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16 while you were sleeping
44 boats against the current: kingston, stone ridge, hurley
Doctors find the first functional HIV cure—catch up on what you may have missed.
Route 209 towns preserve the past and revitilize the present.
17 beinhart’s body politic: nurses & bus drivers
78 well-kept secrets: cold spring, garrison, mahopac
Larry Beinhart discusses unions and "at-will" employment.
Putnam County communities are the Hudson Valley's hidden historical gems.
local luminary
Money and investing
18 John P. Stern, President of storm king Art Center
52 impact investing: MOney management + social action
The current president discusses the history and future of the 500-acre park.
The thriving financial field offers the possibility for fiscal growth and social change.
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Beauty and fashion
22 liquid assets: waterfront homes in city and country
55 threads for the thaw
Four Catskills homes provide ample room for antiques and water views.
27 In The swim: Ask the right questions before building
Anne Pyburn Craig outlines the steps to take when building an inground pool.
29 The people/plant connection: hudson valley garden association
The nonprofit group is dedicated to education and community beautification.
Kids and Family 36 Field notes: explorations into family life
Bethany Saltman interviews Andrew Solomon about unconditional parental love.
38 From time-honored to homespun
Parents discuss ritualized coming-of-age traditions and the art of letting go.
40 kids and family events A listing of family-friendly, local happenings.
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An image of the Comet Hiyakutake by Stephen DiRadio, from his "Celestial" series at DavisOrton Gallery in Hudson, through May 12. gallery & museum guide
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Hudson Valley designers usher in spring with seasonally inspired fashion.
Whole Living 94 Karma yoga
Near and far, modern yogis are reaching out to uplift the lives of others.
Community Resource Guide 20 Weddings & Celebrations Resources to help you prepare for the big day. 42 Education A listing of schools and learning opportunities. 89 tastings A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 90 business directory A compendium of advertiser services. 96 whole living Opportunities to nurture mind, body, and soul.
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A visitor takes delight in Ten Arcs, One Ring (1957–59) by David Smith. Photo: © Vassar College / John Abbott
in works by Rothko, Pollock, Nevelson, O’Keeffe, Picasso, Church, Durand, Munch, Calder, Warhol, Lichtenstein, and many more. On view April 12–June 30, The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation A major survey of experimental works by 39 artists and collectives, from 1972 to the present Remember to join us for Late Night at the Lehman Loeb Enjoy extended gallery hours, refreshments, and entertainment every Thursday until 9 pm
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84 Be a sap: in the land of maple leaves Tapping into the region's magic, Peter Barrett reveals the sticky details of the maple syrup-making process.
68 music: Please don't let me be misunderstood Meshell Ndegeocello's cross-genre sounds refuse to stagnate. Nightlife Highlights include Laurie Anderson and Pauline Oliveros, Change of the Century Festival, Rock 'n' Roll Resort, Rebecca Martin CD release party, and Dan Deacon. Reviews of The Lazy Suns by the Lazy Suns; Morning Songs by Seth Davis; and Free Magic by Medeski, Martin & Wood.
72 books: table talk Rhinebeck native Lucy Kinsley releases a graphic-memoir to Relish.
74 book reviews Marx Dorrity reviews Hammarskjold: A Life by Roger Lipsey, and Jana Martin reviews Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman. Plus Short Takes.
76 Poetry Poems by Samantha Carraro, Adrianna Delgado, Richard Donnelly, Jacqueline Dooley, A. M. Drewes, Ben Goldberg, Gabrielle Grigoli, Wendy Insinger, Jean Kane, H. A. Kesner, Michael Murray, Amy Pedulla, Jack Powers, Jannelle Roberts, Forrest G. B. Tinney, Christina Lilian Turczyn, and Patrick Walsh. Edited by Phillip X Levine.
120 parting shot Midtown Kingston welcomes the public arts installation ArtBridge:Kingston.
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the forecast 102 daily Calendar Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 101 Kingston venues host the Serious Laughs festival from April 20 to May 12. 103 Two improvisational trios headline BSP Lounge on April 11. 104 April offers two Chef X Dinner opportunities in Hudson and the Berkshires. 105 "The Polaroid Years" opens at Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center on April 12. 107 Bard presents "A Night With Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer" on April 6. 108 The Shawangunk Wine Trail hosts Pasta Primo Vino on April 13 and 14. 110 The Annual Read Local! Red Hook Literary Festival runs from April 12 to 14. 111 Diplomat Dennis Ross speaks at SUNY New Paltz on April 16. 113 The fourth annual Woodstock Writers Festival will be held from April 18 to 21.
planet waves 114 The Queer Frontier II
Eric Francis Coppolino expands on last month's column in his discussion of sexuality, relationships, and the Vatican.
116 horoscopes
What are the stars telling us? Eric Francis Coppolino knows.
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THE RICHARD B. FISHER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT BARD COLLEGE
10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 2013 marks the launch
of a second decade of world-class performing
arts programs at the Fisher Center. Join us for
a packed season of music, theater, dance, and
performance from special
guest artists and Bard students and faculty.
GUSTAV MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 2 Members of the American Symphony Orchestra, Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, and Longy Conservatory Orchestra Conducted by Leon Botstein Heather Buck, soprano Jamie Van Eyck, mezzo-soprano
THE BACCHAE
This all-Wagner program includes Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts I and III; Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod; and Die Walküre: Act I.
Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz Translated by Ned Moore ’13
Conducted by Leon Botstein
sosnoff theater
Mahler’s Second Symphony projects a powerful narrative of life triumphant over death.
sosnoff theater
April 19–20 at 8 pm Preconcert Talk at 7 pm Tickets: $25, 30, 35, 40
April 26–27 at 8 pm Tickets: $25, 30, 35, 40
JACK FERVER AND QWAN COMPANY
¯ PERCUSSION AND STUDENTS CONCERT SO Works include music by Steve Reich, Lou Harrison, Paul Lansky, and other recent percussion masterworks.
Live Arts Bard visiting artist Jack Ferver presents his QWAN (Quality Without a Name) Company in the dramatic parodied readings of two well-loved screenplays. Suitable for mature audiences, 15 years and older.
April 12 at 8 pm Tickets: $15 general admission; free to Bard students
April 3 at 7 pm Tickets: $20; $5 for the Bard community
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AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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AN EVENING WITH NEIL GAIMAN AND AMANDA PALMER
by Euripides
The god Dionysus returns to Thebes to prove his divinity and punish the city’s unbelievers. This student production is presented in partnership with Bard’s Classical Studies Program.
theater two
April 11–13 at 7 pm April 14 at 2 and 7 pm Tickets: $15 general admission; free to Bard students
THE 2013 FACULTY DANCE CONCERT
A dynamic evening of choreography by the faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program.
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April 26–27 at 7:30 pm April 28 at 2 and 7:30 pm Tickets: $15 general admission; free to Bard students
An intimate night of spoken word, songs, stories, chats with the audience.
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April 6 at 8 pm Tickets: $25, 30, 35, 40
Sign up now for the Fisher Center e-newsletter. E-members receive special offers, including discounts, throughout the season. Text “FISHERCENTER” to 22828 or e-mail fishercenter@bard.edu to sign up. Photo: ©Scott Barrow
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Yin Yang Tjokorda Gde Arsa Artha|ink,watercolor, acrylic on paper|2011 Through the lens of the Hindu-Dharma religion, Tjokorda Gde Arsa Artha explores the yin yang as a symbol of the feminine and masculine, as well as balance and duality. The native Balinese artist’s painting YinYang draws on the spiritual-based artistic tradition of his homeland, while capturing Western color scheme and perspective. Gde’s use of the Balinese figures Predhana (the female) and Purusha (the male)—believed to maintain the universe’s equilibrium—emphasizes the marital dynamic. “Keeping happiness and harmony in the cosmic world between man and wife,” he says. Near the bottom of the painting, Gde abstractly represents male and female genitalia, lingham and yoni, respectively. Together, lingham—the phallic emblem—and yoni—the manifestation of power—symbolize the reproductive force of life, especially creativity. “Maintaining the state of the opposing force balances the world,” Gde says. “When beauty and love react together, it’s completing who we are in the cosmic world.” Balance is YinYang’s most important theme. For every symbol Gde paints, he offers the opposite force—the image of the two praying hands, the male and female reproductive anatomy, the water and fire imagery. At the very top of the piece, breaking away from his sepia-toned palette, he paints with a deep orange-red to represent the sun. “It’s the energy source of all life,” Gde says. “We need all the sources from nature to keep stability.” Even though Yin Yang explores complex ideas like love, beauty, and power, Gde’s approach—though rooted in his own spirituality—is more human-based than abstract. In describing his work, the artist uses a metaphor of a tree seeing the sun differently from all of its vantage points to express the universality of the human experience. “We’re rich of history—one planet, one world, all human,” he says. “We all see [the sun] different, [but] the most important thing is that the sun is the same.” Gde’s extensive dance background is palpable in his painting style. In YinYang, the various textures, detailed shading, and the way the images curl around each other creates an inescapable sense of movement. “It has to be a mimic of motion,” he says. “You visualize, express the movement, evoke the energy, and it becomes life.” The Pomona-based artist has work in the private and permanent collections of the Indonesian Government and has exhibited at the Asian American Arts Centre in New York City. Tjokorda Gde Arsa Artha’s paintings will be exhibited at Galley 66 NY in Cold Spring as part of the exhibition “The Sacred Garden,” which will be on view until June 16. There will be an artists’ reception on April 5 from 6 to 9pm. (845) 809-5838; Gallery66ny.com. —Carolyn Quimby chronogram.com Watch a video interview with Tjokorda Gde Arsa Artha by Stephen Blauweiss.
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chronogram.com podcast: 8-Day Week Events Preview Chronogram has launched its first podcast—an extension of our 8-Day Week events preview newsletter. Listen in as Chronogram editors Brian K. Mahoney and Jennifer Gutman discuss the most exciting events happening in the Hudson Valley, crack wise, and share clips from the music, film, comedy, and theater that we feature. Our events range from art exhibits to food festivals to scenic hikes. Look for the podcast on our website every Thursday, and subscribe to it on iTunes. Audiobook: Pete Seeger: The Storm King Hachette Audio will publish an audiobook of Pete Seeger’s stories, narratives, and poems set to new music by nearly 50 musicians of diverse traditions, including African, bluegrass, jazz, and Native American. World-renowned percussionist Jeff Haynes, who worked on Seeger's 2009 Grammy awardwinning album Tomorrow’s Children, produced Pete Seeger: The Storm King. Listen to an exclusive clip in anticipation of its release on April 9. SLIDESHOW: Stockade Maple Cocktail Did you ever wish you could prepare one of Stockade Tavern’s lip-smacking-good artisanal cocktails at home? To accompany Peter Barrett’s Food & Drink piece this month on maple syrup, we’ve created a step-by-step, photographic guide to making an original Stockade maple cocktail, with owner and head mixologist Paul Maloney leading the way, in a slideshow with photographs by Andrew MacGregor. Get out your shakers and strainers, then watch, learn, and swill. Plus... Photographs from Women for Women International in Rwanda by Maggie Heinzel-Neel, who is featured in Wendy Kagan’s article on karma yoga; a slideshow of the upcoming exhibit at Storm King Art Center; tracks from our CD reviews and this month’s featured artist, Meshell Ndegeocello; images from “The Polaroid Years” at Vassar’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center; a video interview with April cover artist Tjokorda Gde Arsa Artha by Stephen Blauweiss; additional shots from our spring Beauty & Fashion photo shoot and this month’s Community Pages; and our directory to the region's CSAs.
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publicprograms Overfishing: What Everyone Needs to Know Friday, April 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Ray Hilborn, from the University of Washington, will talk about the exploitation of the world’s fish stocks, why traditional approaches to fisheries management have failed, and the need for radical solutions. (Ned Ames Honorary Lecture)
The Incidental Steward Friday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m.
Akiko Busch, author, and Stuart Findlay, Cary Institute scientist, will discuss the role citizens can play in scientific research—whether it’s pulling invasive plants out of the Hudson River, monitoring songbirds, or searching out vernal pools.
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Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: At a party, I met a young man with a brightness in his eyes. He had an inquisitive, curious manner, and he listened well. After some conversation, he told me that at 21 he is a licensed commercial pilot, class 5 kayak guide, and is working on a master’s degree in international relations. “Let me guess,” I asked—“you were home-schooled.” The answer was yes. There is a unique way about young people who are products of home-schools. They often emanate an unusual combination of qualities—motivation and productiveness, and at the same time, innocence and openness to experience. When I asked the aforementioned young man why he is studying international relations, his answer was instructive—“because I’m interested in it.” There was a quality of freedom in the simplicity of his answer. Interest is an undervalued asset in the arsenal of learning. Where interest lies, attention naturally will go, and what receives attention grows. A person’s interest is his gold, for there is no compulsion when interest is present, and interest will circumnavigate or penetrate even the most formidable obstacles. The phenomenon of interest is an expression of the creative force that flows through all of nature, giving rise to everything existing. It is “the force which through the green fuse drives the flower” (Dylan Thomas); the force that drives the great creative cycle of nature to become ever more fully itself. One thinks of that boundless fecundity that is endlessly and solely interested in living, and the recognition that nature lives in me, and in each person, wishing, hoping, urging to be fulfilled in the gardens of our life. Practically, the home-schoolers’ disposition is instructive. Here is what I think: in certain cases, a young person becomes habituated to learn by following his interest. He makes things, builds, practices—gathering knowledge required for the undertaking as needed. In other words, the work of learning is impelled and energized by interest in the undertaking, and interest flows from his essence. This process is the reverse of the conventional school model where information accrual precedes its application. As a result, children learn to repress interest in lieu of obedience. They become skillful in overriding inherent interest to better function as parts in a grand clockwork—cogs from which obedience and proficiency, not interest or creativity, are required. In most of us, the impulse of interest has been so trammeled we are left with little sense of it in ourselves. We take pathetic resort to reading new age books to figure out what we love or the color of our parachute. Convention-bashing aside, etymology helps clarify interest’s significance.The word is a combination of two Latin roots—inter-, “between”, and esse, “being”— literally “to be between” or serve as mediator and connector between ourselves and our world. Esse is also the root of “essence,” a totality of being itself, not modified, conditioned, or qualified by requirements, expectations, or prerequisites. In this sense, interest flows like sap-nectar from our own tree of life. The power of interest is clear in all areas of learning and producing. When that force flows, the will becomes unstoppable. It also proves to be a potent factor in the realm of self-study. An example: I notice in myself a periodic ebbing of hope. Difficulties of circumstance or relationship become overwhelming, until what remains is an unmistakable feeling of hopelessness. It is in such moments that I remember the power of interest, and however counterintuitive, begin to direct an inquisitive curiosity to the total experience of the widening sinkhole at the center of my person. I look at the hopelessness, feel its tension in my body, study the toxic cocktail of emotions at play in my chest and solar plexus; I note the ideas projected on the screen of mind, like an idea that the obstacle is intractable and resolution impossible; the idea that I do not possess the skills, tools, or ability to solve the problem or resolve the conflict to a higher level. A memory even spontaneously surfaces that shows a clue to the origin of the posture. I look around the inner landscape as though taking a panoramic photograph. The experience is very much like directing a camera, for there is no impulse to change what is seen—only to see and understand.With interest, the watching has the potency to see into and even through what is there, and if it is essential, to allow a fancy construct to fall away. For instance, when hopelessness arises in me, I may welcome it with interest. After some time it gives a kind of “pop,” and what remains is a clear, open, and expansive space. To be clear, following interest is the praxis and realization of being human. Interest is the praxis and realization of freedom. —Jason Stern
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he big news this month is the launch of our Kids & Family section. We’re planting our flag in the sandbox, so to speak. It’s not an aggressive, acquisitive pennant adorned with images of swords and scimitars and warships. It’s a nice flag, with lots of bright colors and charming, eclectic animals on it, like lobsters and limpets (more on that later). The Kids & Family section will be the dedicated place in our pages (and in the various “places” we engage the Chronogram community in the digital sphere) to discuss the wide range of issues of family life, especially as it is lived here in the Hudson Valley in the 21st century. Our coverage will be informed by our mission—to stimulate and support the creative life of this place we call home—and will address the wide range of complex issues affecting parents today with an open mind, a questing soul, and a generous heart. We want to push past the stock conversations—home birth vs. hospital birth; Waldorf vs. Montessori—and talk about how we live as families on a more profound level. There is certainly no lack of opinionated grandstanding in the mainstream media and on the varieties of social media and listserves we use to converse with each other. In discussions of kids and parenting, the tenor of conversation can achieve a shrillness of tone quite easily, as parents can be firm defenders of their particular parenting turf once it’s staked out. The Kids & Family section will be a space for reasoned discourse and investigation. We’ll raise some controversial issues, and probably a few hackles.We wouldn’t have it any other way. To all of Bethany Saltman’s fans who called or wrote since her Zen mommy column Flowers Falls disappeared a few months ago, I am thrilled to trumpet her reappearance as Kids & Family editor. Bethany will be bringing her smart and thoughtful direction to our coverage, and if you have any ideas or feedback for her, she can be reached at kidsandfamily@chronogram.com. We kick off this month with Bethany’s interview with National Book Award winner Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity (“The Heartbreaking Realization of Parental Love,” page 36). Solomon’s book is a portrait of families where the children are not at all like their parents, a set of characrteristics he refers to as “horizontal identity”— things like blindness, autism, prodigiousness, criminality. The question at the heart of Solomon’s book—How do we love those closest to us who are so unexpectedly different from us?—has many transcendently joyous answers, as well as some heartbreaking ones. Solomon’s discussion with Sue Klebold about the love she still feels for her son Dylan, who killed his classmates at Columbine High School before committing suicide, is harrowing. In our second feature, Robert Burke Warren (aka Uncle Rock to all you kiddie music fans out there) surveys the ways in which children and parents are honoring the passage of childhood to adolescence through ritual. While many families follow the traditional paths of Bar Mitzvah and Confirmation, it should come as no surprise that in the Hudson Valley there are spiritual mavericks who choose to forge their own way, creating ceremonies of their own devising. “From Time-Honored to Homespun: Coming-of-Age Rituals in the Hudson Valley” examines how four families navigated this crucial transition (p. 38). We’ve also curated some listings to assist you in finding cool things to do—as a family— whether you want a cultural experience, a kid-friendly (and delicious) place to eat, or just a fun adventure. For the latest on what’s happening, Chronogram.com is updated daily and is a repository of hundreds of family-friendly event listings. In upcoming issues, we have interviews planned with Emily Bazelon, author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy on constructive approaches to moving beyond bullying, as well with Bruce Feiler, author of The Secrets of Happy Families.
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The Small News The small news is, what I wrote last month—“you think that you’re going to make it through the winter just fine. March is around the corner.Winter’s back is broken”—turned out to be a lie. In its final weeks, winter’s back seemed chiropractically well-adjusted and cold as hell, pardon the oxymoron (unless you subscribe to Dante’s vision of Hades, with Satan and the other great betrayers trapped in a frozen lake). March neither came in nor went out like a lamb; and not like a lion either really. I mean, don’t lions live on the African savannah where it’s always hot? Who coined that bit of nonsense? The correct phrase might be something more akin to “in like a lamb, out like lobster, huddled on the frigid ocean floor”; or, “out like a limpet,” which is to say not out at all, as these marine snails cling tenaciously to rocks along cold and windy coasts. My apologies if I raised anyone’s hopes prematurely. Oh, and by the way, we’ve launched a weekly podcast. Assistant Editor Jennifer Gutman and I discuss the upcoming events from our 8-Day Week digital events newsletter with insight, wit, and relish. You can find more information about the podcast and the 8-Day Week at Chronogram.com. What to Look for this Month Kids & Family Section (p. 36) 8-Day Week Podcast (iTunes) Maggie Estep Interviews Amanda Palmer (p. 107) Spring Fashion Shoot (p. 55) Meshell Ndegeocello Channels Nina Simone (p. 68) Daily Dose Blog (Chronogram.com) Lorna Tychostup Talks Mideast Politics with Ambassador Dennis Ross (p. 111)
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Doctors in Mississippi have reportedly cured a HIV-infected child. Dr. Hannah Gay, who cared for the patient at the University of Mississippi’s medical center, said the case is the first “functional cure” of an HIV-infected child. The patient—now two-and-ahalf—doesn’t need medication, has a normal life expectancy, and is highly unlikely to be infectious to others. The child, born infected with HIV, was treated aggressively with antiretroviral drugs 30 hours after being born. After a month of therapy, the HIV levels had fallen so low that lab tests failed to detect it. The medical team believes the swift and potent treatment stopped the virus from replicating in short-lived, active immune cells, and also blocked the infection of CD4—long-lived white blood cells, where HIV can lie dormant for years. This specific treatment would not work in adults and older children, because their CD4 cells are already infected. Source: Guardian (UK)
Scandals regarding mislabeled food have erupted in Europe and the United States. British food inspectors found horse meat and phenylbutazone—a powerful anti-inflammatory drug normally used for pain treatment—in frozen precooked meals, and a survey conducted by Oceana, a nonprofit ocean protection group, discovered mass mislabeling of fish in 12 US cities nationwide. The first horse meat discovery was made in Findus Group’s frozen beef lasagna, and UK government data showed that just over 1 percent of declared beef products were horse meat. The Oceana study found that about one-third of the 1,1215 fish samples bought between 2010 and 2012 were mislabeled. Data revealed consumers were most likely to be misled at sushi bars and least likely at grocery stores—restaurants fell somewhere in the middle. The horse meat scandal also reveals lingering effects of the 2008 global economic crisis—four years of mass horse slaughters increased supply and lowered the price to half that of beef. Certain “mislabels” are within FDA regulations, such as marketing Patagonian toothfish as Chilean sea bass, and the study did not declare a fish mislabeled if they adhered to federal guidelines. However, retail outlets often mislabeled under more consumer-friendly names—for example, almost two-thirds of “wild” salmon samples were actually farmed Atlantic salmon. Source: New York Times The number of American households with guns has declined over the past four decades. According to data from the General Social Survey—a public opinion survey conducted every two years—gun ownership rate has dropped across a broad cross section of households. In the 1970s, 50 percent of households owned guns, as opposed to 34 percent in 2012. No overarching national survey is conducted, so detailed data is scarce with various recent national polls reporting that between 35 and 52 percent of households own guns. As far as geographic patterns, household ownership in the South and the mountain region dropped to 40 percent from 65 percent in the 1970s, and dropped from 29 to 22 percent in the Northeast. Among Americans under the age of 30, gun ownership fell from 30 to 23 percent. From a political perspective, there was a sharp decrease in household gun ownership among Democrats and independents since 1970, while there was only a slight decline among Republicans—whose gun ownership is up nearly 3 percent since 2006. Research shows that urbanization has helped the decline, because rural areas are where gun ownership is highest. Another possible contributor is that more women—whose ownership rate hovers around 10 percent, or one-third the rate of males—are heading households without men. The survey does not ask whether or not the guns are legal, but Aaron Karp—a gun policy expert at Small Arms Survey in Geneva and Old Dominion University—said he estimates the total number of guns in the US ranges from 280 to 320 million. Sources: New York Times, Real Clear World
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Private-sector job growth in the Hudson Valley for the decade ending in 2011 rose at a rate of .14 percent, which was less than the statewide rate of .32 percent, according to a report from the Marist College Bureau of Research. The decline in manufacturing and government jobs—combined with slow growth in the sectors that did expand—set the overall pace. Throughout the decade, Hudson Valley privatesector wage growth was at an annualized rate of 2.84 percent versus the statewide average—including New York City—of 3.32 percent. In terms of the regional economy, the sectors of education and health services; trade, transportation, and utilities; and professional and business services became even more important, because they accounted for 61.8 percent of Hudson Valley jobs, compared to 58.2 percent in 2002. Source: Poughkeepsie Journal In early March, the Dow Jones climbed above 14,000—just 75 points shy of a record high. Due to the rising stock market, the number of millionaires in the United States increased by 300,000 in 2012. There are currently 8.99 million households with net worths—not including residential properties—totaling $1 million or more, according to data from Spectrem Group, a Chicago-based wealth research firm. The 2012 total falls between 2011’s 8.6 million millionaire households and the US’s all-time record high of 9.2 million millionaire households in 2006. However, these stock surges have created a wage gap between the wealthy and “affluent,” those worth $500,000 or more. Currently the top 10 percent of Americans own over 80 percent of all stocks, according to research from Edward Wolff of New York University. While the number of households worth $1 million or more is near the US record high, the number of affluent households is significantly lower today (14.3 million) compared to 2007 (15.7 million). However, despite thriving stock markets, economic growth is crawling and unemployment is still hovering under 8 percent. Companies face little pressure to raise salaries and productivity gains allowed them to increase sales without hiring new workers. While these earnings are rewarded by investors and make American companies stronger global competitors, they haven’t created US jobs. Combined with the $85 billion in automatic government-spending cuts taking effect between early March and September 30, some experts believe economic growth could be reduced by nearly half a percentage point, which could cost the country about 700,000 jobs. Sources: CNBC, New York Times On March 12, Google was fined $7 million dollars for violating people’s privacy during their Street View mapping project. With the use of special vehicles meant to photograph residential and commercial properties, the search company collected personal information—including e-mails, passwords, and financial records—from millions of unencrypted wireless networks. Australian Regulator Stephen Conroy said Google’s actions were “probably the single greatest breach in the history of privacy.” In order to settle the case brought by 38 states, Google had to agree to police their employees on privacy issues, as well as partaking in educational public outreach. These provisions include an annual employee privacy week, refresher training for lawyers overseeing new products, creating a YouTube video about encryption and running a daily online ad promoting it for two years, and running an educational ad in the biggest newspapers in those 38 states. Despite the minuscule fine for a company whose daily net income is $32 million, some believe the real victory is the company’s admission. George Jepsen, the Connecticut attorney general who led the states’ investigation, said, “What mattered was Google admitted they weren’t just taking pictures.” Source: New York Times —Compiled by Carolyn Quimby
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young friend works as a certified nursing assistant. If you’re in the hospital and you can’t take care of yourself, she’s the one who feeds you and cleans you. When I told one of the lawyers we spoke to what she did, he said, “Oh, an angel of mercy.” He said it quite sincerely. Here’s a list of the other things she does, taken pretty much verbatim from CareerDepot.org: • Administer medications and treatments, such as catheterizations, suppositories, irrigations, enemas, massages, and douches. • Answer patients’ call signals. • Bathe, groom, shave, dress, and/or drape patients. • Clean rooms and change linens. • Apply dressings. • Help with walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed. • Transport patients to treatment units, using a wheelchair or stretcher. • Reposition bedridden patients to prevent bedsores. • Collect specimens such as urine, feces, or sputum. • Explain medical instructions to patients and family members. • Restrain patients if necessary. • Set up equipment such as oxygen tents, portable X-ray machines, and overhead irrigation bottles. She put herself through community college and got an associate degree. Her job pays $12.85 an hour, an extra dollar an hour on weekends. She managed to have an apartment, a phone, and make car payments. She was doing better than a lot of other kids from Kingston and she was pretty proud of her accomplishments. Then, a few weeks ago, a manager accused her of forging an overtime form. She claims it wasn’t true.When she protested, she was fired. I believe her. But that doesn’t matter. It turns out that innocence or guilt is not the issue. It’s not even relevant. NewYork is an “at will” employment state. Like 48 others, all except Montana. “At will” means that the “employer may terminate its employees at will, for any or no reason ... the employer may act peremptorily, arbitrarily, or inconsistently, without providing specific protections such as prior warning, fair procedures, objective evaluation, or preferential reassignment.” (Guz v. Bechtel National, Inc., Supreme Court of California). There are some limitations. You can’t be fired because of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Or for being pregnant, using your rights under the Family Medical Leave Act, in retaliation for being a whistleblower, filing a complaint, or trying to join a union. Sadly, few employers are stupid enough to publicly scream their favorite homophobic, racist slurs at you while they show you the door. They can say it’s because of your red shoelaces, a perfectly valid reason to fire someone. It’s up to you to prove differently, which is insanely difficult and prohibitively expensive. Or you can have a contract that protects you. About one-third of employees do. They fall into three groups. The top 15 percent of income earners are likely to have individual employment contracts. As a rule of thumb, a job has to be worth enough that it makes sense to pay a lawyer between $100 and $1,000 an hour to read the contract, negotiate as necessary, and then to sue if things go wrong. You could have a civil service job, as 16 percent of Americans do. As a practical matter, if you’re not in one of those two groups, there’s only one way to have an employment contract that protects you from being fired at will and affords you the opportunity to defend yourself. That’s to be in a union. In the private sector, union workers make 23 percent more than nonunion
workers. They’re more likely to get health care and pensions. They have better work rules and safer workplaces. Yet union membership is declining. Nationally, membership is down to just 6.6 percent in the private sector. Even in New York, the most unionized state in the nation, it’s just 13.5 percent. Why? Birnie Bus Service recently won the transportation contract for Onteora School District here in northern Ulster County. They turned out to be such sufficiently repulsive employers that the bus drivers got together and said, “We better get a union.” They signed enough authorization cards to have the Civil Service Employees Association stand for a union election. The company went out and hired a professional union busting firm, Russ Brown Associates. Their website is Preventunions.com. There’s a photo on their front page of five people in “worker” costumes, sort of like the Village People, except three of them are women. They’re all baring their teeth, so it looks like an ad for a discount dentist or a indie horror film about the piranha people. Russ guarantees his personal participation, all but guarantees success, and explains its because he used to be on the National Labor Relations Board, supposedly the fair arbiter between employers and employees. The usual number one tactic for keeping a union out is the threat of offshoring. “You bastards want a union? Well if you go union, this factory moves to China!” Except you can’t drive the kids via Bejing. So that won’t work. You can’t even outsource, and have a nonunion subcontractor bring in buses and drivers from Alabama. Even the risk of being fired was minimal. Although employment is “at will,” one of the things you can’t be fired for is union activity. But Russ pulled it off. The union lost the election 31-27. How? The short answer is that Russ Brown was a whole lot better at his job than the union organizers. He had to convince one more than half the drivers that they would be better off with no rights to a hearing before getting fired, without the dignity of being able to stand up for themselves, probably lower wages and fewer benefits. A somewhat longer answer is that government has moved to the wrong side. The power relationship between employer and employee is inherently unequal. The most significant factor in determining the success or failure of unions in America is whether government exercises its power to redress that imbalance.The political right has waged a well funded, 50-year public opinion campaign against unions. It has been successful. Government has offered unions less and less support. Unions have done a terrible job. I called my state senator, Cecilia Tkaczyk. She’s a Democrat. Practically a Liberal. I spoke to three separate members of her staff. None of them realized that employment in NewYork was “at will.” They all assured me that she was pro-labor, but none of them could tell me any specific pro-worker policies of hers or of the party’s. My assemblyman, Kevin Cahill, spoke to me himself. He was knowledgeable and was able to cite several positions that help people who work at the tough jobs, like nursing assistant. But he also said that he felt government should be neutral in the battle between unions and employers, unless one of them did something illegal. History says that if he does that, then hard-working young women can be fired because their supervisor had hives that morning and the bus drivers will always lose. 4/13 ChronograM 17
LOCAL LUMINARY John P. Stern, President of Storm King Art Center
Left: Maya Lin's Wavefield (2007-2008) at Storm King Art Center. Right: John P. Stern, President of Storm King Art Center.
No matter if it is your first or 15th visit to the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, the view of the soaring sculptures set in the dramatic, inspired landscape as you enter the park will take your breath away. Its 500 acres of carefully maintained open fields, rolling hills, woodlands, and ponds, set against the backdrop of Storm King and Schunemunk Mountain, provides the setting for a collection of more than 100 sculptures by some of the most acclaimed artists of our time. In 1960, when John P. Stern, Storm King’s current president, was born, the center was just one of the “big projects” that his grandfather, Ralph E. (Ted) Ogden, was working on with his business partner and John’s father, H. Peter Stern. As a child, John remembers witnessing the “great pleasure” his grandfather took as his vision for Storm King developed. “It was as though he had found his mission in life, one that allowed him to pursue his passion for the preservation of open spaces for public enjoyment.” Since taking on the presidency five years ago, John has been working, with his staff, the board of trustees, and the artists to continue the legacy of his grandfather and father. This spring, Storm King will showcase the premier US monographic exhibition of the works of the LA-based sculptor Thomas Houseago. In addition, a site-specific, temporary, project by the emerging American sculptor and installation artist David Brooks will also be on display. —Jane Kinney-Denning Can you tell me a bit about your grandfather and the history of Storm King? My grandfather was passionate about this area and working with the landscape. He was an engineer and a farmer and loved carrying out building and infrastructure projects. He was a novice in the art world but wanted to build a museum related to the area that existed for the enjoyment of the local community. The art center was originally focused on the idea of showcasing the Hudson River School painters, but the inspiration for Storm King really began with my grandfather’s acquisition of 13 David Smith sculptures in 1967. What role did your father play? In the early '70s, my father, Storm King’s co-founder, founding chairman, and president, began to acquire the monumental pieces that are displayed prominently at Storm King today. It was my father who invited Mark di Suvero to loan a group of five monumental sculptures to the art center and to exhibit them for the first time in the farm fields below the Museum Hill. Many other monumental sculptures soon followed. David R. Collens, the art center’s longtime director and curator, takes great care to site sculptures in relationship to the landscape. My father had strong feelings about giving space, of putting sculptures in relationship to everything else. Not overdoing things has always been very important to my father and to David, and this is something we still pay a great deal of attention to today. What is your vision for Storm King? My initial goals were to enhance visitor services and amenities; to improve the visitor’s experience and to give them a reason to visit again and again. One of the first things we did was to open the Storm King Café. It is owned by Shelly Boras of Fresh Company, a business committed to supporting local, sustainable foods from farms and producers here in the Hudson Valley. We also added bikes for people to rent and have extended our hours. We are working diligently to become even more green and sustainable. We now have electric carts for use on the grounds, and this season we will be adding a new electric-and-solar-powered tram. Longer-term goals include increasing our visibility and capacity to meet the needs of a growing number of visitors and to bring more resources to the table to enhance our programs. For example, we want to make the collection more accessible to scholars and to increase our capacity for conservation. We also want to continue to support and develop the careers of talented, emerging artists. What are some of the public and educational programs you offer? We offer some great programming, including family programs every Sunday, morning birding outings, moonlit and winter walks, poetry readings, music, yoga, and conversations with artists and scholars. Last year, as part of the “Light and Landscape” exhibit, David Coffin’s beekeeper tours accompanying his installation Untitled, Bees 18 ChronograM 4/13
Making Honey, led by local beekeeper Colin Coyne, were really successful, and will continue again this year. We also do a lot of educational outreach and hope to make school visits an even richer experience by starting in the classroom with discussions about art, preparing students for the experience of seeing the sculptures. It has been said that “while Storm King contains great sculpture, perhaps the greatest sculpture of all is the brilliantly crafted landscape.” Do you agree, and do you have a favorite sculpture? I am often asked what my favorite sculpture is here and I cannot honestly pick one, because it is the entire landscape and the experience of seeing the sculptures in it that I love. That said, it took more than 45 years to develop this landscape. When my grandfather acquired the original property, the hill on which the house sat dropped precipitously because in the late '50s two million cubic yards of gravel had been taken out for the construction of the New York State Thruway. The landscape architect Bill Rutherford Sr. developed a subtle and brilliant plan, so that the landscape fit in with the natural area, by creating hills and valleys, planting shrubs and trees, by carving vistas, and otherwise working the land to make it an ideal setting for sculpture. What type of landscape work goes on today? We are focused on the expansion of native grasses, which serve as a backdrop for the sculptures. Landscape architect Darrel Morrison has played a key role in developing the tall-grass program for over 17 years, and the native meadow grasses are an important part of the Storm King experience. We burn the fields each spring (to prevent the growth of unwanted plants), after cutting the grass low in wide swaths around the sculptures and nearby trees. Native wildflowers are also being carefully introduced to the Storm King meadows to help increase diversity of both plant and animal life, but so as not to distract from the sculptures. This May, Storm King is presenting the US premier monographic museum exhibition of work by Thomas Houseago. Can you tell us a bit about his work? Thomas Houseago has a remarkable capacity to create. This exhibition will include over 20 works of his hallmark representational sculpture, energetic figures inspired by the human form that, not unlike the Earth itself, exude a sense of physical strength and emotional vulnerability. The pieces consist of sculptural relief, works on paper, indoor and outdoor freestanding sculpture in several media, from bronze and aluminum to felt, plaster, and charcoal. His artistic influences are wide and far ranging, and visitors should be prepared to expect the unexpected. When Thomas came to Storm King the first time he was struck and excited by the possibilities. He related to the artists who came before him. This exhibition will posit him as an heir to the modern and postmodern traditions of outdoor sculpture for which Storm King is known. And the David Brooks installation? David’s work considers the relationship between the individual and the built and natural environment. His installation, A Proverbial Machine in the Garden, is being constructed as we speak. An old tractor, a Dynahoe, will be buried and merged with the landscape, asking viewers to contemplate the conflicting views of the natural world around us (the garden) and our use of it (the machine). It seems an appropriate piece for the site where farms once stood. In closing… I firmly believe that access to open space is integral to our physical and mental health. Going forward the challenges lie in building capacity and dynamic programming while maintaining the Storm King experience. This requires broad-based planning and key collaborations. What people see at Storm King today reflects the individual visions of several people; the founders and an amazing group of people who work hard and contribute to the success of the Storm King Art Center every day and have fun doing it. chronogram.com Watch a slideshow of photos from Storm King Art Center's upcoming exhibit.
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Above: The Malkin-Pokras house in Palenville Opposite, clockwise from top: Barbara Pokras and Bob Malkin in their kitchen with some Think Big! products: giant cup/saucer and ketchup bottle. Guest room with view of the falls. View of the falls. Dining room with doors that open on to the deck overlooking the falls.
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Living room with view of the falls. Note the giant shoe. Malkin once owned “Think Big!,” retail store in SoHo specializing in oversized versions of classic American ephemera.
Think Big! After the military, Malkin went to work for a sheet metal company that eventually expanded into manufacturing plastics used in food processing. He learned how to fabricate almost anything. That skill set, together with his love of art and playful nature, segued into the founding of Think Big!, a store in SoHo that sold gigantic versions of “American classics” such as Gumby, Crayola Crayon, and Adirondack chairs. Before starting Think Big! Malkin collected giant antique marketing objects. For example, he owned a seven-foot-long shoe that had been made for the 1873 World’s Fair. A century ago, it was fairly common for businesses to have store signage in the shape of the products they manufactured, so people who could not read or did not speak English would recognize the business. Malkin is also a big fan of American sculptor Claes Oldenburg, best known for his public art installations featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. But Malkin didn’t think pop art needed to be elitist. Think Big!’s wares were affordable and unsigned. “I grew up in a house that was very serious. My father was a taxi driver. I was just a wild kid, that’s why I ran away and enlisted in the Air Force at 18. Anyway, in 1978 I started Think Big!, which was all about having fun. Why shouldn’t you have fun with the way you live?” asks Malkin, whose home in West Saugerties is literally stuffed with art. Some of the sculptures, such as the giant primitive cell phone in the upstairs living room, are left over from the store, which closed as a Manhattan retail venue in the ’90s after a long and prosperous run. Think Big! was bought by a company in California who made it a condition of the acquisition that Malkin move to the West Coast for a few years to facilitate the transition. Malkin Plays His Real Estate Investment Cards Right Around 1980, Malkin and a business partner had the good sense to purchase the SoHo commercial space in which Think Big! was located. That successful investment gave Malkin confidence in his real estate judgment—plus a terrific portfolio asset. Currently, Malkin rents out the contemporary on Fred Short Road to a long-term tenant. He and Pokras live in a streamside colonial on a quiet road. They also own two side-by-side houses in Palenville overlooking Niobe Falls, which they rent to vacationers on a short-term basis. In 2005, Malkin and Pokras bought a 1,600-square-foot 1902 Victorian now 24 home ChronograM 4/13
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Two years later, she decided to take things to the next level, that of forming HVGA, and asked her garden buddy Glembocki to join her. “She did not have to coax me,” Glembocki says. “For years, Laura would bounce ideas off me, and I would always nod and say, ‘Yes, that’s great, you should do that!’ Perhaps she was cleverly planting seeds of collaboration.” Thus was cofounded, in fall of 2012, the nonprofit Hudson Valley Garden Association, whose mission is to encourage new gardeners and to inform and inspire the public through educational garden programs and special events; to assist in the success and growth of local public gardens, garden organizations, and businesses; and to aid community gardening efforts and beautification projects. Garden Fair “We think Garden Fair is going to be blockbuster,” Wilson says. “There is nothing like it around here.” Garden Fair is a celebration of gardening with education, plant sales, and networking all in one place.Whether you’re tentatively putting in your first garden or think you have seen it all, Garden Fair has something for you. HVGA’s first annual Garden Fair will take place on Saturday, May 4, from 10am to 4pm at Orange County Arboretum, in Montgomery. Though housed in Orange County, the event is meant to draw plant lovers and the plant-curious from all over the Hudson Valley. “A huge underlying desire for us with Garden Fair is to make people branch out beyond invisible boundaries,” Wilson says. “So often you hear, ‘I don’t like to cross the river,’ or ‘But that’s over the mountain,’ or ‘South of I-84?’ or whatever. But once you get a taste at Garden Fair of the different, outstanding nurseries in our region, you’ll see how the drive to these places isn’t so far—and it’s so worthwhile.” Connecting independent growers and garden centers to customers through Garden Fair meets the economic stimulation part of HVGA’s mission. Wilson and Glembocki know firsthand from their time in the retail world how slim the profit margins for growers can be. Wilson says, “Self-promotion is a big challenge because these businesses often don’t have the time or money to devote to it. We wanted to do something to help promote our local garden retailers.” Garden Fair serves the educational mission of HVGA with demos, exhibits, and lectures like that by horticulture luminaryTovah Martin speaking on “Lawn Liberation: A Floriferous Plea for Lawn Alternatives.” Martin says, “What the world doesn’t need now is more grass. This lecture starts with a running history of our fetish with lawns and how it began. But it wastes no time before wading into a plea for other, more fascinating alternatives. As ammunition, the lecture travels throughout the country, featuring photographs of meadows, screes, rock gardens, and other creative lawn substitutes.” (More information is available at Hvgardenfair.com.) Hudson Valley Garden Calendar Foraging with Wildman Steve Brill in Pawling. Vegetable Gardening for Beginners in Millbrook. Alpine Plant Sale at Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring. In the 2012 gardening season, the online Hudson Valley Garden Calendar (Hvgardencalendar. com) listed over 450 events taking place at 75 different locations. Lynn Esteban, a painter and proprietor of Poughkeepsie-based Magnolia GardenWorks, says, “I am especially excited about the calendar. I had no idea there were so many workshops, open garden tours, native plant sales, classes, and garden clubs in the Hudson Valley! 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ndrew Solomon is a writer and lecturer, researcher, activist, and winner of the National Book Award for his memoir of depression The Noonday Demon. In other words, he is a public intellectual—that rare person who truly lives with ideas. His most recent book, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity (Scribner, 2012) is a stunner. In it, Solomon shows us the lives of extraordinary families where children are born with any variety of radical differences from their parents. As grim as some of the stories are, this is a truly hopeful book. Solomon’s opening chapter of this encyclopedic text is called “Son.” In it, he describes his own coming of age as a gay youth in a family that was loving, even doting, but had trouble accepting his sexuality. After receiving a writing assignment to study and report on deaf culture, and discovering that many of these folks had come to actually appreciate and identify with their deafness, he made a connection: “The reasonable corollary to the queer experience is that everyone has a [real or perceived] defect, and everyone has an identity, and they are often one and the same.” From this realization, Solomon develops his overarching premise. First 36 kids & family ChronograM 4/13
he describes how we understand our offspring through “vertical” identity— the traits and traditions that are passed down the generational ladder: eye color, race, certain propensities, culture, etc. And then there are those aspects—physical, emotional, and circumstantial—that create what he calls a “horizontal identity,” in relation to parents, a set of attributes that may stem from diseases, gifts, misfortunes, or a mysterious source, such as with transgenderism.These parents are left asking that perennial question—Where did this kid come from?—in the extreme. How do parents relate to such a child, and the child to the parent? This is the searching question of Far from the Tree. In order to study this question Solomon spent 10 years with families who are living with horizontal identities like deafness, dwarfism, autism, prodigies, criminality, and children conceived in rape. While these are clearly people dealing with profound challenges and anguish, as well as transcendent joy and acceptance, this is ultimately a book that strikes to the heart of parenthood itself—that noholds-barred, real, live, messy human connection, and the ways it is forged, broken, healed, and held.
Bethany Saltman: Why do you think we’re so obsessed with parenting these days? Andrew Solomon: I think that the way we bring up our children determines the future of the world, so the question of what constitutes good parenting is as urgent as there is. There was the Freudian period of the 1950s and ’60s, in which we came to the conclusion that parents cause everything and are responsible for all aspects of who their children become. Then we switched over to the everything-is-genetic-and-it’s-all-in-your-DNAwhich-you-can’t-really-do-anything-about model. Now we’ve shifted to a more appropriate balance where we say the DNA determines a lot but how that DNA is activated or functions owes a great deal to parenthood.
BS: And you write a lot about attachment—not the Dr. Sears, baby-wearing approach, but the biological basis for bonding that happens between child and parent. AS: I was working on the PhD at the same time as writing the book, and the PhD does deal in large
BS: And how did that realization affect you?
BS: What about the idea that the middle class is overparenting and overthinking something that is supposed to be natural? AS: Well, there are aspects of parenting that are natural, and aspects that can be helped by thinking. The critique of “helicopter parenting” is one of being too over-engaged or involved in your child’s life. And I think there are a lot of disasters associated with so-called attachment parenting, in which parents don’t set any boundaries or limits, but that doesn’t seem to be because we’re thinking too much about parenting; we’re thinking some things about parenting which are not accurate or helpful. BS: I read your book because a friend of mine who lives at a Zen monastery was making a decision about whether or not she wants to have children or be a full-time monastic, and she came to me and said, “This book is blowing my mind and making me think maybe I want to have a kid after all.” AS: Wow. BS: I know. When I first started the book I didn’t know what she meant, but then I realized this is a deep and compassionate look at the way love happens, and I could see why she was tempted into this life. AS: Yes. The book is ultimately about the resilience of parental love, and how powerful it can be and how much, ultimately, it can accommodate. Now, of course there are often situations when parental love can’t accommodate things that have gone wrong. And I don’t want to deny that and say that all parents love their children wonderfully, and get sentimental about it. But I think there is a kind of complexity of the experience of parents, which, for me, has a lot of meaning in it. BS: I thought the autistic chapter was where the book presented really challenging material about love on a spiritual or existential level, like, how can I possibly love this person who is smearing their feces on the wall? AS: Right.
AS: I ended up thinking that criminality felt like more of a disease. And I ended up making a kind of unhappy but nonetheless profound decision that I had to be prepared for the fact that my own children, who seem to be so endlessly delightful, might someday prove capable of doing something really, really terrible. You and I started this conversation talking about the importance of parenting, and my sense that it’s in some ways the most important topic out there, but despite all of that, I think having spent time with the Klebolds, I feel like you could be a terrific parent with a child who you love and adore, and he could go that way. I hope I’ll never confront those issues, but I don’t feel safe from them in the way I did before I did this research.
AS: Well, it’s a heartbreaking realization. The time with Sue Klebold was shattering, really, and seeing what she’s been through, the ways her hopes and her dreams were dashed by the horror of what happened. And she lives in a state of terrible pain. What was striking to me though is that she regrets terribly what happened, but she doesn’t regret having had children. BS: It’s a very disorganizing thought. I think that’s why the book is so great—because it’s so disorganizing. part with attachment, so that’s an area that’s been very much present in my mind throughout. I have children and I love them, but if they murdered people, how would I ever come to terms with that? And I thought, well, you don’t come to terms with it in the sense of deciding it’s okay, or by ceasing to think about what happened. If you really have formed this profound attachment to your child, it doesn’t go away because of what your child does. In the rape chapter, we see that it is possible to develop that attachment to your child even when your child comes from something horrific and from an experience that you wish you hadn’t had. BS: That chapter is almost unbearable. AS: It was shocking work to do. BS: And Sue Klebold, the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the Columbine shooters—she seems like an extraordinary person. AS: Oh, she really is, like a character out of Greek tragedy. And unpretentious and kind. She is one of the people who said she wouldn’t want to consider having had any other child than the one she had. BS: It’s difficult to shake the idea that if we had a killer in the house, we would know it. You write that being a criminal could possibly be as much of a physiological event as something like dwarfism. Can criminality really be that disconnected from what we do as parents?
AS: Well, thank you. Throwing seeds of chaos everywhere. But I agree with you. I think “disorganizing” is a very good word for it, in fact, I wish I had thought of it to use in writing about the whole thing. What’s impressive about Sue Klebold is that her structure of consciousness was completely disorganized and she’s managed to reorganize it. It’s different, but it’s once again got a certain coherence to it. BS: One of the women from the rape chapter told the story of a series of horrifying rapes and attacks, which involved various family members. One random day, the victim walks from the kitchen to the bathroom and her mother whispers in her ear, “This never happened.” Wow. That really made me think about the porousness of our identities and the power that we have as parents to define our children. AS: Yes. We didn’t create or are responsible for our child’s condition, but we may very well be responsible for how our child feels about his or her condition. We have enormous power in that regard. BS: What do you see as the role of a book like this? AS: The most gratifying letters I have gotten from people are the ones who say, “This book made me able to cherish my child in a way I didn’t previously.” And so if the book can in any regard increase the bulk of love in the world, then I feel I’ve done my job.
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Lillian Scott-Childress at her coming-of-age ceremony at Zen Mountain Monastery.
From Time-Honored to Homespun Coming-of-Age Rituals in the Hudson Valley by Robert Burke Warren
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ookstores are crammed with so-called “expert advice” on discipline, sleep, education, diet, etc. Guidance on the act of letting go, however, is far less common.Yet every parent realizes this is a bittersweet aspect of the job, and wants to get it right. Kids recognize it too, as their bodies and minds change, and the world beckons. Whether religious or secular, parents want their kids prepared for independence, imbued with confidence and a sense of belonging to a community that does good work. Many mothers and fathers, in fact, need preparation themselves, plus a sense of agency over the changing energy dynamic in their homes. Ritualized coming-of-age ceremonies address these crucial transitions, and while some families adhere to age-old traditions, an increasing number of Hudson Valley residents are turning to novel ways to embrace the changes, via rites both time honored and homespun. Whether meticulously planned or freewheeling, all help children connect to their strengths, their communities, and their families. Kindling a Flame Kayti Lathrop, a world traveler with roots in the Hudson Valley, is a mother of five. She grew up Episcopalian, while her husband, Sean, was raised Catholic. Neither accepted their parents’ faith, but both are impressively conversant in various philosophies, especially the teachings of Jesus, whom they see as “someone living very closely to the earth.” When their eldest, Kaya, was nearing seven, Kayti devised a Native American-inspired Seventh Year Ceremony as a rite of passage from one phase of childhood to another. “Kaya was looking outside our family,” Kayti says, “thinking in different ways. She was capable of more responsibility. We wanted to honor that, and because, as a family, we’re
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inspired by the natural world, I based the ceremony around that.” As part of the preparation, Kaya spent a month creating a sacred rock circle on the mountain behind their house. She learned to use a flint, and on the day of the ceremony, she created a fire in the center. Guests sat and individually told her what they’d learned from her, then gave her a homemade gift. “I couldn’t believe she sat still for so long,” Kayti says, laughing. “We gave her permission to grow up a bit. Afterward, she took more initiative, had more confidence. As a mother, I felt like I’d remembered something from another life.” Connecting with History Just as the natural world inspired the Lathrops’ Seventh Year Ceremony, a supportive, spiritually nurturing community can smooth over a parent’s negative religious memories and awaken a desire for belonging. “My parents were observant,” says Woodstock’s Abbe Aronson, “but they got no joy from their synagogue, and neither did I.” Abbe was not planning to have her son Alexander Bar Mitzvah’ed until she met Rabbi Jonathan Kligler of the Woodstock Jewish Congregation, where friends had gathered to mourn the death of one of Alexander’s friends. That changed everything. “We were blown away by Rabbi Jonathan’s ability to help a devastated family, and by the solace he provided the entire community.” Alexander, who chose to be Bar Mitzvah’ed in part because of his appetite for knowledge, says, “You spend all these years learning the prayers and songs and why they’re important. And when you’re Bar Mitvah’ed, you’re being let into this group of people, this history.” According to Abbe, “Alexander’s Hebrew school was funkadelic fantastic compared to mine.”
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Protection in the Sacraments An absence of religion can also motivate a parent. As a lonely child in El Salvador, Sonia Vega, of Saugerties, longed for the Catholic experience. Although she was baptized, she says, “My parents didn’t like to leave the house, and the closest Catholic Church was 30 miles away, so I did not receive my sacraments. I never saw my godparents. I didn’t want that for my kids. So when I got pregnant, I took my sacraments.” Needless to say, her son Albert, now 12, received First Communion at seven and was recently Confirmed at St. Peter’s Church in Kingston, where Sonia teaches Confirmation class. “St. Peter’s does Confirmation earlier than usual,” Sonia says, “because middle school can be so rough, and they want the kids prepared.” Sure enough, Confirmation, which follows a study of Jesus and the saints, gave Albert a strong sense of identity, confidence, and strength, in both middle school and life. “It makes me feel protected,” he says, nodding, dark eyes clear and calm. To his surprise, since the ceremony, Spanish-speaking parishioners often ask him to translate text. A Different Kind of Connectivity Preparing adolescents for life challenges is a goal of Konrad Ryushin Marchaj, Abbot of Mt. Tremper’s Zen Mountain Monastery (ZMM). Although Buddhism offers nothing official, Ryushin oversees an optional coming-of-age rite for participants in the monastery’s Zen Teens program. The three-month preparation includes public service and interviewing family elders for insight into one’s ancestral inheritance. “We acknowledge the teens in their challenges,” he says. “We trust the Buddhist tradition of the investigative mind. Kids and teachers recognize the hyper-connectivity of the Internet-based culture, but they also feel the value of embodied connectedness, environmental connectedness.” Katie Scott-Childress was a lapsed Catholic-turned-Buddhist mother of two when she chose ZMM as her spiritual community. The Zen Kids and Zen Teens programs in particular appealed to her. Her daughter Lillian, now a Yale-bound senior at Kingston High School, participated in Zen Teens and chose to prepare for a Coming-of-age ceremony. “One of the real values of coming of age,” Katie says, “was Lillian having adult mentors and relationships outside of her parents and schoolteachers. They created a community where she could explore her identity in a way academic or family environments don’t allow.” In the final ceremony, Lillian committed to the Buddhist precepts before the sangha (congregation). The intensity surprised her. “I didn’t feel any different until the end,” she says, “but the ceremony compounded everything I’d learned and experienced. It was powerful. Afterwards, I felt really grateful for my community, for the monastery, and I felt more reverence for my parents.” Everything Is Connected Gratitude. Reverence. A sense of belonging, a deepening of personal strength through bonding to the natural world and to ancient, still-potent stories; more than anything else, a coming of age ceremony, whether alternative or traditional, offers families a way to navigate turbulent waters with grace. Parent and child head in different directions, yet the ritualized activity brings them close, on a plane where, despite time and distance, everything is connected. 4/13 ChronograM kids & Family 39
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eople sporting top hats and bow ties, hobble skirts and strings of pearls, swarmed Wall Street in Kingston around midnight on December 31. They were getting ready to welcome in a new year—2013—but they celebrated as if it were a century earlier. The historic Stockade District’s setting, with its 18th-century limestone houses and original 17th-century street plan, invites such a throwback theme. “You can almost imagine it like it was 100 years ago,” says Mike Amari, talent buyer for BSP, the main organizing business of the 1913 Uptown Kingston New Year’s Eve celebration. “It was a busy neighborhood with a thriving nightlife.” Thanks in part to the dynamic shows held nearly every night at BSP Lounge by national headliners and local artists alike, Kingston’s streets are beginning to resemble the happening days of yore. Inspired by the community-wide, multiple-venue model of Kingston’s O+ Festival, where art is bartered for health care, BSP partnered with the retro-chic Stockade Tavern and New American bistros Boitson’s and Duo to host a night that attracted crowds beyond their capacity limits. Expecting between 300 to 500 people to attend the NewYear’s Eve event, over 1,000 gathered uptown. “Everyone chipped in and everyone benefited,” says Trevor Dunworth, BSP’s manager, adding, “What happens outside BSP is just as important as what happens inside.” Not only were the New Year’s Eve revelers celebrating Kingston’s history, but, with the city’s first-ever ball drop and an unprecedented turn out, they were also making history. Kingston’s heritage is palpable despite the city’s recent developments, even when people aren’t moseying the streets in period garb. Friends of Historic 44 kingston + stone ridge + Hurley ChronograM 4/13
Kingston, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the city’s history, hosts tours and lectures of Kingston’s historic sites, like the Old Dutch Church, organized in 1659, and the Matthew Person House on John and Crown Streets—the only intersection in the country with pre-Revolutionary stone houses on all four corners. Kingston’s Buried Treasure Lecture Series includes programming at the Senate House, where the state government came into being in 1777 before British invaders burned the city; the Kingston Court House, where Sojourner Truth fought (successfully) to recover her son who had been illegally sold and sent to Alabama in 1827; and the Coykendall family plot at Montrepose Cemetery. Though Uptown has seen a slew of businesses open with great reception— including innovative hybrids like Outdated Café, a coffee lounge and eatery that doubles as an antiques shop—Kingston’s revitalization hasn’t stopped there. The Forsyth Nature Center is just a short walk from the city’s thriving business sector. According to Jillian Fisher, coordinator of tourism and cultural affairs for the city of Kingston, Forsyth “takes all of our natural resources and tries to make [them] accessible to everyone.” This includes organizing nature walks, educational programs, and summer kayaking trips on the Hudson, as well as inviting the public in to visit its 24 animal exhibits and dozens of nativeflora-filled gardens. Downtown, similar efforts to tap into Kingston’s resources and heritage are evident in the partnership between the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and the Hudson River Heritage Museum. The new Kingston Home Port and
Clockwise from top left: Douglas Alderfer at P&T Surplus in kingston; Caitlyn yerkes and Adam Kilmer at marbletown hardware in stone ridge; Daria Erdosy and Sylvan Perez at boitson’s in kingston; Ani Kaiser works on Winter Gnip at Birch Body Care in kingston; Michelle Greco and Peri Rainbow at Family Traditions in stone ridge. opposite: Wayne Ford and Michael Chrobot working on the keel of the Clearwater.
Education Center, a product of that partnership, has put into motion the biggest restoration project for the historical vessel Clearwater. “We’re really working on trying to build Kingston as a new sustainable city,” says Jeff Rumpf, Clearwater’s executive director. In addition to rebuilding the sloop, the new Home Port and Education Center offers a site for learning about the Hudson’s heritage, and for fostering community. The barn, constructed with the help of nearly 1,000 volunteers, is the site of dances and potlucks, offering people a chance to come together and note the work being done to the sloop. “Shipwrighting is like the most advanced level of carpentry,” Rumpf says. “Every piece is handcrafted.” Clearwater also offers apprenticeships to train young people in this specialized skill. “One of our goals is to work with the city of Kingston and Bosces and maybe UCCC and teach young people who don’t have a lot of opportunities some great skills,” says Rumpf. Even Midtown, a section of Kingston largely overtaken by empty storefronts and commercial chains, is seeing a rebirth of culture and community. ArtBridge, an organization that transforms urban construction into temporary art installations, chose the Broadway bridges for its first installation outside the five boroughs. According to Mayor Shayne Gallo, the project is a way to move forward in those parts of the city that have been neglected. “What better way to do that than art?” asked Gallo at the ArtBridge: Kingston opening reception in March at Seven21 Media Center. Seven21, a media production cooperative that Kingston native Jeremy Ellenbogen opened in 2008, is another testament 4/13 ChronograM kingston + stone ridge + Hurley 45
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to Midtown’s development. “The advantage of a co-op is to have a place where you share services, resources, and ideas,” says Ellenbogen. In addition to its 20 different professional media outlets, Seven21 founded the Media Arts and Technology Alliance—a digital media collaboration between SUNY Ulster, Central Hudson, and Seven21 that gives college students a full production experience with access to the media center’s latest gear and equipment. Permanent efforts to transform Midtown are complemented by major names in the arts passing through the area, including world-renowned acts at the Ulster Performing Arts Center. This spring, UPAC hosts Kathy Griffin and Lewis Black as the comic headliners of Serious Laughs: Art, Politics, Humor, part of a year-long festival sponsored by the Bardavon. The three-week celebration of comedy also features two visual arts exhibitions as well as comedy performances at smaller venues throughout Kingston, like BSP, Keegan Ales, and the Rondout Music Lounge. Stone Ridge Neighboring Stone Ridge mirrors Kingston’s rebirth of culture and community. A desire to return to the hamlet’s anticommercial historic roots fueled the Route 209 sidewalk project—an effort completed in 2009 to resurrect the hamlet’s 19th-century bluestone walkways that were displaced to make room for automobile traffic. The reinstallation project is representative of a larger movement within the community. “Over the last couple of years, there’s a new energy of wanting [Stone Ridge] to be more of a town than a throughway,” says Tanya Robie, assistant director of Marbletown Multi-Arts (MaMa). “With new renovations at MaMa, we’re really trying to facilitate a space where people want to pause and be here.” MaMa, a multipurpose community center and organic juice bar, hosts a variety of programs geared toward a healthy mind, body, and spirit—a business model that is cropping up elsewhere in town. Besides organically developed community hubs, like the family-owned Daven-
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Suzanne Hauspurg, director of the Ulster County Historical Society, was not interested in history growing up. “My mom was a genealogist,” Hauspurg says. “She used to drag us around to graveyards and churches, and we detested it.” But when her mother passed away in 2006, Hauspurg took her spot on the UCHS board. Now, having served as director for close to two years, it’s Hauspurg’s job to be surrounded by history at the society’s headquarters, the Bevier House Museum and Library in Marbletown. Taking a closer look into her own family’s connection to the area—her father’s genealogy in Ulster County dates back to the 1680s—enlightened Hauspurg to the importance of heritage and history, especially its role in the local community. “Ulster County has a really significant amount to offer in terms of teaching people about our local area and its relationship to the formation of our nation,” she says. The Bevier House, first settled in the 1680s and donated to the UCHS by the Bevier family in 1935, opened as a museum in 1965. The main house includes rooms decorated with Victorian-period furniture from the Elting, Bevier, and Hasbrouck families. The colonial kitchen is filled with pottery, metal work, and woodcrafts all created in Ulster County. The Victorian parlor displays paintings by Julia Dillon, a lifelong Kingston-resident and trailblazer in the women’s art movement, and Jervis McEntee, her cousin, a renowned Hudson River School painter. Two rooms host the largest collections of their kind in the region: The tool room in the barn boasts the Hudson Valley’s most extensive collection of farm and homestead equipment, and there’s a room devoted to the largest collection of Civil War artifacts on public display in Ulster County. Convinced of the value of such historic sites herself, the question on Hauspurg’s mind these days is how to reignite interest in others. “Museums are facing very hard times,” she says. “If you don’t move along and create new exhibits or make something interesting for people, they don’t want to come back.” The push is to keep things fresh, and to challenge the traditional notions of the museum’s sacredness. “We need to get out of this thought that everything in a museum is not touchable or seeable,” says Hauspurg. “There’s a transition happening with a lot of museums to be hands-on and very accessible.” One way that Hauspurg and the UCHS are looking to initiate such a transition is by presenting the museum’s already large and diverse collection in new ways. “Maybe the Bevier family isn’t the most important thing we should be talking about,” Hauspurg says. “We’re trying to figure out—with what we have now—how to develop new storylines that are interesting for the average person.” Such stories come in the form of the society’s special displays, programs, and events, all of which are geared toward Ulster County. Their annual holiday candlelight tours of the house are presented through the lenses of different themes, like Victorian or World War II, and museum displays range from native American artifacts to women’s undergarments. The society also hosts lectures by local scholars, and, to fulfill one of the UCHS’s main missions—education—the Bevier House hosts many school programs on site. “It’s hard [for schools] to get field trips sponsored or paid for,” says Hauspurg, who hopes to get the society more involved with school programming. “We can hand out a paper that would be useful for school curriculum—a primary document program, or a short lesson on a land deed.” Educating young people about local history is an investment in the future that’s critical to the preservation of the past. Change, Hauspurg notes, is embedded in Ulster County’s traditions. “[It] is a place of allowing new thoughts and new concepts to come in.” —Jennifer Gutman
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t’s safe to say that a great many of us would love to see a better world, and work in our own ways to hasten its arrival—greening our lives, teaching peace, striving to avoid making things worse. We might daydream of having a foundation at our fingertips, being able to aid the struggle in significant ways with the stroke of a pen, but few of us exist at the rarified level of, say, Bill and Melinda Gates. But it’s usually necessary to tend what funds we do have with care. Thanks to the burgeoning field of impact investing, it’s becoming more and more possible for ordinary folks to combine prudent money management with positive social action—to do good while doing well. Beyond socially responsible investing—using mutual funds that promise that holdings will not include tobacco or armaments or other unhelpful doings—the impact investment possibilities allow you not just to avoid the negatives but to speed the growth of the greater good. “People should focus on what is important to them as a starting point,” says Beth Jones, president of Third Eye Associates, a life and wealth planning firm. “Think about your passion, and from that place, decide what you want to pursue. “Impact investing—putting your money where you want to make a difference—can involve microfinance, or things like wealthy people putting money into areas of the world that were oppressed under Communist governments, emerging markets that lack infrastructure and can offer good opportunities for helping society while making money,” says Jones. “Microfinance can be very high risk but very impactful; other ways can be tough to get in on unless you’re an investment company or very wealthy. For most people, investing in mutual funds that do impact investing can be the best way to go.”
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Personal and Transparent The messy implosion of the economy five years back helped raise the profile of impact investing, as people disillusioned with Wall Street shenanigans sought alternative havens for what funds they had left. “Big banks and traditional investment firms tend to be complex, opaque, anonymous and based in the short term,” says Don Shaffer, president and CEO of RSF Social Finance, a public benefit corporation that’s been quietly plugging away at "transforming the way the world works with money” since 1984. “We strive to be the opposite—direct, transparent, personal, and based on a long-term view. If you invest through Bank of America, for example, you have no idea where your money goes—it could be in your community, it could be going to some firm that’s clear-cutting rainforests,” says Shaffer. “And without a doubt, the concept is gaining traction. The amount of money in our main loan fund has been growing at 40 percent a year over the last three years, and we’re one of many.” Individuals can get a piece of the RSF action by investing $1,000 in the company’s Social Investment Fund, which Shaffer characterizes as “very low risk and very competitive. We have a 100 percent repayment rate to our investors, the interest rate is comparable to a bank CD, and we’ve loaned out over $300 million to various social enterprises. The list of 84 borrowers is right on our website—you can check on what they’re doing and how well they’re doing it.” Where Would Rudolf Steiner Bank? Grounded in the economic principles outlined by Rudolf Steiner, RSF spent the latter years of the 20th-century holding mortgages for Waldorf schools.
Now, they’re riding a rising tide of social entrepreneurial energy. “There’s beginning to be a lot more available and a lot more demand,” says Jones. “Twenty-first-century people want better due diligence, they want to know what corporations are really up to—how do they treat their employees? Are they impacting the world as good corporate citizens with integrity, or just out to make a quick buck and move on? With due diligence you can uncover the information, but a lot of firms do marketing to make themselves look green, get in on the fad. You can’t just take it at face value; you need to look under the hood and really drill down.” Unlike the slick marketing campaigns of the profiteers, in which soft-focus older couples glide blissfully into rose-tinged retirements and babies spit up onto keyboards whilst day-trading, the world of benefit corporations and impact investing has a pleasantly geeky yet accessible feel. The stuff under the hood is, at the better operations, clearly visible, the due diligence laid out for all to see. “We have no marketing budget,” Shaffer explains. “We don’t do billboards or sponsor golf tournaments. We do education. We sponsor organizations like B Lab and the Social Venture Network, creating the conditions for social investing to thrive and for people to learn about it. I talked to a guy from Fortune magazine recently and he said, ‘You guys are 29 years into this and you’ve only got 15 investment partners? What happened?’What happens is, we work with them one at a time. Some of our investors are high net worth, but they’re not big institutions, they’re individual human beings. And we just don’t approach things the way the big banks do.” RSF’s Local Origins Originally located on the Hawthorne Valley Institute property in Columbia County, RSF is still involved with Hawthorne—and, as of last year, with Farm to Table Co-Packers in Kingston. “They aggregate and process local food and get it to restaurants in New York City, which is very much aligned with our OFTEN YOUR RETIREMENT PLAN DOES mission in several ways,” says Shaffer. “The Hudson River Valley is like the Bay NOT BENEFIT WHEN IT “SITS” OR “STAYS” – Area in being a place where the local food movement is gaining some serious BUT traction.” Social finance strives to attack issues on many fronts at once; RSF is WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR “ROLLOVER” also sponsoring the National Young Farmers Coalition in a land-access study CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOUR FUTURE. Often your retirement plan does not benefit when seeking ways to help young farmers gain the use of affordable land. it JOANNE “sits” or “Balancing the two key dynamics involved—getting the money to put out E. “stays” SECKY – but what you do with your Consultant, Registered Principal can make a difference to your future. and finding the right places to put it—isn’t easy, and we work hard taking Financial“rollover” P.O. Box 27, New Paltz, NY 12561 care of both sides,” says Shaffer. “But somehow the amount of money being Tel: (845) 255-8680 JOANNE E. SECKY invested seems to correlate well to the needs, and we are finding some of joanne.secky@lpl.com Financial Consultant, Registered Principal the best social enterprises out there. Right now we’ve got about 15 percent CALL FOR A COMPLIMENTARY CONSULTATION Financial consultant for those that think outside more investments than loans; usually, it’s more like a one-to-one ratio. It stays FINANCIAL FOR THOSE THAT THINK OUTSIDE theCONSULTANT box, are intuitive and thrive on logic.THE BOX, ARE INTUITIVE AND THRIVE ON LOGIC pretty even.” Call for a complimentary consultation
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comfort and affordability are also important when shopping spring styles. “Couture is great, but not everyone can afford thousands for an outfit,” she says. Kelly Merchant, whose solo show “The Secret Language of Flowers” opens at the Joyce Goldstein Gallery in Chatham on April 13, has been shooting our fashion spreads for a number of years. For the spring fashion shoot, she was excited to work in the bright and airy space of Green Cottage in High Falls. The shop, which was opened in 1997 by floral designer Dennis Nutley and jewelry designer David Urso, offers flowers, plants, jewelry, and a myriad of gifts, many of which are made by local artists. “Green Cottage has all of the things spring is about—color, fun, light, and flowers,” says Merchant. “Plus Dennis Nutley’s eye for floral arranging is one of a kind. He chooses flowers you don’t often see at other florists and mixes them in a way that is artistic and natural.” If you’re looking for some inspiration for your closet this season, the natural beauty of spring isn’t a bad place to start. —Jennifer Gutman 4/13 ChronograM beauty & fashion 55
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Clockwise from top left: Still Life Shalyni Paiyappilly in a Double Zero striped dress with an Urban Expressions clutch and Jewelry by Terra Diva ring and bracelet from Eden Boutique in New Paltz. In Bloom
Cassandra Hansen-Patsch wearing a black laser-cut petal top, cream laser-cut petal skirt, black-and-white cotton polka dot bow tie belt, and vintage tulle polka dot bridal fascinator, all Handmade and One of a Kind by Juda Leah in Saugerties, available by special order. Bold in Gold Abra Duprea wearing a Versace-print inspired one-piece jumpsuit from Cesare + Lili in Rhinebeck. Bracelets and necklace by David Urso of Green Cottage.
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Istvan Banyai, Objectivity, 2011. ©Istvan Banyai. All rights reserved. “Istvan Banyai: Stranger in a Strange Land,” will be exhibited at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA through May 5.
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737 ALBANY-SHAKER ROAD, ALBANY (518) 242-2241. “Robert Gulle: Where the Boundaries Fade.” Through May 31.
21 FRONT STREET, PATTERSON (917) 880-5307. “Windows of My Soul: Artwork by Jeanette Rodriguez.” Through April 21.
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22 EAST MARKET STREET SUITE 301, RHINEBECK 876-7578. “Annual Spring Salon & Works on Paper.” Through April 28.
12 TANNERY BROOK ROAD, WOODSTOCK 679-0027. “Gallery Selections 2013.” Group Show featuring new work by gallery artists - Angela Bacon-Kidwell, Rita Bernstein, Brigitte Carnochan, Charles Grogg, Kim Kauffman, Leah Macdonald, Kamil Vojnar. April 12-June 3.
ANN STREET GALLERY 104 ANN STREET, NEWBURGH 784-1146. “Abstractions: New Modernism.” Through April 13.
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165 CANAL STREET, ELLENVILLE 647-3000. “Art for Heart in Haiti.” Supports the sustainable HEART school in Haiti. Through May 1.
66 MAIN STREET, COLD SPRING 809-5838. “Cuts and Assemblages.” An exhibition featuring the collage artistry of Polly King, Anita Jacobson, and Betty McGeehan. April 5-28. Opening reception April 5, 6pm-9pm.
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60 MAIN STREET, PHOENICIA 688-2142. “Woodland Playhouse.” Through April 14.
23 garrison’s landing, garrison 424-3960. “Romanticism.” Paintings by Andrea Hanak and Frank Hutter. Curated by Sean Scully. Through May 5.
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CCS/HESSEL MUSEUM Bard college, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON 758-7598. “Monogamy.” Exhibition by Gerard Byrne and Sarah Pierce. Through May 26. “Less Like an Object,”More Like the Weather.” Through May 26.
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116 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-4539. “Making Tracks.” Abstract paintings by Dan Welden. Through April 21.
1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 788-0100. Peekskill Project V: Matt Frieburghaus and Johanna Barron. Through April 7.
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506 MAIN STREET, BEACON 222-0177. “Capital-bias: The Work of Brett Phares and Richard Cutrona.” In the Beacon Room: Marnie Hillsley and Simon Draper: Collage, Collaboration and CoHabitation. Through April 7.
2779 ROUTE 209, KINGSTON 338-1701. “Esopus Views: Landscape Paintings by Robert Alan Pentelovitch.” Through April 30.
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4666 ROUTE 212, WILLOW 679-7608. “Life, Beauty and Pleasure of Ukiyo-e: Japanese Woodblock Prints of Edo.” Through April 14.
68 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 684-5476. “Bill Murphy: Prints 1987-2013.” Contemporary hand pulled etchings and lithographs with an emphasis on the Brooklyn and Staten Island cityscape. April 13-May 12. Opening reception April 13, 3pm-7pm.
BETSY JACARUSO STUDIO 54 ELIZABETH STREET, RED HOOK 758-9244. “Verdant Spring.” Paintings by Betsy Jacaruso and new work by Cross River Artists. April 6-27. Reception April 20, 5pm-7pm.
CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY 318 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1915. Paintings by Dale Payson. Through April 14.
THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK 59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-9957. “Jeff Jacobson: The Last Roll.” April 13-June 16.
CLARK ART INSTITUTE 225 SOUTH STREET, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA (413) 458-2303. “Piero della Francesca in America.” Through May 19. “The Impressionist Line from Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec: Drawings and Prints.” Through June 16.
COLUMBIA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 209 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 671-6213. “Assemblage & Collage.” A juried mix media show exhibiting the works of 27 local and regional artists. Through May 17. Opening Reception, Saturday, April 6, 5-7pm.
DARREN WINSTON BOOKSTORE 81 MAIN STREET, SHARON, CT (860) 364-1890. Paintings by Adam Van Doren. April 2-28.
DAVIS ORTON GALLERY 114 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 697.0266. “Night Photography.” Group show. April 5-May 12.
DIA: BEACON, RIGGIO GALLERIES 3 BEEKMAN STREET, BEACON 440-0100. “The Pure Awareness of the Absolute/Discussions.” Ian Wilson. Through April 20.
DUCK POND GALLERY 128 CANAL STreet, TOWN OF ESOPUS LIBRARY, PORT EWEN 338-5580. “Audrey Steinhorn: Photography.” April 6-27.
EXPOSURES GALLERY 1357 KINGS HighWaY, SUGAR LOAF 469-9382. “Light in the Valley.” Color panoramas of the Hudson Valley by Nick Zungoli. Through May 19.
FLAT IRON GALLERY 105 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 734-1894. “From Nature.” Plein air paintings and studio improvisations by Larry D’Amico. April 4-28.
FOVEA EXHIBITIONS 143 MAIN STreet, BEACON 765-2199. “Studio Mali.” Works by Francois Deschamps. Through April 7.
FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER AT VASSAR COLLEGE 124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-5237. “The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation.” Surveying four decades of Polaroid’s influence. April 12-June 30.
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398 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-3400. “Outside the Lines.” Youth art show of pre-K to high school students. Through May 4.
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JOYCE GOLDSTEIN GALLERY 16 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-2250. “The Secret Language of Flowers.” Kelly Merchant, photographs. April 13-May 18. Opening reception April 13, 3pm-5pm.
KINGSTON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (KMOCA) 103 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON Kmoca.org. “Digging the Imagination.” Exhibition of art and photography by local Hudson Valley students; recycled puppets and puppet show by Green Palette. April 6-27. Opening reception April 6, 5pm-7pm.
LOOK|ART GALLERY 988 SOUTH LAKE Boulevard, MAHOPAC 276-5090. Works by Emma Crawford and Herman Roggeman. Through April 14.
MAd dooley 197 main street, beacon 702-7045. “The Breakdown.” Recent sculpture by Emil Alzamora. April 6-May 11. Opening reception April 6, 6pm-9pm.
MAIN STREET catskill MAIN STREET, CATSKILL. greenearts.org “The Glow Show.” A storefront exhibition of light-based and video work by New York City and Hudson Valley artists. Through April 30.
MARIA LAGO STUDIO 502 502 MAIN STreet, BEACON 765-8421. “Maria Lago: Entre Abedules/ Between Birches.” New paintings. April 13-May 11.
MARINA GALLERY 153 MAIN STREET, COLD SPRING 265-2204. “Suzanna Frosch: Recent Work.” April 5-24.
MARIST COLLEGE 3399 NORTH ROAD, POUGHKEEPSIE 575-3000. “William Willis Work on Paper: A Survey.” Through April 26.
MARK GRUBER GALLERY 17 NEW PALTZ PLAZA, NEW PALTZ 255-1241. “Ron Schaefer: Retrospective.” Paintings. Through May 11.
MATTEAWAN GALLERY 453 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7901. “Timelines.” Featuring work by Matt Frieburghaus, Richard Kroehling, Jaanika Peerna, and Susan Walsh. Through April 7.
MID-HUDSON HERITAGE CENTER 317 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 485-8506. “Address: Earth.” Group show. Through April 26.
THE MOVIEHOUSE GALLERY 48 MAIN STREET, MILLERTON Themoviehouse.net. “This is Our Land.” Through May 2.
museum at bethel woods 200 Hurd Road, Bethel (800) 745-3000. “On Assignment: Woodstock.” Photos by Rolling Stone photographer Baron Wolman. Through August 18.
Kentucky Derby Art Show and Sale At Maplebrook School Featuring Artist Jessica Tcherepnine!
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Haitian Art Auction & Sale April 5, 6, & 7
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NEUMANN FINE ART 65 COLD WATER STreet, HILLSDALE neumannfineart.com. “Bob Crimi: Paintings & Joel Mark: Museum Quality Furniture.” April 13-June 2. Opening reception April 13, 5pm-7pm.
NEWBURGH BREWING COMPANY 88 COLDEN STREET, NEWBURGH 561-2327. “Craft.” Photography exhibition by Briana Cox. Through April 30.
norman rockwell museum 9 route 183, stockbridge, massachusetts (413) 298-4100. “Istvan Banyai: Stranger in a Strange Land.” Through May 5.
OLD CHATHAM COUNTRY STORE AND CAFÉ 639 ALBANY TURNPIKE ROAD, OLD CHATHAM (518) 794-6227. Paintings by Matthew McKeeby. April 2-30. Opening reception April 7, 3pm-5pm.
OMI INTERNATIONAL ARTS CENTER 1405 COUNTY ROAD 22, GHENT (518) 392-4747. “Skyline Adrift.” Cuban art and architecture in a site-specific installation. Through May 13.
ORANGE HALL GALLERY SUNY ORANGE, MIDDLETOWN 341-4790. “Transformations.” 9th Annual SUNY Orange Student Art Exhibition. April 1-May 1.
RED HOOK CAN 7516 NORTH BROADWAY, RED HOOK (845) 758-6575. Meeting of the Minds: Surrealist and Conceptual Art. Through April 7.
RIVERWINDS GALLERY 172 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-2880. “Evening Light.” Oil paintings by Linda Puiatti. Through April 7.
ROELIFF JANSEN COMMUNITY LIBRARY 9091 ROUTE 22, HILLSDALE (518) 325-4101. “Small People.” A variety of two and three dimensional media by 19 local artists. Through April 27.
ROOS ARTS 449 MAIN STREET, ROSENDALE (718) 755-4726. “use (n.) use (v.).” Curated by Melissa Halvorson & Christina Osburn. Through April 27.
SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART 1 HAWK DRIVE, NEW PALTZ Newpaltz.edu/museum. “Photo-Rapide: François Deschamps.” Through April 14. “The Dorsky Collects: Recent Acquisitions 2008-2012.” Through June 23.
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STOREFRONT GALLERY 93 BROADWAY, KINGSTON TheStorefrontGallery.com. “Earth Water Air.” Carol Lloyd-McCarthy. April 6-27.
STORM KING ART CENTER OLD PLEASANT HILL ROAD, MOUNTAINVILLE 534-3115. Outdoor sculpture park. April 3-December 1
THE YOGA HOUSE 57 CROWN STREET, KINGSTON 706-YOGA. Ustya Tarnawsky: Works on paper and Japanese style woodcut. April 6-29 Opening reception Saturday, April 6, 6pm.
THEO GANZ STUDIO 149 MAIN STREET, BEACON (917) 318-2239. “Elegy.” Featuring Joseph Ayers, Kurtis Brand, Lisa Breznak, Cathy Cook, John Ebbert, Tatana Kellner, Jaanika Peerna, David Provan and Jackie Skyznski. Through April 7.
THOMPSON GIROUX GALLERY 57 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3336. “Slow Down Make Space.” Through May 5.
TIVOLI ARTISTS CO-OP 60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI 758-4342. “Tivoli Artists Co-op Anniversary Show.” April 5-28.
tremaine GALLERY at the hotchkiss school
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11 interlaken road, lakeville, connecticut 860) 435-3663. Bryan Nash Gill. Through May 5. Opening reception April 6, 4pm-6pm.
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68 MOUNTAIN REST ROAD, NEW PALTZ 255-1559. “Embodiment.” Dandelyon Holmes, Carmen Lizardo, and Megan Porpeglia. April 7-May 19. Opening reception April 7, 4pm-6pm.
WALLKILL RIVER SCHOOL AND ART GALLERY 232 WARD STREET, MONTGOMERY 457-ARTS. Works by Mitchell Saler and Katherine Gray. April 1-30. Opening reception April 6, 5pm-7pm.
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84 LIBERTY STREET, NEWBURGH 562-1195. Unpacked and Rediscovered: Selections from Washington’s Headquarters’ Collection. Through December 31.
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25 WEATHERVANE DRIVE, WASHINGTONVILLE 614-4066. Group Show. One-night only show. Friday, April 5, 5-8pm.
WIRED GALLERY 1415 ROUTE 213, HIGH FALLS (682) 564-5613. “Group Show #5: Mostly 3D.” Eleven local contemporary artists. Through May 5.
WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM 28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940. “Julie Carino: New Work.” Through April 6.
THE WOODSTOCK JEWISH CONGREGATION 1682 GLASCO TURNPIKE, WOODSTOCK 399-3505. Multi-Media Show by Kelli Bickman. Through April 9.
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mblazoned atop the home page of Tryon, North Carolina’s government website is the legend “The Friendliest Town in the South.” One gets the feeling that its most famous native, the singer, pianist, and composer Nina Simone, would have found fault with such a tagline. Times have changed since she was born there as Eunice Kathleen Waymon in 1933—Simone’s daughter even spoke at the tiny mountain town’s dedication of a statue to her late mother in 2010—but when the musical icon was growing up, Tryon and the rest of the American South was still in the throes of Jim Crow. For Simone and other Southern blacks it was not so friendly a time. It was a horrific era marked by unchecked racism, institutionalized segregation, even lynchings.Yet from the very start of her career, Simone refused to accept such detestable indignities, simultaneously confronting them head on and elegantly elevating herself above them: At one of her first local recitals, she simply refused to play until her parents were allowed to sit at the front of the auditorium. And so they were. This assuredness of spirit and take-no-shit attitude informed the whole of Simone’s life and art, fortifying her music with singular passion and honesty and a sense of purposeful message that continues to inspire listeners and artists the world over. One of these artists was raised about seven hours north of Tryon, in Washington, DC: singer, bassist, and composer Meshell Ndegeocello, whose 10th and newest album, Pour Une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone (Naïve Records), was released late last year and dramatically re-imagines 14 songs from Simone’s incandescent repertoire. It wasn’t until after she’d left the nation’s capital, though, that Ndegeocello first encountered Simone’s music. “I guess I was about 21 or 22 when I first heard her,” she recalls. “I had just gotten to New York. I was working as a craft services person on Spike Lee films, and someone I worked with played me [1971 live album] Black Gold. It was the voice, and the lyrics, that resonated first. But now I understand that she was a very complicated woman; she dealt with civil rights in her music when most other artists wouldn’t. She did what she wanted. And she paid the price.” Indeed, Simone famously sang socially concerned songs like “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” and “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” and lived in exile for much of her life after refusing to pay taxes as a protest against the Vietnam War. One could say that by not kowtowing to record industry protocol or trying to capitalize on her 1990s pop success by making easily accessible music, the similarly mercurial Ndegeocello has herself always done what she wanted—and in some ways paid the price as well. Not that she seems to mind. “At the end of the day,” she says, “you just wanna play music, make some money for your family, and be appreciated. That’s all it is.” Ndegeocello (Swahili for “free as a bird”) was born Michelle Johnson in 1968 in Germany. Two years later, her father, a military man and saxophonist, was restationed to the DC area. Besides being a fan of jazz and blues, the Virginia-raised Army lieutenant had also grown up with country and bluegrass, and duly exposed his family to all these genres. After dabbling with clarinet and drums (“My mom was against the drums,” she says with a smirk), Ndegeocello’s interest in bass guitar came when she picked up the instrument that one of her guitar-playing brother’s friends had left behind. “I loved being able to jam with my brother,” she says. “And I was very drawn to the low-end groove [in the music of] Bootsy Collins, Prince, and James Brown.” Outside of the house, the city was the thriving center of go-go, a strain of funk native to DC and identifiable by its per-
sistent percussion, extended breaks, and party-themed call-and-response vocals. While the style has remained a localized phenomenon, never quite catching on beyond the Beltway, for many black kids in 1980s DC go-go was God. “Go-go is very personal and geographic, lots of local references,” explains the bassist, who by age 20 had already played in the three of the scene’s leading bands, Prophecy, Little Benny & the Masters, and Rare Essence. “It’s kind of like gang music, very much an insider thing.” In 1987 Ndegeocello moved to in New York, where she tried out for the bass slot in Living Color and became a participant in the Black Rock Coalition, a collective run by Living Color guitarist Vernon Reid. But ears and eyes really started to turn when the striking, androgynous woman began doing her own shows, singing her soul-baring, R&B-based songs while accompanying herself on bass, keyboard, and drum machine at intimate Lower East Side venues. One set of impressed ears and eyes belonged to none other than Madonna, and before long the Material Girl had signed the young singer-songwriter to her Maverick Records imprint. Plantation Lullabies, Ndegeocello’s 1993 debut for the label, presented her seamlessly sexy and alchemical flow of funky soul, hip-hop, and dance pop to the world, in the process snagging her three Grammy nominations and bearing the hit single “If That’s Your Boyfriend (He Wasn’t Last Night).” As dramatic an arrival as the album was, however, the bassist’s profile was about to get an even bigger bump. In 1994 a music journalist friend, sensing a common sensibility between the two artists, introduced her to heartland hitmaker John Mellencamp. The meeting, Ndegeocello says, “changed my life.” Invited by Mellencamp to join him for jam sessions at his Indiana home, she immediately hit it off musically with the Midwestern singer-songwriter. “We just played and recorded live in the studio, and it was great,” she explains. One of the recordings from the sojourn, a co-billed cover of Van Morrison’s “Wild Night,” became a number-one smash and a constantly rotating MTV hit, taking her from the so-called “urban” charts to the mainstream. While the gratification was great, the sudden rush was enough to make her head spin. “I’ve always trusted that [music] is my path,” she says. “Not to sound contrived, but after a while it was, like, ‘Look, what else do you want from me?’ I was having to give up a lot of myself.” So she stepped off the rollercoaster for a spell. When she reemerged, three years later, it was with Peace Beyond Passion (Maverick, 1996), an even more creatively realized effort whose slinky grooves carry spiritual and social as well as romantic meditations. It would be another three years between that album and the next one, 1999’s Bitter, a beautiful and painfully bleak breakup set, and the one that followed, 2002’s feverishly funked-up Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (both Maverick). Perhaps most critically lauded was 2003’s Comfort Woman (Maverick), whose steamy, sex-dripping psychedelic soul grooves might’ve made even Barry White blush. And so Ndegeocello had settled into her own groove, so to speak. While remaining oblivious to mass-commercial aspirations, at her own pace over the years she has continued to craft records whose searchingly experimental sounds stir together contemporary R&B with rock, reggae, folk, psychedelia, pop, and other forms; see 2005’s jazz-oriented The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel (Shanachie Records) and 2007’s dubbed-out, clubby The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams (Emarcy Records). Her most recent recordings, which include the new Pour une Âme Souveraine as well as 2009’s Devil’s Halo (Downtown/Mercer Street Records) and 2011’s Weather (Naiive), form a trilogy
that finds the restlessly reinventive bassist stripping her sound down to newly austere levels; unlike the bottomheavy tracks of her earlier albums, songs like Weather’s “Oysters” and “Feeling for the Wall” float by like weightless winter leaves. One of the most down-to-earth and genuinely curious musicians you’re likely to meet, Ndegeocello gives off the infectious aura of being artistically open to everything. “I try to be very careful not to get stuck in one genre,” offers the musician, who has done session work for the Rolling Stones, Chaka Khan, Alanis Morrisette, and others. “To me it’s all one thing.” Since moving from New York to Hudson in 2007 with her partner and their young son, Ndegeocello continues to perform abroad, frequently in France, a land whose people she calls, with palpable humility, her “patrons.” She’s also become an active member of the town’s musical community, working with local players like Vetiver drummer Otto Hauser and singer-songwriter Joseph Moore and occasionally with notorious noise band the Bunnybrains, whose leader, Dan Bunny (aka Dan Seward), she calls “the last of the jazz musicians” for his unfettered, freeform approach. (The Bunnybrains were profiled in the April 2009 issue of Chronogram.) Recently, Ndegeocello’s passionate musical interests have landed her in the producer’s chair to oversee studio projects by a handful of select up-and-comers that includes Belgian soul singer Selah Sue, French jazz vocalist Laika Fatien, and Pistolera leader Sandra Velasquez. As befits the unconventional Ndegeocello, Pour une Âme Souveraine is no straight exercise in idol mimicry. Hypnotic, stark, and acutely introspective, its moody sound re-interprets Simone-linked classics like “Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” “Feeling Good,” and “Either Way I Lose,” setting the songs within minimal, pulsing beats and rainy, gray-hued reverb. In another brave move by its maker, the set features lead vocals on several tracks by such guests as Sinead O’Connor, Lizz Wright, and Toshi Reagon. The latter, a long-time friend of Ndegeocello’s, appears on “House of the Rising Sun” and “Real Real.” “In 2012 I curated three nights of [New York’s] Schomburg Women’s Jazz Festival,” Reagon says. “I asked Meshell to do one of the nights, and she did Nina Simone music. It was incredible. It was the first time I felt like someone understood something about Nina’s songbook. Why is that important? Because Nina did not write most of the music she sang. She made choices, and she created versions so powerful that we consider many of those songs Nina Simone songs. Meshell re-introduced some of that music to us by taking the same approach.” Believe it or not, as of late the queen of the funky low end has increasingly been putting aside her main instrument while making music. At a recent housing benefit concert she joined in on laptop for a version of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” with her Hudson neighbors Melissa Auf der Maur and Rasputina’s Melora Creager, and has also been spotted accompanying herself on piano at open mikes. “I’m in a new place now,” says Ndegeocello. “They say when you stop giving people what they want, they stop wanting you. And I understand why that is. But, at the same time, when I feel like people just want the same thing from me again, I become disinterested and do something else. I’m like, ‘Yeah, that’s right, I’m changing. And guess what? I’m gonna change again.’” Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone is out now on Naïve Records. Meshell.com. chronogram.com listen to “Either Way I Lose,” a track from Pour une Âme Souveraine.
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nightlife highlights Handpicked by music editor Peter Aaron for your listening pleasure.
Rebecca Martin Album Release Show April 1. Besides darting between singer-songwriter pop and vocal jazz on record since 1998, Rebecca Martin has worked as the executive director of the Kingston Land Trust. Fitting, then, that she should pick the town’s intimate Elephant wine and tapas bar as the venue in which to celebrate the release of her sixth album, Twain, which also features her husband, acclaimed jazz bassist Larry Grenadier. Inspired by Martin’s new songs, chef Rich Reeve has assembled a unique menu of tapas and matching wines for this special event, which benefits urban farming program the Dig Kids. 6pm. $75. Kingston. (845) 339-9310; Elephantwinebar.com.
Rock ’n’ Roll Resort April 12, 13, 14. With a 2013 title of “Rock n Roll Resort v3: Tiny Rager,” this three-day music-meets-multimedia festival returns once again to the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa. This year’s acts encompass jam bands, bluegrass, funk, and electronica; among the more than 25 bands slated to appear are Soulive, the Ryan Montbleau Band, Kung Fu, Pimps of Joytime, the Alan Evans Trio, the Nigel Hall Band, Ghosts of Jupiter, Akashic Record, and Dub Apocalypse. The indoor event also promises sets by several leading DJs, a golf tournament, a celebrity poker competition, workshops, theme nights, catered food, vendors, and “cyberistic euphoria.” Hmm. Check website for schedule and ticket prices. Kerhonkson. (845) 626-8888; Rocknrollresort.com.
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Dan Deacon April 20. Many of us first became aware of Dan Deacon via “Drinking Out of Cups,” his bewilderingly surreal, side-splittingly hilarious 2003 collaboration with animator-musician Liam Lynch, which became a YouTube sensation. Called “one of the few pop electronic dance music-makers who is also consistently described as a composer” by NPR, Deacon, who visits MASS MoCA this month, is also revered for his high-energy live performances. In August 2012 he launched a smartphone app that synchronizes in real time to his show’s light and sound components, allowing the audience to participate in his signature concert ambiance. (King Khan of King Khan and the Shrines DJs April 6; Darlingside plays April 13.) 8pm. $12, $16. North Adams, Massachusetts. (413) 662-2111; Massmoca.org.
Change of the Century Festival: Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey April 26. With the aim of presenting top artists in the field of contemporary jazz, the Change of the Century Festival kicked off last month at the magnificent Howland Cultural Center. April’s installment includes the Brooklyn-based wife-and-husband duo of saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tom Rainey. Originally from Germany, Laubrock has performed and recorded with Anthony Braxton, Dave Douglas, Kenny Wheeler, Evan Parker, and others. Rainey has been a dominating presence on the New York scene since the late 1980s, working with the likes of Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, Nels Cline, Jane Ira Bloom, Fred Hersch, Andrea Parkins, John Abercrombie, and, most famously, Tim Berne. Prepare for some astonishing explorations. (Bad Touch hits May 31; Ras Moshe’s Music Now Extended Unit jams June 29.) 8pm. $15 ($10 students and seniors). Beacon. (845) 831-4988; Facebook.com/groups/changeofthecentury.
Laurie Anderson/Pauline Oliveros May 2. Neither Laurie Anderson nor Pauline Oliveros are strangers to EMPAC; both of these monumentally adventurous composers have previously performed at the cutting-edge arts center, and Oliveros has long served as a professor of practice in the arts department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, EMPAC’s parent college. But a program that brings the two of them together? Wow. “The Films of Laurie Anderson” is a two-part event that begins with a screening of several of Anderson’s film and video works and concludes with her and Oliveros, who turns 81 in May, performing live to the screening of a silent film. Certainly not anything you should miss. (Ryoichi Kurokawa’s audiovisual work “syn_” appears May 3; the Albany Symphony Orchestra headlines the American Music Festival from May 30 to June 2.) 5pm. Check website for ticket prices. Troy. (518) 276-3921; Empac.rpi.edu. Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey play Howland Cultural Center in Beacon on April 26.
cd reviews The Lazy Suns The Lazy Suns (2012, Independent)
The Lazy Suns debut was recorded at Suns Studio. No, not the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, but the band’s own retreat in the Capital District. Too bad, because although there would have been big boots to fill there, the historic walls may have brought out more of the authenticity and soul lurking beneath the waves of power pop and roadhouse jangle that are lacking in the record’s straight-ahead production. The Lazy Suns are at their best live, unhinged and raw, living in the creaks and cracks, able to let the warmth shine in. Singing and writing duties on this six-song EP are split between Jeff Sohn, who plays bass, guitar, keyboards, and percussion, and Marc Clayton, who plays guitar, mandolin, and harmonica. Brad Jarvis is on drums, and Larry Winchester holds down the lead guitar, while Rick Morse—the real gem here—rises above with tasty accents on pedal steel, slide guitar, and dobro. The last song on the EP, “Troubled Sea,” features hurdy gurdy, and was used in the Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch.” The tune’s sea-shanty sway and Pogues-like frolic make it the standout. Thelazysuns.com. —Jason Broome
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Free Magic, Medeksi, Martin & Wood’s first acoustic recording since 2000, demonstrates the trio’s impeccable musicianship, not through electric fortification, but through “rhythmic and sonic connection.” MMW explores and interprets five compositions recorded live at three different venues in 2007 through more than one portal, refreshing and retexturing them. In the opener, “Doppler,” the first six minutes are an improvisational playground for drummer Billy Martin on the African balaphone, keyboardist John Medeski on toy piano and melodica, and bassist Chris Wood on bowed bass. Then the groove saunters in. Keyboardist George Duke wrote in 2007 that “The blues, at its best, is raw and free, and mad technical expertise has little to do with it!” Woodstock resident Medeski’s technical prowess behind that rawness and freeness fires “Blues for Another Day” with a sway between a drawl and a cry. As Martin rattles on metallic percussion pieces and Medeski on a prepared piano, Wood’s high-pitched melodic solo gives “Free Magic/Ballade in C Minor, ‘Vergessene Seelen’” a Far Eastern-tinged sound. Without one seam showing, MMW sew and swing together bassist Charles Mingus’s and otherworldly bandleader Sun Ra’s respective “Nostalgia in Times Square/Angel Race.” Nearly 22 years on from the band’s late ’80s/early ’90s downtown New York beginnings, time has not dulled MMW’s polish on Free Magic. Mmw.net. —Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson
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Seth Davis Morning Songs (2012, Independent)
Jules Shear. Immediately. Not quite exact, but shimmeringly close.There’s a flavor in the voice. And it’s the first thing you think of when Seth Davis begins to sing. Jules Shear. As Davis’s third and latest disc, Morning Songs, unfurls, you begin to think even more of Shear. How could that be a bad thing? It’s not just the voice. It’s the casual precision, the arc of melody, the weight of lyric. None of this means that Davis is an imitator, a monkey on Shear’s stick. I don’t even know that he’s heard of Shear. But there is a shared economy, and it’s a delightful place to start. “A Softer Place to Land” opens the disc with a folk rock lilt and perhaps the album’s weakest set of lyrics. But the forced hook doesn’t prevent you from hitting repeat. Others, better, follow—the haunting waltz “Flannel and Blue (Laura’s Song),” the relentlessly groovy “Kim,” and the remarkable “Whole Life Crisis”—amplifying Davis’s simple qualities. He has a keen way with both story and telling. Aimee Mann’s “Mr. Harris,” for example, is sung from a new point of view, not just male, but two steps to the side. Sonically, it’s less baroque and little less catchy. But there’s an earthiness that’s worth the trade. A Queens native, Davis’s roots stretch back to the East Village anti-folk haunts of the early ’90s, and that conflict—between writing, rocking, and respecting roots—is still playing out in the metaphorical grooves of Morning Songs. Sethdavis.com. —Michael Eck chronogram.com Listen to tracks by the artists reviewed in this issue, plus “Either Way I Lose” by Meshell Ndegeocello.
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Books
TABLE TALK
Lucy Knisley Explores Foodie Culture with Relish By Nina Shengold
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ucy Knisley is worried about the camera crew. “How are they even going to fit?” she asks. “My apartment is shoebox-sized.” That’s not the only dilemma facing the Rhinebeck-raised author, who’s about to film a cooking demonstration for MTV Geek. There’s also the pressing issue of what to cook. “I’m not a professional chef,” Knisley says. “When I’m cooking for other people, I make elaborate meals, but for me, it’s more likely sautéed carrots. That’s kind of my jam right now. Maybe some toast on the side.” Why all the fuss about what a 28-year-old comic artist makes for dinner? One look at her just-released graphic novel Relish: My Life in the Kitchen (First Second, 2013) and its predecessor French Milk (Touchstone, 2008) and all becomes clear: This is a writer who knows how to eat. If you don’t think a cartoon can make your mouth water, you haven’t read Lucy Knisley. “I’m one of those grassroots, got-started-on-the-Internet people,” says Knisley, whose voice is so cheerful she often sounds ready to laugh. She self-published French Milk with Rhinebeck’s Epigraph, and was selling books off the end of a friend’s table at the Comic Arts Festival when an editor from Touchstone scooped it up. In lively drawings, words, and occasional photos, French Milk describes a six-week stay in Paris by the author (then 22) and her mother, a professional caterer who shares her love of art and food—not necessarily in that order. “In our family photo albums, there are literally more photos of meals than of actual people,” Knisley says. French Milk won rave reviews in USA Today, People, Glamour, and a slew of food blogs. Four years ago, Knisley sold the film rights (no movement yet, though the option’s been renewed). Relish is a memoir in 12 food-themed chapters, from early childhood to the molecular gastronomy kitchen of Chicago’s legendary Alinea. After a brief introduction (including a recipe for a maple-infused spice tea you can savor while reading the rest of the book), its first words are, “I was a child raised by foodies.” Indeed. The opening frames show young Lucy eating poached salmon in cream in her high chair, watching her mom blowtorch creme brulee for her classmates instead of the usual birthday cupcakes, and coloring on the kitchen floor at David Bouley’s restaurant (Sample dialogue: “Want a profiterole, kiddo?”).
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When her parents divorced, the seven-year-old was shanghaied to Dutchess County, where her mother’s newfound obsession with boring garden stores led her to try hailing a taxi on a rural dirt road. Eventually, she was seduced by Greig Farm’s u-pick strawberries and farmstand honey straws. Teenage rebellion manifested in a defiant love of junk food, with Lucky Charms and blue ketchup as gateway drugs. In one panel, tween Lucy chows down on McDonald’s takeout in her father’s Rome hotel room. (“How can you DO that?!” he shouts in bright red, and she answers, “With relish.”) But gastronomy is destiny, and she soon joins her mother as a Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market worker, artisanal cheesemonger, and catering assistant at Annie Leibovitz photo shoots and the opening of Dia:Beacon. (About to head off to art school, the 18-year-old server has a mystical private encounter with Richard Serra’s newly installed Torqued Ellipses in the book’s only full-page frame.) All this unfolds in a sparkling palette and clean, expressive drawings. And each chapter ends with a relevant recipe, every step drawn and described in loving, often hilarious detail (“Try to control your drool long enough to reduce the mixture for about 2 min.”) Knisley’s inspirations included Toast, a memoir by British food columnist Nigel Slater, and David Lebovitz’s The Sweet Life in Paris. “I liked the idea of adding a sensory element—taste, the sense memory of recipes that go with the story. And comics are visual, so that adds another layer.” She also cites the food drawings made by sculptor Claes Oldenburg when his wife developed multiple food allergies, “presented in all these cool, sculptural, toppling ways, so she could visually digest it.” Relish grew out of a food-and-travel project Knisley drew during graduate school at the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont. The first version was in black-andwhite. “I always wanted to do it in color—that’s a big part of the experience of food—but in grad school I didn’t have enough money for color printing,” she explains. Her agent sent three early chapters and a book proposal to prestigious graphic novel publisher First Second, which promptly made an offer. Knisley spent a year juggling the demands of an MFA thesis and a looming book deadline, “then buckled down and got to work.”
An illustration from Lucy Knisley’s Relish: My
She starts with a story, typed in paragraphs, then draws thumbnails, figuring out what will go into each panel and removing any text that can be shown in a drawing. Then she makes a rough sketch layout, penciling the pages. Next comes inking, text lettering, and color. All these steps, she points out in a recent Tumblr sketch, can be done in pajamas without leaving home. Knisley has kept an online drawn journal for years, writing comics about such personal matters as breaking up with her long-time boyfriend. “That online connection is very intimate,” she acknowledges. “It’s all about communicating and creating a bond with readers.” Obsessed with comics since she was a kid reading Archie and Tintin, she started drawing autobio comics as a painting student at the Art Institute of Chicago, as “an act of communication when I felt really isolated. I didn’t have the socialization thing down. I was miserable, alone; I would sit in my room all day and make comics. It was my way of saying, ‘I’m here.’” Emotional honesty is paramount. Knisley expresses frustration with online reviewers who criticized French Milk for her character’s flaws and occasional selfabsorption. “You don’t have to be perfect to be a strong female character. You can have pettiness, bad days, moodiness. That’s what being 22 feels like.” Is she ever uncomfortable when strangers feel as if they know her? Not at all, Knisley says. “I’m very flattered when people know me and my work, when a stranger comes up to me at a convention and asks, ‘How’s your cat?’ It’s work I make public. I’m very honest, but I’m not putting anything out there I’m not comfortable with.” Many autobio comics are far more revealing; she recalls being on a panel with Chester Brown, author of Paying for It: A Comic Strip Memoir of Being a John. “I read his book and thought, ‘I know a lot about you.’ But it’s not like people are trying to pick me up. For me, it usually means readers bring me snacks. Which is good.” Knisley prefers “comic artist” to “graphic novelist” because comics is an allencompassing term, covering everything from single-panel cartoons to superhero comic books to literary memoirs. “It helps to de-seriousify the graphic novel thing,” she explains. “I’m happy to make work that’s not Art Spiegelman’s Maus, about a Holocaust survivor, or Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, about her father’s suicide.”
Life in the Kitchen
“I love those books,” Knisley adds (her ardor appears to be mutual: Bechdel’s jubilant blurb appears on the cover of Relish). “But I’m happy to bring a different voice to graphic novels. There’s a lot of downer stuff, because you’re not going to find a lot of people who make comics because they’re well-adjusted and happy, and now they want to be crazy artists who spend all their time drawing and stay in a house, like, forever.” Knisley shows no sign of staying indoors forever. Along with her books and ongoing webcomic, she’s designed T-shirts, posters, and roller derby logos; produced a CD, Pretty/Nerdy; and now does freelance illustration and journalism for Time Out, New City, Huffington Post, and Saveur, where she landed her dream gig: travel food writer (“All the things I like!”). She’s been to Korea, Africa, and Australia, but one of her favorite culinary destinations is right up the river. “A lot in Relish stems from my youth in the Hudson Valley,” Knisley says. “The food growing in my neighbor’s backyard is what we’d have in our salad bowl for dinner. I really miss that. I live in New York, and I lived in Chicago before that. So much of working on Relish was about reconnecting to my youth and to this place. And now I can hop a train, go upstate, and my mom will feed me amazing food.” She also gets amazing Hudson Valley food from the Union Square Greenmarket, where she sometimes buys produce from her former bosses. Knisley recalls selling mushrooms at a farmers’ market one frigid day in November, and being so cold that a customer took pity and gave her gloves. Now she’s a customer herself. “I’ve been buying these beautiful purple carrots, probably grown by one of my mom’s neighbors,” she says, sounding dreamy. Maybe she’ll make sautéed carrots for MTV after all. This is the drill: “Heat butter and olive oil in a big pan, about half and half—I like a little more butter. Peel the carrots and cut them into matchsticks. Throw them in and cook them for about five minutes. Right at the end, add a little salt and sugar. That’s the secret weapon—it caramelizes them. When they get just a little limp, take them out. Or if you’re like me, eat them right out of the pan.” Sounds good enough to draw. Lucy Knisley will appear 4/4 at 7pm at Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck and 5/4 at 4pm at the Hudson Opera House. 4/13 ChronograM books 73
SHORT TAKES You’d be an April fool to miss readings by Pulitzer Prize-winning poets Tracy K. Smith at Bard College April 9 and Jorie Graham at SUNY Ulster April 11, Read Local Red Hook April 13-14, the Woodstock Writers Festival April 18-21, or the rest of this month’s superb literary events. No Safe Ground Julia Pomeroy Five Star, 2013, $25.95
Pomeroy crafts an adrenaline-pounding thriller from a hotbutton topic: the treatment of women in the US military. When his long-abandoned daughter turns up on his Columbia County doorstep, burned-out limo driver “Pack” Packard reluctantly steps up. AWOL after witnessing the murder of a fellow female soldier, Vida’s sure she’ll be next. Believable characters and tense pacing keep the pages turning. Appearing 4/6 at 5pm, Chatham Bookstore. Light at Point Reyes Joan L. Siegel Shabda Press, 2012, $14
This third collection by prize-winning Orange County poet Siegel assesses a broad range of human experience: raising a daughter, losing a mother, music, art, the atrocities of war. “Sometimes / things are simply what they are.” Sinewy, haunting, and subtle, Siegel’s poems get under your skin. Appearing 4/9 at 7pm, Orange County Community College, and 4/30 at 6:30pm, Thrall Library, Middletown. Why Knot? How To Tie More Than 60 Ingenious, Useful, Beautiful, Lifesaving, and Secure Knots! Philippe Petit Abrams Image, 2013, $19.95
When you walk on a highwire a quarter-mile up, you better know the ropes. The French funambulist whose unauthorized stroll between Twin Towers was dubbed the “artistic crime of the century” interweaves descriptions of the Monkey’s Fist, Marline Spike, and Highwayman’s Hitch with anecdotes and original drawings. Appearing 4/19 at 7:30pm, Woodstock Writers Festival at the Kleinert-James Arts Center. The Running Sonnets Duncan Christy CreateSpace, 2012, $9.95
Talk about iambic feet! Former Rhinebecker Christy celebrates his sport of choice in 41 traditionally structured sonnets, studding the Elizabethan rhyme-scheme with such unexpected words as endorphins, spandex, carbo-loading, bromantic, and BQE. “These are the things I wished firmly to etch / On my memory, a dawn runner’s sketch.” Appearing 4/20 at 4pm, Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. Her: A Memoir Christa Parravani Henry Holt & Co, 2013, $26
Identical twins Cara and Christa Parravani survived a tough childhood to blossom as artists: writer and photographer, respectively. After a brutal rape, Cara spiraled downhill, overdosing at 28. Her bereft sister writes about unspeakable loss and survival, honoring her lost twin by assuming her literary promise. Appearing 4/21 at 5:30pm, Woodstock Writers Festival at the Center for Photography. Dada Poetry: An Introduction William Seaton Nirala Books, 2013, $23
Poet-scholar Seaton undertakes the “sweet treason” of translating four German poets of the post-WWI Dada movement. These impassioned iconoclasts include darkly bohemian Emmy Hennings, incantatory wild man Richard Huelsenbeck, language collagist Hans Arp, and “sound poet” Hugo Ball, posthumous lyricist of the Talking Heads’ “I Zimbra.” Presenting “Introduction to Dada” 4/30 at 5pm, SUNY New Paltz Lecture Center 102, with Professor Anja Wielen.
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Hammarskjöld: A Life Roger Lipsey
University of Michigan, 2013, $35
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hen UN secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld died in a plane crash in 1961, John F. Kennedy—who himself was one of the savviest international problem solvers—called him the “greatest statesman of our century.” Plucked from obscurity, a mediocre economist and Swedish civil servant, he demonstrated a grasp of complexities and a lucid simplicity at explanation that promptly earned respect. The Israeli Prime Minister David BenGurion, upon encountering Hammarskjöld’s prowess and fairness at negotiation jokingly asked, “And where did they find you?” The role and scope of the United Nations was uncertain in the 1950s. The generation who created it had survived a period of violence unparalleled in history and could well imagine the apocalyptic outcome of a third world war. There were nonetheless concerns that the UN aspired to be a hegemonic global government. Propaganda against the institution was generated in all quarters: Americans steeped in a red scare, for example, had no intention of letting the UN tinker with their lucrative banana republics. A postwar climate that favored decolonization gave new sparks to old conflicts, and atom-bomb-toting superpowers were inclined to take sides. A probing biography by Garrison resident Roger Lipsey shows that Hammarskjöld, who was celibate and an intellectual, did not reject the role of prophet. But he was one for whom understatement and careful metaphor were the components of a cool style that would become his trademark. In a New York Times interview he described the UN as “a mold that keeps the hot metal from spilling over.” Hammarskjöld’s posthumously published and widely-read Markings, a journal comprised of haikus, meditations on nature, and entries addressed to God, is the focus of Lipsey’s study. Minutiae of diplomatic history are of secondary importance as he devotes his energy to pinpointing Hammarskjöld’s interior progress. (Previous subjects of this biographer are Thomas Merton and Ananda Coomaraswamy.) This new book offers little to contradict the notion that Hammarskjöld—who made a regular practice of reading Christian mystics such as Meister Eckhart and Thomas á Kempis, and whose host of admirers included Martin Buber and Zhou Enlai—was a modern, and perhaps modernist, saint. W. H. Auden, one of the 20th century’s preeminent poets, collaborated on the English translation of Markings. In its preface he writes, “I loved the man from the moment I saw him.” Not untypical for Western visionaries of his generation, Hammarskjöld displayed an interest in Eastern classics. He even wrote a fan letter to Ezra Pound praising a volume of Chinese poetry translations (it is curious that Lipsey does not mention the poet was at the time imprisoned in a D.C. psych ward for traitorous, pro-Fascist activities—a fact that might alter the sheen of Dag’s halo). A notable expression of Hammarskjöld’s spiritual platform is the essay he provided for the UN’s Meditation Room: “It has been the aim to create in this small room a place where the doors may be open to the infinite lands of thought and prayer.” Though not originally his idea, he made the somewhat unusual room his project—overseeing every detail of its creation. Hammarskjöld’s varied dimensions emerge in Lipsey’s pages—he was both a suave party-thrower and a solitary mountain climber, but primarily a workaholic. His legacy is vast. He devised and deployed the first UN Emergency Forces, for instance. One is struck by an attitude that seems both lofty and innocent whenever Hammarskjöld makes note of his disgust at the low motives he encounters in other leaders. —Marx Dorrity
Experience Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s HistoryMaking Race Around the World Matthew Goodman Ballantine Books, 2013, $28
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atthew Goodman’s Eighty Days is a welcome addition to the pantheon of big books about great adventures, especially since these adventurers wear skirts and one-up a fictional adventure tale with their true transcontinental feats. The book covers a lot of ground but takes its time setting the scene and building dimensional human characters. Peppered with marvelous old photographs of the era—1889— it’s entertaining from beginning to end and copiously researched (Goodman includes 33 pages of footnotes, if you have a yen for it). Nellie Bly, a gutsy and ambitious young reporter, is about to undertake a race around the globe. She aims to beat the 80-day record set by Jules Vernes’ fictional traveler, Phileas Fogg: her trip, she proposes, will take only 75 days. Her announcement causes a sensation, stirring the imagination of a world fascinated with breaking records and big machines. Bly writes for Joseph Pulitzer’s newspaper The World. She’s a girl from rough coal country, known for daring exposés and a get-the-story-at-all-costs approach. To her surprise, a real-life rival appears: another woman reporter, Elizabeth Bisland. Upper-class and Southern genteel, Bisland is as refined as Bly is scrappy. She may have cut her teeth writing for newspapers, but she’s settled into penning feature articles for The Cosmopolitan. The trip isn’t Bisland’s idea, it’s her boss’s—he sees in the contest a grand opportunity. Dress fittings and social appointments aside, Bisland has no choice. Goodman has a way with details. There’s a funny bit about Bisland packing: “She made sure to pack lots of hairpins, as they always had a way of playing hide-and-seek with her, and she knew that if this happened in a foreign country it would undermine her mood.” The passage aptly conveys her as both real and entirely unprepared for what lies ahead. It also revives a venerable custom: look at Victorian photos of women with their hair swept up, and you realize: hairpins. They were the scrunchies of the era. The women race around the world in opposite directions, one heading east and one west; by train, steamship, and assorted conveyances. Back home, Team Bly and Team Bisland plot and scheme, trying to gain their gals some time, despite typhoons and stranded ships. Their behind-the-scenes strategizing and bold publicity moves have a distinctly American bent. Battling throngs on crowded docks and struggling with languages like Urdu, the girls report back. They miss connections, get seasick and cold. But they keep going. Throughout, a vivid picture of the times emerges: quaint rituals of tea against the smoky, dingy backdrops of coal-fueled travel, the enormous crews involved in running ships, trains racing up precipitous inclines, and sharply rendered facts. In Japan, Goodman notes, “a jinrikisha driver’s working life, it was said, rarely lasted more than five years.” The aftermath of the dramatic globe-circling has a strangely familiar, modern flavor: True to the nature of sensational contests, the victor is lauded and the loser quickly forgotten. Then both women must get on with less exciting lives. I got the sense that Goodman resolved to be loyal to the true story by leaving absolutely nothing out: the book might have moved a bit faster. But certainly these remarkable women deserve all the pages they can get. Matthew Goodman will appear 4/7 at 4pm, Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. —Jana Martin
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POETRY
Edited by Phillip X Levine. Deadline for our May issue is April 5. Send up to three poems or three pages (whichever comes first). Full submission guidelines: www.chronogram.com/submissions.
Cup of joe
sometimes i talk to myself. no one else would listen. —p
A cup of joe tastes so good but a cup of snow is a no-no. A cup of joe makes you go. If you go to Monkey Joe’s you can get a cup of go joe, mojo, or maybe even some snow joe. The world is full of joe, and Joes. —Forrest G. B. Tinney (11 years)
Toe
Listening to the Silence
The Edge
The change began with teeth. They didn’t rot but chattered in his jaw when he didn’t speak.
when I stopped and really listened to the silence, I learned that the silence was really listening to me.
I live on the edges of things, Like bachelor buttons and Queen Anne’s lace, That place where the blacktop crumbles into the shoulder. My thoughts live there in the stony shoulder, crumbling. It’s an ugly spot Not elegant, but full of life and decay. The edge allows for what wants to be forgotten. It’s a stronghold of faded labels tossed beer cans flung pizza boxes crushed cigarette filters of last year’s lovers one old dead shoe that got tired of walking anything that can be thrown out the window of a car like an unkept promise or a the responsibility for broken heart or essential questions about life lost in the wind tossed into that ditch there are animals, bunnies, muskrats that lurk in the edge and watch and get out of the way deer who wait or eat or leap out to be killed some snapping turtles and sometimes a snake The edge does not have manners, Dept. of Public Works etiquette. It misbehaves spills over uproots from below collects the artifacts of what is thrown out Because the edge does not want to be an edge. It wants to be who we are when we are actually awake. the roadsides crumble into fertile ground the weeds and the wildflowers overreach their grasp the animals are abundant fat and healthy all that is discarded weathers white naturalizes The edge, not the main road, is where we live. the more we clean it up the more it comes back
They knew things that no one did, so he when he did speak, he’d relate what he knew in his nerves. Beyond dispute. Don’t give the number out. Stay clear of the war monument downtown. He had to wear a cap inside even when he was sleeping. All the time a pencil was tucked underneath, off to the side so he could make long lists on steno tablets. Find interesting rhymes. The pain tapped in his ears. They didn’t ring. The hammers hammered. Ill. He couldn’t swallow pills. He choked on the placebo. He never said my toe. He didn’t like to walk but never said my toe hurts. His leg puffed up. A clot. No plot this time. No gag or shake or cough. He felt much better when they cut it off. —Jean Kane
Fold Yourself Fold yourself into the precise shape she last left you. Close your eyes. Breathe. Picture fragments from before. Remember. Let her sneak up. Be still until you form a shell layering like snowfall or sand blown across desert dunes burying your thickening contour until you disappear. Fall deep into the down side. One world closes and another opens. Trust her. Take her hand. Navigate through splintered places, time and faces. Feel remiss, renewed, degraded. Open to the other you. Go limp until the sand blows clear, till crusty-eyed and stiff you reappear. —Jack Powers
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all poems, like all lives, should end in silence. now—listen: —Ben Goldberg
Pet Names of course, I know where you end and I begin. You are always you. You are not me. You are not what I want you to be. In fact, sometimes you are all wrong and you STILL say that you are right but you are not. We go around sometimes for days You on the couch, me in the chair Me on the couch you on the bed. Sometimes, I wake up, and we are tangled and you are nestled and sometimes I am suffocating and sometimes you are talking Are you asleep? And then it’s morning and it’s go go until We both come home and drop our briefcases. I start washing dishes, you wrap your arms around me, and call me something ridiculous— a name you would have called the cat, had you hugged the cat first— and I love you more than the breath in my lungs. —A. M.Drewes
—Wendy Insinger get down from the suspended ladder take the theory out for a spin don’t abandon it boot stuck in a gutter, dislodge it soon, the sounding of a guttural scream just shy of a skip, time is lapsing a thought gets in the moment what is happening pools itself between the body and these marvelous objects the mailbox, for example, is so familiar by now someone’s address isn’t theirs anymore no ownership of place in number, only in memory by this point, you’re ankle-deep in rumination don’t be so surprised you haven’t even left the attic made a move, you’re sitting try standing up, accordion the staircase back into memory —Amy Pedulla
Untitled Are we of too much magic? Or are we just too blind? —Samantha Carraro
Commitment
Bardspell
Fearing Winter
never never never get up
Ask of me alchemy,
—Richard Donnelly
Transmute form, transmit fire—
All Words Are Verbs
mental deeds meant to read.
All words are verbs; screaming meaning from behind walls of definition, deafening the sounds, vibrations speaking volumes— more than any library could hold. Folding truths inside layers of perception, creating comprehension. All words are verbs.
Tell the Muse to amaze.
I wish time was kinder, slower less given to mocking me with deceptive hours that unravel too quickly making me miss all of the small things I love about autumn falling leaves photographing pumpkins corn mazes not for me, not this year
All words are verbs; entombing pantoums, mummifying poems, crystallizing prose— literary libations vertically spilling out of our mouths, running adjacent to facts, wallowing in misplacement, swallowing nouns and projections of reason, skipping adjectives like stones, forcing present tense past its physical home, granting freedom to roam. All words are verbs. All words are verbs; doubling my entendres, dividing sounds into sonatas, constantly compressing consonants upon vowels, dissecting sentenced bone into letter-less marrow— The wingless, flightless sparrow, alphabetically transformed into the worded bird, soaring with a promise from the Source to remind us all words are verbs.
with my ink white magic.
Mage to-do: make it new. Nail the word, name the world. —Patrick Walsh
White Walls 1. Maps of crust-ridden Earth; a hard watercolor persimmon sunset. 2. An empty Red Stripe bottle faces the Duke on a coffee mug, half full. 3. Waylon Jennings croons beneath cocktail umbrellas, shadowing the land.
—Adrianna Delgado
—Gabrielle Grigoli
There Should Be
For Keeps
There should be a room in the deepest heart of the day, in which we can cry, where webs of autumn shadow dissipate against the shock of unexpected warmth: words of a stranger, voice of a color, flame of a dance.
keep me safe warm yours
And yet, the heart grows tired, and the hands grow tired as we are, the unemployed— starting winter cars, slowly heating our windshields for essential clarity of vision, as forests shed their leaves, and thin lines of water become trees.
—Jannelle Roberts
Amber
Tell me where this room is—not escape, but a meeting of one survivor and another. Tell me where it is I can watch the news of Robert Champion without closing my eyes, and still see. I am looking for that room; perhaps the place where warriors go to weep is one where there are neither warriors nor victims, a room where words have no walls. If here, or elsewhere a woman calls for her missing son, then her song rises in my voice like morning between rafters of stone.
Some days I will stop And pick up a fragment of the past I will grip it tightly before Letting it drop to the ground And turning 180 degrees A soft glowing sunset Or a slice of orange Can help me taste the sweetness too
—Christina Lilian Turczyn
—H. A. Kesner
When I finally looked up the trees were already half bare and you were cold Winter scares me its fierce nakedness unmasks your vulnerability and mine compelling me to wrap you in my arms until bright green sprouts cover bare branches The new growth means you’ll be safe no need for hand-knit hats or hand-knotted wigs the home spun yarn is meant to keep the cold far from you —Jacqueline Dooley
Uncle Kevin In fourth grade, Kevin moved in with us. He lived in our Front hall closet. He lived with a fur That belonged to mom and A Brooks Brothers overcoat That belonged to dad. He was very quiet, Didn’t mind the dark, Was never late to dinner, And didn’t complain about what we ate. He didn’t mind the box that he lived in— There was plenty of room. If we wanted to say hello, There was a lid that we could open. So when Kevin left our closet, And my mom helped him move Into my grandpa’s casket, He didn’t mind— He didn’t make a sound. My mom didn’t mind either, “Two graves for the price of one,” She said. —Michael Murray 4/13 ChronograM poetry 77
Community Pages
Well-Kept
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Cold Spring, Garrison, Mahopac Boardwalk at Constitution Marsh Audubon Center and Sanctuary
By Kandy Harris Photographs by Anne Cecille Meadows
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ithin the borders of Putnam County lies some of upstate New York’s most lovely scenery, with the shores of the Hudson River to the west and the Taconic Mountains along to the New YorkConnecticut border to the east. Given its proximity to the city, the county’s popularity as a bedroom community, a second-home vacation haven, and a year-round living destination is certainly no surprise to anyone. Cold Spring, Garrison, and Mahopac are communities rich in history and culture, and they’ve helped to cement Putnam County’s place not only on the map, but also in the hearts and minds of so many who live, work, or visit there.
Cold Spring Situated along the Hudson in the town of Philipstown, Cold Spring offers spectacular views across the river. But Cold Spring is so much more than just a pretty face; all one has to do is a take a drive into town (or a train ride to the Metro-North station) and spend an afternoon walking its streets, visiting its shops, and talking to its townspeople to know that within Cold Spring beats the heart of a nature-loving Bohemian artist. Back in 2004, Putnam County was awarded the first ever Preserve America designation. A Bush-era government program, Preserve America was designed to recognize communities and entities that exemplify our national heritage. In fact, the Main Street section of Cold Spring was specifically recognized, according to Cold Spring Chamber of Commerce President Vincent Tamanga. However, aside from the variety of shops and boutiques on Main Street area that everyone knows and loves so well, there is a wealth of other destinations in Cold Spring that are slightly more off the beaten path. 78 cold spring + garrison + mahopac ChronograM 4/13
Above: the cold spring train station Opposite, clockwise from top left: Christine Scandalis at Holy Smoke BBQ in Mahopac; Marina Yashina, artist, conservator, and owner of Marina Gallery in Cold Spring; The Andrew Jordan trio at the Silver Spoon Restaurant in Cold Spring; robert izzo of evolution fitness in mahopac; Suzy Miles and Carinda Swann at the opening for “Romanticism,” an exhibition curated by Sean Scully at Garrison Art Center in Garrison; The Hudson River viewed from Upper Station Road in Garrison
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The Putnam History Museum, formerly known as the Putnam County Historical Society & Foundry Museum, houses the history of Cold Spring in the form of both permanent and traveling exhibits. History lovers as well as those with a soft spot for small-town museums would be missing out on something special by not stopping in. Cold Spring is an artists’ enclave through and through, with a multitude of galleries taking their places along the streets of the village. Gallery 66 NY is one such gallery. Honing in on the Hudson Valley’s myriad artistic talents, Gallery 66 NY, the newest gallery in Cold Spring, also keeps its exhibit space open to national and international artists. Speaking of the new, the Living Room on Main Street is one of Cold Spring’s freshest music and performance venues. Acts range from singer-songwriters to indie bands to drum circles, but the venue doesn’t just do music. The Living Room is an art gallery, lecture hall, and performing arts center, all rolled into one neat package. According to Tamagna, Cold Spring is styling itself to become a destination for festivals in the Hudson Valley, starting on May 5, with the “Pedaling into Spring” Bike Event.This event is being combined with a flower festival, and the village is expecting upwards of a few thousand people attending both. Later in the fall, Cold Spring will be hosting a music festival to raise awareness for antibullying efforts. When asked to describe the village he loves, Tamagna called Cold Spring, “quaint and charming, with a nouveau twist that compares with the sophistication of Manhattan.” Garrison The hamlet of Garrison, also located in the town of Phillipstown, is like Cold Spring’s quiet older brother: The pace is slower, but the family resemblance is striking. The views across the Hudson are just easy on the eyes, and its landscape is dotted with such iconic and historical locations as the stately Boscobel mansion and gardens and the Manitoga/Russell White Design Center, former modernist home of designer Russel White, now a testament to White’s design philosophy of “easier living” in harmony with nature. Indeed, living in harmony with nature seems to be a key concept in Garrison. Visitors will notice immediately a distinct shortage of paved roads in the hamlet, and that’s just the way people around here like it. Big-box stores and strip mall sprawl are also refreshingly absent from the Hudson Highlands community, but privacy and outdoor recreational opportunities abound, particularly if you enjoy a good walk spoiled. Garrison loves its golf, and there are two courses within Garrison itself: the Garrison Gold and Country Club, and the Hudson Highlands Country Club. For those who prefer their walks unspoiled, they can always hike the Appalachian Trail (specifically Anthony’s Nose, located near the Bear Mountain Bridge) or explore one of the many New York-New Jersey Trail Conference trails nearby. Water lovers can kayak or canoe on the Hudson from Garrison or Cold Spring. In spite of its well-earned reputation of being all country, Garrison does offer opportunities to catch a play and experience live music. Garrison Landing,
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The rhythmic sounds of India and Africa might not be a traditional part of the scenic village of Cold Spring, but for musician Gwen Laster, she and her electric violin found the peace and piece of mind here over the past 10 years to create sweet music. So how does a violinist get here? Gwen Laster first picked up the instrument in grade school in her hometown of Detroit. There were no professional musicians in her family, but her mother, a passionate music fan, often played Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Miles Davis, and Wilson Pickett for her daughter. She loved hearing the string arrangements used in the studio work of those artists and she joined a school orchestra beginning her love affair with the violin. As her musical education Detroit’s public school system progressed, her teachers encouraged students to experiment. In high school, the orchestra director would point to a student during rehearsal and say, “Take a solo.” It was that same teacher who introduced Laster to the electric violin and took his students on field trips to recording studios where they learned the difference between recording in a studio and performing music live. She fondly remembers how she and a few fellow students even formed “string” bands and gigged around the city playing rock and R ’n’ B in the 1970s. After high school, Gwen attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, majoring in music (staying on for a graduate degree as well) and playing in a traditional orchestra but always traveling home on weekends to continue gigging with old friends. Laster says the discipline of a classical orchestra versus playing out helped her individual sound take shape. In time she says it became clear that her career as a jazz musician would always be limited in the Midwest, and in 1993 she moved to Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood. Once in New York, Laster followed the well-beaten path of so many other musicians and dove head first into the club scene. One gig led to another, and as she got to know more people Laster found herself moving from clubs to Broadway orchestras and eventually back to teaching jazz strings for the Harlem School of Arts. By the turn of the century, Laster reached a point in her career where she knew she loved her work but was completely burnt out on the New York hustle. Having already released two independent albums, 1996’s Sneak Preview, and I Hear You Smiling in 2003, it was time to decompress, but where? She credits her husband with stumbling across Cold Spring. A musician himself, he often traveled up and down the Hudson for gigs. On her first visit to the quaint river village, she was immediately struck by the aesthetics. “It’s drop dead gorgeous here,” Laster says. She didn’t just move because its pretty—the affordability and easy access to New York made it the ideal location for her to put down roots, and in 2004 she officially did. In the near decade she’s lived in Cold Spring, Laster says her scenic little village has changed a lot. “It’s gotten much more citified,” she says, “meaning there are a lot more people who have moved up here from New York and brought a lot of their progressive views with them.” For her, the community changes have all been positive, even if it means gentrification starts pushing some property values up. While she commutes in and out of the Bronxville recording studio where she’s working on her latest album, Gameboard, Laster’s expanded her teaching to include summer camps, workshops, and even yoga. Expect to find her latest work released this fall. —Jenna Flanagan
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the hamlet’s nationally designated historic district, is the community’s pride and joy. Not only is the Landing home to pristine examples of Gothic and Italianate Victorian architecture, but it also acts as the cultural hub of Garrison.The Garrison Art Center is located there, as well as the Philipstown Depot Theatre. Housed in the historic circa-1893 Garrison Train Station, the community theater hosts plays, movies, and documentaries, music, and youth acting classes. Musician, author, nature-lover, and Cold Spring resident David Rothenberg knows the area backward and forward. It’s clear that he’s right at home in this part of Putnam County, and he describes Garrison as “the uptown to Cold Spring’s downtown,” and its residents as “the intriguingly mysterious people who live in castles and glass-walled modernist palaces.” That doesn’t mean that folks from Cold Spring and Garrison don’t have common ground. “We do meet,” explained Rothenberg, “in the bars and on the bandstands, on the water and in the hills.” Mahopac The small lakeside community of Mahopac (pronounced, “Ma-HO-pac”; ask a local) is about 17 miles east of the Hudson River in the town of Carmel. Carmel itself is no stranger to accolades; it was named one of the Hudson Valley’s Top Seven Towns by Hudson Valley magazine in 2012. Mahopac is roughly six miles south of Carmel, situated along the shores of Lake Mahopac. As of the 2010 census, Mahopac’s population was 8,396, which is fairly substantial for a rural hamlet in south-central Putnam County. It’s safe to assert that residents of Mahopac aren’t living there for its nonstop nightlife and metropolitan sophistication. “It’s a sleepy kind of community, very quiet,” according to Mahopac resident and musician T. J. Tomlin. Tomlin, son of songwriter Pinky Tomlin and a seasoned musician who has played with such luminaries as Frankie Valli and Tom Jones, has lived in Mahopac for 30 years and calls the 587-acre hamlet “a great place to raise your kids or retire. It’s one of the most well-kept secrets in the entire world.” Indeed, Mahopac is all about the beauty of nature. The hamlet is adjacent to water bodies aside from Lake Mahopac, including Kirk Lake, Wixon Pond, and Long Pond. Lake Mahopac is home to three private islands: Fairy, Canopus, and Petre Islands. A few residences are located on Fairy, and Canopus is currently up for sale. The iconic A. K. Chahroudi Cottage, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is the only structure that exists on Petre Island. Meanwhile, on the mainland, lake-side properties overlooking stunning waterfront views are in great demand in Mahopac, making housing prices on the expensive side. In spite of its relative sleepiness compared to a happening village like Cold Spring, Mahopac offers some stellar dining options. Establishments like Dish Bistro and Wine Bar and Holy Smoke BBQ frequently make locals’ lists of best restaurants around. Additionally, there’s no shortage of Italian food in Mahopac, and pizzerias abound all around town. If Mahopac seems familiar, perhaps it’s because some of Tootsie was filmed there. Furthermore, the hamlet provided the backdrop to Blake Bailey’s novel Revolutionary Road, which was later turned into a film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. The story portrays the darker side of domesticity in the country, but don’t expect the backwater 1950s Hooterville that Bailey described in his book. Mahopac is awash in the beauty of the lower Hudson Valley, an important link in the chain that binds together the cosmopolitan downstate and the bucolic upstate portions of eastern New York.
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In the Land of Maple Leaves
Peter Barrett with buckets of sap collected from trees in Lake Hill, outside Woodstock.
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e’re lucky. We live in a region that produces one of the most compelling sweeteners in the world. In the dark days of winter, unseen magic begins to stir deep inside our maple trees as sap moves stored sugars up from the roots to prepare for spring growth. After Vermont, New York produces the most maple syrup in this country (though Québec dominates the industry, producing 75 percent of the world’s supply). We’re all familiar with syrup, of course, but as with so many foods there is some real satisfaction to be had by chasing the stuff all the way up the supply chain—in this case, to the trees themselves. Even if you have only one maple in your yard, like your faithful correspondent does, if it is of sufficient girth it can produce a startling amount of sap: two five-gallon buckets a day when the weather is right. Those 10 gallons of sap will yield a quart of syrup, since the reduction ratio is 40 to 1. Not a lot, maybe, but that’s just one day. If you have kids, there’s nothing more fun than teaching them the alchemy of sap. And it can become a lot more than just pancake syrup; it is very much worth exploring as an ingredient in and of itself. Below-freezing nights and above-freezing days mark the beginning of sap season. Straight from the tree, it’s water-clear, but containing between 2 and 5 percent sugar and other compounds that give it that inimitable flavor, in addition to minerals and amino acids. It’s a delightful cold beverage, like water with a little something extra: Nature’s own smart water. I freeze plastic jugs of it in my chest freezer to add thermal mass and so I can enjoy it on a hot day later in the year. (Try freezing sap into ice cubes and using them in cocktails.) If you have a seltzer maker, you could do worse than to carbonate some maple sap, either straight or cooked down a bit. As it reduces, the color turns gold and the sweetness increases. Poured off into glasses, the sweet, steaming sap is the perfect a beverage for a cold 84 food & drink ChronograM 4/13
March afternoon spent outside skimming and stoking the fire. As the reduction continues, other possibilities present themselves. At about five to one, it’s ideal for braising pork belly (see recipe below) or fermenting into vinegar. As it approaches syrup, very sweet but not yet viscous, floral and vanilla flavors become prominent, suggesting all sorts of dessert applications. Commercial syrup is generally finished at 66 degrees brix, meaning 66 percent sugar by weight. If you have a hydrometer, determining brix is easy. You can also use your eyes and tongue to pretty good effect: If it’s dark and sweet, it’s syrup, though if you plan on canning it it’s a good idea to be sure of the brix.You can also determine the sugar content with a candy thermometer, since finished sap boils at 219˚F. Some care should be taken as you near the end, because as it thickens it can burn easily if left alone, especially in a pan with a large surface area. If you cook it past the syrup stage, it becomes caramel, and can yield chewy or hard candy (or even granulated sugar) depending on how far you take it. A few years ago, my friend Danny Blume decided to tap some of the many maples on his property outside of Woodstock. The first year he cooked the sap down on his indoor woodstove, and it took days. Now he has a cinder-block stove built behind his house that neatly accommodates a large rectangular boiling pan. An average day’s haul from the taps we put in this year is somewhere around 30 gallons, with the bulk coming from a few venerable trees at the forest’s edge. Thirty-gallon trash barrels—sunk into the snow that lingers on the north side of his house to keep it fresh—store the surplus until there is time to boil. Since he works at home, this is pretty often; he wanders outside every 30 to 60 minutes to skim foam off the top and stick another couple of logs in the fire. Each year he adds a few more taps, and adds another day or two of boiling. “It’s fun, the kids love it, and it’s nice to get outside after a long winter.”
Clockwise from top left: Peter Barrett and Danny Blume watch over the boiling sap; in the foreground, ribs smoke on the smoker. Straining sap in cheesecloth prior to pouring the sap on to boil. Sap and pork stock reduced down to a sweet and savory glaze.
It’s important to use a stainless pan; last year Blume used a galvanized one and it ruined a full gallon of syrup—syrup, not sap—giving it an awful metallic taste. I have used a big speckleware enameled canning tub to good effect as well for smaller amounts. Your kitchen can get pretty steamy, and not a little sticky, depending on the quantity you make, but if you have a good vent hood it’s very doable. I boiled some this year, for vinegar and candy, among other things, but mostly I helped Blume schlep sap and tended the buckets when he and his family were out of town in exchange for some of that sweet, sweet syrup. Besides that, though, the hauling and pouring and skimming get the heart beating, a welcome feeling for gardeners in winter. And shooting the shit, happy outside on a raw day, sipping hot sap, is its own reward. Calling to give me an update, Blume recounts that our previous phone chat nearly ruined a batch. “I was about five seconds too late, and it started to burn.” But he bottled it, and it tastes amazing, with a subtle note of burnt caramel. After several years, and having each batch come out differently, but always superb, he has reached one conclusion: “It’s pretty hard to fuck up maple sap.” Some of that extra-dark batch is likely destined to become caramel candy: boiled down even further, then mixed with heavy cream and rolled in cocoa or chopped nuts. Herb Van Baren makes syrup for a living under the Oliverea Schoolhouse Maple label. It’s the best syrup I’ve ever tasted, and I’m not alone in that opinion. It’s rich, complex, and subtle. With about 4,000 taps spread across four sugar bushes, he averages about a thousand gallons of syrup each season, though it fluctuates dramatically depending on the weather. He uses vacuum pumps on his trees, which doubles the sap yield, and has a reverse osmosis machine (as do most commercial operations) that removes about 75 percent of the water before he begins boiling. Some companies remove more, but Van Baren feels that some flavors are lost without sufficient time spent over a wood
fire in a traditional evaporator: “Boiling develops flavor,” he says, especially in the case of a basic rig like Blume’s, where tongues of smoke curl over the pan and impart their taste to the result. Van Baren is particularly excited about this year’s batch. “It’s mostly light amber, and it’s got the maple, the vanilla, and the butter” flavors, with all three more pronounced and balanced than normal. Asked why his is so good, he credits geography. “It’s the trees and the soil, the glacial till in the Catskills.” Van Baren still finds himself adding more taps each year, using buckets because he has no more tubing. “It’s a sickness,” he laughs, using the same word Blume does to describe the creeping increase in ambition that seems inevitably to attend the tapping of sap. For aspiring sugar makers, Van Baren counsels a hot fire, a hydrometer, and a proper syrup filter that removes the tiny particles known as maple sand. Thus far, Blume has made do with only the fire, and it’s hard to argue with his admittedly unscientific results. It’s pretty magical really, unlike any other agricultural process in this part of the world (birch syrup is also good, but the reduction ratio is closer to 100 to 1) and it’s a completely renewable resource. Meantime, however, there are not a lot of DIY food projects that offer more reward: you drill holes in a tree and sugar pours out. There’s gold in them thar hills. This dish is a real treat, and features some of the best food our region has to offer in the last days of winter. Parsnips are best left in the ground until March, and then dug up as soon as the ground softens; in winter they convert their starches to sugar to keep from freezing. Your garden can thus offer you fabulous food before a single seed goes in the ground. I like to steam them over maple sap, them blend them smooth with the sap and a little cream. Push them through a sieve for an extra-velvety texture. Wild chives are probably growing around the edges of your yard, and they last all winter. They’re one of my all-time favorite wild foods, and ubiquitous, unlike their cousin the ramp. 4/13 ChronograM food & drink 85
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59 Main Street, Hurley, NY (845) 331-8852 www.vandeusenhouse.com vandeusn@netzero.com
Kingston, NY: (845) 331-7780, Poughkeepsie, NY: (845) 452-1250, Woodstock, NY: (845) 679-2251
Architecture Hudson Design 1949 Route Nine, Garrison, NY (845) 424-4810 www.hudsondesign.pro
North River Architecture 3650 Main Street, PO Box 720, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-6242 www.nriverarchitecture.com
Richard Miller, AIA (845) 255-4480 www.RichardMillerArchitect.com
Art Galleries & Centers Alzamora 197 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 702-7045
Art Galleries & Centers Exposures Gallery 1357 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, NY (845) 469-9382 www.exposures.com
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Auto Sales & Services Fleet Service Center 185 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4812
Banks Mid Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (800) 451-8373 www.mhvfcu.com
Ulster Savings Bank (866) 440-0391 www.ulstersavings.com
Beverages
James Cox Gallery
New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 www.markgrubergallery.com
Gallagher Solar Thermal
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Artisans Peaslee Design 82 Rocky Hill Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 594-1352 www.peasleedesign.com
Attorneys Traffic and Criminally Related Matters Karen A. Friedman, Esq., President of the Association of Motor Vehicle Trial Attorneys, 30 East 33rd Street, 4th FL, New York, NY (212) 213-2145, fax (212) 779-3289 www.newyorktrafficlawyers.com Representing companies and motorists throughout New York State Speeding, Reckless Driving, DWI Trucking Summons and Misdemeanors Aggravated Unlicensed Matters Appeals, Article 78 Cases 27 Years of Trial Experience
Audio & Video Markertek Video Supply www.markertek.com
Binnewater (845) 331-0504 www.binnewater.com
Esotec (845) 246-2411 www.esotecltd.com www.thirstcomesfirst. com www.drinkesotec.com sales@esotecltd.com Choose Esotec to be your wholesale beverage provider. For 25 year,s we’ve carried a complete line of natural, organic, and unusual juices, spritzers, waters, sodas, iced teas, and coconut water. If you are a store owner, call for details or a catalog of our full line. We’re back in Saugerties now!
Book & eBook Publishers ALVA Press, Inc. 214 Hooker Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-5200 Office (919) 239-3791 Cell http://alvapressinc.com info@alvapressinc.com Book and Book self-publishing. Personalized, expert editing and text/cover book and eBook design services. Book and eBook publishing. Worldwide eBook Distribution through alvapressinc.com,amazon.com, atlasbooks. com, and barnesandnoble.com.
Monkfish Publishing 22 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4861 www.monkfishpublishing.com
Bookstores Mirabai of Woodstock 23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2100 www.mirabai.com
Olde Warwick Booke Shoppe 31 Main Street, Warwick, NY (845) 544-7183 www.yeoldewarwickbookshoppe.com
Building Services & Supplies Associated Lightning Rod Co. (518) 789-4603, (845) 373-8309, (860) 364-1498 www.alrci.com
Bundschuh Stone Preservation www.bundschuhstonedesign.com
Cabinet Designers 747 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2200 www.cabinetdesigners.com
Foster Flooring Staatsburg, NY (845) 889-4747
Granite Factory 27 Renwick Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 562-9204 www.granitefactory.com
L Browe Asphalt Services (518) 479-1400 www.broweasphalt.com
Marbletown Hardware True Value 3606 Main Street, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-2098 www.marbletownhardware.com
MarkJames & Co. 199 Rt. 299, Suite 103, Highland, NY (845) 834-3047 www.markjamesandco.com info@markjames.co
N & S Supply www.nssupply.com info@nssupply.com
Will III House Design 199 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0869 www.willbuilders.com office@willbuilders.com
Cinemas Rosendale Theater Collective Rosendale, NY www.rosendaletheatre.org
Upstate Films 6415 Montgomery Street, Route 9, Rhinebeck (845) 876-2515, 132 Tinker Street, Woodstock (845) 679-6608, NY www.upstatefilms.org
Clothing & Accessories Blackbird Attic Boutique 442 Main Street , Beacon, NY www.blackbirdattic.com
de Marchin 620 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 828-2657
Kosa 502 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 828-6620 www.kosahudson.com
Lea’s Boutique 33 Hudson Avenue, Chatham, NY (518) 392-4666
Cooking Classes Natural Gourmet Cookery School 48 West 21st Street, New York, NY (212) 645-5170, Fax (212) 989-1493 www.naturalgourmetschool.com info@naturalgourmetschool.com
Craft Galleries Crafts People 262 Spillway Road, West Hurley, NY (845) 331-3859 www.craftspeople.us Representing over 500 artisans, Crafts People boasts four buildings brimming with fine crafts; the largest selection in the Hudson Valley. All media represented, including: sterling silver and 14K gold jewelry, blown glass, pottery, turned wood, kaleidoscopes, wind chimes, leather, clothing, stained glass, etc.
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Tracking Wonder Consulting
483 Route 217, Hudson, NY (518) 672-7021 www.meltzlumber.com
Jeffrey Davis, Chief Tracker, Accord, NY (845) 679-9441 www.trackingwonder.com
We help artists, social change-makers, and other creatives thrive amidst challenge and catalyze their ideas into art, books, and businesses that matter. Jeffrey Davis is a creativity consultant, book strategist, speaker, and author. Blog columnist for Psychology Today & The Creativity Post. Mentor in WCSU’s MFA in Professional & Creative Writing Program.
Custom Home Designer Atlantic Custom Homes 2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY (888) 558-2636 www.LindalNY.com and www.hudsonvalleycedarhomes.com info@LindalNY.com
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Pennings Farm Market & Orchards 161 South Route 94, Warwick, NY (845) 986-1059 www.penningsfarmmarket.com
Sunflower Natural Foods Market 75 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5361 www.sunflowernatural.com info@sunflowernatural.com
TheGreenSpace 73B Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 417-7178 www.ShopTheGreenSpace.com
Center for Metal Arts 44 Jayne Street, Florida, NY (845) 651-7550 www.centerformetalarts.com/blog
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Durants Tents & Events 1155 Route 9, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-0011 www.durantstents.com info@durantstents.com
Kaatsbaan International Dance Center www.facebook.com/kaatsbaan www.kaatsbaan.org
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Financial Advisors Third Eye Associates, Ltd. 38 Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 752-2216 www.thirdeyeassociates.com
Gardening & Garden Supplies Mac’s Agway
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Northern Dutchess Botanical Gardens
Woodstock Writer’s Festival
389 Salisbury Turnpike, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2953 www.NDBGonline.com
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Annie Internicola, Illustrator www.aydeeyai.com
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Adam’s Fairacre Farms 1240 Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845)569-0303, 1560 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-6300, 765 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-4330 www.adamsfarms.com
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Allure 47 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7774 allure7774@aol.com
Historic Sites Clermont State Historic Site
Millbrook, NY (845) 988-6468 www.archriverfarm.com
One Clermont Avenue, Germantown, NY (518) 537-4240 www.friendsofclermont.org
Beacon Natural Market
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250 Lake Street (Route 32), Newburgh, NY (845) 569-9065
Hawthorne Valley Farm Store 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7500 www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org Mon - Sat 7:30 to 7, Sundays 9 to 5 A full-line natural foods store set on a 400-acre Biodynamic farm in central Columbia County with on-farm organic Bakery and Creamery. Farm-fresh foods include cheeses, yogurts, raw milk, breads, pastries, sauerkraut, and more. Two miles east of the Taconic Parkway at the Harlemville/Philmont exit. Farm tours can also be arranged by calling the Farm Learning Center: 518-672-7500 x 231.
Mother Earth’s Store House 1955 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 296-1069 249 Main Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-9614 300 Kings Mall Court, Route 9W, Kingston, NY (845) 336-5541 www.motherearthstorehouse.com Founded in 1978, Mother Earth’s is committed to providing you with the best possible customer
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Village Hall, 16 Croton Avenue, Ossining, NY www.villageofossining.org
Home Furnishings & Decor Ethan Allen Route 32, 94 North Plank Road, Newburgh, NY (845) 565-6000
Lounge High Falls, NY (845) 687-9463 www.loungefurniture.com
Niche Modern www.nichemodern.com/factory-sale
Home Improvement Certapro Painters (845) 987-7561 www.certapro.com
H.G. Page Home & Hardware 360 Manchester Road, Poughkeepsie, NY www.hgpage.com
William Wallace Construction (845) 750-7335 www.williamwallaceconstruction.com
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Interior Design Amy Krane Color (917) 843-3553 www.amykranecolor.com amy@amykranecolor.com
Internet Services DragonSearch (845) 383-0890 www.dragonsearchmarketing.com dragon@dragonsearch.net
Marine Creative (888) 305-6800 ext. 1 www.focuslocal.net sales@FocusLocal.net
Jewelry, Fine Art & Gifts Dreaming Goddess 44 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2206 www.DreamingGoddess.com
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Warren Kitchen & Cutlery 6934 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6208 www.warrenkitchentools.com The Hudson Valley’s culinary emporium for anyone who loves to cook or entertain. A selection of fine cutlery, professional cookware, appliances, barware and serving pieces. An assortment of machines for fine coffee brewing. Expert sharpening on premises. Open seven days.
Landscaping Augustine Landscaping & Nursery 9W & Van Kleecks Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 338-4936 www.augustinenursery.com
Coral Acres, Keith Buesing, Topiary, Landscape Design, Rock Art (845) 255-6634
Webster Landscape Sheffield, MA (413) 229-8124 www.websterlandscapes.com
Zimmer Gardens (201) 280-2167 www.zimmergardens.com
Lawyers & Mediators Schneider, Pfahl & Rahme, LLP (212) 629-7744 www.schneiderpfahl.com
Wellspring (845) 534-7668 www.mediated-divorce.com
Musical Instruments Imperial Guitar & Soundworks 99 Route 17K, Newburgh, NY (845) 567-0111 www.imperialguitar.com
Organizations Jewish Family Services of Ulster County 280 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 338-2980 www.jfsulster.org
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Performing Arts Bardavon Opera House 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org
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Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 200 Hurd Road, Bethel, NY (866) 781-2922 www.bethelwoodscenter.org info@bethelwoodscenter.org
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Eisenhower Hall Theatre - USMA West Point, NY www.ikehall.com
Falcon Music & Art Productions 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY (845) 236 7970 www.liveatthefalcon.com
Laugh-a-Lot Productions (917) 687-2555 www.laughalottheclown.com
Aqua Jet 1606 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-8080 www.aquajetpools.com
Ne Jame Pools, Ltd. (845) 677-7665 www.nejamepools.com
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Ridgefield Playhouse
Fast Signs
80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT (203) 438-5795 www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org
1830 South Rd Suite 101, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-5600 www.fastsigns.com/455 455@fastsigns.com
Tango Classes www.tangonewpaltz.com www.hudsontango.com
The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio
Real Estate catskillfarms.blogspot.com
Paula Redmond Real Estate Inc.
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College
(877) 486-5769 www.alpineendeavors.com
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (845) 758-7900 www.fischercenter.bard.edu
Mohonk Preserve
(845) 677-0505 (845) 876-6676 paularedmond.com (845) 516-4261 www.gardensatrhinebeck.com
Recreation Alpine Endeavors
(845) 255-0919 www.mohonkpreserve.org
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Brook Farm Veterinary Center
Bishop Dunn Memorial School
Patterson, NY (845) 878-4833 www.brookfarmveterinarycenter.com
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Earth Angels Veterinary Hospital
2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-5343 www.caryinstitute.org
6830 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-9000
Photography Fionn Reilly Photography Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 www.fionnreilly.com
Roy Gumpel Photography (845) 544-5373
Ulster County Photography Club 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen, NY (845) 338-5580 www.esopuslibrary.org The Ulster County Photography club meets the 2n Wednesday each month at 6:30 pm. Meet at the Town of Esopus Library. All interested are welcome.
Picture Framing Atelier Renee Fine Framing The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth Street, Suite 3, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-1004 www.atelierreneefineframing.com renee@atelierreneefineframing.com A visit to Red Hook must include stopping at this unique workshop! Combining a beautiful selection of moulding styles and mats with conservation quality materials, expert design advice and skilled workmanship, Renee
15 Main Street, Hyde Park, NY (845) 242-8336 www.nextstepcollegecounseling.com smoore@nextstepcollegecounseling.com
SUNY New Paltz School of Fine and Performing Arts New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3860 www.newpaltz.edu/artnews
SUNY Ulster 491 Cottekill Rd, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 339-2025 www.sunyulster.edu/CampUlster Campulster@sunyulster.edu
Wild Earth Wilderness School New Paltz / High Falls area, (845) 256-9830 www.wildearth.org info@wildearth.org
Sunrooms Hudson Valley Sunrooms Route 9W, Beacon, NY (845) 838-1235 www.hvsk.fourseasonssunrooms.com
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Catskill Farm Builders
339 Central Ave, Albany, NY (518) 465-5233 www.thelinda.org The Linda provides a rare opportunity to get up close and personnel with world-renowned artists, academy award winning directors, headliner comedians and local, regional, and national artists on the verge of national recognition. An intimate, affordable venue, serving beer and wine, The Linda is a night out you won’t forget.
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Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
ROOTS & WINGS / Rev Puja Thomson P.O. Box 1081, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2278 www.rootsnwings.com/ceremonies puja@rootsnwings.com Rev. Puja A. J. Thomson will help you create a heartfelt ceremony that uniquely expresses your commitment, whether you are blending different spiritual, religious, or ethnic traditions, are forging your own or share a common heritage. Puja’s calm presence and lovely Scottish voice add a special touch. “Positive, professional, loving, focused and experienced.”
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 www.byrdcliffe.org events@woodstockguild.org
Wine & Liquor JK’s Wine & Liquors
330 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7092 www.hawthornevalleyschool.org Located in central Columbia County, NY and situated on a 400-acre working farm, Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School supports the development of each child and provides students with the academic, social, and practical skills needed to live in today’s complex world. Also offering parent-child playgroups and High School boarding. Local busing and regional carpools. Nurturing living connections, from early childhood through grade 12.
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Maplebrook School Route 22, Amenia, NY (845) 373-9511
Mount Saint Mary College 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh, NY (845) 569-3225 www.msmc.edu
The Merchant Wine and Liquor 730 Ulster Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 331-1923
Miron Wine and Spirits 15 Boices Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 336-5155 www.mironwineanspirits.com
Workshops The Shirt Factory, 77 Cornell Street, Kingston, NY (845) 339-7834 www.HudsonValleyPhotoshop.com
R & F Handmade Paints 84 Ten Broeck Avenue, Kingston, NY (800) 206-8088 www.rfpaints.com info@rfpaints.com
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New York Military Academy 78 Academy Avenue, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY (845) 534-3710
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modern yogis are reaching out to uplift the lives of others. by wendy kagan
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lot of things can happen at a yoga teacher training program in Rwanda. Unexpected things. Life-changing things. Throw-you-for-a-loop things. “Weddings just pop up, and trainees bail for a whole day” says Megan Leigh, the Chichester-based yoga teacher at the helm of a recent Africa training. A student’s prosthetic leg breaks, and money is hurriedly raised to replace it. Another day, someone is kicking up into her first-ever handstand, and a newbie teacher is finding his voice in a series of Sun Salutations led on the fly. At the Ubushobozi Project, a sewing and weaving NGO near Dian Fossey’s mountain gorilla country, it’s a lot to take in. Yet there are few places in the world that Leigh—the owner of ChichesterYoga, just outside Phoenicia—would rather be.The trainees, mostly teenage girls supporting their families, rise at 4 a.m. and return home after dark to do chores before and after the daylong yoga sessions. With only a little prior exposure to yoga from Western visitors, the project workers are hungry for the ancient Indian practice and its healing gifts. “Rwanda is one of those rare places where you can experience the effects of your work in real time,” says Leigh. The collective’s response to the opportunity to become teachers is so overwhelming that Leigh has so far raised money for two volunteer training visits, one completed in 2012 and another in February 2013, so she can give her time, her heart, and her yoga to people who need it most. A Yoga Peace Corps Extraordinary as it is, Leigh’s Rwanda experience is not the only outreach story of its kind these days. A blossoming field of yoga service is taking root and spreading internationally—evidenced by a body of research around yoga’s therapeutic effectiveness with underserved populations at home and abroad. Recent studies show the benefits of yoga and mindfulness practices for everyone from PTSD military veterans and at-risk youth to cancer survivors and prison inmates. Disparate efforts to bring yoga to populations like these are coming together to resemble something like a grassroots movement. Many of the field’s experienced envoys as well as new enthusiasts will gather June 7 to 9, 2013, at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck for the second-annual Yoga Service Conference. While talks and breakout sessions will allow participants to share best practices and find community, a luminary list of presenters will include yoga research expert and author Kelly McGonigal, PhD, and Trauma Center founder Bessel van der Kolk, MD. “We’re taking a two-pronged approach,” says Jennifer Cohen Harper, a founding member of the Yoga Service Council, the organization behind the conference. “One is to delve into very specific populations and their needs, and the other is to take a broad look at the field as a whole to see what we have in common and how we can support each other.” The connection between yoga and service is a natural one, built into the very fabric of yogic philosophy and tradition. “Seva” or karma yoga—the yoga of selfless service, or the art of giving without expecting anything in return—is a path of
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yoga that runs parallel to asana, the physical practice of yoga poses. Karma yoga can encompass any act of selflessness or volunteerism, from Mother Theresa-like work to simply putting another person’s needs ahead of one’s own. Physical yoga doesn’t have to be part of the offering—but it’s often a perfect fit. “The inspiration to serve usually comes from a very personal place in the life of a yoga practitioner or teacher,” says Cohen Harper. “Once people experience the transformation in their own lives that a regular yoga practice inevitably brings, it’s impossible not to see the connection between yoga, mindfulness, and an improved quality of life for other people.” On the flip side, many experts who work daily with underserved populations—social workers, teachers, therapists, health-care workers—are finding in yoga a powerful modality to add to their repertoire. “They’re struggling to find tools that work,” says Cohen Harper, “and they’re often really startled by yoga’s effectiveness. Naturally, they want to learn more.” From Inspiration to Action For Leigh, the Rwanda sojourns seem like an act of fate: Ever since a friend visited the area on vacation in 2010 and told her about the Ubushobozi Project and the young women who spend their days sewing bags and weaving baskets, she knew that one day yoga would take her there. A Westerner from the Dian Fossey Foundation had already taught some yoga to the project’s workers, and they ate it up. “Then the money ran out and the yoga stopped,” says Leigh. “So I decided to go. But I didn’t want to just teach them. I wanted to train them so they could stop waiting for tourists to come and teach them yoga.” After a short fundraising campaign, she set off for the first 10-day training in February 2012, not knowing what to expect. Not only did she find the trainees super-fit (they walk two hours each way to work every day), but their enthusiasm bubbled over. “There is so little support there that any support is noticeable,” says Leigh. “It’s a country with PTSD. Everybody is connected to the genocide of the 1990s in some way, so there aren’t many people over 40.” At 44, Leigh finds herself considered a “muchechu,” an old lady.Yet despite the memorials at every street corner, she discovers in Rwanda an indomitable spirit. “In general it’s a really welcoming, loving, friendly culture,” says Leigh. “The project is a happy place, despite the odds. It’s a success story.” Like many yoga service volunteers, Leigh has no specific training in cross-culture outreach work. She lets inspiration and intuition show her the way, and thankfully these guides haven’t let her down. Culturally, she’s had to feel her way—choosing to leave most yogic philosophy out of her teaching in a country that’s had its fill of dogma. And then there are the social challenges. “Rape is a huge problem,” says Leigh. “Not only does the woman experience that trauma, but sometimes it’s used to entrap the girls into marriage.” To help address this, Leigh is working on bringing self-defense training to the Ubushobozi Project through an NGO called No Means No. Now that she’s got a taste for service, she’s ready to take it even further. “I always
Left: Photos from Megan Leigh’s yoga teacher trainings in Rwanda in 2012 and 2013.
get fed more than I give,” says Leigh. “When you feel yourself brimming over and your hairs are standing on end, then you know it’s worth it—in all its imperfections and all the stuff that goes on when you’re working for free. It fills me up.” Angels in Our Midst From the minute she steps off a plane, Leigh tells me, she comes alive. But other yogis find their karma calling closer to home. Ellen Forman, who teaches yoga at Sky Baby Studio in Cold Spring, started her own service project at the Putnam/ Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center in Mahopac. At this freestanding shelter where women and their children find refuge from domestic violence, Forman taught a series of free classes in the summer of 2010. The constant flux of residents and the omnipresent kids wandering in and out of the room made for an unpredictable teaching environment—but Forman adapted by keeping the structure loose and the yoga gentle. Sessions included guided breathing and positive-thinking exercises geared toward finding sanctuary within. “When you have to armor yourself over because of abuse, you don’t even know how you feel,” says Forman. “I think the women were able to let down their guard a little bit. To relax and let go of the stress was pretty huge.” Her benchmark for success came about a month after the experience, when she ran into a woman who had completed her stay at the shelter and gone back into the world. “I’m over at Mrs. Green’s [Natural Market] in Mahopac, and I hear ‘Yoga lady, yoga lady!’ The woman gives me a hug and says, ‘You don’t know how much your class affected me.’ She was feeling empowered and was so thankful.” Forman continues to offer the occasional karma yoga class in which she donates all proceeds to a local cause such as a homeless shelter or animal shelter. “I’m drawn to reaching out,” she says. “It feels really right.” Bringing yoga to hospitals and prisons is the kind of service that excites New Paltz yoga teacher Maggie Heinzel-Neel.Yet while she completed a special training in teaching yoga to prisoners, she has yet to find a Hudson Valley correctional facility that will take her on as a volunteer instructor; miles of bureaucratic red tape seem to stand in the way. Hospital yoga has been easier to manifest. For about the past four years, Heinzel-Neel has been teaching a restorative yoga and meditation class at Benedictine Hospital’s Cancer Support House in Kingston. “I do a lot of guided meditation with the patients,” says Heinzel-Neel, who also teaches at NP Rock and Ashtanga Yoga of New Paltz. “It’s a great way to tap into the inner awareness and bigger presence that we’re all connected to. For many of them, it’s very new and they’re just blown away.” In another project close to her heart, she plans to restart her series of “Sacred Sunday” yoga classes that donate all proceeds to Women for Women International, an organization that supports desperate women in war-torn countries. In previous years, Heinzel-Neel and her students raised enough money to sponsor three women for a year through this life-changing organization. “My new vision is to inspire some students to each support a woman for a year, and then to take a trip together to visit and do yoga with these women. That’s my hope and dream.” A Flexible Movement Can downward dogs make the world a better place? Yes, says Cohen Harper—as long as we make an effort to keep yoga inclusive and adaptable. “There’s a culture around yoga studios that not everybody feels a part of,” she says. “We want to encourage people to think about the specific needs of the populations they’re working with, recognizing that there’s no one-size-fits-all yoga.” If the service movement keeps gaining ground, future steps could involve working to get yoga therapeutics covered by health insurance, for example. For Leigh, the next goal is to return to Rwanda to help one of her trainees open the region’s first yoga studio. “There’s something that happens when we practice yoga that is unexplainable, that’s magical, and that I can’t take credit for at all,” says Leigh. “If you add to that just being present with people and keeping your heart open, that’s one of the most loving things you can do. I think that’s part of why the yoga works.” RESOURCES Ellen Forman Pranamoonyoga.com Maggie Heinzel-Neel heinzel-neel@earthlink.net Megan Leigh Chichesteryoga.com Ubushobozi Project Ubushobozi.org Yoga Service Council Yogaservicecouncil.org chronogram.com Watch a slideshow of Maggie Heinzel-Neel’s Women for Women International experience in Africa.
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UPCOMING EVENTS Walking The Ecstatic Path: A Weekend Retreat for Unblocking the Chakras 4/19 - 4/21 Chakra of the Month: In-depth, Embodied Exploration One Chakra at a Time 1st Chakra - 5/18; 2nd Chakra - 6/15; 3rd Chakra - 7/13; 4th Chakra - 8/10; 5th Chakra- 9/21; 6th Chakra - 10/19; 7th Chakra - 11/23 (Come for the series or individual sessions) The Story Is The Journey: Connect with Your Inner Process through Myth and Story 6/20 - 6/23 Dancing With the Goddess: A Women’s Gathering 7/19 - 7/21 Standing In My Life: Uncovering, Embracing and Living Your Empowered Self 8/22 - 8/25
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Primal Life Training Balanced alternative personal training adopts ancestral principles and incorporates them into modern life Keith Kenney, NSCA-CPT, CSCS
New Paltz 845-380-2314 primallifetraining.com
Acupuncture Creekside Acupuncture and Natural Medicine, Stephanie Ellis, L Ac 371A Main Street, Rosendale, NY (845) 546-5358 www.creeksideacupuncture.com
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Private treatment rooms, attentive one-onone 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, ecofriendly materials.
Hoon J. Park, MD, PC 1772 South Road, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-6060
Transpersonal Acupuncture (845) 340-8625 www.transpersonalacupuncture.com
Aromatherapy Joan Apter (845) 679-0512 (845) 338-2965 joanapter@earthlink.net
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Astrology Planet Waves Kingston, NY (845) 797-3458 www.planetwaves.net
Body & Skin Care Hudson Valley Skincare www.hudsonvalleyskincare.com
Counseling Healing at Heart (845) 242-5038 www.healingatheart.com
Julie Zweig, MA, Certified Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner, Imago Relationship Therapist and NYS Licensed Mental Health Counselor (845) 255-3566 www.zweigtherapy.com julieezweig@gmail.com
The Accord Center for Counseling & Psychotherapy (845) 646-3191 www.theaccordcenter.com
The Rite Brane 69 Main Street, 3rd Floor, New Paltz, NY (845) 625-7591 theritebrane@gmail.com
Fitness Trainers Primal Life Training
Healing Centers Namaste Sacred Healing Center Willow, NY (845) 688-7205; (845) 853-2310 www.namasteshc.com
Villa Veritas Foundation Kerhonkson, NY (845) 626-3555 www.villaveritas.org info@villaveritas.org
12 Davis Avenue, Vassar Professional Building, Poughkeepsie (845) 473-4939 www.HVCNF.com
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John M. Carroll 715 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8420 www.johnmcarrollhealer.com
John is a spiritual counselor, healer, and teacher. He uses guided imagery, morphology, and healing energy to help facilitate life changes. He has successfully helped his clients to heal themselves from a broad spectrum of conditions, spanning terminal cancer to depression. The Center also offers hypnosis, and Raindrop Technique.
Kary Broffman, RN, CH (845) 876-6753 Karyb@mindspring.com
15 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 www.womenwithwisdom.com nplumer@hvi.net
Energy Healing and Mystery School with One Light Healing Touch in Stone Ridge begins January 11, 2013. The School is based in Shamanic, Esoteric and Holistic teachings. Learn to increase your intuition, psychic abilities; release old programming - hurt, grief, sadness, pain; become empowered, grounded, and heart-centered; access Source energy and increase spiritual awareness and more. Call for information and registration.
At Kripalu, we invite you to breathe—to intentionally pause the ongoing demands of life, bring your attention inward, and rediscover your authentic nature. Conscious engagement with the breath connects you with the intelligence and power of the life force within and around you. Whenever you are faced with a challenge— on the yoga mat, in a relationship, at work, or with your health—you can draw on a deep sense of ease, purpose, and mastery to create positive change. We call it the yoga of life. read kripalu.org/onlinelibrary/whydopranayama join the conversation
mission driven, donor supported Stockbridge, Massachusetts | 800-741-7353 | kripalu.org
Zweig Therapy Julie Zweig, MA, LMHC
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies
Herbal Medicine & Nutrition
(800) 944-1001 www.eomega.org
Empowered By Nature
Stone Ridge Healing Arts
(845) 416-4598 www.EmpoweredByNature.net lorrainehughes54@gmail.com
3457 Main Street, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-7589 www.stoneridgehealingarts.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.
Hospitals
Cassandra Currie, MS, RYT Holistic Health Counselor 41 John Street, Kingston, NY (845) 532-7796 www.holisticcassandra.com
Hansen Healing (845) 687-8440 www.hansenhealing.com
New Paltz, New York • (845) 255-3566 • (845) 594-3366
www.ZweigTherapy.com • julieezweig@gmail.com
Health Alliance 396 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 334-4248 www.hahv.org
Health Quest Medical Practice www.health-quest.org
Sharon Hospital
Holistic Health
Imago Relationship Therapy
50 Hospital Hill Road, Sharon, CT (860) 364-4000 www.sharonhospital.com
Hypnosis Susan Spiegel Solovay Hudson Valley, NY and Great Barrington, MA (917) 881-0072 www.HypnoCoachNY.com healingwithhypno@fairpoint.net
Hansen Healing Carolyn E Hansen
Brennan Healing Science Practitioner Certified Hands of Light ™ Workshop Leader Brennan Integration Practitioner E X P E R I E N C E E N E R G Y H E A L I N G A S TA U G H T AT THE PREMIER HEALING SCHOOL IN THE WORLD
www.hansenhealing.com Give me a call! (845) 687-8440
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Hudson Valley Center for Neurofeedback
Massage Therapy
Judy Swallow MA, LCAT, TEP
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Rubenfeld Synergy® Psychodrama Training
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Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa
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220 North Road, Milton, NY (877) 7-INN-SPA; (845) 795-1310 www.buttermilkfallsinn.com
Luxurious massage therapy with medicinal grade Essential Oils; Raindrop Technique, Emotional Release, Facials, Stones. Animal care, health consultations, spa consultant, classes and keynotes. Offering full line of Young Living Essential oils, nutritional supplements, personal care, pet care, children’s and non-toxic cleaning products.
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Osteopathy
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Joseph Tieri, DO, & Ari Rosen, DO, 3457 Main Street, Stone Ridge; 138 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 687-7589 www.stoneridgehealingarts.com
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.
Psychics
H Y P N O s i s - c Oac H i N g
Psychic Readings by Rose
Kary Broffman, R.N., c.H. 845-876-6753 • karybroffman.com
(845) 626-4895 or (212) 714-8125 www.psychicallyspeaking.com gail@psychicallyspeaking.com
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Discover how to effortlessly turn fear, loss, grief, stress, trauma, addiction, spiritual crisis, and any other life challenge into courage, joy, peace, love, creativity, abundance, self mastery, life mastery and flow. The Sedona Method is an elegantly simple yet remarkably profound and effective way to effortlessly dissolve any obstacle to having the life that we all desire. For the only certified and authorized Sedona Method coaching in the Hudson Valley call The Accord Center, 845 626 3191. Phone sessions are available. Find more information and testimonials at www.theaccordcenter.com
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Retreat Centers Garrison Institute Route 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 424-4800 www.garrisoninstitute.org garrison@garrisoninstitute.com
Retreats supporting positive personal and social change in a renovated monastery overlooking the Hudson River. Featuring Urban Earth Day Dinner, April 18, 7pm, and Fr. Carl Arico & Mary Anne Best: The Gift of Life: Death & Dying, Life & Living – On The Contemplative Christian Journey, April 19-25.
Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-6897 ext. 0 www.menla.org menla@menla.org
Spirituality AIM Group 6 Deming Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5650 www.sagehealingcenter.org
Tarot
Amy R. Frisch, LCSW New Paltz, NY (845) 706-0229
Janne Dooley, LCSW, Brigid’s Well New Paltz, NY (347) 834-5081 www.Brigidswell.com Janne@BrigidsWell.com
Brigid’s Well is a psychotherapy, coaching and supervision practice. Janne specializes in childhood trauma, addictions, codependency, relationship issues, and inner child work. Coaching for Life Transitions and Practice Building for Health Professionals. Starting in 2013 monthly Trauma Training Workshops for therapists and healers and Circle of Women Workshop Series. Call for information or consultation. FB page: www. BrigidsWell.com/facebook. Sign up for Newsletter on Website.
Judy Swallow, MA, LCAT, TEP 25 Harrington Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-7502 www.hvpi.net
Residential Care Always There Home Care (845) 339-6683 www.alwaystherehomecare.org
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1158 North Avenue, Beacon, NY (845) 831-2421 www.gianettasalonandspa.com
Psychotherapy
Accord Center for Counseling & Psychotherapy
Internationally Renowned Psychic Over 30 years Experience Sessions In-Person or By Phone
Giannetta Salon and Spa
40 Mill Hill, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-6801
Psychically Speaking
Consultations by Gail Petronio
Resorts & Spas
Rosa Torres, formely of The Owl and The Serpent 614 North Elting Corners Road, Highland, NY (845) 417-4738 thehealingcraft@hotmail.com
Tarot-on-the-Hudson‚ Rachel Pollack Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-5797 www.rachelpollack.com rachel@rachelpollack.com
Yoga Clear Yoga: Iyengar Yoga in Rhinebeck Suite 6423 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6129 www.clearyogarhinebeck.com
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health Stockbridge, MA (800) 741-7353 www.kripalu.org
Yoga Nude in Albany Albany County, NY (518) 577-8172 www.yoganudeinalbany.com yoganudeinalbany@yahoo.como
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Free Fun Free Food Free Parking Saturday, April 20 11am -3pm Kingston YMCA
Sunday, June 2nd 50-Mile Bud Clarke Challenge 30-Mile Ride 12-Mile Ride 5-Mile Family Ride Registration and Start Tmes available at:
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The Mother-Daughter Connection Medication-free treatment for ADD / ADHD Spring icing Special pr OFFer. call TODaY!
a parenting support group
Left: Barbara Monaco, LSCW-R, BCN, Executive Director Center: Dan Meyer, PhD, BCB-N. Clinical Director Right: Alyssa Montgomery, BA,BCN, Associate
Neurofeedback is a non-invasive intervention to help retrain the brain related to ADHD, Learning Challenges, PDD/Autism, Migraines and other headaches, OCD, Anxiety, Panic and TBI.
12 Davis Avenue, Vassar Professional Building, Poughkeepsie, NY 845.473.4939 www.HVCNF.com IBM Employee SCCAP Reimbursement Available
A support group for women raising teenage daughters
Saturday mornings and Wednesday evenings • New Paltz, NY Facilitator: Amy Frisch, LCSW (845) 706-0229 for more information www.itsagirlthinginfo.com
Neurofeedback now recognized as a best practice by the American Academy of Pediatrics
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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 UPCOMING CLASSES Spring Morphology Class April 5th, 6th, and 7th, Kingston, NY Healers Workshop May 4th and 5th, Long Beach, NY See John’s website for details.
johnmcarrollhealer.com or call 845-338-8420
Helping the alcoholic and addict find the gift of sobriety for over 4 decades and 4 generations. MEN’S PROGRAM
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(845) 626-3555
Kerhonkson, New York
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BROADWAY & CABARET SERIES
THE 8-DAY WEEK PODCAST
Tickets include open bar, hors d'oeuvres & silent auction A Vegas style production with all his hits “Release Me (And Let Me Love Again),” and so many more!
Broadway Backstage Friday, April 5
BROADWAY & CABARET SERIES
With behind the scenes stories and performances from the stars of Les Mis, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Chaplin, Wicked and more!
One Night of Queen
Performed by Gary Mullen & The Works Saturday, April 6
ROCK SERIES
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WE WILL ROCK YOU! A stunning recreation and celebration of the music of Queen. With hits “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and “Killer Queen.”
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Rusted Root
Sunday, April 7
With Special Guest Brian Jarvis Band
ROCK SERIES
Known for hit “Send Me On My Way.” A great night of jam heavy rock with percussion influences based on the music of Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
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www.newpaltz.edu/music 845.257.2700 Personal World Music Ensemble April 2 at 8:00 p.m. Julien J. Studley Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door
Choral Concert April 16 at 8:00 p.m. Julien J. Studley Theatre $8. $6. $3 at the door
Chamber Jazz Ensembles 1, 2, 3 April 22, 24, 25 at 7:00 p.m. Julien J. Studley Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door
Symphonic Band Amy Cheng, Broaching the Subject, 2012 [see The Dorsky for information on the exhibition, Fields of Vision: Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty]
T THEATRE www.newpaltz.edu/theatre Box Office opens April 8 845.257.3880 THE PRODUCERS, by Mel Brooks
April 23 at 8:00 p.m. Julien J. Studley Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door
Collegium Musicum April 28 at 3:00 p.m. Nadia & Max Shepard Recital Hall $8, $6, $3 at the door
Classical Voice Students April 30 at 8:00 p.m. Julien J. Studley Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door
April 18-28 Tickets: $20, $18, $9 Online tickets now at www.newpaltz.edu/theatre S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W Y O R K
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Cheshire, a sculpture by Sanford Biggers, will be shown as part of the Serious Laughs festival later this caption month.
A Respite from Daily Madness Following the 9/11 attacks, the Age of Irony was said to have ended. The pronouncement was premature; the increasing absurdity of American life has jacked up our wry, tonguein-cheek, dripping-in-sarcasm response. No wonder many Americans rely on their nightly news fix from “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report.” Into the fray arrives the timely Serious Laughs, a three-week festival (April 20 through May 12) whose subtitle promises “Art, Politics, Humor.” Paintings, drawings, sculpture, video, theatrical performances, and multimedia art installations will be mounted in venues throughout Kingston. It is the opening salvo of a planned year-long celebration created by Chris Silva of Bardavon and scheduled for both Ulster and Dutchess Counties. Assembling the Serious Laughs festival is Daniel Mason, a polymath (arts curator, writer, and lecturer) with degrees from both Yale and Bard. The goal of this sprawling event, the Kingston resident said, is to examine the role of humor as a balm for our current welter of everyday malaises, be they personal, political, or economic. “So in a time of crisis,” Mason says, “how is humor used for entertainment, but also for more political and more aggressive ways?” The centerpiece of Serious Laughs is a pair of concerts by Kathy Griffin (April 21) and Lewis Black (April 28), both at UPAC. While markedly different in their over-thetop approaches, Mason suggests that the comedians attain the same goal in their respective acts: an acknowledgment of—and then respite from—daily instances of madness. “Through the use of comedy and humor, they find a common ground,” he says. Additional guest comics will headline nightclubs and restaurants across Kingston. Once the tent-pole acts were booked, Mason built exhibitions around them. Having curated gallery exhibits around the country, he leveraged his influence to bring art from masters as well as mavericks, internationally known figures as well as regional artists
on their way up. Visual art exhibitions will be mounted at UPAC and the Kingston Public Library. Among the artists represented: Cindy Sherman, John Cage, Nina Katchadourian, William Wegman, Kevin Frank, Alison Bechdel, Sanford Biggers, Ward Shelley, Josh Shaddock, Olaf Breuning, Ken Landauer, Kalup Linzy, William Pachner, Pat Oleszko, Liliana Porter, Tim Davis, Ariel Schrag, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Bob Snead, Lisa Sanditz, and Dana Schutz. The unifying motif of these pieces, Mason says, is the use of humor in contemporary art. (Expect interpretations of those guidelines to vary from raucous to vulgar to rueful.) Gallery show admissions are free. For the first time, UPAC will be transformed into an art space. Mason promises interior and exterior installations that are provocative and challenging. In fact, he refers to the works as “interventions” or “transgressions” that will force attendees “to look differently at “the architectural and social dynamic” of the familiar space. Serious Laughs is also interactive; free workshops at UPAC and the Kingston Public Library, open to teens and adults, will guide you in creating comedic masks and developing your own act. Participants will take part in “an absurdist improvised performance.” Mason has much more to say about the role of comics as theatrical actors and can expound at length on calculated self-portraiture on the stage. But it’s probably best to leave the heavy intellectual lifting to Mason and jump in. When it comes to Serious Laughs, all you really need bring is your funny bone. But don’t be surprised if you happen to stimulate your cerebral cortex. Serious Laughs: Arts, Politics, Humor takes place at venues across Kingston from April 20 through May 12. (845) 339-6088; Bardavon.org. —Jay Blotcher 4/13 ChronograM forecast 101
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Dutchess Peace 5:30-7pm. First Monday of every month. All those interested in peace, social justice, and the revolution of the 99% are invited Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 876-7906.
Columbia County Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours 5-7pm. Cantele Tent Rentals, Ghent. (518) 822-1347. Visitor Services Volunteer General Interest Meeting 7pm. Enjoy working with the public and have an interest in local history, architecture, culture, archaeology, art, and/or antiques? Learn about volunteering at Historic Huguenot Street. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 255-1660.
Health & Wellness Blood Drive 2-8pm. The New York Blood Center will be at the library accepting donations Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. Caregiver Support Group 10-11:15am. First Monday, Wednesday of every month. New Paltz Village Hall, New Paltz. 338-2980. Shamanic Doctoring Sessions 11:30am. First Monday of every month. $75 for one hour session. A process of bringing healing spirits into direct contact with a client. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.
Lectures & Talks
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits
Personal and Professional Perspectives on Women and Heart Disease 7pm. A lecture by Kathleen Wl McNicholas, MD. Gilman Center at SUNY Orange, Middletown. 341-4891. War 7pm. When and why do we go to war? Is there an alternative that will protect ourselves and resolve conflict? Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, New Windsor. Uucrt.org.
Saugerties First Friday 6-10pm. Live music, jello shots, street performers, dollar oysters, photography show, traipse down a fashion runway, or pick up free seed packets. Downtown Saugerties, Saugerties. Facebook.com/SaugertiesFirstFriday.
Literary & Books
Bamako 5pm. Coykendall Science Building, New Paltz. 257-7869. Quartet 2pm. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. Rosendaletheatre.org.
Lucy Knisley: Relish 7pm. In this forthright, thoughtful, and funny graphic memoir, Knisley traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about food, cooking, and life. Each chapter is book-ended with an illustrated recipe. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
Health & Wellness
Music
Film
Celebrating Rebecca Martin’s New Recording: Twain 6-9pm. $75. Dinner, wines, and concert. Elephant, Kingston. 339-9310. Kirsten Thien 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Open Mike Night 10pm. Acoustic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000.
25 Minute Workout on the Go 5-5:30pm. $45/$40 with a friend. 6-week session Cornell Street Studio, Kingston. 679-8348. Caregiver Support Group 10-11:15am. First Monday, Wednesday of every month. New Paltz Village Hall, New Paltz. 338-2980. Hope After Neonatal Death through Sharing 6:30pm. First Wednesday of every month. Open to all who have suffered the loss of a child, before, during, or after birth. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. Handssupportgroup.blogspot.com. Self-Healing with the Five Elements 6pm. Learn sacred and secret practices to balance the Five Elements to benefit your health. With Master Elaine Ward. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
Art Lande Quartet 7pm. Modern jazz. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Blues & Dance Patry with Big Joe Fitz 7pm. Join Big Joe Fitz and his “Swingin’ Soiree” at the Café for a night of cool blues. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. JP Patrick & Friends 8:30pm. Blues. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Shannon & Rich 7:30pm. Acoustic. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466.
Spirituality
Kids & Family
Private Spirit Guide Readings 12pm. First Monday of every month. $40 for half hour/$75 for one hour. With psychic medium Adam Bernstein. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.
Workshops & Classes
Smart Snacking: Nutrition Education Class for Kids 2pm. Join Lauren Daniel, Eat Smart New York Nutrition Program Educator, with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Green Counties for a nutrition education class for kids. Germantown Library, Germantown. (518) 537-5800. Spring Art Camp 9am-3pm. Daily activities include 2D and 3D art projects, special guest artists, movement, stories, and play. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
Getting Started in Kayaking 6:30pm. Presented by Mid-Hudson Adirondack Mountain Club. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145. Teen Tech Tutors 5-7:30pm. First Thursday of every month. Computer help by appointment. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
Literary & Books Reading by Junot Díaz 6pm. Contemporary fiction author. Olin Auditorium at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7003.
Music
Workshops & Classes Learn to Meditate with Raja Yoga Meditation 6pm. First Monday of every month. Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga is an ancient spiritual discipline that is used for relaxing, refreshing, and clearing the mind and heart to experience peace and positivity in life. Peace Village Learning & Retreat Center, Haines Falls, Hunter Mt. (528) 589-5000. Sparks Inspiration Monthly Class 6:30pm. First Monday of every month. $25. Learn to do what sparks your interest by transforming challenges into opportunities. Maria Blon, Middletown. 313-2853.
TUESDAY 2 Food & Wine Battle of the Breweries Beer Dinner Championships 5pm. $39. Enjoy a 3-course dinner and taste 3 beers from each of the finalist breweries. Vote for your favorites to choose the best beers in New York. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 876-3330.
Kids & Family Spring Art Camp 9am-3pm. Daily activities include 2D and 3D art projects, special guest artists, movement, stories, and play. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
Lectures & Talks Clark Lecture by Claire Bishop: Re-skilling, Repurposing, and Research in Contemporary Art 5:30pm. Claire Bishop is the Associate Professor in the PhD Program in Art History at CUNY Graduate Center. Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA. (413) 458-2303. Scenic Hudson’s Naturalist Lecture Series: Native Pollinators of the Hudson Valley 6:20-8pm. Local experts will discuss cutting-edge strategies for conserving the region’s irreplaceable habitats and wildlife. Scenic Hudson’s River Center, Beacon. Scenichudson.org. US Pivot to Asia and US-China Relations 7pm. Talk by Bonnie Glaser, Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Hvworldaffairscouncil.org.
Literary & Books
Lectures & Talks Incidence, Essence, and Developmental Systems: Biologos in Action 4pm. A talk by Susan Oyama. Lecture Center, New Paltz. 257-2674. Author and Satirist David Sedaris 7:30pm. $75/$65. Author of Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Conservation and Restoration of a Threatened Species 7pm. Lecture by Erik Kiviat, PhD. Gilman Center at SUNY Orange, Middletown. 341-4891.
Outdoors & Recreation Signs of Spring 1pm. Learn about the tell-tale signs of spring and hike Mud Creek’s trails searching for wildflowers. Mud Creek Environmental Learning Center, Ghent. (518) 828-4386 ext. 3. Basic Goodness Series 6:30pm. $120/ $108 members/classes available alone $25/class. With Acharya Arawana Hayashi and Acharya Gaylon Ferguson. Sky Lake Lodge, Rosendale. 658-8556.
Theater Jack Ferver and Qwan Company 7pm. $20/$5 for Bard community. Live Arts Bard visiting artist presents his QWAN (Quality Without a Name) Company in the dramatic parodied readings of two well-loved screenplays. Sosnoff Theater at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
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Comedy David Sedaris 8pm. $48 adult/ $43 member. With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, Master of Satire David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent and best-selling humor writers. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
Dance Children’s Creative Yoga Class 4pm. First Friday of every month. $104/8 week session. Combines yoga, creative movement, and story telling. Ages 4 to 9. Shambhala Yoga Studio, Beacon. 922-4517. Let’s Dance, Woodstock 8pm. $10. Evocative music from the '60s to present, including soul, R&B, Latin, funk, blues, disco, electro, rock, and jazz. The Colony Café, Woodstock. 527-4959.
Film Where Should the Birds Fly? 7pm. Part of the Films of Palestine Series. This film was made on location in Gaza during and after Israel’s Cast-Lead invasion. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 331-2884.
Lectures & Talks On the Waterfront and the Hollywood Blacklist 7pm. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181. Reading by Owen King 7pm. Author of Double Feature. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
THURSDAY 4
Hudson Valley Adoption Support Group 7pm. Peer to peer group support for adult adoptees, birth mothers, and families seeking support before, during, and after adoption searches and reunions. Hudson Valley Adoption Support, Kingston. 750-5954. Integrated Energy Healing with “Heart Whisperer” Kristine Flones 11:30am. First Thursday of every month. $75 for 50 minutes/$95 for 80 minutes. A restorative combination of energy healing modalities and shamanic tools that will gently unwind and release physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual blockage. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 750-9484.
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HV:CREATE 8:30am. First Friday of every month. A no-agenda informal meet-up space for creatives to meet, connect, and inspire each other. Instigator: Jeffrey Davis. TrackingWonder.com. MaMa, Stone Ridge. 679-9441.
Teen Tech Tutors 5-7:30pm. First Wednesday of every month. One-onone computer help. By appointment only. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
Music
Wordplay: Teen Poetry Series 3:30pm. An innovative series for teens and tweens that combines the writing techniques of poetry with the theatrical performance element of spoken word. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212.
FRIDAY 5 Clubs & Organizations
Literary & Books
Clubs & Organizations
Workshops & Classes
Pitch in for Parks 5:30-7:30pm. Help us maintain and build new trails. Madam Brett Park, Beacon. 473-4440 ext. 273.
Workshops & Classes
Author Series: Sebastian Stuart 6pm. Local author Sebastian Stuart will be at the library to discuss his many novels and writing. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. Codhill Press Poetry Reading: Spring, Again 5pm. David Appelbaum, Larry Carr, Steve Clorfeine, Dennis Doherty, Harry Stoneback, and Pauline Uchmanowicz read. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz. 255-4060. Community Kirtan 8pm. First Tuesday of the month. Traditional Indian devotional chants led by Dana Wilkinson and pakhawaj drummer Peter Fagiola. Ashtanga Yoga of New Paltz, New Paltz. 430-7402. Personal World Music Ensemble 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.
Outdoors & Recreation
Gardiner Library Book Club 3-4pm. First Thursday of every month. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Hooks & Needles, Yarns & Threads 10am-2pm. First Thursday of every month. Drop-in for an informal social gathering. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.
Health & Wellness
Kids & Family Spring Art Camp 9am-3pm. Daily activities include 2D and 3D art projects, special guest artists, movement, stories, and play. ages 4.5-12 Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
Music Antje Duvekot 9pm. $15. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Bakklash 9:30pm. Classic rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Balkan Death Grip 8pm. Gypsy punk. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. IS 9pm. An unusual, three-piece jam band whose name means “the present tense,” which emphasizes their improvisational nature. Hopped Up Café, High Falls. 687-4750. Jazz Vocalist Michelle LeBlanc and Pianist Hiroshi Yamazaki 7-10pm. Division Street Grill, Peekskill. (914) 739-6380. Joanna Morton Gary & the Jazz Cats 7pm. Songstress Joanna Morton Gary sings with Barry Scheinfeld on guitar and Don Miller on bass. Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel. 583-3141. Peppino D’Agostino 8pm. $15. Singer/songwriter. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048. Phelonious Phunk 9pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Sonny Landreth with Guest Matt Rae Trio 8:30pm. $40 advance/$45 door. Guitar. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. Stryker/Slagle Band 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Spirituality Private Angelic Channeling 11:30am. First Friday of every month. $125 for 90 minutes. With trance medium Margaret Doner. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 750-9484.
Theater Broadway Backstage 8pm. Some of the genre’s multi-talented veterans will present the showstopping numbers that made them famous. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Caesar and Cleopatra 8pm. $20/$18. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Over the River and Through the Woods 7:30pm. The Coach House Theater, Kingston. 331-2476.
Workshops & Classes Fairy Medicine 2pm. $25 before April 3; $30 if registering after the 3rd. Welcome spring’s bursting blooms with fairy songs and fairy dances. This class will take place both inside and outdoors. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100. The Path to Self-Realization Immersion April 5-10. For teachers and serious students. During this Immersion, Andrei Ram will use the holy science of yoga to guide students towards the ultimate goal of yoga. Blue Deer Center, Margaretville. 586-3225.
SATURDAY 6 Art Galleries and Exhibits Brian Nash Gill 4-6pm. Opening reception. Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT. (860) 435-3663. The Early Birds 4-8pm. Opening reception. Sculptures and fine art painters. Agustsson Gallery, Kingston. 331-1388. Emil Alzamora: The Breakdown 6-9pm. Opening reception. Recent sculpture. Mad Dooley Gallery, Beacon. 702-7045. Works by Mitchell Saler and Katherine Gray 5-7pm. Opening reception. Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. 457-ARTS.
Dance Swing Dance First Saturday of every month, 8pm. $10. Workshop at 7:30pm with Linda and Chester Freeman. MAC Fitness, Kingston. 853-7377.
Fairs & Festivals Resident Council Penny Social Doors open at 12pm; calling starts at 2pm. With gift certificates from local businesses. Raffles. bake sale, and food service table. Ten Broeck Commons, Lake Katrine. 943-6877.
Film Film Night: Chris Sullivan’s Consuming Spirits 7pm. $10/$7 for WAAM members. Nearly 15 years in the making, Sullivan’s film is a meticulously constructed tour de force of experimental animation, blending cutout animation, pencil drawing, collage, and stop-motion animation into a distinct, signature visual style. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940. Immortal Cupboard: In Search of Lorine Niedecker 4pm. Theo Ganz Studio, Beacon. (917) 318-2239. Taking Woodstock 7pm. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388.
Food & Wine Healthy Harvest CSA at Johnson Farm 2pm. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145. The Kingston Farmers’ Winter Market 10am-2pm. First Saturday of every month. Come shop the over 20 vendors offering farm fresh goods and crafts. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. Kingstonfarmersmarket.org.
Health & Wellness Reclaim Your Health & Ideal Life in 9 Simple Steps 2pm. $15/$12 per peson with a friend. Includes education on how to implement better nutrition and lifestyle choices to create a healthier and happier life. Inner Light Heath Spa, Poughkeepsie. 677-9403.
Kids & Family Puppet Plays for Children 10am. Handmade puppets tell magical fairy and folk tales for children, followed by an opportunity to learn more about early childhood programs at the school. Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-4015 ext. 106. Kids Stuff 10:30am-noon. Jeweler Francesca Warnes brings lots of beads to make beautiful jewelry. Ages 6-12. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.
Lectures & Talks Public Conversation “Extraordinary Portraits: Abstracted Identity in American Art” 5:30pm. The Clark/Mellon Curatorial Roundtable will culminate in a public conversation and reception. Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA. (413) 458-2303.
Literary & Books The Artist in Venice: Reading and Book Signing by Adam Van Doren 2-4pm. Darren Winston Bookstore, Sharon, CT. (860) 364-1890.
music Ben Perowsky Trio/Chris Speed’s Trio Iffy
Greg Aiello The drummer Ben Perowsky. The Ben Perowsky Trio and Chris Speed’s Trio Iffy will perform at BSP Lounge in Kingston on April 11.
Two Times Three There’s a unique dynamic that only exists between configurations of three highly attuned improvising musicians. Each such grouping is an equally proportioned triad with a rare contrapuntal chemistry displayed when two of the members telepathically lay down the playing field while the third takes center stage—before passing the limelight to one of his or her collaborators. Jazz history is marked by several inspiring instances: The trios of Benny Goodman, Nat King Cole, Bill Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, Oscar Peterson, and Tony Williams come to mind. And now drummer Ben Perowsky is adding to the trio tradition, via the two threesomes he will perform with at BSP Lounge on April 11. “Having that three-way communication is definitely a cool thing,” says Perowsky, a sometime Woodstock-area resident who that night will play in both the Ben Perowsky Trio and Trio Iffy. “I like playing with bands of all different sizes, but I guess what I like most about playing in trios is that you have a lot more space to work with. Unless, of course, you’re working with guys who just play tons of notes.” Titled “Renuions, Pt. II,” the program is being billed as “the second part of a series curated to revisit and reunite groups that have had major impact over the last 20 years in the New York City music world, and that coincidentally have had the same drummer. A good excuse to catch up with old friends and dust off relationships and sheet music, with a forward-bending ear.” The Ben Perowsky Trio, which hasn’t performed in public in over 10 years, is comprised of the percussionist and leader, saxophonist and clarinetist Chris Speed,
and bassist Scott Colley. Beginning in the mid 1990s, the band held down a popular weekly residency at creative music temple the Knitting Factory, and, strangely, later saw one of its tunes used in a memorable scene of the 2006 Will Farrell comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. In addition to performing Perowsky’s originals, the group is known for its inventive interpretations of such disparate sources as Charlie Parker, Björk, Pink Floyd, Duke Ellington, and Led Zeppelin. Chris Speed’s Trio Iffy (formerly the Chris Speed Trio), besides also featuring Speed and Perowksy, includes Hudson Valley resident Jamie Saft on organ and synthesizer. Hailing from Seattle, Speed has been a key player on the downtown New York and Brooklyn avant-garde scenes for more than two decades, most famously working with Tim Berne’s Bloodcount and the Dave Douglas Sextet. “Speed and company kick proverbial ass as they paint sonic graffiti on the walls of established musical styles,” according to jazz bible Cadence. “If there’s a hot lounge in sci-fi land, then [Trio Iffy] should get the gig. It’s an exciting group with a fresh vision that begs you to hop on for a ride.” All right, then. Your ride arrives in Kingston this month. The Ben Perowsky Trio and Chris Speed’s Trio Iffy will perform at BSP Lounge in Kingston on April 11 at 8:30pm. Tickets are $8. (845) 481-4158; Bsplounge.com. —Peter Aaron
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David Sedaris 8pm. $45-$65. Humor writer. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040. Margaret Roach Presents Nonstop Plants 2pm. Meet the author as she discusses her book The Backyard Parables. Noble Horizons, Salisbury, CT. (860) 435-9851. Poetry on the Loose Reading/Performance Series 3:30pm. Featuring George J. Searles. Seligmann Estate, Sugar Loaf. 567-6229. Write Poems with Nature 1-3pm. Presented by Will Nixon. Seligmann Estate, Sugar Loaf. 567-6229.
Music An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer 8pm. $25-40. An intimate night of spoken word, song, stories, and chats with the audience. Sosnoff Theater at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Bearsville Sessions 9pm. $15/$12 in advance. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. The Bush Brothers 9pm. Bluegrass and country music with a mean fiddle. The dance floor will be ready for some two-steppin’. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Christine Lavin 8pm. $24/$20 members/$28 at the door/$24 members at the door. Equal parts folksinger and comedienne, Christine Lavin alternates songs with entertaining anecdotes about her life. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Duo Parnas 8pm. $13-$18. Madalyn Parnas, violin, Cicely Parnas, cello, with Vincent Adragna, piano. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181. Ed Palermo Big Band “Eddie Loves Frank” 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Fred Smith Jazz Ensemble 7:30pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Hudson Valley Philharmonic IV: A Little Harp Music 8pm. Harp music by Marquez, Revueltas, Pierné, and others. The audience is invited to a pre-concert talk with the conductor and musicians one hour prior to the performance. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Johnny Fedz & da Bluez Boyz 9:30pm. Blues. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. The Judith Tulloch Band 8pm. Singer/songwriter. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. Karl Allweier and The Real Men 8pm. Classic rock. The Art Bar, Rhinebeck. 417-8990. Litha 8:30pm. $25/$20. Celtic music. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. Lou & Peter Berryman 7:30pm. $24/$22 advance. Folk music meets musical comedy. A blending of Midwestern culture with intelligent observation. Eighth Step @ Proctors, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204. Murali Coryell 8pm. Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel. 583-3141. One Night of Queen 8pm. $67. With Gary Mullen & the Works. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Peppino D’Agostino 8pm. $25. The Italian-American guitarist is the last concert of the 2012-2013 Tom Humphrey Guitar Series. Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh. 784-1199. Rick Altman and David Oliver 7pm. $5. Improvised new music, jazz, folk, and ethnic world music. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469. Rudy Dean 8:30pm. Blues. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466. Senior Recital 4pm. Emma Greenstein, soprano. Assisted by Darren Motise, piano. Music of Mendelssohn, Barber, Bellini, Donizetti, and Milhaud. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319. 7:30pm. Rebecca ShulbankSmith, soprano. Assisted by Richard Mogavero, piano, Emily Nash ’13, soprano, Case Stewart ’13, soprano, and Ryan Norris ’14, tenor. Music of Rodgers and Hart, Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jerry Herman, and Cole Porter. Vassar Alumnae House, Poughkeepsie. 437-7100. The Sound of Sunyata: A Gong & Himalayan Singing Bowl Concert 7pm. $30 donation registered, $35 at the door. With Nigol Koulajian and Philippe Garnier. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 579-5650.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits 25th Annual GCCA Beaux Arts Ball: Masked Ball & Creative Black Tie Event 6:30pm. $150-$10,000. An evening of art, dancing, fine food, and fun. Coppertree Restaurant, Hunter. (518) 263-4223. 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 Hudson River Hike: Stillman Trail Seven-mile strenuous hike. Storm King Art Center, Mountainville. 462-1909.
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John Burroughs Natural History Society Geology Walk 9am-1pm. $10 pass non-members. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. Rhaberski@earthlink.net. Pondskimming Contest and Beach Bash 8:30am-4pm. Contestants try to skim across a pond without getting too wet. Prizes will be awarded for best skim, best costume, and best splash. Age 13 and older. Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. (518) 263-4223. Woodland Pool Identification and Assessment Workshop 9am-3pm. Led by Director of Teatown Lake Reservation Mike Rubbo. Participants will use satellite images to identify pools remotely. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook. 677-5343.
Spirituality An Evening with Psychic/Medium Chip Coffey 7pm. $50/$80 VIP. A talk with acclaimed psychic, medium, star of A&E’s hit shows "Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal" and “Paranormal State,” and author of Growing Up Psychic. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. Kearnsartistservices.com.
Theater Caesar and Cleopatra 8pm. $20/$18. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Over the River and Through the Woods 7:30pm. The Coach House Theater, Kingston. 331-2476. Romeo and Juliet 11am. $9/$7 children. Presented by Kids on Stage after school theater program. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Brian Alberg, executive chef and food and beverage manager of The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge. Photo courtesy of Edward Acker Photography.
Workshops & Classes Creating Stories for Theater, Film, and Fiction with Lawrence Carr 10am-3pm. $45/$35 members. Learn the basics of narrative: structure, character, dialogue, and world of the story taught by playwright and writer Lawrence Carr. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Embracing Your Imagination Through Drawing and Painting 9am. $245. A combination of artistic technique and spirituality. All levels of experience are welcome. Price includes healthy lunches. Melissa Harris, Woodstock. 340-9632. The How, When, and Where of Pruning 10am-2:30pm. $76/$68. Learn the basics of pruning evergreens, deciduous trees, and shrubs, and maintaining the woody plants in your garden. Bring your pruners for a discussion of proper tool selection and maintenance. Olin Auditorium at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7003. Pruning for Fruit: Pome and Stone Fruit Trees 10am-3pm. $75/$60 members. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Storytelling Intensive 1-4pm. $225/$195 members. 3-week course with David Black. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181. Sugaring Off: 18th-Century Style 11am-3pm. $4/$3 seniors/children free. Activities include boiling maple sap to syrup, making jack wax candy, baking molasses cornbread and waffles over an open fire, hewing a log into a trough, and making wooden buckets and spiles. Live music and more. Senate House and Museum, Kingston. 338-2786. Teen Theater Workshop 12:30-2:30pm. $100 series. Ages 13-18. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747. Writing Workshop $200. Author Deanne Stillman presents a two-day workshop consisting of four sessions (two on the first day and two on the second), which will include discussion, writing exercises, and commentary on students’ work. Painters Restaurant, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-2109.
SUNDAY 7 Art Galleries & Exhibits Paintings by Matthew McKeeby 3pm-5pm. Opening reception. Old Chatham Country Store and Café, Old Chatham. (518) 794-6227.
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Theater
3rd Annual Charlie Chaplin Tribute 5pm. Opening reception. Photos, articles, music, books, films, and memorabilia. Runs through April 28. Little Shop of Horses, Kingston. 340-0501. Safety Last 2pm. Harold Lloyd plays a small town boy trying to make it in the big city to impress his folks and win his girl. The film offers one of the most iconic images from the Silent Era.. With live musical accompaniment. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989. Immortal Cupboard: In Search of Lorine Niedecker 4pm. Theo Ganz Studio, Beacon. (917) 318-2239. Project Native 3rd Environmental Film Festival 10am. Films on a variety of topics, from 90-minute features to a series of short films for children, will inspire, enrage, and motivate audiences to engage. Triplex Cinema, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-8885.
Caesar and Cleopatra 3pm. $20/$18. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. My Anne 5pm. $7/$5. Hudson Teen Theater Ensemble alum Sarah Schaeffer stars as Anne Frank. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181. Over the River and Through the Woods 2pm. The Coach House Theater, Kingston. 331-2476.
Lectures & Talks Thomas Edison and American Art in Paris 3pm. Nancy Mowll Mathews, Eugénie Prendergast. Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA. (413) 458-2303. Talk Art with Emma Crawford and Herman Roggeman 3pm. A disucssion of the artists' work, process, and passion for making art. Look|Art Gallery, Mahopac. 276-5090.
Literary & Books Jane Herschlag: Photography and Poetry 3-4pm. Richter Association for the Arts, Danbury, CT. (203) 798-2245.
Chef X Dinner Finally, a chance to test the idea that the grass is always greener on the other side. Berkshire Farm & Table blurs the lines between regional culinary powerhouses, Hudson and the Berkshires, to present two collaborative, culinary events. On Sunday, April 7, five Berkshire chefs prepare a five-course, off-the-menu tasting at the Crimson Sparrow in Hudson, and five Hudson chefs bring their culinary prowess to Allium Restaurant + Bar in Great Barrington on Monday, April 29. Participating restaurants from the Berkshires include Nudel Restaurant in Lenox and the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, and Hudson restaurateurs include Wylie Dufresne-trained molecular gastronomists Benjamin Freemole and John McCarthy of the Crimson Sparrow. The menus highlight regional ingredients and local farms, and both nights conclude with a Chefs’ Cocktail Hour, where dinner guests can mingle with the host and visiting chefs to learn more about their work, restaurants, and food philosophies. (413) 335-5629; Berkshirefarmandtable.com/chefx
Workshops & Classes The Artist's Way Cluster 11am-1pm. First Sunday of every month. Participants need not have read The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. Discussions are based on her book of daily quotations. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0331. Embracing Your Imagination Through Drawing and Painting 9am. $245. A combination of artistic technique and spirituality. All levels of experience are welcome. Price includes healthy lunches. Melissa Harris, Woodstock. 340-9632. An Intro to the I Ching with Faith Linda Weissman 2pm. $15 before April 5; $20 after the 5th. Learn how to consult the oldest coherent text in the world, the I Ching. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.
MONDAY 8 Film Film Screening of Don Giovanni 3:30pm. Simon’s Rock College: Daniel Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-4400.
Lectures & Talks The Challenges of International Justice 5:30pm. War crimes ambassador for the US David Scheffer. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Vassar.edu.
Literary & Books Writer’s Group for Youth Literature 6:30pm. Ever thought about writing for children and young adults? Bring you work for constructive criticism. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
Music Jeff Ballard Fairground 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
TUESDAY 9 Dance Chavasse Dance and Performance: Open Rehearsal 2pm. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 10.
Film Marx Brother’s Duck Soup 7:15pm. In this satire of war and politics, Groucho Marx plays Rufus T Firefly, leader of the country Freedonia, aided by Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo Marx, in one of the most surreal and absurd production numbers ever filmed. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Lectures & Talks
Author Event: Matthew Goodman 4pm. Reading from his book Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
Overfishing: What Everyone Needs to Know 7pm. University of Washington’s Ray Hilborn. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook. 677-5343. Ask the Dietitian About Fitness and Exercise 6:30-7:30pm. Led by registered dietitian partner Sarah Daubman. YMCA, Kingston. 338-3810.
Music
Literary & Books
Acoustic Roots & Blues with Mike Herman, So-Lo 5pm. Acoustic roots & country blues. American Glory BBQ, Hudson. (518) 822-1234. Al Di Meola and Gonzalo Rubalcaba 7:30pm. $34.50. World jazz. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Farm Music Round Robin and Potluck 4pm. First Sunday of every month. Farm music round robin and potluck. You’re welcome to bring a song to share, an instrument (or two!), your voice, or just your good cheer. Potluck at 6:30pm. Music until 9pm. Brook Farm, New Paltz. 255-1052. JB’s Soul Jazz Brunch with Myles Mancuso & Lee Falco 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Jennifer Koh, Violin, and Benjamin Hochman, Piano 3pm. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388. Michael Torsone’s Hammond B3 Bash 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. M.R. Poulopoulos 5pm. Folk. Glory BBQ, Hudson. (518) 822-1234. The Nina Sheldon Trio 12pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Rusted Root 8pm. $42. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Singer-Songwriter Showcase: Celebrating Billie Holiday 7-10pm. $10/$5 students. Teri Roiger, John Menegon, Paul Duffy, Dave Berger, as well as Roiger’s students. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158. Vassar College Women’s Chorus 3pm. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319.
An Evening Poetry Reading 7pm. Award-winning poet and Professor Emerita of English Joan I.Siegel followed by a master class about the process, practical aspects, and work that goes into poetry. Morrison Hall Mansion, Middletown. 341-4891.
Outdoors & Recreation
Clubs & Organizations
HITS 5K for United Way HITS Showgrounds, Saugerties. 331-4199. Spring Amphibian Egg Hunt 1pm. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook. 677-5343.
Bereavement Group 10-11:15am. Second Wednesday of every month. Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Ulster County & JFS. New Paltz Village Hall, New Paltz. 338-2980.
Spirituality
Film Night: Off White Lies 6pm. Hebrew with English subtitles. 86 min. After years of living apart from her dad, Libby, an introverted yet sharpwitted teenager, is sent to live with him in Israel. Her arrival coincides with the outbreak of the second Lebanon war. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
A Course In Miracles (ACIM) Study Group First Sunday of every month, 4pm. Whether you are a beginning student or an advanced teacher of the course, you are welcome. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. (609) 865-8544.
Music West African Concert 5pm. Featuring music played by Yacouba Sissoko, a Master kora player from the Djely griot tradition, with Famoro Dioubate on the Mandeng balafon. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz. 257-3844.
Spirituality Evening of Clairvoyant Channeling with Betsy Stang 7pm. $20 before April 7; $25 after the 7th. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.
Workshops & Classes Wordplay: Teen Poetry Series 3:30pm. An innovative series for teens and tweens that combines the writing techniques of poetry with the theatrical performance element of spoken word. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212.
WEDNESDAY 10 Business & Networking Gardiner Association of Businesses April Mixer 6pm. Join us for networking, wine, cheese, shopping and baby chicks! Sponsored by Wildlife Busters, who will be on hand to give advice on keeping your pets and backyard livestock safe and sound. The Natural Pet Center, Gardiner. 255-7387.
Film
art the polaroid years
John Maggiotto Untitled (Superman), 1983 Polaroid SX-70 print Collection of William Currie; © John Maggiotto "The Polaroid Years:Instant Photography and Experimentation" will be exhibited through June 30 at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center on the campus of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie.
Instant Artification The legend is that Edwin H. Land was taking a photograph of his daughter on a family vacation, when she asked him: “Why can’t I see it right away?” Land left the vacation early to work on the problem. In 1947 he announced the invention of the Polaroid camera. “The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation” at the Loeb Art Center of Vassar College is the first survey of the Polaroid as a medium for art. The show includes 170 pieces by 41 artists, mostly loaned from other institutions. “The Polaroid Years” opens April 12. Polaroid invented film that would appeal both to the mass market and to professional photographers. Its Artist Support Program gave free cameras and film to fine artists, in return for samples of their work. Eventually Polaroid accumulated a huge archive— estimated between 16,000 and 22,000 photos. The company never rejected any pieces, and in fact encouraged radical experiment. The Artist Support Program amounted to a GI Bill for avant-garde artists. The new technology freed photographers to take naked shots without the censorship of a developing studio. A young Robert Mapplethorpe began experimenting with Polaroids in 1970 as his first foray into photography, often taking naked self-portraits in black-and-white. Lucas Samaras, an early innovator of Polaroid self-portraiture, is represented by Panorama, a collaged work consisting of roughly 20 Polaroid 808 largeformat prints assembled into an image of Samaras bathed in green light, marching nude in his studio like a slightly insane cheerleader. Ansel Adams was an early adopter of the new medium, taking photos that are almost exactly the opposite of his stately landscape photography: in vivid color, close up, spontaneous. The one in the exhibit, Rusted Blue Metal, shows lurid red-brown rust stains, like bleeding steel. Even before Polaroid, Andy Warhol loved to take pictures in photo booths. Once
the Polaroid SX-70 came out in 1972, allowing the first instant color photos, he and the camera were inseparable. In this show, Andy Warhol appears in drag, wearing a silver wig, bright red lipstick, and a necktie, staring seductively at the viewer. The slightly milky, soft-focus Polaroid image flatters Andy’s too-white face. The Polaroid camera was a democratic medium. It was a “point-and-shoot” device before the term was coined. The original SX-70, for example, had no settings—not even a flash. Along with big-name artists, “The Polaroid Years” includes lesser-known figures like Beatrice Pediconi and Victor Raphael who brought wit and daring to their photography. Polaroid had numerous iterations during its 60 years. The 20” x 24” camera was, in its time, the largest image directly produced by a camera. “The Polaroid Years” concentrates on the SX-70, but includes other formats, including a self-portrait by Chuck Close using the massive 40 x 80 camera, which required three technicians and filled a room. Only one 40 x 80 was ever made, and has since been dismantled. In fact, after going bankrupt, Polaroid stopped producing cameras in 2007, though the Impossible Project, and other companies, now market Polaroid film, and the cameras are available on eBay. Now that Polaroid is history, we can begin to understand its meaning. Curator Mary-Kay Lombino found her own taste evolving as she assembled the exhibition. “I had to break my own rules, many times, in the show,” she says. For example, normally she would not include a photograph decorated with glitter (My Sparkling Self from 1977 by Ellen Carey). The show will travel to Northwestern University. “The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation” will be exhibited at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie from April 12 to June 30. (845) 437-5632; Fllac.vassar.edu. —Sparrow 4/13 ChronograM forecast 105
Health & Wellness
Theater
Quick Stop! 15-Minute Health Assessment 4pm. $20. Lorraine Hughes, Registered Herbalist will be offering 15-minute “tune-up” visits using traditional Chinese Medicine, energetic assessment, and tongue and pulse diagnosis techniques. Inner Light Heath Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
The Bacchae 7pm. This student production of the Euripides classic is presented in partnership with Bard's Classical Studies Program. Theater Two at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900. Eurydice 8pm. An unconventional and acclaimed re-telling of the Orpheus myth by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Powerhouse Theater alumna Ianthe Demos. Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5599. William Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew" 8pm. $10/$5 students, staff, and seniors. Dutchess Community College, Fairview. 431-8000.
Lectures & Talks Organic Farming on Our Land 1:30-3:30pm. Legacy Farm Co-Housing discussion with Dan Guenther of Brook Farm CSA. Rosendale Recreation Center, Rosendale. Legacyfarmcohousing.com.
Literary & Books The Glaring Omissions Themed Reading Series 7pm. Local authors read. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Saugerties Writer’s Club 6pm. Do you like to write? Have you ever thought of writing? Join the Saugerties Writer’s Club Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
Music Engelbert Humperdinck 7:30pm. A gala evening event with open bar, hors d'oeuvres, and silent auction. Vegas-style production. The Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. David Haney/Marvin Bugalu Smith Group: Axis of Ideas 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Graham Parker & The Rumour 7:30pm. $29.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. New Moon Sound Meditation With Philippe Pascal Garnier 8pm. $20 suggested donation. Since ancient times, humanity has observed, dreamed, planted and harvested with the phases of the Moon. With the help of Sound Frequency, attune yourself to all natural rhythms and the upcoming celestial and terrestrial energies that will be at play during the next 28 days. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679 5650.
Workshops & Classes Digital Video Series 7-8:30pm. $85/$60 members/$40 students. This introduction to media arts is perfect for anyone hoping to learn the basics of production. Taught by Nathan Cervoni. 4-week session. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Experimental Art Night 7pm. Second Wednesday of every month. $25 includes all supplies. Experimentation with materials, styles, concepts, approaches, and interactions through individual and group work. Shaqe’s A&I Studio, Beacon. 440-6802.
THURSDAY 11 Business & Networking Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting 7pm. Second Thursday of every month. Shawangunk Town Hall, Wallkill. 418-3640.
Clubs & Organizations Meeting of Middle East Crisis Response 7-8:30pm. The Middle East Crisis Response is a group of Hudson Valley residents joined together to promote peace and human rights in Palestine and the Middle East. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-4693.
Comedy Author and Satirist David Sedaris 8pm. $48.50/$38.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Impractical Jokers 8pm. $61.50/$33.50. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800.
Health & Wellness Quick Stop! 15 Minute Health Assessment 11am. $20. Lorraine Hughes, Registered Herbalist will be offering 15-minute “tune-up” visits using traditional Chinese medicine, energetic assessment, and tongue and pulse diagnosis techniques. Inner Light Heath Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Lectures & Talks Native Plants and their Habitats in the Wild 7pm. Dan Segqal. Gilman Center at SUNY Orange, Middletown. 341-8491.
Literary & Books SPL Evening Book Club 7pm. Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
Music Ben Perowsky 8:30pm. Jazz. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158. Dan Flynn 7:30pm. Acoustic. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466. Liv Carrow and Paper Castles 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Myles Mancuso Band 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Singing Songbirds 7-8pm. For seniors, people with disabilities, and anyone who loves to sing. The Fountains at Millbrook, Millbrook. 605-4148. Teri Roiger and John Menegon 6-9pm. Jazz. Skytop Steakhouse and Brewing Co., Kingston. 340-4277. Toots & The Maytals 8pm. $48. Jamaican music, from ska through rocksteady to reggae. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
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Workshops & Classes Doody Calls 1-2pm. Second Thursday of every month. $10 nonmembers. Cloth diapering info sessions. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. The Perennial Gardener 10am-12pm. $60 series/$50 members series/$20. Create a beautiful and satisfying perennial border. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
FRIDAY 12 Dance Cajun Dance with Crewe de la Rue 7pm. $15. Free dance lesson 7pm. Band plays 8-11pm. Sponsored by Hudson Valley Community Dances. No partner necessary. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 255-7061.
Fairs & Festivals Read Local Red Hook Literary Festival 5pm. A Friday night gallery opening, a star-studded Saturday evening reading, and a full Sunday schedule of panels, workshops and presentations. Call for specific events and times. Red Hook Community Arts Network, Red Hook. 758-2667.
Film Blue Alchemy: Stories of Indigo 7pm. $10. Screening of Mary Lance’s independent documentary about indigo, a blue dye that has captured the human imagination for millennia. Fiberflame Studio, Saugerties. 679-6132.
Kids & Family Cendrillon (Cinderella) Presented by the Manhattan School of Music 11am. Ages K-6. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388. Disney Live: Mickey’s Music Festival 7pm. $28-$63. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
Literary & Books Reading by Fred Goldstein 7pm. Author of Low Wage Capitalism and, most recently, Capitalism at a Dead End. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Snoozka’s Giants 11pm. Covers. Pineapple Larry’s, Newburgh. 568-7007. Sõ Percussion and Students Concert 8pm. $15/free for Bard students. Works include music by Steve Reich, Lou Harrison, Paul Lansky, and other recent percussion masterworks. Sosnoff Theater at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Tannahill Weavers 8:30pm. $35/$30. Traditional Scottish music. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. Three Dog Night 8pm. $85. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits Rosendale School of Arts Open House 5-7pm. St. Peter's Roman Catholic School, Rosendale. 687-6314.
Spirituality Transforming Ourselves, Transforming the World Through April 15. A mindfulness meditation weekend for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer communities. Garrison Institute, Garrison. 424-4800 ext.106.
Theater The Bacchae 7pm. This student production of the Euripides classic is presented in partnership with Bard's Classical Studies Program. Theater Two at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900. Eurydice 8pm. An unconventional and acclaimed re-telling of the Orpheus myth by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Powerhouse Theater alumna Ianthe Demos. Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5599. Caesar and Cleopatra 8pm. $20/$18. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. My Anne 7pm. $7/$5. Starring Sarah Schaeffer as Anne Frank. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181. Over the River and Through the Woods 7:30pm. The Coach House Theater, Kingston. 331-2476. William Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew" 8pm. $10/$5 students, staff, and seniors. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8000.
Workshops & Classes Who is at the Table? Recruiting a Strategic and Diverse Board 8:45am-12pm. $25/$15 for AFP members. A presentation by Laura Goodwin, Vice President of the Osborne Group, on planning, working, idea-sharing, and recruiting the diverse board you need. Kadiyah Lodge, Poughkeepsie. 452-1424.
Food & Wine Pasta Primo Vino 10am-6pm. $60/$40 in advance. Annual two-day event that takes place at each of the 12 wineries along the Shawangunk Wine Trail. Each winery will serve a unique pasta dish and offer an accompanying Hudson Valley wine tasting of up to four wines. Shawangunk Wine Trail, New Paltz. 256-8456. Winter Millerton Farmer’s Market 10am-2pm. Second Saturday of every month. Gilmor Glass, Millerton. (518) 789-8000.
Health & Wellness Reiki & Lunch Second Saturday of every month, 12pm. Reiki by donation. 20-minute sessions in the private workshop/ sanctuary. Gomen Kudasai, New Paltz. 255-8811.
Kids & Family Erth’s Dinosaur Petting Zoo 11am. $10/adults free with child. An interactive, prehistoric journey through an incredible cast of dinosaurs that inhabited our world millions of years ago. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Kids Stuff 10:30am-noon. Tess Benjamin brings beads and findings for lovely drop earrings. Ages 6-10. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469. Magic: The Gathering 12pm. Each game represents a battle between mighty wizards, who employ the magical spells, items, and fantastic creatures depicted on magic cards, to defeat their opponents. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. Thumbelina: The Musical 11am & 2pm. $15. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Lectures & Talks We Were Only Waiting for This Moment to Arise: American Collectors and the Armory Show 2:30pm. $12/$7 WAAM members. Lecture by independent scholar and author Avis Berman. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940. Molleen Theodore on Walter De Maria, Gallery Talks 2pm. Molleen Theodore is the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Fellow in the education department at the Yale University Art Gallery, a critic at the Yale School of Art, and a lecturer in the education department at the Museum of Modern Art. Dia: Beacon, Riggio Galleries, Beacon. 440-0100.
Literary & Books
Comedian Richard Lewis 8pm. $65. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Kate Larson, Jasmin Singer, and Lagusta Yearwood 7pm. Presenting their essays from Defiant Daughters: 21 Women on Art, Activism, Animals, and The Sexual Politics of Meat. This collection of fresh, bold voices defy expectations and bring The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol Adams to a new generation. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. Poetry Open Mike at The Field Library 1:30pm. Showcase of local teen poets and spoken word artists. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212. Stories on Stage: Hudson Valley Actors Read Hudson Valley Authors 7pm. An evening of short stories starring Oscar-nominated actor David Strathairn (Lincoln, Good Night & Good Luck), Giancarlo Esposito ("Breaking Bad", Usual Suspects), and Nicole Quinn (Racing Daylight), reading stories by John Sayles, T. C. Boyle, and Abigail Thomas. Red Hook Community Arts Network, Red Hook. 758-0824. Writers Omi Reading 5:30pm. Omi’s Spring 2013 Writers & Translators in residence read and share their works with the public. Marianne Courville Gallery, Hudson. (518) 828-6411.
Dance
Music
SATURDAY 13
Music
Art Galleries and Exhibits
Abby Lappen 7pm. A cross-genre mix, from haunting folk and satirical blues to jazzy ballads and syncopated melodies. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Alexis P. Suter Band 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Bill Staines 8pm. Folk. Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Hyde Park. 758-2681. Bill’s Toupee 8pm. Covers. Shadows On the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 486-9500. Dan Brother 7pm. Funk, blues, soul. Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel. 582-3141. Faculty and Guest Recital 8pm. Robert Osborne, bass-baritone, with Blair MacMillan, piano, and Four Nations Ensemble. Exploring vocal music on the subject of Don Quixote, the musicians will perform works by Ibert, Morin, Ravel, and Rodrigo. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319. Farmhouse Concert: Andrew Calhoun 7pm. $20 in advance; $25 at the door. An intimate evening of progressive rooted-in-tradition music with Chicago-area-based Andrew Calhoun. Farm snacks will be available. Tickets must be purchased in advance. All proceeds benefit Brook Farm’s community programs. Brook Farm, New Paltz. 255-1052. Hurley Mountain Highway 8:30pm. Pop, soft rock. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. Mike Ventimiglia and Stephanie Laura Harrison 7:30pm. Classic rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Myles Mancuso Band 7:30pm. Blues BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. The Pleasers 9pm. Motown and more. Hopped Up Café, High Falls. 687-4750. Rock n Roll Resort v3: Tiny Rager Through April 14. $275+. An all-inclusive concert adventure held within the walls of a VIP resort, featuring an eclectic assembly of musical talent, collaborative live art, activities, workshops, and more. Hudson Valley Resort, Kerhonkson. (413) 734-9496. Second Friday Jam with Jeff Entin and Bob Blum 8pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Sharon Katz and The Peace Train 8pm. $15. With Wendy Khethiwe Quick. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048.
Bob Crimi and Joel Mark 5pm. Opening reception. Oil paintings and museum quality furniture. Neumann Fine Art, Hillsdale. Neumannfineart.com. Single Channel Video-Projection Exhibition 5-8pm. By Alice Miceli. Cottekill C H R C H Project Space, Cottekill. 658-9133.
Comedy
Appalaichian Music & Dance, From Roots to Offshoots 7pm. Featuring the Shoe String Band and old-time fiddler and square dance caller, Liz Slade. Funded in part by the Dutchess County Arts Council, we’ll have a short discussion about the music’s evolution, a clogging demo, and then a square dance. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. 687-8726. Contradance 8pm. $10/$9 members/kids 1/2 price. Peter Blue calling, with music by Three Left Feet. Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock. 679-7420. Flamenco Vivo Dance Company 8pm. $7-$23. Doctorow Center for the Arts, Hunter. (518) 263-2000. Let’s Dance, Beacon 8pm. $10. Evocative music, from the '60s to present is selected for creative composition, exciting rhythms, and great performances. Includes refreshments. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.
Fairs & Festivals Friends of Grinnell Library: Penny Social 12:30pm. $1/$5 6 tickets. Auctioning, prizes, raffles, and refreshments. Grinnell Library, Wappingers Falls. 297-3428. Read Local Red Hook Literary Festival 10am. A Friday night gallery opening, a star-studded Saturday evening reading, and a full Sunday schedule of panels, workshops, and presentations. Call for specific events and times Red Hook Community Arts Network, Red Hook. 758-2667.
Film Chasing Ice Film Screening 1-5pm. $20. With director Jeff Orlowski and Climate Change Forum. Meet the director reception, screening, and panel discussion with Andrew Revkin, Radley Horton, Ph.D., and Marco Tedesco, Ph.D. The Beacon Theatre, Beacon. 226-8099.
P-U-L-S-E 2013 Call for times. $39/$29. Brit Floyd: The World’s Greatest Pink Floyd Show. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800. Concert for Consciousness 7pm. $15/$10 seniors. Cecilia St. King in concert with Jeff Entin and Larry Balestra. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie. 452-8440. Darlingside 8pm. $16/$12 in advance/$10 students. String rock. Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) MoCA-111. Dead on Live 9pm. $25. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Donald Rubinstein 8pm. $13-$18. Performances rooted in original, lyricoriented folk pop songs, with excursions into modern jazz improvisation and performance art. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181. Keith Newman 8pm. Acosutic Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Madonnas in a Field 8pm. $5. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Meta-Four 7:30pm. Jazz BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. The Outpatients 9pm. Psycho blues. Shea O’Brien’s, New Paltz. 255-1438. Popa Chubby Band 8:30pm. $35/$30 in advance. Blues, rock, R&B. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. Ramblin Jug Stompers 8pm. $17-$25. Old-timey bluegrass music complete with washboard, with covers of Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Jimmy Cliff, The Carter Family, Grandpa Jones, Flatt & Scruggs, and Hank Williams. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
arts & culture amanda palmer & neil gaiman
Stephanie Berger Amanda Palmer in performance at the Fisher Center on September 5, 2012.
Return of The Eight Foot Bride Amanda Palmer once earned her keep playing a living statue called The Eight Foot Bride. Palmer went on to become a successful musician, first as half of the punk cabaret duo Dresden Dolls, then as a solo artist, most recently releasing the famously Kickstarterfunded album Theatre is Evil. Palmer’s, husband, Neil Gaiman, rose to prominence writing the DC Comics series The Sandman and subsequently defied all genres with his novel American Gods—as well as many other comics and novels. Eventually, these two souls met through a mutual friend. They collaborated, fell in love, and married (initially in a flash mob wedding in New Orleans, later, in an official ceremony held in the home of writers Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon). Palmer and Gaiman now collaborate in life, love, and sometimes work—and will bring their limited-run "An Evening With Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer" to Bard College on April 6. I tracked Amanda Palmer down via e-mail in Long Beach, California, where she had just given her much-lauded talk at the 2013 TED Conference. —Maggie Estep Maggie Estep: Did you and Neil know each other’s work before meeting? Were you in love with the books and the mind before the man? Was he at all intimidated by your exquisitely relentless persona before meeting you? Amanda Palmer: Thank god, I didn’t know his stuff. I knew of him. I knew he was the “famous goth-y comics-book guy”—that was it. I’d never read Sandman, never read anything. We always look upon this as a real gift and the thing that made our union possible. If I’d been anything of a fan, our relationship would have been doomed. He was familiar with my music and had a few songs of the Dresden Dolls on his iPod but wasn’t a deep fan. So we were distant admirers of each other, curious enough to look, but we had a nice power balance. ME: What was your first date? AP: Our first official date was hilarious. Since we were both touring constantly, Neil came to LA for our “date” and booked a hotel next to the venue I was playing in. I was still getting over a relationship and not really ready to jump right in and be fucking like bunnies, so he was a gentleman and asked the hotel’s housekeeping to make up a spare bed, since we’d agreed to hang out for the whole night. Instead of turning the couch into a bed, housekeeping just fluffed the pillows. So we came back form the gig and I was exhausted and was like, dude, I give no fuck, let’s just go to sleep. And so go to sleep together we did, and had a nice, awkward cuddle, and that was our first date. ME: What was the first thing you two worked on together? AP: Our first project was what brought us together, before we even dated, it was the Who Killed Amanda Palmer art book. It accompanied my solo album; I asked Neil to write some short stories and captions. I was really surprised when he said yes, because he was famous and fancy and my budget was zero. But I think he was just fascinated
by me and with my odd story. So he did it. And then he came to my house to work on it and the first seeds were planted for us to fall in love. The book isn’t amazing, the design is very plain, and it’s just a bunch of simple pictures of me, dead, in various situations. ME: You work with other musicians, visual artists, writers, and with your army of ardent fans, but how is it different to collaborate with the person you’re married to? AP: Very different. Neil and I are actually really careful not to do big projects together. Big no-no. Our relationship is the most important collaboration. And we need each other to be able to complain about our work life. So big projects where we have to duke it out about creative decisions are like poison—we stay away. This album and tour that we did [An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer] was very finite, very fun. ME: Did Neil ever feel you were a bit like a mythical, magical being he would have invented had you not actually existed? AP: In fact, we just attended the TED Conference together and they printed his nametag accidentally as NEIL GAIMAN : WRITER : AMANDA PALMER. We all joked that he’d written me into existence for the TED talk. ME: You are both prolific Twitter users. Has this ever engendered marital squabbles? AP: Ha. I’d like Neil to tell the story of the “Cabaret” rehearsal. Over to you, honey. [Palmer starred as the Emcee in a 2010 American Repertory Theater production of the Kander and Ebb musical.] Neil Gaiman: So... We were both in Cambridge. I’d agreed to meet some theater producers who wanted me to write something for them. And their pitch went on and on. Amanda was on a break from “Cabaret” rehearsal and waiting for me in a nearby Starbucks. And I was not coming as her break evaporated. So she told Twitter. And I got upset. I said it’s hard enough being a couple without having the things that don’t work being announced to half a million people. Amanda agreed. And now if either of us screws up we fix it with the other one, without feeling like it’s happening in public. ME: Do you sometimes serenade Neil on the ukulele when he is feeling restless or sad? Does he read to you from his works-in-progress and ask for feedback? Do you do the same to him? Do you have squabbles about said feedback if it is given? AP: We’re very careful with each other about our work and we’re in a constant learning process about when feedback and sharing is helpful or too invasive. We’re really similar in some ways but very different in others. I see us as having really similar engines but very different car bodies. Neil will often read me what he’s written when he’s working on a project but I’ll rarely play him a “draft” of a song; songs are different. I don’t ever really want lyrics feedback, unless I ask very specifically (like, “What’s a two-syllable rhyme with x-x-x”?). I’ll send him blogs and writings to edit, and we’ll even edit each other’s tweets. Especially when we’re pissed off at people. 4/13 ChronograM forecast 107
Selden 9am. Signature brand of classic rock. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Senior Recital 1:30pm. Jesse Greenberg, composition. Assisted by Todd Crow, piano, Catherine Shaw ’13, clarinet, Evi Lowman ’15, violin, and others in a performance of new works. 4pm. Olivia Tousignant-Pienkos, soprano. Assisted by Richard Mogavero, piano. Music of Gershwin, Gilbert and Sullivan, Holmes, Satie, Mozart, and Bernstein. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319. Skollie with Blondie Chaplin, Keith Lentin, and the Letterman Band’s Anton Fig 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Three Mo' Tenors 8pm. Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point. 938-4159. Tom Paxton 7:30pm. $28/$35 Gold Circle. Folk-music legend. Eighth Step @ Proctors, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204. The Track 9:30pm. Classic rock featuring Rich Kelly, Andrew Bordeaux, Tito Wilson, and Chris Burke. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
Open House for Prospective Families 10am. Includes a tour of our campus and description of our programs. Storm King School, Cornwall-OnHudson. 534-9860 to register.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits
Spring Cleanse: Five Course Meal & Holistic Health Overview 5pm. $75 per person/$65 with a friend. Enjoy a fivecourse gourmet vegan meal and nutritional explanation by holistic health guide Razi’El. Guests will receive take-home information and recipes. Inner Light Heath Spa, Poughkeepsie. (212) 726-2382.
Open Farmhouse 1pm. Meet the farmers, and learn about our CSA, educational, musical, and community programs. We will share a worksong or two and a seasonal farm snack. Brook Farm, New Paltz. 255-1052. Snacks in the Stacks 5pm. A community get together, with food, nonalcoholic drinks, and music throughout the library. Featuring jazz by Studio Stu. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507. Spring in Bloom Fashion Show 5:30-7:30pm. Byrdcliffe's 2nd-annual fashion show featuring clothing by local stores. Kleinert/James Center for the Art, Woodstock. 679-2079.
Origami Kingston Second Saturday of every month, 10:30am. Explore the art of Japanese paper folding with Anita Barbour. Ages five and up may attend. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507. Rejuvenating Shrubs: Lilacs, Weigela, Forsythia, 10am-noon. $42/$35. Learn about tools, timing, and specific techniques for rejuvenating woody plants. Following a lecture and several pruning demonstrations, participants will learn by doing. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Retrofitting for Resilence: Preparing our Homes and Businesses for the 21st Century 12-6pm. With Lloyd Hamilton of Verdae LLC, Gregory Pedrick of NYSERDA, Brian Mulder of Mulder Construction, and Todd Pascarella of NY Energy Experts, who will present pilot projects which are transforming several older, poorly insulated, inefficient homes. Rosendale Recreation Center, Rosendale. 658-9347.
John Burroughs Natural History Society B luestone Forest/Onteora Lake Hike 8-11am. Onteora Lake—NYS Deptartment of Environmental Conservation, Kingston. Jtpontes@aol.com. Volunteer Restoration Day 10am-2pm. Learn to identify local flora and proper techniques for removing invasive plants, then uproot invasives and replace them with native plants. Long Dock Park, Beacon. 473-4440 ext. 273.
Spirituality Journeys With Plant Spirits 10am-5pm. Explore the season of spring with Safia Johnson. Blue Deer Center, Margaretville. 586-3225.
Theater
Workshops & Classes The Astrology of Money, Wealth, and Abundance with Alexander Mallon 2pm. $15 before April 11; $20 after the 11th. Explore the astrology of money and abundance. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100. Babywearing Bonanza 1-2pm. Second Saturday of every month. $10 nonmembers. Baby carrier workshop. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Bard Math Circle Second Saturday of every month, 1pm. Math puzzles, logic games, problem solving, and a hands-on math project. Led by Bard College math professor Japheth Wood and undergraduate math majors. Middle school and upper-elementary aged students welcome. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507. Compost 101 9-10:30am. $10 includes compost bin. New Paltz ReUse Center, New Paltz. 255-8456. Indigo and Shibori for Teens and Adults with Beth Humphrey Ages 8-14: 12-2pm; ages 15+: 2:30-5:30pm. $40-$60. Come dip into a vat of indigo and fold, twist, and tie to create your own hand-dyed banner or scarf. Fiberflame Studio, Saugerties. 679-6132.
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Music
I Want to Be In A Band! 11am. Music and movement program for kids featuring author and musician Suzzy Roche, and illustrator Giselle Potter. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-3241. Little Painters: All About Shapes 10:30-11:30am. $20/$48 series. Draw, trace, stamp, paint, spray, and splatter as we learn about shapes. Ages 18 months and up. Fiberflame Studio, Saugerties. 679-6132.
Buddy Guy 8pm. Blues Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. The Compact 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Dan Stokes 1:30pm. Second Sunday of every month. Acoustic. Newburgh Brewing Company, Newburgh. 561-2327. MAZZ@the Falcon: Jason Casterlin 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Organist and Composer Alfred Fedak 3:30pm. $10. Tower Music Series. Poughkeepsie Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. Vassar College Choir 3pm. Ronald Bemrich, conductor. “Music From The New World,” with works by Charles Ives, Alberto Ginastera, Eric Whitacre, Pablo Casals, and José Nunes-Garcia. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319.
Lectures & Talks Artist Talk: Bill Murphy, Printmaker 3pm. Bill Murphy will talk about the evolution of his etching and lithography work, and his technique, inspirations, and creative process. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 684-5476. Fortuny Interiors 3pm. Join Brian Coleman, author of Fortuny Interiors, and learn more about Fortuny’s rich history and heritage. Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA. (413) 458-2303. Pioneer in American Art History 2pm. $9/$7 members. Barbara Novak. Thomas Cole Natural Historic Site, Catskill. (518) 943-7465. Second Sunday Salon Series: Choreographing the Fight with Normand Beauregard 2pm. $15-$25. Backstage conversation with Normand Beauregard, a veteran of over thirty years as a professional Fight Master for theater, film, tv, and video. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Pasta Primo Vino The 12 wineries of the Shawangunk Wine Trail offer a variety of Hudson Valley wines paired with pasta dishes during Pasta Primo Vino, their annual spring weekend event. On Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14, from 10am to 6pm, wine enthusiasts and foodies can embark on a self-guided food-and-wine pairing tour. Participating wineries include Adair Vineyards, Applewood Winery, Robibero Winery, Whitecliff Vineyard & Winery, Baldwin Vineyard, Palaia Winery, Brimstone Hill Vineyard, Glorie Farm Winery, Benmarl Winery, Stoutridge Vineyards, and Brotherhood Winery. To ensure safe travel along the trail, designated drivers can buy tickets at a reduced price. Attendees receive a souvenir Shawangunk Wine Trail wine glass at their designated starting location. (845) 294-3342; Shawangunkwinetrail.com
Outdoors & Recreation
Audtiions for Jeykll and Hyde 1pm. Show to be performed in July. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Bacchae 7pm. This student production of the Euripides classic is presented in partnership with Bard's Classical Studies Program. Theater Two at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900. Caesar and Cleopatra 8pm. $20/$18. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Canadia 8pm. High Meadow School, Stone Ridge. 687-4855. Eurydice 8pm. An unconventional and acclaimed re-telling of the Orpheus myth by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Powerhouse Theater alumna Ianthe Demos. Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5599. Over the River and Through the Woods 7:30pm. The Coach House Theater, Kingston. 331-2476. Romeo and Juliet 11am. $9/$7 children. Presented by Kids on Stage after school theater program. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. William Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew" 8pm. $10/$5 students, staff, and seniors. Dutchess Community College, Fairview. 431-8000.
Kids & Family
Wordplay: Teen Poetry Series 1:30pm. An innovative series for teens and tweens that combines the writing techniques of poetry with the theatrical performance element of spoken word. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212.
SUNDAY 14 Art Galleries and Exhibits Single Channel Video-Projection Exhibition 4-6pm. By Alice Miceli. Cottekill C H R C H Project Space, Cottekill. 658-9133.
Dance Ballet’s Greatest Hits: Youth America Grand Prix Gala 2pm. $10/$6 children. A thrilling ballet gala program in an HD cinema experience. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. Rosendaletheatre.org. Barn Dance 5:30-8:45pm. $25/$20. Contra dance music by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason (called by Peter Blue), followed by Salsa Latin Fusion with Victor Pierre. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080. Kofi and Sankofa Drum & Dance Ensemble 2pm. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388.
Fairs & Festivals Read Local Red Hook Literary Festival 10am. A Friday night gallery opening, a star-studded Saturday evening reading, and a full Sunday schedule of panels, workshops and presentations. Call for specific events and times. Red Hook Community Arts Network, Red Hook. 758-2667.
Film 3rd Annual Charlie Chaplin Tribute: Birthday Party 5pm. A birthday party for the late comedian with a screening of Modern Times. Come in costume. Little Shop of Horses, Kingston. 340-0501.
Food & Wine 9th Annual Taste of the Town 1-6pm. $5/$4 in advance plus tasting tickets. St. Stephen-St. Edward School, Warwick. 325-4638. Pasta Primo Vino 10am-6pm. $60/$40 in advance. Annual two-day event that takes place at each of the 12 wineries along the Shawangunk Wine Trail. Each winery will serve a unique pasta dish and offer an accompanying Hudson Valley wine tasting of up to four wines. Shawangunk Wine Trail, New Paltz. 256-8456.
Why Africa Matters: Globally and Locally 3pm. Public forum with presentations from award-winning journalist Chi Yvonne Leina from Cameroon, Women’s Work, Infinity Culinary Training, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Meru Kenya Project, International Community Bakeries Project, and US-Africa Partnership for Building Stronger Communities Project. Moderated by Dr. John Ryle, Bard College. Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck. 876-3533.
Literary & Books Book Signing and Reading with David Rothenberg 4pm. Author of Bug Music How Insects Gave Us Rhythm and Noise. Theo Ganz Studio, Beacon. (917) 318-2239. The Business of Books 2pm. Panel moderated by Suzanna Hermans, coowner of Oblong Books, featuring agent Miriam Altshuler, publisher Paul Cohen, editor Nan Satter, and author Carol Goodman. Red Hook Community Arts Network, Red Hook. 758-0824. Hudson Valley YA Society Panel 2pm. Oblong Books’s Hudson Valley Young Adult Society panel featuring Maya Gold (Spellbinding), Jennifer Donnelly (Revolution), and Kimberly Sabatini (Touching the Surface). Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 876-0500. Jane Herschlag: Photography and Poetry 3-5pm. Richter Association for the Arts, Danbury, CT. (203) 798-2245. Past Tense: Writing History 11am. Panel moderated by Oblong Books co-owner Dick Hermans, featuring non-fiction writers Sarah Kilborne (American Phoenix), Guy Lawson (Octopus), and John Kelly (The Graves Are Walking). Red Hook Community Arts Network, Red Hook. 758-0824. Poetry Panel: The Influence of Place on Process 11am. Poetry panel moderated by Bard College’s Phillip Pardi, featuring poets Will Nixon, Rebecca Schumejda, Lea Graham, and Gretchen Primack. Red Hook Community Arts Network, Red Hook. 758-0824. Telling Stories: Conversations with Fiction Writers 2pm. Panel moderated by Oblong Books Co-Owner Dick Hermans, featuring Owen King (Double Feature), Kelly Braffet (Save Yourself), Frank Delaney (The Last Storyteller), and Marshall Karp (NYPD Red). Red Hook Community Arts Network, Red Hook. 758-0824.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits Second Annual Antiques Appraisal $50. Have you always wondered what those items in your attic are worth? Have your antiques appraised by experts. Vassar Alumnae House, Poughkeepsie. 871-1171.
Outdoors & Recreation 31st Annual Kingston Classic 1pm. $10-$25. The Classic includes a USATF-certified 10k course and a 2.1 mile fun run/walk. A 10k teamchallenge category is also available. Dietz Stadium, Kingston. Kiwaniskingstonclassic.com.
Pets 2nd Annual “Go Dog Go!” Show 11am. $2-$5. All proceeds benefit local animal rescue and advocacy efforts. In addition to competing in creative categories, dogs and their humans can enjoy demonstrations, peruse the adoption and information fair booths, visit with famous local authors, and enjoy dog-related activities. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 876-4330.
Spirituality Meditation, Intention, and the Zero Point Field Second Sunday of every month, 2-3:30pm. $20. With Ricarda O’Conner. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Sports Kayaker’s Paddler’s Pool Practice 10am. $60. This a Kayaking Skills Continuing Education Program: bring your gear and develop and practice your skills. The River Connection, Inc., Hyde Park. 229-0595.
Theater Audtiions for Jeykll and Hyde 7pm. Show to be performed in July. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Bacchae 2pm; 7pm. This student production of the Euripides classic is presented in partnership with Bard's Classical Studies Program. Theater Two at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Canadia 3pm. High Meadow School, Stone Ridge. 687-4855. Over the River and Through the Woods 2pm. The Coach House Theater, Kingston. 331-2476. William Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew" 2pm. $10/$5 students, staff, and seniors. Dutchess Community College, Fairview. 431-8000.
Workshops & Classes The Perennial Gardener 10am-noon. $60 series/$50 members series/$20. Ccreate a beautiful and satisfying perennial border. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Seeds to Supper: Vegetable Gardening in a Small Space 10am. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.
MONDAY 15 Clubs & Organizations Gardiner Library Board Meeting 7-9pm. Third Monday of every month. Open to the public. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
Lectures & Talks Design for Gardeners 7pm. Laura Wilson will discuss how to transform your landscape into the garden of your dreams with the help of basic design principles and tips for layout and plantings. Deyo Hall, 18 Broadhead Ave, New Paltz. 255-8856.
Music Roland Vazquez (really big!) Band 7pm. Nineteen pieces of Afro Latin jazz fusion. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Workshops & Classes Playing Shakespeare 1-4pm. Joanne Zipay, dramaturge, will give a Master Class, “Playing Shakespeare.” Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4891. The Significance of Story 6-8pm. $60/$50. With Carol Little. Six-week class. Andes Public Library, Andes. (607) 326-4802.
TUESDAY 16 Clubs & Organizations Friends of the Gardiner Library Meeting 7-8pm. Third Tuesday of every month. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
Film Alien Connection 7pm. With the filmmaker Michael Corriere. The film deals with two historical events in American history and presents strong and compelling evidence of a military cover-up, sabotage of an American B25, Soviet espionage activity, and the introduction of two new “smoking gun” documents related to the Roswell UFO crash. Center for the Digital Arts / Westchester Community College, Peekskill. (914) 606-7300.
Kids & Family Animals Up Close: The Red Coatimundi 1pm. $15/$5 members/$8 children/$3 children members/under 3 free. Encounter remarkable animals from around the world, presented by the W.I.L.D. Center & Zoological Park of New England, and learn how to support efforts to protect the habitats and unique environments these animals need to survive. Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA. (413) 443-7171 ext. 10. Informational Tour 10:30am. Learn about the opportunities offered to children with dyslexia and language-based learning differences. The Kildonan School, Amenia. 373-2012.
Lectures & Talks Clark Lecture by John Peffer: Colored Photographs and White Weddings—A Study of Reception in South Africa 5:30pm. John Peffer is a specialist in modern African art and photography and Associate Professor of Art History at Ramapo College. His current book project examines the vernacular uses of photography in South Africa with special emphasis on hand-colored wedding photographs in Soweto from the 1950s. Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA. (413) 458-2303.
Literary & Books Author Series: Laura Shaine Cunningham 6pm. Join the local author and award-winning novelist to discuss writing. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
WEDNESDAY 17 Lectures & Talks What is Creativity Coaching 7pm. Third Wednesday of every month. In one hour, Shaqe Kalaj will present on the four basic components of creativity. Shaqe’s A&I Studio, Beacon. 440-6802.
Music Purchase Jazz Orchestra 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Outdoors & Recreation Kayaking: How to get started 6pm. Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) trip leader Don Urmston will tell you how to get started, what gear you’ll need, where to go paddling, where to meet other paddlers, and where to get instruction on your technique. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
THURSDAY 18 Clubs & Organizations Hooks & Needles, Yarns & Threads 10am-2pm. Third Thursday of every month. Drop-in for an informal social gathering. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.
Dance Rioult Dance New York: Open Rehearsal 2pm. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 10.
Lectures & Talks Underneath the Lawns of Huguenot Street: The 17th-Century Redoubt, Pithouse, Earthfast House 7pm. $8/$5 members and students with ID. SUNY New Paltz Professor Joseph Diamond will detail recent excavations on Huguenot Street Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 255-1660.
Literary & Books Pine Hill Community Center Storytellers Circle 4-6pm. New group invites all who have a tale to tell and are interested in the craft of storytelling. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.
Music Aimee Mann 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Joey Pearson: Piano Recital 12:15pm. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. 338-6759. Mark Raisch Duo 7pm. Jazz. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466. Open Rock Jam & Band Showcase 8:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Pablo Aslan Quintet 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Scotty McCreery 7:30pm. $62.50/$52.50/$42.50. Country. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Student Composers Concert 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Parker Theater, New Paltz. Newpaltz.edu/theatre.
Theater The Producers 8pm. $20/$18/$9. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. 257-3880.
Workshops & Classes Library Knitters 7-8pm. Third Thursday of every month. Sit and knit in the beautiful Gardiner Library. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
The Perennial Gardener 10am-noon. $60 series/$50 members series/$20. Create a beautiful and satisfying perennial border Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Supply and Demand 1-2pm. Third Thursday of every month. Breast pump info sessions Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
FRIDAY 19 Kids & Family Pokemon Game Night 6:30pm. Participant ages 5-18 can compete one on one with gym leaders. All participants must bring their Nintendo DS and a version of Pokemon Black, Black 2, White, or White 2 to play. Participants are welcome to come in costume as gym leaders. Grinnell Library, Wappingers Falls. 297-3428.
Literary & Books Vinceny Sell 7pm. Presenting Calixto, a historical novella surrounding the life of Juan Calixto Ayamaya, the Yaqui leader who led his people in revolt against the Spanish occupiers of their land. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Lectures & Talks Overfishing: What Everyone Needs to Know 7pm. Ned Ames Honorary Lecture by fisheries expert Ray Hilborn from the University of Washington. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook. 677-5343.
Music American Symphony Orchestra 8pm. $25-40. An all-Wagner program conducted by Leon Botstein. Preconcert talk at 7pm. Sosnoff Theater at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Arlen Roth Band 7pm. Lexie Roth opens. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. ASK for Music 8pm. $6. Come out to hear some of the finest songwriters in the Hudson Valley. This month features The Cupcakes, Ron Renninger, and Paul Maloney. Hosted by Michael and Emmy Clarke. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0331. The Bar Spies 8:30pm. Classic rock. Whistling Willie’s, Cold Spring. 265-2012. The Crossroads Band 8:30pm. Classic rock. Gail’s Place, Newburgh. 567-1414. The Levins 7:30pm. Acoustic. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Milton 8:30pm. $20/$15. Singer/songwriter. With Jay Erickson of Red Rooster. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. Tony Trischka 8pm. $15. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048. The Wandering Rocks 9pm. Alternative folk. Mezzo Bistro and Bar, Williamstown, MA. (413) 458-0123.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits 10th Anniversary of Empty Bowls 2013 5pm. $15. Purchase ceramic bowls made by a number of local artists and fill with a variety of donated soups and/or ice cream. All proceeds for charity. Rondout Valley High School, Stone Ridge. 687-2400.
Spirituality An Evening with White Eagle & The Alchemy of the Divine 7pm. $25 before April 17; $30 after the 17th. Relax and enjoy a transformational group healing and guided meditation followed by channelled teaching to the group. Back by popular demand from the UK, James Philip is an inspirational teacher, healer, and channel for White Eagle. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100. Fr. Carl Arico & Mary Anne Best Through April 25. The Gift of Life: Death & Dying, Life & Living–On The Contemplative Christian Journey. Garrison Institute, Garrison. (973) 838-3384.
Theater Julius Caesar 8pm. $20/$18. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Producers 8pm. $20/$18/$9. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. 257-3880.
SATURDAY 20 Art Galleries and Exhibits Less Like an Object More Like the Weather 1-4pm. Opening reception. CCS Bard studentcurated exhibition. Hessel Museum at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7598.
Fairs & Festivals The Chancellor’s Sheep & Wool Showcase 11am. $8. Shearing, spinning, dyeing, knitting, and weaving demonstrations, exhibition of various breeds of sheep and other wool bearing animals, wool artisans and shops, music, and food. Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 537-4240. Energize Kingston 11am-3pm. Food, entertainment, prizes, and a wide variety of community building and placemaking activities that celebrate sustainability and renewal. YMCA, Kingston. 338-3810.
Food & Wine The Kingston Farmers’ Winter Market 10am-2pm. Third Saturday of every month. Come shop the over 20 vendors offering farm fresh goods, and crafts. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. Kingstonfarmersmarket.org.
Winter Green Market 11:30am-2:30pm. Third Saturday of every month. Indoor farmers’ market. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
Health & Wellness Inner Light Health Spa Annual Open House 10am. A variety of classes, sessions, and presentations offered throughout the day. Inner Light Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Introductory Workshop 11am-1pm. $15. Workshop covers postures, breath, and relaxation techniques, along with an overview and approach to classical yoga. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.
Kids & Family Kids Stuff 10:30am-noon. Actor/Playwright Albert Verdesca introduces a variety of fun theater games Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469. Life of a Tree 2pm. Discover the importance of trees from sprouting seeds to rotting logs. Discuss the necessary roles trees play in the lives of people, other animals, and plants. Mud Creek Environmental Learning Center, Ghent. (518) 828-4386 ext. 3.. Stephen Christopher’s Optimystiks 10:30am. Come and be dazzled by magic, illusions, high-energy fun, and surprises. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507. SUNY New Paltz Environmental Awareness and Sustainability Day 12-4pm. Activities for children and adults include games, interactive displays, speakers, a green living panel, music, and a local green market. Featured guest speakers include Andy Revkin of the New York Times and Lynn Cherry, author of children’s books on ecology. Located at Old Main and on the quad. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. Wildlife Show: Reptile Encounter 1pm; 2:30pm. Reptile expert Mark Perpetua will educate and entertain audiences. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Lectures & Talks Myth, Controversy, and Modern Art: Reconsidering the 1913 Armory Show 4pm. $12/$7 for WAAM members. Lecture by Kimberly Orcutt, Henry Luce Foundation Curator of American Art, New York Historical Society Museum & Library. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940. Biodiversity Without Borders: Earth Day Reflections on the Environment in Cuba 2pm. Friends of Taconic State Park presents an illustrated lecture on the environment of Cuba given by our friend, Brian Boom Roeliff. Jansen Historical Society Museum, Copake Falls. (518) 966-2730. Fruit-Growing Seminar 9:30am-3:30pm. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Romancing the Olive 2:30pm. $30/$25 members. Lecture by Carol Drinkwater that will transport us along her journey of discovering the rich history and culture of the olive tree. Followed by a wine and olive oil tasting and book signing. Co-sponsored by the Garden Conservancy. Millbrook Vineyards, Millbrook. 424-6500.
Literary & Books Poetry Reading by Duncan Christy: The Running Sonnets 4pm. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500. Poetry Reading by Philip Levine 2pm. The 18th United States Poet Laureate. Storm King Art Center, New Windsor. 534-3115. Reading with Nancy Kricorian 4pm. Author of All the Light There Was. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006.
Music American Symphony Orchestra 8pm. $25-40. An all-Wagner program conducted by Leon Botstein. Preconcert talk at 7pm. Sosnoff Theater at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Taverna Night: An Evening of Greek Acoustic Song 8pm. $5. Soprano Julie Ziavras presents a collection of songs accompanying herself on classical guitar and joined on bouzouki by Chris Papadopoulos. The Greek Café, Middletown. 673-6040. BANN 7pm. Featuring Seamus Blake, Jay Anderson, Oz Noy, and Adam Nussbaum. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Beyond The Wall 9:30pm. Pink Floyd tribute. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Dan Deacon 8pm. $16/$12 in advance/$10 students. Electronic dance music. Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) MoCA-111. Debbie Davies Blues Band 8:30pm. $27.50/$22.50. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. Del Rey 8pm. $17-$25. A one-woman musical whirlwind, and one of the few we know who plays a resonator guitar. Her “Women in American Music” set tells the stories of the women pioneers in classic blues to rural blues to swing and rocking hillbillies. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Grand Piano Trios I Erin Keefe, Jeffrey Swann, Yehuda Hanani. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040. Jason Darling 7pm. Songwriter and guitar player. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Jazzmosis 8pm. $5. Catskill Distilling Company, Bethel. 583-3141.
The Music of Laura Kaminsky 8pm. $13-$18. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181. Peter Calo 7:30pm. Classic rock. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Senior Recital 1:30pm. Elizabeth McLean, soprano. Assisted by Richard Mogavero, piano. Music of Granados, Schumann, Mozart, Sondheim, Hahn, Gershwin & Weill, Donaudy, Massenet, Moore & Latouche, and Tesori 4pm. Thomas Hochla, baritone. Assisted by David Alpher, piano. Music of Schubert, Mahler, Handel, and Vaughan Williams Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319. Soul City Motown & Stax Revue 9pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Vishtèn CD Release: MosaÏk 7:30pm. $26/$24 advance. A Celtic sound with a difference. Eighth Step @ Proctors, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits 1st-Annual Spring Fling Dance 7-10pm. $10. A fundraising event to benefit the Rhinecliff Waterfront. Music, wine, beer, snacks, and tulip favor. Morton Memorial Library, Rhinecliff. 876-2903. 2nd Annual Ladies Night Out 7pm. H. G. Page Home and Hardware, Poughkeepsie. Hgpage.com. TSL: The First 40 Years 6:30-9pm. $40. 40th-anniversary celebration and fundraising event. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448. Zumba for Autism 9:30am-noon. $25/$20 in advance. Fundraiser supporting children with Autism Spectrum Disorders served by Center for Spectrum Services. MAC Fitness, Kingston. 853-7377.
Outdoors & Recreation 4th-Annual Kingston Clean Sweep 9am-noon. Friends of Historic Kingston, Kingston. Fohk@hvc.rr.com. Brigade of the American Revolution Encampment Through April 21. 10am-4pm. Revolutionary War historians, dressed in period clothing, perform military drill and battle demonstrations at 2pm each day. Visit their encampments and learn about life during the Revolution. New Windsor Cantonment, New Windsor. 561-1765 ext. 22. Volunteer Landscape Day 9am-2pm. Manitoga, Garrison. 424-3812.
Pets Spring Pet Photoshoot 11am-2pm. $20. With photographer Justin Schmidt. Includes digital CD. Cornell Street Studio, Kingston. 679-8348.
Theater Assorted (But Not Sordid!) Shorts 8pm. $10. Staged readings of original short plays, skits, and monologues that range from the poignant to the piss-your-pants funny, from the transcendent to the traumatic, and from the rarefied to the ridiculous. Written and performed by Mikhail Horowitz, Gilles Malkine, David Smilow, Sarah Chodoff, and Kimberly Kay. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048. Julius Caesar 8pm. $20/$18. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Producers 8pm. $20/$18/$9. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. 257-3880.
Workshops & Classes Art & Literacy: Common Core & Uncommon Knowledge 9am-3pm. A full day of professional development for teachers and art professionals. Speakers, roundtables, and hands-on workshops. Lecture Center, New Paltz. Nysata7.wordpress.com. Freeform Power Hammer Forging 9:30am. $220 includes materials. With Jon Ledford. For advanced students only. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550. Knitting Club 2pm. Third Saturday of every month. This informal group welcomes all skill level knitters. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507. Percieving Auras With Forest Sunshine 2pm. $20. This workshop addresses those things that cause us to veil our eyes to our innate abilities and truth. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Singing into Bone Ceremony: A Sacred Circle for Renewal and Wisdom Facilitated by Rebecca Singer 6pm. $20. With a brief introduction to the Reindeer People of Mongolia. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Supply and Demand Third Saturday of every month, 1-2pm. $10 nonmembers. Breast pump info sessions. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
SUNDAY 21 Comedy Kathy Griffin 7pm.$55/$60/$75. Part of the Serious Laughs: Art | Politics | Humor Tour. UPAC, Kingston. 473-2072.
Dance Pilobolus: Classics 7:30pm. $28/$26. Modern movement company. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.
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West Coast Swing Dance 6-9pm. $8/$6 FT students. Dance to DJ’d music. Lesson at 5:30pm. Reformed Church of Port Ewen, Port Ewen. Hudsonvalleydance.org.
Film Beyond Iconic: Photographer Dennis Stock 7:15pm. $7/$5. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. Rosendaletheatre.org.
Lectures & Talks Alan Alda Talks with the Experts: Discussions on Dyslexia 7pm. $100/$200. Mr. Alda, actor, co-founder of the Center for Communicating Science at Stonybrook University, and grandfather to a dyslexic child, moderates a panel discussion with world-renowned dyslexia experts. The Kildonan School, Amenia. (978) 886-3600. Christa Parravani: Her 5:30-7:30pm. Author reading and book signing, held in conjunction with the Woodstock Writers Festival. The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-9957.
Literary & Books Alexandra Aldrich: The Astor Orphan 4pm. An unflinching debut memoir by local author, and direct descendant of John Jacob Astor, Alexandra Aldric. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
Music Britain’s National Theatre’s People 6:30pm. $25/$20/$18/$15. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Dan Lavoie on Harp Guitar 4:30pm. Acoustic BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. The Five Points Band with Ratboy Featuring Tim Sutton 6pm. $10. Woodstock Day School Storytellers Concert Series. Casual dinner theater format. Woodstock Day School, Saugerties. 246-3744. Gustafer Yellowgold & Rachel Loshak 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Hudson Valley Jazz Festival Fundraiser 4pm. $17. All funds go to to support the education program, festival promotion, and supplement artists fees. Music direction by Joe Vincent Tranchina. Orange County Arts Council, Sugar Loaf. (917) 903-4380. The KC Four & More 12pm. Jazz at the Falls. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Open Mike 4-6pm. $7/$5 members. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Royal Opera House’s Eugene Onegin 2pm. $20. Opera film in three acts sung in Russian with English subtitles. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. Rosendaletheatre.org. Senior Thesis Performance: Original Compositions by Aaron Basch 3pm. Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA. (800) 235-7186.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits 22nd Annual John A. Coleman Catholic High School Wine and Cheese Party & Raffle 3pm. $50/two people. John A Coleman Catholic High School, Hurley. 338-2750.
Outdoors & Recreation Brigade of the American Revolution Encampment 10am-4pm. Revolutionary War historians, dressed in period clothing, perform military drill and battle demonstrations at 2pm. Visit their encampments and learn about life during the Revolution. New Windsor Cantonment, New Windsor. 561-1765 ext. 22.
TUESDAY 23
Food & Wine
Wine Essentials and Secrets 6-7:30pm. The Schofield Wine School offers a friendly classroom to learn from an award-winning wine educator and sommelier. Rhinecliff Hotel, Rhinecliff. 383-1165.
Health & Wellness Developmental Check-Ups 10am-2pm. Astor Early Childhood Programs and United Way of Dutchess County team up with the Tivoli Free Library to offer free developmental check-ups for children 4 months to 5 years old. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.
Lectures & Talks America’s Endless Opportunity with Jerry Springer 7:30pm. $75/$55. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Literary & Books Author Series: James and Pat Richards 6pm. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
Music Symphonic Band 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.
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Clubs & Organizations
Bereavement Group 10-11:15am. Fourth Wednesday of every month. Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Ulster County & JFS. New Paltz Village Hall, New Paltz.
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Lectures & Talks Nonstop Plants: A Garden for 365 Days 7pm. $5. The Rhinebeck Garden Club presents Margaret Roach. Rhinebeck Town Hall, Rhinebeck. (914) 475-3502.
Literary & Books
A Course In Miracles (ACIM) Study Group Third Sunday of every month, 4pm. Whether you are a beginning student or an advanced teacher of the course, you are welcome. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. (609) 865-8544.
Storytelling with Janet Carter 7pm. Headed by local Karen Pillsworth. She and Janet Carter will present “Family Stories,” building on a three-year tradition of warm-hearted tales for all ages. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
Workshops & Classes The Artists Way Cluster 11am-1pm. Third Sunday of every month. Participants need not have read The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. Discussions are based on her book of daily quotations. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0331. Sculpting Yourself: With Carole Feuerman 2pm. $5. As a hyper-realistic sculptor who focuses on the human form, Carole Feuerman is known for her oil-painted resin sculptures, but she also utilizes media such as bronze and stone. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100.
MONDAY 22 Clubs & Organizations Mohonk Consultations’ 2013 Distinguished Environmental Achievement Award Presentation 5-8pm. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (800) 772-6646.
Music Chamber Jazz Ensemble 1 7pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.
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The Ali Ryerson Quintet 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Average White Band 8pm. $40. Jazz Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Jon Cobert 8pm. Singer/songwriter. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
Theater The Producers 8pm. $20/$18/$9. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. 257-3880.
Workshops & Classes Babywearing Bonanza 1-2pm. Fourth Thursday of every month. $10. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 473-5952. Understanding The Human Design System with Frank Camarda 7pm. $15 if before April 23; $20 after the 23rd. Introductory workshop on basic human design concepts: the bodygraph, the four energy types, the centers, inner authority, and the human design mandala. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.
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Spirituality
Julius Caesar 3pm. $20/$18. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Producers 2pm. $20/$18/$9. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. 257-3880.
Music
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Read Local! Red Hook Literary Festival The Hudson Valley has been an inspiration for generations of writers, from James Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving to Carol Goodman and Kate Christensen. The second annual Read Local! Red Hook Literary Festival, a three-day event celebrating local arts and literature, carries on the tradition by showcasing the region’s talent. From April 12 to 14, Hudson Valley-based writers and artists will gather at locations throughout Red Hook for readings, panels, workshops, and presentations, including a special reading on Saturday, “Stories on Stage: Hudson Valley Actors Read Hudson Valley Authors,” which features Oscar-nominated actor David Strathairn, “Breaking Bad”’s Giancarlo Esposito, and Racing Daylight’s Nicole Quinn reading short stories by John Sayles, T. C. Boyle, and Abigail Thomas. A full day of author panels, workshops, and book-signings will be held on Sunday, including programs for kids (“I Want to Be in a Band!”—a music and movement program featuring author and musician Suzzy Roche and illustrator Giselle Potter), discussions on process and the industry, and conversations with fiction writers, including Owen King (Double Feature) and Marshall Karp (NYPD Red). (845) 758-6575; Rhcan.com.
Book Group 6:30pm. The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
Theater
Yiddish Language and Culture 11am-12:15pm. Miriam Hoffman, PhD, will give a lecture on Yiddish language and culture. SUNY Orange, Middletown. 341-4891.
Music Chamber Jazz Ensemble 2 7pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869. Kenny Werner & Benjamin Koppel 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Tedeschi Trucks Band 8pm. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Workshops & Classes Experimental Art Night 7pm. Fourth Wednesday of every month. $25 includes all supplies. Experimentation with materials, styles, concepts, approaches, and interactions through individual and group work. Shaqe’s A&I Studio, Beacon. 440-6802.
THURSDAY 25 Food & Wine Dining Out for Life 2013 5-9:30pm. Dine out, fight AIDS! A portion of your bill will be donated to ARCS’ programs for Hudson Valley residents living with HIV/AIDS. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. (914) 785-8326.
Health & Wellness Sleep Divine Yoga Nidra 6:30pm. Fourth Thursday of every month. $10 nonmembers. Presented by Jean Wolfersteig. YMCA, Kingston. 338-3810 ext. 110.
Lectures & Talks The Ashokan Reservoir and Catskill 7:30pm. Presented by Bob Steuding. Hurley Reformed Church, Hurley. 331-4121.
Write the Story of Your Life 2pm. Through April 28. $525/$325 no lodging. Start the day with yoga, attend writing workshops, be inspired with writing prompts, and share your writing with a supportive and fun group. Find time to walk, chat, write, and dine with new friends in a quiet setting. Olmsted Center, Cornwall. (646) 678-0832.
FRIDAY 26 Dance The 2013 Faculty Dance Concert 7:30pm. $15/free for Bard students. A dynamic evening of choreography by the faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program. Theater Two at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Cirque Shanghai: Bai Xi 10am. $25-$35. Chinese acrobatics. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040. Swing Dance to The Love Dogs 8:30-11:30pm. Fourth Friday of every month. $15/$10 FT students. No experience or partner needed. Beginners’ lesson at 8pm. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
Health & Wellness Birth Arts International Doula Training 7pm. Through April 28. $350. Doulas help prepare for birth by helping the laboring woman with continuous physical and emotional support with relaxation techniques. She gives support after childbirth and helps with breastfeeding and postpartum care. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 339-2025.
Kids & Family Minecraft Club 6-8pm. $10. Join your friends, bring your laptop, and enter the world of minecraft on our huge flat screen. Ages 9+. Fiberflame Studio, Saugerties. 679-6132.
Literary & Books Laura Ludwig Presents Performance Art and Poetry 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Reading by John Hart 7pm. Author of The Mormon Woman. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Roger Roloff 7pm. Presenting Earthcraft, a collection of poems celebrating artful living by honoring deep connections with Mother Earth. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Music The Bar Spies 9:30pm. Classic rock. The Quiet Man Pub, Peekskill. Thequietmanpublichouse.com. The Chain Gang 8pm. Classic rock. La Puerta Azul, Salt Point. 677-2985. Change of the Century: New Jazz for the 21st 8pm. $15/$10 students and seniors. Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tom Rainey. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. Dempsey/Nelson 8:30pm. Acoustic. Hopped Up Café, High Falls. 687-4750. The Den Series Open Showcase 7:30pm. Last Friday of every month. $5-$10. 12 musical acts from the area sign up for 10 minutes of stage time. New York School of Music, Walden. 778-7594. Deuces Child CD Release Party 7:30pm. Pop, soft rock. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 8pm. Members of the American Symphony Orchestra, Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, and Longy Conservatory Orchestra. Conducted by Leon Botstein. Sosnoff Theater at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. The Guthrie Brothers 9:30pm. Acoustic. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624 Mike + Ruthy 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Minor Fall, Major Lift 8pm. Jarrod Spector covers everything from The Jackson 5 to Led Zeppelin. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Studio Stu 10pm. Alternative. Market Market Café, Rosendale. 658-3164. Vassar College Jazz Ensembles 8pm. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319.
Outdoors & Recreation Kingston High School Rowing Regatta Dual Regatta 1:30-7pm. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080.
Spirituality Garrison Institute Personal Retreat Weekend Through April 28. $270. Meditate, pray, read, write, walk our labyrinth and trails, rest, and enjoy nurturing vegetarian meals. Garrison Institute, Garrison. 424-4800.
Theater Julius Caesar 8pm. $20/$18. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Producers 8pm. $20/$18/$9. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. 257-3880.
SATURDAY 27 Art Galleries and Exhibits Open Studios and Reception 2-5pm. Meet Artists-in-Residence from around the world. The Arts Students League of New York Vytlacil Campus, Sparkill. 359-1263. Live Art Show 4pm. Three artists painting live with DJ and percussion. Unframed Artist Gallery, New Paltz. 255-5482.
Dance The 2013 Faculty Dance Concert 7:30pm. $15/free for Bard students. A dynamic evening of choreography by the faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program. Theater Two at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Ballroom by Request with Joe Donato & Julie Martin 9-11pm. $12. Lesson a 8pm. Includes refreshments. Becca’s Academy of Dance, Poughkeepsie. 227-2706. Rioult Dance 7:30pm. $30/$10 children and student rush. A flawless melding of ballet and modern. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 2.
Fairs & Festivals 23rd Annual Beltane Festival 1-11pm. $6/$12. The Renaissance and Craft Faire includes costumes, musicians, singers, dancers, jongleurs, players, fine artisans, food vendors, giant puppets, dancing dragons, prancing horses, clowns, and fire dancing. Procession and May pageant at 4pm. Center For Symbolic Studies, New Paltz. 658-8540. Body, Mind, Spirit Fair 10am. Sample sesssion less than $1/minute. Massage, tarot, reiki, reflexology, medicine cards, kinesiology, polarity, cranial-sacral, breath work, chakra balancing, music healing, aura imaging, fair trade jewelery, and goodies. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston. 518-5947. TAP New York Craft Beer and Fine Food Festival $70 1st day/$60 2nd day/$105 both. Two-day long craft beer and fine food festival featuring over 50 breweries and well over 200 individual beers. Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. (518) 263-4223.
Film UFO Sightings in the Hudson Valley 7-9pm. $25. Film screening and book signing by Linda Zimmerman. Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. 457-ARTS.
Food & Wine Winter Millerton Farmer’s Market Fourth Saturday of every month, 10am-2pm. Gilmor Glass, Millerton. (518) 789-8000.
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Ambassador Dennis Ross will speak at SUNY New Paltz on April 16.
Las Vegas Rules Don’t Apply The Arab Spring left a host of toppled dictators in its wake, uncertainty where replacement factions lag in delivering promised change, and unrest where autocrats still rule. In Syria, the Assad regime’s assault on its Sunni population has produced 80,000 deaths, 60,000 missing, 200,000 imprisoned, and over 1 million fleeing refugees. Escalating violence in Iraq runs along Sunni-Shia lines yet moderate Shia are threatening to secede from the government in the face of elections postponements in Sunni-dominated areas. Beltway policy wonks wring their hands at the specter of Iranian domination enshrouded in a Shia Crescent—an arc of power stretching from Damascus through Baghdad to Tehran. The Israeli-Palestinian debacle remains the never-ending story. Mideast unrest remains linked to religious and sectarian divisions, and disagreement over Islamic governance octane levels, yet religion is the elephant in the room no one dares address. On April 16 at 7:30pm at Lecture Center 100, the Distinguished Speaker Series at SUNY New Paltz will host scholar and diplomat Dennis Ross. Working under four administrations, Ross has over two decades of experience in Soviet and Middle East policy and played a leading role in shaping US involvement in the Middle East peace process, dealing directly with the parties in negotiations. Presently a counselor for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Ross will address Mideast issues and US involvement. A Q&A will follow, moderated by Ottaway Fellow and NPR Middle East correspondent Deborah Amos. Tickets are $18 for the general public. (845) 257-3880; Newpaltz.edu/speakerseries. —Lorna Tychostup
Lorna Tychostup: Iraq and Syria are the most unstable countries in the Middle East, with growing-cross border instability and violence. Forcefully attempting to stem crossborder cooperation between Iraq-based groups (Sunni, al Qaeda) sympathetic to the Syrian rebels, Iraq’s al-Maliki-led government has allowed munitions from Iran and Iraqi Shia militiamen to cross through Iraq into Syria to the Assad regime. Dennis Ross: The Iranians have invested a tremendous amount in the Assad regime and clearly demonstrate how high the stakes are by the weapons and Hezbollah [fighters] they send. They’re determined and going to great lengths to keep Assad in power. Radical Shiite groups are also coming out of Iraq into Syria. I don’t know about connections to the Maliki government but it is very strongly connected to the Iranians. Maliky fears the spillover into Iraq and worries what will happen if Assad should go. You have radical Sunni jihadis from al Qaeda in Iraq or elsewhere. Las Vegas rules don’t apply to Syria—what takes place in Syria is not going to stay there but radiate outward. The human catastrophe within Syria is also a threat to the region. LT: Some fear the Lebanese civil war might erupt again. There is the never-ending Israel/Palestinian situation and Iranian infiltration into Iraq and the region, amid fears of a Shia Crescent.
DR: The notion of a Shia Crescent is a little hard to elevate at a time when you have is a struggle within Syria that is consuming it between Sunnis and the regime and Shia supporters of the Alawite-based regime. It’s hard to say there is a Shia Crescent when you have a major conflict within Syria radiating outward. The Iranians may fear that they are going to lose their base in Syria. In Lebanon there has been backlash against Hezbollah support for what’s going on in Syria. Almost two-thirds of the Syrian population is Sunni and they make up the vast majority of the opposition. The Syrian regime is killing its citizens and there is a reaction against that. I don’t see a Shia Crescent right now. LT: Your op-ed in the New York Times on achieving peace in the Mideast stated, “the moment Islamists come to define Palestinian identity is the moment when this conflict will be transformed from a national into a religious one” and may no longer be possible to resolve. Through all of the skirmishes in the region you see the Sunni-Shia boundary. Iran and the Assad Alawite regime are Shia. The rebels Assad is targeting are Sunni—. DR: Alawites are an offshoot of Shia. The Iranians may be trying to forestall the end of the Assad regime but they are not going to succeed. Sooner or later it will collapse. The question is, how much of a catastrophe is it going to produce? The most immediate problem King Abdullah is facing is 400,000 Syrian refugees [entering] Jordan. They are not Shia. At the current pace there will be 700,000 by June. That’s not sustainable. I see something different as the main source of greater instability in the area around Syria right now. LT: Your SUNY New Paltz talk is titled “Challenges in the Middle East 2013 and Beyond.” Harvard professor Stephen Walt, who co-authored The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy, says that “the pro-Israel lobbies are among the most capable for enacting political change and influencing public opinion in the US.” Mention of anything less than total alignment of US-Israeli interests and solid support for Israel in the media sets off an aggressive campaign by these powerful lobbies. Walt claims the result has been “a backlash against the most extreme neoconservative parts of the pro-Israel lobby and their tendency to smear people they disagree with baseless charges.” Have the pro-Israel lobbies saturated the American public and done more harm than good regarding a resolution? DR: Stephen Walt has never been in a policy-making position. From the way he writes about the situation, I don’t think he understands. In all the administrations I’ve been a part of, I have yet to see a president make a decision on the national security issues that I was involved with on what one lobby or another wanted. Decisions were based on what was the right thing to do. I don’t accept the premise that the lobbyists are somehow distorting the policy. I don’t think the lobbies are the reason that the perceptions of the Israelis and the Palestinians are what they are. There is a reality in the US that creates a greater sense of commonality with the Israelis than with others. If you look at the polling, you’ll see the favorability ratings toward the Israelis are at 79 percent. You don’t have other countries in the region seen the same way.
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FLOOD MANAGEMENT: NEW STRATEGIES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE Saturday, May 4, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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s intense rain events become more common in the Hudson Valley, there is a growing need for improved flood management. Geared toward municipal decision makers and concerned citizens, this forum will provide insight into flood resilience strategies. Speakers will include a climatologist, a stream ecologist, and several experts tasked with flood response and infrastructure adaptation. Held in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Dutchess and Ulster Counties, extension credits will be offered. The event is free, but RSVP is required. Sign up at www.caryinstitute.org/ flood-forum or call (845) 677-7600 x121.
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april 7 Sunday SilentS: Harold lloyd’s Safety last $7 | 2 pm april 9 ViewS From tHe edge: duck Soup $7 | 7:15 pm april 14 dance Film SundayS: Ballet’s greatest Hits - yagp gala $10 | 2 pm april 16 documentary: dakota 38 $8 | 7 pm april 19 paVapalooza: Battle of the Bands $5 | 8 pm april 21 opera in cinema: eugene onegin, royal opera House $20 | 2 pm april 21 documentary: Beyond iconic $7 | 7:15 pm april 23 exHiBition: manet, portraying life $12 | 7:15 pm april 27 documentary: radio unnameable $7 | 7:15 pm april 28 national tHeatre london: alan Bennett’s people $12/$10 members | 2 pm plus nightly films: Jack the giant Slayer, Searching for Sugar man, welcome to the punch, war witch, 56 up
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Vision 2013 - 22nd Annual John A. Coleman Catholic High School
Wine & CHeeSe PArty & rAffle Sunday, April 21, 3:00 p.m. (Doors open at 2:00 p.m.)
Coleman Catholic High School 430 Hurley Avenue, Hurley
$50 ticket admits 2 (must be 18 years or older) limited number of tickets sold - sell ten tickets get one free • 19 chances to win from $100 up to $10,000 • Fine Wine & Non-Alcoholic Beverages • Delicious Appetizers • Numerous Door Prizes
Contact the school office at 845-338-2750 for more information
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Antique Fair and Flea Market May 4th & 5th - 2013 at the
WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, Rt. 29, GREENWICH, NY (12 mi. East of Saratoga Springs, NY)
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Health & Wellness Find Your Best Health: An Intro to Coaching 3pm. With Sherrill Silver of Mimi's Well Coaching. Participate in live demonstrations and get tips on achieving health and happiness. Inner Light Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 255-4560.
Kids & Family Family Event: Slow Art Day 11am-1pm. Learn how to look at and love art. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747. Lyndhurst Family Fun Day 10am-4pm. $9/$7 children. Two-day party that allows creative and inquisitive kids to exhibit their LEGO® creations in the art and antique-filled rooms of Lyndhurst. Lyndhurst, Tarrytown. (914) 631-4481. Magic: The Gathering 12pm. Each game represents a battle between mighty wizards, who employ the magical spells, items, and fantastic creatures depicted on magic cards, to defeat their opponents. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771..
Lectures & Talks Human Trafficking 1pm. Come to this presentation by Chris Collins and find out what human trafficking is, and what you can do to help. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
Literary & Books Owen King: Double Feature 7pm. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500. The Spoken Word Café: Ken Holland 7pm. $5. Ken Holland, a Pushcart Prize nominee, has had poetry and prose published in thirty-plus literary journals. The Spoken Word Café, Poughkeepsie. (917) 509-5636.
Futurity 8pm. Within a theatrically staged song cycle, Futurity fuses found text, experimental music, and The Lisps’ own brand of quirky pop to tell the story of young Julian Munro, who spends his days breaking up Confederate railroad tracks as a soldier in the Union army. Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) MoCA-111. Helping Drew 11am; 1pm. $10. Up In Arms’s premiere, anti-bullying, puppet musical. The Theatre at West Shore Station, Newburgh. 875-4325. Julius Caesar 8pm. $20/$18. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Producers 8pm. $20/$18/$9. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. 257-3880.
Workshops & Classes Bleach Pen Batik 12-2:30pm. $40. Come experiment with bleach pen batik as you create your own one-of-a-kind T-shirt. Ages 8+. Fiberflame Studio, Saugerties. 679-6132. Building a Dry Stone Wall 9am-3pm. $95/$85 members. Learn the basics of dry stone wall building, including planning, layout, cutting, and fitting by hands-on work. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Copper Foldforming Workshop 9:30am. $140 includes materials. With Darren Fisher. Foldforming combines origami with forging. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550.
14th Annual Walk for Housing Habitat for Humanity 1pm. Raise critical funds and awareness for decent and affordable housing for hard-working, local families in need. Habitat Newburgh has committed to building another 50 homes in 5 years. Live music, raffles, and family-friendly activities. Jane Disare, Cornwall. 568-6035.
Comedy Lewis Black: The Rant is Due 7pm. $80 golden circle/ $55 all seats/ $50 members. “Lewis Black: Running on Empty Tour” scheduled to play UPAC in Kingston on Sunday, February 17, 2013 has been rescheduled as “The Rant is Due” Sunday, April 28, 2013. Tickets purchased for the February date will be honored at the April performance. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
Dance The 2013 Faculty Dance Concert 2pm; 7:30pm. $15/free for Bard students. A dynamic evening of choreography by the faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program. Theater Two at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900. All County Dance Celebration 3pm. With Orange County dancers, choreographers, dance companies, and dance studios. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf. 610-5335. Rioult Dance 2:30pm. $30/$10 children and student rush. A flawless melding of ballet and modern. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 2.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits Healing with Song: Feamle Vocalists for Ana 3pm. $15. Featuring Amy Helm, Ruth Ungar, Rebecca Martin, Elizabeth Mitchell, Rachel Loshak and the band. Grenadilla High Meadow School, Stone Ridge. Anadooley.brownpapertickets.com. Spring Swap Meet 11am. $11/$5 children 4-12. First ever Season KickOff and Spring Swap Meet. Have any motorcycle related items that you no longer have any use for? Motorcyclepedia, Newburgh. 569-9065.
Music Aztec Two Step 8pm. $25/$30 for two. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Ecstatic Dance Party with Shaktipat 8pm. A mind, body, and spirit party revolution. Chant meets funk meets tribal meets samba meets kirtan meets bliss! Ecstatic groove, drum circle, hypnotic kirtan, sacred space. MaMa, Stone Ridge. 687 8707. Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 8pm. Members of the American Symphony Orchestra, Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, and Longy Conservatory Orchestra. Conducted by Leon Botstein. Sosnoff Theater at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Kim & Reggie Harris 8pm. $17-$25. Through classic spirituals, gospel, and American folk songs, the Harris’s pay homage to those who came before them with the utmost respect and reverence. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Mendelssohn Club Spring Concert 8pm. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. 338-6759. The Met: Live in HD with Handel’s Giulio Cesare 12pm; 6pm. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. The Met: Live in HD with Handel’s Giulio Cesare 12pm. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040. The Met: Live in HD with Handel’s Giulio Cesare 12pm. $25/$22 members/$18 students. Approximate running time 245 minutes. Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA. (413) 458-2303. Mighty Girl 10pm. Pop, soft rock. Market Market Café, Rosendale. 658-3164. MOVE Music Festival $15. Over 100 artists at 10 venues. Albany. Movemusicfest.com. New Kings 8pm. With Peter Florance. Catskill Distilling Company, Bethel. 583-3141. Pitchfork Militia 9pm. Unique blend of country, blues, rock, and punk. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Pony in the Pancake, Christina Abbott, and Bear Grass 8pm. $5. Albany-based five piece psychedelic surf rock band. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Reggae Fever Fest With Black Uhuru’s, Mykal Rose and Dancehall Queen, Sister Carol, and special guests Royal Khaoz and BombMob ElectroDub. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 679-3382. Vassar College Madrigal Singers 5pm. Drew Minter, conductor. A concert celebrating the St. John’s Bible in conjunction with The Bible Project at Vassar College. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits Visitor Center Grand Reopening 9am-4pm. Ribbon cutting, guided tours, creature searches, raptor and reptile presentation, and more. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. Mohonkpreserve.org.
Outdoors & Recreation 3rd Annual Newburgh Community Cleanup 9am-12pm. Help keep Newburgh clean. Post-cleanup BBQ at 12pm. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-6940. Volunteer Restoration Day 10am-2pm. Learn to identify local flora and proper techniques for removing invasive plants that wreak havoc on the valley’s fragile ecosystem Black Creek Preserve, Esopus. Scenichudson.org.
Theater The Columbia-Greene Playwright Project 2013 7:30pm. $6/$4 students and seniors. Play inspired by 50th anniversary of JFK assassination. ColumbiaGreene Community College, Hudson. (518) 828-1481.
American Boychoir 3pm. Part of the Shandalee Music Festival. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388. Classical Guitar Performance with Eric Roth 3pm. $5. A concert of early 19th-century guitar music performed on a reproduction Panormo guitar, based on an original 1830 model. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 255-1660. Collegium Musicum 3pm. $8/$6/$3. Nadia & Max Shepard. Recital Hall, New Paltz. 257-2700. Songs We Love: Victorian Parlor Concert with Julie and Ken 2pm. $15 + non-perishable food item. Concert and brunch. The Dominion House Bed & Breakfast, Blooming Grove. 496-1826. Erik Lawrence Trio 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Funk Junkies 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Life Could Be a Dream 3pm. $10/$8 students and seniors. Mid-Hudson Women’s Chorus spring concert. St. James United Methodist Church, Kingston. 331-3030. Steve Earle and the Dukes 8pm. $60/$50/$40. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Vassar College and Community Wind Ensemble 3pm. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-7319.
Outdoors & Recreation Philippe Petit
Woodstock Writers Festival For the fourth year, world-class authors and local literati host intensive workshops, readings, talks, panels, and parties from April 18 to 21 at venues around Woodstock. The weekend opens with a “50 Shades of Tie-Dye”-themed Rock ‘n’ Roll story slam, and continues throughout the weekend, with highlights that include a Q&A and lesson in tying knots with Philippe Petit, the French high-wire artist of Man on Wire who is touring his new book, Why Knot?; a dialogue between WAMC’s Joe Donahue and New York Timesbestseller Cheryl Strayed, whose memoir, Wild, is being made into a screenplay, written by Nick Hornby and starring Reese Witherspoon; and “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to Woodstock,” a night of comedy with acclaimed late-night television writers including Bill Sheft of the “Late Show with David Letterman,” Jess Dweck of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” and Meredith Scardino of “The Colbert Report,” moderated by J. R. Havlan from “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” (845) 481-0751; Woodstockwritersfestival.com.
John Burroughs Natural History Society Kenneeth Wilson State Park Bird Walk 6am-12pm. Kenneth Wilson State Park, Mount Tremper. Pds@netstep.net. Spring Sprint 5k Trail Run 10am-12pm. Shaupeneak Ridge, Esopus. Scenichudson.org.
Spirituality Erica’s Monthly Spiritual Pregnancy & Adoption Circle 6pm. Fourth Sunday of every month. Gathering of currently pregnant or adoptive mothers-to-be to help awaken the relationship between you and your child. Wyld Acres, New Paltz. 255-5896.
Theater The Producers 2pm. $20/$18/$9. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. 257-3880.
Workshops & Classes Doody Calls 1-2pm. Fourth Saturday of every month. $10 nonmembers. Cloth diapering info sessions. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Find Your Best Health: A Taste of Coaching 3pm. Participate in exercises and demonstrations of how to create goals that are realistic and transformative. Inner Light Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 255-4560. Jungian Depth Psychology: Meditation on Soul and Shadow 2pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Life Drawing Intensive 10am; 4:30pm. Work with experienced models under controlled lighting for a full day. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Origami Kingston 10:30am. Fourth Saturday of every month. Explore the art of Japanese paper folding with Anita Barbour. Ages 5+. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507. Parent and Teen Day 9:30am-2:30pm. $250 per person. Featuring handson cooking, chef demonstrations, and recipes from our award-winning cookbooks. Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Hyde Park. 452-9430. Setting up a Beehive 2-4pm. Get step-by-step instruction and demonstration on setting up a beehive, how to stay protected, siting of the hive, and how to introduce bees into a new hive. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Spring Herbs: Wild Foraging and Spring Tonics 10am. $55. Walk outdoors to meet and greet the plants of spring. Workshop includes materials and a simple organic vegetarian lunch. Hawthorne Valley Farm, Ghent. (518) 672-7500 ext. 231. Transplanting Shrubs and Planting Small Ornamental Trees 10am-1pm. $42/$37 members. Consider timing and siting and the differences between bare-root, containergrown, or balled-and-burlapped trees. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
SUNDAY 28 Art Galleries and Exhibits Albert Bierstadt in New York and New England 2-5pm. $9/$7 members. Lecture by curator and open house. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill. (518) 943-7465.
Clubs & Organizations
Fairs & Festivals Earth Day Fair 11:30am-3pm. Reformed Church of New Paltz, New Paltz. 255-6340. Hudson Wedding Showcase 9:30am-3:30pm. Meet purveyors of fine food, flowers, fashion, photography, cinematography, transportation, party rentals, and entertainment. Basilica Industria, Hudson. (518) 828-4417. TAP New York Craft Beer and Fine Food Festival $70 1st day/$60 2nd day/$105 both. Two-day long craft beer and fine food festival featuring over 50 breweries and well over 200 individual beers. Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. (518) 263-4223.
Film Brian O’Doherty Lecture and Film: Edward Hopper 2pm. Brian O’Doherty presents a discussion about artist Edward Hopper. O’Doherty will take questions from the audience before introducing Hopper’s 1981 documentary film Silence. Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA. (413) 458-2303.
Kids & Family 7th-Annual Wild Earth Pancake Breakfast 8am. $10/family discounts available. Organic pancakes, eggs, maple syrup, and more. Rosendale Recreation Center, Rosendale. 256-9830. Fifth Annual Rondout Valley Lacrosse Wing Fling Fundraiser 4pm. $20. Join the fun and try the tasty wings at this annual fundraiser for the Rondout Valley Lacrosse Team. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Lyndhurst Family Fun Day 10am-4pm. $9/$7 children. Two-day party that allows creative and inquisitive kids to exhibit their LEGO® creations in the art and antique-filled rooms of Lyndhurst. Lyndhurst, Tarrytown. (914) 631-4481.
Literary & Books Hudson Valley Ya Society: Lauren Morrill, Lauren Oliver, Jess Rothenberg, and Nova Ren Suma 4pm. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
Music Saugerties Pro Musica Merling Trio Concert 3pm. $12. A classical concert. Saugerties United Methodist Church, Saugerties. 679-5733. Acoustic Roots & Blues with Mike Herman, So-Lo 1:30pm. Acoustic roots & country blues. American Glory BBQ, Hudson. (518) 822-1234.
Akashic Records Revealed with June Brought 2pm. Last Sunday of every month. $20 exchange. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Seeds to Supper: Vegetable Gardening in a Small Space 10am. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.
MONDAY 29 Film The Magnificent Seven 7pm. $5/$3 children. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits Onteora’s Meet, Greet, and Eat Food Fundraiser 5:30-7:30pm. Fundraiser for the Onteora District food program featuring local restaurants and bakeries, auctions, and demos. Onteora Middle/High School, Boiceville. Meetgreetandeat.org.
TUESDAY 30 Food & Wine Wines of France 6pm-7:30pm. The Schofield Wine School offers a friendly classroom to learn from an award-winning wine educator and sommelier. Rhinecliff Hotel, Rhinecliff. 383-1165.
Health & Wellness Healing Steps Support Group 5pm. Last Tuesday of every month. Join in to encourage patients, family members, and caregivers emotionally and spiritually through all steps of wound healing. Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck. 876-3001.
Literary & Books Author Series: Joanne Michaels 6pm. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
Music Classical Voice Students 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.
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Planet Waves by eric francis coppolino
The Queer Frontier II
J
ust as the fathers of the Roman Catholic Church were getting ready to elect a new pope, the Independent, a respected UK newspaper, reported that the Vatican had purchased a $30 million share of a Roman apartment block that houses the Europa Multiclub, reputed to be Europe’s most famous gay sauna. The newspaper published an article two days before the papal election stating that the holy fathers had purchased the property in 2008, including the club and 19 Vatican apartments, many of which house priests. One of the church’s top cardinals, Ivan Dias, head of the Congregation for Evangelization of Peoples, lives in a 12-room apartment “yards from the ground floor entrance to the steamy flesh pot,” the newspaper said. Dias voted in last month’s papal election. It’s as if the church has denied sex so aggressively and for so long, the association is now impossible to miss. From what I’m learning about the Catholic leadership’s philosophy of sex, male homosexuality is considered so dangerous because it’s an allegedly impossible temptation to resist. I guess that idea would extend all the way to the Vatican’s real estate investment team. Visiting the club’s website, I learned that Europa Multiclub (EMC) is connected to “the largest gay Italian organization, working to uphold the civil rights of homosexuals, in particular their right to demonstrate their personal identity. We stand up against every form of racism and prejudice. EMC pays particular attention in advising members on both their physical and mental health. We also distribute information about sexual health. At EMC we want you to be yourself and respect others.” The Independent mused over whether Cardinal Dias, the church’s chief of recruitment, “has popped downstairs to give spiritual guidance to the clients of the Europa Multiclub, given his belief that gays and lesbians can be cured of their ‘unnatural tendencies’ through the ‘sacrament of penance.’” Or maybe he just visits his neighbors to collect the rent, then stays for a smoothie, steam bath, and massage once in a while. What’s funnier, the investment is a tax write-off for the Vatican. “There was further embarrassment for the Holy See when the press observed that thanks to generous tax breaks it received from the last Berlusconi government, the church will have avoided hefty payments to the Italian state,” the Independent reported. “The properties are recognized as part of the Holy City.” Were I writing this in a fiction story, I would be rather pleased with myself for coming up with something so ironic. But this is not irony; irony is a literary device. This is the universe talking. And what the universe is saying is that there’s a fabulous gay bathhouse right on Vatican property. Actually, from the perspective of metaphysics, it makes sense. Jung would love this story—he would he howling with laughter. What both institutions—the Europa Multiclub and the Vatican—have in common is that women aren’t welcome there. That fact may have its roots in fear, antipathy, or mistrust. The Catholic Church and its tenant have a kind of polar-opposite relationship. With the church, sex must be kept in the closet. With the EMC, everything is designed to be out of the closet. It’s as if 114 planet waves ChronograM 4/13
the Vatican has a geyser on the premises to help relieve the unbearable pressure of all that has been denied, and that some of its ministers so badly want. Still, I think we can do better in terms of being real. Sexuality does not have to be a matter of extremes; a continuum with two polarities—pious and utterly wild. Most of us are somewhere between those manifestations, but where, exactly? In looking for your location on the erotic map, I don’t think those are necessarily going to be helpful points of orientation. In last month’s column, I described a number of modes of sexuality that are not among the usual options told to kids. These included being friendly to sex and sexuality, the willingness to have any conversation. I also included self-sexuality (being one’s own lover as a primary relationship), polyamory and nontraditional family structure (various forms of open relationship with integrity), being single, bisexuality and being gender fluid, and the option of being asexual or non-practicing. All of these forms of relationship exist in contrast to the one permitted, sanctioned and official mode of connecting—monogamy, that is, having one partner. Remember that the definition of monogamy has changed in less than 50 years from one partner for life, to one partner as often as you feel like changing. The latter form of relationship is often called “serial monogamy,” though I prefer to think of it as “serial polyamory,” since it definitely involves multiple partners, but in sequence. A few days after last month’s edition came out, I received a letter from a reader that read in part: I am writing to say that there is another form of sexuality that I think you may not be aware of. That is, the use of karezza, Daoist, or tantric methods to explore the infinity within a partnership of two people. Every person is an infinitely complex microcosm. Sex using what is sometimes termed “dual angelic cultivation” is both sensually and emotionally, deeply satisfying and beautiful. Yet it is a sort of spiritual practice that requires discipline and deep emotional generosity. It creates a profound sense of intimacy, yet most people are too obsessed with shallower, quicker, sort of “efficient” sexual practices to even attempt a karezza relationship. I posit that even monogamous, heterosexual sex is still a frontier that in itself has barely been explored. Some of us still want to make new discoveries in that field. So don’t we have a place in your pantheon, too? I get these letters from time to time, from well-meaning defenders of the monogamous faith. At first I thought I disagreed with her position. My article was about being different, not doing something that’s brainwashed into kids with the “chastity pledge,” protected by the Defense of Marriage Act, and upheld by various amendments to state constitutions. My only objections to monogamy are when it’s mandatory, and when it’s not true. No two surveys say exactly the same thing, except that there are many people who consider themselves monogamous who have sex with more than one person. There’s also a factual issue with the letter, which is that the forms of sex she’s describing are not inherently about monogamy. Karezza, or sex where the man does not ejaculate, developed as a way that a man can handle having 20 wives, all of whom he
must in some way satisfy sexually. This is related to Daoist practice (they don’t think men should “waste” their chi, or vital force), but this is generally not an issue in couples where sex is mainly for reproduction. As for tantra, at its core, this approach is about violating the rules of supposedly moral (or socially acceptable) conduct more than it is about following them. Tantra is about actual growth, which means coming out of one’s mental and emotional boxes, stretching out, and experiencing things other than what one’s beliefs would otherwise permit. Tantric practice can involve people of different castes being paired up (who would never normally have sex, as the lower caste can be considered “unclean”). There are tantric practices that involve vegetarians eating meat, people drinking alcohol or experimenting with drugs when these things are forbidden, and experiencing forms of sexual contact that they would never reveal to mother (or their husband or wife). Westernized ideas about tantra can sometimes make it seem like it’s the thing that perfect couples do to be even more perfect, which is a lot to live up to. (An easier approach is to eat Nature Valley Granola Bars.) Often, tantra in the New Age style is given the Holy Seal of Monogamy, but that just makes it acceptable to people influenced by religion and social conditioning—which is what tantra is designed to subvert. Tantra is not about sex. It’s about a direct relationship to existence that fully embraces sex and sexuality, and takes that spirit into whatever else one does. Tantra is a holistic approach to existence that includes everything. This is difficult to relate in a world where many people think that sex is this itch you scratch, hopefully in the way that evokes the least possible vulnerability, and then you get on with your life. After a dialog with the reader, however, I had evolved in my thinking, and decided to add two modalities to my notion of the Frontier of Queer. The first is for monogamous couples who are that way by choice. If you consider yourself monogamous, you’ll need to figure out if this is really by choice. Of course, you may think it is, but have other options ever been put on the table? I suggest you consider the consequences if were to have some non-monogamous experience, or even share the desire to do so. What if you opened up the conversation of wanting to experience sex with a friend, or wanting a nonexclusive relationship? Would your world fall apart? Then you’re unlikely to be monogamous by choice. If you are terrified of jealousy or of your partner’s jealousy, you don’t really have viable options. But some people are happy with their partner doing whatever they want, and vice versa; but they opt to be exclusive with each other. For those who are monogamous by choice, well, you’re as queer as anyone, and you deserve a place on the Queer Frontier. In that case, you’ll be unlikely to tell anyone else they’re “doing it wrong,” or that they don’t really understand monogamy. You’ll affirm whatever anyone you care about chooses. The other thing that came out of the conversation was the idea of including those for whom sexuality is an approach to existence. I mean tantra in the true sense of the idea, but unfortunately tantra is a loaded word, and many sources of information are inaccurate. It’s often a gimmick to sell a “spiritualized” or “sacred” version of sex. So I will describe what the experience might be like. You recognize that you are part of nature, and that sex is part of nature, and that therefore you are free to choose whatever you want; or at least choose from among whatever options you have. This begins with a conscious, loving relationship with yourself. At some point you make a choice to include yourself and fully occupy your life. You strive to know and accept yourself so you can know and accept others. You treat sex as an honored teacher. It can be found in almost any aspect of life; people—nearly all people—are curious about others, and sexual curiosity is profound. Sex as a teacher would encourage curiosity and its counterpart, honesty. Holistic sexuality is about making peace with every aspect of yourself, your feelings, your desires, your history, your potential, and your shadow material. Shadow material is any fear, guilt, shame, denial, rage, or sense of chaos (among other experiences) in the presence of love and creativity. Light and life are beautiful, and then there is shadow material. Being sexually holistic means that you are in a conscious process of making peace with your shadow. Sexual shadow can include everything I’ve described above, as well as “darker” desires, the sensation of abandonment or rejection, the need to experiment (sometimes radically) and embracing other potential sexual orientations that you contain. If you can address shadow material, you are open to intimacy. The persistent question about the relationship between sex and intimacy points to one fact: the two are connected. Unless someone runs, kicks, screams, or goes into radical denial, sex brings us closer. And it’s that closeness that’s essential to holistic sexuality. I don’t mean attachment. I mean contact, bonding, and the freedom to love freely within the infinite web of life. chronogram.com Read Eric Francis Coppolino’s weekly Planet Waves column.
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Planet Waves Horoscopes Aries (March 20-April 19) I suggest that you not get ahead of yourself. You may feel that there’s nothing you cannot accomplish, but certain recent events may also demonstrate that there’s no guarantee that impulsive decisions actually work out to your benefit. When life is moving unusually fast, and when there are so many unpredictable factors that it seems impossible to use logic and scheduling to solve your problems, you may be tempted to throw all organization to the wind. This is the time to pause and ask yourself what it really is that you’re doing, and why. Have you thought this through? Well, it’s not too late, though you may have to slow down and take the pulse on a relationship or partnership that seems to have taken on a life of its own. The astrology is suggesting that the most challenging thing is listening. That includes you listening to others, and them listening to you. Yes, it seems elementary that such a basic level of exchange could be missing in a situation so significant in your life, though I suggest you check this carefully and make sure that you and those close to you are truly willing to hear one another out. Doing so will not threaten anyone’s existence, importance, or role. What a sincere (and extra-length) exchange of feelings or ideas will do is to re-incorporate the human element into this endeavor, before you encounter challenges that depend entirely on that one very thing. In a word, that would be trust.
Taurus
(April 19-May 20)
You may want to put on a logical face and take a reasonable approach, though it seems to be passion that’s driving you and direct physical experience that you’re seeking. It’s as if there is a storm blowing inside of you, and the wind, thunder, and rain want to escape from you any way they can. You don’t have to let this out all at once; it would be helpful if you could actually tune into what you’re feeling, and consider what some of its possible sources are. Astrologically, here is how it looks: It’s as if you’ve been living a fictional version of your identity, and the real thing is starting to rise up in rebellion against the façade. This involves the roles you’ve been given, or assigned to yourself, such as with your family and in your relationships. By one reading of the chart, there’s a lot to say about the ways in which you’ve tried to impress your father with what a good person you are. The real you has no such political motives. Your relationships don’t need to be based on any kind of a purity standard, but rather on what is mutually good for those involved. If you find yourself seeking someone’s approval, that’s the time to go to a new level of maturity. You would be wise to consider the influence and impact of your relationships on the community that surrounds you. If you’re inclined to say “What relationships?” or “What community?” then please look more closely.
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Focus on getting along with people—especially if you want things to go smoothly at work, and especially if you want to accomplish the great things that you feel destined to do. I would interject with a question: Do you consider yourself to be in a position of leadership? Is it possible that you are, but are in denial about that fact? Leadership has formal manifestations, such as they call you the “team leader” or the CEO. And it has informal manifestations (such as being the one who does the dishes in the break room, facilitates communication among those who might not ordinarily get along, or sets a good example in other ways). Now, your leadership role may lean toward the informal, which would actually be easier. You are in a position to blend your concept of rebellious with everyone else’s concept of what works. Said another way, you’re the one who may have the kind of weird idea that turns out to be the perfect solution to the riddle everyone has been staring cross-eyed at for six months. You are in the perfect position to reconcile both sides of the equation (such as practicality and innovation; doing what is legal and understanding what the law does not cover; getting the right result for the money that’s available). From the look of your chart, I would describe you as the master of resolving the unsolvable paradox. Just remember—many people love to be stuck. Know who they are and don’t waste any time banging your head against them.
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Get clear on what you want to accomplish. Your goals may have changed recently, and they’ve certainly changed since you last made big changes in your life. By big I mean really big—the kind you thought you could never make. At this stage in your life, you’re likely to have a whole new vision, though you may be living under the results of the prior vision. The difference now is that you have something to lose, and some of that is worthwhile and serves you well. Keep your mind on the continuity factor, at the same time ensuring that you’re not a slave to the past. Be sensitive to what works and what does not work in your life. Be aware of what you want and what you do not want. One thing is clear: This is a time in your life when you’re ready to have more responsibility than you’ve ever had, and when you’re ready for it. Part of the benefit of living with a sense of duty is that it’s compelling you to assert yourself. That, in turn, is compelling you to know yourself well enough to take authority and get the results that need to be gotten. Remember, we live in a world where few people want to take responsibility for anything outside what immediately impacts them. That’s why the planet is in the state it’s in. You have a different path in life. It may be more challenging, but it’s a lot more meaningful.
Planet Waves Horoscopes Leo (July 22-August 23) The age-old traditions of superficial, self-centered, and boring won’t work for you this month. They never did, but they are currently at an all-time low ebb. Therefore, you can plan on events that take you deeper, that involve you with others, and that are genuinely interesting. As you do, you may encounter the temptation to distract yourself with appearances, glamour, and the desire to “be known” for something. I suggest you succumb to nothing of the kind. Do what you do for its inherent value, rather than some secondary result. This leaves you plenty of room to focus on excellence, and to remember that a meaningful attribute of your karma is to focus groups of people into conscious coordination. As you do this, one thing to be aware of is anyone who does not want things to work. Some people on the planet have a not-so-funny way of reacting negatively when energy starts to focus in their proximity. They can be jealous when people succeed, seemingly not needing them. The first thing to do with anyone exhibiting this kind of attitude is to notice, and notice soon. There are a few ways to handle this kind of value; one is to include the person and keep him or her busy. Help them feel needed. Or, you can find a constructive use for their competitive spirit. Ask everyone involved what they need and what their expectations are. When you get your answer, set goals and make adjustments.
Virgo (August 23-September 22) You have learned a lot about how other people perceive you, and you’ve learned just as much about how you perceive them. Have you got the message that it’s all just perception? One thing that’s clear is that being able to perceive from multiple viewpoints is better than perceiving from just one. A moving point of view is at least a reminder how tenuous the senses and one’s opinions can be. Yet you’re always better at least paying attention, and being sensitive to the perspectives of people close to you. You’re likely to have many occasions this month to use what you’ve learned all through this year. You’re also likely to forget what you learned, so I suggest you pause and think carefully if a relationship situation, financial deal, or some matter involving any form of shared resources heats up. You’re likely to perceive those involved as being impetuous and self-centered, and you may be right. But to get past that, you will need the information that you’ve learned and the strength that it gives you. True, it’s a subtle form of strength, but knowledge is indeed power. If someone is asserting their will on you, or playing a kind of hardball competitive game, you’ve really got two choices. One is to go blow for blow. The other is to use your mind, study and understand the situation in a whole way, and begin negotiating. You have the ability to turn the whole scenario not just in your favor but also into a situation where everyone comes out ahead.
Libra
(September 22-October 23)
What can you do to place yourself onto some solid emotional ground? You have to live with the situation you’re in, at least for a while; this is not one you can easily evade, run from, or redesign to suit your fancy. And why would you want to? There are so many ways you’re benefiting, and you both understand and want the power of commitment. It would be healthy to account for the ways that you contribute to any emotional situation in your life. Indeed, I suggest you list yourself as a direct co-creator in any and all of your relationships. I know that there’s a way they seem to be thrust at you. I know you don’t understand how or why some things happen. However, taking a passive approach is only going to accentuate that feeling. The more you step up, the more you will feel like you’re able to influence your various life situations. I am not suggesting that you try to take control. I am not suggesting (as you may be tempted to do) that tit-for-tat or “an eye for an eye” is an appropriate response, even when you’re treated unfairly. I am saying claim your space, stand in your responsibility and be true to yourself and to those with whom you’re journeying. That might include asking for what you need, expressing gratitude to those who have helped you, or having a dialog about how to improve circumstances for everyone.
Scorpio (October 23-November 22) Recent events may have left you feeling heavy or uncertain about existence. I often wonder how anyone manages to be optimistic or positive, given the prevailing state of the world. Still, your chart is urging you to make sure that others know you care about them. Having faith in your ability to help will strengthen your faith in humanity. The other thing I suggest you do is remember that your creative spirit is alive and flourishing. By this I mean you are feeling passionate about your desire to engage fully with life, and whatever has been happening has had the effect of guiding you to do so with greater strength. I suggest that you make your choices for how to invest your mind, your senses, and your hands based on what you want now—not what you wanted in the past. Be aware of a tendency to live in your memories, or to gravitate toward the feeling of nostalgia. A little of that may serve you, but not much more. There is so much that the present moment is offering you that it never has offered before. If you can look beyond your “latent past impressions” of everything around you, you’ll see that this is a perfectly unique moment of existence for which you are ready and, I suspect, willing. Many people on this planet struggle with one thing only, which is letting go of the past. With a little courage, there’s no need to fight.
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Sagittarius (November 22-December 22) As a Sagittarius, you have a reputation for being one of the most daring signs of the zodiac. I would say from my experience as an astrologer, that’s more packaging than product—except for now. By now, I mean in recent years, and I especially mean now as in this month. Every possible factor is encouraging you to be bold and do what you would not normally dare to do. Start with what you want to do the most, and which is available to you. Could this be as simple as calling up someone you like and letting them know that? Could it be taking up someone’s offer for an adventure, romantic or otherwise? Going down the list of possible reasons you might hesitate, one of them shows up as “something in your past” that you’re afraid might come out. This feeling might be so subtle you haven’t given it a name, though if you’re feeling like you cannot bring yourself to do something and you don’t know why, you will benefit from investigating invisible influences. For example, do you feel like you have a commitment to someone (from the past) that is preventing you from being fully in the present? Is there some lingering unresolved matter, potentially involving a sexual relationship, that is weighing on your conscience? You may think that this is some kind of permanent installation in your psyche; I assure you that if you want to be free in the moment, you actually can resolve it and move on.
Capricorn
(December 22-January 20)
You may not know where to focus your energy, or where the main issue is. Your perception of what you’re working on may keep changing, evading your understanding. Yet you know there has to be an energy source when you’re feeling so much, and to such extremes. First off, I suggest you investigate your environment for any factor that aggravates or even annoys you. This may be a challenge if you feel like someone has coated every surface in your house with hot pepper oil, or like there’s a high-voltage quantum wave machine down in your basement. There will, however, be certain factors that you can identify and address. I also suggest you experiment with removing two or three foods that are not serving you (or anyone). To give one example, high-fructose corn syrup is an irritant, a toxin, and it burns too hot for your current constitution (which at the moment is dominated by fire sign Aries). Your chart suggests that food or some ingredient in what you eat may be related to anything that currently troubles you. Deeper in, however, I would propose that there’s some kind of emotional matter that’s influencing your self-image. Are you feeling like you’re getting old? Do you feel like others don’t take life as seriously as you do? Is the memory of some authority figure weighing on your spirit? Self-image is a complicated issue to work on. In the end, how you see yourself comes down to a choice.
Aquarius
(January 20-February 19)
You seem to be struggling with some persistent doubt about yourself, which may work out to be a positive thing. I say that because if you’re grappling with an issue, you’re less likely to be in denial about it—and denial was very likely how you addressed it in the past. Now you have another challenge: framing any issue in a way that actually has the potential for progress. If you’ve described something the same way for a while and you’re not getting results, I suggest you take a different approach. For example, if you’re asking “How do I solve this problem” and that’s not working, maybe ask “Why do I need this problem?” Then, once you address the need, the situation will change. Speaking of needs, this would be a great time to learn how to express yours. That may involve finding language; it may involve deciding it’s okay to speak up; it may involve facing the fear of rejection from someone close to you if you dare to write yourself into the story. Actually, this has a lot to do with relationships, and what you were told your role was supposed to be. That relates to what you expect (and were told to expect) others would do for you, and be for you. Reality is always different from theory, especially where the BS that we’re fed about relationships is concerned. Commitment does not mean commitment to another person, but rather a shared devotion to a higher principle than oneself.
Pisces
(February 19-March 20)
It’s not all about money, though you don’t need someone to tell you that. What you do need is someone to remind you that money is a legitimate pursuit, if connected to what you consider to be a worthwhile goal. I suggest you work with that equation, and make sure that your values about money and how it is attained are clear. You have what you need to break new ground in this area of your life; you no longer need any form of the idea that money is somehow unspiritual, uncreative, or evil. It is a form of highly versatile energy that can be converted into anything. Yet confidence around money has many precursors, one of which is your sense of your own presence in the world. That is likely to be running strong right now, though you may also feel unstable if you focus too much on that sensation. This is a kind of paradox that many people face on the way to tapping their strength—there’s a lot of vulnerability involved; there is a risk involved; there is the possibility of failure. You might get to a point where you’re absolutely confident of what is important to you, and then that’s scrambled by one thing you learn, or one experience. Yet you may notice that one thing is consistent beneath the surface, which I would describe as initiative. You have a pioneering spirit, and there are few times in your life, if any, when it’s been stronger than it is today. Lead on.
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The ArtBridge installation on the Greenkill Avenue bridge in Kingston. Above: Wide/way by Adie Russell; below: Moon Phases by Emily Gui. Even in the daylight, Kingston residents can look up and see the moon, waxing and waning, along the skyline. Stretched along one side of the Greenkill Avenue bridge is Emily Gui’s cyanotype print Moon Phases. On the opposite side—lush green against the concrete expanse—is Adie Russell’s Wide/way, which provides a glimpse of a winding road leading to a hidden, notso-distant landscape. Installed in early March as part of ArtBridge: Kingston, a collaborative, art exhibition, both works will be up until September. ArtBridge, a New York City-based nonprofit organization, transforms urban landscapes into public art canvases. The Kingston installation—the brainchild of recent Kingston transplant Raleigh Green—is the first time the group has branched out of Manhattan. Green believes the public arts concept will have a big impact on the community. “There was a wonderful opportunity to bring attention to Midtown, which has a lot of creative 120 ChronograM 4/13
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STRAVINSKY AND HIS WORLD Two weekends of concerts, panels, and other events bring the musical world of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky vividly to life. Weekend One: August 9–11 Becoming Stravinsky: From St. Petersburg to Paris Weekend One will trace Stravinsky’s path from his early Russian years to his first great successes in Paris writing for Sergei Diaghilev’s legendary Ballets Russes, most notably the scandalous premiere of The Rite of Spring. Weekend Two: August 16–18 Stravinsky Reinvented: From Paris to Los Angeles The second weekend will explore Stravinsky’s creative output during the interwar years and the music he composed in the United States, where he settled in 1939.
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STRAVINSKY’S LEGACY AND RUSSIAN ÉMIGRÉ CINEMA The SummerScape 2013 film festival will be in two parts: a retrospective of Russian exile filmmaking in France (including rare works produced by the legendary Albatros studio), and a series of more contemporary films by such directors as Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol. July 12 – August 3
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