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742.
MUSIC
2014 Gala Benefit for Rhinebeck Chamber Music Society 3pm. $35. Gypsy music from Hungary with ROZA, goods and services auction, food and wine of Hungary. Elmendorph Inn, Red Hook. 876-2870.
Sylvia 2pm. A. R. Gurney's love triangle of a man, his wife, and their dog, Sylvia. Shandaken Theatrical Society Playhouse, Shnadaken. 688-2279.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
MUSIC
THEATER
The Pine Island Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. W. Rogowski Farm, Pine Island. 258-4574.
Disney Live: Mickey’s Music Festival 1pm, 4pm & 7pm. $28/$43/$68. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
The Souk Epicuian Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. The Outside In, Piermont. 398-0706.
Maggie Rothwell 1pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Café, Red Hook. 758-6500.
Millerton Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. The Annex @ NorthEast-Millerton Library, Millerton. (518) 610-1331.
KIDS & FAMILY
French Wine Dinner 5:30pm. $77. Global Palate Restaurant, West Park. 384-6590.
Joshua Morris 3pm. Traditional Irish music. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975.
Hudson Valley Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. Hudson Valley Farmers' Market, Red Hook. Greigfarm.com.
Introduction to Foot Reflexology 9am-1pm. $45. This class will introduce to the general public the history and overview of Reflexology. Each student will receive a Foot Map and hands-on experience along with self-care techniques to use on themselves and family members. Dutchess Community College South, Wappingers Falls. 431-8910.
Shrek the Musical 7:30pm. Relive the magic all orge again. John A Coleman Catholic High School, Hurley. 338-2750.
The Vandal 8pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
Shrek the Musical 7:30pm. Relive the magic all ogre again. John A Coleman Catholic High School, Hurley. 338-2750.
Ulster Ballet Company Presents Festival of Dance 8pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
Quartet 7:30pm. TheaterSounds Hudson Valley Playreading Series. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 331-2884.
The Tempest 10am. $9/$7 children. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Mohonk Mountain Stage Company: Equivocation 8pm. $15-$25. An explosive comedy of ideas and a high stakes political thriller, Bill Cain’s award winning play reveals the cat and mouse games in politics and art, and the craft of speaking the truth in difficult times. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
DANCE
Mohonk Mountain Stage Company: Equivocation 8pm. $15-$25. An explosive comedy of ideas and a high stakes political thriller, Bill Cain’s award winning play reveals the cat and mouse games in politics and art, and the craft of speaking the truth in difficult times. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Side by Side by Sondheim 8pm. $25-$30. Half Moon Theatre, Poughkeepsie. Halfmoontheatre.org/.
How The Other Half Loves 8pm. $18/$15 friends of the Playhouse. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
Women and Leadership Conference 10am-4pm. $125/$95. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. Tmiproject.org/#!conferences/c54a.
How The Other Half Loves 8pm. $18/$15 friends of the Playhouse. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
Echoes of Ireland 2pm. $15. The sweep of the Irish experience from County Cork to New York City is on display in Echoes of Ireland, a drama about family ties, the immigrant life and the IrishAmerican experience. Written and directed by Ellenville, NY resident Brian C. Petti. The play is being presented by Safe Harbors of the Hudson and Hatmaker’s Attic Productions. Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh. 210-4530. Happy Days 3pm. $25. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.
Laser Spectacular’s The Music of Pink Floyd 6:30 & 9:30pm. $38. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Linden String Quartet 6pm. $25-$45. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040. Linden String Quartet: Tchaikovsky and Brahms 6pm. $45 Orchestra & Mezzanine/$25 Balcony. The centerpiece of the program is Tchailovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, written for a St. Petersburg chamber music society as a musical souvenir of his visit to Italy as he recovered from a disastrous marriage and developed an infatuation with the city that spawned the Renaissance. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100. The Met: Live in HD Jules Massenet’s Werther 1pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
How The Other Half Loves 2pm. $18/$15 friends of the Playhouse. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
Beach Party 8am. Snow volleyball & more. Plattekill Mountain, Roxbury. (607) 326-3500.
Shrek the Musical 3pm. Relive the magic all orge again. John A Coleman Catholic High School, Hurley. 338-2750.
Bumpin’ Blockbuster Mogul Competition 8am. Plattekill Mountain, Roxbury. (607) 326-3500.
Side by Side by Sondheim 2pm. $25-$30. Half Moon Theatre, Poughkeepsie. Halfmoontheatre.org/.
THEATER 8th Annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare Festival 8pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Echoes of Ireland 7:30pm. $15. The sweep of the Irish experience from County Cork to New York City is on display in Echoes of Ireland, a drama about family ties, the immigrant life and the Irish-American experience. Written and directed by Ellenville, NY resident Brian C. Petti. The play is being presented by Safe Harbors of the Hudson and Hatmaker’s Attic Productions. Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh. 210-4530.
Still Ignorant After All These Years 7pm. $15. A performance piece By Joe Raiola. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mount Tremper. 688-2228. The Vandal 3pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES ainting the Clothed Model P 1:30-4pm. $195/$175. With instruction by Yura Adams. 6 sessions. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181.
SPIRITUALITY THOMAS MOORE AT THE GARRISON INSTITUTE
Accounting for the Mysterious Popular spiritual books author Thomas Moore burst onto the New York Times Bestseller List in 1992 with his first book, Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life. Moore’s 14th book, A Religion of One’s Own: A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World (Gotham Books), just published in January, is a guide for people who are searching for deeper personal meaning in an increasingly secular world—whether they are practitioners of traditional religions, spiritual seekers, agnostics, or even atheists. Moore, who is also a psychotherapist and former member of the Catholic Servite Order, will be visiting Garrison Institute in celebration of his latest book. On Monday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m., Moore will give a free public talk titled “A Religion of One’s Own,” focusing on grounding spirituality according to personal searching and intuition. From March 31 to April 2, Moore will also lead a retreat on “The Orange Box: A Conversation with Thomas Moore,” which, in the words of retreat organizer Katherine Gottshall, will be a “soul salon celebrating the holy fool and the importance of neighborhoods, festivals, carnivals, conferences, and gatherings around fireplaces and long kitchen tables.” According to Gotshall, the “orange box” refers to the Nike shoebox, which has “Just Do It” printed inside its lid, and will be converted for retreat attendees into a “container for catching dreams” in relation to topics such as deepening a sense of community, organizing creative gatherings, and designing soulful spaces. (845) 424-4800; Garrisoninstitute.org. —Susan Piperato How did A Religion of One’s Own come into being? I travel a great deal and always have my ears open to what people are concerned about. Many people who were brought up in a traditional religion have gotten a lot of good things from that experience, but then two things happen—they get tired of formal religion or angry at it, or they just grow out of it and aren’t interested anymore. This has to do with changes [occurring] in [the] culture right now. Books are going out [of popularity] too, so it isn’t surprising that religion is not quite as popular. I wrote A Religion of One’s Own for people looking for alternatives. You know the way you’ve understood religion in the past, where you’ve signed up and you believe what you’re told and you do what you’re told? Well, those days are over. Nobody wants to live that way anymore. I’m recommending that people take responsibility for their own spiritual life, whether they’re in a formal religion or not. I call that having your own religion. The book is for agnostics and atheists too. Can nonbelievers have something akin to religion? That’s really the point of the book. Atheists are probably in a better position to have a religion of their own than people who attend church, because people can go to church mindlessly and not develop a religious way of life. Atheists can be rather fundamentalist about their atheism, but still, they have a better chance of developing a religion of the type I’m talking about. When I say the soul needs religion, I don’t mean churchgoing or going to a synagogue. I mean a way of life in which you account for the mysterious—that which is
beyond what you can explain and control. If you don’t have that sense of wonder, your soul can become lost in the secular life. You might only be concerned about money or a job, or just do what everyone’s doing and not think about it at all. You write, “Whether or not you like it, you have a soul that complains when you neglect it. Soul needs religion, it’s not an option.” Vitality comes from being deeply engaged in life, not just going through the motions. There’s a cultural depression when life doesn’t have zest and meaning. We wonder, “Why do I get up in the morning? What am I doing at this job? This is what life is all about—isn’t there any more than this?” Those questions are depressive. They come from not engaging in life at a deep level. Once you do that, there’s no room for depression. You feel alive and want to get everything out of life that you can. That’s an antidote to depression. That’s a soulful life. Have your ideas about the soul changed much? No, but I’ve learned some very concrete things that I hadn’t realized before. How you cook, what you eat, family traditions of food—that’s all important to the soul, not just your body. Taking a bath [is] more for your soul than your body. Henry David Thoreau said taking a bath was a sacrament for him. You call yourself a “religious humanist.” What’s that? My namesake, Thomas Moore of England, who lived in the 16th century, was a religious humanist. Renaissance humanists were interested in the arts and humanities, learning, translating books. Often people use “humanist” to refer to someone who doesn’t have any interest in religion, but that’s not the way humanism was discussed a few centuries ago. One religion can deepen another. I read Latin and Greek and translate those traditions. That’s part of my spiritual practice. I feel my calling in life is to write for a large audience. I try to use language people can follow, yet behind that language is a great deal of study. I feel at home calling myself a religious humanist. What can people expect when you visit Garrison Institute? It starts on April Fool’s Day, which is a day I love, a good time to be playful and get serious at the same time. We’ll come together and really have a sense of community. We’ll be serious, but not so heavy in what we do. We’ll be playful with ideas and language and the arts. To come together that way on a retreat is really good for the soul, which works mainly from imagination, not mind. We don’t [give] the word “imagination” much weight. We think imagination is frivolous, but it’s central. In the past, we’d go to a religion and say, “That appeals to me” or “That doesn’t appeal.” We’d ask, “Can I join this religion or not?” We no longer have to become a member. I’ve been studying Zen Buddhism for 25 years. It’s been a very important influence on my daily life, and my sense of religion has been affected by it. So have the Ancient Greek and Native American religions. We can approach religions differently today. A Religion of One’s Own is about developing your own ideas and practices that are analogous to a form of religion, but are your own. It’s not about vague spirituality—it’s a religion of one’s own, founded on a collection of practices and theological ideas about how the world is and how to live. 3/14 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 87
MONDAY 24 FILM Monty Python’s Life of Brian 7pm. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. More Than A Game 7pm. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212.
MUSIC Simi Stone and Band: March Residency 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
NIGHTLIFE Monday Night Karaoke 9pm. Free. Come and Join us for a night of Singing, Laughing and Fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.
Saving Money: Shopping and Couponing Tips 7pm. Marlboro Library Money Smart Week series. Couponing guru, Pattie, will share her shopping and couponing tips to help you keep some money in your wallet. Marlboro Free Library, Marlboro. 236-7272.
LITERARY & BOOKS Author Event with Peter Aaron 6:30pm. Author Peter Aaron will read from and sign copies of If You Like the Ramones... Barnes and Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.
MUSIC Gabriel Butterfield Band 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Rick Springfield 8pm. $90/$85. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
NIGHTLIFE
Spring Dance Balkan Dance 6:30-8pm. $75. 6-week class by The Vanaver Caravan with Bill Vanaver. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.
Trivia Night with Paul Tully 7pm. Join host Paul Tully for a night of really fun Trivia. Teams enjoy three rounds of eclectic questions. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
TUESDAY 25 LECTURES & TALKS Evolution - Lecture series 7:30pm. Suggested donation per talk $5 - $20. Lecture series by Craig Holdrege. The talks will be about discovering evolution as a meaning-filled process, the metamorphosis of beings through time. Craig will also focus on hominid fossils that shed light on human evolution. The Nature Institute, Ghent. (518) 672-0116.
MUSIC The Romantic Oboe 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Oboist Joel Evans, violist Valentina Charlap-Evans and pianist Ruthanne Schempf will perform works of the 19th and early 20th century influenced by romantic and gothic literature. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. 257-2700.
NIGHTLIFE
THEATER Broadway Musical Theater Showcase with Joe Langworth 7pm. This is a presentation of students work under the direction and instruction of Langworth. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. Communityrelations@sunyulster.edu. Side by Side by Sondheim 7pm. $25-$30. Half Moon Theatre, Poughkeepsie. Halfmoontheatre.org/. The Vandal 8pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
FRIDAY 28 DANCE Swing Dance to Eight to the Bar 8:30-11:30pm. $15/$10 FT students. Beginner lesson 8pm-8:30pm. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 471-1120.
Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 876-3330.
LECTURES & TALKS
THEATER
MUSIC
War Horse 6:30pm. $25/$20 members/$18 season/$15 students. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Annette A. Aguilar and the Stringbean 5Tet 8pm. Latin. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
WEDNESDAY 26 BUSINESS & NETWORKING Holistic Hudson Valley 6pm-8:30pm. $5 for non-members. We bring together holistic enthusiasts -- whether they are practitioners or not -- to network together, learn and share their experiences. We’re meeting at The Workplace Club (behind the Pizza Hut). Visit holistichv.org to RSVP or for more information. The Workplace Club, Middletown. 820-0262.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Marge’s Knitting Circle for Women with Cancer 6:30pm. Fourth Wednesday of every month. In this monthly group for women with cancer, Support Connection provides the time and space for women to begin or finish a knitting or crocheting project. Leader is an experienced knitter who is happy to teach those who’ve never knitted before. Open to people living with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. Support Connection, Yorktown Heights. (914) 962-6402.
KIDS & FAMILY Preschool Dance Party 4-5pm. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Stuart Little 10am & 11:45am. $10. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
LITERARY & BOOKS Stories for Inquiring Minds With Janet Carter 7pm. Last Wednesday of every month. Rediscover the timeless world of story through the voice of the storyteller. Join Janet Carter, and guest storytellers, while they regale us with tales of fear, love, fantasy, humor and history. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. Janet.carter332@gmail.com.
MUSIC Met Opera Live in HD Massenet’s Werther (Encore) 1pm. $25-$18. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation 7pm. Presented by Dan Fagin. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook. 677-5343.
Bill’s Toupee 8:30pm. Covers. Shadows On the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 486-9500. Carmen Souza 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Christopher Cross 8pm. $60. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Experience Hendrix Tour 7pm. $39.75-$79.75. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Jazzmeia Horn Trio 8pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
THEATER 8th Annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare Festival 8pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
THURSDAY 27
Side by Side by Sondheim 8pm. $25-$30. Half Moon Theatre, Poughkeepsie. Halfmoontheatre.org/. The Vandal 8pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Swing Dance Workshops $15/$20 both. With Chester & Linda Freeman. 2 workshops, at 6:30pm and 7:15pm. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
SATURDAY 29 FILM Project Native 4th Film Festival Environmental films special screenings and panel discussions. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. Projectnative.org.
Crafty Kids: Kaleidoscope Eyes 4-5pm. Howland Public Library, Beacon.
Hudson Valley Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. Hudson Valley Farmers' Market, Red Hook. Greigfarm.com.
Ed Carroll: The “New” Golden Age of TV 7:30pm. AMC Networks COO discusses the exalted state of current TV programming, part of the SUNY New Paltz Distinguished Speaker Series. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz.
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KIDS & FAMILY Babysitting Preparedness 9am. $45. The course is led by nationally certified instructors who also have experience as emergency responders in both professional and community environments. Successful completion of the course will result in a 2-year certification from the American Safety and Health Institute. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Sustainable Living Fest 2014 1-7pm. A day of healthy, insightful workshops, demos, food, products and family fun. High Meadow School, Stone Ridge. 687-4855.
FOOD & WINE The Souk Epicuian Farmers Market 10am-3pm. The Outside In, Piermont. 398-0706.
LITERARY & BOOKS
KIDS & FAMILY
Douglas Nicholas 3pm. Presenting The Wicked, the sequel to his highlyacclaimed historical suspense novel, Something Red. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus 2pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Laura Ludwig Presents Performance Art and Poetry 6:30pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
Ann Belmont and Todd Anderson noon. Jazz at the Falls Sunday Brunch. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
MUSIC Artie Lange 8pm. $65/$58. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Arturo O’Farrill Family Band 8pm. $25. Pianist, composer and founder of the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. The Ritz Theater, Newburgh. 784-1199. Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret 9pm. $20/$15 clown make up or costume. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Charlie Daniels Band 8pm. $38-$70. Charlie Daniels’ genre-defining Southern rock anthems and his CMA Award-winning country hits have left an indelible mark on America’s musical landscape. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Chris Raabe 8:30pm. Acoustic. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466. Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band with Mike & Ruthie 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Kurt Henry Parlour Band 8pm. Singer/songwriter. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Pairings: Art Songs and Cabaret 7pm. $20/$18 members. The talented and versatile vocalist Gilda Lyons returns with accompanist Daron Hagen to bring us Pairings: Art Songs and Cabaret with her own compositions and works by many others. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438. Regina Carter 8pm. $29.50. A violinist explores a broad diversity of styles from jazz to classical and soul to African. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Rock Ridge Band 8:30pm. Country. Hopped Up Cafe, High Falls. 687-4750. Spirit Family Reunion 10pm. $12/$10. Americana folk. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158. Uhadi 9pm. $30/$20. South African jazz band. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
THEATER
Acting Out: Words That Connect One-Act Plays 7-9pm. Featuring Still Here & Meeting Chen Zhen: Drum as Doorway between Worlds. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100.
KIDS & FAMILY
LECTURES & TALKS
Dharma Study Group 10am. 1st class free/$15. We are also a Buddhist Sangha which offers support for all who wish to be part of a sangha community. Call center for specific class topics. Greymoor Spiritual Life Center, Garrison. 235-5800.
Mohonk Mountain Stage Company: Equivocation 8pm. $15-$25. An explosive comedy of ideas and a high stakes political thriller, Bill Cain’s award winning play reveals the cat and mouse games in politics and art, and the craft of speaking the truth in difficult times. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
FOOD & WINE
Magic: The Gathering Club 3:30pm. Learn the card game and play with others. Ages 10+. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
LECTURES & TALKS
8th Annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare Festival 8pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
How The Other Half Loves 8pm. $18/$15 friends of the Playhouse. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
Shrek the Musical 7:30pm. Relive the magic all orge again. John A Coleman Catholic High School, Hurley. 338-2750.
SUNDAY 30
The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Acting Out: Words that Connect 7pm. $25/$20 members and seniors. Theatrical performance series features original scripts inspired by artworks from the museum’s exhibition, “Art at The Core”. The resulting one-act plays and multimedia music performance, are directed by Mara Mills. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100. How The Other Half Loves 8pm. $18/$15 friends of the Playhouse. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264. Mohonk Mountain Stage Company: Equivocation 8pm. $15-$25. An explosive comedy of ideas and a high stakes political thriller, Bill Cain’s award winning play reveals the cat and mouse games in politics and art, and the craft of speaking the truth in difficult times. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Shrek the Musical 7:30pm. Relive the magic all orge again. John A Coleman Catholic High School, Hurley. 338-2750. Side by Side by Sondheim 8pm. $25-$30. Half Moon Theatre, Poughkeepsie. Halfmoontheatre.org/. The Tempest 10am. $9/$7 children. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Vandal 8pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Pruning for Fruit Production: Pome and Stone Fruit Trees 10am-3pm. $85/$75 members. This demonstration/ workshop by Steve McKay will focus on the specifics of pruning stone and pome fruit trees, including cane fruits and ribes. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
MUSIC
Big Joe Fitz & The Lo Fis 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Organist Gail Archer 3pm. Free. Organist virtuosa plays selections from her latest album, The Muse's Voice. Skinner Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7294. An Evening with Robert Cray 7pm. $39-$49. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Jay Mohr 8pm. $45. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Mike Gordon 8pm. 8pm. $45/$35. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Open Book 8pm. Featuring Michele and Rick Gedney. Singer/ songwriter series. Dogwood, Beacon. 202-7500. Soñando 6-9pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
SPIRITUALITY Transforming Self Through Relationship 1-4pm. $150/$120 early reg. Three Saturday sessions. The Alchemy of Astrology, Psychology, & Spiritual Practice. 1.) Relationship with Self 2.) Relationship with another (person of your choice) 3.) Relationship with Soul Purpose/Career. Energetic integration of material. Center For Symbolic Studies, New Paltz. 453-1082.
THEATER 8th Annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare Festival 3pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Acting Out: Words That Connect One-Act Plays 5-7pm. Featuring Still Here & Meeting Chen Zhen: Drum as Doorway between Worlds. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100. Acting Out: Words that Connect 5pm. $25/$20 members and seniors. Theatrical performance series features original scripts inspired by artworks from the museum’s exhibition, “Art at The Core”. The resulting one-act plays and multimedia music performance, are directed by Mara Mills. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100. How The Other Half Loves 2pm. $18/$15 friends of the Playhouse. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264. Shrek the Musical 3pm. Relive the magic all orge again. John A Coleman Catholic High School, Hurley. 338-2750. Side by Side by Sondheim 2pm. $25-$30. Half Moon Theatre, Poughkeepsie. Halfmoontheatre.org/. The Vandal 3pm. $20. Tangent Theatre Company. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli. 230-7020.
MONDAY 31 LITERARY & BOOKS Mystery Mondays Book Dicussion 11am-noon. The Friends of the Poughkeepsie Library District announce the 10th year of “Mystery Mondays” book discussions; The Dark Vineyard, by Martin Walker. Arlington Branch Library, Poughkeepsie. 454-9308.
MUSIC Simi Stone and Band: March Residency 7-10pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
NIGHTLIFE Monday Night Karaoke 9pm. Free. Come and Join us for a night of Singing, Laughing and Fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Vegetable Gardening for Beginners 6:30-8:30pm. $75. 5-part series. Topics taught by our Dutchess County Master Gardener Volunteers will include: choose your location & prepare your site; plant with seeds or transplants; weed, mulch, thin and trellis; protect your site from critters; and harvesting. Beacon Family Resource Center, Beacon. 677-8223 ext. 115.
THEATER THE VANDAL
Jill Van Note and Michael Rhodes star in Hamish Linklater's "The Vandal," which will be staged by Tangent Thatre Company this month in Tivoli.
Three’s Company Huddled behind a scarf and heavy jacket, arms folded for warmth, a woman waits at a bus stop, a white cloud of breath pouring out of her. She’s in the heart of Kingston, walking distance from the Benedictine Hospital. A teenager breaks the wall of her silence, sitting beside her and beginning to speak, though she’d much rather not be bothered. This is the premise of “The Vandal,” to be presented by the Tangent Theatre Company in Tivoli this month. “The Vandal” is an 80-minute play that involves only three characters yet contains enough mystery and intrigue to leave the audience talking for hours after the curtains close. A reserved widow waits for a bus as a friendly 17-year-old boy engages her in conversation, encouraging her to break out of her shell. The minor ultimately cons her into buying him beer. Ironically, the owner of the liquor store, perhaps equally as lonely as the woman, turns out to be the teen’s father. The woman returns to the bus stop and continues to interact with the boy: Their conversation delves deeper into the boy’s psyche, which in turn leads the characters physically deeper into the city of Kingston. The local setting is particularly vital to the unfolding drama, bleeding into the supernatural. Tangent Theatre Artistic Director Michael Rhodes tells us there is definitely “a hardness to the characters,” yet even the most confident of adolescents reveals his hidden vulnerability through small talk, evasions, and small giveaways while leading up to a dramatic turn in the action. “The Vandal” makes for an equally dark and comic journey of three lost souls dealing with life’s hard blows, whose unexpected connections gradually melt away their frozen exteriors. The play, which premiered last year off-Broadway at New York City’s Flea Theater, is Hamish Linklaker’s first play. The production’s popularity and acclaim added four weeks to its initial run. As an actor, Linklaker has starred in countless Broadway, off-Broadway, and television productions, as well as movies. He was featured in Fantastic Four and
Battleship, and currently plays Andrew Keanelly on CBS’s “The Crazy Ones.” He grew up in Great Barrington and the Berkshires, spending much time growing as an actor at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox. The playwright had family in Kingston and spent a lot of time there; his personal experiences in the area and “a hard period in his life” inspired the plot of “The Vandal.” Michael Rhodes, who will be playing the liquor store owner, expresses his excitement in staging the “electric” production for the first time since its off-Broadway debut. “It’s something I haven’t seen 100 times before. It made me excited enough to want to get off the couch and start sharing the story.” The plot’s elusive mystery will be sure to get audiences hooked: “You have an idea that something is up, but you don’t know exactly where it’s going.” New York City-based actress Jill Van Note, who will perform the role of the widow, immediately identified “The Vandal” as a “Tangent kind of play” after seeing its original production. After witnessing the play’s gripping twist, she tirelessly discussed the plot with her husband for an hour and a half on the subway. Rhodes describes a “Tangential” production as character driven. A simple premise lets us experience the personal journeys of the characters through their interactions; the play contains a “recognizable emotional honesty at the core that pulls you to the edge of your seat.” Samuel Hoeksema, a New York City-based actor and recent college graduate, will complete the play’s cast as the cunning teen. “The Vandal” will be Tangent’s main stage spring production. It usually takes place in May, but the crew purposely moved the date up two months to pair the play’s chilly ambiance with March’s biting weather. Between the local setting and the unforgiving winter we’ve had, “The Vandal” may be hard to distinguish from reality. “The Vandal” will be presented at The Carpenter Shop Theatre in Tivoli. March 6-30, Thursdays through Sundays. (845) 230-7020; Tangent-arts.org. —Melissa Nau
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Planet Waves BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO
NASA/CURIOSITY ROVER TEAM
Curiosity Rover makes its way through the Dingo Pass on Mars.
Journey Through Space
L
ots of astrology happens in March 2014, and that happens to be the month that includes my 50th birthday. It’s also my 20th anniversary as an astrologer. It was on my 30th birthday in 1994 that I walked into Esoterica Books in New Paltz and purchased my first astrological ephemeris, the book that tells you where to find the planets on any given day, making astrology possible. In this edition of Planet Waves I want to tell you what led up to that moment and share some of what I’ve learned in those 20 years, but first an announcement. At 7 pm on Saturday, March 8, I will be hosting an event called Journey Through Space, co-sponsored by Chronogram, at BSP in Uptown Kingston (323 Wall Street near North Front Street). This is my birthday event as well as my anniversary as an astrologer. We’ll have music by Blue O’Connell, my astrology teacher (and improv pianist) David Arner, and the electronica ensemble Home Body. I am planning this as an initiation ceremony. I’ll be playing my first gig as a guitarist—first in a duet with David and then later in the evening with my music teacher Daniel Sternstein and the BSP house band. By some odd coincidence, all of my astrology teachers are not just musicians but composers as well, so I thought a musical event would bring that full circle—or more accurately, full ellipse. I can barely believe I’m turning 50 (everyone must say that) but it feels even more unusual to look back on two decades as an astrologer. I do mean 20 solid years, plus an approximately seven-year warm-up. Barely a day has gone by when I have not done some serious research, chart casting, reading,or writing on some astrological topic. If I have missed any days at all, there have not been many. I have a restless, curious, relentless mind. Astrology is always interesting, always new, always offering something useful and alive. 90 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM 3/14
Early in my career as an astrologer, I became aware of Chiron, a planet discovered by astronomer Charles Kowal in 1977. It was the discovery of Chiron that helped guide astrology from its murky occultist days into the modern era as a healing art. Though many astrologers don’t use Chiron, all astrologers have felt its influence. Chiron has a 50-year orbit, so when one turns 50, that is their Chiron return. When I was new to this work and its many challenges, both intellectual and human, I always kept a collection of people over 50 around me, that is, a number of Chiron return graduates. I considered 50 to be one’s coming of age as a community elder, and over the years I have initiated many people into that status at the time of their Chiron return. Now by my own definition, I am about to become a community elder. Mentorship is a primary theme of Chiron, as is conscious healing process, growing into self-awareness and the integration of diverse talents and gifts. When you think of Chiron, think “holistic” and “whole system thinking.” I’ve taken two main approaches to astrology—the healing and personal growth angle, and an integration of astrology with writing about world events. The spiritual and psychological dimension you’re familiar with in my horoscopes, and in my essays about relationships, therapy, and ethical issues. Sometimes this involves the direct use of astrology; the rest of the time the discussion is informed by astrology, which is always working in the background. I believe I’ve made a contribution to my field in this area of the work, especially in developing the use of newly-discovered planets that tell the story of the human condition we face today. However, I’ve gone a lot further with something else—the integration of the personal dimension with world events, and describing the spiritual implications of what we call the news. This has a long history. When I got my first journalism job in 1988, I was hired by a newspaper in central New Jersey called the Echoes-Sentinel. The editor, Florence Higgins,
was an astrologer. I mentioned her last month—the lady who could shock the staff of all seven newspapers in the chain with rumors of Mercury retrograde. The day I was hired, I was given the one available desk in the office, which had an astrology calendar hanging over it. This began for me what would become a permanent association between newspapers, news reporting, and astrology. The three writers at the paper would cover town boards, planning and zoning boards, land use, and development. As we did that all day long, we would be given updates by Flo about the condition of the planets. I would study the astrology calendar, trying to make some sense out of it. None of this got into print, but nobody left the Echoes-Sentinel without learning the basics of astrology. I was also studying A Course in Miracles during this time, which is advanced training in spiritual psychology and healing. Flo read my chart, sold me my first tarot deck and my first set of runes, and basically got me started on the path I am on now. Nearly all of this took place in a newspaper office. For the next seven years, I learned journalism working as a reporter and editor. I covered American Medical Association conventions, federal agencies like the ATF, liquor and beer marketing, education law, the nurse shortage, and many facets of business reporting. In 1989 I came to New Paltz to do news reporting and poetry, and started a news service covering the SUNY and CUNY systems and the goings-on in Albany that affected public higher education. All that time, I continued with my spiritual and mystical studies. In late 1991, the PCB accident at SUNY New Paltz happened, and for the next three years I covered the cleanup, the cover-up, and expanded my investigation into Monsanto, Westinghouse and GE, the companies that created the mess. The Las Vegas Sun, the Village Voice, Sierra magazine, the Ecologist, and many other magazines carried my articles. I developed a specialty in chlorinebased compounds, the history of PCBs and dioxin, and built a considerable portfolio covering scientific fraud. To sum up that message, at the time I started studying astrology, I did not revere science as a god, nor as a valid religion. It’s not that I inherently distrusted any scientist; all I needed was a good answer to the question, “Where’s your data?” That question is the single most important tool anyone needs when confronted by a scientist with an opinion about something, especially if that something sounds kinda deadly. At some point in this era, someone suggested that I check out the horoscope in the New York Post. I wish I knew who that was, so I can thank her. I am sure she lived in the Hudson Valley and may be reading. So I started picking up the Post and reading the horoscope—and I was amazed, day after day, without exception. The writer, Patric Walker, clearly had unusual gifts for both astrology and writing. His daily entries were maybe 50 words per sign, but he could convey with detail the nuances of my inner thoughts, my environment, and advised me how to handle them. Patric demonstrated to me that astrology was real. After about two years I could not stand it anymore. I had to know how he created these readings. On my birthday in 1994, I had my deposition taken by the state Attorney General’s trial division. I was in the process of suing SUNY New Paltz in federal court. I am not sure what they were thinking when they declared me persona non grata for my reporting on their PCB and dioxin problem—maybe that I would suddenly abandon my search for truth and justice for the students defrauded into living in those dorms. What they got was a federal summons and complaint, and a year of litigation, ending with an apology that my civil rights had been violated and a significant cash payout to me—something that the state does not do. The lawsuit received
national press coverage in the New York Times. Still wearing my suit from the deposition, I walked into the bookstore with my then-girlfriend and collaborator Hilary Lanner-Smith, and bought the Rosicrucian Ephemeris of the 20th Century, purchased the New York Post, and started studying astrology that evening. Yes, in the ancient astrology text known as the New York Post. After my 20-year world tour covering astrology and teaching at conferences, teaching engagements places like Omega Institute, and mentorship with many noted astrologers, studying Patric Walker remains the single most valuable learning experience I’ve had as an astrology student. And I got that information from a tabloid newspaper, for 25 cents a day. One year later I began writing the Planet Waves horoscope. When I took up astrology, still deeply immersed in my environmental reporting, I did so consciously bringing in a worldwise ethos. I was accustomed to documenting the veracity of my words with thick binders full of research. I put that same depth of inquiry into astrology, digging into its history, tradition, and modern practice. As for my writing, astrology gave me the chance to be personal. I learned the most important thing of all from Patric Walker: speak to one reader, not to a group of them. To write a meaningful horoscope, use the same tone as a letter to a trusted friend. It was exactly this kind of personal contact I was looking for when I changed tracks from investigative reporting to astrology. Almost immediately, I began applying astrology to world events—that is, the charts of news events, people in the news, and trends of all kinds—particularly social trends and the cycles of history. This has been done before, but I have often found it confusing, too technical, and lacking in a compelling narrative. So, I set out to tell a relevant story that anyone could understand. I am not sure I succeeded (the first use of the word “conjunction” can scare some people away), but I have done my best. Integrating astrology into the news provides several benefits, the main one being context. Astrology allows one to see the connections between events, and to follow a contemporary event along a story arc into the past and the future. Using astrology, no single incident stands alone; it’s connected to everything and everyone around it. Astrology reveals the web of life and the karma that underlies situations. If you know where to look, astrology points to how we can personally take action. I consider this a model for how to make the news relevant to people, and a new approach to community-based journalism. What we think of as the news has a really serious problem: it’s alienating and usually irrelevant. Interconnection and context allow the inclusion of the reader into the scenario, whether it be an understanding of the emotional impact, of the cultural changes implied by a development, or how an individual can adapt to the opportunities and the demands of the present moment. Looking at the charts for spring 2014, I think that news astrology is going to have its moment. There will be a lot of news—and a lot of astrology lurking underneath it. The process begins to take shape with the Mars retrograde that starts on March 1 (Mars chose the first day of its own month to station retrograde). And it comes to a peak in late April with a grand cross and a potent solar eclipse a few days later. Look for coverage of that in the April issue of Chronogram and check in with Chronogram’s 8-Day Week or PlanetWaves. net for immediate updates.
To write a meaningful horoscope, use the same tone as a letter to a trusted friend. Speak to one reader, not to a group of them.
I look forward to meeting you on at 7 pm on Saturday, March 8 at BSP in Kingston. CHRONOGRAM.COM READ Eric Francis Coppolino’s weekly Planet Waves column.
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ARIES (March 20-April 19) You seem to be holding onto a lot of energy that you absolutely must express. I don’t mean a modest amount of energy; I mean on a volcanic scale. Energy always finds a way into manifestation. Given what you’re working with, you must take up the power of directing it in a constructive way. That’s not a given, and there are no guarantees. The closest you can come is a commitment to yourself to be aware from moment to moment where you focus your mind, particularly in your intimate relationships. You may need some time away from a partner, or space to experiment in entirely new ways. Any relationship is likely to either feel the stress or come along for the journey, though I suggest you not try to push or drag anyone into what is inherently about you alone. If you value the relationship, be honest about what you’re experiencing and negotiate the space you need. At the heart of the matter seems to be an experiment in emotional independence for the purpose of exploring and experiencing life in ways you may have long dreamed of. This will not be a predictable process, and once you admit that it’s happening, you will be on a journey with a life of its own. Or rather, a journey of discovering, perhaps once again, that you have a life of your own.
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You may feel like you’re trying to fit your ideas about yourself through a tiny opening—as if it’s impossible to have enough context to make a real decision about who you are or what you want. The tight space you’re going through will help you prioritize and focus. Think of what you’re doing as making microdecisions, and consider any choice or adjustment a microcosm of the whole. It’s not merely that small choices add up to larger direction. Rather, each stems from a larger idea of what you want. There is tremendous power contained in reckoning these details and seeing their relationship to who you are. It’s easy to think that our lives hinge on the huge decisions we make. Yet even the most monumental changes of direction require many small adjustments to make them real. Therefore, you can think of each little observation or maneuver as an affirmation of who you are and what you want. This can involve the details of what you eat, how you spend money, how you spend your time (especially that), and where you invest your emotional energy. Your charts suggest you’re at a major crossroads that may not come across as such. You may have no specific validation—yet. Therefore, live well and live consciously, and trust that you’re coming around one of the most significant turns in many years.
GEMINI (May 20-June 21)
Situations that were puzzling or seemed impossible will start to make more sense—in direct proportion to how weird they seemed before. In particular the last few days of February into the first few days of March may have that sensation of walking on the ceiling, playing music backwards looking for the secret messages, or waking up being able to perform magic tricks that you don’t remember learning. Or, alternately, if you find yourself in a crunch point where you feel like you have no clue how to handle yourself, pay attention to how quickly your environment is changing. Then, adapt from moment to moment. That’s your specialty anyway, but usually you do this in autopilot mode. The challenge of the moment is doing everything manually, taking each breath consciously, and noticing the unusual openings that may come in the most mundane transactions. Many of those will be interior. The adventure of Mars retrograde in your 5th house makes possible a creative and sexual self-discovery experience like nothing you’ve ever felt. Your ability to experience life from both sides of the coin, your curiosity about the dynamics of desire and power, and a rare moment when you will allow yourself to say anything, well, it will all add up to a bold few months—as bold as you want. In fact, you may open doors that you’ll never want to close.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
With all the activity now unfolding in Aries and Libra, you may feel like your life is hanging in the balance. Yet you have plenty of influence over which way things go; you are protected by forces that may seem too large to see, and best of all, you are opening up to the people close to you. One theme that stands out in your charts is making peace with women, and if you are a woman, you may include making peace with yourself. There appears to be a trust issue that has been pushed beyond the point where you can ignore it, or live peacefully with the question unresolved. Part of this involves trusting yourself. Part is about trusting people to be transparent about their agendas and true to their own values. Bear in mind that the chaos and confusion so many people are in is not of their own making. It was imposed on them. Yet as a person comes of age and attains both adult power and responsibility, the option to step out of that pain and turbulence opens up. If your life is in the balance, it’s over the question of whether you can admit your deepest truth to yourself. That is, you may cycle through a diversity of desires, ideas, and feelings which may at times seem to conflict. Actually, each is a different facet of the same truth of who you are.
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LEO (July 22-August 23)
Your most intimate relationships are in transition, which means you’re being called upon to be especially flexible and resilient. One particular idea comes under the microscope—that of “the perfect marriage.” I believe there is such a thing, indeed I have evidence that there is. The perfection comes not from the static quality of the relationship but rather from its ability to grow, to change, and to transform with the people involved. There must be a mutual commitment to healing; mutual respect for each person’s physical and psychic integrity. With that includes recognition of free choice in all matters, especially relating to the partnership itself. I recognize this violates most of the commonplace definitions and concepts of marriage, which seem to be focused around rigid concepts and presumption of ownership. That model is not going to survive the onslaught of the 21st century, and your life is too full and too rich to be constrained by any factor not of your choosing. Here is the challenge: when established structures change, there needs to be a new set of ideas and guidelines to replace them. Those are best if driven by what the people involved agree to as their bottom-line, most essential values. Any relationship between two people will either be based on a dominant-submissive model, or based on consensus. Consensus is based on mutual values. That is the starting point and that is the destination.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22)
You must focus on the question of what is real and what is not. This will not be as obvious as it seems. I suggest you not assume you have this one right, no matter how confident you feel. Indeed I suggest you not assume anything, and make careful note of the facts of the situation. Opinions can be deceiving, and it’s essential to recognize them when you experience them. Facts are statements that can be documented and proven true or false. They are not about an emotional rationale or persuasive feeling; whether a fact stands up comes down to the data that supports it, preferably collected over time. The first area of your life to go over carefully is your relationships with loved ones, friends, and partners. Do you have any outstanding commitments to them? Is there anything that got lost in the shuffle of the past couple of busy months? Is there anything you need to clear up? If you have made yourself invisible or have gone below the radar, if you’ve left facts out of the story or are avoiding anyone, now is the time to engage with them in a meaningful way. As you do this review, I suggest you consider the way in which your self-esteem may be influencing you. Consider how you act toward others when you’re feeling good about yourself and when you’re not. Your observations may surprise you.
LIBRA (September 22-October 23)
Mars is about to station retrograde in your sign. That spans from March 1 to May 19. The retrograde process actually reaches back to early December, when Mars first entered Libra. So if you notice any shifts, changes, or shakeups in the coming week or two, take the story back to late last year. The theme of this retrograde is profound self-discovery, though it may seem at first that others are the forum for what you learn, and you are the forum for their learning. That will work for a while, as you explore your inner dynamics within the context of a relationship. Yet as the retrograde progresses, you may feel the need to have certain experiences on your own. The forces involved are too powerful to cling to anyone or anything. If you feel a need, desire, or obligation to maintain a connection or commitment, make sure you proceed in a way that is open and honest, and most of all, that works for you. If your personal needs require you to shift the pattern of relating, do so in a way that preserves trust and your options in the future. Said another way, you can live your life without burning your bridges—something you would come to regret. Your emotional involvement with someone may be intricate and delicate, and that calls for special handling, high awareness, and always—always—remembering who you are.
SCORPIO (October 23-November 22)
Fear is a fact of life on Earth, the planet of eat or be eaten. How you handle your fear is not a given; you have many options. How you exercise them will make a difference. Let’s start with the basics: fear is a form of energy and it points to a deeper energy source. If you treat it that way, and seek understanding of what is not immediately obvious, you will learn that fear does not need to be debilitating, and that in fact it can be empowering. The first thing to do is let your fear speak. Get the message of what it’s saying. Translate it into terms that are clear, and that lend themselves to decisions. You’re likely to feel the most panicky when you feel like you lack the power to choose. Therefore, information that leads to a state where you can make decisions is what you want, and need to have. Indeed, we could call this the theme of the entire Mars retrograde. This is a set of transits intimately linked to you because both of your ruling planets—Mars and Pluto—are so directly involved. When this fully takes shape in late April, you are likely to feel some serious pressure to make progress on many things you have set aside or left for the future. The thing to remember is to get the information you need in order to make an informed decision, and then another.
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SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 22)
Don’t worry if you think people don’t like you, or if you’re having some difficulty managing your social relationships. I suggest you take the events of the next few months as an extended opportunity to learn where you really stand with people, and also to learn how to build your overall standing in the community. I don’t mean your popularity—I mean real things like trust, dependability, loyalty, and the willingness to stand up for what you believe in, even if it’s going to piss off some people. Though you have it in you to be the supreme diplomat, you are also a Sagittarius, and your sign is equipped with a sharp edge. Still, it may be necessary to err on the side of asserting yourself. Do that firmly, directly, and with understatement. Be a keen observer for passive-aggressive tendencies in yourself or in others. The “passive” part is just a ruse for the “aggressive” part, so get underneath that if necessary and suss out the source of that energy. Meanwhile, any relationship or encounter can lead to contact with anyone. That’s a good incentive to say friendly things about people, and a reminder that in your life, the usual seven degrees of separation between you and any other person is about to be reduced to one or two degrees of separation. The world is small, and it’s getting smaller.
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You will be summoned to leadership in the coming months, perhaps immediately. Events and your own desire for integrity and achievement will give you the opportunity to exceed your current abilities and expectations of yourself. What you must be cautious of is any moment when you’re doing something that cannot be reversed. This could be applied to many different situations, but I really mean decisions from which there is no going back. Despite that, you will need to be bold, and I suggest you assert that by listening to people you respect and taking what they say under advisement. That does not mean “take all advice,” it means consider what people say. This is basic politics and it’s also common sense. Speaking of politics—know who your allies are, and put them to work for you. Seek their assistance, and make sure they know how much you appreciate their contribution. Leadership is not all about the leader—it’s all about the people who surround and interrelate with that person. You want one or two people who are not afraid to disagree with you, assuming you have determined they are intelligent and respectful. When life is coming at you from all corners, make sure you have those corners covered. At the same time, you will command respect by standing on your own and never shrinking from a decision.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February 19)
There are those moments when you’re sure it’s the dark night of the soul—when you have no sense of direction, and when you doubt whether you have the strength to go on. But lately, you are experiencing these junctures as something more like a nearly impossible alchemy of transformation. This process goes as deep into you as anything ever has. No matter how challenging your inner life may seem (speaking of the next three months or so), or how isolated you may feel from time to time, you have a truly amazing phase of your life approaching when you can change everything by changing yourself. Or rather, you will be given all you need to make deep inner changes, which will manifest in your seemingly outer life. You may feel like you’re making only slow progress on your journey to self-knowledge and personal healing. Yet with these things, what you have is less important than what you do with them. If you use the self-knowledge you have gained, you will inevitably build on it. If you trust the process of your healing and allow that commitment to guide you in all of the decisions you make, you will advance your healing dependably. As you move through this territory, I have one suggestion. Be bold, and keep no secrets from others. Then be even more daring and keep no secrets from yourself.
PISCES (February 19-March 20)
This monthly column marks my 20th anniversary as an astrologer and my 50th anniversary being on the planet. I’m happy to have made it half a century, though I am equally grateful to have devoted two decades of my life to daily study of, writing about, and teaching astrology. I’m especially grateful to be a Pisces astrologer, because to me that means I have an understanding of all the rivers (that is, the signs) that flow into the ocean. The Sun is now in Pisces, and is making conjunctions to Neptune and Chiron in our birth sign. That means the waters are flowing freely at the moment, and it happens to be the season of your birthday. This setup means that you have equal access to intellect and intuition; to creativity and healing ability; to your expressive gift and your ability to receive and to listen. Make sure you put all these factors consciously into the mix of your life. Don’t leave anything out. You know you’re on a mission, and I suggest you give this everything you have, and make sure you collect the rewards of your efforts as you go. You are the specialist at long-range planning and deferred gratification. I suggest you adjust that slightly, focus on bringing what you’ve worked on forever to fruition, allow it to feed you, and continue to learn whatever you can from anyone who is successful. 94 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM 3/14
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Norwegian artist Sara Skorgan Teigen is a lover of all things abstract. Fascinated by human nature and the unfamiliar, she experiments with different materials and media to give physical life to things we cannot see, such as microcosmos and emotions. In Wall Explorations (2014), Teigen uses photographs, drawings, and wire to create a mix of both abstract and natural forms. The spatial installation is suspended from the ceiling with thin fish line, composed of three different layers of printed photography and sketches. With its hanging presentation, the piece becomes a floating wall of two-dimensional images of varying sizes, set in place yet able to move freely. The photos and illustrations are colored on one side with the other side blank, giving the sense that there is no intended front or back to the artwork. The work is currently being shown through March 30 at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, part of the “Tabula Rasa” exhibit curated by Ariel Shanberg, who describes the work as a “fluid piece” capable of countless different viewpoints depending on the position of the bystander. (845) 679-9957; Cpw.org. —Melissa Nau
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