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8 ESTEEMED READER Jason Stern explores the magic power of puns.
12 EDITOR’S NOTE Brian K. Mahoney wrestles a stubborn lion.
NEWS AND POLITICS 14 WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
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15 BEINHART’S BODY POLITIC: FUN FACTS ABOUT THE CRIMEAN CRISIS
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16 MAKE-YOUR-OWN TOURIST DESTINATION Jeffrey Adkisson’s Stockport salvage brings Montauk to the Hudson.
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60 TASTINGS A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 62 BUSINESS DIRECTORY A compendium of advertiser services. 72 WHOLE LIVING Opportunities to nurture mind, body, and soul.
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46 MUSIC: A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS Peter Aaron sits down with Czech avant-garde singer Iva Bittova of Eviyan. Nightlife Highlights include The Mountain Goats; The Rock ‘N’ Roll Resort Festival; Jon Anderson; Robert Sarazin Blake; and Cristiana Pegoraro. Reviews of Brazilliant by Brian Silber; Insomniac Moonlight by Madera Vox; and Trespassing for Beginners by Mark Donato.
50 BOOKS: A MATTER OF ROOTS Native of Patna, India Amitava Kumar has published a biography of his hometown.
52 BOOK REVIEWS Robert Burke Warren reviews Little Failure by Gary Shteyngar. Jana Martin reviews The Ghost of Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin. Plus Short Takes.
54 POETRY Poems by R. M. Chase, Steve Clark, Michelle Diano, Richard Donnelly, Leila A. Fortier, Linda McCauley Freeman, Suzanne B. Gillette, Jean C. Howard, Spencer H. Johnson, Berlin Krebs, David L. Levitt, Lisa Mullenneaux, “ooznozz,” Christopher Porpora, Barbara Threecrow Purcell, George J. Searles, Samantha Tants, and Louisa Zelek. Edited by Phillip X Levine.
96 PARTING SHOT Woodstock based portrait photographer Franco Vogt’s series “Deliberately Dark.”
Anne Pyburn Craig talks to Gianni Scappin, who plans to open his third Italian restaurant in Poughkeepsie later this month.
THE FORECAST 76 DAILY CALENDAR Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 75 An exhibit of artists Thomas Cole and Frederic Church opens April 30 in Catskill. 76 Sing and dance in your best Renaissance attire at Rosendale’s Annual Beltane Fest. 77 Gina Sala and Steve Gorn perform with Daniel Paul in Hudson and Shady. 80 The Hudson Valley Fair brings three weekends of family fun to Wappingers Falls. 81 Rhinebeck hosts a party for the English release of Guillermo Fesser’s novel. 85 A Death Café will be held at the Sky Lake Lodge in Rosendale on April 27. 86 The Woodstock Playhouse presents Patti LuPone and Seth Rudetsky on May 3. 87 Broadway legend Jim Dale performs at Club Helsinki in Hudson on April 7. 88 Dancer Joanna Kotze brings her original choreography to Bard’s Fisher Center.
PLANET WAVES 90 CARDINAL GRAND CROSS: A MATTER OF TRUST Eric Francis Coppolino imagines a world where people trust each other more.
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Transformation is Allison Petroski’s record of a personal epiphany that occurred in a public place. The piece is a mandala, an art form in Hindu and Buddhist traditions containing sacred geometry and expressing the vitality of balance. Through the practice of Thetahealing, Petroski has spoken to hundreds of people, and the energy she’s felt from them inspired her first mandalas, requiring 30 to 40 hours to draw. Petroski explains, “ThetaHealing works on uncovering deeply buried faulty belief systems and patterns that may be governing your life, providing miraculous transformations and healing once the nonserving beliefs are identified and released. It isn’t voodoo—anyone can do it.” Transformation is a representation of the artist’s own energy. It required a total of 300 hours to draw. Near her home in downtown Saratoga, Petroski spent three months drawing outside on the biggest sheet of paper she could find. “It was a meticulous process that I hated as much as I loved it,” says Petroski. Before drawing, she would state what she wants out of life out loud—Transformation displays the energies manifested from the experience.The result is an intricate, kaleidoscope-like pattern that evolved from a simple circle. Despite the complex drawing process, her decision to work outside was never a distraction. “It’s not meditation like some might think,” she explains. “Doing Theta, the energy readings and drawings, I have learned to go into and come out of that focused state very easily.” She loves the company of others, preferring to draw in coffee shops rather than the confines of her apartment. Petroski, who has a BFA in pottery, started out making average-size jars, which became the canvases for her henna- and mandala-inspired ink drawings. In time, Petroski felt that designing on ceramics limited her and she decided to make a change. “After switching to paper, my drawing skills increased exponentially,” she says—which seems plausible after 300 hours of work. “Eastern religions started me on my path, but my work is more of an exploration of love, the universal and unconditional love that all religions are after,” she reveals. “That’s what I try to harness and bring into every mandala, and my every action.” Transformation and pottery are currently displayed as part of the “B&WX4” exhibit, with work by Loel Barr, David Provan, and Thomas Sarrantonio, at the Hudson Beach Gallery in Beacon. Allison Petroski is available for ThetaHealing readings on April 12 from 4 to 6 pm, followed by a reception at the gallery from 6 to 8 pm. (845) 440-0068; Hudsonbeachglass.com. —Melissa Nau CHRONOGRAM.COM
WATCH Filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss talks with Allison Petroski about art and impermanence.
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LETTERS Debating the GMO Debate To the Editor: Wendy Kagan’s “When Food Is Futuristic” leaves the impression that there are benefits of GMOs, such as reducing pesticide use, increasing drought resistance and providing better nutrition. Sadly, none of these “benefits” are real. The vast majority of genetically modified crops are engineered to withstand heavy applications of Roundup (which has proven harmful at parts per trillion) and/or are engineered to produce a toxin in every cell of the plant to kill insects. Monsanto’s Bt corn, for instance has to be registered as a pesticide with the EPA. Pesticide use has actually increased by over 400 million pounds since GMOs were introduced in the mid `90s. The emergence of superweeds (which Ms. Kagan briefly mentions) and superbugs are requiring more toxic pesticides, like 2, 4-D (the main component of Agent Orange). It has been linked to cancer, lower sperm counts, Parkinson’s and birth defects. The GM chemical treadmill threatens bees, butterflies, our land, air and water and our health. Likewise, GM drought resistant crops perform no better than conventionally bred ones and there are no GM crops that provide better nutrition. Golden Rice, which is supposed to have more vitamin A to prevent blindness, has never been offered commercially. Read more on our site, Hudson Valley for No GMOs (HVnoGMOs.org): “Imaginary Organisms, Media Tout Benefits of GMOs that Never Were.” Hundreds of peer-reviewed, animal feeding studies show harm from eating a GMO diet. Problems range from severe stomach inflammation in pigs, whose digestive system is similar to ours, to infertility in animals by the third generation. The Seralini study, conducted over two years, showed rats developed large tumors and died prematurely. Over 1,400 scientists have defended this study, saying its retraction was a bow to industry (google “Goodman factor”). It is important to remember the FDA does not do safety testing on GMOs, but relies on the industry to say they are safe (and no industry studies last more than three months). There has not been one long-term human feeding study, so in effect we are all “lab rats” in this massive experiment. If you still have questions, please come to “The Dangers of GMOs in Our Food” April 7 at 7 p.m. at Lecture Center 100 at SUNY New Paltz to hear world expert, Jeffrey Smith, who will share the latest scientific evidence and provide ways for you to avoid GMOs and protect your family. Barbara Upton and Beth Dulay, HudsonValley for No GMOs To the Editor: It is really appalling to me that such a “forward”-type publication as Chronogram would gloss over such an important subject as GMOs. The consequences of creating a “debate” over the environment is far-reaching. We need no debate; only good, reliable information. The people that control the process of genetically modifying our food do not care about the planet or people; they only care about power and profit. It is time to be informed; go to Geneticroulettemovie.com and watch for $2.99. Jeanne Ciaccio, via e-mail Wendy Kagan replies: Balanced journalism, which presents opposing sides of a complex issue, may not be in vogue these days. Many of us would rather have our news delivered one-sided, choosing sources that agree with us and don’t dare challenge our safely guarded views. As I researched “When Food Is Futuristic,” I uncovered a place where the issue of GMOs was not so black and white. Two of my interview subjects—an environmental activist and an organic farmer—startled me with their out-of-the-box opinions. These weren’t Monsanto talking heads, so when they spoke, I listened. Here are some facts. Golden rice is not a myth; it’s real and it’s in development. This GM rice has been engineered to deliver beta carotene, a source of vitamin A, in an effort to combat the vitamin deficiency that causes blindness and up to two million deaths annually around the world. Pregnant women and children are particularly vulnerable (see Irri.org/golden-rice). GM crops in development for drought resistance are real, too, and not a corporate hoax or empty promise. You can learn more through Water Efficient Maize for Africa (see Wema.aatf-africa.org). Technologies like these can help developing nations facing malnutrition and farmlands ravaged by global warming. The GMOs in our clean, abundant Western supermarkets are another story. Are they safe? So far, every meta-analysis of the hundreds of scientific studies says yes, but a few nagging questions remain. Until they are answered, a healthy debate—one that steers clear of blinding biases and half-truths on both sides—can only be a good thing. Wendy Kagan, Chronogram Health andWellness Editor
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March 20 It is the first day of spring. I search for signs of it. The ground, still half-covered in snow, offers no hints of shoots or bulbs. A cardinal tussles with two robins in the row of the thicket of privet in the backyard. March 21 We all have our favorite silly joke. How many Latvians does it take to screw in a light bulb, that kind of thing. Mine is the one about the horse who walks into a bar. What can I say? Horses have long faces and I’m terrified of them (horses, not long faces), so I find a bartender asking a horse “Why the long face?” absurdly side-splitting on many levels.Through the rabbit hole of Facebook, I end up on the website of the literary journal McSweeney’s, reading “Franz Kafka’s Joke Book,” by John McNamee. In this version of the joke, the horse gets last word: A horse walks into a bar. The bartender asks, “Why the long face?” “I was born into servitude, and when I die, my feet will be turned into glue,” replies the horse. The bartender realizes he will not be getting a tip. March 23 I don’t usually sport a beard, but I’ve got a bushy one now. In the throes of February’s brutish cold, I decided to grow a beard and not shave it off until the mercury reaches 70.This seemed one of the few avenues available to me of expressing my displeasure with the cold, aside from just shaking my fist at the sky or lashing the snow banks with a whip like Xerxes scourging the Hellespont. March 24 The FedEx guy is wearing shorts. It’s almost noon and it is 25 degrees outside. March 25 March is a stubborn lion.
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An overwhelming cloud of smog swallowing Beijing, China, caused the country’s biggest online face-mask sellers to run out of stock. The World Health Organization’s recommended safe limit for the potentially deadly chemicals in smog is 25 micrograms per cubic meter. Beijing’s air was recorded officially at a figure of 661, leaving the capital with “choking smog” at the second highest alert on their scale. The air is said to taste “gritty” and citizens can only see a few hundred meters in front of them. Children are being kept indoors during school, while some schools have even been closed down. The pollution is widely blamed on the use of coal burning, climatic factors, and increased car use and economic growth. Source: Yahoo! News “Going green” has a new definition: guacamole. Chipotle Mexican Grill threatens to take away the avocado taste-bud pleaser, along with one or more salsas, since global climate change may affect the availability of ingredients, causing an inflation in prices. Chipotle uses an astounding 35.4 million pounds of avocados per year. The California crop is not in immediate danger, but it’s expected to become more scarce due to dry future weather conditions, resulting in a 40 percent drop in avocados over the next 32 years. The company’s commitment to organic farming makes their avocados all the more vulnerable. Beef and produce prices have already increased within the past year due to drought conditions, taking a toll on Chipotle’s funds. The restaurant chain uses local produce grown within 350 miles of its restaurants whenever possible; California would likely be the first to suffer from a guac deficit. Source: Think Progress On February 16, 2009, Poughkeepsie resident Charla Nash traveled to the Stamford, Connecticut home of her friend and employer Sandra Herold to help Herold lure her pet chimpanzee inside. Travis, a 200-pound ape, went berserk and ripped off Nash’s nose, lips, eyelids, and hands before being shot to death by police. Nash is currently in a Massachusetts convalescent facility awaiting a second attempt at a hand transplant, made a final appeal to Connecticut legislators on March 18 regarding her $150-million dollar lawsuit against the state. Nash, who is blind, contends that the state of Connecticut had the authority and obligation to seize Travis. States are generally immune from lawsuits of this type. Source: Associated Press “E-liquids”—the extracted form of nicotine that is the business end of an “e-cigarette”— contain powerful neurotoxins that are causing an increasing number of accidental poisonings, especially among children. The potent liquid nicotine is tinctured with a cocktail of flavorings, colorings, and assorted chemicals to feed the fast-growing, unregulated electronic cigarette industry. Since 2011, there appears to have been one death in the United States, a suicide by an adult who injected nicotine. But less serious cases have led to a surge in calls to poison control centers. Nationwide, the number of cases linked to e-liquids jumped to 1,351 in 2013, a 300-percent increase from 2012, and the number is on pace to double this year. Of the cases in 2013, 365 were referred to hospitals, triple the previous year’s number. “It’s not a matter of if a child will be seriously poisoned or killed,” said Lee Cantrell, director of the San Diego division of the California Poison Control System. “It’s a matter of when.” The nicotine levels in e-liquids varies. Most range between 1.8 percent and 2.4 percent, concentrations that can cause sickness, but rarely death, in children. But higher concentrations, like 10 percent or even 7.2 percent, are widely available on the Internet. A lethal dose at such levels would take “less than a tablespoon,” according to Cantrell, “Not just a kid. One tablespoon could kill an adult,” he said. Source: New York Times A third of Americans believe that the Food and Drug Administration is “deliberately preventing the public from getting natural cures for cancer and other diseases because of pressure from drug companies,” according to a recent study by Eric Oliver, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago. The study surveyed 1,300 Americans to see whether they agreed with six popular medical conspiracy theories—such as the link between vaccines and autism, or the belief that water fluoridation is a cover-up to allow companies to dump dangerous chemicals into the environment. According to Oliver’s research, about half of Americans agree with at least one medical conspiracy theory. Oliver, who has studied political conspiracy theories, was not surprised by the findings. “These narratives seem like very compelling explanations for complicated situations,” Oliver said. Source: JAMA Internal Medicine Compiled by Melissa Nau
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he best quote comes from John McCain. Really! He said, “When I looked in Putin’s eyes, I saw three letters, K, G, and B.” Yes, Putin is KGB, and that’s probably the key to everything. Imagine you’re in the Kremlin, looking out at the world through Putin’s eyes. The country you grew up in was a superpower. But it collapsed. You watched the West rush into the power vacuum, enlisting the nations that once were Russia’s sphere of influence—East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and a whole bunch more. Even countries that had once been part of the USSR—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. With your training, and your worldview, it looks like a vast, long-term series of CIA operations designed to encircle and permanently enfeeble Russia. On the one hand, this seems to be giving vastly too much credit to the CIA. It was reported by a US senator on the intelligence committee that the CIA had assured the committee, just two days before it happened, that the Russians would not invade.What’s surprising is that anyone is surprised. The CIA has missed or misunderstood almost every major political event since the start of the Korean War. Getting things wrong is apparently the norm for them. If they got something right, that would be cause for astonishment. It should be weird that no one has called for abolishing an institution with such a track record. But historical amnesia and treating each major error as a unique and aberrant anomaly is another norm. The term “CIA” is frequently used as a colloquialism to refer to what’s called the intelligence community. Together, they spend about $75 billion a year. One of them, the NSA, specializes in electronic eavesdropping. It has listened in on at least “35 world leaders,” including Angela Merkel, according to the Guardian. But not Vladimir Putin? The Washington Post states that the agency “has built a surveillance system capable of recording ‘100 percent’ of a foreign country’s telephone calls.” Astonishing feats. In the face of them one can only exclaim, “WTF! You can do all that and still not find out anything important! Seriously?” Still, through intelligence or the lack thereof, the US and its friends in the EU have moved steadily east. If you watched the events in Ukraine unfold—before the Crimean crisis— on CNN and CBS you saw a celebration of freedom, a spontaneous coming together to express the will of the people from all walks of life. If you were trained by the KGB and watching from Moscow, you noticed this about the uprising: “How well trained the people who operated in Kiev were…trained at special bases in neighboring states…trained by instructors for extended periods…their actions were coordinated…it was all like clockwork” (Vladimir Putin, Kremlin press conference, March 17). That may or may not be true. But the long, manipulative fingers of the
United States were very much in action. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, a neocon married to a neocon and with neocon in-laws, was on a cell phone with Geoffrey Pyatt, the US Ambassador to Ukraine, apparently unaware that anyone can listen to cell calls. The Russians did. Then they posted it online. What everyone made a fuss about was that Nuland, with diplomatic neocon delicacy, said, “Fuck the EU.” But what’s interesting about the call is that she and Pyatt were busy picking the next leader of the Ukraine. Nuland said, “Yats is the guy.” Lo, and behold, Anatoly Yatsenyuk is now the prime minister. Putin probably didn’t mind that. That’s what he expects the US to do. That’s what he would do. The real problem is that Ukraine is too close. When the Russians put missiles in Cuba in 1962, the whole of America went into a state of hysteria—“Just 90 miles south of Florida!” Ukraine is the same distance from Russia as Canada is from the US. They share a border that’s a bit over 1,200 miles. Also, it’s hard for Russians to truly accept Ukraine as a fully grown-up, independent nation. Russians own first incarnation, from 882 to 1283, is called Kievan Rus, because Kiev was its center and Ukrainian lands have been occupied, divided, and trampled over through most of its history. Putin is supposed to have told George W. Bush, in 2008, some years after the eye-gazing exchange, “Ukraine is not even a state.” He’s referred to it, according to the Moscow Times, as “Little Russia.” Nowadays, Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach is sometimes called “Little Odessa,” but that doesn’t really give either Russia or the Ukraine to annex it. Or even some small part of it. Russia has taken a piece of the Ukraine because it can. It seems, at first glance, a complete win for Putin. It reestablishes Russia as a threat that must be reckoned with. In theory, it should make all his neighbors more careful and accommodating. American politicians and talking heads have been crying, “We’ve lost Crimea.” As if it was America’s to lose. Long term, and in regard to reality, it makes more sense to say, Russia lost Ukraine, probably forever, even as a friendly neighbor. Although National Geographic picked Crimea as one of its top 20 tourist destinations in 2013, and it has some nice beaches, it’s the poor and unproductive tail of a nation that manufactures trucks, and aircraft, and has put its own satellites into space. The best idea that’s come out of the crisis is from NewYork Times columnist Thomas Freidman. Which is even stranger than the best quote coming from McCain, as Friedman is one of those people who is almost always wrong. Russia’s economy rests almost entirely on oil and gas. Freidman’s called for a total American commitment to an energy revolution. That would be worth doing. But, of course, it won’t happen. It makes too much sense in too many ways.
When I looked in Putin’s eyes, I saw three letters, K, G, and B.
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The House
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raphic designer Jeffrey Adkisson was born in Iowa to a family of farmers and teachers who embodied self-sufficiency and thrift, qualities that serve him well in real estate investing. Five years ago, he sold his swanky revamped 1960s kit house in Montauk to singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. He used the proceeds to convert a former embroidery factory in West New York, New Jersey, into residences—he lives in one during the week—and to invest in several 19th-century structures in Stockport, a town of about 2,800 in northwest Columbia County. He’s traded the Atlantic Ocean for the Kinderhook Creek, and glamorous cocktail parties for unpretentious potluck suppers, but what he never misses is the Hamptons traffic congestion. Adkisson renovated and sold his first house in Stockport, an 1832 farmhouse with a wraparound porch, to a business consultant from Manhattan, and moved into the smaller house next door. They’re great neighbors and share a fenced organic garden. “I learned a lot doing her house,” says Adkisson. “It’s larger and more architecturally interesting than the one I’m living in now, but I sold it because I needed the money so I could continue my neighborhood gentrification project. I recently bought two additional properties across the street, right on the water, which are in a dilapidated condition. “Instead of just letting these old mill workers’ houses fall to the ground, I’m quietly making this part of Stockport into something of a tourist destination,” says Adkisson.
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Montauk on the Hudson And why not? Like Montauk, the Stockport area is rich in history and natural beauty. The first European to set foot in Columbia County was Henry Hudson, in 1609, who stopped for a day at the mouth of what is today called Stockport Creek, where he ate a meal with the natives. The area that encompasses modern Stockport was settled mostly by the Dutch, and eventually became the hub of industrial activity in Columbia County, because waterpower was abundant and there were numerous woolen mills, which were used well into the 20th century. Unlike nearby Hudson, Stockport clings to a decidedly rural character, mostly because a lack of land that can be easily developed has preserved open space. As with most Hudson River towns, industry has basically left the community. Most businesses are home-based or sole proprietorships such as automobile repair shops. Recent development has been primarily residential in nature, with interesting people like Adkisson breathing new life into existing structures, and hiring as many locals as possible. “My builder is Matt Tuczynski. He lives one mile south of me, and he’s practical and honest. I trust him with the smallest details, knowing we speak the same language. And if he is unsure, he will ask my advice, because he knows I’m picky about certain things,” says Adkisson.
Opposite: The living room features a sofa sourced from a Salvation Army store and reupholstered with orange wool from the Pine Plains Firehouse feal market. This page, clockwise from top left: The porch hosts a plethora of plants and a long bench from Adkisson’s grandfather’s one-room schoolhouse; Eames chair from Montauk thrift store outside the bathroom; Haeger lamps from garage sales on the bedside tables; the kitchen features 1960s handbuilt walnut plywood cabinets with teak handles; the staircase connecting the bedroom with the first floor.
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in the infamous Metro-North train derailment in the Bronx, the entire village of Cold Spring rallied around his family, raising more than $100,000 in just a few days and providing food and comfort to his wife and kids. In preservation circles, Putnam’s “viewshed” is often one of the most talked-about assets. Several regional land trusts have worked hard to preserve open spaces for public enjoyment, which can be both a blessing and a drawback. Development plans that do get to the municipal table can be challenged and sometimes rejected if they are perceived to be a threat to an area’s natural beauty or historic character. For more than two years, for example, Cold Spring has been focused on proposed plans to develop the historic but decaying Butterfield Memorial Hospital site; the outcome is still uncertain. There’s a variety of fine restaurants and other eateries across the county, many with a focus on farm-to-table freshness and locally sourced meats and dairy. Shopping opportunities abound—from the large outdoor Independent Way shopping center off of Route 84 in Brewster, to the Route 6 corridor in Carmel and Mahopac, to the more intimate shops of Brewster and Cold Spring. Even in Putnam Valley, where stores and restaurants are few, there’s the opportunity to drive on miles of historic roads (don’t miss Peekskill Hollow Road, which runs from Putnam Valley to Kent Cliffs) and see mysterious, prehistoric stone chambers, or a rare cranberry bog.
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Top 10 Things to Know about Putnam County Parrott Rifles, a type of cannon used extensively by both sides in the American Civil War, were manufactured at Cold Spring’s West Point Foundry. The Putnam History Museum is located in the now defunct foundry’s school building, and at the outdoor West Point Foundry Preserve. Boscobel House and Gardens, an early 19th-century Federal-style mansion was moved in its entirety from its original location 15 miles downriver to a scenic bluff in Garrison in 1961. A growing destination for weddings and life celebrations, Boscobel also hosts the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival during the summer. Patterson’s Great Swamp, 444 protected acres, is supported by groups like the Friends of the Great Swamp (FroGS) and The Nature Conservancy. See ducks, geese, deer, wild turkey, cottontails, squirrels, foxes, coyotes, beavers, muskrats, minks, and bobcats; as well as turtles, snakes, frogs, and salamander—with occasional black bears and moose. There’s a highly public Cold Spring media battle between conservative Roger Ailes, of Fox News fame—whose wife Elizabeth publishes two of Putnam’s weekly papers—and Gordon Stewart, a liberal entrepreneur, whose relatively new, free newspaper is in direct and sometimes gritty competition with the Aileses’ paper. Fahnestock State Park is a focus for year-round outdoor activity all, with boating, swimming, lake and pond activities, hiking, cross-country skiing, and camping on 14,000 acres. It serves as the natural division between eastern and western Putnam, and Appalachian Trail hikers can be seen there year-round. Putnam County is currently in a heated legal battle with Gannett over the County Clerk Dennis Sant’s refusal to provide the newspaper chain with the names of registered gun owners in the county. County Executive MaryEllen Odell backs the refusal. The Chuang Yen Monastery, in Kent, features beautifully walkable grounds, resident monks with shaven heads and saffron robes, numerous public programs, a charming gift shop, and the largest indoor Buddha statue in the US. Chuang Yen means majestically adorned.
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Hello Dolly, starring Barbra Streisand, was filmed at Garrison’s Landing, a tiny Victorian waterfront neighborhood, complete with gazebo, which houses two community favorites, the Garrison Art Center and the Philipstown Depot Theatre. The Art Center’s summer Fine Crafts Fair draws thousands down to the riverside each year. Putnam’s Breakneck Ridge is one of the most popular and challenging hiking locations in the MidHudson Valley. Local emergency responders call it simply “the mountain” and know all too well how easy it is to get lost, stranded, or hurt there. Hike it if you dare. A broad coalition of regulators, local governments, environmental organizations, and residents are working to create the Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail, a path for pedestrians stretching from Cold Spring to Beacon alongside picturesque Route 9D. Opposite: On the street in Cold Spring. Top row, from left: Jim Smith and Kristin Hattleberg, recent Cold Spring transplants; Angela Prota and Mary Mechalakos hang out on their stoop; Jacob Kazmi and his dog Pushka; Kathy and Frank DeBiase come up from the Bronx to visit for the day. Middle row, from left: Chris Caccamise, Christina Moon, Ada Caccimise, and Roman Caccamise; Sierra Lietner and Connor Bow celebrate their two-year anniversary; Daniel Simons and Amanda
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he National School Lunch Program feeds 32 million children every year, and that’s mostly processed food that’s been reheated in convection ovens. Tricia Paffendorf has another vision for local kids’ lunches. “It would be wonderful to get back to a cooking cafeteria and use the amazing food that we have in the Hudson Valley to make the meal more appetizing and healthy,” she posits. She talks about “powerful” food, fresh and locally sourced, and as a garden-designer-turned-mom, she knows how it can be achieved. It starts with a quarter-acre plot of Mill Road Elementary School’s rolling field of a playground, at the edge of the schoolyard where it kisses Migliorelli Farms. That’s where Paffendorf and cofounder Tricia Reed, along with committed friends and a shared vision, started the garden committee. And from there, the garden classroom program just seemed to fall into place. They first assembled ideas and logistics, then engaged four teachers from Mill Road Elementary to commit to using the garden classroom, got permission from the surprisingly supportive administration and broke ground in spring 2011. “Within two growing seasons, we’d accumulated the interest of the entire school,” Paffendorf says. “It was quick for the teachers to find a reason to use it.” A key element was Lydia Cordier, a now-retired teacher. An experienced gardener, Cordier was essential in building the school’s confidence in the program, encouraging teachers to use the garden classroom. “She was committed to making sure the garden succeeded,” Paffendorf says. 36 KIDS & FAMILY CHRONOGRAM 4/14
Another important component of their success was the full-fledged support of Clara Wittek, the food services director. “Even before we put the garden in, the cafeteria’s initiative was to expose students to new, healthy foods,” Wittek says. For instance, when they couldn’t get the kids to eat legumes, they put corn in a black bean salad. They piloted a soup, salad, and breadstick bar. And the addition of the garden committee simply enhanced those efforts. Three years later, the cafeteria distributes the garden’s produce as free samples on the serving line, and they augment meals with the fresh herbs grown. “I don’t know if we’ll ever get to the size where we can harvest enough vegetables from our own garden to give to students for lunch,” Wittek says, “but we are taking that harvest and incorporating it into our salad bar.” At the core of Wittek’s support for the school garden program is an openness of mind. “A lot of different things could easily impact the cafeteria,” Wittek says. There’s additional food prep involved in serving fresh vegetables, for instance, but for Wittek, it’s a matter of grounding herself to the daily struggles of pinching pennies and learning the dos and don’ts of federal and state regulations. “Once you’ve accomplished that, you have the opportunity to explore and see what else you could possibly do to make a child’s life better.”
Above: The Harvest Hudson Valley team with Alice Waters at the Mill Road Garden Classroom. Opposite: Garden teacher Christine Kurlander with a group of fourth grade students.
Marla Walker agrees. She represents the third piece that makes Mill Road’s garden so successful—the organizational end. Walker is the project director for Harvest Hudson Valley, the all-volunteer organization that manages Red Hook district’s farm-to-school initiatives. Starting with an Indiegogo campaign, an international crowd-funding website, Harvest Hudson Valley was able to raise $14,000 in one month through donations of $10 to $500 increments. Walker, along with Wittek, wrote the grant that won the district two salad bars during the 2012-13 school year, and made it possible to put salad bars in all of the schools in the district. “This was major as far as reaching the Harvest program beyond just the garden,” Walker says. Other grants include $2,000 from Whole Foods, the Annie’s Garden Grant, generous donations from Migliorelli Farms, and a donation of six apple tree saplings from Montgomery Place Orchard. Not to mention all the community and parent volunteering that the garden classroom has received over the years. Last fall, a volunteer organized a wine and food event that they hoped would fund a garden for the middle and high schools (which have adjacent campuses) to share. “We determined that it would cost $8,000 to break ground, build infrastructure, and start planting,” Walker says. “We raised it that night.” Paffendorf says the community support for the garden programs are a testament to the school district. “The community was ready for this.” “A lot of kids have experience with gardens through family, farm stands, but not in an educational way,” Walker says. “That was the impetus.” And it’s Christine Kurlander’s task to work with other garden teachers to develop lessons and curriculum across grades K through 5. “The teachers are so stretched,” Kurlander says. “Without an outside group of volunteers pushing the project forward, it would not have gotten to this point.” Hers is not a district-approved position, but they pay Kurlander as a substitute teacher. “I was a volunteer before I was paid,” Kurlander says. “It’s an acknowledgment of my work. The project is valued by the district.” Garden teachers develop activities that connect the classroom curriculum with garden tasks to give the kids a chance to get their hands dirty with learning. Last fall, they did a math project, estimating, measuring and weighing the pumpkins they were growing. There was a language arts lesson where classes compared and contrasted different kinds of squash, using observation to inform their writing. “Often the way we start off our lessons is by doing a kind of meditation, sitting quietly and noticing the sounds around them,” Kurlander says, “helping them to be in the moment and connect with nature.” Plus, it gets kids eating new, healthy foods. One project at Mill Road Elementary involved putting together the dry ingredients of a salad dressing using the garden’s growing herbs. The kids brought them home in a Ziploc bag and added oil. “We got really awesome feedback on that,” Kurlander says. “Kids who had never tried salad before wanted to add the dressing.”
MOUNTAIN LAUREL WALDORF SCHOOL
SUMMER PROGRAM 2014
Join Mountain Laurel Waldorf School’s Forest Kindergarten Summer Program! Puppet shows, arts and crafts, sculpting, sand play, gardening, picnics, games, music, water play and outdoor summer fun! For Ages 3-7. Monday through Thursday, 9am - 2:30pm. $200, 10% discount for two sessions. Wholesome summer snack included. Sessions run from June 23 through August 14. For June/July sessions please contact Rosana Workman at rosanaworkman@yahoo.com or Tricia McCloskey at tagstudio@hvc.rr.com. For August sessions please contact Elsa Arenas at arenas.elsaleonor.elsa@gmail.com.
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Westchester Community College Center for the Digital Arts
ARTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE The Center for the Digital Arts of Westchester Community College is celebrating 20 years of innovation and service to Westchester and Putnam counties. Established in 1994, this Center is an example of arts technology integration in higher education creating access to digital arts education in the 21st Century. The Center continues to support five industry-grade post-production studios that offer a full-range of robust computer graphics including: 2D/3D animation, digital filmmaking, game design, digital imaging, web design, and e-publishing. In addition, the Center offers prosumer production equipment and fine arts space. The Center for the Digital Arts also offers student services, General Education courses, ESL, and non-credit courses for students from 7 to 70+ years of age.
SPECIAL EVENTS [inter]sections, Curated by Claudia Jacques:
On view from March 24 - April 19, 2014. Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery. Opening Friday, March 28 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. sunywcc.edu/gallery
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On view from May 17 - August 9, 2014. Preview at ArtsWestchester’s annual ArtsBash event, Friday, May 16 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Arts + Technology Exhibition, curated by Patricia Miranda, The Arts Exchange, ArtsWestchester. Sponsored by: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. artswestchester.org
E.A.T. (Education Arts Technology) Forum: Tuesday, May 20th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the Arts Exchange of Arts Westchester. Westchester Community College in partnership with ArtsWestchester. sunywcc.edu/peekskill
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Alice Waters in the Mill Road Garden Classroom.
The school garden movement, born of practicality in 1891, flourished during both world wars. During World War II, the Food for Freedom campaign successfully left us with what we now call Victory Gardens, and it was a time when Americans ate more fresh fruits and vegetables than any other before or since. There was a resurgence in gardening during the environmental movement of the 1960s. But the recent trend, since the 1990s, can be credited, in part, to an interest in progressive education. And for the kids at Mill Road Elementary, the proof is in the perennials. “There’s more enthusiasm and positive energy behind what they’re doing,” Kurlander says, “so the curriculum connections we make are more real.” For example, when the kids at Mill Road learn Native American legends in fourth grade, they also do a planting of the Three Sisters (corn, beans, and squash). When they come back in the fall for fifth grade, they see the way the plants grow together. The connection with the legends is stronger, Kurlander notes. All the organizers involved with Mill Road’s garden refer to Paffendorf’s muse, the mother of the farm-to-school movement, Alice Waters, a California chef who pioneered a garden classroom at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, California, 17 years ago. As Waters told Jamie Rose for the New York Times, “[Kids are] learning a very troubling set of values at the same time that they’re getting their [fast food] hamburger or eating in the car. They’re learning that food should be fast, cheap, and easy; it should be available 24 hours a day; and that resources are infinite. It’s a very narrow view that we have of the most important activity of our lives.” It’s Waters’s Edible Schoolyard Academy that Paffendorf, Wittek, Walker, and Kurlander attended through grants. They hope to send more teachers there this June. “With the health crisis in our country, which is targeting our children, learning to think about what you’re eating and care about your own health are solutions,” Paffendorf says, “Caring for the bigger picture in life probably starts there.You’re more likely to care for your friends, community, and the greater environment too.” Red Hook’s middle and high schools are already involved with Mill Road’s garden. A woodworking class designed and built a supply shed, installed next to the garden. The math classes are doing lessons where the middle and high school garden is staked out. “With the elementary school,” Kurlander says, “Tricia brought the idea of the garden. But the teachers at the middle and high school came to us.” They have big plans for what they’ll do with it. Paffendorf remarks, “It’ll be wonderful to carry this from elementary to middle and high school in the district, so students will always have that connection.”
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Does your child love animals? Then Camp Kindness is the place to be! This unique program is full of fun, creative, and enriching activities all geared towards teaching compassion. Your child will enjoy homemade, healthy vegan lunches each day, spend quality time with our rescued animals, and explore humane choices. Week long sessions run from July through mid-August and are open to children ages 9-14. Call (845) 336-8447 x205 for more info. Catskill Animal Sanctuary rescues abused and neglected farm animals and teaches people how to live a more compassionate lifestyle.
www.CASanctuary.org • 316 Old Stage Road • Saugerties, NY
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JANE COATS ECKERT
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JANE ECKERT HAS OVER TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN THE ART WORLD AS A GALLERY OWNER, CURATOR, ANTIQUES DEALER, AND MEMBER OF THE FINE ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION. HER EXPERTISE PROVIDES THE RESOURCES TO ADVISE IN ALL FACETS OF THE ART AND ANTIQUES MARKET, INCLUDING:
ACQUIRING AND SELLING
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Whiteweave (Touchmap) (detail), 24”x 24”. Nails, resin, mixed media on wood
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VISIonMaP (The Story Thus Far)
March 28 - April 27, 2014
Tremaine Gallery Gallery aT oTchkiss sSchool chool Tremaine at The the h Hotchkiss 11 Interlaken Road, Road, Lakeville, Connecticut ~ open daily 11 Interlaken Lakeville, Connecticut (860) 435 - 3663 www.hotchkiss.org/arts open daily ~ (860) 435 -~3663 ~ www.hotchkiss.org/arts
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Working Objects and Videos Working Objects and Videos THROUGH APRIL 13, 2014 THROUGH APRIL 13,Sat., 2014February 8, 5–7pm Opening reception: Opening reception: Sat., February 8, 5–7pm
Zhang Huan May 3 - November 9
STORM KING ART CENTER
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Sydney Cash’s oil-paint modified version of a print of Sandro Botticelli’s Portrait of a Young Man. From the exhibition “Patterns & Portraits,” at The Falcon in Marlboro through April 30.
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Mandolyn Wilson Rosen, State of Elation, acrylic on canvas, 20” x 16”, 2008. From the exhibition “New Paintings by Pier Wright and Mandolyn Wilson Rosen,” opening at Imogen Holloway Gallery in Saugerties on April 4.
ANN STREET GALLERY
CCS BARD HESSEL MUSEUM
104 ANN STREET, NEWBURGH 784-1146.
BARD COLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON 758-7598.
“Materiality.” Forty works by twenty-two fiber artists who employ traditional and nontraditional techniques. Through April 30.
“Deviance Credits.” 13 projects curacted by graduate students. April 13-May 25. Opening reception April 13, 1pm-4pm.
ASHOKAN CENTER
CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK
477 BEAVERKILL ROAD, OLIVEBRIDGE 657-8333.
59 TINKER STREET, RHINEBECK 679-9957.
“Woodstock School of Art Student Exhibit.” Through June 22.
“Photography Now 2013.” Group show curated by Julie Grahame. April 5-June 15. “One-Hundred Count.” Photographs by Nick Albertson. April 5-June 15. Opening reception for both exhibitions on April 5, 5pm-7pm.
THE BAKERY 13A NORTH FRONT STREET, NEW PALTZ 255-8840.
“Tampering with the Seals: Seed Image Collage by Jonathan Pazer.” Through April 28.
CINNAMON INDIAN RESTAURANT
BARBARA PREY GALLERY
“Essential Moments.” Photographs by B. Docktor. April 5-May 1. Opening reception April 5, 4pm-6pm.
71 SPRING STREET, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA (516) 922-7146.
“Primary Colors.” Featuring vibrant new works by internationally acclaimed artist Barbara Ernst Prey. Through April 30. BARD COLLEGE AT SIMON’S ROCK 84 ALFORD ROAD, GREAT BARRINGTON, MA (800) 235-7186.
5856 S. RD. 9, RHINEBECK 876-7510.
COLUMBIA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 209 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 671-6213.
“Not Necessarily Black and White.” Photography exhibit. Through May 16.
Ceramic Works by Tim Rowan. April 7-May 11.
DUCK POND GALLERY
BEACON ARTIST UNION
“Art Student Show.” An exhibit of art by students of Mira Fink. April 5-28.
506 MAIN STREET, BEACON 222-0177.
128 CANAL STREET TOWN OF ESOPUS LIBRARY, PORT EWEN 338-5580.
“Tasteless.” A group collaborative project/installation created in response to the word “Tasteless.” Opening reception April 12, 6pm-9pm.
THE FALCON
BETSY JACARUSO STUDIO & GALLERY
FAMILY TRADITIONS
1348 ROUTE 9W, MARLBORO 236-7970.
“Patterns & Portraits.” An exhibition of Sydney Cash’s new paintings. Through April 30.
43 EAST MARKET STREET, RHINEBECK 516-4435.
3853 MAIN STREET, STONE RIDGE 377-1021.
“Photographs of John Lennon by Brian Hamill: Celebrating The Beatles’ 50th Anniversary!” April 12-May 31. Opening reception April 12, 5pm-7pm.
“Photography of Jeff Haines and Elaine Mills.” Through April 16. FIELD LIBRARY
BROTHERHOOD WINERY’S FIELDSTONE GALLERY
“Inside/Out: Teen Portrait Identity.” Jo-Ann Brody and Jamelah Zidhan, urban youth were taught a series on the history and technique of portrait photography. Through April 27.
100 BROTHERHOOD PLAZA DRIVE 496-3661.
“Hudson Valley Explored.” Photographs by Madelyn Livti-Garstak, Daniel Paul Potter, Marilynn Potter, Raymond Susmann, and Thomas Vaillancourt. April 8-May 21. Afternoon with the artists April 26, 2pm-5pm. CAFFE A LA MODE 1 OAKLAND AVENUE, WARWICK 986-1223.
“Warwick Inspirations.” Works by Susan Hope Fogel. Landscape paintings completed in the artist’s backyard in Warwick. Through April 6. CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY
4 NELSON AVENUE, PEEKSKILL (914) 737-1212.
GALLERY 66 NY 66 MAIN STREET, COLD SPRING 809-5838.
“The Picturesque, The Pastoral, and the Sublime.” Painter Tarryl Gabel and photographer Gregory Martin. April 3-27. Opening reception April 4, 6pm-9pm. GARRISON ART CENTER 23 GARRISON’S LANDING, GARRISON 424-3960.
“Rock Homes: Cyrilla Mozenter & Louise Brooks.” Through April 6.
622 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1915.
GREENE COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS GALLERY
“In the Black.” Artists in the show include Joseph Maresca, Ralph Stout, Jay Matthews, Betsy Weis, Sarah Berney, Kris Perry, David Paulson and Linda Cross. Through April 15.
398 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-3400.
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“Outside the Lines.” Youth arts exhibition. Through May 3.
Kentucky Derby Art Show and Sale At Maplebrook School
“Rockport” by Amanda Epstein
“Wishes, Hopes & Dreams” by Kary Broffman
“Spaciousness 2012” by George Shattuck
Opening Reception | May 3, 2014 at 4:00 - 7:30pm • Join us for great art, food, music, Hillrock Estate Bourbon tasting, BIG HAT CONTEST and the LIVE viewing of the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby. • Featured Artist: Photographer, George H. Shattuck, III galleries & museums
• Show and sale continues weekends (1-4 PM) through May 31st. Maplebrook School *5142 Route 22* Amenia, NY | (845) 373-9511 Ext. 246
MI L DR E D I . WA S H I N G T ON A RT G A L L E RY Dutchess Community College
Eva vanRijn
April 7 to May 16 Opening reception Wednesday, April 9, 5:00pm-6:30pm Gallery talk: Tuesday April 22, 12:30pm-1:45pm Washington Center, Room 150, 53 Pendell Rd, Poughkeepsie | (845) 431-8610 GALLERY HOURS: MON - THURS 10AM - 9PM, FRI 10AM - 5PM
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THE HARRISON GALLERY
NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM
39 SPRING STREET, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA (413) 458-1700.
9 ROUTE 183, STOCKBRIDGE, MA (413) 298-4100.
“Riverscapes.” A group exhibition featuring new works by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Curt Hanson, John MacDonald, and George Van Hook. April 5-30. Opening reception April 5, 5pm-7pm.
“Baseball, Rodeos, and Automobiles: The Art of Murray Tinkelman.” Through June 15.
THE HOTCHKISS LIBRARY OF SHARON
“Jim Torok: Drawings.” Through May 31. Opening reception April 5, 2pm-5pm.
10 UPPER MAIN STREET, SHARON, CT (860) 364-5041.
1405 COUNTY ROAD 22, GHENT (518) 392-4747.
“Jeff Joyce: Scottish Sketchbook.” Through May 29. Opening reception April 5, 5pm-7pm.
ONE MILE GALLERY
HUDSON BEACH GLASS
“The Illusion Keep.” Works by Neal Hollinger. April 5-26. Opening reception April 5, 6pm-8pm.
162 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-0068.
475 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON 338-2035.
“B&WX4 Art Exhibit.” Through April 20. Opening reception April 12, 6pm-9pm.
RED HOOK CAN
HUDSON OPERA HOUSE 327 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-4181.
“Word Works 2014 Exhibit: Featuring the use of the Printed Word.” An exhibit exploring the use of book imagery. April 11-May 4. Opening reception April 11, 5pm-7pm.
“Illustrations by R. O. Blechman.” Through May 11.
RIVERWINDS GALLERY
HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
172 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-2880.
NORTH BROADWAY, RED HOOK 758-6575.
1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 788-0100.
“A Show of Ireland: Pastel Impressions.” Pastels on Gayle Clark Fedigan. Through April 30.
“Based On, If Any.” Jordan Rathus. Through May 9. “Art at the Core: The Intersection of Visual Art, Performance, and Technology.” Works that lend themselves to narrative interpretations. Through July 27.
ROOS ARTS 449 MAIN STREET, ROSENDALE (718) 755-4726.
IMOGEN HOLLOWAY GALLERY
“Relative Objects.” A show of paintings by Dan Green and sculptural works by Galen Green. Through April 12.
81 PARTITION STREET, SAUGERTIES (347) 387-3212.
RUBY GALLERY
“New Paintings by Pier Wright and Mandolyn Wilson Rosen.” April 4-April 27. Opening reception April 4, 6pm-9pm. JOHN DAVIS GALLERY 362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907.
31 FAIR STREET, KINGSTON.
Nancy Ostrovsky. Through April 27. SAFE HARBORS OF THE HUDSON 111 BROADWAY, NEWBURGH 562-6940.
“Stephen Reynolds: New Work.” New sculpture and etchings. Through April 20.
“Works by Artist Bruno Krauchthaler.” Through March 31, 2015.
JOYCE GOLDSTEIN GALLERY
SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART
16 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-2250.
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OMI INTERNATIONAL ARTS CENTER
1 HAWK DRIVE, NEW PALTZ NEWPALTZ.EDU/MUSEUM.
“Site and Sound.” Multimedia group installation curated by Micael Tong. Tiago Estrada, Adolpho Luxuria Canbal, Antonio Rafael, Susan Jennings, Slink Moss of Black Lake, John Roach and Dale MacDonald. Through April 30.
Along His Own Lines: A Retrospective of New York Realist Eugene Speicher. April 5-July 13.
KAPLAN HALL
The Perfect Measure. The Golden Ratio in Contemporary Art Astrid Fitzgerald, curator. April 12-May 10.
SUNY ORANGE, NEWBURGH 431-9386.
SAUGERTIES PERFORMING ARTS FACTORY 169 ULSTER AVENUE, SAUGERTIES 246-7723.
“African Code: A Secret Language.” April 1-June 26. Opening reception April 5, 5pm-7pm.
STOREFRONT GALLERY
THE KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART
“Stories From a Busy Life.” Figurative, expressionistic paintings by Stacie Flint. April 5-26.
134 JAY STREET, KATONAH (914) 232-9555.
“Jasper Johns & John Lund: Masters in the Print Studio.” Through June 15. KENT ART ASSOCIATION 21 SOUTH MAIN STREET, KENT, CT (860) 927-3989.
“Members’ Show I.” Also showing: “12” x 12” Show.” Through April 20. KINGSTON LIBRARY 55 FRANKLIN STREET, KINGSTON 331-0507.
18th Annual Dream Festival’s “Traveling Mural of Community Dreams” exhibit. April 5-30. KINGSTON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (KMOCA) 103 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON KMOCA.ORG.
“States of Security.” Craig J. Barber, Shanti Grumbine, and Marian Schoettle. Opening reception April 5, 5pm-8pm. KLEINERT/JAMES ARTS CENTER
93 BROADWAY, KINGSTON THESTOREFRONTGALLERY.COM.
SUNY ULSTER 491 COTTREKILL ROAD, STONE RIDGE 687-5262.
“Alumni Show.” In celebration of the college’s 50th Anniversary. Through April 11. THE CHATHAM BOOKSTORE 27 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM 518-392-3005.
“Pathways & Waterways.” Chatham artist Gail Giles displays large-scale charcoal drawings mainly from the Hudson River’s edge. Through April 27. THEO GANZ STUDIO 149 MAIN STREET, BEACON (917) 318-2239.
“Walking the Changes.” Two new installations of projected digital paintings by Carl Van Brunt. Through April 6. THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE 218 SPRING STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-7465.
34 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2079.
“Thomas Cole & Frederic Church: Master, Mentor, Master.” April 30-November 2.
“Ruckus.” Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild’s annual eclectic exhibition. Through April 14.
THOMPSON GIROUX GALLERY
LIFEBRIDGE SANCTUARY
57 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3336.
333 MOUNTAIN ROAD, ROSENDALE 658-3439.
“Working The Land.” A series of portraits of hunters, farmers, woodsmen, gardeners, foragers in their working environments capturing their close relationship with the land. Opening reception April 13, 2pm.
“Civilization: Irving Kriesberg and Donna Moylan.” An exhibition featuring the work of Irving Kriesberg and Donna Moylan. Through April 27. TIVOLI ARTISTS CO-OP 60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI 758-4342.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORSES
“2014 Annual Landscape Show.” April 4-27.
37 NORTH FRONT STREET 2ND FLOOR (OVER J&J’S HOBBIES), KINGSTON 340-0501.
UNISON
“4th Annual Charlie Chaplin Tribute” exhibit. Chaplin photos, articles, music, books, films. April 5-May 31. Opening reception April 5, 5pm-8pm. LONGYEAR GALLERY 785 MAIN STREET, UPSTAIRS, MARGARETVILLE LONGYEARGALLERY.ORG.
“Longyear Group Show.” April 24-28. MATTEAWAN GALLERY 464 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7901.
“Scott Daniel Ellison: Green Moon.” April 12-May 4. Opening reception April 12, 6pm-9pm. MONTGOMERY ROW SECOND LEVEL 6423 MONTGOMERY STREET, RHINEBECK 876-0543.
“Photographic Impressionism: From Floralscapes to Urban Decay.” Through April 27.
68 MOUNTAIN REST ROAD, NEW PALTZ 255-1559.
“Liza Mills & Bianca Tanis: Rock & Garden.” Through April 27. VALLEY VARIETY 705 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-0033.
“Recent Work with Jen P. Harris.” Through June 1. VASSAR COLLEGE: THE FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER 124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-5632.
Site-Specific Installation by Todd Knopke. Large-scale fabric installation. Through July 20. WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM 28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940.
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A Voice in the Wilderness Iva Bittova By Peter Aaron Photograph by Fionn Reilly
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he invitation in the e-mail was curious. “If you don’t mind, I can invite you to come to our little house in the woods,” it read. “Tuesday around 2pm is fine.” Having yet to actually speak with Iva Bittova but knowing she hails from the Czech Republic, one could almost hear the accent, and the image of a cozy, Slavic-folk-tale cottage in the forest with a smoking chimney came instantly to mind. The rural roads leading to the home proved challenging to your music editor’s low-grade GPS. But, after a few wrong turns, he eventually made it. Turns out, it’s a raised ranch in Rhinebeck. Still, cozy it is, and here we sit at Bittova’s dining room table. “I still also have my ‘nest’ in [Czech region] Moravia; it’s beautiful and green there as well, but also more noisy,” says the violinist and vocalist, who cites “total silence and an absolutely positive atmosphere” as key inspirations for her highly haunting art. “In quiet and beauty and being close to nature,” she explains, “I can find easily the good energy for my music.” Permeated with impressionistic elements of classical, experimental rock, opera, jazz, and the folk styles of her Eastern European heritage, Bittova’s intoxicating approach has made her one of the leading figures of the contemporary Czech avant-garde, and one of the few to make a mark abroad. An actor as well, she has appeared in several feature films, most notably 2003’s Oscarnominated Zelary. Music, however, came first for Bittova, who was born in 1958 in the town of Bruntal. Her father, Koloman Bitto (her own surname is the feminine form), was a well-known composer and multi-instrumentalist of Hungarian-Romany extraction, while her mother, Ludmila Bittova, was a professional choral singer. “My father played many different instruments [including double bass, trumpet, cimbalom, and guitar] and was not completely crazy about any one genre of music; he would listen to classical and jazz or folk and gypsy music,” says Bittova, who began ballet and violin lessons at around age seven and played child roles in theatrical productions. “I think it was my parents’ dream for me to be a concert violinist, but for me then at that age it was too difficult. I was still trying to figure out what I should do. So when I was about 13 or 14 I stopped music to study acting.” The family moved to the city of Brno, where Bittova studied drama at the celebrated Brno Conservatory (founded, perhaps ironically given that she would later perform his music, by famed composer Leos Janacek) and for the next decade made her name in predemocratic Czechoslovakia as a prominent film, television, and radio actress. But despite her success in that medium things didn’t sit quite right for the creatively restless artist. “I never really liked acting so much,” says Bittova, who does still occasionally take film roles. “By the early 1980s I was beginning to feel that music was a better way for me to communicate and express myself.” After having studied voice as part of her drama curriculum, she returned to studying violin and began to develop her distinctive method of vocalizing in a detached, incantatory, and sometimes spoken-word style above the keening, meditative drones of her instrument. “When I first began to sing and play it was very hard for people, they were very confused,” she recalls. “They said, ‘Who is this crazy woman with her screaming violin?’ It was hard, and they didn’t understand.” But there were, however, some who did. Despite the attempts of the country’s Iron Curtain government to stamp it out, from the late 1960s to the early 1980s a boldly dissenting arts subculture thrived in the hidden shadows of Czechoslovakia. Dubbed the Czech underground and centered in Prague (the movement is also referred to as the Prague underground), it began as a reaction to the Soviet-backed suppression that arrived during the Prague Spring invasion of 1968 and included politically outspoken experimental and psychedelic rock bands like Plastic People of the Universe and DG 307 and writers like Vaclav Havel, whose forbidden works were circulated covertly as hand-copied samizdats. The scene culminated in 1989 with the Velvet Revolution that saw Havel elected as the newly independent country’s president, but under the old regime many of its artist-participants were put on trial, imprisoned, or simply denied the state-mandated permits needed to perform. With her adventurous sound and progressive views Bittova fit right in with her underground comrades, although the abstract, not directly political nature of her music kept the befuddled censors at bay. “When I would play my works for [government permit-granting boards], they would just say, ‘We don’t understand at all what you are doing, so we guess it’s okay,’” she says, laughing. “And so they would just let me go ahead with it.” During her underground tenure Bittova met percussionist Pavel Fajt, with
whom she recorded a well-received collaborative album and co-founded the alternative rock band Dunaj. (The pair were partners for 13 years and have two sons; Matous, who still lives in the Czech Republic, and Tony, a music composition student at Bard College.) Bittova and Fajt’s second duo album, 1987’s Svatba (The Wedding) (Review Records), caught the ears of drummer Chris Cutler and guitarist Fred Frith, both solo artists and former members of the influential British avant rock band Henry Cow. The Englishmen’s fascination with the Czechs’ music led to the latter’s appearance in Step Across the Border, a 1990 documentary about Frith, and early ’90s collaborative performances in New York and Western Europe that also included the late cellist Tom Cora. “[Bittova’s music] was very fresh, an arresting combination of classical sound, traditional singing, and rock energy,” Frith says. “And more than anything, she had theatrical flair, she owned the stage and held the audience seemingly without effort. She once came to Paris for a concert with me and we rehearsed some songs during the afternoon. Over dinner I broke it to her that actually this was going to be a completely improvised concert. She just laughed and said, ‘Fine!’ Completely unfazed and able to let go. There’s no one else like her, and her music is beyond restrictive categories. It just is.” After a pair of EPs, Bittova made her self-titled solo debut in 1991 on the Pavian label; River of Milk (EVA Records) arrived later that year and was followed by a string of albums on BMG and Nonesuch that raised her profile significantly outside her homeland. Some of her key collaborations over the years have included 44 Dueta pro Dvoje Housle (1997, Rachot Behemot Records), an album of Bela Bartok violin duets with Dorothea Kellerova, and projects with the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, the Prague Philharmonia, jazz bassist George Mraz, ambient composer and DJ SusumuYokota, and 2006’s Mater (Pavian Records), a cantata by composer Vladimir Godar. The latter, a solemn meditation on motherhood recorded with orchestral players and the Bratislava Conservatory Choir, led to a deal with the boundary-shattering label ECM Records, which reissued the disc and last year released Iva Bittova (not to be confused with the earlier, similarly named album cited above). A set of stark “Fragments” for violin, voice, and kalimba, it profoundly captures the essence of her technique. In 2003 Bittova performed in an adaptation of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” at Bard College for its annual SummerScape festival and was instantly enchanted by the area. “I said to Tony, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to try to live here for one year?’” she says. “I was ready for a change, so in 2007 we moved. I came here with just two pieces of luggage.” Since making her American inroads Bittova has worked with a Who’s Who of inventive US musicians that includes Don Byron, Hamid Drake, Bill Frisell, Bobby McFerrin, and Marc Ribot. She also has a lengthy history with contemporary classical collective Bang on a Can, recording Elida (Indies Records) with the organization in 2006 and composing music for its offshoot group, the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Among her Bang on a Can cohorts are clarinetist Evan Ziporyn and pianist Gyan Riley (the son of composer Terry Riley), with whom she recently formed the trio Eviyan. “I’ve wanted to work with Iva from the first moment I heard her, which was almost 20 years ago,” says Ziporyn. “With her background she’s very theatrical and has the control of an opera singer, but she’s also a very ‘in the moment’ performer—very adventurous in the way that, say, Bjork or Meredith Monk are. Within 10 minutes of playing together, we all knew it just felt right.” Last year, Eviyan performed at Canada’s prestigious Festival Musique Actuel and recorded an album, set for release late this year or early 2015. Bittova’s newest offering is Entwine (2014, Pavian). Recorded in the acoustically divine 16th-century Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk at Zelena Hora in the city of Zd’ar nad Sazavou, the album amply displays her scraping bow, spellbinding violin flights, and soaring, chirping, cackling, and recitative vocals on texts by Gertrude Stein. “It’s not easy at all to sing and play violin at the same time,” says Bittova. “But my father always told me, ‘It’s not good to just make a copy of somebody else. Try instead to be yourself and see if you can do something a little bit different.’ So I’m been happy that I’ve been able to do that.” Entwine is out now on Pavian Records. Eviyan will perform at the Hudson Opera House on April 5 at 7pm.Tickets are $20 ($18 for members). Hudsonoperahouse.org. Bittova.com. CHRONOGRAM.COM REMEMBER Listen to “Ruza” by Iva Bittova, from her recent album Entwine.
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NIGHTLIFE HIGHLIGHTS
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS April 17. The vehicle of singer-songwriter John Darnielle, the Mountain Goats make just the kind of brainy modern indie folk pop that warms the desk chairs of bookish, fortysomething introverts across the nation. A fave of fellow Carolinian Stephen Colbert (the band has appeared on The Colbert Report) and a one-time headliner at Carnegie Hall, Darnielle brings the Goats moniker to our region this month for an inviting solo performance in the cozy quarters of Club Helsinki. So literate listeners should move fast to trade those desk chairs for supper club seats at this glorious night of winsome wordplay. With Erin McKeown. (The Budos Band jams April 11; Omar Sosa plays April 25.) 8pm. $25, $35. Hudson. (518) 828-4800; Helsinkihudson.com
ROCK ’N’ ROLL RESORT
ROBERT SARAZIN BLAKE
April 4-6. For the fourth year in a row, this weekend-long jamathon will take over the Hudson Valley Resort with a packed-to-the-gills multi-act roster. Bands set to play this season include Ivan Neville and Dumpstaphunk, Motet, the Everyone Orchestra (featuring Steve and Johnny Kimmock), Conehead Buddha, Cabinet, and others. Promoters promise “24 hours of multiple indoor live music stages, incredible visual art installations, poolside cocktails, spiritual exploration, fun activities and workshops, eclectic food… all within the walls of a VIP resort.” Check website for set times and ticket prices. Kerhonkson. (413) 734-9496; Rocknrollresort.com
April 10. There are many fine younger folk singers on the road, but few of them are living the Woody Guthrie dream with as much zest and zeal as Robert Sarazin Blake. Perennially rootless, it seems like he’s always out there, weaving his epic, stream-of-consciousness, acoustic guitar-backed narratives in coffeehouses and small venues. As they love a good poet over there in Ireland, it’s no surprise the Emerald Isle has been taken with the richly literate Blake as well, who splits his time between there and his native US. It’s been a while since he’s visited the Hudson Valley, so this date at Bard College’s Down the Road Café is highly anticipated. With Mike Merenda of Mike and Ruthy. 9pm. Free. Annandale-on-Hudson. (845) 758-7097; Bard.edu
JON ANDERSON April 8, 9. Tales from topographic oceans—whatever the heck those might be—are sure to be told with vigor when the front man of prog rock legends Yes steers the filigreed stern of his silver-sailed ship our way this month. The UK-born singer and songwriter formed Mabel Greer’s Toyshop in 1968 with guitarist Peter Banks and bassist Chris Squire, both formerly of freakbeat unit the Syn; after a name change to Yes, the act signed to Atlantic and began its 1970s FM-radio reign, eventually crossing over into the pop charts in the 1980s. This two-night stand at the Bearsville Theater sees the helium-voiced Anderson performing with members of Woodstock’s Paul Green Rock Academy. (Shawn Mullins sings April 5; Javier Escovedo and the Sensitive Boys rock April 10.) 7pm. $35, $55, $99, $150. Bearsville. (845) 679-4406; Bearsvilletheater.com
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CRISTIANA PEGORARO April 13. In addition to playing for royalty and at the leading concert halls of the US and Europe, Cristiana Pegoraro has been cited as the first Italian female pianist to perform classical concerts in Bahrain, Yemen, and Oman, and the first to perform all 32 sonatas for piano by Ludwig van Beethoven. For the Shandlee Music Festival’s 21st season, she appears here at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts event gallery for a divine afternoon solo program titled “Frederic Chopin: The Poet of the Piano,” which will include her descriptions of the life of the composer and explanations of the pieces emphasizing their innovations and stylistic characteristics. 2:30pm. $25, $10 students 17 and under. Bethel. (212) 288-4152; Shandelee.org
CD REVIEWS BRIAN SILBER BRAZILLIANT (2013, INDEPENDENT)
Brazil is better. In jazz, classical, psychedelic, and folk traditions, Brazil just wins, appearing to be both closer to the aboriginal impulses of music than everywhere else and further along in its evolution. It’s like the state of Indiana and the jump shot: Music belongs to Brazil. Tough noogies. Pat Metheny turned an obsession with Jobim into a major, midcareer direction shift. Paul Simon reset his songwriting in the Brazilian milieu on Rhythm of the Saints, borrowing Milton Nascimento and a Brazilian supergroup to make it work. David Byrne kicked off his post-Talking Heads age of imperialism by incorporating Tropicalia and championing the work of Caetano Veloso. Now Rhinebeck violin whiz Brian Silber offers up Brazilliant, a sparkling collection of contemporary, acoustic, and unrelentingly virtuosic Brazillian music. The catch is this: Violin is not an instrument often heard in traditional Brazillian music, until now. The light incongruity of that voice over those rhythms gives this session much of its novelty and charm. On tracks like “Freviricando,” Silber’s burning chops and bouncy touch come off like an alternative-history Stephane Grapelli. Silber assembled an elite cast of contemporary Brazillian musicians to both compose and perform this material. Breakneck execution is the norm, but many of the album’s finest moments are tender, lyrical, and moody, such as Renato Anesi’s exquisite “Sohno de Gabriel” and “Pernambucano,” on which Silber’s daughter Kayla takes an impressive turn as vocalist. BrianSilberMusic.com. —John Burdick
MADERA VOX INSOMNIAC MOONLIGHT (2013, INDEPENDENT)
Madera Vox used two languages to name their ensemble—the Spanish and Latin words are an unconventional merging that translates as “wood voice.” So it’s probably not accidental that their music is also an idiosyncratic mix of oboe, bassoon, piano, percussion, and soprano vocals. Because there is no repertoire for this eclectic cluster of funky sounds, the group creates and arranges everything they churn out while remaining flexible and free in their song choices. Having garnered the praise of critics on Broadway, at Carnegie Hall, and countless places abroad, the classically trained quintet of Keve Wilson, Cornelia McGiver, Sylvia Buccelli, David Gluck, and Kelly Ellenwood conquer uncharted territory on their second recording, which is mostly clever cover songs that are quirky, genre-bending, and occasionally downright amusing. The CD launches with composer Kurt Weill’s “Alabama Song,” which is successfully executed with the ensemble’s own whimsical, spunky twist; Weill is covered again on the stirring “Susan’s Dream.” A familiar piano melody begins one jazzy track, which the listener may not recognize until Ellenwood begins singing—behold, it’s Nirvana’s “Come as You Are.” Fusion master Chick Corea is another artist whose work this ensemble explores, and here they add an exciting flair to the Latin jazz spirit of “La Fiesta” and the off-the-wall, style-switching “Children’s Song.” Grammy winner Libby Larsen is also represented on the ballad “Empty Song” and the silly, boisterous “Big Sister Says, 1967.” Madera Vox often performs locally, so keep an eye and ear out for them. Maderavox.org. —Sharon Nichols
MARK DONATO TRESPASSING FOR BEGINNERS (2013, INDEPENDENT)
Garland Jeffreys. Why would a review of Mark Donato’s fifth long player open with the name Garland Jeffreys? Donato doesn’t sound a lick like him. They certainly don’t look alike. And, at least to my knowledge, they have no connection. But throughout multiple spins of the Dean Jones-produced Trespassing for Beginners, I kept thinking of Garland Jeffreys. What he and Donato share is an astringent pop aesthetic. They make smart music for smart people, throwing literate—an overused term, but true here—lyrics up against NewYork-tough guitars (courtesy of Chronogram’s John Burdick). For his part, Donato strums an acoustic and drums on four tracks, giving the disc a certain strut that angles up against his Jules Shear phrasing. One of Jeffreys’s key qualities is his ability to create drama without going overboard. Donato does that here. “Blood Patrol,” with excellent piano from Elizabeth Steen, reeks with ’70s panache, recalling an era when players could play. “Quit Avoiding People” rests on a surf organ lick. And the boldly dubbed “A Masterpiece of American Fiction” (originally a consideration for the album title) might even live up to its billing. “On Some Days Everything Breaks Your Heart,” if you’re looking for a less metaphorical reference, sounds like an outtake from Austin ace Michael Fracasso’s recent Saint Monday. Markdonato.com. —Michael Eck
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Books
A MATTER OF ROOTS Amitava Kumar Brings It All Back Home By Nina Shengold Photograph by Jennifer May
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young woman with blond dreadlocks skateboards past Twisted Soul Food Concepts, a gleefully international eatery near Vassar College. Inside, Amitava Kumar is ordering Asian dumplings and French fries for his daughter Ila and a Badass Rice Bowl for himself. He recommends the Ethiopian BBQ arepas and insists on picking up the check. Already, the world feels a little bit wider. Crossing cultural boundaries, large and small, is a Kumar specialty. The Vassar professor’s books defy pigeonholing: he’s published nonfiction (A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb, Duke University Press, 2010, winner of the Asian American Literary Award); fiction (Nobody Does the Right Thing, Duke, 2010); and hybrid literary memoir (Husband of a Fanatic, New Press, 2005; Bombay-London-New York, Routledge, 2002; Passport Photos, University of California, 2000). His just-released A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna also blends genres. Biographers generally choose human subjects, but Kumar tells the life story of his hometown in the much-maligned state of Bihar, which seems to be India’s version of a New Jersey joke. “When you go to college in Delhi and say you’re from Bihar, people laugh at you,” he says, helping Ila adjust her earbuds; her mother, an economics professor at SUNY New Paltz, is picking her up after class. Kumar multitasks gracefully. His conversational style has a hummingbird brilliance, swooping from subject to subject with free-associative zest and highoctane intelligence. He gives the impression that everything interests him; it seems physically hard for him not to ask questions. Kumar wears all these hats—journalist, intellectual, family man—in his study of Patna. It’s an insider’s view from outside: The author is both native son and expatriate, revisiting his former home with an eye for the telling detail. A foreign journalist might note the city’s vast rat population; an intrepid one might follow a Musahar construction worker into a muddy field to catch rats for dinner (“It is better than chicken,” the man asserts). But only a native of Patna could add that nurses at the hospital where his sister works play the radio at night to keep rats from nibbling their toes, or that rats had carried off his mother’s dentures. And perhaps only Amitava Kumar could spin this delightful description of two departing rats spotted by his young son: “They looked like stout ladies on tiny heels, on their way to the market. I wouldn’t have been surprised to see them carrying small, elegant handbags.” There’s much more to Patna than rats, of course, and Kumar touches on its ancient glory and later role in the East India Company’s opium trade. He also writes eloquently about writing itself, and the meaning of place. But what interests him most is everyday life. A Matter of Rats was inspired by E. B. White’s 1949 essay Here Is NewYork, for which White traveled to Manhattan during a heat wave, staying at the Algonquin Hotel and going on daily foraging trips. Kumar followed his lead, visiting Patna in August and going out every day to interview residents and observe such phenomena as gleeful crowds massing around the city’s first escalator, inside a five-story mall. Their eagerness to experience the new struck a chord. “I remember the excitement of my first time on a plane, leaving India to go to grad school in Syracuse in 1986,” he says. His prologue to Bombay-London-New York sets the scene: As the young scholar peers out the plane’s window, watching his family wave solemn good-byes, “a cousin took off her long dupatta and held it up with both hands so that an elegant span of bright orange unfurled in the strong breeze. Then we were in the air. I removed from my hair the marigold leaves and grains of rice that my mother had sprinkled on me for good luck.” A few sentences later, he contemplates how this departure scene echoes V. S. Naipaul’s Miguel Street. “There is no beginning that is a blank page,” Kumar writes. He took a taxi from the Syracuse airport, marveling, “I’d never been on a road that smooth.” That night he ate beef for the first time and ordered a Heineken, a brand he’d seen advertised in Newsweek and Time. He also met a relative who’d come to America two decades before and had never returned. “He took me to Sears and bought me a jacket,” Kumar reports. Later, the man’s aging mother made the trip from her village to Patna to use a long-distance telephone, hearing her son’s voice for the first time in 20 years. Kumar’s face lights up. “A beautiful woman just walked in,” he says, greeting his wife. He and Mona Ali met in NewYork, at a 1997 event celebrating 50 years of Indian and Pakistani independence.They married two years later. “I often told myself that my marriage was unusually symbolic: I was doing my bit to help bring peace to more than a billion people living in the subcontinent because I am an Indian Hindu and the woman I was about to marry, Mona, is a Pakistani Muslim,” Kumar writes in Husband of a Fanatic. If this sounds hyperbolic, consid-
er that one of his interviewees, a Hindu ultranationalist, called Kumar a dog and a bastard, an enemy of India. “I went to meet him at his apartment in Queens because I wanted a dialogue with him. I also wanted to see his face. I found the idea of a faceless enemy unbearable. That wasn’t a psychological problem so much as a writer’s problem. I wanted detail and voice.” A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb also gives detail and voice to those labeled “enemy”: people caught in the crossfire of the Global War on Terror in post-9/11 America, London, and India. Kumar’s subjects include two bunglers lured into elaborate government stings and a man who was tortured for owning what looked like a missile part but proved to be a bobbin from an industrial loom. Nothing about this is simple, their stories assert. Neither is being your hometown’s biographer. “The changes that had come to my town seemed more monumental than changes here,” Kumar says. “Here, the rest of the world comes in as a new ethnic restaurant, or a new beat in, say, a Madonna song”—he nods toward Twisted Soul’s speaker, which is playing one as he speaks. But in India, “the shift is momentous. In 1986, an old woman travels from her village to place a telephone call via long-distance trunk lines. Now that old woman can call from her hut. Conceivably she can see the Oscars. Mickey Mouse is selling her toothpaste.” American culture and capitalism may have infiltrated Patna, but returning diasporics, Kumar writes, often treat their hometowns “like a leftover.” In earlier books, he admits, “I told stories about Patna because they were a part of my shame at having come from nowhere.” Still, he returned every year to visit his family. At the end of A Matter of Rats, he writes, “When I step on Patna’s soil, I only want to see how much older my parents look. ... Each time I leave, I wonder about the circumstances under which I will need to return.” This January, his mother fell ill. Since the author planned to return for a February literary festival and faced multiple deadlines, he hesitated. The morning after he booked a flight, he awoke to a distant relative’s condolences on Facebook. In a moving essay for the Indian Express, Kumar describes returning to India to cremate his mother, concluding with aching restraint: “I realized that I had missed a very important deadline.” Several people he’d profiled in A Matter of Rats attended his mother’s funeral, including a renegade poet and a bureaucrat lobbying to serve rat meat in restaurants. The night before, Amitava Kumar had slept in his mother’s house, waking when a rat bit his hand in the dark. Later he wrote to his agent, “I suspect this is a form of literary criticism.”
APRIL LITERARY EVENTS Woodstock Writers Festival April 3-6. Jennifer Clement, Beverly Donofrio, Owen King, Jayne Anne Phillips, Alison Stewart, Stephen Tobolowsky, and more. $10-25. Woodstockwriters.com
Neil Gaiman & Art Spiegelman in Conversation April 4 at 7:30pm. Sosnoff Theatre, Bard College. $25/$5 students/faculty/alumni. Fishercenter.bard.edu
Red Hook Literary Festival April 11-12. Gail Godwin, G. Brian Karas, Valerie Martin, Eliot Schrefer, Abigail Thomas, Koren Zailckas, and more. Rhcan.com/events/red-hook-lit-fest
Poet Richard Blanco April 22 at 1:15pm. Read at Obama’s inauguration. College Lounge, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. Sunyulster.edu.
World Book Night April 23. Sign up with local bookstores to give out free books. Us.worldbooknight.org
Literary vs. Genre Fiction April 25 at 7pm. Kelly Braffet, Carla Buckley, and Therese Walsh, moderated by Jenny Milchman. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. Oblongbooks.com
The Big Read, featuring Marilynne Robinson’s novel Housekeeping Through May 2. Events in Annandale, Germantown, Kingston, Red Hook, Rhinecliff, and Tivoli. Bard.edu/hannaharendtcenter/bigread
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SHORT TAKES Death, devastation, and close shaves...Hudson Valley authors send up a six-gun salute to the cruelest month. DYING EVERY DAY: SENECA AT THE COURT OF NERO JAMES ROMM ALFRED A. KNOPF, 2014, $27.95
Rome burns, Nero fiddles, Seneca writes. Was the mad Emperor’s tutor a martyred sage, a manipulative power broker, or both? Bard classics professor Romm’s compulsively readable account of imperial intrigues (incest, murder, suicide) brings contradictory visions of Seneca into three-dimensional focus. Appearing 4/2 at 5:30pm, SUNY New Paltz; 4/10 at 7:30pm, Tivoli Town Library; 4/12 at 11am, Pawling Book Cove. THE WICKED DOUGLAS NICHOLAS ATRIA, 2014, $16
In the follow-up to his lyrical historical enchantment Something Red, High Falls poet Nicholas sets his closeknit, courageous family of 13th-century vagabonds a new challenge. At a castle by the North Sea, souls are being stolen; wise woman Molly and her motley crew are the only hope in this horribly delightful page-turner. Appearing 4/4 at 7pm, Inquiring Minds, New Paltz; 4/19 at 2pm, Golden Notebook, Woodstock. MY LADY OF THE BOG PETER HAYES THE PERMANENT PRESS, 2014, $28
If you find a naked woman’s corpse in an English bog, pinned down with rune-covered stakes, read before removing. The inscription might say, “Do not remove—she’s a witch.” Luckily for readers, Xander Donne misses the memo in this mind-bending “archeo-forensic mystery” by Ulster County writer-musician Hayes, unearthing long-buried secrets that spin back to medieval Rajasthan. DYING ON THE JOB: MURDER AND MAYHEM IN THE AMERICAN WORKPLACE RONALD D. BROWN ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD, 2013, $38
Though body counts soar every year and terms like “disgruntled employee” and “going postal” have entered the public discourse, the phenomenon of workplace murder is little explored. This wide-ranging book by a Beacon resident, former federal prosecutor, and criminal defense attorney should change that, offering juicy true-crime narratives, warning signs of “human time bombs,” and response strategies for employers. RIPTIDES & SOLACES UNFORESEEN DEBBY MAYER EPIGRAPH, 2014, $14.95
An avid runner slows down; his speech starts to slur. Within weeks, he’s deep into a medical crisis no one can diagnose. Four months later, he’s dead of brain cancer. Hudson author Mayer chronicles the season in hell that prompted her blog 2becomes1: Widowhood for the Rest of Us in unsentimental, clear prose that lands like a body blow. Step by step, she finds her way through. CUTTING ALONG THE COLOR LINE: BLACK BARBERS AND BARBER SHOPS IN AMERICA QUINCY T. MILLS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS, 2013, $34.95
Vassar history professor Mills uses the iconic black barbershop as a lens on social history and race. Though post-abolition black barbers could achieve economic mobility, like railroad porters and other service professionals, their clients were white. Mills maps the path to desegregation and barbershop as neighborhood hub in this wellresearched and fascinating study.
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Little Failure Gary Shteyngart
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n his 2002 debut novel The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, Red Hook’s Gary Shteyngart introduced hapless hero Vladimir, the author’s Russian Jewish immigrant doppelganger, nicknamed “Little Failure” by his perpetually disappointed mother. Surely, the nickname is pure fiction. What real-life mother would affix such a moniker to a child, and why? After two more satirical novels, numerous New Yorker essays, thrice-weekly psychoanalysis, and literary celebrity, Shteyngart’s new memoir Little Failure reveals that his mother not only dubbed him thus, but she also invented a Russian-English word to do so: Failurchka. His father called him Snotty—a reference to his debilitating, unforgivable asthma—and Weakling. Then there’s the physical abuse, rendered when the troubled family trio lived in Leningrad and after emigration to Queens in 1979, when Gary (born Igor) was seven. Shteyngart casts these offenses as bits of experience that, over time, become crucial chapters in his development. Often, he presents painful situations with just enough distance to make them funny without losing bite. Little Failure is also a kind of adventure story: How will Gary survive this family dysfunction, the source of much of his rage and anxiety, and reconcile with his failed opera-singer-turned-engineer Papa, and pianist-turned-file clerk Mama? The narrative jumps back and forth in time, so we know early on that he and his parents are, surprisingly, not estranged. How? Little Failure plots that touching trajectory. Along the way, Shteyngart coaxes empathy and compassion not just from himself, but from his reader. This is handy, because come puberty, he is often an asshole. That’s a lot of magnanimity to conjure, but with Shteyngart as your guide, you’ll manage. He rewards faith with prose potent and smooth as high-grade vodka, often funny, but also incisive, and wrought with a contagious affection for flawed, passionate people. Shteyngart quotes Polish writer Czeslaw Milosz: “When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished.” Yet, despite his parents’ fears about his disclosures (“Tell us,” his father asks when publication of Little Failure is imminent, “how long do we have to live?”), Shteyngart humanizes the couple. He investigates his parents’ pasts, and these passages, delving into his relatives’ intimate ties to Stalin-era atrocities (most died, horrifically) and subsequent Soviet oppression, add considerable gravitas to his compulsive hilarity, relieving his parents from caricature. Shteyngart also treats us to Lenin and His Magical Goose, a novella written when he was six, in which Lenin and a socialist goose conquer Finland. His doting grandmother commissioned it, paying him a block of Soviet cheese for each page, a lesson of cause and effect he never forgets. (Protectively, his parents allow him to worship Lenin, revealing nothing about their disillusionment with their government until the day they emigrate.) Shteyngart’s storytelling mojo becomes his ticket to nerdish popularity at Hebrew school and Stuyvesant High in New York. He masters English quickly. He spends much of his time at Oberlin College in a pot-and-alcohol haze, where his out-of-control personality earns him the sobriquet “Scary Gary,” and where he produces reams of writing and, at last, finds (doomed) love. Our worry for him and his put-upon friends extends into his postcollege life in Manhattan, where a kindly benefactor eventually loses patience and insists Shteyngart get intensive psychotherapy, which saves his life and inaugurates his career. Eventually, Shteyngart and his parents return to Leningrad for a revelatory homecoming. All that has come before dovetails with striking grace, elevating Little Failure to an act of love—for his parents, his story, and Shteyngart himself. —Robert Burke Warren
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alerie Martin’s newest novel, The Ghost of the Mary Celeste, is a gorgeous pageturner set in the Victorian era of sea travel and séances. At its heart is a true story: In 1872, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found sailing on its own in the Atlantic, empty of people but still filled with their belongings and cargo—a ghost ship. The fate of its passengers, particularly Captain Briggs, his wife, and their toddler daughter, remains a mystery. The ship’s discovery seared the Victorian imagination, and many explanations were put forth, including a damaging, and false, first-person account by a young, ambitious, unscrupulous Arthur Conan Doyle. Published anonymously, it straddled the line between fact and fiction: many believed it to be true. Martin imagines the impact such duplicity had on those affected by the tragedy: They would be doubly haunted, first by their loved ones, and then by the lies in Doyle’s account. In her novel, her characters’ search for solace and closure works like an undertow, pulling them forward and into one another’s lives. There are ghosts in this book, to be sure, but it’s not a ghost story—it’s a story of living, breathing people trying to explain what they can’t. It focuses on the gray area between fact and fiction, and the way it works on our hearts. Martin resurrects marvelous flotsam and jetsam from the time, in small details (a hotel serves everything either boiled or roasted) and larger concerns: The vogue for communing with the spirits is an ether-coated cottage industry, replete with shams and stars. Her two main characters appear as opposing forces: one rationalist, one spiritualist, and then, gradually, the lines begin to blur. Phoebe Grant, an independent, quickwitted journalist, is investigating spiritualism for the Philadelphia Sun; Violet Petra is a self-titled, self-named “charismatic speaker and clairvoyant medium” enjoying (and suffering) a mixed bag of society patrons. Though journalist initially intends to expose clairvoyant as a fraud, what happens between them is far deeper. The other central character in the book is the sea. Millbrook resident Martin is a sea captain’s daughter and steers a sure course. Her sea is endowed with a full spectrum of moods and powers: coy, indifferent, malicious, an infinite graveyard. Fog is its emissary, a palpable entity that rolls into cities unannounced, reminding people that despite their busy lives, their newspapers and hansom cabs, the vast sea and its ghosts are ever near. Ships are animated, shuddering, valiant, struggling. The very nature of sailing, which must have felt like a terrible hubris at the worst of times, is beautifully captured, here by the sea captain’s wife, writing in her log: “What madness. What vanity of men, to sail about in fragile wooden boats tricked out with sails, putting their lives, their fortunes, their families at the mercy of this ravenous, murderous, heartless beast of a sea.” Martin’s prose is a joy. Her efficient structure takes great leaps through time that feel entirely organic, in part because the present of the story is always grounded and layered with secondary materials—journals, letters, logs—that seem quite authentic, though we’re not always sure. The effect on the reader seems entirely intentional. The takeaway, aside from having come to love a whole new series of characters, is that we are always, really, at sea, and it is part of human nature to try to anchor ourselves. Appearing with Gail Godwin and Koren Zailckas 4/12 at 12:30pm, Elmendorph Inn, Red Hook Literary Festival. —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.
I would do anything to make it be summer. Even kill a unicorn. —Louisa Zelek (7 years)
Where have all our rosebuds gone? —p
MAIS NON
MARIGOLD CAFÉ
ON SUNDAYS
It was chock-full of attempts: at waltzing, at yoga, at wrestling. It was Jarlsberg, lemon tea, fried eggs with Sriracha sauce, breadbutterbreadbutterbread, sweet whiskey, heaping mélanges of vegetables that you brought in plastic bags, and garlic upon garlic upon garlic. It was reggae, Van Morrison, The Band, Talking Heads, woodsy blues, anxiousness. It was sloppy kisses, blindly torn clothes It was THE neck rub. Lots of yanking. Giggly exasperation. You hung me upside down and threw me into a snowdrift Topsy-turvy. It was bitter cold walks, bitter cold sleeps followed by ruined bed-makings The curtains are too thin. I tried to read you poems but you didn’t understand. It was old movies, childhood talks, boredom,“whatshouldwedo whatdoyouwanttoDOiwanttodosomething”, We had our own little book club. Empty conversations, lively conversations, no conversation. Hurried wake-up calls. It was too many nights spent back-to-back, turned to weeks without contact. Inebriated mumblings of “ l o v e ” promptly dismissed as soon as they were uttered. You only said lovely things when you were drunk. It was your ego and the fascination that came with it. It was “My glasses! Where are my glasses? Captain! ” Scoffing, eye rolling. It was always Not. Quite. There. It was recollections of nightmares, of future plans, of Wikipedia look-ups Restless sleep talking, broken down cars, towed cars, Indian food, mango lassi Feelings of inadequacy. Discomfort, comfort. Lacking vulnerability. See-sawing between Distance and closeness. I would summon the strength and then go back to sleep.
Effie was tiny as a troll, but she could make canned applesauce taste like marzipan. Chowder down, little ones, she’d say, it’s love on lettuce. You want cow? Go to Denny’s.
I insist on the over sized coffee mug you purchased at a yard sale one wistful weekend in Vermont when the owner of the house wanted a dollar and you convinced her it was worth two. I will dig it out of the dishwasher if need be because on Sundays it is the only one that will do for my coffee with the paper and the crossword as I sit and ponder on the weathered deck, observing on occasion, when the news gets too heavy, the marsh birds hovering low across the sacred water baptizing their beaks and caring nothing for the chip I notice on the rim of the over sized mug.
The whole thing was a binary. But was it love?
GO AS THE DEER GO
Mais non. Pas du tout. —Berlin Krebs
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Truckers followed their noses to see what drew the crowds: mint tabouli, samosas, eggplant curry. Tastier than Red’s ribeyes, they’d whisper to each other. Smells better, too. Tourists passing through on Peter Pan buses often forgot their fares after second helpings of chocolate mousse Grand Marnier. Who wants to see Gettysburg? said Land’s End to Eddie Bauer. It’s all over anyway, and they waved their tour buses away. Let’s gore a winter squash and wear it as a hat, said the grayheads drunk on bourbon cheesecake. Effie let them rooms above the café, put aprons on their waists, and in the quiet after work told them stories about the war when her only meal was lice on her daughter’s scalp. —Lisa Mullenneaux
O.K., SO I’M BOASTING Let the record show that years ago I had sex (more than once) with a salmon fisherman’s wife. Now that’s not the kind of thing most men can say, unless they’re salmon fishermen themselves. But in the interest of transparency I should add that at the time she was not indeed a salmon fisherman’s wife just yet, had not, in truth, yet met the salmon fisherman. Still, the fact remains: Years ago I had sex (more than once) with a salmon fisherman’s wife. And that’s not the kind of thing most men can say, unless they’re salmon fishermen themselves. —George J. Searles
placidly amidst snow —Christopher Porpora
—Suzanne B. Gillette
CRUMBS There are only crumbs left. The cake is long gone. Devoured. You cannot eat your way to infinity. There is no infinity. Think small. Crumbs are sweet, delicious, and scarce. —R. M. Chase
LARYNX (A LOVE POEM) My darling if only my lips could speak our love once more, sans need of wind or larynx. But what loft has a bird’s song without wind? And what ring has a poem’s verse without “larynx”? —David L. Levitt
HOURGLASS what a splendid gift they’ve given me an hourglass for my desk now I can spend an hour or maybe three thinking an hour less time can’t be wasted if you have the time to dream and wish and when the sand falls to a thin white line I’ll turn the glass again —Richard Donnelly
WHAT ‘YES’ LOOKS LIKE Yes is warm breakfast and wine when the sun goes down Yes is laced fingers in lieu of gloves Yes is laughing through the night Yes is handwritten letters Yes is smiling silence Yes is laying in each others’ arms after an orgasm Yes is snow day spooning and Full House re-runs Yes is shared cigarettes after sex Yes is skipping down evening sidewalks Yes is picnics and profile photos Yes is building an IKEA bookshelf Yes is selfies on game night and kissing when the ball drops Yes is morning texts and champagne Yes is having nothing to wish for. —Spencer H. Johnson
INVOICE #131716 Emergency Examination – $75 Bobbie – Auntie Jean, Buster is really sick. I don’t know what to do. I think he’s going to die. Can you please help me? I promise I’ll pay you back. Parvovirus Test – $105 Robert – He was such a good friend. It’s all my fault. Spike did get sick, but he got better. Euthanasia 0-20 lbs. – $52 Shadyeah – He is buried. Take care. —Jean C. Howard
INKING INVISIBILITY
BLUE ON RED BOUNCE: GUS MANCINI AND GUESTS AT THE COLONY CAFÉ, WOODSTOCK Blue on red — blue shatter bounce — Blue on red Trance on Trance on blue — trance dance red Red on blue trance dance Shout, shout — shatter — scream On blue on red on Red — on blue
You and Your Freudian Slips~Staccato Tongue and Glacier eyes~ Your abrupt Entrances: Accents of Departing~ Leaving only Faint traces Of poisoned Exhalation
Bounce - shatter Blue dance trance
—Leila A. Fortier
Blue on deep Deep into blue — Red on time — dance on.
HARD COPY
Dance on trance On red on blue High step high — bounce — note to blue Red on — right on blue — Note to red — trance dance — High step — reaching for the high — High on blue Shatter — bounce — Trance on high High on red — right on blue, Blue on red bounce. —Barbara Threecrow Purcell
WELDING heat and hold this power melt no matter what repair. to form our bond, the arc shall need the flame of our despair. —Michelle Diano
a tilt of the face communiqué/’s cool, and bad at the same time/ it becomes your advantage/ a suggestion takes flight/ there’s a straightforward coyness/ so i twitch, writhe, and laugh internal/ a scared lamenting chortle/ a painful squirm / i’m unable to line up the edges of this mysteriousness/ you fade in, and then out/ i suffer acutely/ i’m at a dead end/ in the silence of your smile/ moonbeams are razor sharp/ showing deep cuts/ while wordless nanoseconds morph into uh oh’s/ yes, you sharked into my waters/ there’s an uncertainty of trust/ gnashing ‘n gnawing/ as real life goes, some things never change/ as tears reverse my invisibility/ — “ooznozz”
~FREUDIAN SLIP~
Though inherent brushstrokes carefully crafted a portrait paying tribute to my father; when I wake in the late afternoon sloshing cold coffee in a broken mug at a dining room table too small for a two-person meal, I have never looked more like my mother. —Samantha Tants
CREATURE ON THE BUMPER My moniker in junior high was Animal. I’m OK with that. Opposable thumb. Hippocampus. Running through the forest. Timid on first encounters. Bloodthirsty. And, because human, perplexed, willfully smiling, this close to the sea. —Steve Clark
AT MY POETRY READING MY EYES SKIP OVER A WORD The entire audience sit mesmerized by my reading or they are sleeping, or thinking about their to-do-list or, more likely, the poems they are about to read for open mic, when I read a line from my poem that doesn’t sound right, doesn’t roll off my tongue as it has a thousand times and I realize I’ve skipped a word, a short but crucial word on which the whole thing hangs. Now, awkward, gaping, gone. The line has passed into air, no retraction, no excuses, only the push forward—the figure skater who loses her triple axel and stands smiling as if the thing she dreaded most of all hadn’t just happened. —Linda McCauley Freeman 4/14 CHRONOGRAM POETRY 55
Food & Drink
The Man from Gusto Gianni Scappin By Anne Pyburn Craig Photographs by Roy Gumpel
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G
ianni Scappin learned the basics of Northern Italian food at his father’s side as a teen. He flirted with the idea of medicine, but cooking was a more accessible career, and the young man found himself at Recoaro Terme Culinary Institute, studying with masters on internships all over the nation that famously lives to eat. After graduation, Scappin wandered for a while: a fine hotel in England; a stint in a cruise ship galley, the Excelsior in Venice. As he roamed, he made connections; when Castellano in Manhattan needed an executive chef, he was recruited from Europe. In Scappin’s deft hands, Italian food soared past the city’s expectations. It turned out that New Yorkers had been starving for risotto and tiramisu made with traditional ingredients. His next adventure involved developing several restaurants around the globe. Lured back to Manhattan to lead the kitchen team at Pino Luongo’s Le Madri, he let a guy named Stanley Tucci come help out, a course of events that led to the making of Tucci and Campbell Scott’s cinematic love letter to Italian food, Big Night. Having conquered New York, Scappin headed back to Italy and reopened the family trattoria for a time. His then-wife Laura Pensiero missed the US, though, and the talented pair landed in Rhinebeck where they opened the still-thriving Gigi Trattoria in 2001. That partnership didn’t last, but Scappin’s found his home here: teaching at the Culinary Institute of America, running Woodstock’s Cucina and the Market Street Restaurant in Rhinebeck, and penning definitive cookbooks. This spring, he’s bringing his signature approach to a third Hudson Valley location, across from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. Why a third restaurant, and why Poughkeepsie? Because we thought this particular place was a very good opportunity. Poughkeepsie has the colleges and offices, the hospitals—just the overall density that you need to support a restaurant year-round.Wintertime for both the other restaurants has been quite rough. I love Rhinebeck and Woodstock
both, but things there are a little more seasonal. I don’t like to lay off my good people for the winter. Their bills don’t stop, I want to keep them working and keep them all year long. It’s the right thing, and I want them faithful when spring and summer comes. So yeah, population—students, infrastructure, the attractions, the train station—I think we will be able to move people there over the winter and they’ll still have a job. Also, we have people—dearly beloved customers, friends—who come from Millbrook and Cold Spring to eat with us. It’s a long drive and some don’t come as often as they would like or we would like. Hopefully some of those people will come more often. And the new place has 70-to-80-seat-capacity party rooms where people can have events. That changes the level of catering we can offer, and it should be pretty good for us. At Cucina, we have a gorgeous barn, now we’ll have a private space right in Poughkeepsie. Aren’t you busy enough, between running the other two restaurants and teaching at the CIA? Do you worry about getting stretched too thin? Do you just not sleep? I have a way with choosing people. I get the right team together—a very good chef, a very good manager. I’m 54 years old and I have the experience, I know how to do this. They’re young and building their careers with a lot of passion, a lot of energy. And they get treated well, get good bonuses, get a lot of room to be creative, to feel as if it’s almost their own restaurant. I have a good partner and a good team, why not expand and grow? So each restaurant has its own chef, but we talk every day, we sit down together and plan the menus, we have some kind of a style, a line we follow as a team. I’m one of them, and they know if they have a problem I’m the first one to say leave, go home, fix the problem with your family, because that’s your foundation—without that you’ll collapse. And if your manager or your server is not happy, it spills over on the customer. We have people that have been with us ever since Gigi opened, and I think 4/14 CHRONOGRAM FOOD & DRINK 57
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this attitude is why. I come from Europe, I’ve been in this business back there, and when you give loyalty there, it is still the thing that from when you’re born to when you die they take care of you. I’d rather pay more taxes and have that kind of a world, where you’re set. So we’ll see how it goes. My next thing is, I want to be able to come to my restaurant and eat, have a good visit, get a little money and say, “Okay, I’m going to the beach now.” I’ve been working since I was 14 and someday I’d like to be able to stop. What’s the new Poughkeepsie restaurant going to be like? It’s going to be very casual. Very similar to Cucina, but mixed with just a bit of Market Street. Our hope is to draw a lunch crowd, so good healthy stuff, big salads, not too expensive to make a habit of, a regular thing. For dinner, it will be romantic and warm, candlelight, still very casual, with the kind of menu where you can choose to spend a lot of money and get great value for it, but you won’t have to—you can still eat something simple and wonderful and well made.We want to do a great bar, the kind people love to hang out in; maybe we’ll look at a nice TV for sports, try to bring in more of the students. You could obviously work anywhere in the world at this point. Why this area? The Hudson Valley is home. I live up here and it’s going to be my residence for a long time, it’s time for me to settle. My roots are planted here—I love the people and the farmers and the food, the beautiful seasons and the good nature—not just the trees and the mountains and the river but the human nature. There’s no real crime; people get along. So I guess opening a third place, I’m just planting those roots even deeper. I mean, there are times it would be nice to be warmer, like this whole past few months, but you can always go to Florida for a weekend. Are there more expansion plans in the works? Ultimately, who knows? We’re always open to a great opportunity. I love Kingston, that beautiful historic area. For now it’s one step at a time, and Market Street is still a very young restaurant too. But I’m always looking for talented young—well, talented people young and old—to work with, and so far I have been very lucky in finding them. We’re a good team, all honest people. I just want to keep the energy going and treat everyone well— coworkers, neighbors, customers. The art of the restaurant business is giving people an amazing experience. We’re here to be nice to people, and like anything else, if I give to you and you give to me, no corporate mentality— we all sleep more comfortable.
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I know you published a pasta cookbook not long back; are there more cookbooks in the works? I actually have four books all together, three published through the Culinary Institute: A Tavola!: Recipes and Reflections on Traditional Italian Home Cooking, then there was Italian Cooking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America, and the third one is Pasta. We still pitch, we’re always pitching ideas—it would be fun to write about small plates maybe—but publishing is very tight right now and there are a million people writing cookbooks. I’m just lucky the CIA has still published some of my work. They’ve been really good to me in so many ways. I was interested to see that Tony Bourdain wrote about you. He’s wonderful, just a really smart and warm guy. We worked together for a year and a half. Tony writes from his soul, you can see his soul in all his work. And deep. He’s been on a panel talking politics with Andersen Cooper! He’s a party animal, but that’s beside the point. Now, he’s married his lovely lady from Sardinia—he found a wonderful Italian girl and had a baby, he’s a very happy father. Still—he invited me to a party but I knew it would be too much party for me. I’m tiny, I can’t drink but one drink. So, no party, but if he asked me to go on a trip with him, I would. So when do the doors open, and what are you calling this place? We’re thinking the middle to the end of April sometime. And the name is Gusto. Taste. 4/14 CHRONOGRAM TASTINGS DIRECTORY 59
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tastings directory Bakeries Alternative Baker, The 407 Main Street, Rosendale, NY (845) 658-3355 lemoncakes.com 100% all butter scratch, full-service, small-batch, made-by-hand bakery. Best known for our breakfast egg sandwiches, scones, sticky buns, Belgian hot chocolate, lunch sandwiches (Goat Cheese Special is still winning awards) & all vegan soups. Completely committed to allergy & dietary special requests of all natures. Wedding cakes too. Lemon Cakes shipped nationwide. Closed Tues/Wed but open 7 AM for the best egg sandwiches ever! Served all day! NY Times says “Worth a detour.”
Delis Jack’s Meats & Deli 79 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2244
Restaurants Annarella Ristorante 276 Malden Turnpike, Saugerties, (845) 247-7289 annarellaristorante.com
Cathryn’s Tuscan Grill 91 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY (845) 265-5582 tuscangrill.com
Gilded Otter 3 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-1700 gildedotter.com A warm and inviting dining room and pub overlooking beautiful sunsets over the Wallkill River and Shawangunk Cliffs. Mouthwatering dinners prepared by Executive Chef Larry Chu, and handcrafted beers brewed by GABF Gold Medal Winning Brewmaster Darren Currier. Chef driven and brewed locally!
direct link to Japan’s finest cuisines! Enjoy the freshest sushi and delicious traditional Japanese small plates cooked with love by this family owned and operated treasure for over 19 years. For more information and menus, go to osakasushi.net.
Red Hook Curry House 28 East Market Street, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-2666 redhookcurryhouse.com
Suruchi–A fine taste of India 5 Church Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2772 suruchiindian.com Homemade Indian cuisine served in a beautiful, serene setting in the heart of New Paltz. Includes Local, Organic, Gluten-Free. Fine Wine, Craft Beer. Buffet Dinner Wednesdays (a la carte available). 10% Discounts for Seniors, Students, and Early Birds (1st hour weeknights). Monday/Wednesday/Thursday 5-9pm, Friday 5-10pm, Saturday Noon-10pm, Sunday Noon-9pm.
Terrapin Catering & Events 6426 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 889-8831 terrapincatering.com hugh@terrapincatering.com
the Hop at Beacon
194 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2633 labellapizzabistro.com
458 Main Street, Beacon, NY thehopbeacon.com
Osaka
20 Grist Mill Lane, Gardiner, NY (845) 255-4151 tuthillhouse.com
22 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY: (845) 876-7338 or (845) 876-7278 74 Broadway, Tivoli, NY (845) 757-5055 or (845) 757-5056 osakasushi.net Foodies, consider yourselves warned and informed! Osaka Restaurant is Rhinebeck’s
Fresh • Organic • Local • Delicious Open 7 Days FARM STORE | www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY 12075 | 518-672-7500
6426 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3330 terrapinrestaurant.com custsvc@terrapinrestaurant.com
LaBella Pizza Bistro
Hudson Hil’s
A natural foods store featuring organic breads, pastries, cheeses, yogurt, raw milk, sauerkraut and other foods made fresh on our farm!
Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro
129-131 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY (845) 265-9471 hudsonhils.com
1746 Route 9W, Esopus, NY (845) 384-6590 globalpalaterestaurant.com
From Our Hands to Your Table
Local. Organic. Authentic. At a Terrapin event, you can expect the same high quality, award-winning cuisine and service that you know and love at Terrapin Restaurant. Terrapin’s professional event staff specializes in creating unique events to highlight your individuality, and will assist in every aspect of planning your Hudson Valley event.
Voted “Best of the Hudson Valley” by Chronogram Magazine. From far-flung origins, the world’s most diverse flavors meet and mingle. Out of elements both historic and eclectic comes something surprising, fresh, and dynamic: dishes to delight both body and soul. Serving lunch and dinner seven days a week. Local. Organic. Authentic.
Global Palate Restaurant
Hawthorne Valley Farm Store
Tuthill House
The Would Restaurant 120 North Road, Highland, NY (845) 691-9883 thewould.com 4/14 CHRONOGRAM TASTINGS DIRECTORY 61
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Accommodations Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa 220 North Road, Milton, NY (877) 7-INN-SPA; (845) 795-1310 buttermilkfallsinn.com
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Diamond Mills 25 South Partition Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 247-0700 DiamondMillsHotel.com info@DiamondMillsHotel.com
Animal Sanctuaries Catskill Animal Sanctuary 316 Old Stage Road, Saugerties, NY (845) 336-8447 CASanctuary.org Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Willow, NY (845) 679-5955 WoodstockSanctuary.org
Antiques Fairground Shows NY P.O. Box 3938, Albany, NY (518) 331-5004 fairgroudshows.com Hyde Park Antiques Center 4192 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY (845) 229-8200 hydeparkantiques.net
Architecture BuildingLogic Inc. (845) 443-0657 BuildingLogicInc.com Richard Miller, AIA 28 Dug Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4480 richardmillerarchitect.com
Eckert Fine Art 34 Main Street, Millerton, NY (518) 592-1330 eckertfineart.com Gallery 66 66 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY (845) 809-5838 gallery66ny.com Garrison Art Center 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison, NY (845) 424-3960 garrisonartcenter.org Longyear Gallery 785 Main Street, Margaretville, NY (845) 586-3270 longyeargallery.org Mark Gruber Gallery New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 markgrubergallery.com Mildred I. Washington Art Gallery 53 Pendell Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 431-8610 Mill Street Loft’s Gallery 45 45 Pershing Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 471-7477 millstreetloft.org info@millstreetloft.org
Catskill Art & Office Supply Kingston: (845) 331-7780, Poughkeepsie: (845) 452-1250, Woodstock: (845) 679-2251
Attorneys Traffic and Criminally Related Matters. Karen A. Friedman, Esq., President of the Association of Motor Vehicle Trial Attorneys 30 East 33rd Street, 4th Floor New York, NY (845) 266-4400 or (212) 213-2145 k.friedman@msn.com newyorktrafficlawyer.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 markertek.com
Auto Sales & Services
Motorcyclepedia Museum 250 Lake Street (Route 32), Newburgh, NY (845) 569-9065
Fleet Service Center 185 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4812
Storm King Art Center (845) 534-3115 stormkingartcenter.org
Kinderhook Toyota 1908 New York 9H, Hudson, NY (518) 822-9911 kinderhooktoyota.com
Art Galleries & Centers
Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School 11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, CT (860) 435-3663 hotchkiss.org
Dorsky Museum SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3844 newpaltz.edu/museum
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 byrdcliffe.org events@woodstockguild.org
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Art Supplies
Royal Chariot Car Service (845) 876-3000 royalchariotcarservice.com
Banks Sawyer Savings 87 Market Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-7000 sawyersavings.com
Beverages Binnewater/Leisure Time Spring Water 25 South Pine Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-0237 binnewater.com
Book Publishers Monkfish Publishing 22 East Market Street, Suite 304, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4861 monkfishpublishing.com
Bookstores Mirabai of Woodstock 23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2100 mirabai.com Olde Warwick Booke Shoppe 31 Main Street, Warwick, NY (845) 544-7183 yeoldewarwickbookshoppe.com warwickbookshoppe@hotmail.com
Building Services & Supplies Cabinet Designers 747 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2200 cabinetdesigners.com Glenn’s Wood Sheds (845) 255-4704 H. Houst & Son Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2115 hhoust.com Herrington’s Hillsdale: (518) 325-3131, Hudson: (518) 828-9431 herringtons.com John A Alvarez and Sons 3572 Route 9, Hudson, NY (518) 851-9917 alvarezmodulars.com L Browe Asphalt Services (518) 479-1400 broweasphalt.com
Millbrook Cabinetry & Design 2612 Route 44, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-3006 millbrookcabinetryanddesign.com N & S Supply nssupply.com info@nssupply.com Will III House Design 199 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0869 willbuilders.com office@willbuilders.com Williams Lumber & Home Centers (845) 876-WOOD williamslumber.com
Cinemas Rosendale Theater Collective Rosendale, NY rosendaletheatre.org Upstate Films Rhinebeck: (845) 876-2515 6415 Montgomery Street (Route 9), Woodstock: (845) 679-6608 132 Tinker Street, NY upstatefilms.org
Computer Services
Creative Enterprising Tracking Wonder - The Art & Science of Captivating Creativity Jeffrey Davis, Chief Tracker Accord, NY (845) 679-9441 trackingwonder.com We help business artists, changemakers, and other creatives shape their captivating Story - chiefly through remarkable books, astonishing brands, and intentional lives. Events: Your Captivating Book Mentorship Program (online), May 2-Oct 31. SVI Hudson Valley for emerging entrepreneurs, May 9-11 at Omega. Wonder in Everyday Life with Jeffrey Davis & Diane Ackerman, Jun 6-8 at Omega.
Custom Home Designer Atlantic Custom Homes 2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY (888) 558-2636 LindalNY.com and hudsonvalleycedarhomes.com info@LindalNY.com
Dance Lessons Got2LINDY Dance Studios (845) 236-3939 got2lindy.com
Adam’s Fairacre Farms Newburgh: (845) 569-0303 1240 Route 300, Lake Katrine: (845) 336-6300 560 Ulster Avenue, Poughkeepsie: (845) 454-4330 765 Dutchess Turnpike adamsfarms.com Hawthorne Valley Farm Store 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7500 hawthornevalleyfarm.org storeadmin@hawthornevalleyfarm.org A full-line natural foods store set on a 400-acre Biodynamic farm in central Columbia County with onfarm organic Bakery, Kraut Cellar and Creamery. Farm-fresh foods include cheeses, yogurts, raw milk, breads, pastries, sauerkraut, and more. Two miles east of the Taconic Parkway at the Harlemville/Philmont exit. Monday-Sunday, 7:30 to 7.
Hudson Valley Farmers Market Pitcher Lane, Red Hook, NY Mother Earth’s Store House Poughkeepsie: (845) 296-1069 1955 South Road, Saugerties: (845) 246-9614 249 Main Street, Kingston: (845) 336-5541 300 Kings Mall Court, Route 9W motherearthstorehouse.com
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Pennings Farm Market & Orchards 161 South Route 94, Warwick, NY (845) 986-1059 penningsfarmmarket.com Sunflower Natural Foods Market 75 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5361 sunflowernatural.com info@sunflowernatural.com
Financial Advisors Third Eye Associates, Ltd. 38 Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 752-2216 thirdeyeassociates.com
Gardening & Garden Supplies The Crafted Garden (845) 858-6353 thecraftedgarden.com 4/14 CHRONOGRAM BUSINESS DIRECTORY 63
Mac’s Agway Red Hook: (845) 876-1559 68 Firehouse Lane, New Paltz: (845) 255-0050 145 Route 32 North macsfarmandgardenworld.com Northern Dutchess Botanical Gardens 389 Salisbury Turnpike, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2953 NDBGonline.com
Graphic Design Annie Internicola, Illustrator annieillustrates.com
Hair Salons Allure 47 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7774 allure7774@aol.com
Historic Sites Clermont State Historic Site 1 Clermont Avenue, Germantown, NY (518) 537-4240 friendsofclermont.org
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Home Furnishings & Decor Lounge High Falls: (845) 687-9463, Kingston: (845) 336-4324 loungefurniture.com Niche Modern 5 Hanna Lane, Beacon, NY (212) 777-2101 nichemodern.com
Home Improvement Gentech LTD 3017 US Route 9W, New Windsor, NY (845) 568-0500 gentechltd.com William Wallace Construction (845) 750-7335 williamwallaceconstruction.com
Interior Design mercer INTERIOR Warwick and Brooklyn, NY (347) 853-4868 mercerinterior.com info@mercerinterior.com We provide refined, personalized interior concepts for clients wanting functional satisfaction in and emotional connection to every room—be it home or workspace. Led by Rhode Island School of Design graduate Elizabeth Mercer Aurandt, we design customized interiors and build enduring relationships. New York Designer Fabric Outlet 3143 Route 9, Valatie, NY (518) 758-1555 nydfo.myshopify.com 64 BUSINESS DIRECTORY CHRONOGRAM 4/14
Jewelry, Fine Art & Gifts Dreaming Goddess 44 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2206 DreamingGoddess.com The Gift Hut 86 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY (518) 537-2589
Musical Instruments Imperial Guitar & Soundworks 99 Route 17K, Newburgh, NY (845) 567-0111 imperialguitar.com
Organizations Re>Think Local rethinklocal.org
Kitchenwares
Performing Arts
Warren Kitchen & Cutlery 6934 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6208 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.
Bardavon Opera House 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 bardavon.org
Landscaping Augustine Landscaping & Nursery 9W & Van Kleecks Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 338-4936 augustinenursery.com Coral Acres, Keith Buesing, Topiary, Landscape Design, Rock Art (845) 255-6634 Race Mountain Tree Services 750 Berkshire School Road, Sheffield, MA (413) 229-2728 racemttree.com
Lawyers & Mediators Ranni Law Firm 148 North Main Street, Florida, NY (845) 651-0999 rannilaw.com Schneider, Pfahl & Rahm, LLP Woodstock: (845) 679-9868, New York City: (212) 629-7744 schneiderpfahl.com
Marketing DragonSearch (845) 383-0890 dragonsearchmarketing.com dragon@dragonsearch.net Efectyv Marketing (518) 697-5398 hudson-digital.com digital@hudson-digital.com
Music Mid-Hudson Music Together musictogether.com/hudsonvalley
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Bethel, NY (800) 745-3000 bethelwoodscenter.org Falcon Music & Art Productions 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY (845) 236 7970 liveatthefalcon.com Helsinki on Broadway 405 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY (518) 828-4800 helsinkihudson.com Kaatsbaan International Dance Center 120 Broadway, Tivoli, NY (845) 757-5106 kaatsbaan.org facebook.com/kaatsbaan The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY (518) 465-5233 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. SUNY New Paltz School of Fine and Performing Arts New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3860 newpaltz.edu/artnews
Pet Services & Supplies Pet Country 6830 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-9000
Photography Deborah DeGraffenreid Photography DeborahDegraffenreid.com
Fionn Reilly Photography Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 fionnreilly.com
Picture Framing Atelier Renee Fine Framing The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth Street, Suite 3, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-1004 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 Burgevin, owner and CPF, has over 20 years experience. Special services include shadow-box and oversize framing as well as fabric-wrapped and French matting. Also offering mirrors.
Pools & Spas Aqua Jet 1606 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-8080 aquajetpools.com
Printing Services Fast Signs 1830 South Road, Suite 101, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-5600 fastsigns.com/455 455@fastsigns.com
Real Estate Catskill Farm Builders catskillfarms.blogspot.com Paula Redmond Real Estate Inc. (845) 677-0505, (845) 876-6676 paularedmond.com
Schools Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-5343 caryinstitute.org Columbia-Greene Community College 4400 Route 23, Hudson, NY (518) 828-1481 ext. 3344 mycommunitycollege.com Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School 330 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7092 hawthornevalleyschool.org info@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. Nurturing living connections, from early childhood through grade 12.
Maplebrook School Route 22, Amenia, NY (845) 373-9511
Mountain Laurel Waldorf School 16 South Chestnut Street New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0033 mountainlaurel.org
Westchester Community College (914) 606-7300 sunywcc.edu
Wild Earth Wilderness School New Paltz / High Falls area, (845) 256-9830 info@wildearthprograms.org
Woodstock Day School 1430 Glasco Turnpike, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-3744 x103 woodstockdayschool.org
Summer Camps Green Chimneys greenchimneys.org/camps
Sunrooms Hudson Valley Sunrooms Showroom: 355 Broadway, Port Ewen, NY (845) 339-1787 hvsk.fourseasonssunrooms.com
Weddings Dream Ceremonies (845) 255-5726 facebook.com/dreamceremonies1 yiskah7@gmail.com Through poetry and prayer from many traditions, Jessica will help you create the ceremony of your dreams!
Interfaith, Multicultural,
Spiritual: Weddings, Vow Renewal, Baby Naming, Rites of Passage. Rev. Jessica (Yiskah) Koock, MA, was ordained by the Universal Life Church Monastery in 1990. Please contact me.
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.”
Wine & Liquor Kingston Wine Co. 65 Broadway on the Rondout, Kingston, NY kingstonwine.com Miron Wine and Spirits 15 Boices Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 336-5155 mironwineandspirits.com
Workshops Center for Metal Arts 44 Jayne Street, Florida, NY (845) 651-7550 centerformetalarts.com info@centerformetalarts.com The Center for Metal Arts is pat of a working studio offering intro and master classes in working with metals in Florida’s 1890’s Icehouse. Workshop details and registration are online at http://centerformetalarts.com. The Center for Metal Arts is open for self-guided tours on Saturdays from 10-2, and weekdays by appointment.
Hudson Valley Photoshop Training, Stephen Blauweiss (845) 339-7834 hudsonvalleyphotoshop.com
Writing Services Peter Aaron peteraaron.org info@peteraaron.org Wallkill Valley Writers New Paltz, NY (845) 750-2370 wallkillvalleywriters.com khymes@wallkillvalleywriters.com Write with WVW. Spring workshop series begin Sundays, 5/4 & Thursdays, 5/1. Registration info - wallkillvalleywriters.com or khymes@wallkillvalleywriters.com.
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GENE THERAPY COMES OF AGE
DELIVERING HEALTHY GENES CAN CHANGE THE FACE OF MODERN MEDICINE—AND THE LIVES OF TWO LOCAL KIDS.
by wendy kagan
illustration by annie internicola
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ne Sunday in 2008, at the entrance to the Philadelphia Zoo, eightyear-old Corey Haas looked up at the sky and screamed. For the first time, he could see the sun. Until that bright September day, Corey, of Glens Falls, had been legally blind due to a degenerative eye disorder called Leber congenital amaurosis type 2. But an experimental gene therapy, administered surgically to his left eye just four days earlier at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, was starting to kick in. Like the researchers had hoped at the start of this clinical trial, Corey’s eye was beginning to produce a protein that it had been unable to make before—a protein crucial for normal vision. He could see the sun and it hurt his eyes, making him do something he had never done in his life: squint.With shaking hands, Corey’s father reached for his cell phone and dialed the number of the doctor heading the trial, Dr. Jean Bennett, to tell her the startling news. It was a major moment, and not just for a little boy, but for the entire field of gene therapy. Today, Corey can see well enough to play baseball, ride his bike, and lead a blessedly run-of-the-mill teenage life. In the six years since Corey’s experimental procedure yielded wildly successful results, gene therapy has been gaining ground as a viable medical option to treat a range of diseases and disorders. About 40 people have had their vision restored, as Corey’s was, through gene therapy targeting the eye. At least five adults and 19 children have achieved remission from various cancers of the blood—including the common childhood cancer acute lymphoblastic leukemia—thanks to gene therapy. And researchers have successfully helped to control the symptoms of several patients with hemophilia, the potentially fatal bleeding disorder, by injecting them with the correct form of a defective gene. We’re still in the early stages; so far, the FDA has not approved any form of gene therapy for use in the United States. Right now, the world has only one approved gene therapy, in Europe, for a rare disease that affects the pancreas—and even that was barely approved, with a lot of restrictions on its use. But with any luck this will change soon. People are counting on it—including a 10-year-old girl in Clifton Park, Hannah Sames, who suffers from a rare neuromuscular degenerative disease for which gene therapy is her best hope. Paving the Way Gene therapy was the next big thing in medicine as far back as the 1990s, when early trials showed a lot of promise.Yet, a couple of setbacks halted gene therapy virtually in its tracks. One was the case of Jesse Gelsinger, a teenager in a clinical trial who received experimental gene therapy for a digestive disorder; tragically, Gelsinger’s immune system reacted to the treatment with a vicious and fatal counterattack. Researchers have learned a lot since about how to avoid these and other adverse reactions, and the field has quietly carried on. But it was not until six years ago that the scientific community started to see fresh hope in gene therapy, and like Corey, a brighter future.
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Corey’s story shines with the marvels of modern medicine—but it’s also a tale of incredible good luck. “He was in the right place at the right time,” says Ricki Lewis, a science writer based near Schenectady with a PhD in genetics, who wrote about Corey and other patients in her book The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It (St. Martin’s Press, 2012). “He was going blind very slowly, and it was one of those BOCES people who came over to evaluate Corey when he was two-and-a-half who recommended a doctor. Corey ended up at Boston Children’s Hospital, where as luck would have it, the physician there had been involved with gene therapy on dogs for his exact disease. Eventually, the Boston doctor referred him to the clinical trial in Philly. They needed an eight year old, and he was almost eight.You can’t make this stuff up. It wasn’t the big shots—it was regular people, like the person from BOCES, who led to this boy’s extraordinary luck.” In October 2008, doctors injected 48 billion copies of a healthy gene into a thin layer of tissue in Corey’s left eye. The delivery vehicle for the gene was an adeno-associated virus (AAV), a benign virus. Viruses are programmed to attack human cells, but this one had been armed with an important payload: the gene responsible for instructing cells in the eye to produce RPE65, the protein that Corey lacked. “Basically what AAV does is piggybacks the DNA into the cell, and the DNA goes into the nucleus,” says Bennett, MD, PhD, and the lead doctor in the clinical trial. “If the cells aren’t dividing, the cells can produce the protein that’s encoded, as long as the gene stays there.” Just how fast the therapy took to work—four days—took Bennett by surprise. “We didn’t expect it to take place so quickly, based on our results from animals. When we gave Corey a mobility test three months after his surgery, he just walked straight through it, almost ran through it, with his treated eye, but was totally stopped with his untreated eye. The director of the National Institutes of Health has shown that video many times to talk about what he thinks is one of the most promising areas of translational science.” Since then, Corey has had both eyes treated, and he can sail through any mobility test you throw at him. A Difficult Diagnosis Bennett’s landmark clinical trials give a lot of hope to other researchers and individuals pursuing gene therapy as a viable option. Lori Sames, for one, has been paying close attention, because this is exactly the kind of science that might help Hannah, her youngest daughter. After Hannah was born in 2004, she met all of her infant milestones. But when she was two-and-a-half, her grandmother noticed that when Hannah walked, her left arch rolled inward. Her parents took her to a podiatrist and a pediatrician, both of whom pronounced her perfectly healthy and said she’d grow out of it. But by three years old, both arches were rolling inward, and her gait resembled that of a child with muscular dystrophy. “Tests kept coming back negative,” says Sames about the road toward a diagnosis.
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A group designed especially for teenage girls focusing on issues of adolescence: relationships, school, dealing with parents, coping with teen stress, and more. Group sessions include expressive art activities - it’s not all talk! Tuesday Evenings New Paltz, New York Facilitator: Amy Frisch, LCSW For more information call: 845-706-0229 or visit: www.itsagirlthinginfo.com
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“Our neurologist in Albany showed us a textbook with a picture of a little boy with kinky hair like Hannah’s, a slightly more pronounced forehead, and pale skin. He said, ‘Doesn’t this sound like Hannah?’” Finally, a nerve biopsy revealed that the Albany doctor had turned the book to the right page: Hannah had Giant Axonal Neuropathy (GAN), a rare inherited condition that results in progressive nerve death. There is currently no cure, and patients typically do not survive beyond the second or third decade. The news was devastating to Sames and her husband, Matt. “After we picked ourselves up off the floor, we decided to fight,” she said. The couple formed a charity, Hannah’s Hope Fund, and immediately contacted researchers to pursue treatment options. When it became clear that gene therapy held the most promise, they concentrated their fundraising efforts and eventually raised $6 million. “Our community has been incredible. We’ve had to fund this grassroots because GAN is so ultrarare,” says Sames. “The pharmaceutical industry isn’t going to invest millions into a gene therapy approach that can only go into 20 or 30 patients.” Only about 70 people in the world have been diagnosed with GAN. However, studies into gene therapy for GAN, funded by Hannah’s Hope at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, could help support the efforts toward finding a cure for other neuromuscular disorders like ALS, spinal muscular atrophy, or even spinal cord injury. “This is the first trial in which genes will be delivered into the spinal cord,” says Lewis. “That’s one reason why it’s so important.” A Rare Approach When it comes to gene therapy, the uniqueness of a disease can be an asset. “A lot of these therapies start in rare diseases, because it’s often very clear what needs to be corrected,” says Lewis. “Enzyme deficiency is a very easy thing to understand biochemically.” In GAN, patients lack an enzyme that’s crucial to nerve cell health. Supplying a patient with a healthy GAN gene will instruct the cells to start producing this key enzyme. In a contained organ like the eye, it’s more of a straightforward fix—but a systemic disease like Hannah’s comes with a few more challenges. For one, researchers are looking into ways to prevent her body from launching an immune reaction once the healthy genes are in place; since her body has never encountered the enzyme before, it will likely treat it as foreign.Yet research into immunosuppressant drugs is looking promising. Sames is confident that her team, headed by Dr. Steven Gray at UNC Chapel Hill, will receive FDA approval to begin clinical trials for the therapy, perhaps as early as this month. “We don’t really expect any surprises from the FDA,” says Sames. “They’ve been great to work with and are excited for us to do this.” While Hannah’s team awaits a green light to start trials, Corey’s doctors are well into phase III with their studies. The goal is to receive FDA approval for widespread use of their unique, ocular gene therapy. If all goes according to plan, that could happen as soon as 2015. “Of course, our dream is to be able to generate something to help people all over the world who have this condition,” says Bennett. But in the long run, it’s not just people with a rare eye disease who will benefit. “Once a gene-therapy drug actually gets a foot in the door, gets approved in the US, it will be really encouraging for other therapies. It’s not going to be easy—the FDA is going to look at every single aspect of this, so it doesn’t open the floodgates for uses that might not be effective or might be dangerous. But once it gets approved, it’s going to give us a path for moving forward. Right now, there is no path. Hopefully, if our agent gets approved, it will make it easier for [Hannah’s team] to get approval for theirs.” Meanwhile, the clock is ticking and precious lives are at stake. Today, Hannah is a happy fourth grader who loves to swim, enjoys the independence of her wheelchair, and rides an adaptive bike around her neighborhood. She can still walk with the aid of a walker, but it’s getting harder every day. Keeping the fundraising efforts going is a constant focus for Sames, as gene therapy is staggeringly expensive in these experimental early days. But hopefully that will change, and the science—which is coming of age along with kids like Corey and Hannah—will keep moving forward, one step at a time. RESOURCES Hannah’s Hope Fund Hannahshopefund.org Ricki Lewis Rickilewis.com CHRONOGRAM.COM WATCH a video of Dr. Jean Bennett talking about employing gene therapy to treat blindness.
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Living Unto Death: Dying Into Life Mark Epstein With & Robert Thurman Communing One and All August 16 18, 2013 Joe Loizzo & Mary Reilly Nichols May 9th - 11th, 2014
Medicine Buddha Healing Retreat Lama&Palden & Robert Buddha the Yogis: theThurman Vajra Body August - 26, 2013 Richard Freeman, John 19 Campbell & Robert Thurman June 23 - 29, 2014
The Art of Happiness Medicine Buddha Healing Retreat Howard Cutler Lama Lobsang Palden Robert Thurman September 20 & – 22, 2013 July 18 - 24, 2014
The Joy of the Yogini: Women’s Retreat Hiking in Saidman the Catskills Colleen Yee Robert Thurman September 27 – & 29,Friends 2013 July 24 - 27, 2014
In the Garden of the Medicine Buddha Divine Feminine David Crow, Jai Dev Singh, & Robert Thurman Meggan Watterson October 3 – 6, 2013 August 10 - 14, 2014 Buddha & the Martial Arts:
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publicprograms If I Had a Hammer Friday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m.
Cary Institute President Dr. William Schlesinger will discuss society’s most pressing environmental problems – and what needs to be done to ensure a habitable planet for future generations. (Ned Ames Honorary Lecture)
Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot Friday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m.
Renowned botanist Sir Peter Crane will recount the colorful history of the ginkgo tree, a treasured species that was saved from extinction by human intervention.
our trails are open for the season From April 1 to October 31 our grounds are open from sunrise to sunset. We invite visitors to explore parts of our 2,000-acre campus. Hike along Wappinger Creek, picnic among native ferns, bike our internal roadways, or watch birds in the sedge meadow.
Learn more at www.caryinstitute.org 2801 Sharon Turnpike (Rte. 44)|Millbrook, NY 12545|845 677-5343 4/14 CHRONOGRAM WHOLE LIVING 69
John M. Carroll H ,T ,S C EALER
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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
Check John’s website for more information johnmcarrollhealer.com or call 845-338-8420
Transformational Energy Work Priscilla Bright, MA
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Private practice in Rhinebeck & New Paltz, NY, and mid-town Manhattan. Phone sessions also available. Profound individual energy-healing work with the former School Dean of the world-renowned Barbara Brennan School of Healing and presenter at Omega Institute and NYC Open Center. • Reconnect with your intuitive inner awareness • Open blocked energies • Increase relaxation - decrease stress • Learn skills for energy self-care • Life-transitions - career issues - relationships www.priscillabright.com • priscilla@priscillabright.com • 845-417-8261 FREE INITIAL PHONE CONSULTATION
Acupuncture Creekside Acupuncture and Natural Medicine, Stephanie Ellis, L.Ac. 371A Main Street, Rosendale, NY (845) 546-5358 creeksideacupuncture.com
Healing Chronic & Life Challenging Illness Accord Center for Counseling & Psychotherapy In order to access the miraculous healing power of the bodymind interface we need to know how to dissolve negative thoughts and feelings. Most people believe they are thinking positive thoughts when they are really just suppressing negative thoughts and feelings because they don’t know how to dissolve them. Suppressing not only does nothing for healing it can actually get in the way of healing. We also need to know how to flip the switch and turn up the capacity for the bodymind interface to create the most powerful internal healing environment. Learn how to do this now. The Accord Center offers compassionate, gentle and truly effective support for healing Chronic and Life Challenging Illness. The Accord Center • 845 626 3191 • www.theaccordcenter.com Phone and SKYPE sessions are available.
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Private treatment rooms, attentive one-on-one care, affordable rates, many insurances, sliding scale. Stephanie Ellis graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University in premedical studies. She completed her acupuncture and Chinese medicine degree in 2001 as valedictorian of her class and started her acupuncture practice in Rosendale that same year. Ms. Ellis uses a combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Classical Chinese Medicine, Japanese-style acupuncture and trigger-point acupuncture. Creekside Acupuncture is located in a building constructed of non-toxic, eco-friendly materials.
Hoon J. Park, MD, PC 1772 South Road, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-6060 Transpersonal Acupuncture
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Alexander Technique Mosaic Bodyworks Jocosa Wade, Waterstreet Market, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2129
Animal Assisted Therapy Legga, Inc. New Paltz, NY (845) 729-0608
Aromatherapy Joan Apter (845) 679-0512 joanapter@earthlink.net See also Massage Therapy
Astrology Planet Waves Kingston, NY (845) 797-3458 planetwaves.net
Body and Skincare Dermasave Labs, Inc. 3 Charles Street, Suite 4, Pleasant Valley, NY (845) 635-4087 hudsonvalleyskincare.com
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CAMP SEEWACKAMANO
is nestled on 37 wooded acres - with ponds, hiking trails & playing fields in the hamlet of Shokan. Camp runs from 9am - 4pm daily. Days are full of super fun stuff - from arts & crafts to fishing, singing, and swimming. Plus, we have a basketball court, game room, archery range, AND high/low ropes course.
OPEN YOUR PASSPORT TO SUMMER FUN @ CAMP SEEWACKAMANO. REGISTER TODAY! Sessions run from June 30th thru August 29th. Call the YMCA of Kingston & Ulster County @ 845-338-3810, ext.115 for more information and to register.
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(845) 802-0544 heymann.peter@gmail.com Companion at the Crossroads Counseling Services, Elizabeth Cunningham, MSC New Ulster County location: High Falls, NY (845) 687-6038 elizabethcunninghamwrites.com Individuals, couples & families: life decisions • conflict resolution • spiritual direction • bereavement • creative process • writing coaching. Sliding scale. Evening & weekend appointments available. All faiths welcome, all doubts, too!
Julie Zweig, MA, Certified Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner, Imago Relationship Therapist and NYS Licensed Mental Health Counselor New Paltz, NY (845) 255-3566 zweigtherapy.com julieezweig@gmail.com The Accord Center for Counseling & Psychotherapy (845) 646-3191 theaccordcenter.com
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1129 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Fishkill, NY (845) 416-4598 EmpoweredByNature.net lorrainehughes54@gmail.com Lorraine Hughes, Registered Herbalist (AHG) and ARCB Certified Reflexologist offers Wellness Consultations that therapeutically integrate Asian and Western Herbal Medicine and Nutrition with their holistic philosophies to health. This approach is grounded in Traditional Chinese Medicine with focus placed on an individual’s specific constitutional profile and imbalances. Please visit the website for more information and upcoming events.
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Cassandra Currie, MS, RYT‚ Holistic Health Counselor 41 John Street, Kingston, NY (845) 532-7796 holisticcassandra.com John M. Carroll 715 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8420 johnmcarrollhealer.com
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John is a spiritual counselor, healer, and teacher. He uses guided imagery, morphology, and healing energy to help facilitate life changes. He has successfully helped his clients to heal themselves from a broad spectrum of conditions, spanning terminal cancer to depression. The Center also offers hypnosis, and Raindrop Technique.
Kary Broffman, RN, CH (845) 876-6753 Karyb@mindspring.com 18 plus years of helping people find their balance. As a holistic nurse consultant, she weaves her own healing journey and education in psychology, nursing, hypnosis and integrative nutrition to help you take control of your life and to find True North. She also assists pregnant couples with hypnosis and birthing.
Nancy Plumer, Energy Healing and Mystery School Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-2252 womenwithwisdom.com nplumer@hvi.net Energy Healing and Mystery School with One Light Healing Touch in Stone Ridge begins April 2014. The School is based in Shamanic, Esoteric and Holistic teachings across the ancient wisdom traditions. Learn to increase your intuition; release old programming - hurt, grief, sadness, pain; become empowered, grounded, and heart-centered; access Source energy and increase spiritual awareness and more. Also, private OLHT energy healing sessions are available.
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies 150 Lake Drive, Rhinebeck, NY (800) 944-1001 eomega.org Priscilla Bright, MA Rhinebeck & Kingston, NY (845) 417-8261 priscillabright.com
Hospitals Health Quest 45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 283-6088 health-quest.org
Massage Therapy Joan Apter (845) 679-0512 apteraromatherapy.com joanapter@earthlink.net Luxurious massage therapy with medicinal grade Essential Oils;
Raindrop Technique, Emotional Release, Facials, Hot Stones. Animal care, health consultations, spa consultant, classes and keynotes. Offering full line of Young Living Essential oils, nutritional supplements, personal care, pet care, children’s and non-toxic cleaning products.
Osteopathy Stone Ridge Healing Arts Joseph Tieri, DO, & Ari Rosen, DO, 3457 Main Street, Stone Ridge; 138 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 687-7589 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.
Plastic Surgery Loomis Plastic Surgery
Psychotherapy Amy Frisch 5 College Avenue, New Paltz, NY (845) 706-0229 itsagirlthinginfo.com amyfrischLCSW@yahoo.com
Acupuncture Physical Therapy Pain Management
Hoon J. Park M.D. is a New York State Board Certified Medical Doctor in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and a New York State Certified Acupuncturist. Most insurance accepted including Empire Plan, Medicare, most private insurances, No-Fault, and Workers Compensation. You deserve victory over pain.
Always There Home Care (845) 339-6683 alwaystherehomecare.org
Retreat Centers Garrison Institute Route 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 424-4800 garrisoninstitute.org garrison@garrisoninstitute.com Retreats supporting positive personal and social change in a renovated monastery overlooking the Hudson River. Featuring Dan Siegel: Soul and Synapse - The Integration of Science and Spirituality, April 25 - 27, and Soren Gordhamer: Wisdom 2.0 Retreat - Disconnect to Connect, May 9 - 11.
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Inhabit Your Divinity! individuals/couples/groups/Mediation In person or by phone
Learn to Channel Starting Soon!! Groups: ◆Channeled Guidance ◆Silent Spiritual Practice Joel Walzer—Spiritual Healer, Pathwork Helper, Attorney, Channel! 845.679.8989! 33 Mill Hill Rd., Woodstock! http://flowingspirit.com
Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-6897 ext. 0 menla.org menla@menla.org
Spiritual Flowing Spirit Healing
New Paltz, NY (347) 834-5081 Brigidswell.com Janne@BrigidsWell.com
33 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-8989 flowingspirit.com Jwalzer@flowingspirit.com
Yoga Cassandra Currie, MS, RYT‚ Holistic Health Counselor 41 John Street, Kingston, NY (845) 532-7796 holisticcassandra.com
Judy Swallow, MA, LCAT, TEP
Clear Yoga Iyengar Yoga in Rhinebeck
25 Harrington Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-7502 hvpi.net
6423 Montgomery Street, #17B, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6129 clearyogarhinebeck.com
Riverview Psychological Services, Dr. Ronald Field, Neuropsychologist
Classes for all levels and abilities, seven days a week. Iyengar Yoga builds strength, stamina, peace of mind, and provides a precise framework for a yoga practice based on what works for you .
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Janne Dooley, LCSW Brigid’s Well
Brigid’s Well is a psychotherapy, coaching and supervision practice. Janne Dooley, LCSW specializes in childhood trauma, addictions, codependency, relationship issues and inner child work. WOMEN’S HEALING INTENSIVE on April 6. Call or email for information or to set up a consultation.
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225 Dolson Avenue #302, Middletown, NY (845) 342-6884 drloomis.com
We have licensed practitioners with a wide range of experience and expertise. Specializing in depression, anxiety, couples/family counseling, attention deficit, child behavior, neuropsychological & educational testing, worker’s comp & no fault. Most insurances accepted. Also offering all modalities of Massage therapy.
Zweig Therapy Julie Zweig, MA, LMHC
Rosen Method Bodywork & Body-Centered Psychotherapy Imago Relationship Therapy • Couples Therapy New Paltz, New York • (845) 255-3566 • (845) 594-3366
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www.newpaltz.edu/fpa • 845.257.3860
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www.newpaltz.edu/music Ann Lovett, Stargazer Series: Vanishing Point, 1987, Polaroid print, 24 x 20”
Concert Choir and Chamber Singers April 8 at 8:00 p.m. McKenna Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door Guitar and Vocal Chamber Jazz Ensembles April 21 at 8:00 p.m. Julien J. Studley Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door Senior Chamber Jazz Ensembles April 22 at 8:00 p.m. Julien J. Studley Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door
D THE DORSKY MUSEUM www.newpaltz.edu/museum 845.257.3844
Chamber Jazz Ensembles April 24 at 8:00 p.m. Julien J. Studley Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door
ARTISTS’ TALK: Ann Lovett and Stephen
Ladin on “1980s Style and Design” April 6 at 2:00 p.m., Free
Symphonic Band April 29 at 8:00 p.m. Julien J. Studley Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition I April 25-29 Opening reception: April 25, 5-7:00 p.m.
“Eugene Speicher in Art History” April 12 at 1:00 p.m. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker St., Woodstock, Free
THEATRE www.newpaltz.edu/theatre Box Office: 845-257-3880 On the Verge, by Eric Overmyer April 24-May 4 $18, $16, $10, Available online
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rosen dale theatre 408 Main street rosendale, nY 1 2472 845.658.8989 rosendaletheatre.org
April 2 NatioNal theatre from loNdoN:
WAr Horse
April 18, 19, 21 KidS’ programmiNg:
THe lego Movie
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$7/$5, 2:00 pm
April 6 SuNday SileNtS:
CHArlie CHAplin’s THe Kid
April 20 KidS’ programmiNg:
THe lego Movie
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$7/$5, 11:00 am
April 12 with producer maggie reNzi
THe seCreT of roAn inisH
April 27 the royal ShaKeSpeare compaNy’S
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$7/$5, 3:00 pm April 13 daNce film:
MerCe CunningHAn pArK Ave. ArMory evenT
April 29 the royal ShaKeSpeare compaNy’S
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$10, 2:00 pm
nightlY filMs: anita, the Wind rises, tiM’s VerMeer, elaine stritch: shoot Me
Arm of the Sea Theater
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Frenchman's Bay, Thomas Cole, 1844
The Transparent Eyeball A great artist wishes for greater disciples. This was true of Thomas Cole. In 1844 he took on an 18-year-old apprentice, teaching him to draw from nature, then to repair to the studio and produce finished paintings. (Cole’s fee: $300 a year.) In return, the student lived at Cedar Grove, Cole’s house in Catskill, often babysitting his three children. This apprentice was Frederic Church, who would become the greatest American artist of his generation, eventually building Olana, a Persianfantasy mansion, across the Hudson River. “Thomas Cole & Frederic Church: Master, Mentor, Master,” an exhibit at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site examining this tutorship, opens April 30. One of the great pleasures of museumgoing is the retrospective, which documents an artist’s emergence from adolescence into a unique and historic style. For writers, this is called “finding one’s voice.” I’m not sure what visual artists call it—maybe “finding one’s eyes”? This exhibition reveals such an awakening in Church, displayed as a dialogue between him and his mentor in drawings, paintings, and oil sketches. “I think it’s one of the most interesting and important relationships in the history of American art,” remarks John Wilmerding, guest curator of the show. Wilmerding is an emeritus professor of American art at Princeton. The curator compares Cole and Church to two contemporary figures in American literature: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Emerson took Thoreau on as a disciple, and the younger writer eventually became a master himself. As in the case of Cole and Church, the elder figure was an idealist, the younger drawn to realism. “If you read Emerson’s essay on nature, he talks in generalities: ‘vegetable decay,’ ‘the transparent eyeball,’” notes Wilmerding. “These are larger spiritual ideas. Whereas if you read Thoreau’s Walden, he goes out and measures the pond! It’s all about specifics:
specific sunsets, specific clouds. It’s the same with Church. Cole’s paintings tend to use the same kind of brushwork to describe a rock and a passage of water, whereas Church really is a kind of scientist, painting the way a rock is different from clouds or sky. Cole generalizes; Church specifies.” In the images of the show, one senses what Wilmerding calls a “quasi-Oedipal relationship” between the two painters. Cole was old enough to be Church’s father, but the youth had his own ambitions. Is it meaningful that Church’s pencil portrait of Cole from 1845—halfway through the apprenticeship—shows the teacher with eyes downcast, almost asleep? The disciple had “caught him napping.” Quoth Wilmerding: “Church emerges from this two year period no longer as a disciple or an apprentice but begins to flourish in his own right.” In 1848 Cole died suddenly of pleurisy, at the age of 47. The next year, Church was elected as the youngest associate of the National Academy of Design. He was now the leading exponent of the Hudson River School. For all of Church’s promise, the “hit” of the show is Frenchman’s Bay, an 1844 Maine landscape by Cole in which a massive, brooding red-brown rock grimaces down on the surrounding surf like a pagan god. An exhibition catalog accompanies “Master, Mentor, Master,” with an essay by Wilmerding. The Cole National Historic Site has also announced its plans to reconstruct Cole’s Italianate “New Studio”—designed by the artist—which was torn down in the 1970s. Construction begins in June. “Thomas Cole & Frederic Church: Master, Mentor, Master” will appear at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill from April 30 to November 2. (518) 943-7465; Thomascole.org. —Sparrow 4/14 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 75
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Bariatric Support Group First Tuesday of every month. For those considering or who have had bariatric surgery. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-3026.
Dinner & A Movie 6:30pm. $27. Executive Chef Tommy Muff draws inspiration from each night’s movie for a special menu that also embraces Henry’s mantra of local sourcing, including from the restaurant’s on-site organic farm. Henry’s at the Farm, MIlton. 795-1500.
Better Breathers Support Group First Tuesday of every month, 7pm. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 489-5005. Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group First Tuesday of every month, 10am. Support Connection, Inc. offers a Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group. Open to women with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. There are many common factors to any cancer diagnosis. Join other women who have been diagnosed as we discuss all stages of diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment. Advance registration required. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 962-6402.
KIDS & FAMILY Read to the Doggy First Tuesday of every month, 4pm. With Lola the certified therapy dog for children who read, ages 5 and older. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507. Spring Outside After School Program 3:45-5pm. $75/$60 members. 5-week program for grades K-2. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Wildlife Education Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.
LECTURES & TALKS
The House I Live In 7pm. Hosted by the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 471-6580.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Lymphedema After Breast or Gyno Cancers 7pm. This program will present the latest information on lymphedema, which is defined as a swelling of a part of the body due to the buildup of lymph fluids, often in the arm, leg face or neck, sometimes caused by cancer or its treatment. Cheryl Lindenbaun Comprehensive Cancer Center at Hudson Valley Hospital Center, Cortlandt Manor. (914) 962-6402. Weekly Chakra Meditation Group 6-7pm. $15. Namaste Sacred Healing Center, Woodstock. 657-1071.
KIDS & FAMILY Gone Fishing 3:45-5pm. $75/$60 members. 5-week program for grades 3-5. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Wildlife Education Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.
THURSDAY 3 Ladies Who Launch 12:30pm. Joan Whitman, a Human Resources Consultant, specializing in Career Development, will present information on transitioning to the job market. She works with job seekers who may be seeking a career change, reentering the job market or is a college graduate beginning a career. Ulster Savings Bank, Red Hook. 758-3241.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS East Fishkill Community Library Photography Group First Thursday of every month, 7pm. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145. Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
FOOD & WINE Hudson Valley’s Greatest Beers 7:30pm. $59. Featuring Chef Vinny’s foods and outstanding regional beers. The Garrison, Garrison. 424-3604.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Gentle Flow Yoga First Thursday of every month, 9:45am. $25. Intentionally set to 3-5 people so you enjoy the most hands on yoga experience. This gentle flow class is perfect for the more mature clientele. Each class will consist of: meditation, stretching, core strength, balance, and relaxation. The classes ends with an optional application of Living
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years 7pm. Presented by Science journalist Sonia Shah. Coykendall Science Building, New Paltz. 257-7869.
Chrissy Budzinski hosts Open Mike 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Student Honors Recital 8pm. $8/$6/$3. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz.
NIGHTLIFE Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 8763330.
SPIRITUALITY Channeled Guidance to Further Your Journey First Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm. $20/$15. We are all on a spiritual journey and need guidance on that journey. An excellent way to receive that guidance is from a spirit guide who has distance from our worldly cares and who is understanding, wise, loving, compassionate, supportive, and above all, empowering. He will help you to tap into the wisdom in your own heart. We all have all the wisdom in the universe at our finger tips--the trick is to be able to access it. When the formal session is over, you may stay to ask questions about, or discuss your experience. Flowing Spirit Healing, Woodstock. 679-8989. Private Spirit Guide Readings with Psychic Medium Adam Bernstein First Tuesday of every month, 12-6pm. $40 30 min/$75 hour. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100. Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Meditation Series 6pm. $80.4-week series. With Donna Sherman. Llearn to meet life on life’s terms by consistently strengthening our mindfulness muscle. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Intermediate iPad Class 1pm. Learn to access iBooks, magazines, and music; edit photos, organize albums and slideshows; and change the wallpaper. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. Job Search 101 3-6:30pm. Make an appointment for a 45-minute, one-on-one help session writing resumes, online job searches and online applications. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-3241.
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David Kraai 7pm. $5. David Kraai plays a set as part of the High Falls Cafe’s wonderful Acoustic Thursdays! Two other singer-songwriters will be on the bill to dole out some great acoustic music as well and the evening is hosted by Barbara Dempsey & Dewitt Nelson. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Irish Open Jam Session 7pm. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975. Jim Belushi & Chicago Board of Comedy 8pm. $65. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Leo Kottke & Loudon Wainwright III 8pm. $35-$38. Acoustic. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390. Open Mike Night 8pm. La Puerta Azul, Salt Point. 677-2985. Shemekia Copeland 8pm. Blend of modern blues, funk, soul and R&B. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Traditional Irish Pub Session First Thursday of every month, 7pm. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Pitch in for Parks 5:30-7:30pm. Join us to help maintain our trails. Poets’ Walk Park, Red Hook. Scenichudson.org. Mahatma Frequency Transmission for Ascension First Thursday of every month, 7pm. $20. These frequencies can be used to help us with any personal problem we set the intention for. These energies flow through the physical, mental and emotional bodies, clearing our Aura and Magnetic fields of negative thought patterns, belief patterns and emotional patterns. True Light Healing Center, Kingston, N.Y. 332-0031.
Social Art and Social Science in Everyday Life 7:30pm. $5-$20. First of two talks by Christopher Schaefer at The Nature Institute, 20 May Hill Road, Harlemville. We will explore how we are all social artists and social scientists in building and seeking to understand the social world. The question we all face is with what awareness and understanding do we approach the tasks of building a new world which is fast replacing the world of nature. The Nature Institute, Ghent. (518) 672-0116.
Blues & Dance Party with Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis 7pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
The David Bromberg Band 8pm. Folk and blues. 8pm. $44/$36. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388.
SPIRITUALITY
Poetry Reading by Codhill Press Poets: It’s Folly! 5pm. Featuring Pauline Uchmanowicz, Larry Carr, Jan Schmidt, Bob Waugh, Harry Stoneback, Dennis Doherty, and Steve Clorfeine. Presented by David Appelbaum. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz. 257-3844.
MUSIC
Chris O’Leary Band 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Private Raindrop Technique Sessions with Donna Carroll First Thursday of every month, 11:30am-6pm. $75/one hour. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.
THEATER Cinderella 7:30pm. New Paltz High School, New Paltz. 256-4100. Side by Side by Sondheim 7pm. $25-$30. Half Moon Theatre, Poughkeepsie. Halfmoontheatre.org/.
Beltane Festival at the Center for Symbolic Studies Come dressed in your fanciful best to sing, dance, and welcome spring deep in the woods at this annual pagan fair. There will be jongleurs, players, giant puppets, clowns, birds, dancing dragons, prancing horses, and all types of mystical beings. Nighttime activities include live music, magic, and fire dancing. Free parking with shuttle service is available from the Tillson School until 10pm. Nonalcoholic event. Volunteers welcome and receive free admission. Saturday May 3, 1 to 11pm, at the Center for Symbolic Studies at Stone Mountain Farm, Rosendale. (845) 658-8540; Symbolicstudies.org.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737. Study Group in Early Christian Spirituality 6-8:30pm. Share a light supper, and then discuss various early Christian texts. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.
FRIDAY 4 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
LECTURES & TALKS Evidence-Based Strategies for Addressing Problem Behaviors in Students with Autism 9am-2pm. $95/$85 early reg. Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie. Kbark@centerforspectrumservices.org. Helen Britton, Metals and Jewelry 11am. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz.
MUSIC Buckcherry, The Virgin Mary’s, Years Apart 7pm. $25-$35. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966. Johnny Clegg 8pm. $50. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
SPIRITUALITY Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism Classes 7pm. 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices and principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391. Evidence Based Strategies for Addressing Problem Behaviors in Students with Autsim 8am. $95/$84 early reg./group reg. available. Participants will learn from the expertise of Thomas M. Caffrey, Board Certified Behavior Analyst and parent of a child with autism. His extensive use of video featuring case studies and his ability to simplify complex make the application of the science behind the strategies accessible to thousands. Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie. 336-2616 ext. 110. Master Class with Jazz Musician Don Byron 1-2pm. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 339-2025.
Essential Oils® to aid you into a deeper meditation. Tara Gregorio Holistic Healing, Cold Spring. 617-512-9501. Laryngectomy Support Group First Thursday of every month, 11am-noon. The LaryngectomySupport Group offers opportunities for individuals facing laryngeal cancer and individuals treated for laryngeal cancer to share their experiences, learn about communication options (electrolarynxand/ or voice prosthesis) and participate in community awareness projects. This group is open to family members and caregivers. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 483-7391. Pre-Operative Spine Education Sessions First Thursday of every month, noon. Whether you are scheduled for spine surgery or are considering it, the spine education session is an opportunity for you and your loved ones to receive more information. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 204-4299.
LECTURES & TALKS Author Helene Meyers: Reel and Novel Jews: A Feminist and Queer Renaissance 5:30pm. New trends in contemporary Jewish American literature and film. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Vassar.edu. Avoiding Scams and Identity Theft 7pm. Marlboro Library Money Smart Week series. oin us for this discussion on how you can avoid scams, fraud and identity theft. Marlboro Free Library, Marlboro. 236-7272.
HV: Create First Friday of every month, 8:30am. Designers, artists, writers, teachers, coaches, musicians, scholars, & other intellectually curious, creative-minded people gather for facilitated round-table conversations, riffs on creativity & work, Icarus Sessions, community announcements. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 679-9441.
FILM Films of Palestine Series: The Great Book Robbery 7-8:30pm. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Middletown, Middletown.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Weekend Inspirational Self-Healing Yoga Workshop 7:30pm. $245. Join Bhava Ram for a life-transforming weekend in the Berkshires. Learn to use contemporary mind-body medicine and the ancient practices of yoga and Ayurveda to heal your mind, body, and spirit. Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Stockbridge, MA. (866) 200-5203.
KIDS & FAMILY Babysitting Preparedness Course 9am. $45. This course is led by nationally certified instructors who also have experience as emergency responders in both professional and community environments. This course is for ages 12-Adult. Successful completion results in a 2-year certification from the American Safety and Health Institute. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742.
LECTURES & TALKS
Linguini and Lust 7pm. Food and Sex in Italian American Culture, a lecture presentation by Fred Gardaphe, Ph.D. The Italian Center, Poughkeepsie. Artsmidhudson.org.
Neil Gaiman and Celebrated Cartoonist Art Spiegelman 7:30pm. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders 6pm. Transgender activist and author Jennifer Finney Boylan. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Vassar.edu.
LITERARY & BOOKS
LITERARY & BOOKS Community Book Discussion, The Big Read: Housekeeping 6-8pm. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
Poet Douglas Nicholas Presents The Wicked 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
MUSIC Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
MUSIC
Enter the Haggis 8pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.
Bill Kirchen with Greg Trooper 7:30pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300.
Fuel, Hyngd, Adesta, One Day Waiting 6pm. $20. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.
MUSIC GINA SALA WITH STEVE GORN AND DANIEL PAUL
Gina Sala and Steve Gorn. Sala and Gorn will perform with Daniel Paul in Hudson and Shady this month.
A Chance to Chant The ancient Hindu devotional practice of kirtan is one of ecstatic call-and-response chanting designed to transmit an overall feeling of gratitude and the joy of simply being alive for both its performers and audience. For ages, it was only the traditional Indian instruments of tabla, harmonium, karatalas (hand cymbals), and double-headed mrdanga or pakhawaj drums that accompanied kirtan’s chanted hymns or mantras. The bansuri flute has not been known as a standard kirtan instrument, but over the last few decades bansuri virtuoso Steve Gorn, who will accompany singer Gina Sala and tabla player Daniel Paul at the Wild Woodstock Jivamukti Forest Sanctuary on April 17 and Sadhana Yoga on April 19, has been changing such preconceptions. “It’s true that the root instruments of kirtan don’t include bansuri,” says Gorn, who began his musical career as a jazz saxophonist in thrall to the Indian-influenced sounds of John Coltrane and Charles Lloyd. “Which is ironic, since [in Hindu teachings] Krishna played one and in Indian folklore the sound of the flute is a powerful thing. It’s said to lead people to leave their spouses or quit their jobs.” In 1969, though, that same sound led Gorn to Calcutta to learn directly from Bengali bansuri master Sri Gour Goswami. He continued his Indian music studies with another bansuri giant, Pandit Raghunath Seth, and became influential himself by incorporating the indigenous bamboo instrument into Western styles. Over the decades the Accord resident has worked with Paul Simon, Richie Havens, Paul Winter (2010’s Grammy-winning Journey to the Mountain; Living Music Records), Jack DeJohnette, Glen Velez, Deepak Chopra, Krishna Das, and others.
The Seattle-based Sala is well known as the erstwhile lead singer of Cirque du Soleil. A composer, teacher, and kirtan leader with a repertoire that boasts 23 languages, she has performed in venues ranging from “huts on several continents to the UN,” and began chanting at age three while living in an ashram. While wandering the Himalayas she immersed herself more fully in the practice and has studied at a Buddhist monastery and with Sanskrit, tantra, and Indian classical singing teachers. Sala now conducts private sessions, retreats, workshops, and kirtans internationally, and leads her successful “River of Sound” tours in India. Paul was mentored by Ali Akbar Khan and performed at Carnegie Hall with the tabla master and his fellow Indian classical legend Ravi Shankar. “What makes kirtan so popular is that it’s participatory,” Gorn explains. “For many it’s not so much about religion but more about settling the mind. It creates a synchronicity between music, body, and mind.” Gina Sala will lead kirtan with Steve Gorn and Daniel Paul at the Wild Woodstock Jivamukti Forest Sanctuary in Shady with the duo Sri Kirtan on April 17 at 7:30pm. Suggested donation is $15. For information, visit Jivamuktiyoga.com/centers/wildwoodstock-jivamukti-forest-sanctuary. Sala, Gorn, and Paul will again perform at Sadhana Yoga in Hudson on April 19 at 7pm. Admission is $15. Sala will also conduct a chanting and harmonium workshop at 2pm. Workshop only is $20. Admission for both kirtan and workshop is $30. For information, call (518) 828-1034 or visit Sadhanayogahudson.com. —Peter Aaron 4/14 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 77
Heather Maloney 9pm. Jazzy folk-rock. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. The Jeremy Baum Trio 9:30pm. Blues. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Lucid 9pm. Rock. Snug Harbor Bar & Grill, New Paltz. 2559800. Neon Moon 8:30pm. Country. The Golden Rail Ale House, Newburgh. 565-2337. Frank Gadler & Amrod Band 9pm. $10. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Richard Marx 8pm. $59.50/$69.50. American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter and musician. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388. Rock n Roll Resort: The Dream Machine Featuring Ivan Neville and his band Dumpstaphunk, The Motet, The Everyone Orchestra, Conehead Buddha, Alan Evans Trio and more Hudson Valley Resort, Kerhonkson. 626-8888. Ted Vigil; John Denver Tribute 7pm. $35. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience 8:30pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. Under the Nazarene Influence 8pm. Roots music. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Wallingford Symphony Orchestra: French Effervescence 7pm. The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT. (860) 435-4423.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Saugerties First Friday 6-9pm. Downtown Saugerties, Saugerties. (347) 387-3212.
THEATER Cinderella 7:30pm. New Paltz High School, New Paltz. 256-4100. Comedy of Errors 8pm. $22/$20 seniors and students. Part of the 8th Annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare festival. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. How The Other Half Loves 8pm. $18/$15 friends of the Playhouse. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264. Side by Side by Sondheim 8pm. $25-$30. Half Moon Theatre, Poughkeepsie. Halfmoontheatre.org/.
SATURDAY 5 ART GALLERIES AND EXHIBITS First Saturday Kingston Art Openings 5pm-8pm. Art exhibition openings at galleries across Kingston. Artalongthehudson.com/kingston. Kevin Freligh Open Studio 5pm-7pm. Showing work from his exhibition "Waking Dreams" and What I Think Love Means." The Shirt Factory, Kingston. Kevinfreligh.com.
DANCE Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company 7:30pm. $30/$10 student rush and children. With bold athleticism, dramatic nuance, and musical range, Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company’s high-energy and technically demanding repertory uses movement as metaphor to take audiences on intellectual and emotional journeys. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106. Freestyle Frolic Community Dance 8:30pm-12:30am. $2-$10. Knights of Columbus, Kingston. Freestylefrolic.org/. Next Move: Festival of Modern Dance 5:30pm. Proctor’s Theatre, Schenectady. (518) 3466204. Salsa Lesson and Latin Dance Party with Carlos Osorio 8pm. $12 at the door. Bring out your Latin spirit! Join Carlos Osorio, Founder of the Cumbia Spirit School of Dance for a fun, all levels salsa class and then dance the night away at Kingston’s most artful new event space Wine available. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 331-3261.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS The 2014 Putnam Valley International Jewish Film Festival 7:30pm. Reform Temple of Putnam Valley, Putnam Valey. 528-4774. Sugaring Off: 18th C. Style 11am-3pm. $4/$3 seniors/under 12 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 which were used to collect the sap. Senate House and Museum, Kingston.
FILM Monks in the Laboratory 8pm. $8. Tibetan Center, Kingston. 383-1774.
FOOD & WINE Hudson Valley Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. Hudson Valley Farmers' Market, Red Hook. Greigfarm.com.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS Herbs for Doulas 10am & 5pm. $79/$10 materials fee. Herbs have been used for millennia to assist in childbirth. This introductory course covers the fundamentals of herbal medicine in the context of pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and baby and child care. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2025.
KIDS & FAMILY Fligth: An Exhibition + Exploration of Art, Writing and Science 3pm. Featuring the work of local homeschoolers. This exhibition is produced in conjunction with a series of events and workshops. Cornell Street Studio, Kingston. Facebook.com/flightpass. Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
LECTURES & TALKS Artist Talks: Shinique Smith 4pm. Linda Earle and Shinique Smith. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.
Rock n Roll Resort: The Dream Machine Featuring Ivan Neville and his band Dumpstaphunk, The Motet, The Everyone Orchestra, Conehead Buddha, Alan Evans Trio and more Hudson Valley Resort, Kerhonkson. 626-8888. Shawn Mullins with Max Gomez 9pm. $20-$50. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Verdi 3pm. $15. Marking the Verdi bicentennial, the talk and film sequences capture his political and cultural relevance, shedding light on how the operas promoted the notion of unified Italy and helped define her national character. Lenox Club, Lenox, MA. (800) 843-0778.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS
FOOD & WINE
Bliss Co-op 3 Year Anniversary Celebration 4-7pm. Bliss boasts the work of approximately 55 woman artisans from the Hudson Valley Region. Bliss Co-op, Sugar Loaf. (518) 772-5477.
The HVCC Shakesbeer Festival 3pm. $30/$35 JCC or HVCC members/$15 under 21. The event will include a performance of Much Ado about Nothing by the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Touring Company, a beer tasting by Half Time, and a post-show talkback paired with dessert and dessert beers. Hudson Valley Community Center, Poughkeepsie. 471-0430.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Trout Weekend 12-4pm. $3. With meet the animals and feeding times. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Wildlife Education Center, Cornwall. 534-7781. Volunteer Restoration Workday 10am-2pm. These semi-monthly sessions offer a great way to learn about native flora while removing invasive plants that hinder their growth. Black Creek Preserve, Esopus. Scenichudson.org.
ATalk by Journalist Michael Belfiore 5pm. Free. Michael Belfiore’s presentation includes the “Department of Mad Scientists: How An Obscure Department of Defense Agency Shapes Our Society”. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 697-2213.
SPIRITUALITY
LITERARY & BOOKS
THEATER
Douglas Nicholas presents The Wicked 4pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Auditions for Les Miserables 1pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Encore Voices of Poetry Event 5:30pm. An encore presentation. House of Books, Kent, CT. (860) 927-4104.
Meditation Instruction 2pm. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.
Cinderella 2pm. New Paltz High School, New Paltz. 256-4100.
Poetry on the Loose Reading/Performance Series 3:30pm. Featuring Francine d’Alessandro and open mike. Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf. 4699459.
Comedy of Errors 8pm. $22/$20 seniors and students. Part of the 8th Annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare festival. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
MUSIC
How The Other Half Loves 8pm. $18/$15 friends of the Playhouse. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
Alva Nelson Trio 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Ancient Oceans + Chalaque + Slow Collins 8pm. $7. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Artie Lange 8pm. $65/$58. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Banjo Legend Tony Trischka 8pm. $28/24 in advance and members at the door/$20 members in advance. Tony Trischka, the consummate banjo artist and perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world, will return to Unison on April 5th for an evening of old favorites and new arrangements in support of his newly released CD, Great Big World. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Brit Floyd: Discovery World Tour 2014 8pm. $39/$29. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800. Celtic Night with the Irish Mafia First Saturday of every month. Sean Griffin’s Irish Mafia and invited guests connect the Celtic tradition to Galicia, Spain. Elephant, Kingston. Elephantwinebar.com/. Cricket Tell the Weather 8pm. $10. Indie string band. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. Daisy Jopling: The String Pulse Experience 7pm. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. 914-7390039. David Johansen with Brian Koonin 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Gospel Explosion 8pm. $20/25/$30. An evening featuring some of the hottest local Gospel choirs. Hosted by Liz Black. Featuring the Late Show’s Gospel Choir (The Late Show with David Letterman), The NY Fellowship Mass Choir (Timothy Wright & the Concert Choir) and the Institutional Radio Choir. White Plains Performing Arts Center, White Plains. (914) 328-1600. Hudson Valley Philharmonic: Mahler’s 2nd Symphony 8pm. $32/$55/$20 student rush. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. The JB3 Trio 9pm. $15. Turning Point Cafe, Piermont. 359-1089. John Lennon Re-Imagined 8:30pm. $35/$30 in advance. Compelling 7-piece ensemble the Nutopians Re-Imagines Lennon’s best Beatles and solo songs. Soaring lead vocals and harmonies plus poignant narrations led by Rex Fowler and Tom Dean. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. Mike Gordon 8pm. $22 advance / $26 day of / $22 students. The Dude of Life, rubber chickens, 4:20am backwoods Vermont jam sessions – Phish isn’t just a band; it’s a culture rich with quirks and legends. In downtime between tours, the band’s charismatic bassist, Mike Gordon, has dived into countless collaborations and become a formidable bandleader in his own right. His latest full-band project turns the Hunter Center into jam central. Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. M.R. Poulopoulos: Rebel Darling 8pm. The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio, Albany. 518-465-5233. Pitchfork Militia 9pm. With a blend of country, blues, rock and punk, the band terms itself “Apocabilly”. This rockin’ three piece is in turns funny, raging, satirical and silly. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
FILM
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 11am. Performed by Kids on Stage. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Side by Side by Sondheim 8pm. $25-$30. Half Moon Theatre, Poughkeepsie. Halfmoontheatre.org/.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES At Play in the Fields of Poetry - An Introduction to Portrait and Landscape Poems 1-3pm. Lynn Hoins. Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf. 469-9459. ESL Class 10am. The Ulster Literacy Association is sponsoring classes in the library’s community room on Saturday mornings. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 2464317.
The Souk Epicuian Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. The Outside In, Piermont. 398-0706. Ypga of Food 1pm. $40. Learn the the energetics of various foods through the prism of Ayurveda, gain a better understanding of your individual constitutional type, and the food that can help you towards better health, vitality, and ultimately, clarity of purpose. There will be tastings and recipes for Spring foods and tonics. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212.
KIDS & FAMILY We’re Going on a Bear Hunt 11am & 2pm. $20/$15 kids. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
LECTURES & TALKS Artists’ Talk: Ann Lovett and Stephen Ladin on “1980s Style” 2pm. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz. Newpaltz.edu/museum. The General’s Lady 2pm. Featuring guest speaker, author-historian Dr. Patricia Brady and her talk entitled, “Martha Washington: At Her Husband’s Side In War And Peace”. The Ritz Theater, Newburgh. 784-1199. Gerald Carr: Together Again: Frederic Church as Thomas Cole’s Pupil 2pm. $9/$7 members. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill. 518-943-7465. Joy of Hiking 12:30-1:30pm. Come learn about hiking. The Adirondack Mountain Club talk will discuss hiking equipment, shoes, socks etc. Local hikes will also be discussed. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
LITERARY & BOOKS Friends of Moffat Library Meet the Author’s Luncheon 12-4pm. $35. Buffet luncheon and cash bar. Guests will be meet two outstanding authors: Steve Hamilton, award winning author of the Alex McKnight mystery series, and Jon Bowermaster, writer, filmmaker and National Geographic adventurer. Round Hill House, Washingtonville. 496-5483.
Flowing Through Time: Streams and Catskill Mountain Communities An opportunity to learn how local streams have influenced the development of towns, industries, and arts in the region. Topics also address the concern of climate change on the watershed and current scientific approaches to stream management, with a focus on protecting communities. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333.
MUSIC
Foldforming+Synclastic & Anticlastic Forming 9am-5pm. Two-day workshop. Take foldforming to a new level by combining with synclastic and anticlastic forming. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550.
Conservatory Sunday Series 3pm. $20/$15. Performed by students of The Bard College Conservatory of Music, with faculty and special guests. All ticket sales benefit the Conservatory’s Scholarship Fund. Conservatory Sundays: Sō Percussion and Bard Percussion. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900.
Private Gardens on the Hudson Valley 4pm. $30/$25. This presentation features gardens that emphasize the majestic landscape that borders New York State’s Hudson River. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Ready, Set, Grow! An Expert’s Guide to Growing Vegetables and Annuals 10:30am-12:30pm. $35/$30. Learn how to start seedlings, both vegetables and annual flowers, indoors for the coming growing season. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. SpreadLight: Newburgh 6:30pm. $5. A unique social happening that brings together people from diverse backgrounds with passion for making their lives and the world a better place. It’s part game, part open mike. The Fullerton House, Newburgh. Spreadlightnewburgh.eventbrite.com.
SUNDAY 6 ART GALLERIES AND EXHIBITS Works by Margarete de Soleil and Josephine Bloodgood Opening Reception Check for time. Oriole 9, Woodstock. Oriole9.com.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Newburgh Swap Meet 10am-4pm. $11/$5 children/under 3 free. An indoor motorcycle parts and accessories swap meet. Motorcyclepedia, Newburgh. 569-9065.
DANCE Swing Dance 6:30-9pm. $10/$6. Beginners’ lesson at 6pm. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS The 2014 Putnam Valley International Jewish Film Festival 3pm. Reform Temple of Putnam Valley, Putnam Valley. 528-4774.
Anne Carpenter & J.T. 7pm. Acoustic. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Carmit Zori, Robert Rinehart, and Peter Stumpf 2pm. Sundays With Friends, the Bethel Woods Chamber Music Series. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388.
Folk Artist John Flynn 3pm. $25. Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf. 469-9459. Joan Osbourne with Ruston Kelly 7:30pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. The Johnny Clegg Band 7pm. $20-$35. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. The Lysander Trio 3pm. $25/$5 students/children under 13 free. Shostakovich, Piano Trio #1 in C minor,op8 Schubert, Notturno, John Must, Piano trio Brahams, Piano Trio in C major, op 87. Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck. Rhinebeckmusic.org. Newburgh Chamber Ensemble Plays Beethoven 3pm. $20/$5 students. With flutist Marcia Gates will perform a concert of music by Beethoven and his contemporaries. Program with feature Beethoven’s Serenade, Opus 25 and Mozart’s Quartet for flute and strings, K.285. St. George’s Church, Newburgh. 5342864. Organist Craig S. Williams 3:30pm. $15. From the West Point Cadet Chapel. Poughkeepsie Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. Puccini’s La Bohème: Met Live in HD 5pm. $15-$25. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Rock n Roll Resort: The Dream Machine Featuring Ivan Neville and his band Dumpstaphunk, The Motet, The Everyone Orchestra, Conehead Buddha, Alan Evans Trio and more Hudson Valley Resort, Kerhonkson. 626-8888. Showstoppers New York 7pm. Broadway icon Jim Dale. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
60 Years of Great Jazz, Reggae and Rock Featuring Grammy Award-winning bassist
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Jamaican drummer Larry McDonald, Robbie Gordon & others Saturday, April 12 at 7pm Arts Center Theater • $15/$12 (general/students & seniors)
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Friday and Saturday, April 11 & 12, 2014 Village of Red Hook FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 5 - 9 PM Word Works 2014: artwork inspired by the printed word RHCAN Exhibition/Festival Opening Reception Bard Big Read book discussion “Housekeeping”
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SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 10 AM - 9 PM Picture Books|Fiction|Nonfiction|Poetry|YA The Business of Writing Panel discussions and workshops for adults, teens, kids & professionals Stories on Stage: Hudson Valley Actors Read Local Authors @ Linden Avenue Middle School Café Book Signings 11 AM - 5 PM @ Bread & Bottle
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Songs & Stories Round-Robin: Local Agricultural Traditions & History 5pm. An evening of songs and stories of our local agricultural traditions and history, both indigenous and other. Round-robin format, bring an instrument, song, and/or story. Bring a dish to pass. Music at 5, potluck at 6:30, stories at 7, followed by more music. Whirligig Farm, Hurley. 902-8154. Sunday Brunch with Willa McCarthy Band 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Craig S. Williams 3:30pm. $15. Craig S. Williams will be giving an organ concert. Poughkeepsie Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 452-8110.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS 23rd Annual John A. Coleman High School Wine & Cheese Party and Raffle 3pm. $50/couple. John A Coleman Catholic High School, Hurley. 338-2750. Bowl for Kids’ Sake 12-5pm. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County’s annual fundraiser. Pat Tarsio’s Bowling Time Lanes, New Windsor. MentorAChild.org/BFKS.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Beginning Guitar 6:30pm. $45. A five week course teaching simple melodies, chords and songs as well as how to tune and take care of your instrument. You will also get a taste of guitar playing styles like fingerpicking, flatpicking and just plain ole “good” picking. Olive Free Library, West Shokan. 901-2029. The Significance of Story: Threads of Revelation 6-8pm. $75/$60 in advance. 6-week workshop with Carol Little. Andes Public Library, Andes. 676-3333. Vegetable Gardening for Beginners 6:30-8:30pm. Topics taught by our Dutchess County Master Gardener Volunteers will include: choose your location & prepare your site; plant with seeds or transplants; weed, mulch, thin and trellis; protect your site from critters; and harvesting. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Education Center, Kingston. 340-3990 ext. 335. EFT & Law of Attraction Prosperity Circle 6pm. $15. FInancial issues resolved quickly with 5,000 year old technique. TG Parker, Kingston. 706-2183.
TUESDAY 8
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
COMEDY
Trout Weekend 12-4pm. $3. With meet the animals and feeding times. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Wildlife Education Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.
Tyler Perry’s: Hell Hath No Fury 7:30pm. $45.50. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers 8pm. $8/$6/$3. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. Goo Goo Dolls 8pm. $45. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Jon Anderson of YES with the Paul Green Rock Academy 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Sin City Woodstock 8:30-11:30pm. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
NIGHTLIFE Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 8763330.
THEATER Acting Through Stories: Creative Drama Classes for Young Children at the White Plains Performing Arts Center 5pm. $100. Six-Week Class for Children Ages 3–5 and in Grades K–2. Stories become the inspiration for acting games and improvised scenes for children. Through April 8. White Plains Performing Arts Center, White Plains. (914) 328-1600.
MONDAY 7 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Transgender & Queer Support Network Meetings First Monday of every month. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
FILM The Odd Couple 7pm. $5. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
KIDS & FAMILY
Hudson Valley Fair A family festival of springtime fun for three consecutive weekends, April 18 through May 4. Fairground expectations will be met with nostalgic street food (funnel cake, Italian sausages, and more), games, carnivals, and music. There will be a full petting zoo, camel and pony rides, a Las Vegas hypnotist show, and the High Flying Pages trapeze act that will be sure to keep you on the edge of your seat as they swing fearlessly from great heights. Out-of-the-ordinary excitement includes the Banana Derby, where monkeys dressed as jockeys race trained dogs around a track, and award-winning illusionist Lance Gifford, who takes on some of the same tricks as the late great Harry Houdini. More than 40 rides, a fireworks show every Saturday, and a wide range of exotic animals and rare talents bring a world of excitement to the Hudson Valley. Dutchess Stadium, Wappingers Falls. 1pm weekends, 5pm weekdays. Hudsonvalleyfair.com.
NIGHTLIFE Monday Night Karaoke 9pm. Free. Come and Join us for a night of Singing, Laughing and Fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Cut-a-Thon and Beyond 10am-3pm. Proceeds will go to Aveda’s Commitment to Clean Water. Allure, Rhinebeck. 876-7774.
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The Relatives As Parents Program Support Group Second Thursday of every month, 6-7:30pm. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie. 452-8440.
LECTURES & TALKS Artist Talk: The Politics of Tibetan Art 5pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Dwight “Doc” Gooden: Get Real Series 7:30pm. $10. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Inner Landscapes of the Body and Breath: Contemporary Dance and Improvisation 10:30am. $150/10 week session. Rediscover the deep creativity of your body in this all levels class. We will combines yoga based stretches, contemporary dance technique, and improvisational structures in which you can explore and follow your own movement impulses. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.
SPL Evening Book Club 7pm. 1000 White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus. The story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Spring Information Session 9:30am. An informal meet and greet with Peter F. Baily, Head of School, Anna Bertucci, Assistant Head for Academics and Student Life, and faculty. Visitors and current students participate in two abbreviated classes. Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie. 462-4200 ext. 245.
Jazz Mondays: Chris Kelsey 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
KIDS & FAMILY
The Faux Meek 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Kingston-Rhinebeck Toastmasters Club Second Thursday of every month, 7-9pm. Practice public speaking skills. Ulster County Office Building, Kingston. 338-5184.
2014 Taste of Rhinebeck 6-9pm. $100/$75 early tickets. Event guests enjoy strolling along the quaint streets of Rhinebeck, stopping and sampling food and beverages provided by more than twenty restaurants, spirit shops, caterers and gourmet food stores. One price includes tasting at every stop along the route. Village of Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck. 871-3505.
The Color Line and the Culture Wars: Religion, Education and Sub-rosa Morality in the Age of Obama 5pm. Christian social ethics expert Dr. Stacey FlyoydThomas. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
MUSIC
Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism Classes 7pm. 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices and principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.
FOOD & WINE
LECTURES & TALKS
Speaking of Books First Monday of every month, 7pm. Non-fiction book discussion group. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 471-6580.
SPIRITUALITY
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Pediatric Support Group Programs First Monday of every month. Cub’s Place (dealing with family members’ illness), Ped. Chronic Illness, Autism, ADHD, and Juvenile Diabetes groups available. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-8500 ext. 72385.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Rhett Miller 7pm. Opener: Ryan Dieringer. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting Second Thursday of every month, 7pm. Shawangunk Town Hall, Wallkill. 418-3640.
Qi Gong Class 6-7pm. $10. Qi Gong is about getting in touch with your nature, your life force and can assist each and every one of us through change with mindfulness. The movements are fluidic and expressed as meditation in motion or by simply standing in place. Sacred Space Healing Arts Studio, Beacon. 416-4598.
The Dangers of GMOs in Our Food 7pm. Come to learn about the latest scientific evidence linking GMOs to toxic and allergic reactions, infertility, digestive disorders and more and what we can do to avoid them and protect our families. He also will talk about the ecological impact of releasing GMOs into the environment. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz.
Pete and The RePetes 8pm. Songer/songwriter. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
THURSDAY 10
Auditions for Les Miserables 7pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Open Ballet Master Class 1pm. $25/$20. Presented by The New Paltz Ballet Theatre and the New Paltz School of Ballet (NPSB), for intermediate and advanced level Pointe students. New Paltz School of Ballet, New Paltz. 255-0044.
Jon Anderson of YES with the Paul Green Rock Academy 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
BUSINESS & NETWORKING
THEATER
American Heart Association ACLS Renewal Course 8am-4pm. $150. This is a recertification of the ACLS course. Course completion results in a two-year ACLS certification from the American Heart Association. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742.
James Van Praagh 8pm. $75/$90 with meet and greet. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
Pet 1st Aid, CPR & Disaster Preparedness Course 10am. $45. This unique course covers common health and safety-related issues for Dogs & Cats, first aid basics, CPR, choking maneuvers for pets, when to seek professional care and disaster planning steps for your pet. You practice your skills on furry life-like pet manikins. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 4759742.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Audition Notice for An Experienced Musical Director 7:30pm. The Rhinebeck Choral club will be holding auditions for the paid position. The Rhinebeck Choral Club is an SATB Mixed Community Chorus. 2 seasons from Sept. and May. Archcare at Ferncliff Nursing Home, Rhinebeck. 527-7768.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
PETS
Comedy of Errors 3pm. $22/$20 seniors and students. Part of the 8th Annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare festival. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
MUSIC
LECTURES & TALKS Evolution Lecture series 7:30pm. $5-$20. Lecture series by Craig Holdrege. The talks will be about discovering evolution as a meaningfilled process, the metamorphosis of beings through time. Craig will also focus on hominid fossils that shed light on human evolution. The Nature Institute, Ghent. (518) 672-0116. Monthly Open House with Dharma Talk Second Tuesday of every month, 7pm. free. Shambhala Buddhist teachers talk on a variety of topics at our Open House. Second Tuesday of every month, after community meditation practice. Meditation: 6-7pm, Talk 7pm, followed by tea, cookies, and converation. Sky Lake Lodge, Rosendale. 658-8556. Spring Information Session 9:30-11am. Program begins with an informal meet and greet with Peter F. Baily, Head of School, Anna Bertucci, Assistant Head for Academics and Student Life, and faculty. Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie. 4624200.
MUSIC Burgers & Beers & Open Mike 7pm. Jeff Entin hosts open mike night at the Cafe. You never know who might show up. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
WEDNESDAY 9 FOOD & WINE Hudson Valley Food & Wine Experience 6pm. $75.00 per person. In it’s 16 year, the Hudson Valley Food & Wine Experience is once again being held at the Villa Barone Hilltop Manor. The finest Restaurants, Wineries, Bake Shops and Beverage distributors come together an offering a tasting of their finest masteries all for a very important cause. In addition, you will have the opportunity to enjoy the silent auction and raffle prizes while background music is provided by the Westchester/ Putnam Youth Symphony Octet. All proceeds from this event will benefit the Putnam/Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center. A not for profit agency for domestic violence. Villa Barone Hilltop Manor, Mahopac. 628-9284.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Breast Cancer Support Group Second Wednesday of every month, 2pm. Free support group for breast cancer patients and survivors. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212. Stroke Support Group Second Wednesday of every month, 11am-noon. Is for patients and family members to share information, express concerns, and find support and friends. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 483-6319. Weekly Chakra Meditation Group 6-7pm. $15. Namaste Sacred Healing Center, Woodstock. 657-1071.
LECTURES & TALKS Huma Bhabha, Sculptor 11am. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. Local Wildlife 6pm. Learn about our local wildlife with JoAnne HelfertSullam, the author of “Little Puppy & the Mystery of the Doody in the Hallway”. She will share stories from her upcoming memoir about the human, animal connection. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
MUSIC Alejandro Escovedo & The Sensitive Boys 8pm. $25-$40. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. The Beach Boys 8pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088. The Country Jamboree 2pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons 7:30pm. $39-$125. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 4653334. Larry Coryell & Gil Parris 7pm. Benefit for Ben Ehrsam. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Light in Her Eyes 7:30pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 6622111. Feist: The Mettle Tour 8pm. $38-$68. Singer/songwriter. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390. Open Mike Night 8pm. La Puerta Azul, Salt Point. 677-2985 8:30pm. Taking Back Sunday, Tonight Alive, Sleepwave 6:30pm. $25. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.
NIGHTLIFE The Virginia Wolves 9pm. $5. Market Market Café, Rosendale. Thevirginiawolves.com.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS United Way Annual Awards 5:30-7:30pm. $10. Join us as we celebrate our donors & volunteers. Diamond Mills, Saugerties. 247-0700.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737. Study Group in Early Christian Spirituality 6-8:30pm. Share a light supper, and then discuss various early Christian texts. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.
BOOKS GUILLERMO FESSER
Guillermo Fesser, then and now. His memoir, One Hundred Miles from Manhattan, has just been published in English.
Spanish Tree, American Branches When Guillermo Fesser launched his journalism career in the 1980s in his native Madrid, it wasn’t with the intention of becoming one of Spain’s national icons. All he set out to do with the weekly radio show “Gomaespuma”—which means “foam” in Spanish—was report the news his way: with irrepressible curiosity, humor, compassion, and respect for all interviewees, even those with whom he disagreed. During Gomaespuma’s 25-year run, Fesser produced films, TV specials, plays, articles and books, and founded with his co-host, Juan Luis, the nonprofit Gomaespuma Foundation, dedicated to facilitating access to education in Nicaragua and Sri Lanka. By the time Fesser and his American wife, Sarah Hill, decided to take their three children to live in Hill’s native Rhinebeck, Fesser was the Spanish equivalent of Jon Stewart. Even Spain’s King Juan Carlos I expressed disappointment over the ending of “Gomaespuma.” Fortunately for Spain—and the Hudson Valley—Fesser's show was far from over. Fesser's move to Rhinebeck merely inspired his next career phase. One Hundred Miles from Manhattan (A Cien Millas de Manhattan), Fesser’s memoir of his move to Rhinebeck, was a bestseller in Spain, spawning a Spanish TV show there, an ongoing weekly show for Onda Cero Radio in Spain, and a Huffington Post blog. The book is replete with local history and populated by local legends like sculptor John Corcoran, New Yorker cartoonist Danny Shanahan, and Big Bird’s late creator, Kermit Love. Fesser’s chock-full life in Rhinebeck includes befriending a former devotee of Rev. Moon, climbing Slide Mountain, iceboating, making maple syrup, meeting Rhinebeck’s ghosts and forebears, having fun with his kids, visiting a Texas bison ranch, venturing into the steam system beneath New York City, going white-water rafting in Alaska, and spending New Year’s Eve jumping on furniture—all the while recording the stories of the people he meets. The English version of One Hundred Miles from Manhattan (Little Bridge Productions/ Epigraph Publishing) has just been published. On Sunday, April 27, in Rhinebeck, Oblong Books will host a book launch party at Upstate Films at 1 pm. 100milesmanhattan.com. —Susan Piperato Is Rhinebeck famous in Spain? In Spain, they can’t pronounce Rhinebeck. They all say “Reen-a-beck.” When the book came out, just after Obama won his first election, I did a debate with the Spanish secretary of state at Bellas Artes, the Madrid cultural center, about the perception of the United States. People were saying, “Oh yeah, Obama got elected, but he’s not an average American. He’s special.” Anytime something cool happens in America, in Europe we say, “Oh, he’s not really American.” Like, “We like Woody Allen’s movies, but he’s not really American.” People were saying, “Obama, he’s a cool guy, but he’s not really American. He’s an exception.” And I would say, “No, he’s not an exception.” I mean, it’s exceptional that he got elected, but he’s as American as Ronald Reagan or the Bushes. They all live in the same America. There’s only one kind of America to Europeans, but there’s actually diversity here—that’s America’s greatness.
What made you write the book? In Spain and Europe they don’t really know much about the United States. The US is always in the news and the media—movies, books, songs—so we assume we know everything. But the longer I’ve been married to Sarah and living here, I’ve realized that what people in Spain know about Americans is stereotypes, really bad stuff—people are overweight, high school kids get rifles and shoot their teachers. How people’s daily life can go in so many different directions—that’s what we don’t know in Spain. My book is about what it’s like to live in America in a small town, forgetting the stereotypes. Sarah and I had spent two years here when our kids were small, in 2002 and 2003. I was supposed to be writing a script for the film Cándida, but I kept bumping into people in Rhinebeck. I procrastinated, all the time taking notes. For the second year here, I dragged my brother [director Javier Fesser] over from Spain. We finished the script and went back and shot the movie. When “Gomaespuma” ended in, I went back to the notes and wrote the book. How did Spanish readers respond? A lot of Spaniards travel, live, or have family history in places like Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, and Mexico, but only a few have real contact with America. In the book, I break a lot of the stereotypes that Spanish people have about Americans. I got tons of e-mails and calls and chats about it: “We didn’t know that kind of people lived in the United States!” One group of people that jump into the book is young people traveling to New York. It’s not a guide to upstate New York or the city by any means, but it gives you the soul of the place that the tourist guide doesn’t. Whenever I’m coming back from Madrid to New York, I see a few young people reading it. How do you get people to tell you such great stories? Anytime I meet somebody I’m asking questions. I’m like a little kid, asking, asking, asking. If you’re friendly, people will tell you things. Everybody has a very interesting life, but some people need a person with a lot of curiosity and some talent to tell their story. There are good stories all over the place. Has Rhinebeck changed you? I know my roots, and my roots are called Spain. But I am a tree, and some of my branches are American. When you live somewhere else, it opens your mind immensely. It makes you realize you can’t impose things on other people. You understand that there are many ways of doing things. The bad news is sometimes you get lost in translation. The World Cup this summer is a big event for me. If Spain and the United States play each other, I will feel a little bit for both, and you’re not supposed to. 4/14 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 81
FRIDAY 11 DANCE Zydeco Dance with Planet Zydeco 7pm. $15; $10 with FT student ID. Planet Zydeco is a veteran New England-based dance band - popular with dancers for their deep dance grooves, soulful vocals and beautiful harmonies. Their material is a great mix of traditional favorites, funk, R & B and original material come to listen and to dance! 7 pm - Free Zydeco Lesson 8-11 pm - Dance White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 255-7061.
FILM Depot Docs Semper Fi: Always Faithful 7:30pm. $20. A documentary film that follows Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Esminger’s mission to expose the Marine Corps and force them to live up to their motto to the thousands of soldiers and their families exposed to toxic chemicals. Philipstown Depot Theatre, Garrison. 424-3900. The Terminator 7:30pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
HEALTH & WELLNESS American Heart Association First Aid Course 6pm. $50. This course covers basic first aid for trauma and illness, maneuvers for choking victims and environmental emergencies. Course completion results in a certification card valid for 2-years from the American Heart Association. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742.
LITERARY & BOOKS Read Local Red Hook Literary Festival 5pm. Workshops, panels and presentations, and book signings. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-2667.
MUSIC American Symphony Orchestra 8pm. $25-$40. Pre-concert talk at 7pm. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Ben Rounds 8:30pm. Acoustic. Hopped Up Cafe, High Falls. 6874750. The Black Dirt Band 8pm. Blues. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Budos Band 9pm. Retro funk. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
DANCE Salsa Lesson and Latin Dance Party with Carlos Osorio 8pm. $12 at the door. Bring out your Latin spirit! Join Carlos Osorio, Founder of the Cumbia Spirit School of Dance for a fun, all levels salsa class and then dance the night away at Kingston’s most artful new event space Wine available. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 331-3261.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS The 2014 Putnam Valley International Jewish Film Festival 7:30pm. Reform Temple of Putnam Valley, Putnam Valey. 528-4774.
FILM Our Town 2pm. $10/$7 children. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. The Secret of Roan Inish 3pm. Q&A with producer Maggie Renzi. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
FOOD & WINE Hudson Valley Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. Hudson Valley Farmers' Market, Red Hook. Greigfarm.com. Millerton Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. The Annex @ NorthEast-Millerton Library, Millerton. (518) 610-1331.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Sitting Tai Chi Certified Teacher Training 9am-noon. $100. This class is designed for anyone who works with, lives with, or has a connection with someone who would benefit from gentle moving exercise, but is not able to participate in a “standing” Tai Chi class. “Sitting” tai chi offers an alternative way to reap the benefits of this Chinese art. Sacred Space Healing Arts Studio, Beacon. (203) 444-2856. American Heart Association CPR AED Course 9am. $75. This course covers basic CPR techniques, maneuvers for choking victims and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator. Instruction provided for adult, child & infant. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742.
KIDS & FAMILY Baby and Me Playgroup 10-11am. Mountain Road School, New Lebanon. Mountainroadschool.org.
CKS 7pm. Blues, soul and rock. The Falcon, Marlboro. 2367970.
Early Childhood Puppet Show and Open House 10:30am. GBRSS early childhood teachers perform a special full-length marionette play for children up to seven years old, followed by playtime and 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.
The Drew Bordeaux Group 9:30pm. Alternative. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
An Evening with Art Garfunkel 8pm. $65. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Ravensbeard Wildlife Center + Rehabilitation: Bird Encounter 3pm. Get up close with three owls and a hawk. Learn about their unique roles in our ecosystem and how you can help them thrive. Cornell Street Studio, Kingston. Facebook.com/flightpass.
Chrissy Budzinski 7:30pm. Folk/traditional. Main Street Restaurant, Saugerties. 246-6222.
Leo Moran & ANthony Thistlethwaite 8:30pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. Martha Redbone Roots Project 10am. $6-$10. Multicultural family music concert. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040. The Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley 8pm. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. 914-7390039. Second Friday Jam 8pm. Jeff Entin and Bob Blum, who have been playing together since before the term Jam Band was coined, will be playing and hosting something a little more experimental than the usual fare. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. The Spillway Band 7pm. Catamount Banquet Center, Mount Tremper. 688-2444. Tough Day Tubing 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 6716006.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Empty Bowls 5pm. $5-$15. Purchase a ceramic bowl made by local high school students, staff, and professional artists. Once purchased, you can choose from a wide variety of soups and ice creams to fill your bowl with. Proceeds will be given to the Rondout Valley Food Pantry, the Rosendale Food Pantry, the Rochester Food Pantry, and the HVCS Food Pantry in Kingston. Rondout Valley High School Cafeteria, Accord. Emptybowls.webs.com.
THEATER Comedy of Errors 8pm. $22/$20 seniors and students. Part of the 8th Annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare festival. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Sid the Science Kid 2pm. $35-$25. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390.
LECTURES & TALKS Dharma Study Group 10am. 1st class free/$15. We are also a Buddhist Sangha which offers support for all who wish to be part of a sangha community. Call center for specific class topics. Greymoor Spiritual Life Center, Garrison. 235-5800. Dialogues 1pm. Panel Talk on Eugene Speicher, American Realist with Valerie Ann Leeds, Tom Wolf, and Daniel Belasco. In collaboration with the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940. Poetry Reading: Natasha Trethewey 2pm. Enjoy a special afternoon of poetry with Natasha Trethewey, nineteenth Poet Laureate of the United States and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Book signing will follow. Generously supported by The Maurice English Poetry Award through Helen W. Drutt English. Storm King Art Center, Mountainville. 534-3115. Textiles in Fashion Design 5pm. Free. Erin Cadigan,free-lance designer for both apparel and accessories, will take a fresh look at the marriage between textile design and fashion design. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-2213.
LITERARY & BOOKS Holly-George Warren 6:30pm. Author of A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man. Presentation with musical accompaniment. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.
Charles Grodin: A Comedic Journey Through Showbiz 7:30pm. $55/$45/$40. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Red Hook Lit Fest: Eliot Shrefer, Theo Lawrence & Tiffany Schmidt 2pm. The Hudson Valley YA Society brings the best and brightest YA authors to the Hudson Valley in a memorable and fun party-like “literary salon” atmosphere, with refreshments, conversation, and giveaways. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 8760500.
Jackie Mason 8pm. $44-$55. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390.
Read Local Red Hook Literary Festival 9am. Workshops, panels and presentations, and book signings. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-2667.
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Second Saturday Spoken Word 7pm. $5/$2.50 with open mike. Featured authors Laura Shaine Cunningham and Julianna Lavin will perform. Followed by open mike. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 331-2884. Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival Reading 2pm. Featuring Dennis Bressack and Donald Lev, followed by open mike. The Golden Notebook, Woodstock. 679-8000. Writers Omi Reading in Hudson 5:30pm. Omi’s Spring 2014 International Writers & Translators in residence will have the opportunity to read and share their work with a public audience. Hailing from all over the world, their work spans the genres of fiction, nonfiction, translation and theater. Marianne Courville Gallery, Hudson. (518) 392-4747.
MUSIC American Symphony Orchestra 8pm. $25-$40. Pre-concert talk at 7pm. 8pm. $25-$40. Pre-concert talk at 7pm. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900. Banda Magda 8pm. A fusion of genres. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Black Dog 9:30pm. Classic rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. The Chain Gang Band 9pm. Dance music. Hurricane Grill & Wings, Poughkeepsie. 243-2222. Chris Smither with Milton 8:30pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. Concert with Malcolm Cecil 7pm. $10/$5 seniors and students. Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. (518) 828-1481. Don Byron 7pm. As clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and arranger, he redefines every genre of music he plays, be it classical, salsa, hip-hop, funk, klezmer, rhythm and blues, gospel, or any jazz style from swing and bop to cutting-edge downtown improvisation. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. Communityrelations@sunyulster.edu. Conigliaro Trio 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. The Double D’s and the Minivans 9pm. Country folk. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Ed Palermo Big Band 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Howard Fishman Quartet 8pm. $25. Fishman’s influences include jazz, soul, country, blues and gospel. The Ritz Theater, Newburgh. 784-1199. The Jen Chapin Trio 8pm. $26/$22 members/$22 in advance/$18 in advance members. Jen Chapin’s music is grounded in story songs that search for community and shared meaning, powered by the funk and improvisation of the city. Featuring Jen Chapin, Stephen Crump on acoustic bass and Jamie Fox on guitar. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
THEATER Comedy of Errors 8pm. $22/$20 seniors and students. Part of the 8th Annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare festival. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Every Price Has Its Man $20. Air Pirates Radio Theater. Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor. 534-4227.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES 15th Annual Garden Day 8:30am. $35 Pre-register/$40 at the door. This year’s keynote, “The Garden of Unearthly Delights”, features Fredda Merzon, metal sculptor. This full day event also includes a mini-trade show featuring local nurseries and garden products, door prizes, and 16 different classes to choose from, each related to this year’s theme, “Edibles & Ornamentals”. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 340-3990. AARP Defensive Driving 10am. $25/$20 AARP members. Register for this class at the main circulation desk. Pay by check and bring a lunch Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. ESL Class 10am. The Ulster Literacy Association is sponsoring classes in the library’s community room on Saturday mornings. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 2464317. Fundamentals of Photography: Exploring Still Lifes with Lori Adams 10am-1pm. Three sessions. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550. Legal Information Workshop for Seniors 12pm. The Annex @ NorthEast-Millerton Library, Millerton. (518) 610-1331. Life Drawing Intensive 10am. $45/$35 members. Whether you are just starting out, putting a portfolio together or have been drawing for many years, this Intensive will give you what you need. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. The Photographic Garden: Mastering the Art of Digital Garden Photography 9am. $125. Join award-winning photographer, Matthew Benson, at his organic farm for a lecture and workshop on the fundamentals of great garden photography based on his book. Stonegate Farm, Balmville. 418-3640. Slow Art Day 11am-1pm. The Slow Art Day mission is to help more people learn how to look at and love art in their communities! We will look slowly at 5 iconic sculptures and gather for a discussion. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747. Tomato Basics 1-3pm. $35/$30. Ron Kujawski will help you understand the various types of tomatoes, the best time to start them from seed and when to set them out. In-season care, including mulching and pruning along with pest and disease control, will be described, as will harvesting and methods of preservation. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
SUNDAY 13
Jon Anderson 8pm. $39.50. Classic songs from all across the Yes songbook & his own eclectic solo work. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.
COMEDY
Les chemins de l’amour 7pm. $20/$18 members. Lyric baritone Wheelock Whitney makes his debut at the HOH with a recital including works by Marc Blitzstein, Noel Coward, Joseph Kosma, Francis Poulenc, and Erik Satie. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.
DANCE
Listening Marathon of Al Margolis’ Thirty 1-4pm. Presented by Deep Listening Institute. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 514-7989. The Met: Live in HD Puccini’s La Boheme 1pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Michelle LeBlanc 7:30-10:30pm. Jazz. Division Street Grill, Peekskill. (914) 739-6380. Mighty Girl 8pm. Pop, soft rock. 2 Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-4717. Professor Louie and the Crowmatix 9pm. $15. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Rock Tavern Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild Coffeehouse 7:30pm. $6/$5 members. Featuring Stuart Kabak followed by open mike. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, New Windsor. Uucrt.org. Songs and Stories of Old New York 2pm. $5/$15 family. York State Yarns celebrates New York’s rich legacy of history, folk music and legend with songs and stories of Dutch settlers, African American slaves, Revolutionary War soldiers, sailors, Hudson River boatmen, New York City street vendors and much more. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872.
Colin Quinn 8pm. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388. Milonga des Artistes-Sunday Afternoon Tango with Ilene Marder Second Sunday of every month, 3pm. $12 at the door. What a great way to spend a wintery day! Come join us for the inaugural edition of MILONGA DES ARTISTES with your host and DJ Ilene Marder, founder of the 10 year old Woodstock Tango community. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 331 3261. Park Avenue Armory Event 2pm. $10/$6 children. The filmed version of the Merce Cunningham Company’s final public performance . The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
FOOD & WINE America’s Test Kitchen Live! 3pm. $45/$35. With Christopher Kimball. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Rosendale Winter Farmers’ Market 10am. Lots of vendors, live acoustic music and children’s activities at every market, free coffee & tea. Rosendale Farmers’ Market, Rosendale. 658-8348. The Souk Epicuian Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. The Outside In, Piermont. 398-0706.
KIDS & FAMILY Family Day 11am-3pm. Kids and parents will have the opportunity to create artwork together in the gallery, with a surprise Easter-related activity. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS
LECTURES & TALKS
4th Year Anniversary Celebration 6-9pm. Snack, refreshments, discounts and fashion blogger and stylist Sheree Morrison. Blackbird Attic, Beacon. 418-4840.
Second Sunday Salon Series: A Conversation with Glen Heroy 2pm. $25/$20 members/$20 in advance/$15 members in advance. New Paltz native Glen Heroy will take center stage during Unison’s “Second Sunday Salon”. Connie Rotunda from SUNY New Paltz will moderate the event. Among the topics up for discussion: Supermodels, Santa Claus and Shangai. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Blue Cocktails 4pm. Appetizers and auctions to benefit Zylofone, an arts center or students with special needs. Jack’s at Catlin Gardens, Slate Hill. Facebook.com/ events/504765839642600/.
SPIRITUALITY Meditation Instruction 2pm. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.
LITERARY & BOOKS Nick Hand: Conversations on the Hudson 4pm. “Conversations on the Hudson” is a visual record of his five-hundred-mile journey through the hills, mountains, and countryside of the Hudson Valley. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
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MUSIC Early Music New York Istanpitta: A Medieval Dance Band 4pm. $30/$10. Instrumental medieval treasures from hauntingly provocative to viscerally energetic dances performed by six of Early Music New York’s multiinstrumentalists on bagpipes, shawms, flutes,harp, rebec, vielle and an astonishing array of frame (hand) drums. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 297-9243. Bobby Avey Group with Miguel Zenon 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Cristiana Pegoraro: Chopin, the poet of the Piano 3pm. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388. An Evening with Jon Anderson 8pm. $60/$55. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Greg Westhoff’s Westchester Swing Band 5:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Jazz at the Falls with Bill Bannan & Friends 12pm. Jazz at the Falls host Bill Bannan takes the stage with friends Paul Duffy, John Menegon, and T Xiques. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Kate Baker and Vic Juris Duo 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
EFT & Law of Attraction Prosperity Circle 6pm. $15. FInancial issues resolved quickly with 5,000 year old technique. TG Parker, Kingston. 706-2183.
TUESDAY 15 HEALTH & WELLNESS Community Holistic Healthcare Day Third Tuesday of every month, 4-8pm. A wide variety of holistic health modalities and practitioners are available. Appointments can be made on a first-come, first-served basis upon check-in. Marbletown Community Center, stone ridge. www.rvhhc.org.
KIDS & FAMILY Ashokan Spring Break Camp Through April 18. $200 (5-day)/$50 (per day). Ages 7-16. This camp offers many of the same environmental and crafts related classes that we offer in our popular school programs, with additional opportunities for outdoor adventures, music and dance, art projects, team building, and fun. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333. Read to the Doggy Third Tuesday of every month. With Lola the certified therapy dog for children who read, ages 5 and older. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507.
Spring Awakenings - Hudson River Poets, with piano accompaniment by Neil Alexander 1pm. FREE (goodwill donation of $5). ROCK TAVERN -The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern (UUCRT) presents the Hudson River Poets featuring Keyboardist Neil Alexander in “Spring Awakenings”, a program that brings improvisational piano and poetry together to celebrate the arrival of spring. The performance is at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 13. Hudson River Poets is a diverse ensemble of writers, visual artists and musicians interested in the study of poetry. Keyboardist, Neil Alexander, has been performing professionally for over 30 years and works with music in all forms and styles. The concert is expected to last about an hour. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, New Windsor. 325-2170.
Rhyme Time 10:30am. Song and story circle for young children with a parent or caregiver. Matrushka Toys and Gifts, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-6911.
Teetotallers 7:30pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300.
NIGHTLIFE
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Spring Sprint 5k Trail Run 10am-2pm. Shaupeneak Ridge, Esopus. Scenichudson. org.
THEATER Comedy of Errors 3pm. $22/$20 seniors and students. Part of the 8th Annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare festival. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Gardiner Library Fiction Writers’ Workshop Second Sunday of every month, 6-10pm. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
MONDAY 14 Mindfulness Based Stress and Pain Reduction Program 7-9pm. $385. Through June 16. This innovative 8-week program is designed to help people become more aware of their own ability to reduce pain, work with their fears and anxieties, and cope with the stresses of everyday life. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-8500.
KIDS & FAMILY Ashokan Spring Break Camp Through April 18. $200 (5-day)/$50 (per day). Ages 7-16. This camp offers many of the same environmental and crafts related classes that we offer in our popular school programs, with additional opportunities for outdoor adventures, music and dance, art projects, team building, and fun. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333.
LITERARY & BOOKS Author: Larry Winters 6pm. Lawrence Winters, lifelong New Paltz native, author, and therapist will read from his new book Brotherkeeper; the fictional account of the moral dilemmas faced by our returning soldiers and their families. Larry will discuss these moral dilemmas, how they affect our soldiers, their families and our communities. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
MUSIC Joe Crookston 8pm. Friends of Fiddler’s Green concert. Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Hyde Park. 758-2681. Joe Fiedler Trio 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Spring Awakenings 1pm. Hudson River Poets featuring keyboardist Neil Alexander- a program that brings improvisational piano and poetry together to celebrate the arrival of spring. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, New Windsor. Uucrt.org. Voodoo Orchestra North 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
NIGHTLIFE Monday Night Karaoke 9pm. Free. Come and Join us for a night of Singing, Laughing and Fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Purple Rain (Prince) Rock Camp 12-week camp for adults. Beacon Music Factory, Beacon. 202-3555.
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Spring Kids’ Art Camp 9am-3pm. Through April 17. Spring Art Camp features a variety of creative adventures for kids including a daily art project, nature studies, storytelling and more. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
MUSIC Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis Blues & Dance Party 7pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Chrissy Budzinski hosts Open Mike 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 8763330.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Celebrating Community Through April 18, 10am-1pm. Make learning a family affair during spring break. A week-long series of art and educational programming dedicated to acknowledging— and building—the Hudson Valley’s diverse communities. Long Dock Park, Beacon. Scenichudson.org.
SPIRITUALITY Channeled Guidance to Further Your Journey Third Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm. $20/$15. We are all on a spiritual journey and need guidance on that journey. An excellent way to receive that guidance is from a spirit guide who has distance from our worldly cares and who is understanding, wise, loving, compassionate, supportive, and above all, empowering. He will help you to tap into the wisdom in your own heart. We all have all the wisdom in the universe at our finger tips--the trick is to be able to access it. When the formal session is over, you may stay to ask questions about, or discuss your experience. Flowing Spirit Healing, Woodstock. 679-8989.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Introduction to MS Word 1pm. In this course you will learn the basic tools and features that Microsoft Word contains. The Word Introduction course will introduce you to the skills needed to produce documents in this popular word processor. Prerequisite: Basic computer knowledge. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
WEDNESDAY 16 FILM Film Night: The Iran Job 6pm. When American basketball player Kevin Sheppard accepts a job to play in one of the world’s most feared countries-Iran-he expects the worst. But what he finds is a country brimming with generosity, acceptance, and sensuality. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group Third Wednesday of every month, 7pm. Support Connection, Inc. offers a Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group. Open to women with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. There are many common factors to any cancer diagnosis. Join other women who have been diagnosed as we discuss all stages of diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment. Advance registration required. Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel. (914) 9626402. Weekly Chakra Meditation Group 6-7pm. $15. Namaste Sacred Healing Center, Woodstock. 657-1071.
KIDS & FAMILY Ashokan Spring Break Camp Through April 18. $200 (5-day)/$50 (per day). Ages 7-16. This camp offers many of the same environmental and crafts related classes that we offer in our popular school programs, with additional opportunities for outdoor adventures, music and dance, art projects, team building, and fun. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333.
LECTURES & TALKS Arthritis and Acupuncture: Improving your Joint Health 6:30pm. Presented by Detlef Wolf, L.Ac. and Dipl.Ac. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145. Bryan Whitney, Photographer 11am. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. Curatorial Practice Today: A Conversation with Darsie Alexander 7pm. Darsie Alexander, Chief Curator at the Walker Art Center and Williams alumna (MA ’91), has a close read on the subtle and dramatic shifts in artistic and curatorial practices. The Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA. (413) 597-3055.
LITERARY & BOOKS Peter Stark: Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival 7pm. In 1810, John Jacob Astor sent out two advance parties to settle the wild, unclaimed western coast of North America. More than half of his men died violent deaths. The others survived starvation, madness, and greed to shape the destiny of a continent. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
MUSIC Purchase Jazz Orchestra with Todd Coolman 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Celebrating Community Through April 18, 10am-1pm. Make learning a family affair during spring break. A week-long series of art and educational programming dedicated to acknowledging— and building—the Hudson Valley’s diverse communities. Long Dock Park, Beacon. Scenichudson.org.
SPIRITUALITY Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism Classes 7pm. 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices and principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391. Leading Your Life: Essential Tools for Professional Success and Personal Growth: Confident Conversations 7-9pm. $20/$50 series. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. (518) 392-3693.
THURSDAY 17 BUSINESS & NETWORKING New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce 2nd Annual Business Showcase 1pm. $250/free admission. The expo will celebrate the Hudson’s Valley’s diverse businesses while providing professionals with new networking opportunities. The showcase is ideal for members who yearn for a competitive advantage and increased community visibility. A popular Chamber event, the expo will foster community pride while giving participants a fun, high profile way to converse with both current and potential customers. Novella’s, New Paltz. 255-0243.
Irish Open Jam Session 7pm. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975. Live Band Karaoke & Rock Jam 8:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Open Mike Night 8pm. La Puerta Azul, Salt Point. 677-2985. Pierre Bensusan 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Mountain Goats 8pm. Indie-folk. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Traditional Irish Pub Session Third Thursday of every month, 7pm. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975. Virtuoso Violinist Midori 7pm. The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT. (860) 4354423.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Celebrating Community 10am-1pm. Make learning a family affair during spring break. A week-long series of art and educational programming dedicated to acknowledging—and building—the Hudson Valley’s diverse communities. Long Dock Park, Beacon. Scenichudson.org.
THEATER John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” 8pm. $10. The story follows the Joad family and their flight from the dust bowl of Oklahoma. The play is a soaring and deeply moving affirmation of the human spirit and the essential goodness and strength that reside in the hearts and minds of the “common man.” Directed by Theater Coordinator Stephen Balantzian. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Call for times and reservations. Bertolt Brecht play directed by Ianthe Demos. Vassar College: Vogelstein Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Couponing 101 6pm. Please join us for an introduction to using coupons at local stores. Learn some tips and tricks for getting the best deals in town. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. Easter Weekend Retreat Through April 20. Blue Cliff Monastery, Pine Bush. Library Knitters Third Thursday of every month, 7-8pm. Sit and knit in the beautiful Gardiner Library. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737.
FRIDAY 18 FAIRS & FESTIVALS The Hudson Valley Fair 5pm. $3.50/$20. Family-friendly entertainment. Dutchess Stadium, Wappingers Falls. Hudsonvalleyfair.com.
FILM The French Connection 7:30pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 4732072.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
KIDS & FAMILY
Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
Ashokan Spring Break Camp Through April 18. $200 (5-day)/$50 (per day). Ages 7-16. This camp offers many of the same environmental and crafts related classes that we offer in our popular school programs, with additional opportunities for outdoor adventures, music and dance, art projects, team building, and fun. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333.
OLOC (Old Lesbians Organizing for Change) Third Thursday of every month, 6:30-8:30pm. A potluck dinner followed by a discussion or program. All lesbians 60 years old or older are welcome. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
KIDS & FAMILY Ashokan Spring Break Camp Through April 18. $200 (5-day)/$50 (per day). Ages 7-16. This camp offers many of the same environmental and crafts related classes that we offer in our popular school programs, with additional opportunities for outdoor adventures, music and dance, art projects, team building, and fun. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333.
LECTURES & TALKS And Then There Were None 5:30-6:45pm. An eye-opening and free opportunity to learn about endangered species. White Gold”, a 38 minute documentary pays tribute to the beauty and emotional intelligence of the endangered African elephant and exposes how the demand for ivory raises the stakes for nature, people and peace. Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie. 485-8506. Animals and other Creatures of the Japanese Enlightenment 5:30pm. Japanese history expert and Harvard professor Ian Miller. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Vassar.edu.
MUSIC Barbara Dempsey & Nelson Dewitt’s Cafe Showcase 7pm. Barbara Dempsey and Dewitt Nelson welcome three diverse musicians to the Cafe stage, each playing a set showcasing a wide range of musical genres. We encourage you to come out and support live music in the Hudson Valley. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. B.B. King 7:30pm. $52.50-$92.50. Blues. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
LITERARY & BOOKS Anthony Robinson Presents Short Stories Titled New Water 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
MUSIC ASK for Music April 8pm. $6. Come out and listen to the finest Hudson Valley singer-songwriters at the Art Society of Kingston’s singer-songwriter showcase. Featured this month are: Ron Renninger, Jude Roberts and Paul Tryon. This event is hosted by Michael and Emmy Clarke. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 331-0331. Ben Taylor 9pm. Folk rock. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. The Cookers 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Leo & the Lizards 9pm. Classic rock. The National Hotel Bar And Grill, Montgomery. 457-1123. Old Buck 8pm. $15. Old time kickin’ stringband fiddle music with singin’. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. Singer-Songwriter Showcase Third Friday of every month, 8pm. $6. Acoustic Music by three outstanding singer-songwriters and musicians at ASK GALLERY, 97 Broadway, Kingston 8-10:30 pm Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0311. The Orlando Marin Orchestra 9:30pm. Latin. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Walt Michael and Co. 8:30pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300.
COMMUNITY DEATH CAFE
Engraving by Fedor Hoffbauer depicting the Saints Innocents cemetery in Paris around the year 1550.
This Mortal Cake At a Death Café, small groups of people sit together and engage in casual conversation on the subject of dying—and drink coffee and eat cake. They speak of their own experiences, their fears, their wishes. They voice concerns and ask questions. They get comfortable with terms regarding the end of life. They speak of that which is discouraged in most situations—our very certain mortality. The Death Café movement started in Europe with the expressed purpose of opening up a meaningful exchange that would “increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their lives.” In a culture hell-bent on prolonging life by whatever means available, we are not accustomed to talking candidly about dying. Death means failure to thrive. We failed to eat the right foods and supplements, to get timely medical treatment, to keep ourselves safe from mortal harm. But how do we square death-as-failure with the fact that everybody dies eventually? “We’re all terminal cases,” says Barbara Sarah, co-founder with Elise Lark, Laurie Schwartz, and Kevin Kraft of Circle of Friends for the Dying (CFD), a nonprofit chartered to have a home in Ulster County where people with less than three months to live can reside under hospice care. Sarah calls death the proverbial elephant in the room. We all know we’re fated to die, but tend to live in denial or ignore the inevitability as long as possible. In her research into holistic, round-the-clock, palliative care for terminally ill people, Lark notes the shift in society’s perceptions of death—the point at which hospitals became “modern institutions to conveniently host the modern death, characterized as protracted, heroic, and technological.” Concurrently, as death was taken over by the medical establishment, it was hidden from the commons—the community—and made
invisible to everyday consideration. Lark asks, “Is there a relationship between a good place to die [care setting] and a good death [quality of death]?” In bringing the subject to the literal table for frank and friendly discussion at Death Cafés, CFD hopes to reach out into the local community to raise awareness of current options and garner support for this new possibility—the creation of a community-run, end-of-life care home where the ordinary is allowed to unfold and death is not an emergency. Since last August, CFD has hosted monthly Death Cafés around the region to provide a safe, relaxed setting for anyone interested in exploring issues around dying and death to do so. Typically, 35 to 65 people have attended each event, indicating a need we humans have to talk about things too often left unsaid. Discussions have included information about green burial and other funeral options, religious traditions and spiritual beliefs about dying, do-not-resuscitate and advanced-care directives—any aspect of one’s final scene in the play of life might be brought to the table. No one gets to proselytize or sell their own point of view. Everyone gets a chance to speak out. Life and death are celebrated—and cake is always served. Death Café will be held at Sky Lake Lodge in Rosendale on Sunday, April 27, from 5 to 7 pm. Admission is free; donations to support future Death Cafés are appreciated. Registration is recommended at deathcafeulstercounty@gmail.com, or call (845) 802-0970, or visit Circle of Friends for the Dying on Facebook and post your name. Deathcafe.com. —Ann Hutton 4/14 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 85
NIGHTLIFE Rolling in the Aisles 8pm. $18.50-$24. Featuring Joey Vega, Tommy Gooch, and Michele Balan. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Celebrating Community 10am-1pm. Make learning a family affair during spring break. A week-long series of art and educational programming dedicated to acknowledging—and building—the Hudson Valley’s diverse communities. Long Dock Park, Beacon. Scenichudson.org.
THEATER it happened it had happened it is happening it will happen 7:30pm. $25. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
Mind Over Mirrors + Koen Holtkamp 8pm. $7. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006.
Chaplin Birthday Costume Party & Films 4-9pm. Dress up as Chaplin or 1910-‘30’s. Donations accepted. Social hour, food, short films. Little Shop of Horses, Kingston. 340-0501.
Piano Plus Concert Series 4pm. $12. Featuring Bard Conservatory Piano Fellows. Olive Free Library, West Shokan. 657-2482.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
Ron Renninger 1pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Café, Red Hook. 758-6500.
SPIRITUALITY
Rory Block 8:30pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. Virtuoso Ineptitude 8pm. $10. Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine return for another round of lyrically anorexic, metaphysically unfit, and intellectually suspect songs and skits. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.
Trail of Discovery Celebration & Wolf Presentation Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org. Meditation Instruction 2pm. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.
THEATER it happened it had happened it is happening it will happen 2 & 7:30pm. $25. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” 8pm. $10. The story follows the Joad family and their flight from the dust bowl of Oklahoma. The play is a soaring and deeply moving affirmation of the human spirit and the essential goodness and strength that reside in the hearts and minds of the “common man.” Directed by Theater Coordinator Stephen Balantzian. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262.
The Souk Epicuian Farmers Market 10am-3pm. The Outside In, Piermont. 398-0706.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
DANCE Freestyle Frolic Community Dance 8:30pm-12:30am. $2-$10. Knights of Columbus, Kingston. Freestylefrolic.org/.
FOOD & WINE Hudson Valley Farmers Market 10am-3pm. Hudson Valley Farmers Market, Red Hook. Greigfarm.com.
West Coast Swing Dance 6-9pm. $8/$6. Lesson 5:30pm-6pm. Dance to DJ’d music. Reformed Church of Port Ewen, Port Ewen. 255-1379.
Easter Brunch 9am. We serve eight variations of Eggs Benedict with the best Hollandaise sauce in the Hudson Valley. We also serve biscuits and gravy, Huevos Rancheros, breakfast wraps, custom omelets, and thick cut Challah French Toast. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
Voices of Diversity Third Saturday of every month, 12-2:30pm. A social network for LGBTQ people of color. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
The Hudson Valley Fair 1pm. $3.50/$20. Family-friendly entertainment. Dutchess Stadium, Wappingers Falls. Hudsonvalleyfair.com.
SUNDAY 20 DANCE
FOOD & WINE
SATURDAY 19
The Chancellor’s Sheep & Wool Showcase 11am-4pm. $8/$6 Friends of Clermont. Features shearing, spinning, dyeing, knitting and weaving demonstrations, exhibitions of oodles of breeds of sheep and other wooly animals, wool artisans and lots of unusual shops. Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 537-4240.
Ironwork for the Garden 9am-4pm. Choose from several forged iron ornaments for the garden: a scrolling plant holder to hang against a wall, a curving leaf plant hanger, or a hanging triangle chime to ring. Make a matched set, or try them all. Projects for beginner to intermediate skill level. Each project has details that will develop your forging skills while building some handmade pieces for the garden. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550.
The Hudson Valley Fair 1pm. $3.50/$20. Family-friendly entertainment. Dutchess Stadium, Wappingers Falls. Hudsonvalleyfair.com.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
ESL Class 10am. The Ulster Literacy Association is sponsoring classes in the library’s community room on Saturday mornings. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 2464317.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Call for times and reservations. Bertolt Brecht play directed by Ianthe Demos. Vassar College: Vogelstein Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
Salsa Lesson and Latin Dance Party with Carlos Osorio 8pm. $12 at the door. Bring out your Latin spirit! Join Carlos Osorio, Founder of the Cumbia Spirit School of Dance for a fun, all levels salsa class and then dance the night away at Kingston’s most artful new event space Wine available. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 331-3261.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone with Seth Rudetsky The Woodstock Playhouse kicks off its 2014 season with musical theater superstar Patti LuPone, who will perform a gala concert on May 3. Known for her star turns in the box office powerhouses “Evita, “Gypsy” and “Sweeney Todd,” Lupone has also appeared one “Glee,” and most recently on Broadway in “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.” The show is hosted by Sirius XM radio star Seth Rudetsky, named “The Mayor of Broadway” by the New York Times. Rudetsky plays the piano and probes LuPone with witty and revealing questions, seamlessly blending with LuPone’s vocal performance and behind-the-scenes stories. The show includes numbers from Evita, Gypsy, Sunset Boulevard, and more theatrical productions where LuPone has lit up the stage. The New Season of Theatre at the Woodstock Playhouse brings back Broadway with these two charismatic, talented stars. Saturday May 3, at 7:30pm in Woodstock. (845) 679-6900; Woodstockplayhouse.org. Seth Rudetsky
Homemade Holistic Health: A 10 Month Workshop Series Every fourth Sunday, 10am. $50/$450 for all ten. Our health represents a complex interaction between our physical body, environment and ability to process emotional pressure. Holistic approaches to health are only as effective as their capacity to address these aspects in concert. Join Claudia for ten workshops over the course of the changing seasons. The Herbal Acre, Rhinebeck. (917) 992-9901.
LITERARY & BOOKS Lauree Ostrofsky Presents her Memoir: I’m Scared and Doing it Anyway 4pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
MUSIC Easter Sunday Brunch with The Saints of Swing 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Indigo Girls 8pm. $48-$75. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390. Kimberly and Bruce Hildenbrand 11am. Contemporary. Cafe Mezzaluna, Saugerties. 246-5306.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Healthy Desserts for the Spring 7-8:30pm. With Holly Shelowitz. Family Traditions, Stone Ridge. 377-1021.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Sadhana Yoga Kirtan and Harmonium/Singing Workshop $0 workshop/$15 concert/$35 both. Chanting and harmonium workshop 2-4pm, Kirtan concert 7pm. Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation, Hudson. (518) 828-1034.
MONDAY 21 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Transgender & Queer Support Network Meetings Third Monday of every month. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
KIDS & FAMILY Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
FILM
LECTURES & TALKS
MUSIC
The Perfect Measure in Ancient Egypt and the foundations of Sacred Science 2pm. John Anthony West, Egyptologist. Saugerties Performing Arts Factory, Saugerties. 246-7723.
Accortet 8pm. Jazz. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
The Blues Brothers 7pm. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
Guitar and Vocal Chamber Jazz Ensembles 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.
MUSIC
NIGHTLIFE
Brian Carrion 8pm. With banjo player Mike Perrupatu and mandolin player Ryan O’Shea, these three voices sing in perfect 3 part harmony and blend a different mix of instruments to cover all kinds of music from classic rock and bluegrass to alternative and folk. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975. Charlie Mars 8pm. $25. Charlie Mars’s unique style can be described as a distillation of folk, rock and smooth acoustic soul. The Ritz Theater, Newburgh. 784-1199. David Kraai & Amy Laber: Neil Young Tributon 10pm. This tribute/marathon installment will be in homage to Neil Young... so mosey on out for a night of tunes performed by various artists, but written by and celebrating this master of words and music. Market Market Café, Rosendale. 658-3164. The Holmes Brothers 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Monday Night Karaoke 9pm. Free. Come and Join us for a night of Singing, Laughing and Fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS 2014 Spring in Bloom Fashion Show 5:30-7:30pm. $50/$75 ticket + membership. Benefit includes passed hors d’oeuvres, champagne and a silent auction. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. 679-2079. Byrdcliffe’s 3rd Annual Spring in Bloom Fashion
Indie-Rockers Spottiswoode & His Enemies 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Show
Leo & the Lizards 9pm. Classic rock. The Golden Rail Ale House, Newburgh. 565-2337.
benefit for Byrdcliffe’s arts programming will transform
London’s National Theatre in HD War Horse 7pm. $19-$25. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
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5:30-7:30pm. $50/$75 with membership. This chic the Kleinert/James into a fabulous, high-style runway show – complete with passed hors d’oeuvres and champagne. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.
John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” 8pm. $10. The story follows the Joad family and their flight from the dust bowl of Oklahoma. The play is a soaring and deeply moving affirmation of the human spirit and the essential goodness and strength that reside in the hearts and minds of the “common man.” Directed by Theater Coordinator Stephen Balantzian. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262. The Other Place 8pm. TheaterSounds Hudson Valley Playreading Series. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 331-2884. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Call for times and reservations. Bertolt Brecht play directed by Ianthe Demos. Vassar College: Vogelstein Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
Vegetable Gardening for Beginners 6:30-8:30pm. Topics taught by our Dutchess County Master Gardener Volunteers will include: choose your location & prepare your site; plant with seeds or transplants; weed, mulch, thin and trellis; protect your site from critters; and harvesting. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Education Center, Kingston. 340-3990 ext. 335. EFT & Law of Attraction Prosperity Circle 6pm. $15. FInancial issues resolved quickly with 5,000 year old technique. TG Parker, Kingston. 706-2183.
TUESDAY 22 FILM Blue Deer Film Festival: Deep Water Film Showing and Discussion 7pm. Discussion following the film will be facilitated by Diane Galusha and Alan Rosa from the Catskill Watershed Corporation. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333.
MUSIC HELSINKI ON BROADWAY: JIM DALE
Broadway-on-Hudson Nominated for five Tony Awards and winner as Best Actor in a Musical for his unforgettable performance as “Barnum” in 1980, Jim Dale has been a star in his native Great Britain and in America for over six decades. From a kid performing in England’s famed Music Halls, Dale went on to a successful career as a popular recording artist and star of close to 30 British films including the wildly popular Carry On series. Segueing into Britain’s legitimate theatre, then crossing the pond, Dale wowed New York audiences in “Joe Egg,” “Candide,” “Me and My Girl,” and “The Road to Mecca.” Dale may be best known to American audiences as the “voice” of Harry Potter, having recorded all seven audio books in the Harry Potter series. Dale premieres his one-man show, “Just Jim Dale,” at Club Helsinki on Sunday, April 6 at 7 pm, part of the Helsinki on Broadway series. The show is directed by Tony Award-winner Richard Maltby, Jr. (“Ain’t Misbehavin’”), and will have a 12-week run at the Roundabout Theater in New York City after the performance in Hudson. Tickets are $50 reserved table seating, $30 barstool. (518) 828-4800; Helsinkihudson.com. —Lee Tannen As producer of Helsinki on Broadway, I am very happy and proud to be presenting you in this world premiere. Why “Just Jim Dale” and why just now? Well, it is just me up on stage along with my pianist Mark York and it’s more than just a cabaret act; it’s truly a one-man show exploring through song and dance and story my seven decades in show business. We toyed around with lots of titles including “Jim Dale—Still Carrying On” as a nod to my Carry On films but “Just Jim Dale” seemed more to the point. And I have a great collaborator in Richard Maltby. I feel very safe in his hands, which is always so important. Great material to work from and a great director are the keys to a successful theatrical venture. I am a very big fan of your work. And I especially loved “Barnum.” What a thrilling show. You looked like you were having such a good time up there. That show was a lot of fun to do. In addition to a great cast that included Glenn Close, we had real life circus performers on stage every night. I remember walking through Central Park while we were holding auditions for “Barnum” and I came across a young chap with red hair, red beard, and a bloody (literally) red face. You know, a street performer trying to make a few bob—dollars. He had been practicing walking a wire between two trees while playing his fiddle and two thugs came by and beat him up a bit. I offered some help, nobody else was around and then asked if he’d like to come and audition his act. He did, he got the job, and every night at the St. James Theater at the finale of the show there was Bruce Robinson walking the tightrope in his tights while playing his fiddle at the top of the theater. I often wondered if those two hoodlums that roughed him up a bit were in the balcony watching him in a Broadway show saying, “Doesn’t that guy look familiar?” The New York Times called you “The Toast of Broadway” after winning practically every award short of the Nobel Prize for “Barnum.” I was quite flattered but a bit taken aback at the same time. It’s very unusual for a British actor. We just didn’t have these awards in England. I think the Tony was one
of the first awards I ever won in my life. Now we have the Olivier Awards and the English Standard Awards but not back then. You see, in England if you succeed, you are called Sir somebody or Dame somebody, but here if you succeed you are called Tony Award winner or Academy Award winner from then on. That’s the American hierarchy in the awards world. Speaking of the Academy Awards, I am not sure if everybody knows that you are an Academy Award nominee for writing the lyrics to the title song to Georgy Girl. We lost that year to the title song to the film Born Free and I still can remember like it was yesterday sitting in the front row at the Oscar ceremony hosted by Bob Hope. At the end of the show Bob said, “The winners will now go on to the Beverly Hilton to celebrate," and then he looked straight at me and said, “And the losers will follow me up the down ramp of the Los Angeles Freeway.” That’s how you feel when you’re a loser at the Academy Awards—you’ll follow anyone up the down ramp of the freeway. And by the way, it was quite a year for songs—the other Oscar-nominated song was “What’s It All About Alfie?” So, Tony winner Jim Dale, you’ve made lots of films in Britain, written songs, recorded songs, and done so much great theatre work. Any secret for success and happiness in this “show” business? Well, if you want to go into this business and earn a lot of money then go do a soap opera for ten years—if you’re lucky enough to get one. Look, when I came here I could have gone right to Los Angeles, pursued films and television like I had done in Britain. But I chose theatre and I think I chose wisely. I did it for the love of acting. For the joy of performing live on stage. If there are royalties at the end of the day or a large salary check, so be it. But a lot of us are willing to do it for nothing, just to get the experience so we can go out there and be proud of what we are doing. After a seven-decade career on stage, film and television you have now conquered the audio book world narrating the seven-volume collection of Harry Potter, playing one hundred and thirty four different characters. How does it feel to be an “audiophile”? J.K. Rowling had seen my work in film and on my TV series in England and she was terrific in describing the various voices I would do. I had no idea at the time there were that many characters to do—in fact I heard I made the Guinness Book of World Records. And it’s nice because now I attract a whole new generation of fans who if they don’t know my face at least know my voices! I know you call New York City your home but I understand you have a place in this neck of the woods as well? Yes, my beautiful wife and I dismantled a 1730 barn and bought about 80 acres of woodland in Carmel. And I shipped this old barn there and redid it outside and in. In fact, much of the furnishings we bought on Warren Street in Hudson. That’s our favorite place. So I am very familiar with the Hudson Valley. And I so look forward to playing there. 4/14 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 87
HEALTH & WELLNESS
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
COMEDY
THEATER
Qi Gong Class 6-7pm. $10. Qi Gong is about getting in touch with your nature, your life force and can assist each and every one of us through change with mindfulness. The movements are fluidic and expressed as meditation in motion or by simply standing in place. Sacred Space Healing Arts Studio, Beacon. 416-4598.
A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
Drew Carey 8pm. $35-$75. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390.
Live? Die? Kill? 4 Corners: A Performance Documentary 8pm. $15. Text, sound, and visuals primarily from Native Americans in the Southwest of the United States, reflecting on issues of life and death. Beacon Yoga Center, Beacon. 347-489-8406.
LECTURES & TALKS Evolution Lecture series 7:30pm. $5-$20. Lecture series by Craig Holdrege. The talks will be about discovering evolution as a meaningfilled process, the metamorphosis of beings through time. Craig will also focus on hominid fossils that shed light on human evolution. The Nature Institute, Ghent. (518) 672-0116.
MUSIC Ani DiFranco 8pm. $39-$75. Singer/songwriter. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390. Open Mike with Jeff Entin 7pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Senior Chamber Jazz Ensembles 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.
NIGHTLIFE Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 8763330.
THURSDAY 24 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
KIDS & FAMILY Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries 7pm. $18-$40. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
LECTURES & TALKS Get the Buzz on Bees 7pm. Screening of The Queen of the Sun. This film explores the mysteries of the beehive and highlights the recent unnerving decline in bee populations. Beekeepers, scientists, and philosphers share stories of problems and potential solutions to maintaining healthy bee populations. Followed by a Q & A session with a staff member from the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum. Marlboro Free Library, Marlboro. 236-7272.
LITERARY & BOOKS The Poetry of Agha Shahid Ali 6pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
DANCE Eclipse: Choreography, Light & Visual Design 7:30pm. $20. This multi-disciplinary performance, including a 36-point light installation, brings to life the perceived experience of an eclipse through movement and visuals. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. BasilicaHudson. com. Swing Dance to The Love Dogs 8:30-11:30pm. $15/$10 FT students. Lesson at 8pm. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 471-1120.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS The Hudson Valley Fair 5pm. $3.50/$20. Family-friendly entertainment. Dutchess Stadium, Wappingers Falls. Hudsonvalleyfair.com. Makers, Musicians, and Artists Forum: Where Creative Minds Converge Through April 27. Join us for a very special weekend retreat in New York’s beautiful Catskill Mountains amidst forests, meadows, and streams. We promise you’ll come away inspired, refreshed and ready to promote yourself in new ways. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333.
LITERARY & BOOKS Panel Discussion: Literary vs. Genre Fiction: Real Distinction or No Difference At All? 7pm. At his event, moderator Jenny Milchman will lead
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
Joanna Kotze Recipient of the 2013 “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Emerging Choreographer, Joanna Kotze is a force in the world of dance, known for moves that demand and manipulate space. Kotze’s original dance set, It happened it had happened it is happening it will happen has been described by the New York Times as “a run-on sentence for the body.” The performance brings past, present, and future into one unpredictable moment. The addition of Stuart Singer and Netta Yerushalmy make for a trio of dancers who juxtapose order with chaos as they sprawl across the stage, engage in rapid and at times violent movements, and even involve the audience without ever breaking the fourth wall. Kotze, Yerushalmy, and Singer, a current guest faculty at Bard, perform at Bard’s Fisher Center on April 18 at 7:30pm (discussion with artists to follow); April 19 at 2pm and 7:30pm. (845) 758-7900; Fischercenter.bard.edu.
Earth Day Cleanup 10am-1pm. Show your love for Mother Earth by helping clear litter, restore planting beds and maintain trails. Mount Beacon Park, Beacon. Scenichudson.org.
THEATER A Midsummer Night’s Dream 11am. Performed by Kids on Stage. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
WEDNESDAY 23 HEALTH & WELLNESS Whole Food Cooking Simplified 6:30pm. Open to people living with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. Have you ever wondered how to prepare healthy food for you and your family without feeling exhausted and overwhelmed? Join two Board Certified Holistic Health Coaches, Karen Rigney and Alyson Chugerman. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Mt. Kisco. (914) 962-6402. Citizen CPR: Hands Only 6pm. This brief program teaches the public a few easy ways to be better prepared in the event another community member or loved one is in need of CPR. It is a non-certificate program that teaches easy and effective compressions which could improve the chances of saving a life. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. Marge’s Knitting Circle for Women with Cancer Fourth Wednesday of every month, 6:30pm. In this monthly group for women with cancer, Support Connection provides the time and space for women to begin or finish a knitting or crocheting project. Leader is an experienced knitter who is happy to teach those who’ve never knitted before. Open to people living with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. Support Connection, Yorktown Heights. (914) 962-6402. Weekly Chakra Meditation Group 6-7pm. $15. Namaste Sacred Healing Center, Woodstock. 657-1071.
KIDS & FAMILY Preschool Dance Party 4-5pm. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
LECTURES & TALKS Ancient Greek Bronzes: From the Essence of Form to Hellenistic Realism 5pm. With Sean Hemingway, Curator of the Department of Greek and Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Vassar.edu. Mark Dion, Art Critic 8pm. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz.
LITERARY & BOOKS World Book Night 6pm. An annual celebration dedicated to spreading the love of reading, person to person. Each year on Shakespeare’s birthday tens of thousands of people in the U.S. go out into their communities and give a total of half a million free World Book Night paperbacks, chosen from an extensive list, to light and non-readers. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
MUSIC bigBANG Plays Mostly Mingus 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Emily Bate, Zachary Fay, Liv Carrow 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 6716006.
SPIRITUALITY Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism Classes 7pm. 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices and principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012. Order of Interbeing Retreat Through April 27. Blue Cliff Monastery, Pine Bush.
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MUSIC Ali Ryerson Quartet 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Artbeat presents In The Mood 2pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. An Evening Jay Ottaway to Benefit Unison 8pm. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
fellow authors Kelly Braffet, Carla Buckley and Therese Walsh in a conversation that examines many of our biases and assumptions about literature. Namely, is there any such thing? Or are all books created equal? Audience participation will be encouraged, so be sure to come armed with questions and thoughts to discuss. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
MUSIC
Melissa Etheridge 8pm. $125. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Bill’s Toupee 8:30pm. Covers. Shadows On the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 486-9500.
NIGHTLIFE
Geoff Muldaur 8pm. $20. Influenced by folk, blues and folk-rock. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.
Paul Tully’s Trivia Night 7pm. Teams test their knowledge during three rounds of play. Prizes awarded for first, second, and third place. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
THEATER On The Verge 8pm. $18/$16/$10. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz.
Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem 8pm. $20/$15. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
if, Bwana & Leslie Ross + Stick Sellers 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 6716006.
Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737.
Jonah Smith Band 7pm. Opener: Lost Leaders. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
FRIDAY 25 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS In The Heights 7pm. $10/adults, $5/students and senior citizens. IN THE HEIGHTS is Broadway’s Tony Award-winning Best Musical about chasing your dreams and finding your true home. This exhilarating musical tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood – a place where the coffee from the corner coffee shop is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It’s a community on the brink of change, full of hopes and dreams where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind. Beacon High School, Beacon. 838-6900x3420.
Murder Mystery: Death By Fatal Murder 7:30pm. $20/$18 seniors and children. The Coach House Theater, Kingston. 331-2476. On The Verge 8pm. $18/$16/$10. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. Tennessee Williams Straight up and Salted with a Twist of Durang 7pm. $20/$15 senior citizens and students. An elective selection of short plays, prose and poetry by Tennessee Williams and Christopher Durang. Saugerties Performing Arts Factory, Saugerties. 246-7723.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Renewal Course 6pm. $50. This is a re-certification course for BLS Healthcare provider and you must have a current BLS certification to take this abridged re-certification course. This course is designed for doctors, nurses, EMTs, Physical Therapists, Dentists, Lifeguards and other Healthcare Professionals. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742. Makers, Musicians, & Artists Forum 6pm. $299-$449. Through April 27. A weekend retreat. Offerings include; workshops taught by experts who know what it takes to promote creative work, delicious meals made from local Hudson Valley ingredients. Stay in rustic-modern accommodations. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8429. Swing Dance Workshops $15/$20 both. With Chester & Linda Freeman. 2 workshops, at 6:30pm and 7:15pm. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
SATURDAY 26 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS In The Heights 7pm. $10/adults, $5/students and senior citizens. IN THE HEIGHTS is Broadway’s Tony Award-winning Best Musical about chasing your dreams and finding your true home. This exhilarating musical tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood – a place where the coffee from the corner coffee shop is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It’s a community on the brink of change, full of hopes and dreams where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind. Beacon High School, Beacon. 838-6900x3420.
COMEDY Laughingstock 9pm. $25/$15. With Caroline Rhea, a fundraiser show for the Woodstock Comedy Festival: Comedy for a Cause. Also with Phoebe Johnson, Verna Gillis and Audrey Rapoport. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
DANCE Buglisi Dance Theatre 7:30pm. $30/$10 student rush and children. Buglisi works in images that seduce the eye as much as the imagination, with shapes, luminous textures, and stilled moments in time that offer an adventure in perception. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 2. Eclipse: Choreography, Light & Visual Design 7:30pm. $20. This multi-disciplinary performance, including a 36-point light installation, brings to life the perceived experience of an eclipse through movement and visuals. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. BasilicaHudson. com. Salsa Lesson and Latin Dance Party with Carlos Osorio 8pm. $12 at the door. Bring out your Latin spirit! Join Carlos Osorio, Founder of the Cumbia Spirit School of Dance for a fun, all levels salsa class and then dance the night away at Kingston’s most artful new event space Wine available. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 331-3261.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Deep Listening Institute’s 14th Annual Women & Identity Festival 12:30-3:30pm. Art, activism and spirituality roundtable discussion with local and regional women artists. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507. The Hudson Valley Fair 1pm. $3.50/$20. Family-friendly entertainment. Dutchess Stadium, Wappingers Falls. Hudsonvalleyfair.com.
FOOD & BEER
Leo B. 8pm. Acoustic. Newburgh Brewing Company, Newburgh. 561-2327.
Hudson Valley Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. Hudson Valley Farmers Market, Red Hook. Greigfarm.com.
Marji Zintz 7:30pm. Acoustic. Joma Cafe, West Shokan. 251-1114.
Millerton Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. The Annex @ NorthEast-Millerton Library, Millerton. (518) 610-1331.
Omar Sosa New Cuban Quartet 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Sha Na Na: The Music of Grease 8pm. $40. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. The Spillway Band 7pm. Catamount Banquet Center, Mount Tremper. 688-2444. TJay & the Tallboys 9:30pm. Pop, soft rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
TAP NY Craft Beer Festival 1pm-5pm. 70 craft breweries, all-you-can-eat regional NYS cuisine, live music. $72/$68. Hunter Mountain. Tapnewyork.com.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Body, Mind, Spirit Fair 10am. Treat yourself to a day of healing. Massage, Tarot, Reiki, Chakra Balancing, Henna, Rainbow Tiger Japanese Reiki, Spiritual Counselling, and more. 5-1020 minute samples for less then $1 a minute. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 518-5947.
KIDS & FAMILY
SPIRITUALITY
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
Meditation Instruction 2pm. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.
The Hudson Valley Fair 1pm. $3.50/$20. Family-friendly entertainment. Dutchess Stadium, Wappingers Falls. Hudsonvalleyfair.com.
LECTURES & TALKS Christine Hales: Contemporary Icons and Matisse’s World 4pm. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940. How Does a Food Bank Differ From a Food Pantry 5pm. Free. Hudson Valley Food Bank Associate Director, Ron VanWarmer, will discuss the role of a food bank compared to a food panty. The Hudson Valley Food Bank distributes food to charitable agencies in a six country region. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 6792213. Integrity in Art Education: Keeping Students Central in a Data Driven World 9am-3:30pm. 9th Annual Symposium: Region 7 NYS Art Teacher’s Association. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz.
LITERARY & BOOKS Author William D. Cohan: The Price of Silence: The Duke Lacrosse Scandal, the Power of the Elite, and the Corruption of Our Great Universities 7pm. New account of the Duke lacrosse team scandal that reveals the pressures faced by America’s elite colleges and universities and pulls back the curtain, in a riveting narrative, on the larger issues of sexual misconduct, underage drinking, and bad-boy behavior— all too prevalent on campuses across the country. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500. Laura Ludwig Presents Performance Art and Poetry 6:30pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 2465775.
MUSIC Gibson Brothers Concert 7:30pm. $25/$20 HVBA members. Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association celebrates its 20th anniversary with the Gibson Brothers in Concert. Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie. 452.8220. Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem 8pm. $20/$15. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Lipbone Redding 8pm. $22/$18 members/$26 at the door/$22 members at the door. The incomparable Lipbone Redding takes to the stage, weaving funky rhythms, humor, soulful singing, throat singing, bass and beat boxing and his world famous lip-tromboning. Woodstock native RoseAnn Fino will open for Lipbone. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Magpie & the Chain Gang 8:30pm. Hopped Up Cafe, High Falls. 687-4750. Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte: Met Live in HD 12:55pm. $15-$25. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. New Riders of The Purple Sage & Stir Fried 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Shaktipat: Ecstatic Grooves, Hypnotic Kirtan, Tribal Drumming Fourth Saturday of every month, 8pm. Come join a growing community of ecstatic warriors united in the thunder of pulse, voice and spirit! Raise your voice in hypnotic kirtan, move your body to the sacred rhythms, drum your way to ecstasy, and help create a collective sacred space. MaMa, Stone Ridge. 687-8707. Slim Chance & the Gamblers 9:30pm. Blues. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Songs for Unusual Creatures 2-7pm. $5-$18. Quirky author and composer Michael Hearst, along with his five-piece band, presents Songs for Unusual Creatures: audio visual presentation of some of the most bizarre animals that roam the planet. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438. Soul City Motown and Stax Review 9pm. Popping out hit after hit of the best of Motown/Stax and authentic soul classics. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Swear and Shake 8pm. $16. Indie folk. The Purple Crayon, Hastings on Hudson. (914) 231-9077.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS 3rd Annual Spirit of Woodstock Celebration 7pm. $150. The gala event will honor Markertek founder and CEO Mark Braunstein for his entrepreneurship, innovation, his spirit of giving back, and bringing economic development to the Hudson Valley. Emerson Organic Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828. Spring Open House 10am. This is our largest one-stop-shop opportunity to learn everything you want to know about SUNY Ulster. Visit our Information Fair, attend academic program and college preparation workshops, and tour the Stone Ridge campus. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. Admissions@ sunyulster.edu.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Manitoga Volunteer Landscape Day: Restoring Our Connection to the Osborn Loop & Appalachian Trail 9am. We will be working with a crew from the NY/NJ Trail Conference to reconstruct our short connection to the Appalachian Trail system via the Osborn Loop as Russel Wright envisioned it. Learn sustainable trail maintenance skills from dedicated professionals. Manitoga, Garrison. 424-3812.
THEATER Distant Survivors 8pm. A work of dramatic fiction based on the Holocaust poetry of William Heyen. Mirage Theatre Company. Hudson Valley Community Center, Poughkeepsie. 4710430. Live? Die? Kill? 4 Corners: A Performance Documentary 8pm. $15. Text, sound, and visuals primarily from Native Americans in the Southwest of the United States, reflecting on issues of life and death. Beacon Yoga Center, Beacon. (347) 489-8406. Murder Mystery: Death By Fatal Murder 7:30pm. $20/$18 seniors and children. The Coach House Theater, Kingston. 331-2476. On The Verge 8pm. $18/$16/$10. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. Tennessee Williams Straight up and Salted with a Twist of Durang 7pm. $20/$15 senior citizens and students. An elective selection of short plays, prose and poetry by Tennessee Williams and Christopher Durang. Saugerties Performing Arts Factory, Saugerties. 246-7723. Tony Howarth & B.K. Fischer 7-9pm. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Provider Course 9am. $75. This course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals the ability to recognize several life threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742. Constructing Geometric 3-dimensional Polygons 2pm. Workshop for children and adults with sculptor David Stolotz. Saugerties Performing Arts Factory, Saugerties. 246-7723. Drifts of Daffodils 10:30am-1pm. $30/$25. Join well known gardener Jeffrey Steele for an in-depth program on naturalizing daffodils at visits to two private gardens. Each garden demonstrates extensive plantings using contrasting methods for naturalizing. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. ESL Class 10am. The Ulster Literacy Association is sponsoring classes in the library’s community room on Saturday mornings. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 2464317. High & Mighty Therapeutic Volunteer Training 10am-noon. Ages 14+. One training needed to become a volunteer. High and Mighty Therapeutic Riding and Driving Center, Ghent. (518) 672-4202. Setting Up a Beehive 2-4pm. Join beekeeper Jan Johnson for step-by-step instruction and demonstration on setting up a beehive. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Transplanting Shrubs and Planting Small Ornamental Trees 9am-noon. $40/$35. Arborist Ken Gooch will demonstrate all aspects of successful planting, and participants will assist in transplanting a multi-stem shrub and planting a small tree. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
SUNDAY 27 BUSINESS & NETWORKING Lyme Aid and Tick Talk 3-6pm. $25/$12 students/$75 vendors. Invitation to a community-wide forum presenting current information from the federal to county levels on research, patient care, management and breaking the transmission cycle of Lyme disease in the wild. Mohonk Consultations, Inc., New Paltz. 255-4915.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS In The Heights 2pm. $10/adults, $5/students and senior citizens. IN THE HEIGHTS is Broadway’s Tony Award-winning Best Musical about chasing your dreams and finding your true home. This exhilarating musical tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood – a place where the coffee from the corner coffee shop is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It’s a community on the brink of change, full of hopes and dreams where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind. Beacon High School, Beacon. 838-6900x3420.
COMEDY Bill Burr 7pm. $25/$39/$59. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 4653334.
DANCE Third Annual Orange County Arts Council Dance Celebration 3pm. $15. All Orange County dance companies and dance studios have been invited to participate in this one day performance. Paramount Theatre, Middletown. 346-4195.
New Paltz Earth Day Fair 2014 11am-3pm. A community wide gathering and celebration of sustainability and earth wise practices. Reformed Church of New Paltz, New Paltz. 255-6340.
William Shakespeare’s Richard II 2pm. $12/$10. Encore Screening of the live broadcast by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
MONDAY 28 MUSIC
FOOD & BEER
Alan Juice Glover Quartet 8pm. Jazz. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
The Souk Epicuian Farmers' Market 10am-3pm. The Outside In, Piermont. 398-0706.
The Faux Meek 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
TAP NY Craft Beer Festival 12pm-4pm. 70 craft breweries, all-you-can-eat regional NYS cuisine, live music. $72/$68. Hunter Mountain. Tapnewyork.com.
NIGHTLIFE
HEALTH & WELLNESS Breast Cancer Options 12th Annual Complementary Medicine Conference 9am. $35/ $25 students/seniors. Workshops and speakers featuring Mitchell Gaynor, MD; Scott Berliner RPH; Ajamu Ayinde, MA, ACH, Certified Medical Hypnotherapist; Genomic Health/Caris Molecular. Lecture Center, New Paltz. 339-4673.
KIDS & FAMILY Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh: Walk for Housing 1pm. Join hundreds of members of the community in raising critical funds and awareness for simple, decent, and affordable housing for hard-working, local families in need. The walk route passes several Habitat homes. Festivities will feature live music, an exciting raffle and many family friendly activities. Habitat Headquarters, Newburgh. 568-6035 Ext. 105. Kids’ Open Mike 5:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
MUSIC Benefit for Ed Frinfrock 7pm. Featuring The Trapps, Twist & Shout/Beatles Tributevand Bob Stump & The Roadside Attraction. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Jazz at the Falls with Eddie Diehl and Lou Pappas High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. KJ Denhert 8pm. Singer/songwriter series. Dogwood, Beacon. 202-7500. Magyar! 3pm. $25 balcony/ $45 orchestra & mezzanine. Authentic Hungarian sounds—from the cimbalom, the national folk instrument, to the sophistication of Liszt’s fiery Rhapsody, and Brahms’s majestic Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major. All reflect the cadences and rhythm of Hungarian speech. Bartok’s 1938 Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, commissioned by jazz legend Benny Goodman, is an amalgam of abstracted Hungarian folk music combined with Romanian dance melodies. Mahawie Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100. Ridgefield BandJam 2014 4pm. $20/$15. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Sunday Brunch with Bob Stump and the Roadside Attraction 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Walk: Birds of Storm King Art Center 8am. Observe early-spring migrating birds with the Edgar A. Mearns Bird Club. Beginners and experts welcome. Please bring binoculars. Storm King Art Center, Mountainville. 534-3115.
SPORTS Kiwanis Kingston Classic 7am. Great courses and family-friendly fun make this a win at any distance. Boasting perfect weather for running, the Kiwanis Kingston Classic, presented by HITS Endurance is a destination event like no other. Distances include 1mile, 5k, 10k, Half & Full Marathon as well as a Fitness Expo. Dietz Stadium, Kingston. 247-7275.
Monday Night Karaoke 9pm. Free. Come and Join us for a night of Singing, Laughing and Fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Vegetable Gardening for Beginners 6:30-8:30pm. Topics taught by our Dutchess County Master Gardener Volunteers will include: choose your location & prepare your site; plant with seeds or transplants; weed, mulch, thin and trellis; protect your site from critters; and harvesting. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Education Center, Kingston. 340-3990 ext. 335. EFT & Law of Attraction Prosperity Circle 6pm. $15. FInancial issues resolved quickly with 5,000 year old technique. TG Parker, Kingston. 706-2183.
TUESDAY 29 FILM Lyn Foulkes : One Man Band An illuminating portrait of the artist as a hermetic, selfdoubting obsessive-compulsive perfectionist. Dogwood, Beacon. 202-7500.
MUSIC College Wind Ensemble 7:30pm. Attend a concert of outstanding wind ensemble selections performed by the SUNY Ulster Wind Ensemble under the direction of Victor Izzo, Jr. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262. Symphonic Band 8pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.
NIGHTLIFE Red Bistro Karoake 10pm. What’s your theme song? Come to sing or watch the Terraoke show-there will be plenty of food and drinks for all. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 876-3330.
THEATER William Shakespeare’s Richard II 7:15pm. $12/$10. Encore Screening of the live broadcast by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Job Search 101 3-6:30pm. Make an appointment for a 45-minute, one-on-one help session writing resumes, online job searches and online applications. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-3241.
WEDNESDAY 30 HEALTH & WELLNESS MAKOplasty Lecture 6pm. Come find out if MAKOplasty partial knee resurfacing or MAKOplasty total hip replacement is right for your medical needs. New Paltz Community Center, New Paltz. 483-6088. Weekly Chakra Meditation Group 6-7pm. $15. Namaste Sacred Healing Center, Woodstock. 657-1071.
THEATER
SPIRITUALITY
Distant Survivors 3pm. A work of dramatic fiction based on the Holocaust poetry of William Heyen. Mirage Theatre Company. Hudson Valley Community Center, Poughkeepsie. 4710430.
Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism Classes 7pm. 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices and principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.
Live? Die? Kill? 4 Corners: A Performance Documentary 3pm. $15. Text, sound, and visuals primarily from Native Americans in the Southwest of the United States, reflecting on issues of life and death. Beacon Yoga Center, Beacon. (347) 489-8406. Murder Mystery: Death By Fatal Murder 2pm. $20/$18 seniors and children. The Coach House Theater, Kingston. 331-2476. On The Verge 2pm. $18/$16/$10. McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. Tennessee Williams Straight up and Salted with a Twist of Durang 3pm. $20/$15 senior citizens and students. An elective selection of short plays, prose and poetry by Tennessee Williams and Christopher Durang. Saugerties Performing Arts Factory, Saugerties. 246-7723. Tony Howarth & B.K. Fischer 5-7pm. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100.
THEATER 50 Shades! The Musical 7:30pm. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES A Course in Miracles 7:30-9pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391. Diversity Day 1pm. Featuring guest speaker Leigh-Anne Francis, Assistant Professor at SUNY Oneonta in the departments of History and Africana and Latino Studies. Her speech will draw on her experiences as a volunteer instructor at Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility for Men New Jersey that taught her how valuable and unexamined the privilege of freedom is. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262.
4/14 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 89
Planet Waves BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO
Cardinal Grand Cross: A Matter of Trust
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pril 2014 is the month of the long-anticipated cardinal grand cross—what I have called the peak astrology of the 2012 era. The aspect pattern that’s exact on April 23 has been forming for many decades, a hologram swirling in the seemingly random movements of the cosmos awaiting its moment of emergence. That is about to arrive with both deeply personal themes and vast global ones. They share a common thread, and that is trust. I know it’s not easy for nonastrologers to take too much technical explanation of a chart, but the meaning, beauty and outstanding quality of this alignment would lose much of its impact if you didn’t really have a sense of what it actually is. Plus, if you know, you can then explain it to others. I’ve included a custom illustration and I will do my best to explain it so that anyone can follow. I’ve placed a chart in the middle of the page and I’ll put the instructions for where to look in the chart [in bold and in brackets]. With just a little focus and patience, I think that the chart image will emerge. A grand cross (sometimes called a grand square) consists of planets at four equidistant points of the zodiac, which locates the Earth at the center as if in a crosshairs. The Earth is not shown in an astrological chart; it’s presumed to be in the middle of the wheel. Such patterns lose or gain astrological importance, power or influence (as you prefer), based on what planets are involved, how quickly or slowly they move, where the cross is aligned within the zodiac—plus any unusual factors that might be involved. By all of those measures, this grand cross gets high scores. The four points of the cross fall close to the cardinal points, those associated with the “four directions.” The four points involved all have the bold number
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13 next to them, which is their degree location within their respective signs. Planets with the same degree number are said to be “in aspect.” This aspect is a giant square. [The square is easy to see by following the red lines in the middle of the chart.] The cardinal points are associated with peaks and balancing moments of the Sun’s energy as the seasons change (the equinoxes and the solstices). Two of the planets involved consist of an aspect I’ve been writing about here for years, called the Uranus-Pluto square. That is a 90-degree meeting of two very slow-moving planets whose current cycle began with the conjunction of 1965-1966, rippling out for years on either side—the whole business we refer to as The Sixties. First let’s look at the Uranus-Pluto square. Uranus is now in Aries [a blue H-like thing, toward the left, below the horizontal line]. When you think of Uranus in Aries, think of radical individualism that can express itself creatively, or get lost in the glamour of technology. Think revolution that can set people free or get caught up in self-aggrandizement. Think scientific innovation that can serve negative or positive interests for the community. Consider the ways that our culture is becoming the product of its own technology—which means that the technology is out of our control. The second part of the Uranus-Pluto square is Pluto. Pluto is now in Capricorn [depicted as a red golf tee, to the upper left of the chart]. When you think of Pluto in Cap, think of systems breakdowns and the collapse of overlarge, too-old institutions. Think of the baking crisis. Think of struggles for and obsession with power, doing it “because you can,” and the constant sensation that this all may be crashing down. With Pluto in Capricorn, the evolutionary drive of Pluto is being applied to
“the system” itself. This has been a long time coming. “The system” may seem indomitable, but it’s much more fragile than you may think. On a really good day, various system collapses could get dysfunctional stuff out of the way, and give us an opportunity to build something new and positive in the cleared space. But those are two very different things—the destruction and the rebuilding. They call upon two very different kinds of commitments. Because these two planets move so slowly, they hold their exact 90-degree angle for about four years, which began in spring 2012 and which ends in spring 2015 (with a wide time orb on either side). This aspect comes with the sensation of the turmoil we’re witnessing in the world, the sense of living on the edge or over the edge, and the sensation of everything happening at once. It also offers another quality that many other tumultuous aspects don’t necessarily have much of—the quest for liberation, and the potential to create it. Pluto drives growth and progress. Uranus drives sudden change. The two working together, combined with human awareness and creativity, can have beautiful results. They can also combine into something that is dangerous and unpredictable, such as revolutions that give rise to even worse regimes than before; activist movements that start off strong and end in apathy and defeatism. The third point of the cardinal cross is Jupiter in Cancer [an orange glyph that looks like thenumber 4 in the lower right side of the chart]. Jupiter bestows protection (including literally, protecting the Earth from impact with asteroids and comets), magnifies anything it comes into contact with and it can bring an exotic quality (such as foreign, otherworldly, or mystical ) into the scenario. Jupiter is a classical planet and it is exalted in Cancer—it’s the most strongly placed planet in the whole alignment. The other planets have significant impact; Jupiter is strong in its sign by the classical rules, and comes with the message “This is home. Let’s make the most of it.” Note, the United States’ Sun is at 13+ Cancer. That is to say, where Jupiter is now, the Sun was on July 4, 1776. For Americans, that Jupiter is a double reminder of what it means to be home, and to take care of home. There is also the implication that the United States will be involved in an unusual event this April. Jupiter also has another role—a link from the grand cross to the grand water that also currently exists. Yes, we are in the midst of both a cross in the heavens, and a trine. The grand water trine means there are planets in aspect in all three water signs. [Those are illustrated by the green triangle in the middle of the wheel.] The other water signs are Scorpio covered by Saturn, and Pisces covered by Neptune, Chiron, and Venus. The one point that the two patterns share, the cross and the square, is Jupiter. Notice how both red and green lines converge on Jupiter. Jupiter has access to all of the other planets in both patterns. It’s not exactly the hub of the wheel; it’s more like a command center set off to the side. A grand water trine means that it’s easy to get caught in one’s emotions, and for the whole society to get caught in an emotional “Bermuda triangle” and not be able to escape. We need to watch carefully for this kind of experience. It’s also easy for individuals to get caught in an emotional pattern and have the same basic effect. Think of Jupiter as home base; that is, the reminder that we are at home, and that we can use that to our advantage. What makes April 23 the peak of the grand cross is that Uranus, Pluto, Jupiter, and lastly, Mars will be aligned to within one degree, at 13+ degrees of their respective signs [The degrees are indicated by bold numbers, and fractions of a degree in smaller numbers closer to the center of the wheel.] This is a remarkably close alignment, given that all four placements split a single degree. And it’s astonishing that this aligns with the US Sun to the very degree. Okay, now for the last element—Mars, the one that to me illustrates the
matter of trust; and the point that applies the burst of energy to the pattern which makes it such a strong factor right now. [Mars is to the right, above the horizontal line, in red, looking just like you might expect it to.] When fast-moving inner planets like Mars get involved in slow-moving patterns, they tend to activate the pattern, push it to the forefront, and make it personal. Mars is a close-by world, often called a “personal planet” by astrologers since its feelings and qualities are so accessible to all people (anger, motivation, sex drive, competitiveness, and violent urges among them). Mars can be assertive, aggressive, lusty, driven, angry, or violent, depending on the circumstances. It is the fastest nearest, fastest-moving, and mentally most accessible planet of the four that are involved in the cross. Mars in Libra is the sign of beauty and balance, of relationships and of the kind of sex we experience as elegant and beautiful. Libra is a sign associated with Venus. Mars seems out of place in this sign opposite its own (Aries); it is taking a long retrograde through a feminine environment, and appears to be compensating for this by switching its polarity (retrograde movement). This is the very image of what some call “passive” aggression. There really is no such thing. The passive part of passive aggressive really means concealed or disguised. It is more like a sly attack, or the lurking fear of one. This is a slippery placement and it’s not easy to readily identify what it represents; one must really focus and do an inner investigation. Mars retrograde in Libra illustrates the festering anger that is resident in many relationships, along with the resentment and hostility. Sometimes this is veiled and sometimes it’s blatantly overt. In any case, many people live with anger as a seeming fact of life in their relationships. There is no easy way out of their situations, people seem to have power over them, and the nearly universal human quality of passivity leads people to feel they lack even the most basic influence over their lives. This is the “yes means no” Mars; it’s also an image of ambivalence that is driven by a deeper underlying doubt. Many also live with anger in other forms: at ourselves, at our parents, at the world situation, at God. Yet our culture lacks a vent for this anger, or for productive ways process it, much less to turn it into another form of energy. What it tends to do is to erode trust. We might think we live in a cold and unloving world, but imagine how that would change if people trusted one another more readily. Part of what we specifically lack trust in is justice and fairness, two themes covered by the sign Libra. This runs in at least two directions: how you are treated, and how you treat others. Notice the cynicism that has pervaded our society in these years; but no matter how “well founded,” cynicism can never lead to trust. And trust is the one thing we need to work together. Most of what we’re missing, I believe, is trust in ourselves. Self-trust is the foundation of all other kinds of trust because all of them come back to you trusting your decision to have faith in a situation. This has been injured so many times that it seems like trust is either impossible, or it is always going to be betrayed. Neither of these is true, but it will seem true if it’s the only option we have. Mars retrograde is pushing these issues to the front. We stand at a point of decision. And in a few weeks, that may seem deeply urgent. If you’re looking at the world, at your relationship, or at yourself and wondering what to do, I would ask: What would it take for you to trust? What would you need, or need to do?
We might think we live in a cold and unloving world, but imagine how that would change if people trusted one another more readily.
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(March 20-April 19)
You may be feeling confident, brassy and ambitious, though I suggest you monitor the world for your own reflection every time you turn around. You need feedback in real time, and you need it from multiple sources. You have Uranus in your sign, which may be leading you to feel unstoppable. Jupiter in Cancer is offering a sense of safety while Pluto in Capricorn is suggesting that the sky is the limit. But your ruling planet Mars is in your opposite sign Aries. This suggests a more fragile and less easy-to-read situation than you may imagine, particularly as the energy heats up mid-month. Therefore, it’s essential that you tune into your navigation and feedback systems as soon as you can, so that you begin to notice the ways that the echo of your environment comes back to you. You may not think, or want to think, that this is somehow an expression of your own energy. The purpose of this feedback is not to judge it but rather to evaluate it. So before getting caught in your own opinion, notice the ways that shifting your approach to people and circumstances and altering your energetic posture, actually gets a result. The nice thing here is while there may be some subtlety to what you’re perceiving and how you have to adapt, the feedback and the results should come quickly.
TAURUS (April 19-May 20) You are well-placed to experience this month’s grand cross event a supporting role, as an observer and voluntary participant. Your ruling planet Venus is in Pisces, happy, resourceful and a safe distance from the fireworks. Yet there is another dimension to this month’s activity, which involves a solar eclipse in your birth sign on April 29. Eclipses in your sign are “before-and-after” events, demarcation points that shift the way you think about yourself. The theme of this eclipse is your identity as a relationship partner. Among the reasons that might be challenging is that it’s not easy for you to shift any facet of your identity; you tend to camp out in what you know. Yet most of what we know about “being a partner” comes from two sources: our parents, most of whom struggled to have a single clue about this, and the rest from social conditioning such as fairy tales, movies, television and then a whole heap of peer pressure. The beauty of an eclipse is that it’s a wildcard. Circumstances may seem to be operating outside of your control, yet in truth you have the full power of choice. Give yourself a break, observe what is right for you, and remember most people around you will be so invested in other matters they are unlikely to notice, much less judge, your conclusions. in
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You must keep your wits about you at all times, and be realistic at every turn. That means making no assumptions, which is a miracle in a world where so few people even know when they are doing so. Therefore, the first step is being aware when your perceptions are supported by actual data rather than by something you would like to be true, or that someone is trying to convince you is true. We are about to enter one of those “all is fair in love and war” phases of social history where for a while it may seem like all bets are off and none of yesterday’s rules apply. As Graham Nash said, you who are on the road must have a code that you can live by. You need your own personal code, your way of life, that is distinct from anything that was ever imposed on you, and which depends on what you have learned from all your travels. Most of all your guide to living must be informed by the outcomes that you want, measured not so much in material things but rather in the form of ethics, cooperation, the value you place on your relationships and most of all, the value you place on the future. These are thing things that count, and the things I suggest you keep right at the front of your mind, every step you take.
CANCER
(June 21-July 22)
Your sign has a unique position amongst the many unusual developments of this month. The two main events are a cardinal grand cross (see related article) and a water grand trine. Yours is the only cardinal water sign—that is, the only sign directly involved in both configurations. The planet involved is Jupiter, currently in Cancer and very happy there. Jupiter indicates that you have plenty of resources to apply to what may feel like an increasingly demanding or complicated situation. You may be in a helping role—this may or may not be directly about your personal existence (in other words, it may reach far beyond). Yet despite your state of abundance, you will need to allocate your resources thoughtfully. You’ll need to take care of yourself before you take any responsibility for the many people who may be making demands on you. Be on the lookout for over-reactions by others; stay away from drama queens and those who seem to exist without purpose. Focus on those who are being true to themselves and who are connected to the greater whole. Notice who is being self-serving, who is taking advantage of others and who is just taking up space. Notice, that is, so you can also identify who is in a supporting role. Help those who are making a difference.
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LEO
(July 22-August 23)
It is time to step up and take leadership whether or not you think you are ready. For this to work, your idea of leadership needs to evolve. It’s not a supporting or coordinating role; those are the people that leaders need around them, and I suggest you get a few supporters and coordinators onto your team. Leadership is making sure the right thing happens at the right time. That will take cooperation, and so right up top of the concepts of leadership is the one who focuses a group effort. I know that this is a quality more typically assigned to Aquarius, and I have noticed that many Leos have a heck of a time with the whole recruiting and delegating thing. However, putting that skill to work will be necessary if you want to use this extraordinary moment and achieve at least three truly unusual things, even as the world seems to go mad. I recognize the extent to which this type of leadership may seem to involve a profound shift of orientation for you. Maybe it will seem more within reach if you think of it like how you want your family to run—as a fully cooperative entity. Teach young people all the time. Shift your emphasis from doing things personally to making sure that others do them as well as or better than you.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22) Events of this month may seem like a huge spectacle, something that you’re destined to witness rather than participate in. It’s also possible that what you see will seem so close to home that you will fail to notice what is happening outside your immediate environment. I suggest you go beyond what seems to be directly personal and reach with your awareness into wider circles. Make contact those who have a global perspective, those who are not caught in their own little reality bubble—that will help take you beyond the limits of your own perception. You may be feeling a bit boxed in to your reality, as if you’re reluctant to change your mind about something. Yet everything you’re seeing, hearing and experiencing is howling and cheering for you to do precisely that, to get in tune with the moment. If you are feeling like “I don’t want to change my own mind; I would rather have it changed for me,” that is what will happen, but it won’t be the most pleasant or creative way to experience the current astrology. The more creative approach will include allowing others to gently lead you beyond what is familiar. Some of those experiences will come through your relationships and some will come as a result of them. Still, the idea is the same—embrace others who are willing to take you beyond yourself.
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Mars retrograde in your sign is about to take center stage, Mars represents a process that started long ago and over which you have little control; it seems to represent something that you must go through and experience at full intensity. Or perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that would be the best course of action. Yet several factors describe the way you might be inclined to take this experience in an unconscious way, acting out the past, or that of your ancestors. For you, there are two keys to this astrology. One is to remain fully present in your experience of what is happening. Find people who are willing to help you stay grounded and give you honest feedback, and moreover, who are able to provide a sense of context. The other is to maintain your compassion at all times. The theme of Mars retrograde in Libra is a dangerously slippery form of inwardly-directed anger. Venus, the actual planet that represents you, is placed in Pisces, where you are being invited to see your life from a whole other perspective. That the time has arrived to devote yourself to healing as a full-time occupation. If you want to do your part in helping resolve the global crisis and guiding humanity through its raging adolescence, your own healing process is the place to begin—and now is the time.
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SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 22) You seem to be central to many events and activities around you. Actually, this appears to be so true that the most significant thing you can avoid is losing yourself in the midst of all the excitement, the drama and the goings-on. Whether you recognize it or not, the resources that are being drawn on are your emotional resources. You might think it’s your creative talent, your money or your ideas; you might have those moments when you think it’s your sexual energy (and you would be getting closer). The thing you have, that which others want and think they need or are just drawn to without understanding at all, is your emotional pool. You might be saying, “The Only Astrology Book You Ever Need said Sagittarians aren’t so emotional,” though astrology books don’t really point to this quality about you. Yet it’s as real as you are, and it’s present right now, and I suggest you insulate yourself a bit and keep a meter on what you share with others, so that you have sufficient reserves of your own. In addition, it’s imperative that you set your own course in life without being distracted by those you’re sexually involved or with whom you may share a bank account. This is a time when you must be absolutely free to make your own decisions, and make them without hesitation.
CAPRICORN (December 22-January 20) Of the many messages I could deliver at the time of the grand cross, at the top of the list is to protect your reputation. Like a bookstore, reputations take years to build and can burn in minutes. There is no indication in your chart that this will happen, but many factors conspire to raise the probability level. Therefore I suggest you temper your ambitions for the moment and focus on maintaining what you’ve currently got going on. You have plenty of responsibility, and some of what you’re being required to do is sufficiently ambiguous as to require considerable thought. One potential risk is ending up taking responsibility for the actions of someone else, so I suggest you refrain, for the moment, from doing anyone else’s bidding, no matter how politically expedient it may be. There are also likely to be a few matters from the past that are coming up for closure, especially involving your professional activities. Take care of them. The planets in their courses are, as you know, holding out a vision of success, yet it’s vital that you allow this to unfold in due time, and that you skip no steps on the way to getting there. Soon enough, once you’ve passed unscathed through your current adventure thanks to your persistent vigilance, you will once again be able to throw caution to the four winds.
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Despite the considerable fuss and turmoil of the world, you seem intent on grounding yourself in your home, with your partner, with your family or in your community (these, in some combination). That looks like the right idea at the right time. You are in a position to build your life from the center outward, similar to how a tree grows. You would have to be pretty tuned into nature to look at a tree and say, “Gee, I see it growing right now.” (Such is possible.) But you would have to be pretty out of it to look at the tree year after year and not notice that it’s filling out and becoming taller and stronger. Your professional activities are in a similar pattern of nearly imperceptible growth, but increasingly solid rooting. Your ruling planet Saturn is in your solar 10th house—perhaps its most functional place. The work of the 10th house is the slow building of one’s professional purpose, identity and image. Keep that process slow, and continue to make sure that your reputation is built on absolutely solid ground, making sure that every career-oriented contact you make has an actual emotional, that is to say, human basis to the relationship. Take the time to slowly and meticulously orient around the goals that you hold the most dear to your heart. Then, work that blend of “make it happen” and “let it happen.”
PISCES (February 19-March 20) Whatever may be going on around you, the waters deep within the Pisces sea can be clear and calm. They will be, if you remember to leave any trouble and turmoil at the surface. The spiritual reservoir of your sign is full right now, in part because the water trine that’s holding out a veil of protection over the world involves all three of the planets associated with your sign—Venus, Jupiter and Neptune. Yet this is also hinting that you will be in a vital supporting role to certain people around you, maybe to many people. It’s essential that you keep yourself nourished, rested and organized. Take the “self sacrificing” thing about Pisces and set it aside—whoever invented that did a service to nobody. Your charts are about the pleasure you can experience, the creative expansion, the art and the music that you can experience, even amidst any strange and chaotic developments of the world. The thing to remember is that you don’t owe anyone anything, and that your life is a gift to yourself. If you live sincerely and in balance, you will be available to support others in unusual ways that sidestep many of the typical notions of what community or world service is about. The direct and rather bold message of your chart is that what serves you will serve others—a happy state of affairs.
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