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22 while you were sleeping
46 Woodstock, mount tremper, and phoenicia
Baby triceratops spotted in the Catskills, Ulster County dubbed "a great place to retire," and the number of severely obese Americans expected to double by 2030.
23 beinhart’s body politic: TAXmageddon!!!!!!
Larry Beinhart on tax cuts, seq-uestration, and the media hype behind it all.
25 frack watch: portrait of a fracking town
Lynn Woods visits the town of Dimock, Pennsylvania, where fracking is underway.
FEATURE 26 shad: the foundering fish
In 1895, almost 2 million shad were caught in the Hudson. In 2009, only 4,000 fish were netted. Lynn Woods chronicles the recent collapse of the Hudson's shad fisheries.
HOME 30 house profile: play of lines in cold spring
Architect Ulises Liceaga set out to build a modest, prefabricated home he found in Dwell magazine. Due to circumstances beyond his control, Liceaga ended up building a 6,000-square-foot modernist family compound in Cold Spring.
37 the garden: a manure primer
Our gardening correspondent, Michelle Sutton, hears the call of doody.
40 the question: can you lease solar panels? Greg Schoenfeld looks into financing the purchase of solar panels through leasing.
Melissa Esposito profiles a trio of towns in northern Ulster County.
76 newburgh and cornwall
Erik Ofgang rolls on the west side of the Hudson River in Orange County.
medicine & healing 97 age of interdependence Regional hospitals are transitioning into multivenue operations. Anne Pyburn reports.
whole living guide 106 seduced by the sun
Shield yourself with the latest news on tanning, cancer, and safer sunscreen.
108 flowers fall: a strange kind of hope
Bethany Saltman makes peace with her late father.
Community Resource Guide 13 wurtsboro Retail outlets in this Sullivan county town. 56 education How to show mom she's special. 92 tastings A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 98 weddings Offerings for the potential bride and groom. 98 business directory A compendium of advertiser services. 110 whole living directory For the positive lifestyle.
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A brilliant opéra comique, scored by a master of harmony, about a reluctant 16th-century French noble elected by the people of Poland to be their king. SOSNOFF THEATER July 27 – August 5
Dance
COMPAGNIE FÊTES GALANTES Choreography by Béatrice Massin
Taking Baroque dance into the 21st century SOSNOFF THEATER July 6 – 8
SAINT-SAËNS AND HIS WORLD
Two weekends of concerts, panels, and other events bring the musical world of French composer Camille Saint-Saëns vividly to life. Weekend One Paris and the Culture of Cosmopolitanism Weekend Two Confronting Modernism August 10–12 and 17–19
Film Festival
FRANCE AND THE COLONIAL IMAGINATION
The legacy of French rule in Africa and Southeast Asia Thursdays and Sundays, July 12 – August 12
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The Bard Music Festival presents two extraordinary weeks of concerts, panels, and other special events that will explore the musical world of Camille Saint-Saëns. weekend one Friday, August 10
Paris and the Culture of Cosmopolitanism program one
Saturday, August 11 program two program three
Sunday, August 12
program four
Saint-Saëns and His World AUGUST 10–12 AND 17–19 Photo: Camille Saint-Saëns, c. 1875. Adoc-photos/Art Resouce, NY
Saint-Saëns, a French Beethoven?
American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor Orchestral works by Saint-Saëns
The Organ, King of Instruments
Works for organ by Saint-Saëns, Adam, Widor, Franck, and others
program six
Zoological Fantasies: Carnival of the Animals Revisited
Chamber works by Saint-Saëns, Lalo, Chausson, Magnard, Duparc, and others
Chamber works by Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Fauré, Poulenc, and others
Confronting Modernism program seven
program nine
Sunday, August 19
Performing, Composing, and Arranging for Concert Life
Chamber works by Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Liszt, and others
Ars Gallica and French National Sentiment
Saturday, August 18 program eight
the bard music festival presents
Chamber works by Saint-Saëns
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weekend two Friday, August 17
Saint-Saëns and the Cultivation of Taste
program ten program eleven
Proust and Music
Chamber works by Saint-Saëns, Franck, Fauré, Debussy, and Hahn
La musique ancienne et moderne
Chamber works by Saint-Saëns, Rameau, d’Indy, Dukas, and others
The Spiritual Sensibility
American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor Orchestral works by Saint-Saëns, Schmitt, Boulanger, and others
From Melodrama to Film
Chamber works by Saint-Saëns and Berlioz
Unexpected Correspondences: Saint-Saëns and the New Generation
Chamber works by Saint-Saëns, Debussy, and Stravinsky
program twelve Out of the Shadow of Samson et Dalila:
Saint-Saëns’s Other Grand Opera
American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor Performance of Saint-Saëns’s opera Henry VIII
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58 Gallery & museum GUIDe
88 On a Roll: Food Trucks of the Hudson Valley
64 music Peter Aaron previews the summer music festival season, including Camp Bisco, Maverick Concerts, Bethel Woods, Hudson Valley Jazz Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Hudson.Water.Music., Bard SummerScape, and more.
69 cd reviews Robert B. Warren reviews Though It Were the Kiss of Death by The Sweet Clementines. Michael Eck reviews Between the Needles and Nightfall by Marco Benevento. Sharon Nichols reviews The Summer I Stopped Whining by Little Green Blackbird.
70 books Nina Shengold profiles novelist and screenwriter Robin Palmer.
72 summer reading roundup for kids Books for kids and yong adults by Iza Trapani, Durga Yael Bernhard, David Soman and Jacky Davis, Jennifer Castle, Dave Horowitz, Peter Mandel, Michael Northrop, Colleen Murtagh Paratore, Dina Bursztyn, and more.
74 Poetry Poems by Sabrina Adikes, Ronald Baatz, John Burdick, Steve Clark, Eileen Geller, Ruth Hueberger, Hannah Kay, P. S. McMullan, Ed Morris, Katelyn Noecker, Pamela E. Ousley, Lilia Seekamp, Checko Miller, Beth Ann Shoenfeld, Emma Stamm. Edited by Phillip Levine.
136 parting shot Untitled (Rainbow), a collage of found photographs by Peter Coffin at Storm King.
62
Peter Barrett surveys the emerging culture of meals on wheels.
91 where we're eating now: A few eateries currently on our culinary radar.
the forecast 114 daily Calendar Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 115 The group show "Surface Tension" opens at Center for Photography at Woodstock. 117 TAKE Dance performs its exuberent repetoire at Kaatsbaan. 118 Jay Blotcher offers an inside look at the Powerhouse Theater season. 120 The documentary Be Like An Ant screens at Basilica Hudson. 123 Frank Miniter gives survival tips at the Millbrook Book Festival. 124 Beacon Riverfest brings a full day of free music to the Beacon riverfront. 126 Actors and Writers stages "Standing on Ceremony" at Maverick Concerts. 127 Mount Tremper Arts Festival kicks off on June 9. 128 A benefit screening for Bordering on Treason at Rosendale Theater. 129 Jonathan Richman plays Club Helsinki in Hudson on June 9.
planet waves 130
transit of venus Eric Francis Coppolino on embracing the solar feminine.
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horoscopes What do the stars have in store for us this month? Eric Francis Coppolino knows.
Apple Orchard with Double Lightning, Michael X. Rose, oil on canvas, 12" x 16", 2011. Rose's paintings will appear in the exhibition "Dear Mother Nature," which opens at the Samuel Dorsky Museum on June 23. artS & CULTURE
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The City of Kingston EXPERIENCE THE HISTORIC CITY OF KINGSTON THIS SUMMER IN ULSTER COUNTY. June 2 & 3: Maritime Cup Regatta, Hudson River Maritime Museum. First signal 10:30 AM, June 2 and 11 AM, June 3. June 2 & 3, 11 AM - 5 PM: Free deck tours on the fireboat John J. Harvey, Hudson River Maritime Museum. Saturday, June 9, 10 AM - 4 PM: Kingston Kayak Festival, Kingston Point Beach Wednesday, July 4: Independence Day Celebration and Fireworks over the waterfront. Friday, July 13: Annual Children’s Day Parade, starts at 6 PM from Kingston High School to Kingston Plaza for Carnival and Fireworks.
PLUS, THE KINGSTON FARMERS’ MARKET, HISTORIC WALKING TOURS, GUIDED LIGHTHOUSE TOURS AND MORE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.KINGSTON-NY.GOV, WWW.ULSTERCOUNTYALIVE.COM OR CALL 1-800-342-5826. Hudson Valley/Catskill Regions
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Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: Not long ago I found myself in the presence of someone, who, years before, had been my enemy. By chance we were confined together at a seminar on a distant continent. It was as though an animosity that I was unable to integrate seven years previous was being re-presented, and life, which is so generous with opportunities, was giving me yet another chance. Day after day I would see this person and the old feelings of slight, anger, and fear arose like so much bile from an emotional belly. In this state there was no chance of any compassion or even sympathy splashing over the edges of the walls of my defense. I began to feel deeply lonely in my anger and fear. It was cutting me off from everyone. There was something I needed to do to redress the rift, but I could not allow myself to perceive what it was. Inwardly and outwardly paralyzed, I was the slave of the antagonism. Clearly it was not him I was punishing with my coldness, but by spitefully holding hostage the flow of attention, I was suffocating myself. It was not until I was told by another person that my enemy was suffering with deep and real difficulties that I could begin to consider him more impartially. In hearing about his problems something shifted in my perspective, and I was able to relax the tense, defended stance. For a brief moment I stood in his shoes, feeling his loneliness and paralysis almost as my own, and I begin to notice in myself a refreshing trickle of generosity. I was reminded of an old Persian saying: Only she can be just who is able to put herself in the position of others. When I saw that my enemy was as imprisoned as I had been, I was able to give him something he needed. Only then did the block of ice that had formed around my feelings begin to thaw. And I began to be happy. The juxtaposition of the states of defensiveness and openness was so potent that I was startled, and recalled a story from Paul Reps classic compilation Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: Hakuin, the fiery and intensely dynamic Zen master, was once visited by a samurai warrior. “I want to know about heaven and hell,” said the samurai. “Do they really exist?” he asked Hakuin. Hakuin looked at the soldier and asked, “Who are you?” “I am a samurai,” announced the proud warrior. “Ha!” exclaimed Hakuin. “What makes you think you can understand such insightful things?You are merely a callous, brutish soldier! Go away and do not waste my time with your foolish questions,” Hakuin said, waving his hand to drive away the samurai. The enraged samurai couldn’t take Hakuin’s insults. He drew his sword, readied for the kill, when Hakuin calmly retorted, “This is hell.” The soldier was taken aback. His face softened. Humbled by the wisdom of Hakuin, he put away his sword and bowed before the Zen Master. “And this is heaven,” Hakuin stated, just as calmly. The Dzogchen tradition posits that the most difficult thing for a person to sacrifice is her suffering. It suggests that people will give up almost anything—except what makes us unnecessarily unhappy. This sounds illogical and counterintuitive but many examples suggest it is true. We go to lengths to avoid inhabiting the anger and resentment we carry around; or the doubt we feel in ourselves; or our worries about the past, and the future; or our attachment to deeply held “beliefs.” In the end, the lengths taken to avoid facing our unnecessary suffering lead to exponentially more suffering for ourselves and others. Consider the continuous, retributive violence and wars waged because we are unable to inhabit our hurt and forgive each other. We cling to our suffering because, in the absence of real presence, it supports the illusion that “I exist,” and reinforces for better or worse, our known world. It isn’t pleasant, but it’s familiar. Giving up suffering thrusts us into the realm of the unknown, where something new can be created. Can we, like the intrepid trekkers, boldly go where no man has gone before? Indeed this is the task before each of us, in each moment, and before humanity as a whole, at this pivotal moment on Earth. —Jason Stern
Welcome to Wurtsboro! Nestled between the majestic Catskill Mountains and the splendid Shawangunk Ridge is the best-kept secret in New York—Wurtsboro, a sometimes misty valley offering charm and adventure to its visitors. Rumor has it Wurtsboro invites day-trippers to order a-la-carte from a menu of activities for families and thrill seekers alike. For nature lovers and photographers the Basha Kill Wildlife Management Area boasts the largest wetlands in Southeastern, NY. Just 2 1/2mi. south of the village resides 220 bird species, 30 fish varieties, countless plants, mammals, and reptiles. Fair warning, you’ll want to stay overnight at a lovely Inn or Lodge so you can fully explore the D&H Canal Trails and/or paddle on the 3,000 acre preserve in your kayak or canoe. Whether you’re a bird watcher or not it’s a thrill to see nesting or soaring eagles above the picturesque kill. Imagine... dropping your car for service, your dog for grooming, hubby and kids for fishing or hiking while having your hair and nails done. Stroll into the old country store, snag a bargain in the upscale consignment shop, hunt for art, antiques, crystals, or a formal dress. Seek a medium, send flowers, select a toy, and visit the fabulous Basha Kill Winery. Soon your olfactory senses will detect irresistible aroma’s wafting from the cafés and restaurants, so just pull up a seat or order a delicious boxed lunch and sit in Veterans Park or picnic on a log along the old tow path of the D&H Canal. Adventurous? Soar from the oldest gliding airport in America or get your motor running and join a rolling thunder charity ride, they meet-up at O’Tooles Harley Davidson. Join us for Wurtsboro’s Founder’s Day Street Fair 2012!
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Bon Voyage Five courses, cocktails & wine on the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Saturday, June 30 The three hour tour starts in Kingston and will feature live music, locally inspired cocktails and wine, and a five course dinner featuring local chefs and local ingredients. Taste the Latin fusion flavors of chef Ric Orlando and New World Bistro Bar, macrobiotic chef Noel Conklin’s sesame crusted tofu with Maine seaweed salad, Omega executive chef Bob Turner’s famous gazpacho soup – made with the freshest vegetables that the season has to offer, and the decadent chocolate confections of nationally ranked chocolatier Josh Needleman of Chocolate Springs Café. To capture this unique experience Jane Watson from Green Peas TV will be filming the sail for an upcoming “webisode”. Local farms that will be represented include Foxhill Farm, Hawthorne Valley Farm, Little Seed Gardens, the Berry Farm, Rogowksi Farm, and Consider Bardwell Farm. $200 per ticket Contact Noah Sheetz at noahsheetz@yahoo.com for more information or to make a reservation.
BORDERINGONTREASON Single mother and former Chronogram Senior Editor Lorna Tychostup risks her life, imprisonment and a million dollar fine to cover the war in Iraq, sharing stories that do not reach American television sets.
The extraordinary and inspiring story of New Paltz resident Lorna Tychostup, who travels regularly to Iraq to document the decade’s most conspicuous and tragic global crisis.
This documentary has been a volunteer effort by NY-based filmmakers, who like Lorna, passionately want to understand the Iraq invasion. All funds received from this fundraiser will go to ensuring that the film is completed.
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Photos by Jim Rice of the New Yorkers Against Fracking rally and concert at Empire State Plaza on May 15.
Clockwise from top left: David Braun, lead organizer for New Yorkers Against Fracking, addressing the crowd at the concert. Caroline Cowley protesting outside the Capitol building. Natalie Merchant (far left), Joan Osborne (fourth from left), and members of the Horse Flies and The Ahkwesasne Women Singers performing at the concert. Rally on the "million dollar staircase" in the Capitol building. Actor and Sullivan County resident Mark Ruffalo at the podium.
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How do you match associates with mentors? Bromley: I have the same application for both. We emphasize that this is a professional relationship, and the questions are related to that—questions about personal values, because values shape and color where you want to go, what you want to do. We talk about "What’s the best part of you, what’s the thing you want to change in yourself?" The commitment is an hour a week for a year— we want to make it doable. That’s a very conservative amount of time to help someone move forward. Our hope is to have the associates start networking with each other. We do a first Thursday lecture series, based on what associates want to hear about—women’s health, finance, medical insurance, family care. Can you describe some of the successes of the mentoring program, both great and small? Bromley: A number of people have returned to college in BA and AA programs, and one is heading into a master's program. Some people have found employment when they were unable to do so before. What we talk about is the idea of gaining life skills, and the two important pieces of that are: learning how to think in a process-oriented fashion and learning how to communicate effectively. A number of people who are naturally creative have learned
how to put their creative patterns into something that’s supporting them, business-wise. Has Project Hope experienced any failures? Bromley: Our philosophy is a different sense than “success or failure.” Some people have left prematurely, but everybody should walk away from this with a sense of success. We get people back together at the six-month point to review what they’ve accomplished and renew their contract with each other. Rather than have someone disappear or gradually remove themselves, we have people come and sit down with me and their mentor, and review what they’ve done. Some have continued on with their mentors beyond the year. Almost 25 percent of my mentors have come back to take another person on. What do mentors get out of doing this work? Bromley: I think they get a real sense of satisfaction, the outcome of a rich professional relationship. Their talents are being used in a different way than what they’re ordinarily used for. The process of helping another woman to grow and become strong, it’s very enriching. It’s incredibly rewarding to watch someone grow. Adult growth is different than the trajectory of a child or adolescent’s growth. In school, there’s a formal program
At a recent “Women of Accomplishment” dinner, associate participants of Project Hope, a woman-to-woman mentoring program based in Kingston, were celebrated for what they’d achieved this past year—such as learning to drive and getting a license, earning a GED or AA degree, finishing cosmetology training or completing work on an LPN degree, and for staying the courses they set for themselves when they were each paired up with another woman who would act as their personal mentor in the ensuing 12 months. When each mentor-associate pair took the stage to acknowledge the work they’d done together, it was clear that warm relationships had been created between these women, and that the rewards of participating in the program were enjoyed by all. An offshoot of Hope’s Fund, Project Hope is coordinated by Judith Bromley, who also teaches in the nursing program at SUNY Ulster. A psychiatric nurse, Bromley uses her background in all aspects of the project, to assess potential mentors and match them with appropriate associates (she uses the DISC profile in which behavioral styles are grouped in the four categories of dominance, influence, steadiness, and conscientiousness), to offer resources, in terms of providing information in an effective manner, and to model communication skills with people going through sensitive life changes and even traumatic situations. Project Hope was launched four years ago when the leadership council of Hope’s Fund recognized the reality of certain gaps in women’s ongoing acquisition of life skills. The program is open to any adult woman who wants to move forward in life, regardless of age or economic status. Currently, 18 mentor-associate pairs are connecting once a week, either by phone, e-mail, or in person, to promote the stated goals of the woman desirous of helpful coaching. At monthly meetings with mentors and biannual check-ins with associates, Bromley teaches women on both sides of the table to listen to the other’s needs, to clearly define expectations and goals, and to extend and accept support in a professional manner. She calls her job “the most fabulous job you could have.” —Ann Hutton with a series of goals. As an adult, unless you have another way to be a part of that process, you just kind of get stuck. You may have no inspiration, and sometimes there are no evident places to get your skills. What does Project Hope need now to continue to expand on and fulfill its mission? Bromley: My youngest current associate is 20, and the oldest is 71. We need more mentors. I always end up with more associates than mentor volunteers—who can be women from any walk of life. And we need people to "adopt" us. We do events to bring people together, but we don’t have any money for food, decorations. We also want to create a network to keep people in touch; in other words, we need a website. We teach our associates about budgeting, and we’d like to set up a no-interest loan program for those who have moved on. Sometimes they’ve moved forward, but they’re still going to come up against things they can’t negotiate—a car breaks down, for example. A no-interest loan would be a step up for them. An orientation to mentoring for Project Hope will take place in June. Call (845) 338-2980 or visit Hopesfund.org/ programs/project-hope for more information.
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Brian K. Mahoney Editor’s Note This Must Be the Place
Home is where I want to be / But I guess I’m already there —“This Must Be the Place,” Talking Heads If you’re at all familiar with Talking Heads—deeper than, say, David Byrne’s big suit from Stop Making Sense and “Psycho Killer” and “Take Me to the River”—than you know their song “This Must Be the Place.” Aside from being a mellow electronica masterpiece, it’s perhaps the only true love song (in the conventional sense of love songs being yearnings for romantic connection) that David Byrne wrote for the Heads. While the lyrics are not Wings-era-PaulMcCartney linear, they do capture the emotional resonance of the feeling of falling in love in their nonsequitordom. To wit: “I’m just an animal looking for a home / Share the same space for a minute or two / And you love me till my heart stops / Love me till I’m dead / Eyes light up / Eyes look through you / Cover up the blank spots / Hit me on the head.” Implicit within the reading of “This Must Be the Place” as a straightforward love song is the notion of love as a home, a place to live. As Byrne sings: “I come home / She lifted up her wings / I guess that this must be the place.” I guess that this must be the place. How many of us have had that sense, that feeling of correctness of location, about the Hudson Valley? This feeling of love of place seems especially strong in transplants like myself, who espouse the virtues of the region with the zealotry of the converted. We have been seduced. Either by the place itself or by a desire to be ravished that we will into being. If the object of love did not exist we would invent it. Or, perhaps it is this: We fall in love with what we know. We fall in love with friends, friends of friends, our coworkers, our neighbors—not people living in Papua New Guinea or Abilene, Texas. Ojai, California, 100 miles north of Los Angeles, is probably just as wonderful in its way as the Hudson Valley. But I don’t know it. I didn’t live in LA and pine for Ojai’s sandy hills and dusty pink sunsets like I longed for the cool streams and quiet nights of the Hudson Valley when I lived in Brooklyn. I fell in love with a place I knew. (Not to undercut my own argument, but two friends of mine met their spouses on airplanes.) Which is not to say that the Hudson Valley isn’t the Greatest Place on Earth™. It is. You can quote me on that. Rather, what I really mean to say is: The Hudson Valley is a construct that embodies the sentimental freight of the past—the Hudson as founding river, Rip Van Winkle, Benedict Arnold, 19thcentury landscape painting, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Pete Seeger and the birth of grassroots environmentalism, the paternal corporatism of IBM, Bob Dylan’s motorcycle accident, Timothy Leary’s acid tests, Levon Helm—and what we desire to shape it into. The becoming. Every day, we make decisions, large and small, that influence that becoming. And while none of us have the power of influence that, say, a governor has, over an issue like, say, hydraulic fracturing, we can amplify our collective voices in protest (Chronogram Seen, page 16) to resist an unbecoming becoming.
We can also read stories of other places, cautionary tales of what’s become of other communities that took paths we are contemplating. Lynn Woods traveled to Dimock, Pennsylvania, recently to see first hand what a town with fracking looks like, and how the people there are getting along. Dimock, you may recall, was featured in Josh Fox’s anti-fracking doc Gasland as the town that fracking destroyed. The reality is a little more complicated than that, and the town is divided between pro and antifracking camps (Frack Watch, page 25). Part of the Hudson Valley’s sentimental past that is under serious threat is the shad, the animal John McPhee has termed the founding fish. Shad, which spend most of their adult lives in the ocean, come home to the Hudson’s freshwater to spawn. Historically, shad fishing has been a vibrant industry on the river, with a single fisherperson sometimes netting 200 fish at a time during the spring spawning run. At its peak, there were over a thousand people working the shad run, netting close to 2 million fish each spring. By the time the Department of Environmental Conservation closed the commercial and recreational shad fisheries two years ago, the entire harvest of shad in 2009 was 3,792 fish.The shad population has collapsed for a variety of all-too-common reasons—overfishing, habitat destruction, and foreign species invasion among others. Lynn Woods (she’s been quite busy these past months) reports on efforts to help the shad population recover to sustainable levels, which will not happen, even in a best-case scenario, until 2050 (“The Floundering Fish,” page 26). If a shad could sing, it might don an absurdly oversized suit and plaintively wail about dislocation and distress: I’m just an animal, looking for a home. Department of Corrections We received this note from Willa Skinner, Town of Fishkill historian and author of Remembering Fishkill (The History Press, 2008), correcting our dating of the region’s first European settlers in our Beacon/Fishkill community profile last month, “Shining Examples.” Skinner writes: “Just a little correction to the Beacon/Fishkill article which states that the area was settled in the 16th century. 16th century? That would put it back in the 1500s. True, the area was part of the 1683 Rombout Patent, but the first white settlers, Roger and Catharyna Brett, who settled on land Catharyna inherited from her father, Francis Rombout, did not settle here until 1709—early eighteenth century.” Thanks to Ms. Skinner for setting the record straight. Finally, Pete Taliaferro, who farms down the road from cofounders Jason Stern and Amara Projansky in New Paltz, stopped by their house to let us know that a photo in an article on farmers bouncing back from last fall's flooding ("Wake of the Flood") was incorrectly captioned. Onions, not garlic, were being sown at Taliaferro Farms in the photo. If you would like to comment on anything you read in Chronogram, send me an e-mail (bmahoney@chronogram.com) or post on our Facebook page. 6/12 ChronograM 21
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Research for 2011 by GMI ratings, an independent corporate governance ratings agency, reveals two years of double-digit pay rises for America’s top CEOs—with a 15 percent increase in 2011 and a 28 percent increase in 2010. The survey found that CEOs in the top 500 companies had a total compensation of $12.1 billion. The highest-paid CEO was Michael Johnson of Herbalife, who made $89,419,474 in 2011. Yet the Securities Exchange Commission’s newly adopted “say on pay” rules give shareholders the opportunity to voice their distaste in outsized pay deals for CEOs. Source: The Guardian A study at Duke University finds that the percentage of Americans who are severely obese, 100 pounds or more overweight, will double to an estimated 11 percent of the population by 2030. A 33 percent increase in the prevalence of overall obesity (30 pounds or more overweight) is projected to occur over the same time period. The new research indicates a worrisome 42 percent of Americans will be overweight by 2030. Source: The Slatest On April 25, Burger King announced that all its eggs and pork will be raised in a cage-free environment by 2017. The shift was inspired by their desire to appeal to the rising trend of consumers seeking humanely produced fare. Source: New York Daily News
Two hikers discovered a baby triceratops hatching from a bowling ball-size egg while trekking in the Catskills. “It hatched fast. When it was completely out of the egg, it honked loud—like a goose on steroids. We instinctively held out our hands, just like you would to show a puppy. It’s okay boy. Come here. We won’t hurt you,” said one of the hikers who witnessed the triceratops hatching. Anyone who encounters the dinosaur is urged not to disturb it and to immediately contact the police. (Ed Note: And we thought bears were a problem!) Source: Weekly World News According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 40 million workers get fewer than six hours of sleep per night, which is below the National Sleep Foundation’s recommended seven to nine hours. The CDC says sleep-deprived workers pose a serious and potentially fatal risk to themselves and coworkers. The March National Sleep Foundation poll found 50 percent of pilots, 44 percent of truck drivers, and 29 percent of bus, taxi, and limousine drivers said they rarely got a good night’s sleep on workdays. Sleep expert and clinical psychologist Dr. Michael J. Breus said signs of sleep deprivation include falling asleep in less than 10 minutes and hitting the snooze button more than twice. The study’s author, Dr. Sara Luckhaupt, suggests that employers should also promote wellness initiatives that encourage workers to go to sleep at the same time every night and create a relaxing bedroom environment, which means avoiding reading and watching television in bed and shutting off the smartphone. Source: CBS News When 20-year-old Carlos DeLuna was arrested for the murder of Wanda Lopez in 1983, the eighth-grade dropout claimed he was innocent. DeLuna made repeated protestations of his innocence until he was executed in 1989. He even said he knew who the killer was: Carlos Hernandez, a notorious criminal who shared Deluna's first name and looked so much like him that the two were frequently mistaken for twins. Four years after DeLuna was put to death, death penalty expert James Liebman hired a private investigator to see if he could find any evidence of Hernandez, a person the prosecution at DeLuna's trial argued did not exist. Within hours, the investigator found a woman who knew Hernandez's date of birth, which proved not only Hernandez’s existence but helped unlock his criminal record that showed he had a record of abusing women. Among Liebman's other findings: Hernandez had confessed to killing Lopez and basic forensic rules were not followed at the crime scene. Source: Guardian (UK)
During the Iraq war the US provided $4 billion to battalion commanders in Iraq to cover costs of repairing schoolhouses, paying off ex-rebels, and paying blood money to the families of civilians killed by US Forces. A 2012 audit conducted by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction audit found that funds from that Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP) were obtained by Iraqi insurgents. Seventysix percent of the battalion commanders surveyed in the audit believed at least part of the CERP funds had been lost to fraud and corruption. The report serves as detailed evidence that at least a portion of CERP in Iraq may have fed the insurgency they were aimed at stopping. However, Marisa Sullivan, deputy director of the Institute for the Study of War, argues that CERP helped create a security environment that prevented economic development in the insurgency and put people to work who would have otherwise joined rebel forces. “Without CERP there would not be the kind of counterinsurgency success we saw in Iraq,” Sullivan said. Source: The Daily Beast According to data released on May 8 by the National Climatic Data Center, the US has completed the warmest 12-month period in 117 years. The May 2011 to April 2012 average temperature surpassed the record-setting period of November 1999 to October 2000 by 2.8 degrees. Twenty-two states experienced their warmest 12-month period on record, including Maryland, much of the Northeast, and Upper Midwest, and the temperature in North Dakota was 10.4 degrees above average. Source: The Washington Post On May 8, the Federal Drug Admission’s advisory panel recommended approval of a preventative HIV-fighting pill that would protect healthy people from contracting the disease. Gilead Science’s Truvada is aimed at people who are at high risk for HIV, which includes those with HIV-positive partners and gay and bisexual men. The major red flags of Truvada include that it must be taken on a daily basis to be effective and if people become infected while on the drug, they may develop drug-resistant strands of the virus. Another potential issue is its price—researchers at Stanford University have estimated a cost of roughly $500 billion over 20 years for a daily preventative dose to all men in the US who would potentially have gay sex, which includes the cost of the drug and health-care visits. Source: The Slatest Ulster County was dubbed one of the “10 Great Places to Retire” by the AARP. Mentioned was the arts culture in Kingston and New Paltz, as well as the abundant outdoor recreation, which includes extensive options for hiking, camping, canoeing, and cross-country skiing, and the Shawangunk Ridge as a rock climbing haven. Also among the 10 are Austin, Cape Cod, and New Orleans. Source: AARP Compiled by Molly Lindsay
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There are three, count ‘em, three major financial events coming up. 1. Taxmageddon! An immensely exaggerated media term for the expiration of the Bush and Obama tax cuts. 2. Fiscal Face-Off! A repeat of the debt-ceiling, let’s-blow-up-the-wholegovernment-debacle of last year. 3. Sequestration! As scary as castration—at least it’s supposed to be. A “supercommittee” was set up during the last fake crisis to achieve $1.5 trillion in debt reduction. If it fails, there will be automatic spending cuts of $1.2 trillion, half from the military side and half from everything else. But it’s really (to the degree we can use such word in this context) $984 billion over 10 years, which is $109 billion a year. A recent article in the Washington Post throws in scare words like Nestlé puts chocolate chips in cookies: warning, disaster, budget bomb, slash, jobs lost, slowed hiring, cut costs, anxiety is rising, widespread disruptions, grinding standoff, chaos. Expect a mounting, major, mega media storm! The dynamic will be really interesting. Because it all happens after the November elections. Obama will be either a lame duck president with nothing to lose, or a reelected president with a renewed mandate. In either case, he’s likely to be much more decisive and confrontational than he is now. The Republicans might retain control of the House. If so, they will be as Tea’d off as ever. Expect intransigence. They might lose the House, allowing government to function again. What of the substance? Is there any substance? Are tax cuts good or bad? Republicans like them for The Rich, who they sees as Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and the Hulk—superheroes whose superpowers come from money. Unleash them and they will save America by superinvesting. The main argument against this fantasy is that it doesn’t work. They got tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 and had them renewed in 2010. We got a bubble, a crash, and a recession that’s lasting longer than modern adolescence. The theory of why it should work is called supply-side economics. It works on a step ladder of assumptions. Assume the rich are the “investor class.” The more they have, the more they invest.Those investments are in the production of useful things. Those things are so attractive that they will cause consumers to buy them even if consumers have already spent every nickel they have. The reality is the opposite. If there are potential consumers, businesspeople will get to them, even if they have to cross war zones, run blockades, and pay tariffs and high taxes, provided there are profits in the end. If there are no potential customers, then nobody will invest in selling to them. So we see businesses and banks sitting on piles of cash. If there is nowhere useful to put
money, it starts going into speculation, betting money against money. That makes the bubbles. The bubbles make the crashes. Obama is a savvy politician. He has noticed that tax cuts are popular—as popular as ice cream in August. So he has proposed, and put through, two tax cuts—a cut in Social Security taxes, and an extension of the Bush tax cuts for everyone but the very rich. The Obama tax cuts save the average person between $400 to 1,000 a year. Average people have their taxes withheld. Weekly, that’s $7.70 to $19.23 per paycheck; biweekly, it’s $15.40 to $38.46. How that money is spent determines what is “stimulated.” What would you do with that amount of money? Pay down your credit card a bit more? Buy a trinket? What can you get for $38? Odds are it was made in China. The problem with Obama’s tax cuts is that most of the “stimulus” they provide goes to banks or overseas. Both types of tax cuts are creating deficits. Is it bad to go into debt? It depends on what debt is for. If you go into debt to buy a house instead of renting, it may be very sensible. If you’re in business and you borrow to build a new factory, fix up an old one, invest in advertising—provided that you’ve made the right choice and done your math—it’s a great idea. It is the primary way the businesses are born and how they grow. If you go into debt to buy cocaine, and use it all instead of reselling it, or get caught and go to prison, that’s bad. If you make $50,000 a year and go into debt to buy a $120,000 Mercedes-Benz when all you need is a $21,000 Subaru, that’s probably a bad decision. If the government runs up huge deficits to win World War II and emerge as the world leader in manufacturing, agriculture, and finance, that’s not a debt, that’s an investment. If we dump a few trillion dollars into Iraq and Afghanistan without figuring out how to pay for it, or to profit from it, that’s a dumb deficit. If we save the banks and avoid a reenactment of the Great Depression, that’s a good choice. If we get paid back, it’s even better. If we fail to use the moment to protect ourselves (and the banks from themselves), it’s a badly managed investment. If governments spend in ways that grow the economy, even if they go into debt to do it, that growth increases the tax base, increases revenue, and the debt gets paid down. If the government cuts spending in ways that slow the economy, it shrinks, revenue decreases, and then they have to cut even more. That’s called “austerity.” It’s failing, once again, before our very eyes, in Europe. So, Taxmageddon in December! Best outcome: The tax cuts expire. That means the automatic cuts are no longer required because revenues go toward deficit reduction. If the Republicans lose the House, the debt ceiling is not a problem. If they keep their power, it would be a pleasure to see Obama act unilaterally.
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Portrait of a Fracking Town: Dimock, Pennsylvania By Lynn Woods
Susquehanna County is classic Pennsylvania farm country that’s fast turning industrial. In the last four years, 525 horizontally drilled natural gas wells have been constructed, and 200 more are permitted. Cows, horses, and sheep graze in fields bordering five-acre industrial well pads. Miles of pipeline are being laid down in wide swaths of cleared land slicing through fields and woods. Hundreds of trucks rumble down the winding country lanes. Hydraulic fracturing, which uses huge amounts of water, sand, and chemicals to free up deposits of gas deep within the Marcellus Shale, has brought boom times to this struggling farm region. “Many local businesses who were on the verge of failing are now flourishing,” says Jim Grimsley, a member of the pro-fracking group Dimock Proud, which claims to represent majority opinion in the township. “Local people who were making minimum wage are now doing well driving tanker trucks or working on the pipelines. I look at it as progress.” People have been able to pay off their mortgages and buy new cars. Tony Ventello, executive director of the Progress Authority, an economic development agency serving Susquehanna and several other Pennsylvania counties, notes the tax base in neighboring Bradford County increased by $35 million over the last three years. (No data is available for Susquehanna County.) Yet the county has paid a price. “Fracking has torn the community apart,” says Julie Sautner, a resident of Dimock, which was the first stop featured in Gasland, Josh Fox’s Oscar-nominated documentary, and is famous for being the township where gas drilling went wrong. In 2008, the wells of 18 families were polluted by chemicals and excessive levels of methane due to sloppy drilling by Cabot Oil & Gas. After getting sick, the Sautners haven’t been able to use water from their well in the last two and a half years, but their predicament has earned little sympathy from pro-fracking groups. They and other litigants against the gas company have gotten flack for not settling with Cabot Oil & Gas. They’ve also been blamed for the state’s moratorium on drilling by the gas company in a nine-mile-square area, which some residents believe has kept them from getting royalty payments on wells that otherwise would have been drilled. “Two emotions dominate the stock market: fear and greed. They also drive natural gas,” says Bill Fischer, a retired state trooper who sold his house in Silver Lake a year ago and moved to New York State. “You can’t blame the farmers. They are as much a victim of this as anybody. If neighbor fights neighbor, they’re not fighting the gas companies.” One problem is unequal distribution of the benefits. Early on, the land men’s deceptions persuaded some property owners to lease their land for as little as $25 an acre; now lease signers are getting upward of $5,000. Royalty payments on produced gas also vary, depending on the rate negotiated, how much gas is coming out of the well, and what it’s selling for. Usually the gas surges and then falls off pretty quickly: The Sautners were getting $2,700 a month three years ago but now receive only $300. A study of the impact of Marcellus Shale drilling in Susquehanna County in 2010 by Penn State found that the millions of dollars spent by the industry—approximately $6.23 million per well on average, excluding lease payments—mostly went outside the area. Sales tax revenues did increase 10 percent, reflecting the increased purchase of new tractors, cars, and four-wheelers along with repairs to houses and barns. The county gained 162 new jobs, a 2 percent increase over the year before. Landowners received $92.1 million in leasing income, but more than 34 percent of this went to owners living outside the county. The study cautioned that the county should prepare for the day when the money and the gas will be gone.
Farming is one casualty: Susquehanna County’s largest dairy farm recently divested itself of all its cows, and organic farmers are leaving the area. Brooklyn township resident Rebecca Roter said the owners of a 950-acre dairy farm near her are anxious about possible contamination of their water from nine recently fracked horizontal wells, with 19 more wells due to be drilled soon. Their son is training to be a diesel mechanic so he can work on the compressor stations. Roter and activist Vera Scroggins say many people are afraid to complain when their well goes bad, especially if a family member works for the gas company. Businesses stay mum, so as not to lose customers. Roter says the elderly in particular are at risk. For example, an 80-year-old man in Bradford County has to heat bottled water on his stove to bathe. After his well was impacted a year ago, “he developed a red rash over his body from showering in the water,” she says. “Two drilling companies have supplied him with bottled drinking water, but he has no water buffalo [a large outdoor storage container]. His two 90-plus-year-old neighbors are in the same situation.” She likens the area to a company town. The gas companies have poured money into the area, donating generously to local charities and institutions. Two gas wells drilled several hundred yards from a school have enriched the Elk Lake School District. A portion of the lease money and royalty payments are being spent on upgrading the career center to include courses related to the natural gas industry. Billboards touting the benefits of the natural gas companies have monopolized the roadways ever since billboard company Park Outdoor Advertising declined to renew the contract for three antifracking billboards. Those who speak out risk getting tarred and feathered by pro-fracking groups and the industry. For example, photographs of Roter and three other activists were displayed at a recent employee safety meeting held by gas company WPX Energy and employees were warned to avoid them. Roter also discovered that Energy-in-Depth, an industrysupported group whose blogs target activists, filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain all e-mail correspondence between her and the Environmental Protection Agency. “I find it unnerving to be profiled for protecting the air and water,” says Roter. She doesn’t blame the community for largely staying silent. “People are just afraid. They don’t have the experience of advocating and are ill-equipped to deal with the rapid impact of industrialization. It’s overwhelming.” In the township of Silver Lake, former resident Fischer, who says the area contains some of the state’s most pristine lakes and streams, successfully petitioned the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to designate the entire watershed as an exceptional value, which prohibits discharge of pollutants into the waterways. Sixteen wells have nonetheless been permitted in the area, with drilling due to begin this summer. Several colleges will be monitoring the various environmental impacts, which gives resident Jen Gregory hope that the area won’t be spoiled. Gregory, her husband, and two young children moved a year ago from a nearby road to escape the truck traffic. They had considered moving to New York (she works for a regional planning organization in Binghamton) but decided to stay in Pennsylvania, where “at least we know the players.” “This is a war we are fighting. It’s left to the public to fight, because Pennsylvania has given us no choice,” says Gregory. “The tactics the gas companies follow are from the [military] service. We don’t know what the long-term economic or environmental effects will be. I’m scared, just like the rest.”
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The Floundering Fish Hudson River Shad By Lynn Woods
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ometime in April, when the little white clusters of Dutchman’s breeches and the shadbush are in bloom, schools of shad enter the Hudson from the Atlantic Ocean and swim upriver to spawn. From mid-May to the end of June, shad mate, a dance that usually begins at dusk in shallow water. In The Founding Fish, John McPhee describes the process, as he observed it standing over a tank in a Maine hatchery: The migrating fish are milling around when the males start nosing the females, who bolt, dribbling eggs while being chased by the thrashing bucks. Eventually, the fish pair off and trailing eggs and milt, turn the water milky white. The fertilized egg masses sink to the bottom, where after a week or so they will hatch into tiny larvae, each attached to a yolk sack. The mating ritual happens repeatedly over a month and a half. In a single spawning season, a female will release 300,000 eggs and likely more than a million over her lifetime, given that the life span of a shad is 10 years. Sometime in June, the spent fish swim back down the Hudson and north along the coast to the Bay of Fundy, the summer feeding grounds for virtually all of the shad that has spawned in rivers along the North American coast. In the fall, the fish follow the warming currents as far south as Florida (tagged Hudson River shad have been found as far south as coastal Virginia). Meanwhile, as the water temperature cools, the three-inch-long juvenile fish have begun migrating down the Hudson. It’s a daunting gauntlet to run, filled with predatory striped bass, smallmouth bass, and white perch. As described by McPhee, the schools of small fish “dimple” the river—leap into the air and churn the water white, a phenomenon caused by the young shads’ terror-stricken attempts to move to the top of the water column in order to avoid the chomp of a smallmouth bass below. Those that make it to the ocean—that don’t get eaten and avoid getting sucked into the massive intakes of river water at the Indian Point nuclear power plant—are called “recruits,” as if they’ve signed up for the Green Berets. The fish that return three or four years hence to spawn have been likened by some observers to Olympic athletes. “They come in under a lot of stress,” says John Lipscomb, patrol boat captain for Riverkeeper. “They come 26 ChronograM 6/12
into the Tappan Zee and Haverstraw having gone from breathing in salt water to fresh water, which requires changes to their gills and kidneys. The females are using lots of energy to make eggs. They’re not eating too much. It’s a heroic effort by these fish.” The shad’s ability to adapt from saltwater to freshwater and vice versa is one their more remarkable features. A shad larva will die in salt water: It’s only when it transforms into a juvenile fish that it develops salinity tolerance. One mystery is that once the young fish have migrated into the ocean, they can’t adapt to freshwater until they make their first spawning journey several years later. Shad also have extraordinary hearing: their sensitivity to high-frequency sound—beyond that of any other fish—is believed to enable them to detect the clicks of dolphins and other marine mammals that feed on them. A Spring Event Historically, shad were the Hudson’s most significant fish, and up until a couple of years ago, the shad catch was a spring event. The smoked or baked delicacy, accompanied by the sauteed roe, or eggs, ideally wrapped in bacon, was served up at eponymous festivals and local tables. The fish was that rarest of things: a delicious local wild food linked to a long cultural tradition, from the urban immigrant tables of the 1880s to the drying racks of the Mahicans. But in 2010, the Department of Environmental Conservation closed the commercial and recreational shad fisheries. The long-term restoration plan—the shad aren’t expected to recover to sustainable levels until 2050—means many of us won’t be catching or eating Hudson River shad in our lifetimes. Today, if you see a shad on someone’s table, it’s either illegal or shipped in from another state. It was a sad occasion for the few shad left fisherman on the river. No one, however, disputes the wisdom of the DEC’s decision. Populations of shad have been crashing coast-wide, according to data collected by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The ASMFC, a regional organization that sets regulations to protect fish inhabiting the ocean and riverine waters off the Atlantic coast, plans to institute a
Levon Helm 1940-2012 Above and opposite: Chris Nack, a fellow with the National Estuarine Research Reserve seining in the Hudson River near Catskill on August 2, 2011.
moratorium on all shad fishing within its jurisdiction in 2013, unless a member state can prove its fishery is sustainable. New York is obviously ahead of the game, but then, according to ASMFC’s shad stock assessments, the fish in the Hudson are taking a particular hit: While the populations in other East Coast rivers have stabilized—a few have even increased slightly—in the Hudson they have been steadily declining. Human activity over the past two centuries has pummeled the American shad. Of the original 138 distinct populations, only 68 survive, according to data compiled by marine biologists Karin Limburg and John Waldman. (Shad inhabiting West Coast rivers aren’t native, but are derived from stock taken from the Hudson in the 1880s.) The damming of rivers, which blocked the fish from their spawning grounds, wiped out the shad on many rivers starting in the early and mid 19th century. Dams are ubiquitous; the only East Coast river without one is the Delaware (although the damming of its tributaries has impacted the shad). In the Hudson, shad originally traveled as far north as Glens Falls before the building of the Troy Dam. In The Riverkeepers by John Cronin and Robert K. Kennedy Jr., the legendary shad fisherman Everett Nack is quoted as saying he’s observed shad “virtually bumping their heads on the federal dam.” Another blow was the building of the railroads, which destroyed much of the productive, riparian vegetation along the shoreline and also walled off the fish’s access to streams. The dredging of the channel to the port of Albany was particularly devastating: The fill obliterated more than half of the marshy islands and shoals that were prime shad spawning grounds. Unfortunately, marine biologists said that destructive “hardening” of the shoreline continues, with each new riverside development nibbling away at the remaining fragments of habitat.
Net Loss Overfishing has been a perennial problem in the 200-year history of the Hudson’s shad fishery. To their detriment, shad, the largest member of the herring family, and its two cousins, the alewife and blueback herring, are remarkably
easy to catch: During the spawning run, you simply set out a net—drift, anchored to the bottom, or attached to poles hammered into the river bottom. As early as the 1820s, according to McPhee in The Founding Fish, there were shortages of shad on the Hudson caused by oversized hauls of fish. By the mid 19th century, the state began regulating net lifts and stocking the river with shad from other states. Periodically, the stock would recover—then crash again.The huge influx of immigrants stepped up demand for such an easily and cheaply procured local food: In 1895, when the first shad assessment in the Hudson was made, 5,520 nets extending from Bay Ridge to Castleton caught a total of 1,868,547 fish weighing more than 1.8 million kilograms. By 1910, the fishery had collapsed, according to an article in the Environmental History of the Hudson River (SUNY Press, 2011) by Limburg, Robert Daniels, and Robert Schmidt. By 2009, only six fisheries were left, and the last harvest of shad in the Hudson amounted to 3,792 fish, according to the DEC. Not so many years ago, that would have been considered a modest catch for a single fisherman, let alone an entire fishery. Garry Nack, son of Everett, said when he, his brother, and a friend would go out in their boats near Catskill and pull in their 500-foot-long net, attached to 13-foot-long buoy strings, they’d catch 200 to 300 shad at a time. “I’d imagine some seasons at the peak maybe you’d catch 10,000 fish,” he says. Nack recalled that he first noticed the declining numbers in 2005. Much of the shad they caught wasn’t the sweet-tasting American shad, but “gizzard shad,” a short, fat, weed-eating fish no one would buy. As recently as the 1980s, the Hudson “had lots of fish,” says Kathy Hattalla, one of two marine biologists at the DEC’s Hudson River Fisheries unit who oversee shad. Strangely, in the mid 20th century, when the Hudson was choked with pollution, the shad fared fairly well. One factor in their favor was the timing of their migration, which enabled both the spawning fish and the young to avoid the vast, deadly pools of sewage-laden, oxygen-deprived water that formed at Albany and New York City in the summer.
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Marine biologists believe the two most significant causes of decline in recent years are overfishing in the ocean and the invasion of zebra mussels. Ironically, it might have been game-law restrictions on striped bass—one of the few fishes in the North Atlantic to have since made an impressive comeback—that caused many fishermen to switch to shad, depleting the numbers, Hattala says. The ASMFC noted that in 1997, 67 percent of the shad caught were by marine operations, rather than river-based fisheries. While the closing of the marine fisheries has taken off the pressure, ocean by-catch—shad that are accidentally caught in nets targeting other fish—continues to be a serious problem. Fishermen are mandated to report the by-catch, but “they probably don’t look closely at the net,” says Limburg. Unfortunately, because the number of shad is so low, “any extra deaths now are disproportionately important to the population dynamic,” she says. Zebra mussels, a species of small mussel native to Russia, were transported to America in ship ballast and first showed up in the Hudson River in 1991. Studies by the DEC and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, based in Millbrook, a decade ago revealed that the mussels had reduced the amount of zooplankton and other tiny animals that serve as food for the juvenile fish by half; phytoplankton, which is eaten by shad larvae, was reduced by 80 percent. David Strayer, senior scientist at the Cary Institute, noted that the amount of food in shallow areas actually increased, benefiting certain fish. But fish that live in the depleted open water would be forced by the lack of food farther down river (zebra mussels only live in freshwater), where they would be more vulnerable to predators. Strayer says that zebra mussels had completely changed the ecology of the river. “The amount of dissolved oxygen fell by 15 percent and the water got clearer by 50 percent,” he says. For unknown reasons, the adult mussels are currently dying off, resulting in areas of recovery. “There are not very many shad and herring in the river anymore, but the little ones are bigger,” he says. He adds that invasive species pose one of the top threats to the river. “There are many more species waiting to arrive in the Hudson,” he said. An invasion of the Asian carp, which has reached waterways in Chicago, and if breaching them into the Great Lakes, would eventually enter the Hudson via the Erie Canal, would be particularly devastating, given that it is a voracious eater of plankton. “We need a coherent national policy to deal with the threat,” Strayer says. Sea-level rise is another looming threat. Rising river waters will destroy many of the shallow areas that serve as fish nurseries, Strayer says. Letting the water migrate onto the land so that new shallow areas would be created might help mitigate the loss, but whether humans would allow this, rather than just erecting higher walls, is “not a given.” Some marine biologists attribute the drastic decline of shad to global warming. Shifts in ocean temperatures are believed to be disrupting the food supplies of some fish. Because the shad’s migration and spawning patterns are triggered by changes in water temperature—hatching of the eggs, for example, is completely dependent on certain temperatures—shifts in these temperature patterns could wreak havoc on their life cycles. Chris Nack, son of Garry and a graduate student at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, has a fellowship with the National Estuarine Research Reserve, located at the DEC’s Norrie Point facility in Staatsburgh, to study the fish nurseries in the upper Hudson. He’s collecting samples of larval and juvenile shad to learn more about their habitats and diets. Now in its third year and partially funded by Riverkeeper, his research is identifying the variety of shad nursery habitats and pinpointing the most productive, which will help the DEC come up with a restoration plan. He’s also found that shad larvae are eating the immature larvae of the zebra mussel—a rather startling discovery, according to Limburg. The DEC has discovered through its sonic tagging of the fish that the spawning grounds are much smaller than was thought—basically confined to the 25-mile stretch of the upper river from the Bethlehem plant to the Troy Dam. In the past, it extended all the way to Esopus Meadows, just south of Kingston. Such shrinkage is “usually a sign that the population is shrinking. It’s a warning sign,” says Limburg.
A young (aproximately one year old) shad found while seining near Catskill in 2011.
Almost Gone and Soon to Be Forgotten? Garry Nack is concerned that with the fisheries gone, shad will slip down the list of ecological priorities. He wishes the DEC would establish a shad hatchery, noting that in the 1980s, he and other fishermen were supplying a restocking program in the Susquehanna River with fertilized eggs taken from Hudson River shad. Hattala cites several reasons why the DEC is avoiding that option. Unfortunately, the method used to obtain the eggs killed the female shad, while extracting only a small amount of the eggs that the fish would otherwise release over a lifetime, she says. And while the shad native to the Susquehanna were extinct and therefore stocking was the only option, such is not the case in the Hudson. Hattala says there may be important advantages to maintaining the genetic integrity of the Hudson River shad. Shad from different natal rivers have adapted differently; in southern rivers, for example, the females spawn only once and die. “There is some wild spawning going on here, though it’s not enough to cause the stock to increase,” she says. “But I’m going to try to optimize the habitat so we give the fish the best possible chance for her eggs to survive.” The Hudson shad have a fighting chance. But since no one’s catching or eating the fish, will people care? In 2025, will wildlife officials be motivated to protect a fish that has no commercial value and everyone’s forgotten about? Lipscomb at Riverkeeper doesn’t believe the fish will be forgotten. He cites the example of public resistance to drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a place few people have been, as cause for optimism. “In the past, the community of humans who cared about fish was those who harvested them for fun or business,” he says. “What we’re seeing now is a community of people emerging who appreciate the fish because they’re a symbol of wildness. Right off Wall Street, the globe’s center of economic might, you have true wildness, fish moving up in the eons-old dance with the season. I dream of a time when we recognize the value of estuaries like the Hudson and make them marine sanctuaries. The fish must come back to spawn, and they ought to be protected once they return.” 6/12 ChronograM 29
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Above: The 6,000-square-foot Liceaga home in Cold Spring is composed of two buildings connected by an elevated walkway. The main living space of the house is on the left; the meditation studio and garage are on the right. Opposite: Above: The indoor heated pool is adjacent to the living/dining area. Below: Ulises Liceaga in the kitchen/dining area. The sculptures suspended from the ceiling are by Mexican artist Emilio Garcia. Page 32: Above: Ulises and Christne Liceaga relax on the couch. Daughter Isabel is fresh in from the pool in her snorkeling gear. Bottom: Sebastian and Maddie Liceaga in Sebastian’s bedroom overlooking the backyard.
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If the impassioned, full-page antifracking ad in the NewYork Times on Mother’s Day is any indication, Americans are taking an increasingly personal stake in how their energy is generated. Yet there remains a perception that only those with a significant amount of disposable income can avail themselves of the benefits of alternative choices.With the advent of new leasing options for photovoltaic solar electrical systems, it’s time to look again. Though a true sea-change in alternative energy usage began, perhaps, with 2009’s American Recovery and Reinvestment tax Act (ARRA), expanding an array of renewable energy incentives, large groups of motivated home- and business-owners felt the risks were still too precipitous for their liking. “Unfortunately, there’s this old argument that it’s still too expensive, and it takes too long to get the money back,” says John Wright, vice president of Rhinebeckbased Hudson Solar (formerly Hudson Valley Clean Energy—www.hudsonsolar.com). “Those objections don’t work anymore—you are simply shifting money from the utility company to the lease. It’s a game-changer.” Despite ARRA’s 30 percent tax credit and state incentives like the NYSERDA rebate program, Wright explains that many potential Hudson Valley customers may not have the up-front cash or the “tax appetite” to make it a feasible option. New state legislation now allows for financers (in Hudson Solar’s case, financing is actually handled by manufacturer SunPower) to utilize those incentives, and then pass on the savings to customers. “The process really couldn’t be more straightforward,” says Jason Iahn, sales manager of New Paltz’s Lighthouse Solar (www.lighthousesolar.com). After a free assessment of your property to determine applicability (getting enough sun is still a prerequisite), the process should take approximately three months. The cost per kilowatt hour that you will pay is assessed according to the anticipated output over 20 years, which is the life of the lease; that energy cost is then locked in, in stark contrast to utility costs that historically rise between 3 and 6 percent annually. Full maintenance and insurance on the installed system is paid for by the financing company—and, if that isn’t enough of a draw, if the system doesn’t meet at least 95 percent of the projected energy output in a given year, the lessee is refunded the difference. For those who might be reticent about making the leap into advanced technology, Iahn asserts that the time is, indeed, ripe. “Right now, the equipment is right there, and the stars are aligned to do this,” he suggests, citing a 25-year manufacturer’s warranty, as well as continuing government efforts to streamline the process. In Albany, Governor Cuomo has declared a “New York Sun” initiative to double solar installation in 2012 and triple them in 2013; in the statehouse, Assembly Energy Chair Kevin Cahill has two separate bills on the floor intended to make leasing even more available. “Consumers clearly understand and want to take advantage of the economic and environmental benefits solar power provides,” offers Cahill. “Solar leasing and on-bill financing agreements are the future of the installation industry.” —Greg Schoenfeld
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Installing a new landscape in the Spring is particularly gratifying. That said, our low maintenance gardens look stunning all year. That’s partly because we do our own hardscape -undulating surfaces, serpentine lines, and masterfully crafted New England style stone work. Paired with a display of contrasting evergreen shapes and cultivars; the results typically end up like those pictured above. In fact, it’s transformations like this that have kept our landscape design-to-install business going for nearly 20 years. For more info and to view our online portfolio visit WoodLandLandscapes.com And call me when you’re ready to do this. - FireDean Schilling
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n many ways the village of Woodstock is a much different place than it was during its heyday when Hendrix and Dylan roamed, wrote, and performed around town. It is, however, still a place where artists thrive, everyone is or knows a musician, wars are protested, thoughts are openly expressed, and the rules are malleable. On a busy day in town, the sidewalks are generally split between locals, weekenders, and “second-homers”— those who live part-time in NewYork City but also have a home tucked away in the Catskill woods— who all flock to the village as a safe place to let their hair down, leave their bras at home, and take in the serene natural landscapes. If there’s one thing that connects the Woodstock community of locals, part-time residents, and visitors, it’s the Sunday afternoon drum circle, where you’ll find Manhattanites in Izod polos beating drums or shaking bells alongside long-haired Deadheads. And then there’s the shopping and dining. Woodstock’s main drag—Route 212, which is half Mill Hill Road, half Tinker Street—is home to everything from head shops to fine dining; spiritual stores to designer clothing boutiques. Some have been around for decades while others are like revolving doors with seasonal shops in and out. One noteworthy store that’s made a comfortable imprint on Tinker Street is the Golden Notebook, a small but thorough independent bookshop open since 1978. “I see the shop as more than just a bookstore; it’s a community place,” says Jacqueline Kellachan, owner since 2010. “Our mission is to bring people the books they love, to bring authors to the village and the school, and to be a physical incarnation of a place to share ideas and enjoy the pleasure of discoverability.” 46 woodstock + mount tremper + phoenicia ChronograM 6/12
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2012 Upcoming programs Hiking in the catskills robert Thurman & Friends June 28 - July 1, 2012 Buddha & the Yogis: the Varja Body richard Freeman, John campbell & robert Thurman | July 2 - 8, 2012 The art of Happiness Howard cutler July 20 - 22, 2012
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Mirabai of Woodstock is one of a few shops that offer an array of spiritual, religious, and inspirational books and music, in addition to crystals, peace flags, and incense. They also host workshops and other occasional live music events. Scattered clothing boutiques are varied and generally pricey, but between each diverse store, one could find an outfit for any style and taste, from flowing gypsy woman to chic male to girl’s-night-out attire. Woodstock Design offers a sophisticated line of dresses, tops, and pants, plus all the accessories to go with them; perfect for professionals, but also ideal for shop-hopping. If the line of colorful cowboy boots in one window isn’t enough to draw a fashionista in, the flowing Eileen Fisher garments in the adjacent window are. When you’re ready to grab a bite or a coffee, there is no shortage of options. Several eateries are also ideal settings for celeb spotting: There have been sightings of musician John Sebastian at Yum Yum Noodle Bar, while Crazy, Sexy, Diet author and healthy-living guru Kris Carr frequents the Garden Café. The latter is an organic, vegan eatery that makes such deliciously hearty meals, you’ll think twice about ever making a face at the phrase “vegan food” again. (Seriously, try the black bean burger.) 6/12 ChronograM woodstock + mount tremper + phoenicia 49
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Song and prayer often go hand in hand as a way to express the celebration of one’s spirituality. Rabbi Jonathan Kligler knows this firsthand as both the spiritual leader of the Woodstock Jewish Congregation Kehillat Lev Shalem and as an established folk musician. For more than two decades, he’s incorporated song and creative expression as integral parts of his services. “I’ve been playing guitar since I was a kid—Pete Seeger’s one of my heroes—and I’ve been leading groups in song since I was a teen camp counselor,” he says. “So in my services, one of my chief pleasures is to lead people in singing. It’s very informal, yet participatory.” Rabbi Jonathan is trained in the Reconstructionalist tradition of Judaism, which he explains as a small movement that understands Judaism as an evolving culture. “We participate in this evolution by drawing wisdom from the past and making it present,” he says. “One goal of our congregation is to keep Judaism alive—and by alive, I mean full of vitality. We do this by not just going through the motions, but by keeping an openness and willingness to change things that are outdated. As I like to say, we’re seekers—we don’t have the answers, we have the questions.” Kligler, a former dance, mime, and creative movement teacher, had never intended on becoming a rabbi. After attending Wesleyan University, he began teaching creative endeavors until—like many leaders— he felt he was being called upon to do something greater. “In 1983 I was involved in Jewish life but not seriously, then suddenly had a real ‘A ha!’ moment: I felt a calling to go to rabbinical school. I was not thinking about it all before, but after reflection it was clear that it was a way to connect back to the Jewish world, which I cared about very much,” he says. Besides using music as an integral part of the congregation’s services, Kligler incorporates the creative arts through his fund-raising CDs. “One day in 1997 I played a fund-raising concert at the synagogue, and we happened to tape it,” he explains. “When we played it back, we thought it came out so well that we decided to engineer it and sell it as another fund-raiser for the congregation. People loved it so we did it a few more times.” He’s recorded four to date but his most prized is Let My People Go: A Jewish and African American Celebration of Freedom, which he recorded with musicians Kim and Reggie Harris. “My friend Reggie and I were talking one day and we realized the Jewish music about exodus and African music about exodus were both inspirations to our respective communities—he’s African American—to strive for freedom.” The successful album has allowed them to bring the music on the road to places such as Denver, Philadelphia, St. Thomas, Martha’s Vineyard, and Austria. “I see it as a great way to connect two cultures,” he explains. “Organized religion is not necessarily a bad thing. It’s what people do with it in terms of making it exclusive or intolerant that makes it bad. But you can organize with other values in mind that are open and loving to all, and that’s what we’re trying to do.” Wjcshul.org
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Ethnic-food lovers can taste Mediterranean fare at Joshua’s, which has a laidback java lounge-slash-bar upstairs, or Indian food at Mountain Gate. Asian cuisine can be found at Wok and Roll; its attached bar, Harmony Café, features live music six nights a week. Take a Load Off And just as you might expect from the “world’s coolest small town,” wandering off the beaten path will lead to some beautiful surprises. Just off Tinker Street on Waterfall Way you’ll find the Tannery Brook’s waterfall, visible from Treasure Chest Antiques. A short drive away is the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (KTD) Tibetan Monastery, where Buddhist monks, spiritual seekers, and curious visitors can learn Buddhist teachings, meditate, participate in a workshop or retreat, and tour the facility. The building features traditional Tibetan design with modern construction techniques, offering the best in Eastern and Western design. The monastery also marks the entranceway to scenic hiking trails up Overlook Mountain, which hides the ruins of the Overlook Mountain House, with stone walls, no roof, and trees growing where grand ballrooms once stood. In the past, no description of Woodstock would have been complete without a mention of musician Levon Helm’s legendary Midnight Rambles, but at press time, since the artist’s passing in April the old barn at Levon Helm Studios has been without those twangy vocals and snappy snare hits. His death hit the community hard; after his family and staff announced that Helm reached the end of his journey, local radio station 100.1 WDST played a medley of songs by The Band and the Levon Helm Band, interspersed with interviews and comments from acquaintances and bandmates—each person celebrating the life of the musician, the community member, the friend. Last year, the name most often heard around town was “Irene,” and it was spoken with fear or sadness—this year it’s “Levon,” and it’s with nostalgic tones and joyous memories. But, speaking of Irene, after almost a year since the August 2011 hurricane sent the Esopus Creek rushing down Main Street in nearby Phoenicia, the small hamlet’s row of shops, galleries, and eateries seems to have healed most of its scars. Sweet Sue’s restaurant, located at the beginning of the main strip, was hit the hardest on Main Street and underwent some swift renovations, reopening just 6/12 ChronograM woodstock + mount tremper + phoenicia 51
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weeks later. Sue’s is best known for its praised pancakes—and for the long lines of hungry brunchers waiting for a taste of the more than 20 varieties. Phoenicia offers the best of both worlds when it comes to shopping for items for the home.The Tender Land Home is a chic boutique offering handcrafted goods by local artisans and other trendy-yet-sophisticated wares, including tabletop accessories, candle items, and more. Mystery Spot Antiques and the General Store sell quirky gift items, plus country crafts, locally made soaps, and a variety of candies. Phoenicia even has its own theater, the STS Playhouse, home of the Shadaken Theatrical Society. Stop into Mama’s Boy Café for a post show coffee and treat. Roam if You Want To Those who prefer life in the slow lane should take a ride on the Esopus Scenic Train, which makes a stop in Phoenicia. Here you’ll find the Empire State Railway Museum, which preserves the history and culture surrounding the busy Hudson Valley railroads from the 1800s to 1940s. The scenic train travels onward through the forests of Kingston and Mount Tremper, home of the Emerson Resort. According to spokesperson Tamara Murray, The Emerson is “a hidden gem” that includes spacious accommodations in both the family-friendly lodge and adults-only Inn. There is also an award-winning spa that faetures both western and Ayurvedic treatment therapies; there are three onsite eateries—The Phoenix, the Catamount Restaurant, and the Country Store Café—and the Country Store gift shop. The resort also hosts live entertainment on select evenings. The intimate Spotlight on Song series curated by musician/producer Doug Yoel is worth checking out; it features regional acts such as Lucky Peterson, Sarah Fimm, Shana Falana, and other talented singer-songwriters. And as a treat for the younger set—or the young at heart—visit the World’s Largest Kaleidoscope, housed on the premises in a transformed silo. Call it a night and stay in one of the resort’s sophisticated rooms, or if you’re in the mood for something funkier, try Kate’s Lazy Meadow not far away. Owned by Kate Pierson of the B-52s, the Lazy Meadow allows you to stay in one of nine brilliantly retro suites. 6/12 ChronograM woodstock + mount tremper + phoenicia 53
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LOCAL NOTABLE Nena Thurman
EVENTS STS Playhouse Enjoy intimate live theater at the STS Playhouse in Phoenicia. This month, the Shandaken Theatrical Society presents “The Spitfire Grill,” a heart-warming musical about how kindred souls come together in a small town. It’s family-friendly and the bluegrassand folk-tinged music makes the show even more appropriate for the Catskills. Performances take place June 1-3 and June 8-10. Stsplayhouse.com
Mount Tremper Arts
Byrdcliffe
Since the strife of the Tibetan people was brought to US public attention decades ago, there has been a steady currant of organizations and volunteers offering time and resources to help free the state from China’s firm grip—or at least preserve the Tibetan way of life. Nena Thurman, managing director of Phoenicia’s Menla Mountain Retreat, holds this cause close to her heart. Thurman—who was raised in Sweden—became interested in the culture when she met her now-husband Robert, one of the most respected scholars of Tibetan language and history. After 45 years of marriage— they are both 70 years old—Tibetan culture is still an integral part of their lives. When the Dalai Lama approached Robert in the 1980s with the idea to build a facility that’s part embassy, part cultural center, the result was Tibet House, located in New York City. And Nena sought to help where she could. “I’m on the board of Tibet House and have been a full-time volunteer since 1992,” she says. “And when Tibet House was given the Menla Mountain Retreat center 10 years ago, I became the center’s manager. It is a destination for yoga, meditation, and other forms of healing operated by Tibet House.” Prior to meeting her husband, Thurman was one of the worlds top 10 models in the early 1960s. She was scouted by the Ford modeling agency at age 17—“I’m six feet tall and blond. Very Swedish,” she laughs—and moved to the US to pursue her career. She modeled until age 25, when she took on the calling of motherhood and raised four children with Robert (including award-winning actress Uma Thurman). When the youngest was at an age that she felt comfortable returning to work, she decided to put her energy toward Tibet House. Years later, the couple acquired the estate on which Menla Mountain Retreat Center now exists, in what she describes as a “series of magical and amazing circumstances.” The previous owner was a philanthropist who planned to create a healing center for late-stage cancer patients, but it was too much for her to maintain. “She heard we wanted to have a healing center under the auspice of Tibetan healing arts, so she gave it to Tibet House as a donation. It was like winning the lottery without buying a ticket,” Thurman says. The estate—which consists of 17 buildings on 320 acres—was midrenovation when they took over. Thurman rolled up her sleeves and took on the role of head contractor, in charge of remodeling and expanding on the center’s offerings. “My husband and I built our own house when we first moved to Woodstock, so on a shoestring budget I’ve been overseeing the renovations and construction,” she explains. The most recent addition—which she says is just about finished—is a health spa that provides treatments from both Eastern and Western healing arts. Thurman says that being involved with the development of both Menla and Tibet House has been a fulfilling experience. “I enjoy the creative aspect, the challenge of doing things I’ve never done before and seeing how everything grows,” she says. “And, it’s also nice being a volunteer because you can set your own hours; you can work very hard but then choose when to get away for a little while. But I enjoy it especially because what we’re doing is positive and useful for others. That’s what I love most about my work.” Menlamountain.org
The second Byrdcliffe by Design show features the works and wares of 13 Hudson Valley artisans. View jewelry, home goods, and other functional art of various media, including clay, wood, metal, fiber, and blown glass. The event takes place June 22-24 at the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts in Woodstock, with a kick-off party Friday, June 22 at 4pm, featuring complimentary hors d’oeuvres and wines for purchase. Woodstockguild.org
Maverick Concerts America’s oldest continuous summer chamber music festival— Woodstock’s Maverick concerts—continues this year with a variety of cultural events. This month, Actors and Writers— an ensemble of Hudson Valley-based film and theater professionals—perform “Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays” (June 30). July brings French-inspired jazz The Imani Winds (July 1), the Shanghai Quartet (July 8) and various classical quartets, among others. Maverickconcerts.org
Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice Enjoy the artwork of D. M. Weil in a new exhibit in Mt. Tremper’s Emerson Resort, just outside of the Phoenix restaurant, during the display’s opening Tuesday, June 5. Weil’s vibrant, abstract paintings envoke a sense of playful whimsy and all pieces displayed may be purchased. Emersonresort.com
Bearsville Theater Woodstock’s Bearsville Theater features an exciting lineup this summer. Catch Kinky Friedman’s Bipolar Tour (June 23), Zappa Plays Zappa (July 5), and the Chris Robinson Brotherhood (August 24), among a slew of performances by talented local artists. Bearsvilletheater.com
Menla Mountain Retreat Center The Menla Mountain Retreat Center in Phoenicia’s perennial hiking retreat weekend takes place June 28-July 4. Ascend Pantherkill Mountain at a moderate to rigorous pace while participating in a series of three lectures on introductory Buddhist philosophy and basic meditation techniques. The weekend includes a Friday evening welcoming dinner, restorative sessions after the hike, and a Fourth of July barbecue to close the event. Menlamountain.org
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Mount Tremper Arts—an artist-run creative space—hosts its fifth annual Summer Festival of Contemporary Art June 9-August 12 to showcase works by its members. Experience dance, theater, poetry, music, and conceptual or visual art throughout the summer. Be sure to check out the informal Art-b-q Fridays series, with enticing artist-to-audience interaction during informal dinner performances. Mounttremperarts.org
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Do you have a child from 7 years old to 17 who has an interest in creating artwork on the computer? The Center for the Digital Arts offers access to cutting-edge post-production studios including software packages such as Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, Maya, and Final Cut Pro. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out on building your portfolio with us this summer. At the end of each session students take away a portfolio piece and have a gallery exhibition. Our programming includes studio art courses in drawing, painting, cartooning, and multimedia storytelling (mixed media). We also offer game design!
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galleries & museums
ELITE OF THE OBSCURE A RETROSPECTIVE, 1972–1987 Through July 29, 2012
wcma.williams.edu This exhibition is organized by the Williams College Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It is made possible in part by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.
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Asco, Instant Mural, 1974, color photograph by Harry Gamboa, Jr. Courtesy of the artist. © Asco; photograph © 1974 Harry Gamboa, Jr.
arts & culture
Photographs of performers at Coney Island’s sideshow by George Koury. Koury’s photos are on view as part of the “Photowork 2012” exhibit at Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie through July 7. Top row from left: Jenifer Miller, the Bearded Lady, Scott Baker, Melissa Anne Bottom row from left: Clownvis, Donny Vomit, Chris McDaniel
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galleries & museums
A re-imagining of Jan Vermeer’s Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window by Dutch photographer Jan Banning. Nissrine, an immigrant to the Netherlands from Morocco, reads an application form for a citizenship course in Utrecht in 2007. The photo is part of Fovea’s “Liberty and Justice (for all)” exhibition.
AI EARTHLING GALLERY
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69 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2650. “Eileen Polk: On the Scene, Max’s Kansas City Photography and Beyond.” Through June 30.
11 NORTH FRONT STREET, COLUMBIA COUNTY columbiachamber-ny.com. “Potpourri: An Exhibition of Art.” Herb Rogoff. Through July 14. Opening Saturday, June 2, 5pm-7pm.
AMERICAN GLORY 342 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-1234. “Photography of Chad Weckler.” Through July 29. Opening Saturday, June 23, 12pm-4pm.
DAVIS ORTON GALLERY
ANN STREET GALLERY
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140 ANN STREET, NEWBURGH 562-6940 ext. 119. “Gendered Object: Barbie as Art.” Through June 30.
THE ART AND ZEN GALLERY 702 FREEDOM PLAINS ROAD, POUGHKEEPSIE 473-3334. “Paintings by Grace E. Diehl.” Through June 30.
ARTS UPSTAIRS 60 MAIN STREET, PHOENICIA 688-2142. “Harper Blanchet Solo Show.” Paintings and photographs. Through July 14. “Man/Woman/Nature Salon Show: The Eternal Triality.” Through June 9.
BOSCOBEL RESTORATION 1601 ROUTE 9D, GARRISON-ON-HUDSON 424-3960. “Current.” Summer sculpture exhibition. June 1-October 8. Opening Friday, June 1, 6pm-8pm.
BRC GALLERY BEANRUNNER CAFÉ, PEEKSKILL (914) 954-5948. “I’m Inside Here: Art Exhibit by Denis J. Folz.” Through June 10.
CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK 59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-9957. “Surface Tension.” Marisa Baumgartner, Matthew Brandt, Christopher Colville, Megan Flaherty, Joseph Heidecker, Mark Lyon, Aspen Mays, Klea McKenna, Alison Rossiter, Paul Mpagi Sepuya and Brea Souders. Through June 24.
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114 WARREN STREET, HUDSON DavisOrtonGallery.com. “Mark Haven & Remi Thornton.” Portfolio showcase: Bob Wagner & Knoll+Cella. Through June 24. 3 BEEKMAN STREET, BEACON. 440-0100. “Jean-Luc Moulène: Opus + One.” Through December 31. “Circa 1971: Early Video & Film from the EAI Archive.” Through September 24.
FAITH IN ART GALLERY FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BEACON www.beaconpresbychurch.com. “Who Do You Say That I Am? Discovering Images of God-with-Us in the Gospel of Luke.” Work in various mediums by 17 artists who have been inspired by the Gospel of Luke. June 9-July 29. Opening Saturday, June 9, 4pm.
fovea exhibitions 143 main STREET, BEACON foveaexhibitions.org. “Liberty and Justice (for all).” Organized by the Alaska Quarterly Review. June 9-August 5. Opening Saturday, June 9, 5pm-9pm.
GALERIE BMG 12 TANNERY BROOK ROAD, WOODSTOCK 679-0027. “In a Big World Wandering.” Bryan David Griffith. Through July 9.
GALLERY AT THE FACTORY 169 ULSTER AVENUE, SAUGERTIES 246-7723. Group show. Sixteen contemporary artists. June 9-June 30. Opening Saturday, June 9, 4pm-8pm.
GALLERY ON THE GREEN 7 ARCH STREET, PAWLING 855-3900. “Raw Art: The Pedestal Series.” Photographer Lynn Karlin. Through June 16.
GARRISON ART CENTER
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23 GARRISONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LANDING, GARRISON 424-3960. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Material Assets: 4 Views.â&#x20AC;? Ceramists David Alban, Linda Casbon, Megan Sweeney, Julie Tesser. Through June 24.
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GCCA CATSKILL GALLERY 398 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-3400. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whale Oil to Whole Foods.â&#x20AC;? Eco art exhibit. June 9-July 28. Opening Saturday, June 9, 5pm-7pm.
69 Tinker Street Woodstock NY 845-679-2650 www.aiearthling.net
GERMANTOWN LIBRARY 31 PALATINE PARK ROAD, GERMANTOWN (518) 537-5800. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reflections on Life: The KEEP Conservation Germantown Preserve, Spring 2012.â&#x20AC;? Amateur and professional photography exhibit. June 23-July 27. Opening Saturday, June 23, 5pm.
Hours: Thurs. - Sun. 12pm - 5:30pm
THE HARRISON GALLERY 39 SPRING STREET, WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS (413) 458-1700. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Young Collector.â&#x20AC;? Featuring work by artists Joan Ciolfi, Joe Gitterman, Tjasa Owen, Gail Sauter, Stan Taft, and Jamie Young. June 2-30. Opening Saturday, June 2, 5pm-7pm.
On view through July 1
Debbie Harry backstage at the Palladium, NYC, photo Š by Eileen Polk, 1978
HESSEL MUSEUM OF ART BARD COLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON 758-7598. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From 199A to 199B: Liam Gillick.â&#x20AC;? June 23-December 21. Opening Saturday, June 23, 1pm-5pm.
HUDSON BEACH GLASS GALLERY 162 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-0068. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donald Alter: Chromatic Tales.â&#x20AC;? Paintings, drawings, prints. Through July 5.
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327 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-1438. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Treasures of the Hudson Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Night Sky.â&#x20AC;? Astrophotography exhibit by Scott Nammacher. June 9-July 8. Opening Saturday, June 9, 6pm-8pm.
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HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART 1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 788-0100. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Circa 1986 Redux: Rick Prol, A Retrospective Look.â&#x20AC;? Through June 17. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Circa 1986 Redux: R.M. Fischer.â&#x20AC;? June 24-July 29. Opening Sunday, June 24, 4pm-6pm.
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imogen holloway gallery 81 partition street, saugerties (347) 387-2112. â&#x20AC;&#x153;West.â&#x20AC;? Oil paintings by April Berger and Brian Lynch. June 1-July 1. Opening Friday, June 1, 6pm-9pm.
JOHN DAVIS GALLERY 362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rosanna Bruno: Paintings.â&#x20AC;? Through June 26. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paintings: Pamela Cardwell.â&#x20AC;? June 21-July 15. Opening Saturday, June 23, 6pm-8pm.
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KIERSTED HOUSE 119 MAIN STREET, SAUGERTIES 246-8835. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vacations: Away & at Home.â&#x20AC;? Artwork by Kristy Bishop Studio. June 2-10. Opening Saturday, June 2, 6pm-8pm.
KLEINERT/JAMES ARTS CENTER 34 TINKER AVE, WOODSTOCK 679-2079. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Micromorphic.â&#x20AC;? All-female show curated by Laura Gurton. Through June 17.
KMOCA 103 abeel street, kingston kmoca.org â&#x20AC;&#x153;Other Than Human.â&#x20AC;? Jan Harrison, Chris Harvey, and Susan Siegel. June 2-30. Opening Saturday, June 2, 5pm-7pm.
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2683 SOUTH ROAD, POUGHKEEPSIE 454-4500. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fields of Color.â&#x20AC;? A solo exhibition by William Noonan. Landscape paintings from the Hudson Valley and Central Italy. Through June 10.
LOOK|ART GALLERY 988 SOUTH LAKE BOULEVARD, MAHOPAC lookartgallery.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Exhibit.â&#x20AC;? Paintings, pastel, mixed media, sculpture, fiber. June 9-July 29. Opening Saturday, June 9, 6pm-8pm.
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Artist Reception June 16th 5pm to 7pm Open 7 Days Water Street Market - New Paltz All Credit Cards Welcome Evening Appointments call 845-518-2237
MARK GRUBER GALLERY NEW PALTZ PLAZA, NEW PALTZ 255-1241. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Disrobed: A Group Show.â&#x20AC;? Exhibition of the human figure. Through July 7.
MOUNT TREMPER ARTS 647 SOUTH PLANK ROAD, MOUNT TREMPER 688-9893. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meeting Point.â&#x20AC;? A multi-disciplinary collaboration between sound artists, photographers, writers and visual artists. Curated by Boru Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell. June 9-August 12. Opening Saturday, July 14, 3pm-8pm.
ONE MILE GALLERY 475 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON 338-2035. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rara Avis.â&#x20AC;? Featuring the works of 20 artists. June 2-30. Opening Saturday, June 2, 7pm-9pm.
ORANGE HALL GALLERY ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MIDDLETOWN 341-4790. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The 2012 Middletown Art Group Spring Exhibition.â&#x20AC;? Through June 19. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Skyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Limit.â&#x20AC;? Pastels & oils by Mary Mugele Sealfon. Through June 19.
RE INSTITUTE 1395 BOSTON CORNERS ROAD, MILLERTON theReInstitute.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flash Mob.â&#x20AC;? Kathleen Cullen Fine. Through June 16. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photos of Things Next to Me.â&#x20AC;? Ryan Frank, Jeff Barnett-Winsby and Greg Lock. June 3-July 21. Opening Saturday, June 30, 6pm-9pm.
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RHINECLIFF HOTEL 4 GRINNELL STREET, RHINECLIFF 876-0590. â&#x20AC;&#x153;David Borenstein: Selected Works 2010-2012.â&#x20AC;? Exhibit of recent photographs, assemblages and paintings. June 1-July 8. Opening Friday, June 1, 6pm-8pm.
SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART 1 HAWK DRIVE, NEW PALTZ 257-3844. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dear Mother Nature: Hudson Valley Artists 2012.â&#x20AC;? June 23-November 4. Opening Saturday, June 23, 5pm-7pm.
SAUGERTIES LIBRARY 91 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SAUGERTIES 246-4317. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ashokan Paintings and Prints.â&#x20AC;? Through June 15.
SCENIC HUDSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RIVER CENTER 8 LONG DOCK ROAD, BEACON 471-7477. â&#x20AC;&#x153;2nd Annual Great Hudson River Exhibition.â&#x20AC;? Through June 24.
SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY ARTS CENTER 790 ROUTE 203, SPENCERTOWN (518) 392-3693. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Garden Pleasures: Artwork Inspired by the Garden.â&#x20AC;? 18th, 19th, and 20th century drawings and prints related to aspects of nature, including architectural designs for Beaux Art garden pavilions, Neo Classical sketches for garden sculpture, natural history drawings of botanical specimens, and stylized Art Moderne floral patterns for textiles. Through June 24.
STORM KING ART CENTER OLD PLEASANT HILL ROAD, MOUNTAINVILLE 534-3115. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Light and Landscape.â&#x20AC;? Fourteen artists using natural light as artistic material. Through November 25.
THEO GANZ STUDIO 149 MAIN STREET, BEACON theoganzstudio.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Segue.â&#x20AC;? Exhibition of sculptures by Insun Kim and paintings by Anders Knutsson. Through June 30.
THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE 218 SPRING STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-7465. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Worlds Between: Landscapes of Louis Ramy Mignot.â&#x20AC;? Through October 28.
TIME AND SPACE LIMITED 434 COLUMBIA STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-8448. â&#x20AC;&#x153;M..M..Oil!.â&#x20AC;? An installation by Linda Mussmann, inspired by Moby Dick and the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obsession with oil. Through June 30.
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60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI 758-4342. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two Perspectives.â&#x20AC;? Works by long-time member Karl and Richard. June 1-24. Opening Saturday, June 2, 2:30pm-12am.
TOWN OF ESOPUS PUBLIC LIBRARY 128 CANAL STREET, PORT EWEN 338-5580. Paintings by Kim Schneiders. July 7-27. Opening Thursday, June 7, 5pm-8pm.
TREMAINE GALLERY HOTCHKISS SCHOOL, LAKEVILLE, CONNECTICUT (860) 435-4423. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sites Unseen.â&#x20AC;? Photography by Brooke Singer. Through June 7.
UNFRAMED ARTIST GALLERY 173 HUGUENOT STREET, NEW PALTZ 255-5482. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Up in the Air.â&#x20AC;? paintings, sculpture and mixed media, provides more than a birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye-view and more from area artists ages five to eighty-five. Through June 23.
UNISON ARTS & LEARNING CENTER
Mira Satryan & Magda Zawadzka
68 MOUNTAIN REST ROAD, NEW PALTZ 255-1559. â&#x20AC;&#x153;14th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition.â&#x20AC;? June 3-October 31. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sal Romano: Sculpture & Drawings.â&#x20AC;? June 3-July 1. Both shows open Sunday, June 3, 3pm-6pm.
opening reception: Sunday, June 3, 5-7pm
UNISON GALLERY
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194 Main Street, New Paltz, NY 845-255-2633 www.labellapizzabistro.com
WATER STREET MARKET, NEW PALTZ 255-1559. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Invitational Portrait Show.â&#x20AC;? June 16-July 17. Opening Saturday, June 16, 5pm-7pm.
WALLKILL RIVER SCHOOL AND ART GALLERY 232 WARD STREET, MONTGOMERY 457-ARTS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Essence of Life.â&#x20AC;? New paintings by Kate Ferriter and Dennis Fanton, and emerging artist Ellen Jamison. June 1-30. Opening Saturday, June 2, 5pm.
WARNER GALLERY 131 MILLBROOK SCHOOL ROAD, MILLBROOK 677-8261 ext. 130. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With Noble Hands: Necessity Made Beautiful.â&#x20AC;? Through June 12.
WFG GALLERY 31 MILL HILL ROAD, WOODSTOCK wfggallery.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fair Use or F.U.?â&#x20AC;? A provocative art exhibition that examines US Fair Use laws. Through July 22.
WILDERSTEIN PRESERVATION 330 MORTON ROAD, RHINEBECK 876-4818. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Modern Sculpture & the Romantic Landscape.â&#x20AC;? Contemporary outdoor sculptures. June 3-October 31.
WOLFGANG GALLERY 40 RAILROAD AVENUE, MONTGOMERY 769-7446. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mikey Teutul: Tying the Room Together.â&#x20AC;? Through June 12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mona Birmingham and Steve Blumenthal: Solstice.â&#x20AC;? June 6-July 3. Opening Saturday, June 16, 5pm-7pm.
WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM 28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Case Studies from the WAAM Permanent Collection.â&#x20AC;? George Alt, Marion Greenwood and Ezio Martinelli; Recent Work by WAAM Members. Juror: Ed Smith; Solo Show: Landscape Photography by Thomas Teich; Active Member Wall: Painting and Sculpture by Franz Heigemeir; Small Works Show. Juror: Nancy Azara; Youth Exhibition Space: Works by local High School Students. Through June 10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Far and Wide: The Fourth Annual Woodstock Regional Exhibition.â&#x20AC;? Through June 10.
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Music Sounds in the Sun 2012 Summer Music Festivals By Peter Aaron
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very June since 2009 we’ve been sifting through the news of the area’s many summer music festivals to bring you our top picks. And the opening spiel for these roundups has usually been something along the lines of: “Hey, look at us, we’ve survived another brutal winter! And along with the beautiful warm weather we’ve been rewarded with all of this amazing music!” But one could make the case that this past winter, with its unusually unseasonal mildness, could scarcely even be called a winter. After 70-degree days in February, do we really deserve yet another summer filled with wonderful live music? Of course we do! As Northeasterners, the chance to forget the stresses of daily life and the tumult in the world as we take in some of the region’s many well-programmed, multiact musical events is practically our birthright. Put a couple of recent additions next to the roster of returning favorites and throw in current projections of actual—yes, indeed!—dropping gas prices, and any arguments for not getting out to dig some fine sounds quickly evaporate. So, once again, here’s our guide to the season’s best music festivals. Enjoy! Brewery Ommegang Music Series (June 15-September 22) Cooperstown’s Brewery Ommegang opened on a 136-acre hop farm in 1997 and has since exploded as an award-winning maker of Belgian-style ales. It also seems the brewers are big fans of music as well as handcrafted beers: Recently, Ommegang has become a hot live venue and snared some of the festival circuit’s biggest-drawing acts. Like who? How about Cake (June 15), Death Cab for Cutie (July 21), Lyle Lovett (July 27), Wilco (July 28), and Darius Rucker (September 22)? Complement the beer and the bands with a bite at gastropub Cafe Ommegang and the day is complete. Ommegang.com Maverick (Through September 16) America’s oldest continuous summer chamber music festival returns to its historic 1916 Woodstock shed for another three-month run of classical, jazz, and world music luminaries. This season’s highlights include the Imani Winds (July 1), the Shanghai Quartet (July 8), the Four Nations Ensemble (July 14), composer Peter Schickele (July 21), cellist Zuill Bailey with pianist Robert Koenig (July 29), a young people’s concert by Elizabeth Mitchell and Family (August 4), Trio Solisti (August 12), jazz pianist Fred Hirsch (September 8), violinist Tim Fain (September 9), and the Tokyo String Quartet (September 16). Maverickconcerts.org Bethel Woods (Through September 29) The site of the original 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel rocks yet again. This time out the schedule promises the likes of Lady Antebellum (June 13), Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band (June16), the Beach Boys (June 17), the New York Philharmonic
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(July 7), the New York Doo-Wop Extravaganza (July 14), Furthur, featuring Bob Weir and Phil Lesh (July 15), Everclear, Sugar Ray, the Gin Blossoms, Lit, and Marcy Playground (July 20), Joe Cocker and Huey Lewis and the News (August 5), Southside Johnny (September 8), Steve Earle (September 29), and much more. Bethelwoodscenter.org Belleayre (July 7-September 1) The breathtaking views from Belleayre Mountain always make a stunning backdrop for live music, and this year is no exception.The 2012 listing of summer events at the Highmount ski resort is rich with rock, soul, jazz, opera, country, show tunes, and more. On the books are the Spinners (July 7), Josh Turner (July 14), Christine Ebersole (July 21), Puccini’s “La Boheme” (July 28), Ed Palermo’s Little Big Band with a tribute to Frank Zappa (August 3), a celebration of Lionel Hampton by Jason Marsalis and Dianne Schuur (August 4), Stefon Harris (August 10), Pat Metheny’s Unity Band (August 11), and the Belleayre Festival Orchestra performing Led Zeppelin (September 1). Belleayremusic.org Camp Bisco (July 12-14) This three-day jam-band/DJ/hip-hop throwdown founded by the Disco Biscuits in 2001 is held at the scenic Indian Lookout Country Club in rural Mariaville. Among its new-and-improved additions are wooded camping, a second stage in the main field, surround-sound PA systems in larger dance tents, a local artist stage, and shuttles from Albany, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Burlington, New York, and Philadelphia. Besides the Biscuits themselves, the lineup of over 100 acts includes Bassnectar, Skrillex, Amon Tobin ISAM, Crystal Castles, Atmosphere, Big Boi, Portugal. The Man, Big Gigantic, Holy Fuck, Rubblebucket, and dozens more. Campbisco.net Green River (July 14-15) On its way to becoming the Northeast’s greatest roots music festival, Green River takes place on the grounds of Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and this year honors the 100th birthday of patron saint Woody Guthrie with a visit from Arlo Guthrie and the Guthrie Family Reunion. The stellar roster also features Los Lobos, Richard Thompson, Ozomatli, the David Wax Museum, C. J. Chenier, the Rebirth Brass Band, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, the Lost Bayou Ramblers with Gordon Gano, Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express, Chris Smither, Lee Fields and the Expressions, the Deedle Deedle Dees, and others. Greenriverfestival.com Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (July 27-29) Not to be underestimated when it comes to roots sounds, however, is this august fest
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at Dodds Farm in Hillsdale, a favorite since 1988. On the bill for this edition are Aztec Two-Step, Eilen Jewell, Holly Near, the Grand Slambovians, Eddie from Ohio, Girlyman, Jubal’s Kin, the Clayfoot Strutters, Nerissa and Katrina Nields, Todd Scheaffer, John Francis, and more to be announced. Dancing has long been a big part of the Falcon Ridge fun, and the site’s 8,000-square-foot covered wooden floor features leading dance callers. The Workshop Stage has intimate performances, while the Family Stage offers kid-friendly activities. Along with on-site camping, there are food and craft vendors. Falconridgefolk.com Phoenicia Festival of the Voice (August 2-5) This Phoenicia happening was launched in 2009 by local mezzo-soprano Maria Todaro and baritones Louis Otey and Kerry Henderson with a mission “to promote the human voice as an instrument of peace, healing, and artistic expression through presenting world-class performances of opera, song, world music, Baroque, new vocal music, and choral music.” This year boasts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” conducted by the Metropolitan Opera’s Steven White with a cast including Otey and tenor Richard Troxell; the operatic comedy “The Benefit” with Todaro and Michelle Jennings; a tribute to Peter Schickele with pianist Justin Kolb and a full chorus; and “Love’s Kingdom,” an evening of lieder featuring Henderson, Met tenor Barry Banks, and flutist Eugenia Zukerman. Phoeniciavoicefest.org Bard SummerScape (July-August 19) The music and world of “the French Mozart,” Camille Saint-Saëns, is the focus of the 23rd annual staging of this world-renowned series at Bard College in Annandaleon-Hudson. In addition to performances of works by the composer and his contemporaries—Ravel, DeBussy, Berlioz; Chabrier’s comic opera “The King in Spite of Himself ”—the celebration includes Moliere’s comedic play “The Imaginary Invalid”; Beatrice Massin’s dance company, Compagne Fêtes galantes, with “Let My Joy Remain”; plus lectures and films. The magical Spiegeltent also returns, with live music (Buckwheat Zydeco, Martha Wainwright, an Yves Montand tribute), cabaret (the Wau Wau Sisters), SpiegelClub DJ nights, family entertainment, and more. Fishercenter.bard.edu FreshGrass (September 21-23) Okay, late September technically isn’t summer. But in only its second year this upstart event at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, continues to line up amazing talent, and warrants inclusion. Headlined by the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, the high lonesome hoot also stars Trampled by Turtles, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the Lonesome River Band, Joy Kills Sorrow, Cahalen and Eli, Leyla McCalla, Devil Makes Three, the Infamous Stringdusters, and Spirit Family Reunion. There’s also a banjo workshop with Alison Brown, events for kids, and local food and drink;
ticketholders also get admission to MASS MoCA’s sprawling, contemporary art-filled galleries, where they can enjoy pop-up concerts. Massmoca.org Also on the Horizon Clearwater June 16-17. Croton-on-Hudson. Ani DiFranco, Martin Sexton, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Bela Fleck, Josh Ritter, Arlo Guthrie, Tinariwen, the Punch Brothers, more. Clearwaterfestival.org Old Songs June 22-23. Altamont. Bruce Molsky, Brother Sun, Sharon Katz and the Peace Train, the Andrew and Noah Band, Mulebone, John McCutcheon, Ron Gordon and Michael Eck, more. Oldsongs.org Glimmerglass July 7-August 25. Cooperstown. Verdi’s “Aida,” Meredith Wilson’s “The Music Man,” Lully’s “Armide,” Kurt Weill’s “Lost in the Stars,” Eric Owen singing Billy Eckstine, more. Glimmerglass.org Hudson.Water.Music. July 18-August 15. Hudson. Chandler Travis Philharmonic, Wasted Lives, Pocatello, King of the Forest, Taina Asili y los Bande Rebelde, Sweet Soubrette, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. Hudsonwatermusic.com Grey Fox July19-22. Oak Hill. Del McCoury, Hot Rize, David Grisman, Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers, David Bromberg, Tony Trischka, Punch Brothers, Jesse McReynolds, more. Greyfoxbluegrass.com Hudson Valley Jazz Festival August 16-August 19. The renamed Warwick Valley Jazz Festival expands its venues this year into the greater Warwick area and Sugarloaf. Chris Persad Group, John Ellis, Mike Purcell Group, Gabriele Tranchina Quintet, New York Swing Exchange, Rick Savage Group, more. Hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org 6/12 ChronograM summer festivals 65
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Schubert Fantasy in C Major, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wandererâ&#x20AC;? Brahms â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fantasien,â&#x20AC;? Op. 116 Scriabin Fantasy in B Minor, Op. 28 Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82 Saturday, July 28 Jeremy Denk Recital Jeremy Denk, clearly, is a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs, in whatever combination â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both for his penetrating intellectual engagement with the music and for the generosity of his playing. The New York Times
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nightlife highlights Handpicked by music editor Peter Aaron for your listening pleasure.
Chris Smither June 1. Apparently the Towne Crier has, at least for the moment, averted the impending loss of its home of 24 years (as reported in our February issue, a rent increase had the owners scrambling for a new venue). Thankfully, the present site has been soldiering on with fine dates like this one by folk-blues master Chris Smither, who rose to prominence on the ’60s Boston scene and has seen his songs covered by fan Bonnie Raitt. With an intimate, confessional vibe, Smither’s acoustic performances cross his deft storytelling and originals with American classics. (Ellis Paul sings June 2; the Chris O’Leary Band reels by June 9.) 8:30pm. $25, $30. Pawling. (845) 855-1300; Townecrier.com.
Dog on Fleas Record Release Show June 9. For 13 years Dog on Fleas has been bopping out fun ’n’ friendly family tunes. Led by multi-instrumentalist Dean Jones (producer of kindred “kindie” acts Uncle Rock, the Deedle Deedle Dees, and Elizabeth Mitchell), the NPR-acclaimed trio draws on pop, jazz, and world music to get “kids of all ages” clapping and dancing. Invisible Friends, album number seven for the band, gets celebrated with this hometown hit at the Rosendale Cafe. (Playing in Traffic, featuring Steve Swallow, Adam Nussbaum, and Ohad Talmor, jazzes things up June 15; the Boot Heel Drag kicks in June 30.) 4pm. $10. Rosendale. (845) 658-9048; Rosendalecafe.com.
Kinky Friedman June 23. There’s truly only one Kinky Friedman. Besides being hailed as “the Frank Zappa of country music,” the Austin, Texas, institution is a self-proclaimed “author, columnist, musician, and beautician” and one-time gubernatorial candidate whose songs like “Ride ’Em Jewboy” and “They Ain’t Making Jews like Jesus Anymore” reference his Jewish heritage with sidesplittingly in-your-face panache. His “Bi-Polar Tour” rolls into the Bearsville Theater to promote The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts, a new book he co-authored with actor Billy Bob Thornton. (Melanie lays it down June 2; Kelli Scar croons June 22.) 8pm. $30. Bearsville. (845) 679-4406; Bearsvilletheater.com.
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June 28. Now striking out as a trio of their own, saxophonist Steve Baczkowski, guitarist Bill Nace, and drummer Chris Corsano once backed Thurston Moore as his Dream/Aktion Unit. Of the three, Corsano is perhaps the most known: The Berkshires percussionist is a member of the group Rangda, played with Björk on her 2007-08 Volta tour, and has worked with Joe McPhee, Jim O’Rourke, Evan Parker, and Nels Cline. Here, the powerhouse threesome heads to the Spotty Dog Books & Ale to rattle the shelves and knock the head off your pint. (D. Charles Speer and Trummors visit June 8; Man Forever appears June 24.) 7pm. $7. Hudson. (518) 671-6006; Thespottydog.com.
Marc Von Em/KJ Denhert June 30. Singer-songwriter Marc Von Em recently unveiled Crash Boom Pow, his fourth release, and has toured with Matchbox 20’s Rob Thomas and opened for Martin Sexton, Glenn Tillbrook, and Lucy Kaplansky. Among other honors, Bronx-raised urban folk-jazz artist KJ Denhert won the Mountain Stage New Song contest in August 2005 with “Little Mary” and was named as one of the best female vocalists of 2009 by Jazz.com. A frequent performer in Europe, she sometimes leads her own band, NY Unit, but plays solo for this bill at the Philipstown Depot Theater. (Music documentary Thunder Soul screens June 22.) 8pm. $20. Garrison. (845) 424-3900. Philipstowndepottheatre.org.
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Chris Smither plays the Towne Crier on June 1.
cd reviews Little Green Blackbird The Summer I Stopped Whining (2011, Following May Productions)
“Sing Hallelujah” is the opening track on the premiere CD by Little Green Blackbird, the recording guise of Woodstocker Kirsti Gholson, and it could not be more appropriately placed on this jubilant 10-track recording. “Sing hallelujah to know my arms could be the safest place in all the Earth and sky,” sings Gholson in a harmonizing voice as sweet as the yellow primrose of spring. She digs into the dreamiest and most painful aspects of life here on an album that could be recommended to fans of Suzanne Vega, Bar Scott, Sheryl Crow, Aimee Mann, and other female-based pop ensembles that specialize at the tugging of soul strings. Some listeners will know Gholson through her vocal work with the overtone choir Baird Hersey and Prana. For this project she enlists the talents of locally and internationally known artists drummer Jerry Marotta, cellist Jane Scarpantoni, and bassist Kyle Esposito. Additionally, acoustic guitar, piano, and Gholson’s sugar plum-fairy celesta weave a splendiferous album that positively shimmers, and the magical lyricism here could stand alone as fine poetry (according to the singer, her inspiration came from such diverse sources as The Wizard of Oz, Anne Boleyn, and melting ice caps). Gholson is also known for her firm social advocacy, and a portion of the sales of The Summer I Stopped Whining will go toward animal protection and human rights causes. If you’re looking to pop in a CD that will brighten your day and warm your night, look no further. Littlegreenblackbird.wordpress.com. —Sharon Nichols
Marco Benevento Between the Needles and Nightfall (2010, Royal Potato Family Records)
It begins with an acoustic piano, but, good Lord, it doesn’t end there. Marco Benevento makes John Cage and Rick Wakeman shake hands with his freewheeling approach to the keyboard. Benevento attaches pickups, processes the sound through piles of pedals, and generally regards convention the way a butcher regards a chicken. But the end result is an eminently melodic gaggle of contradictions.The Brooklyn/Saugerties composer’s latest effort, Between the Needles and Nightfall, boasts a colorful cover that makes it look like a children’s record, but it contains some very mature music (all of it anchored by his regular rhythm section of drummer Andrew Barr and bassist Reed Mathis). To make Needles, the trio entered Bryce Goggins’s Trout Recording and spent three days letting it happen.The ensuing sonic fragments, often just gestures and aphorisms, were looped, edited, and reassembled in the intervening months by Benevento. The result is, well, wow. The disc opens with the cinematic push of “Greenpoint,” where whooshing touches of Krautrock mingle with an effortless piano soundtrack. “Two of You” virtually lifts the “Würm” section of Yes’s “Starship Trooper,” making acid jazz out of New Age. And “Numbers,” which immediately follows, has a piano tone straight out of “Benny and the Jets.” Mind you, Needles is not nostalgic. It simply reflects a man with very big ears and a short attention span opening himself to all the music he has inside in head, whether that’s a barrelhouse spin on Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good” (check Barr’s brilliant snare!) or Benevento’s own dense, trippy “Snow Lake.” Marcobenevento.com. —Michael Eck
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The Sweet Clementines Though it Were the Kiss of Death (2011, Independent)
Throughout Though ItWere the Kiss of Death, the Sweet Clementines’ second release, one imagines New Paltz singersongwriter-guitarists John Burdick and Chris Tanis throwing gauntlets: “Badfinger-meets-Django Reinhardt, sir! I dare you!” “Simon & Garfunkel-meets-Ennio Morricone!” “Tom Waits-drinks-absinthe-with-Neil Young!” The two former English teachers receive enthusiastic encouragement from co-conspirators Jason Sarubbi (bass, co-production with Burdick), Marianne Tasick (violin, vocals), Matty Senzatimore (drums), and Paul Carroll (vibraphone, percussion), resulting in an hour or so of exhilarating, epic pop-cabaret-prog-folk laced with Baltic overtones. This is bubblegum and borscht, popcorn and pierogies, spun into scrumptious sound. Divided into three “sides,” Though It Were the Kiss of Death spools out like aural cinema, with Tanis’s and Burdick’s artful, often funny lyrics—sung in turn by the guys and the angel-throated Tasick—knitting together myriad shades, scenes, and extreme dynamic shifts. Tantalizing hints of a narrative emerge; characters careening through life, longing, loving, misbehaving, their actions punctuated by some astonishing guitar work from Burdick. Production-wise, it’s a sonic smorgasbord, ranging from Abbey Road to live-in-a-room lo-fi, yet the personality-rich ensemble work and derring-do spirit give it a distinctive “Sweet Clementines” stamp. If the Merseybeat gypsy melodies don’t get you, the well-wrought lines will: “Aren’t you tired of sitting around? This house has halitosis. You’re a cheese that’s expired, taking on all the flavors around by osmosis” (“Inside Out”). Always good to have killer words to sing when a melody gets stuck in your head. Which will happen, guaranteed. Thesweetclementines.com. —Robert Burke Warren 6/12 ChronograM music 69
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HOME IS HER CASTLE
Robin Palmer Reinvents the Happy Ending By Nina Shengold Photograph by Jennifer May
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veryone knows how a fairy tale ends. In bedtime stories and countless Disney movies, an evil enchantment is finally broken and the heroine, plucky or otherwise, marries her prince and lives happily ever after. In life, we’ve been taught to expect the same course of events, perhaps with a Dolce & Gabbana gown and a nice little spread in the New York Times Vows column. Meet Robin Palmer. With her dark hair, upturned eyes and lithe grace, Palmer has a princessy glow, and her converted barn outside Germantown is plenty palatial. But like the heroines of her revisionist fairy tales (Cindy Ella, Geek Charming, Little Miss Red, and the upcoming Wicked Jealous), Palmer has done it her own way. Which has nothing to do with waiting for some overbred royal to come to the rescue, and a great deal to do with John Burroughs’ maxim “Leap, and the net will appear.” Palmer’s self-dubbed “pink barn” is the warm beige of Bermuda sand. From the road, it looks austere, but inside is a breathtaking loft space with skylights, tall windows, and huge hand-hewn beams.When a realtor showed it to Palmer last year, it was love at first sight. One of her first additions was a magisterial plank table built by a neighbor. On one end sits a saffron-cardamom date cake the author just baked, flanked by fresh tulips and silver candelabra. It looks just a bit like a magazine spread, except for two large jars of Gold’s horseradish and gefilte fish on a shelf. No art director would put those there; this is a genuine home, quirks and all. Palmer settles onto a couch, flashing the near-constant smile of someone who still can’t believe her good fortune. She’s dreamed of becoming a writer since her second-grade teacher read one of her stories out loud. “I was totally mortified, and then so pleased,” she recalls. But the journey toward getting her wish wound through some dark woods. She was six years old when her mother took her own life. “When you lose a parent really young—I felt so different from everyone, especially losing a parent the way I did. I didn’t understand it. Nobody did,” Palmer says. She remembers her father taking her to Disneyland, where she was photographed with Snow White. “My dad had just been widowed, and I desperately wanted him to marry Snow White.” Happily ever after, again. Three years later, her father did marry again, giving her a new stepmother and two older, more confident stepsisters. “The blueprint was Cinderella,” says Palmer, who borrowed that blended-family dynamic for her middle-grade series Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker, in which Lucy’s single mother starts dating the dad of a Hannah Montana-like teen superstar. Palmer’s family moved several times during her teen years, from New Jersey to Massachusetts and back. She studied communications at Boston University, and went to Hollywood as soon as she graduated, renting an apartment in what turned out to be a drug mecca. “There were LAPD helicopters going overhead—I was terrified to leave my apartment. I thought, ‘What have I done?’ I had no job, I didn’t know anyone—all my friends had moved to New York.” Within a few months, she’d found safer digs and an assistant’s job at the William Morris Agency. “It was like going to graduate school. It’s Ground Zero for the entire industry.” Palmer’s boss, “the nicest guy in the entire world,” helped her move into script development. Eventually she was hired by Lifetime, where she was a network executive for five years. It was a heady time, with many projects in production and an expense account. But something was missing. Palmer recalls her thirtieth birthday party. “I looked out at 100 of my quote unquote close personal friends, half of whom I didn’t know, singing ‘Happy Birthday.’ All I could think was, ‘How did I get here?’” The wish she made as she blew out the candles was, “Help me figure this life thing out.” What helped her untangle the knot was a screenplay she wrote on spec during her last year at Lifetime. Over the next five years, she also completed a memoir (Adventures of a Recovering Drama Queen) and a novel. All received positive feedback; none of them sold. “Meanwhile I was still living in LA, surrounded by the business, but no longer part of it. It was humbling.” The work itself kept her going. “I just knew I was never happier than when I was writing. In the middle of the night—I don’t have kids, but I use the metaphor of birth a lot—I was up late writing, and I thought, ‘I bet this is what it
feels like to get up and nurse your child.This brings me more joy than anything I’ve ever done, and I will do whatever I have to do to support it.’” That included a housesitting gig in New York, where Palmer’s agent suggested she try writing a young adult novel. As she walked away from the meeting, “I had this vision of a blonde girl in flip-flops. And that was Cindy Ella.” Palmer had been reading Jung scholar Marie-Louise von Franz and Bruno Bettelheim, so fairy-tale archetypes were on her mind. “We’re fed these fairy tales from such a young age,” she explains. “My question was, ‘How can I give them to girls in a way that empowers them?’ Not the princess waiting to be rescued, but the antiprincesses, saving themselves.” She wrote 100 pages and an outline for a novel about Cindy Ella, a sophomore at LA’s fictional Castle Heights High whose anti prom screed enrages her mainstream stepsisters,but wins her a pseudonymous online fan who just might turn out to be princely. Early one morning, Palmer’s agent called to tell her that Puffin had made an offer on Cindy Ella. Not only that, they wanted three modern fairy tales. Palmer’s smile widens as she remembers that day. She’d been paying her rent by selling off “a closet full of designer shoes from my former life” on eBay, and had just listed the last pair, the Chanel motorcycle books she couldn’t bear to sell. “My first thought was, ‘Oh my God, I’ve got a book deal!’ And the second was, ‘Can I get my boots back?’” (She did.) “I couldn’t believe I was going to be a published author,” she says. “I called my father, and he said,’The happiest day of my life was the day you were born. This is the second.’ He started to cry, I started to cry.” Palmer shakes her head. “My childhood may have been crazy—wacky and chaotic, as everyone’s is— but I have never felt not loved. My parents—all my parents, including my stepmother—always believed in me. That means the world. If you have that, you feel you can be whatever you want.” Including a bestselling author. Cindy Ella was followed by Geek Charming, a he-said, she-said Frog Prince that was recently filmed by Disney Channel. Next came Little Miss Red, whose heroine meets a wolfishly handsome bad-boy on the plane when she goes to visit her grandmother in Florida. Wicked Jealous, a hilarious Snow White remix with a houseful of seven variously doofy, narcoleptic, allergic, and bashful college boys replacing the dwarves, will come out in July, sandwiched between the fourth and fifth volumes of Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker. All told, Palmer has written 10 books in five years, including Ways of Being With, due out in 2013. Portraying a girl whose actress mother needs more parenting than she provides, it tackles much darker terrain. “I’ve made a whole career out of being funny, so it’s been really interesting to write a book where I don’t make the joke,” Palmer notes. She recalls reading Judy Blume’s books as a teen. “I would shut the door and disappear into those books, and feel like I wasn’t the only one going through hard times. To understand and be understood—I’ve gotten that time and time again from books, and I just want to pay it forward.” When a teen reader emailed, “Your books make me feel normal,” she was elated. “I write for the girls who sit on the side in the cafeteria. They have no idea how cool they are,” she asserts, adding that popular girls reach their peak in high school. “They peak and we blossom.” Indeed. Alongside her blooming career as a writer, Palmer is a part-time consultant at MTV, overseeing development and production of four original movies a year. She commutes to New York by train three days a week, often writing en route.Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturday mornings are “total writing days.”Weekends are for entertaining; she’s currently on a Mideastern cooking jag. Palmer is already mapping out her next book, a modern retelling of Alice in Wonderland set in Paris, and she’s about to take off on a nine-day research trip. Then it’s back to the pink barn to write. She smiles. “If you told me five years ago that I was going to buy a house—not just a house, a converted barn big enough for 10—by myself, I wouldn’t have believed it. What my life looks like is not what I pictured.You can either not have your life because it’s not unfolding in that traditional way, or you can go with it and create a life.” Palmer’s eyes glint with mischief. “Maybe the prince will move into my castle.” Whether he does or not, Robin Palmer has fashioned her own happy ending. “I never feel more myself than when I’m writing in this house. This is where I belong.” 6/12 ChronograM books 71
summer reading roundup for kids: Picture books A bumper crop of recent picture books by Hudson Valley authors and illustrators, reviewed by Susan Krawitz, Anne Pyburn, Nina Shengold, and Robert Burke Warren. and then it’s spring Written by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin E. Stead Roaring Book Press, 2012, $16.99
“First you have brown, all around you have brown…and then there are seeds.” The winter-to-spring waiting game has never been so simply, evocatively depicted in both word and line. This delightful collaboration by a Woodstock resident and the 2011 Caldecott Medal winner is as magically resonant as any classic picture book.
LADYBUG GIRL AND BINGO David Soman and Jacky Davis Penguin, 2012, $16.99
Ladybug Girl’s vivid imagination is fondly rendered by frequent-flyer Rosendale team Soman and Davis. Their intrepid heroine Lulu and her insect alter ego take a camping trip in this latest adventure; Lulu is so intensely caught up in her magical world that the family dog escapes her for a scary moment, but as ever, Ladybug Girl saves the day.
AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE SHABBAT: JEWISH PEOPLE CELEBRATE THE SABBATH TOGETHER Durga Yael Bernhard Jewish Lights Publishing, 2011, $18.99
In warm words and glowing illustrations, this Sydney Taylor Award-winning book follows families on every continent as they prepare traditional foods, light candles, worship, and unplug from workday stress. An Argentine father puts away wallet and keys; Ethiopian farmers rest under a tree. Along with rich details of Jewish ritual, Phoenicia resident Bernhard celebrates the nondenominational joys of peace and quiet. THE BEAR WENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN
THE LAND OF LOST THINGS / EL PAIS DE LAS COSAS PERDIDAS Dina Bursztyn Pinata Books, 2011, $16.95
Remember wondering if all of the lost things somehow ended up together? Argentine-born Catskill resident Bursztyn remembers the otherworldliness of this notion, and her colorful, dreamlike rendition of the enchanted realm of pencils, mittens, and such makes a nice bedtime read-aloud to set young minds roaming. The flowing text is in both English and Spanish.
as told and illustrated by Iza Trapani
MAGGIE’S SECOND CHANCE
Sky Pony Press, 2012, $16.95
Nancy Furstinger, illustrated by Joel Hyatt
Waking up to a brilliant spring sunrise, a cheerfully anthropomorphized bear ambles and dances through five senses and four seasons before settling back into his Catskill cave for bedtime. Trapani’s lush pastel illustrations will comfort young listeners and leave parents humming the strangely zen lyrics (sheet music provided; see what you could see). Appearing 6/3, 11am-1pm, Rhinebeck Farmer’s Market; 6/10 at 2pm, Poughkeepsie Barnes & Noble.
The Gryphon Press, 2011, $16.95
Based on a true story in which Texas fourth graders learn about the plight of homeless dogs in their town and mobilize adults to open a no-kill shelter, this Moonbeam Awardwinning book employs spare, incisive prose and realistic illustration to touch, inspire, and educate readers. Without shying away from harsh facts, Furstinger delivers a potent tale with both shadows and a happy ending. Appearing 6/10, 2pm, Poughkeepsie Barnes & Noble.
CHICO THE BRAVE Dave Horowitz
MY TEACHER
Penguin Young Readers Group, 2012, $16.99
written and illustrated by James Ransome
Chronogram cover artist Horowitz’s lively, funny illustrations and brisk text offer a new variation on the “fake-it-‘till-youmake-it” approach. Young Chico the Peruvian chicken is consumed by fear until his father’s well-intentioned storytelling sends him into danger. A scary mountaintop! Criminal llamas! Kids will be inspired by Chico’s surprising reaction to a real crisis.
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012, $16.99
CHLOE written and illustrated by Peter McCarty Balzer and Bray, 2012, $16.99
The adorable bunny co-star of McCarty’s Henry in Love thinks the TV that Dad brought home was a terrible surprise, and decides to convince her huge family that actually having fun is better than sitting on a couch watching it. Tender drawings, a sweet bunny family, and support for “they always play with the box” theorists. Appearing 7/8 from 12-2pm, Oblong Books at Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market. JACKSON AND AUGGIE: ADVENTURE IN THE HUDSON VALLEY written by Renee Pearce, illustrated by Kaylin Ruffino Strategic Book Publishing, 2012, $13.95
Two Monroe-born sisters keep it local with this tailwagging saga of a free-range Siamese cat and boxer, written in rhymes Auggie might claim as “doggerel.” Each of middle school art teacher Ruffino’s jaunty illustrations quotes a different visual style, from pointillism to Pop Art, with an informative index in back. Appearing 6/16, 2-4pm, Puppy Paws, Cornwall; Pine Bush Farmers’ Market 7/14.
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Why do teachers teach? It’s certainly not for the glamour of the job. Ransome’s narrator details a teacher who goes above and beyond the call of duty to help her students’ dreams come true. A loving tribute to the selfless souls who get to school early and go home late by an awardwinning Rhinebeck author/illustrator.
NEVILLE Norton Juster, illustrated by G. Brian Karas Random House, 2011, $17.99
Phantom Tollbooth author Juster’s new kid on the block draws an appreciative crowd just by repeatedly shouting a mysterious name. The underlying gist—that the neighborhood is receptive and curious about a young newcomer, and that change doesn’t have to mean fear—is sweet, and the illustrations by Rhinebeck’s G. Brian Karas have atmosphere and verve.
ZOO AH-CHOOOO Peter Mandel, illustrated by Elwood Smith Holiday House, 2012, $16.95
With delightful, vintage-looking illustrations by celebrated Rhinebeck artist Smith, Mandel takes us through a zoo where a slow day is enlivened by an uncontrollable chain of animal sneezes, beginning with the snow leopard and continuing from elephant to hippo and so on. By the end, mud is raining down on chaos, and the vet saves the day. Appearing 6/24, 11am-1pm, Oblong Books at Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market.
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DREAMSLEEVES Coleen Murtagh Paratore Scholastic Books, 2012, $16.99
Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing 12-year-old Aislinnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name means â&#x20AC;&#x153;dreamâ&#x20AC;? in Gaelic, because without her passion for â&#x20AC;&#x153;wide-awakeâ&#x20AC;? dreams, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have no life at all. As summer arrives, her beloved Nana is away, her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pregnant again, and her alcoholic fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become increasingly abusive. Her best friend Maizey takes up with snobby Sue-Ellen, and her father wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let her see the boy she likes. People shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wear their hearts on their sleeve, her Nana has cautioned, but Aislinn decides dreams are different, wearing hers in the literal senseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in writing, on paper. You need other people to make dreams come true, she learns, but can anyone make her father stop drinking? This heartfelt, semiautobiographical tale is by the Troy-based author of the Wedding Plannerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daughter series.
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Jack Mogens is a happy-go-lucky star player with Little League baseball team the Tall Pine Braves, riding high until he gets plunked in the head by a stray pitch and promptly loses his mojo. This is where Red Hook author Northrop shines, offering lots of interior detail to complement the superficial aspects of a seemingly carefree young jockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. Jack descends into a spiral of secret anxiety, experiencing stress so intense that he lies to everyone, claiming a hand injury, and ducks out of a game. He seriously considers quitting baseball. Lucky for Jack, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got great parents, a gruff-but-lovable coach, and a best friend, who all understand him a lot better than he thinks they do.
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POETRY
Edited by Phillip Levine. Deadline for our July issue is June 5. Send up to three poems or three pages (whichever comes first). Full submission guidelines: www.chronogram.com/submissions.
No Problem —p
The dinosaurs were wiped out by a meat eater. —Lilia Seekamp (4 years)
A Small Poem in Which Socrates, Mozart, Matisse, Chekhov, and Einstein are All Squeezed In Poor old Socrates had so few geniuses in history to keep him company. He never had Mozart’s piano music to listen to. He never had Matisse’s colorful observations to find pleasure gazing at. He never had Chekhov’s letters to read, one in which he mentions enjoying a bowl of rich sorrel soup in a train station. None of this was available to him to help take his mind off matters. We know this is not true of Einstein. We know that he loved Mozart. But god only knows what precious thoughts went through that brain of his while listening. Perhaps, one evening, he thought about the lovely young woman he had seen while walking across campus lost in thought, flakes of snow coming to rest in his hair like the tiniest of birds, chirpless and blind. —Ronald Baatz
R.I.P. The night they drove old Dixie down I was painting my masterpiece To Dick Clark who was at the Helm I told him to Take the load off The Weight But, He was looking for a place to hide Up on Cripple Creek Where she sends me To Dance The Last Waltz But Slippin and slidin Like a Drunkard’s dream If I ever did see one But then Dick said to Levon For Now So long Then everyone wore A long black veil And stood on The American Band Stand And we all sang Ophelia —Ed Morris
Go With the Flow
Dog Days
We dug a mini ditch to let the maxi waters flow for the mini stream in winter sparked a torrent after snow mini banks of mud dis placing last year’s grasses coarse displaying mini f l o w e r s in new maxi mats of moss Count on ample Mother Nature never fretting at a loss once more s c a t
In the slow groaning passage of summer, the only thing worse than being in the dirt was sitting and watching your yard sizzle, vinyl folding chairs branding your thighs, jars of watered-down lemonade sweating puddles on the porch rail
t e r i n g h e r p u r s e. —Ruth Heuberger
Haiku One: Dawn Open the window because things are what they are and it is morning. —Emma Stamm
We vowed to dive headfirst into our hard-earned laziness. now, though we would never voice it, we were neck-deep in regret: we would have rioted for anything. would have taken up amateur picket signs and stormed public offices, if anything had been coarse enough to get under our pinked skin. —Sabrina Adikes
Deeper Than the Shade Let’s talk about my lamp The shade is pleated muslin. Forget what I said…I don’t want to discuss what isn’t puzzlin’ I will peek around the corner to see what’s truly comin’ Let’s speak about my bird His wings are green with yellow streaks He speaks and he speaks Quite a coffee table conversation piece! The course I need is deeper than the shade The moon was your own A few feelings sewn, and now they have flown.
Skin and Bones
Let’s talk about the lamp.
The wind, chills my skin. Never reaching my bones.
—Beth Ann Shoenfeld
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my sister and I are mid-glory: two months in wild rebellion of our parents’ wishes. we’d skipped auditions for theatre camp to walk next door and watch an endless succession of kickflips.
The Dark Side of the River Crossing the Rhinecliff This is normal A weekly routine A fork in the road The rightmost path my Usual route Somehow does not call me today Turning the first corner Is not as easy as I Remember when the road is not Covered with a Maliciously fluffy, immaculately white Menace Approaching the shoulder Seeing the high hill Racing toward the ditch This is surely how I die As so many have Experienced before My entire life Plays through My head Like an accelerated slide show Having never felt so Helpless So little in control of My life Forgetting all of those Rules those Little tricks To stop sliding Hoping This will be the exception To no avail Happening so fast Almost unbelievably so A loud crunch Invaded my ears And the realization Hits I’m wrapped around a tree The worst sound I’ve ever known The droning wail of a broken machine A failing motor Amplified through the air Taking over what Should have been The calm of falling snow The worst smell I’ve known Previously unknown For I can compare it to Nothing Fills the interior Not able to handle this I race Out of the car To save my mind and My life
High Falls A compassionate stranger Accompanies me Watches over me As we watch from Afar My little blue car turn Black Engulfed by flames And as the popping of Explosions begin I realize just how Lucky I am —Katelyn Noecker
Like hot wires thrust through the snow, the magenta bush of stems splinters the air beside the waterfall. The current, in its green tailcoat, could sweep a body away. The wet rocks are gems, translucent joints of bone and cartilage, and planets. Berries cling onto their brambles like drops of blood, drawing confused mosquitoes close. The hungry insects suckle the carmine berries, but drown in their cups of water. —Pamela E. Ousley
Borsodi’s Coffee House on Howe I own this place— or it owns me. Here is where I grew awhile, stumbling through the unaware of this one’s style and paperbound hyperbole hid within a smile. Here lies the ghost of LaGalette while Stiles and stone prevail. Floorboards bare a cup, a chair exterior worn pale. No reading from a further room, crowded tables, voices, faces placed between ideal and walls, steel-string guitar and banjo cases, espresso steam and talk of war. Camembert and Grenadine. Cigarette ashes on the floor.
The Romantic Age Versus The Metallic Hummingbirds, or How Fuddy Dud Joins the Resistance I’m somewhat prone to an archaic language. Lest we forget, it rhymes best. This modern language cuts like an ax, is clean as a whistle, etc. A drone hovers. (We lie prone in our covers, imagining nothing.) Clean and quick is the new barbaric.
I turn the knob— each blade, each sod and concrete stair reclaim a part of me. Not found in deed of form or site, still, more the rightful heir.
—Steve Clark
—P. S. McMullan
The work demands economy but more: a motive oblique, a secret her.
My Son My son can touch the face of the moon each night And swing the stars in wide arcs across the sky He dances on the peaks of mountains As his laughter flies down the long valley on the wind His vibrant energy trails a rainbow Measuring the course of his life And he waits smiling in the sun For me
Fruit #3 I write—for a living— the copy on the bottom of juice drink caps.
To move you, I think of another and the word just comes. “Mouthy” I wrote the other day, fairly amazed at the richness. —John Burdick
—Eileen Geller 6/12 ChronograM poetry 75
Community Pages
Rollin’ on the River
newburgh-beacon bridge viewed from the newburgh waterfront
Newburgh and Cornwall By Erik Ofgang photos by David Morris Cunningham
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f the communities of Newburgh and Cornwall had a theme song it might just be Credence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary” with its “rollin’ on the river” chorus. Both communities are set against the majestic backdrop of the mighty Hudson River. Newburgh is a city that has been marred by crime and negative publicity in recent decades, but thanks to creative and unique development plans and artistic projects, the city is poised to become a regional destination for the arts and culture. Cornwall is a town of mountain and river views that residents say has kept a true small town feel even in an era of franchises and urban sprawl. Newburgh The first European explorer to come to Newburgh was Henry Hudson, whose ship, the Half Moon, came up the river (that would later bear his name) and into Newburgh bay in 1609. His first mate’s journal entry recorded that the area was “a pleasant place to build a town.” During the Revolutionary War George Washington guided the war from the city. For the last year and a half of the war Washington used the home of the Hasbrouck family as his headquarters. In 1850 the house became the first building to be preserved by a state as a historic site. During the early 1800s and early 1900s Newburgh was a center of commerce in the mid-Hudson. After World War II the national move away from
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cities and, decrease in industry took its toll on the city and many downtown business had closed by the 1970s. Over the years, historic buildings were left vacant and demolished by the city, and the crime rate increased. But today, the city is roaring back and is looking to reclaim its place as a regional influence. The newly opened Newburgh Brewing Company began selling beer at the end of April. (Read a profile of brewery owners page Paul Halayko and Christopher Basso on page 78.) The city is also home to the 35-acre Downing Park, which was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who designed New York City’s Central Park. Helping to lead revitalization efforts in Newburgh is Safe Harbors of the Hudson, a nonprofit organization that is committed to building communities through housing and the arts. In 2002 the organization purchased the historical Hotel Newburgh, which at the time was a run-down hotel but has since been transformed into an attractive supportive housing complex that has been renamed The Cornerstone Residence. In addition to providing assistance housing, the residence serves as a community center and catering and event hall. The Cornerstone Residence is also home to the Ann Street Gallery, which shows contemporary art by local and non local artists alike. Safe Harbors of the Hudson also hosts concerts and community events and festivals. The organization plans to renovate Newburgh’s historic Ritz Theater in the near future. Tricia HaggertyWenz, executive director of Safe Harbors of the Hudson, says
Andrew Digsby and Joshua Vignogna Miguel Elescano at Woody’s All Natural
at the hudson valley food bank
Yobo Steak House interior
Sigmund Freud’s Physician’s Oath at Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
Mikey Jackson at 2 Alice’s
Dan Brown and Michele Basch at The Wherehouse
Jenny O’Connor at Jenny’s Floral Design
Cafe Macchiato
Japanese Garden at Yobo Steak House
the goats at Edgwick Farm
chocolate covered strawberries at Commodore Chocolatier
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that revitalizing communities through the arts is “a proven way of redeveloping these small urban cities throughout the country.” She adds, “I believe Newburgh can redefine itself as a Mecca for the arts. I think that’s its best hope for the future.” But she’s quick to note there’s already plenty to love about Newburgh. “First of all you can’t deny the natural beauty of Newburgh right where it is in the Hudson Valley, with the river and the mountains. Then, you have the incredible architecture and then the eclectic mix of people who live here. There are so many different cultures that reside in the city. It makes for a certain kind of vibrancy.You can experience any type of food in the city of Newburgh. We need to expand upon that and market it more.” Among the food to be experienced in Newburgh are smoked and grilled meats and a varied vegetarian menu of the Wherehouse Restaurant at 119 Liberty Street. The Wherehouse specializes in barbecued items like ribs and pulled pork and uses organic and locally grown products wherever possible. Rib lovers will find another Mecca of meat flavor at Billy Joe’s Ribworks, at 26 Front Street. This waterside restaurant and bar offers mouthwatering ribs, spectacular views of the Hudson River, outdoor dining and regular live entertainment. At Caffe Macchiato, at 99 Liberty Street, diners can get a taste of Italy at this charming café that features breakfast and lunch menu items such as Italian style eggs and panini sandwiches. Lovers of Italian food can also sample the
wood-fired-brick-oven pizza, pastas, and entrees at Cosimo’s Brick Oven at Route 300 Newburgh. For lovers of Asian food, Newburgh is home to Yobo Fine Asian Cuisine, at 1297 Route 300. The restaurant’s menu features a diverse array of savory entrees from Korea, Japan, Indonesia, and all the provinces of China. For dessert diners can head over to Commodore Chocolatier at 482 Broadway. This family owned business is located in an old soda shop and it serves up a truly delectable assortment of store made artisan chocolates Visitors to Newburgh can slow down and enjoy the finer things in life with a bottle of wine purchased at Vino 100, a wine shop at 1278 Route 300 that offers 100 great wines for $25 or less and seeks to help wine lovers purchase wines that are specifically suited to their taste buds. Adams Fairacre Farms offers the community a greenhouse and nursery, garden supply, gourmet grocery store, baker, and deli all rolled into one. The business started as a roadside farm stand in the early 1900s, and the Newburgh location is one of four in the Hudson Valley. Beyond food and drink, Newburgh also offers a wide array of cultural activities. The Railroad Playhouse at 27 South Water Street, is a non +profit arts organization dedicated to the revitalization of Newburgh and the preservation of Newburgh’s historic West Shore Railroad Station. Cher Vick is a blogger who runs the site NewburghRestoration.com, 6/12 ChronograM newburgh + cornwall 77
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Growing up in nearby Washingtonville, Christopher Basso always thought Newburgh would be an ideal spot for some type of culinary-related business. “I always thought Newburgh would be a great place to do something. I went to culinary school, so I was thinking originally maybe a restaurant,” he says. Basso’s interests would soon take him out of the kitchen and into the carbonated world of beer. “I started home brewing when I was in culinary school. By the time I was done there, I sort of fell in love with beer,” he recalls. His love affair with beer would turn into a career. After graduating from the French Culinary Institute he worked at the Brooklyn Brewery—a powerhouse in the craft brewing industry—for six years. After leaving the Brooklyn Brewery he enlisted his childhood friend Paul Halayko as his business partner and together they founded The Newburgh Brewing Company. Basso serves as the brewmaster and CEO of the company while Halayko— whose background is in accounting—serves as the brewery’s president and chief operating officer. The brewery’s beer hit the market in late April. Right now they are selling to 60 bars, restaurants, and liquor stores across the Hudson Valley. At the end of May they opened a 6,000-square-foot tap room at 88 South Colden Street. The tap room will be available for special events and open on weekends for tastings. Basso and Halayko hope to make the tap room a relaxed community hangout where people can come and stay as long as they want without thinking they have to keep buying beer. The brewing duo also hopes the brewery can help revitalize Newburgh. “One of the things that most intrigued us about the city of Newburgh is the fact that we as a company could play a role in the overall cultural and economic revitalization of the city of Newburgh,” Halayko says. He adds, “We were all excited about that and in particular Chris was, having come from the Brooklyn Brewery and just seeing what the Brooklyn Brewery did for Williamsburg.” Right now, the brewery is offering four styles: a light Belgian-style saison beer, a cream ale, a brown ale, and a dry Irish stout. (For the sake of journalistic integrity, this reporter repeatedly sampled all four and will continue conducting long-term field research even after this story is published.) All of Newburgh’s initial beers are less than 4.5 percent alcohol, by volume (ABV). It’s a type of beer that’s described in the industry as “sessionable,” which means they’re brewed to be enjoyed with friends and not to get you wasted. “Those are what I like to drink,” says Basso, who adds that if you’re drinking for the flavor of the beer, the amount of alcohol should not matter. Both Basso and Halayko are hoping their brewery will become a source of local pride. “Communities in this country and in Europe take a tremendous amount of pride in their local brewery and they’re often times very loyal to it and they love the fact that they have a brewery, in their community,” Halayko says. “We’re excited to be part of the community here, both in the city of Newburgh and in Orange County and the Hudson Valley.” Newburghbrewing.com
which is dedicated to chronicling all the positive things that are going on in Newburgh. Vick, who lives in New York City, first heard about Newburgh because she has always been interested in historical architecture. “I was looking for historic homes within an hour radius of New York City,” she says. “I came upon Newburgh and thought it was great. I thought the architecture was great.” Vick launched her site in 2008. It began as a small hobby at first but it has became a major passion of hers, and she plans to move to the city one day soon and restore a historic home of her own. “I think Newburgh is a great location, perfect for somebody who’s looking to move out of the City who wants to be part of something,” she says. “Newburgh really is a city, it’s not just a town with a main street.” She adds that another thing she loves about Newburgh is its rich history. Speaking of history, Karpeles Manuscript Museum at 94 Broadway is the Newburgh branch of a national string of privately owned museums that was founded in the 1980s by California real estate magnates David and Marsha Karpeles. The Newburgh museum houses the Dona McPhillips Historical Painting Series. Through the end of August the museum will host an exhibit on Sigmund Freud. Newburgh is also home to Mount Saint Mary College, which has a campus overlooking the Hudson and has a great influence on the region. Fr. Kevin E. Mackin, OFM, president of Mount Saint Mary College, says many students come from the area to attend the college, and many students from other areas remain in Newburgh after graduation. “We have alumni in all 50 states and a few foreign countries, but many remain in this region,” he says. He adds that the city of Newburgh and the surrounding region have a lot to offer students and others. “We have a world of opportunities in the greater Newburgh area. We have much to celebrate and much to build upon. I hope more people discover those opportunities, learn about them, and also contribute their own best efforts.” CORNWALL South of Newburgh along the west side of the Hudson River lies Cornwall, which is also home to the village of Cornwall-on-Hudson. The quaint town boasts picturesque mountain and river views. 2 Alice’s Coffee Lounge at 311 Hudson Street serves up an assortment of coffee and espresso drinks and breakfast lunch and dinner items. Mikey Jackson, who owns 2 Alice’s Coffee Shop along with his “baby-mamma” Aurelia Winborn, says the place has a welcoming, relaxed atmosphere. “We always play great music tailored to the demographic that is currently in the shop. We have lots of telecommuters that use our shop as their office, which is really cool.” At night, the coffee shop serves beer and wine and regularly hosts music events on the weekends. Jackson said that Cornwall is unusual in that it still has an old-time small-town feel and sense of community. “Many small towns aren’t so small anymore and are overrun with shopping malls and giant stores, and Cornwall doesn’t have any of that. I like how I can’t go to the gas station without not bumping into at least five people [I know].” Jackson adds that he’s friends with many of the other business owners in town and it’s a tight-knit group. Those other businesses include Painter’s Restaurant at 266 Hudson Street, an inn, restaurant, and art gallery. The restaurant’s eclectic menu offers Italian, Japanese, Mexican, and American fare. Nearby, The Canterbury Brook Inn at 331 Main Street gives visitors a chance to experience an authentic European-style restaurant. Chef and owner Hans Baumann offers traditional Swiss dishes served in the European style. There are several dining rooms, as well as an outdoor terrace overlooking the picturesque Canterbury Brook. Leo’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria in Cornwall Plaza at 12518 Quaker Avenue serves delicious standard pizza and Sicilian-style pies.The restaurant also has a full menu that features classic Italian cuisine. In addition to the location in Cornwall there are Leo’s restaurants in Newburgh and Wappingers Falls. Cornwall is also home to the Storm King School, a private school that teaches grades 8-12. Joanna Evans, the school’s associate director of admissions, says the natural beauty of the area helps enhance the students learning experience.
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“With spectacular views of the Hudson River Valley and the Catskill Mountains to the north, the campus is adjacent to a total of 6,000 acres of preserved forest [including Black Rock Forest and Storm King State Park], which the Schools uses as a 6,000-acre classroom,” she says. Evans says the students connect with the local community in a variety of ways, including the school’s community service program, in which students engage in community service on a weekly basis. The students at the Storm King School are not the only ones in Cornwall giving back. The Food Bank of the Hudson Valley houses its administrative offices and has a 55,000-foot warehouses in Cornwall-on-Hudson. The organization is dedicated to alleviating hunger while preventing the waste of wholesome food. The agency provides millions of pounds of food to the needy each year. Cornwall is home to several farms, including the Edgwick Farm which produces artisan goat cheese (read a profile of Edgwick Farm, owner Talitha Thurau on page 85). In 2008 the Cornwall Community Co-Op formed to support these forms and others in the region and encourage local, fresh, and sustainable eating. Co-Op President Rachel Scirbona says the organization has lot of plans for this year. “We’re trying to be more active in the community,” she says. In the past, the Co-Op has hosted a weekly farmers market on the lawn at the Cornwall Town Hall on Wednesdays. This year Scirbona says they will also host a farmers market once a month on a Saturday. In July, the Co-Op will sponsor a locavore challenge and will be encouraging everyone in Cornwall to sign up and eat locally for one month. “We’re really lucky to live in the Hudson valley because there are so many farms and so many opportunities for local produce as well as artisan cheeses and breads. It’s a great place,” Scirbona says.
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Events Events at the Library The Newburgh Free Library hosts a diverse array of weekly events, ranging from classes on the use of the Internet to poet meetings and concerts. On June 23 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. the library will host a performance by the Steel Drum Band Ekklipse. The performance is being presented by the Jamaican Civic and Cultural Association of Rockland and will be held outdoors on the library grounds if the weather permits. Newburghlibrary.org
Sounding the Trumpets The Cornwall Public Library also hosts a variety of community events, including children’s story-time sessions and Chinese exercise classes. On Wednesday, May 30, the library presented a concert and lecture at the Walter Reade Jr. Theatre at Storm King School called “Trumpets Through Time.” The lecture recital featured the talents of John Charles Thomas, trumpet and James Rensink, piano. “Trumpets Through Time” was the third concert in a grant-funded “Music of the Renaissance and Baroque Periods” series presented by the Cornwall Library. Cornwallpubliclibrary.org
Downing Park Music Throughout the year, the Shelter House at Downing Park mounts month-long exhibitions of notable artists, photographers, and crafts makers. During the warmer months, events at Downing Park include festivals, food tastings, a farmers market, and a series of outdoor concerts. On Saturday, July 21, at 4 p.m. the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra will perform its annual concert in the park. Cityofnewburgh-ny.gov/downing
Mount Saint Mary College The college campus hosts a wide variety of music, art, and cultural events, including author lectures, educational forums, and concerts. The Mount Saint Mary College Choir, composed of students and faculty performs an annual concert each spring. Most recently the choir performed on April 20 at the Guzman Hall Chapel on campus. Msmc.edu
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It’s surprising when a lawyer gives up a 20-year law career to start her own farm, and it’s even more surprising when that turns out to be a good business move. That’s the story of Talitha Thurau, the owner of Edgwick Farm on Angola Road in Cornwall, a farm where goats are raised and milked, and goat cheese is produced. Thurau recently stopped practicing law to begin farming full-time. So far, following her passion seems to be working out. Earlier this year, her farm was awarded a $120,000 grant from the Department of Agriculture. The grant was the largest of five grants given to farms in the Hudson Valley/Catskills region. Thurau manages the farm along with her significant other, Dan Jones (pictured above with Thurau). Both Jones and Thurau live on the farm and both have children from previous marriages (Thurau has three and Jones has two) that live on the farm as well. The farm produces various kinds of artisan goat cheese that is sold at a weekend farm stand and at farmers markets. Thurau says the grant is helping to launch the farm on a larger scale. “The grant is pretty exciting, it’s going to allow us to get a good start,” she says. “It goes to operating expenses, which is just incredible.” The grant is a matching grant, and Thurau has to invest time, skill, and cash to match the state funds. Thurau says the application was quite thick and was submitted last July. She adds that “one of the neatest things is, it’s cash that comes into our local community because we’re spending it here and it’s a nice boost for the economy.” Thurau’s transition to farming was a gradual one. She grew up on an organic farm and her family produced most of their own food, including goat’s milk. When she had kids of her own, one of them turned out to be a picky eater, and when he went to his grandparents he’d always drink the goat’s milk. In 2005, Thurau decided to buy a goat of her own for milk. “You never have just one goat. They’re herd animals, so we bought a baby and another one for companionship,” she says. “Then the next year, when we bred them, we ended up getting four more, so suddenly we had doubled the herd. I started making cheese for the family from the extra milk and then I had too much cheese for the family and I started sharing it with friends and neighbors, and people said it was out of this world. It was fresh, it didn’t taste like the nasty goat cheese they bought in the supermarket.” It was at that point that Thurau, with the help of Jones, began a five-yearlong process of starting a viable farming business. They began doing market research and taking extensive cheese-making classes to hone their skills. So far, Thurau says she’s been surprised by the variety of costumers for the cheese. “When we did our business plan, we thought our main costumers would be the green consumer, the person who would go to a farmers market, people who want local food fresh food. But we’ve found that once people taste our cheese they love it, and we’ve had the full range of the population come through and it’s been kind of neat.” Edgwickfarm.wordpress.com
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ears after gourmet food trucks took hold in big cities, the Hudson Valley has finally attained an abundance of quality establishments on wheels. While some restaurants have opened trucks to expand their reach–‘Cue in Saugerties and American Glory Barbecue in Hudson have them, as does Yum Yum Noodle Bar of Woodstock and Kingston—those are the minority. Most food trucks are autonomous outposts for creative people with unorthodox career paths. And the food can be superb, affordable, and as diverse as the personalities behind it. Brian Branigan has had many jobs over the course of his life: graphic designer, videographer and director, lifeguard, and Outward Bound instructor, among others. After the economy fell apart, he looked for a new source of income. As if on cue, he and his wife happened past a quilted stainless-steel food trailer for sale, and there began the most recent chapter. Now in its fourth year, Tortillaville has garnered effusive reviews from its many fans, and Branigan is expanding the business to include frozen burritos for retail sale. This idea originated with what he calls the Winter Stash: a batch he makes at the end of the season so his loyal patrons can stock up their freezer while Tortillaville is in Florida for the winter. The frozen burritos will be made using as much local produce as possible. In addition, he is writing a book, Food Truck 101, which he hopes to publish this summer. Besides including numerous recipes, it’s a comprehensive and detailed guide to starting and running a business that deals honestly with the challenges and pressures of working long hours in a small space and dealing with the public the whole while. Having built a reputation, a prosperous business—the truck can net between $500 and $1,500 a day—a budding frozen line, and the book, Branigan is considering selling the enterprise if the right offer comes along. Another truckerateur can be found right next to Tortillaville. Sam Starr studied art at Pomona College, where he was influenced by a teacher with a passion for building and baking in brick ovens. Last year, Starr came out to build an oven for some friends in Ancram and fell in love with the region. A friend suggested the idea of a pizza
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truck, “and two weeks later I was in Maryland buying this,” he says, pointing at the now-gleaming silver truck behind him, smokestack billowing. “It was a disaster, though; it belonged to a chimney sweep and I had to redo the entire thing.” He built a Pompeiistyle dome oven from firebrick and refractory cement right behind the cab and installed a fully code-compliant restaurant kitchen around it to avoid the extra cost of renting commissary space. Starr uses a live sourdough starter and ferments it for 24 hours, making for a tangy crust with plenty of character that’s further enhanced by the blistered char that only a thousand degrees can impart. This temperature—the standard in Neapolitan ovens, which gave birth to pizza after all—means that you’re unlikely to wait long for your pie since they take longer to fabricate than they do to cook. (The chimney and reflective truck exterior help keep the interior bearable on hot days). Balancing the life cycle of the dough, which changes dramatically depending on ambient temperature, with customer demand and a very finite amount of space has been the biggest challenge. “I learned the hard way. It’s a logistical battle, and sometimes we time it wrong and run out.” Besides the classic margherita, Truck Pizza also offers one other special pie each day, made using seasonal produce from nearby farms; a recent offering featured grilled turnips and broccoli rabe. 3FortySeven, the furniture store on whose property Tortillaville and Truck Pizza sit, has plans to turn their side yard into a beer garden with three food trucks in back and Branigan retaining his spot out front. It’s a clever idea, codifying the heretofore casual arrangement into an outdoor food court that will likely increase business across the board. Branigan thinks this is a logical next step: “If they’re done right, a group of trucks together is good for everyone,” he says. Winston Francis hails from Jamaica, though he has lived in this country since the late 1970s. He got a culinary degree from NYIT on Long Island, and had his own restaurant in Flatbush for years before moving up to Orange County. His conversion to nomadic cook came a few years ago: “I went to a fair, and liked what I saw.” Asked
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why the idea appealed, he smiles. “It’s easy!” Winnie’s Jerk Chicken and Fish has sold Jamaican food out of an imposing black trailer parked across from Van Kleeck Tire in Hudson for three years now. “The owner likes my food, so he invited me to park here,” Francis explains. “And the guys who work there are regulars; they get sad when I go away.” And travel he does, to fairs and carnivals all over the Northeast. In the winter, he and his wife Joan (who helps in the truck) drive down to Georgia to ply their trade in milder weather. This itinerant life, while it suits Francis and some others, represents an inconvenience for devotees, who miss the goat curry prepared by someone whose deep, sonorous voice sounds a lot like Linton Kwesi Johnson. A few blocks away, another business shows that while some people see trucks as a refuge from restaurant work, others see it as a way in. Steve Walsh is a former corporate pilot whose ex-wife is Brazilian, and his love for the food and culture of that country has become the basis of his new career. From Ponto Brasil, a pushcart he built himself,Walsh serves espetinhos—barbecued skewers of beef, chicken, or vegetables— along with feijoada, the classic black bean stew. Walsh calls the cart “a seed, which will grow into a brick-and-mortar boteco,” a café and social club where people gather to eat, drink, and watch soccer. While Hudson’s truck scene is the most diverse, there are noteworthy endeavors throughout the region. Last spring, Sean Kelly, a sculptor and mason, saw an old camper for sale on the side of 9W. “It seemed like a good project.” Unfortunately, the project—The Tin Cantina—turned out to be rather more laborious than he imagined: “All these old campers from the 60s and 70s are built on a 1’ x 1’ wood frame and it was completely rotted.” He got it repaired and fitted out with everything needed to make burritos and quesadillas for people driving between Woodstock and Saugerties on Route 212, where it’s parked in the lot next to Fiber Flame. “I try to use as many organic ingredients as I can, but sometimes it’s hard to find them,” Kelly says, citing tortillas as an example. Kelly uses the Hudson Valley Dessert Company in Saugerties as his commissary, which makes preparation easy since he lives nearby. Woodstock Meats kindly allows him to buy chicken (Bell & Evans) wholesale through them, and he gets as many vegetables as he can from local farms, including Slow Roots Farm outside of Kingston. Kelly worked in various restaurants before training as a mason; he made a career out of stonework and plans to return to it. “I’ve taken a little time off from doing commissioned work to get this up and running. It’s been a process, figuring it out. I’m hoping that at a certain point I can hire some people and transition away from it.” Demand appears to be brisk; there are usually a few people gathered around eating or ordering. A pop-up tent serves as a welcome shelter on inclement days, and there are thick logs on end scattered around for seating. For more years than she will admit to, Bjanette Andersen has sold much-praised food from Bubby’s Burrito Stand by the side of Route 199 in Red Hook. She is happy: “It’s successful, and satisfying, because it’s a perfect mix of everything I love in life. It’s social, it’s outside, it’s cooking, and I have my potted plants out front.” She has plans to expand, adding some catering or possibly another truck in the near future. Weekends find Pippy’s Hot Dog Truck parked at the intersection of 23A and 32A in Palenville, where Heather Williams serves dogs (including veggie) with a wide range of homemade toppings made from local produce in season. A particularly clever version is a hot dog bánh mì, that most glorious open-source street food from Vietnam, which she fell in love with getting her master’s degree in education at Hunter College. Her grandmother had a hot dog truck in the 1970s—Pippy’s is from 1973—and she enjoys that continuity as well as the varied nature of the job: “You have to do truck maintenance, prep, cooking, deal with people; it’s a lot of work and a lot of fun.”Whether an improving economy will return her to the career she trained for is an open question: “I’m playing it by ear.” There are others, too, popping up like mushrooms after the economic storm, from Albany to Poughkeepsie and beyond. East is a fine new pan-Asian cart just off the town green in Woodstock, selling bánh mì of the non-hotdog variety and other treats. Also in Woodstock, Jessica Anna hopes to have her Little Bird’s Little Bites taco truck (actually a converted party bus) open for business by the time this is printed. It’s a good bet that someone’s selling quality street food near where you have lunch every day. For the price of unhealthy fast food, you can enjoy something handmade and wholesome. And the conversation is free. RESOURCES Bubby’s Burrito Stand Facebook.com East Facebook.com/eastfoodcart Little Bird’s Little Bites Littlebirdslittlebites.com Pippy’s Hot Dog Truck Pippyshotdogtruck.com Ponto Brasil Facebook.com/botecopontobrasil The Tin Cantina (845) 863-9429 Tortillaville Tortillaville.com Truck Pizza Truckpizza.net Winnie’s Jerk Chicken Winniesjerkchicken.com
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★ ★ ★ 150 Partition Street ★ Saugerties ★ 246-5998 ★ ★ ★ Brasserie 292 In an alternate universe, the French invade Poughkeepsie. Before the cheese-eating surrender-monkeys are run out of town by patriotic Poughkeepsians, they open a shrine to French gastronomy on Main Street to remind them of home: white-tiled walls, a long red leather banquette fronted by cafe tables, a tin ceiling, Kronenbourg 1664 on tap. The raw bar is suitably briny: A dozen bluepoints don’t disappoint. The spinach salad with hot bacon vinaigrette and poached egg (adding oozy goodness to the dressing when broken open) sets the tone for refreshingly nonhealth-conscious fare: escargot with green garlic butter; duck confit with crispy gnocchi; a side of home-fry-style Lyonnaise potatoes; mussels swimming in a tasso/ leak cream served with an abundant cone of fries and begging for mopping-up bread; steak frites with béarnaise. Despite deep-rooted Francophile tendencies, certain concessions to eclectic American tastes are made at Brasserie 292: PBR tall boys are available for $5; cocktails like the Bee’s Knees, made with Warwick Gin and local honey; a few pasta dishes, and English speaking waiters. You are in Poughkeepsie, after all. Brasserie292.com —Brian K. Mahoney
Outpost BBQ Sometimes the best barbeque can be found in the most inauspicious places. Nothing more than a shack built on a trailer with a smoker on the back, you’ll find Outpost BBQ in Kerhonkson at the corner of Routes 209 and 44/55 in the parking lot of Minnewaska Motors. Owner Dennis Ballentine serves up pulled-pork and brisket with just the right amount of smoke using locally sourced hardwoods. Sandwiches go for $8 and include one side—we had the cole slaw (de rigeur with pulled pork, if you ask me). If the sun’s shining have a seat at one of the picnic benches. They also do catering and special events. (845) 626-4455. —Jeff Crane
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Gourmet take-out store serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week. Featuring local and imported organic foods, delicious homemade desserts, sophisticated four-star food by Chefs Richard Erickson and Jonathan Sheridan. Off-premise full-service catering and event planning for parties of all sizes.
Great lunches right on the farm! Enjoy views of the Catskill Mountains from shaded picnic tables or eat inside our 1820s farmhouse. Our own grassfed meats and pastured poultry lovingly prepared with local organic produce and cheeses. Café and farm store open Saturdays and Sundays, Mem. Day through Col. Day Weekends. Menu and schedule on website. “Soup Kitchen” Saturdays, Nov-April.
Jack’s Meats & Deli 79 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2244
Restaurants American Glory BBQ 342 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 822-1234 www.americanglory.com
Bistro Lilly
230 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 828-1850 www.cafeleperche.com
134 West Main Street, Goshen, NY (845) 294-2810 www.bistrolilly.com
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Global Palate Restaurant 1746 Route 9W, Esopus, NY (845) 384-6590 www.globalpalaterestaurant.com/
Hickory BBQ Smokehouse 743 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 338-2424 www.hickoryrestaurant.com
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Karma Lounge 201 Main Street, Poughkeepise, NY (845) 473-4294 www.karmalounge.us
LaBella Pizza Bistro 194 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2633 www.labellapizzabistro.com
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Leo’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria
518-828-1850 230 Warren Street, Hudson, NY www.cafeleperche.com Breakfast Lunch Dinner catering
1433 Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 564-3446
Machu Picchu Peruvian Restaurant 301 Broadway, Newburgh, NY (84) 556-26478 www.machupicchurest.com
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6426 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3330 www.terrapinrestaurant.com custsvc@terrapinrestaurant.com Voted “Best of the Hudson Valley” by Chronogram Magazine. From far-flung origins, the world’s most diverse flavors meet and mingle. Out of elements both historic and eclectic comes something surprising, fresh, and dynamic: dishes to delight both body and soul. Serving lunch and dinner seven days a week. Local. Organic. Authentic.
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The Hop at Beacon 458 Main Street, Beacon, NY www.thehopbeacon.com
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Prima Pizza 252 Main Street, Cornwall, NY (845) 534-7003 www.pizzaofnewyork.com
Sawatdee Thai Cuisine 181 Hudson Street Cornwall-on-Hudson (845)458-5700 www.SawatdeeNY.com
44 North Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2210
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Local. Organic. Authentic. At a Terrapin event, you can expect the same high quality, awardwinning cuisine and service that you know and love at Terrapin Restaurant. Terrapin’s professional event staff specializes in creating unique events to highlight your individuality, and will assist in every aspect of planning your Hudson Valley event.
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469 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 765-8596
Delicious Menu Featuring Local Beef and a Variety of Vegetarian Entrees
6426 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 889-8831 www.terrapincatering.com hugh@terrapincatering.com
22 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7338 or (845) 876-7278 www.osakarestaurant.net
Seoul Kitchen
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Terrapin Catering & Events
150 Partition Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-5998
Sukhothai 516-518 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 790-5375
20 Grist Mill Lane, Gardiner, NY (845) 255-4151 www.tuthillhouse.com
Wildfire Grill 74 Clinton Street, Montgomery, NY (845)457-3770 www.wildfireny.com The Wildfire Grill has been serving the Hudson Valley delicious, cooked to perfection meals and is ready to serve you and yours. Voted Best Rack of Lamb in the Hudson Valley by Hudson Valley Magazine.
Woody’s All Natural 30 Quaker Avenue, Cornwall, NY (845) 534-1111 www.woodysallnatural.com
Yobo Restaurant Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 564-3848 www.yoborestaurant.com
Snacks Mister Snacks, Inc. 500 Creekside Drive, Amherst, NY (800) 333-6393 www.mistersnacks.com steve@mistersnacks.com
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845-338-2424 • www.hickoryrestaurant.com 743 Route 28, Kingston, NY 3.5 miles from the ThruWay
The CraftedKup TEA & COFFEEHOUSE 44 Raymond Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY 845-483-7070 www.craftedkup.com
Your Neighborhood Coffeehouse A great place to be! Hours of Operation Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm Saturday 8am to 7pm Sunday 8am to 3pm
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also specializing in anniversary parties, class reunions, bar & bat Mitzvahs 15 Boices Lane, Kingston (845) 336-5155 www.mironwineandspirits.com
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528 Main Street, Beacon NY 12508
Wedding and Event Floral Design Garden Design & Installation Fresh Cut Flowers Deliveries for all Occasions Nicole Mora (845) 440-3206 nicole@seedtofruit.net www.seedtofruit.net
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business directory Accommodations Aspects Gallery Inn Woodstock, NY (917) 412-5646 www.aspectsgallery.com liomag@gmail.com The new Aspects Inn resides in the heart of the historic artists’ colony of Woodstock, NY, nestled in the famed Catskill Mountains ski and summer resort region. Aspects provides a unique and exclusive sensual retreat with two private luxury two-bedroom apartments joined to a 2,000 square-foot cathedral ceiling, cedar-and-glass enclosed, climate-controlled spa with 40’ saline pool, Jacuzzi and therapeutic infrared sauna.
Diamond Mills 25 South Partition Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 247-0700 www.DiamondMillsHotel.com info@DiamondMillsHotel.com
Sky Lake Lodge Bed and Breakfast
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22 Hillcrest Lane, Rosendale, NY (845) 658-8556 www.skylakelodgebnb.com www.skylake.shambhala.org On the northern crest of the Shawangunk Ridge, Sky Lake Lodge Bed and Breakfast offers a unique setting of natural beauty and comtemplation. Sky Lake Lodge is a Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center with spacious grounds, pond, indoor and outdoor meditation areas, and sumptuous organic breakfasts from local farmers. Rest and Renewal.
Storm King Lodge B&B 100 Pleasant Hill Road, Mountainville, NY (845) 534-9421 www.stormkinglodge.com Come, enjoy and relax in our Lodge, a converted 1800 post and beam barn, or the Guest Cottage. Country setting with spacious lawns, gardens and mountain views. Six lovely guest rooms with private baths, huge swimming pool and most creature comforts. Located nearby: Storm King Art Center, Dia:Beacon, West Point, Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, Great Restaurants and Hudson Valley Attractions.
Windham Mountain Ski Resort Windham, NY (518) 734-4300 www.windhammountain.com edewi @windhammountain.com
Alternative Energy
Artisans
North River Architecture 3650 Main Street, PO Box 720, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-6242 www.nriverarchitecture.com
Art Galleries & Centers Ai Earthling Gallery
Jeffrey Neumann
Mirabai of Woodstock
www.jeffreyneumann.com
23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2100 www.mirabai.com
Shandaken Artist Tour www.shandakenart.com
69 Tinker Street , Woodstock, NY (845) 679 -2650
Attorneys
Ann Street Gallery
Traffic and Criminally Related Matters
104 Ann Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 784-1146 www.annstreetgallery.org facebook.com/annstreetgallery
Karen A. Friedman, Esq., President of the Association of Motor Vehicle Trial Attorneys, 30 East 33rd Street, 4th FL, New York, NY (212) 213-2145 fax (212) 779-3289 www.newyorktrafficlawyers.com
Gendered Object: Barbie as Art. May 19, 2012–June 30, 2012
Exposures Gallery 1357 Kings Hwy, Sugar Loaf, NY (845) 469-9382 www.exposures.com Open Wednesday to Sunday, 11 to 5. Internationally recognized and the Hudson Valley’s pre-eminent landscape photographer, Nick Zungoli’s work has been widely collected since 1979 when he opened Exposures Gallery. To date he has sold over 50,000 prints to corporations and celebrities such as Steven Spielberg and Quincy Jones. Along with images from the Hudson Valley, his new special exhibit “Mekong Journal” can be viewed this season. Visit online at exposures.com for Photo Workshops in Sugar Loaf and Italy.
Gray Owl Gallery Water Street Market, New Paltz, NY www.grayowlgallery.com
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art 1701 Main Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 788-0100 www.hvcca.org
Mark Gruber Gallery New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 www.markgrubergallery.com
Mill Street Loft’s Gallery 45 45 Pershing Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 471-7477 www.millstreetloft.org info@millstreetloft.org
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY www.newpaltz.edu/museum
Bookstores
Representing companies and motorists throughout New York State. Speeding, Reckless Driving, DWI, Trucking Summons and Misdemeanors, Aggravated Unlicensed Matters, Appeals, Article 78 Cases 27 Years of Trial Experience
Audio & Video Markertek Video Supply www.markertek.com
Auto Sales & Services Arlington Auto & Tire 678 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 471-2800 www.arlingtonautotire.com
Jenkinstown Motors, Inc. 37 South Ohioville Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2500 jenkinstownmotors.com
Punch Auto Sales 2899 Rt 9W, New Windsor, NY (845) 806-6018 / (845) 269-1213 www.punchautosales.com
The Hudson Valley’s oldest and most comprehensive spiritual/metaphysical bookstore, providing a vast array of books, music, and gifts for inspiration, transformation and healing. Exquisite jewelry, crystals, statuary and other treasures from Bali, India, Brazil, Nepal, Tibet. Expert Tarot reading.
Broadcasting WDST 100.1 Radio Woodstock Woodstock, NY www.wdst.com
Building Services & Supplies A.O.K. Construction (845) 283-3361 www.aokconstruction.com aokconstruction@hvc.rr.com
Associated Lightning Rod Co. (518) 789-4603, (845) 373-8309, (860) 364-1498 www.alrci.com
Cabinet Designers 747 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2200 www.cabinetdesigners.com
Countryside Custom Builders (845) 265-9179 www.countrysidecustombuilders.com
Ghent Wood Products 483 Route 217, Hudson, NY (518) 672-7021 www.meltzlumber.com
Glenn’s Wood Sheds (845) 255-4704
Wheels of Time
H. Houst & Son
2694 Route 199, Pine Plains, NY (518) 398-7493 www.wheelsoftimeinc.com
Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2115 www.hhoust.com
Banks Mid Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (800) 451-8373 www.mhvfcu.com
Sawyer Savings
Herrington’s Hillsdale, NY: 518.325.3131 Hudson, NY: (518) 828-9431, www.herringtons.com
Hollenbeck Pest Control
87 Market Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-7000 www.sawyersavings.com
(845) 542-0000 www.hollenbeckpestcontrol.com james@hollenbeckpestcontrol.com
1955 South Road Square, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 297-1684
Ulster Savings Bank
L Browe Asphalt Services
Catskill Animal Sanctuary
Stefan Findel Studio
Wallkill Valley Federal
316 Old Stage Road, Saugerties, NY (845) 336-8447 www.CASanctuary.org
40 West Mark Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 891-6629
23 Wallkill Av, Wallkill, NY www.wallkill.com
Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
Storm King Art Center
Willow, NY (845) 679-5955 www.WoodstockSanctuary.org
(845) 534-3115 www.stormkingartcenter.org
Hudson Solar 845-876-3767 www.hvce.com
Animal Sanctuaries
Antiques Orange County Flea Market
Sierra Lily
Vassar College: The Frances Lehman Loeb Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 437-5632 fllac.vassar.edu
100 Carpenter Avenue, Middletown, NY (845) 282-4055 www.ocfleamarkets.com
Williams College Museum of Art
Water Street Market (Antiques Center)
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum
10 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1403 www.waterstreetmarket.com
Architecture
wcma.williams.edu
28 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY www.woodstockart.org
Art Supplies
Balzer and Tuck Architecture
Catskill Art & Office Supply
468 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY (518) 580-8818 www.balzertuck.com
Kingston, NY (845) 331-7780
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(866) 440-0391 www.ulstersavings.com
Beverages
(518) 479-1400 www.broweasphalt.com
N & S Supply www.nssupply.com info@nssupply.com
The Montfort Group
Esotec (845) 246-2411 www.esotecltd.com www.thirstcomesfirst.com www.drinkesotec.com sales@esotecltd.com
Bicycle Sales, Rentals & Service pv Bicycle Shop 1557 Main Street, Pleasant Valley, NY (845) 635-3161 www.pvbikeshop.com
Book Publishers Monkfish Publishing 22 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4861 www.monkfishpublishing.com
Fishkill, NY (845) 896-6225 Montfortgroup.com
Will III House Design 199 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0869 www.willbuilders.com office@willbuilders.com
Wood Trades (845) 677-9274 woodtrades.blogspot.com
Woodstock Roofing Company (845) 616-7546
Cinemas Rosendale Theater Collective Rosendale, NY www.rosendaletheatre.org
Upstate Films 6415 Montgomery St. Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2515, 132 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-6608, NY www.upstatefilms.org
Cleaning Services Sanitall Serving New York City and the Hudson Valley (845) 657-7283 www.sanitall.com
Clothing & Accessories Woodstock Design 9 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-8776 www.shopwoodstockdesign.com
Cooking Classes Natural Gourmet Cookery School 48 West 21st Street, New York, NY (212) 645-5170, Fax (212) 989-1493 www.naturalgourmetschool.com info@naturalgourmetschool.com
Custom Home Design & Materials Atlantic Custom Homes 2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY www.lindalny.com www.hudsonvalleycedarhomes.com
Events Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Inc Katonah, NY (914) 232-1252 www.caramoor.org Goshen Fairgrounds, Rt 63, Goshen, CT ctwine.com
Hawthorne Valley Farm Store 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7500 www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org Mon - Sat 7:30 to 7, Sundays 9 to 5 A full-line natural foods store set on a 400-acre Biodynamic farm in central Columbia County with on-farm organic Bakery and Creamery. Farm-fresh foods include cheeses, yogurts, raw milk, breads, pastries, sauerkraut, and more. Two miles east of the Taconic Parkway at the Harlemville/Philmont exit. Farm tours can also be arranged by calling the Farm Learning Center: 518-672-7500 x 231.
Mother Earth’s Store House 1955 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 296-1069, 249 Main Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-9614, 300 Kings Mall Court, Route 9W, Kingston, NY (845) 336-5541 www.motherearthstorehouse.com Founded in 1978, Mother Earth’s is committed to providing you with the best possible customer service as well as a grand selection of high quality organic and natural products. Visit one of our convenient locations and find out for yourself!
Pennings Farm Market & Orchards 161 South Route 94, Warwick, NY (845) 986-1059 www.penningsfarmmarket.com
Sunflower Natural Foods Market 75 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5361 www.sunflowernatural.com info@sunflowernatural.com
Farms
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival www.falconridgefolk.com
Brookside Farm
Hudson Music Festival
7433, Gardiner, NY (845) 895-7433 www.brookside-farm.com
www.hudsonmusicfest.com
Kaatsbaan International Dance Center www.facebook.com/kaatsbaan www.kaatsbaan.org
Old Songs Festival
Jones Farm 190 Angola Rd, Cornwall, NY (845) 534-4445 www.jonesfarminc.com
Financial Advisors
Altamont Fairgrounds, Altamont, NY www.oldsongs.org
IES Integrated Enterprise Solutions
Phoenicia Festival of the Voice
Third Eye Associates, Ltd
Phoenica, NY (888) 214-3063 www.phoeniciavoicefest.com
38 Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 752-2216 www.thirdeyeassociates.com
Quail Hollow Events P.O. Box 825, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-8087 or (845) 246-3414 www.quailhollow.com
West Point Band (845) 938-2617 www.westpointband.com
Farm Markets & Natural Food Stores Adams Fairacre Farms 1240 Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845)569-0303, 1560 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-6300, 765 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-4330 www.adamsfarms.com
Cornwall Community Co-Op Cornwall Town Hall Cornwwall, NY www.cornwallcoop.com www.facebook.com/cornwallcoop The Cornwall Farmers’ market sponsored by the Cornwall Community Cooperative: held every Wednesday from 11:30am to 5:30pm commencing May 30, 2012 and continuing
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Connecticut Wine Festival
through October 24, 2012. Also held the first Saturday of each month from 11:00am to 3:00pm commencing June 2, 2012 and continuing through October 27, 2012.
(845) 226-9983 www.ies-ny.com
Gardening & Garden Supplies Mac’s Agway (845) 876-1559, 68 Firehouse Lane, Red Hook, (845) 255-0050
Northern Dutchess Botanical Gardens 389 Salisbury Turnpike, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2953 www.NDBGonline.com
Ravenswood 1160 Platte Clove Rd., Elka Park, NY (518) 580-5014 www.ravenswoodfarm.org
Graphic Design Annie Internicola, Illustrator www.aydeeyai.com
Hair Salons Androgyny 5 Mulberry Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-0620
Dazzles Salon & Day Spa 2722 W. Main Street, Wappingers Falls, (845) 297-5900, 738 Route 9, Fishkill Plaza, Fishkill, (845) 897-5100, NY www.dazzlessalon.com
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Joseph’s Hairstylists
Schneider’s Jewelers
257 Main Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-5588
290 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-1888 www.schneidersjewelers.com
Marion Salon 1600 Main Street, Pleasant Valley, NY (845) 635-1626 www.marionsalonspa.com
Hardware Stores
Women’s Work Shop 2600 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 849-1858 www.womensworkbw.com
Kitchenwares
Herzog’s True Value Home Center Kingston Plaza, Kingston, NY (845) 338-6800 www.herzogs.com
Home Furnishings & Decor Asia Barong Route 7/199 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington, MA (413) 528-5091 www.asiabarong.com
The Gilded Carriage 95 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2607 www.gildedcarriage.com
Warren Kitchen & Cutlery 6934 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 895-2051 www.warrenkitchentools.com
Landscaping
Ethan Allen Route 32, 94 North Plank Road, Newburgh, NY (845) 565-6000
Global Home 155 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 765-1324 www.GlobalHomeNY.com
Lounge High Falls, NY (845) 687-9463 www.loungefurniture.com
Home Furnishings & Décor
Samarotto Design Group (800) 797-0598 www.samarottodesigns.com information@samarottodesigns.com
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(845) 687-9182 www.sheeleyroofing.com
Tommy Topcoat (845) 337-9947
William Wallace Construction
Noël Phillips (845) 290 - 2116 knoel.phillips@gmail.com
(845) 750-7335 www.williamwallaceconstruction.com
Household Management & Planning Details by Design (914) 589-0711 details-by-design.com
Noel Phillips Gilding & Restoration (845) 290-2116 knoelphillips@gmail.com
Internet Services DragonSearch (845) 383-0890 www.dragonsearchmarketing.com dragon@dragonsearch.net
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Crystal Connection 116 Sullivan St., Wurtsboro, NY (845) 888-2547 www.crystalconnectioncenter.com
Dreaming Goddess 44 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2206 www.DreamingGoddess.com
The end of the school year is almost here! Call today to plan your family summer getaway.
EMBASSY TRAVEL INC. 845-221-5000
871A Route 82 Hopewell Jct, NY facebook.com/embassytravel
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Coral Acres, Keith Buesing, Topiary, Landscape Design, Rock Art
Certapro Painters
Sheeley Roofing
❖ Facilitating home maintenance, both emergency and ongoing ❖ Feeding pets ❖ Bringing in mail and garbage cans ❖ Food shopping ❖ Light housekeeping
(845)742-2488 www.auroralandscapedesign.com contact@auroralandscapedesign.com
(845) 255-6634
2713 Route 17M, New Hampton, NY (845) 294-8242 www.hudsonvalleykitchens.com
Offering services in:
Aurora Landscape
88 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY
Hudson Valley Contracting Group Inc.
Home assistance so you can have more time to enjoy your summer weekends in the Hudson Valley
9W & Van Kleecks Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 338-4936 www.augustinenursery.com
Evolve Design Gallery
(845) 987-7561 www.certapro.com
Concierge Noël
Augustine Landscaping & Nursery
Edelweiss Soap Company 38 John St, Kingston, NY (845) 282-3001 www.edelweiss-soap-company.com
GHS Jewelers,Inc. 1 Idlewild Ave, Ste 1, Cornwall On Hudson, NY (845) 534-8344
Newburgh Artisans 87 Ann Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 565-7540
Webster Landscape Sheffield, MA (413) 229-8124 www.websterlandscapes.com
Woodland Landscapes (917) 239-8644 www.woodlandlandscapes.com
Lawyers & Mediators Dennis R Vetrano, Jr. LLC 492 Main St, Beacon, NY (845) 831-1405 drvetranolaw.com
Pathways Mediation Center 239 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-0100 www.PathwaysMediationCenter.com A unique mediation practice for couples going through divorce or families in conflict with the innovative, combined services of 2 professionals. Josh Koplovitz has 30 years as a matrimonial & family law attorney and Myra Schwartz has 30 years as a guidance counselor. This male/female team can effectively address all your legal and family issues. Use our one-hour free consultation to find out about us.
Wellspring (845) 534-7668 www.mediated-divorce.com
Music Lessons Jacobs Music Center 1 Milton Avenue, Highland, NY (845)691-2701 Jacobsmusiconline.com Dennis@jacobsmusiconline.com For all your music needs! Retail Store, Music School, Band Rentals, Repairs.
Musical Instruments Imperial Guitar & Soundworks 99 Route 17K, Newburgh, NY (845) 567-0111 www.imperialguitar.com
Woodstock Music Shop 6 Rock City Road,, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-3224 www.woodstockmusicshop.com
Organizations
Photography
Country Wisdom News
Fionn Reilly Photography
(845) 616-7834 www.countrywisdomnews.com
Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 www.fionnreilly.com
Subscribe to Country Wisdom News, Ulster County’s newest source for good news —age old and modern thoughts on food, the land, and the home. An annual subscription is $35. Send checks to PO Box 444, Accord, NY, 12404.
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Wurtsboro Board of Trade www.wurtsboro.org
Performing Arts Bardavon Opera House 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Bethel, NY (800) 745-3000 www.bethelwoodscenter.org
Falcon Music & Art Productions 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY (845) 236 7970 www.liveatthefalcon.com
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (413) 243-0745 www.jacobspillow.org
Powerhouse Theater Vassar Campus (845) 437-5599 www.powerhouse.vassar.edu
The Linda— WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio 339 Central Ave, Albany, NY 518-465-5233 www.thelinda.org
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (845) 758-7900 www.fischercenter.bard.edu The Fisher Center presents Bard SummerScape 2012: seven weeks of opera, music, theater, dance, films, and cabaret. The season’s focal point is the 23rd annual Bard Music Festival, which this year celebrates the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, whose remarkable career shaped not only the history of music, but also the ways in which that history was transmitted and communicated to the public. Another season highlight is The King in Spite of Himself, an opéra comique about a reluctant ruler by Saint-Saëns’s contemporary Emmanuel Chabrier. Add to this a French dance company that seamlessly blends the Baroque and the contemporary, a production of Molière’s hilarious comedy The Imaginary Invalid, an unusual and provocative film festival, and the lively cabaret and eclectic musical acts of the Spiegeltent, and the sum is a festival like no other—SummerScape 2012.
Pet Services & Supplies Hurley Veterinary Hospital 509 Hurley Avenue, Hurley, NY (845) 331-7100 www.hurleyveterinaryhospital.com
Lucky C Stables, Inc. 31 Yankee Folly Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-3220 www.luckystables.com
Pet Country 6830 Rt. 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-9000
Sudsy Paws 169 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro, NY (845) 888-8080 www.sudsypawsinc.com
Picture Framing Atelier Renee Fine Framing
Mount Saint Mary College
The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth Street, Suite 3, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-1004 www.atelierreneefineframing.com renee@atelierreneefineframing.com
Mountain Laurel Waldorf School
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
330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh, NY (845) 569-3225 www.msmc.edu
(845) 677-7665 www.nejamepools.com
Printing Services Fast Signs 1830 South Rd Suite 101, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-5600 www.fastsigns.com/455 455@fastsigns.com
Real Estate Freestyle Realty (845) 679-2929,Woodstock, NY (845) 688-2929, Phoenicia, NY www.freestylerealty.com
Kingston’s Opera House Office Bldg. 275 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (845) 399-1212 Contact Bill Oderkirk (owner/manager) 3991212@gmail.com
Recreation Hudson River Cruises Kingston, NY (845) 340-4700 www.hrwatertaxi.com
North River Charters (845) 750-6025 www.theteal.com northrivercharters@yahoo.com
Storm King Adventure Tours Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY (845) 534-7800 www.stormkingadventuretours.com
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Forget parasols: Shield yourself with the latest news on tanning, cancer, and safer sunscreens. by wendy kagan illustration by annie internicola
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f the national media is a circus parade, the clown in the ultraviolet spotlight last month was 44-year-old Patricia Krentcil of New Jersey, who was arrested for allegedly bringing her five-year-old daughter to a tanning salon. But far from white-faced, this big-tent star had the dark, leathery visage of a tanning fanatic. The little girl, who sustained a burn, was much younger than New Jersey’s legal tanning-booth age of 14—but the collective conversation soon turned from “What did this woman do to her child?” to, um, wait a minute, “What did she do to herself?” While Krentcil denied the charges and claimed that her daughter was sunburned while playing outside, media watchers gazed in amazement at the mother’s unnaturally tropical, prematurely aged complexion—soon the fodder for TV comedians who likened it to a baseball glove in one monologue, a Slim Jim in another. Showered with judgment and catty chatter, the woman that newspapers dubbed the Tanorexic Mom could hardly run for cover. As beaches and swimming pools open across the country, tanning devotees as well as casual sunshine enthusiasts can get their fix for free, almost anywhere. Of course, there’s a bright side to sun exposure: It’s linked with improved mood, better sleep, and the vitamin D production that’s essential to good health. Yet reaping these benefits in excess can have dire consequences. Ultraviolet rays from sunlight carry the carcinogenic effects responsible for the most common form cancer in America today. Skin cancer, affecting some two million people a year, accounts for nearly half of all diagnosed cancers. Most episodes involve the less deadly basal or squamous cell carcinomas, yet melanoma—the most vicious form of skin cancer in the pack—plagued about 75,000 Americans in 2011. The numbers are rising while the age of patients is dropping. “Typically, I had seen people in their 50s, 60s, and older with skin cancer, but that has shifted,” says Dr. Hendrick Uyttendaele [pronounced “Yoo-ten-dale”] of Hudson Dermatology, with offices in Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, and Kingston. “Now it starts earlier. Seeing people in their 40s with skin cancer is becoming routine, and it’s creeping into the 30s and 20s. I saw a 24-year-old who thought she had a zit on her upper lip, but no, it was skin cancer. She was going to get married and had to postpone the wedding to get surgery.” These days, Uyttendaele tells his immortal-feeling younger patients, “This can happen to people in your age group.” Sunshine, the New Moonshine Ideas of beauty come and go, set in motion by the tastemakers of the era. It was grand dame Coco Chanel who made the sun-kissed look fashionable in the 1920s, and the notion of a tan’s attractiveness remains lodged in the cultural psyche.Yet some people take sun worship too far—and a new wave of research 102 whole living ChronograM 6/12
is revealing that there may be more to the story than mere vanity. Ultraviolet (UV) light, whether from the sun or tanning beds, can be addictive, says Dr. Steven Feldman, a dermatologist as well as a professor at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina. When skin cells in culture are exposed to UV light, says Feldman, “They release a melanocyte-stimulating hormone which can bring on a suntan. But along with this, a larger protein is also made which contains endorphins, the natural opioid known as the feel-good hormone.” With funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Feldman led a series of small studies to explore subjects’ responses to UV light. In a 2004 study, 12 frequent and infrequent tanners were offered a session each in two identical-looking tanning beds—but in one bed, unbeknownst to subjects, the UV rays were blocked. Offered a third session in their choice of beds, tanners requested the bed with UV light 95 percent of the time. They invariably told Feldman, “This one relaxes me more.” In a 2006 follow-up study with 16 tanners, Feldman’s team gave subjects endorphin blockers; as a result, the subjects could no longer tell the difference between the two beds, and several tanners exhibited withdrawal symptoms. Moreover, in an unrelated study at UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2011, researchers scanned tanners’ brains and found that the same pleasure centers that light up with an opiate high also light up during tanning. In his own practice, Feldman has seen many tanners keep up their habit long after a healthy glow has given way to mottled skin, sunspots, and wrinkles—and even after they’ve developed skin cancer. “Addiction is a complex issue, with different factors at work,” says Feldman. “If people think they’re going to get a date because they look darker, or they’re going to have a better prom experience, then that, combined with the opioids, is going to drive the behavior.” What’s That Bump? Human skin is a petri dish for lumps, spots, and bumps—a small city in itself with new denizens appearing with every birthday. While most nevi (moles) form within the first two decades of life, later years can give rise to red dots on the chest, skin tags on the neck or armpits, and keratosis, a thickening of the skin commonly found in the upper body. With such dermal biodiversity, it might be difficult to know which growths are harmless and which are not. “If you’re over 40 or you have a lot of moles, it’s not a bad idea to have a baseline skin check,” says Uyttendaele, whose practice has recently put up new roadside billboards with an image of a leopard and the slogan “HaveYour Spots Checked.” While Uyttendaele cautions against self-diagnosis (“I can’t train people to be dermatologists,” he says), he does offer a few tips for those casual, after-the-
shower self-exams that can sometimes prompt a call to the doctor’s office. “Any new growth, or a spot that bleeds spontaneously upon minimal pressure, a spot that is painful, or one that doesn’t want to heal—those are some of the signs of basal cell cancers,” says Uyttendaele. When looking for melanoma, he advises applying the educational acronym “ABCDE” to the brown spots we already have. “A” stands for asymmetrical (“If you have a mole that’s the shape of Italy, and that’s no good,” says Uyttendaele). “B” is for borders, which are clear and sharp in healthy nevi, but might be jagged, fuzzy, or irregular in suspect moles. “C” is color, which you want to be uniform, not multi-hued. “D” is for diameter, which should be no larger than a pencil eraser, and “E” is evolving, as a change in shape and color can signal melanoma. While most melanoma in women form on the legs, the majority in men develop on the back, where they can evade discovery. “That may be why the prognosis for melanoma tends to be worse in men, because they’re detected later,” says Uyttendaele. Sunny Good News With the ravages of UV exposure laid out in vivid, medical-journal detail, it’s no surprise that we’re seeing more heliophobia (fear of the sun) in our culture—along with helicopter moms and dads who can’t let their children walk two feet without slathering them in a whitewash of sunscreen. But there is danger, too, in avoiding the sun completely, and even dermatologists endorse some sun exposure to promote general health. It’s common practice among psychiatrists to recommend that depressed individuals spend 30 minutes a day outdoors in the sunshine—and a protective coating of sunscreen won’t offset the feel-good effects. Another boon to health is better sleep, since natural sunlight helps shut off the body’s production of melatonin, the sleepy hormone. Going outside for 15 minutes at the same time each day, sans sunglasses (so sunlight reaches the pineal gland that produces melatonin), can help the sleepchallenged establish a normal circadian rhythm. Perhaps most important, sunlight is crucial for the body’s synthesis of vitamin D, which is vital not only for bone health but also as a protector against cancer, heart disease, stroke, depression, and an array of autoimmune diseases. Some studies show that as many as three out of four Americans are vitamin D deficient; for these individuals, a vitamin D supplement is recommended. For those who do not take a supplement, skin must be unprotected by sunscreen to do its important work of vitamin D production, which relies on the same UV rays that in excess cause damage. “Sunlight in moderation is not going to be harmful,” says Uyttendaele. “People who go overboard with sun protection may do themselves
a disservice.” Still, his sunlight prescription is a modest one. For Caucasians, Uyttendaele recommends 10 minutes of unprotected sun exposure three times a week to the arms and legs only; for darker-skinned individuals, more time in the sun is necessary for adequate vitamin D. Most doctors agree that the face should be protected in all weather conditions with a broad spectrum SPF 30 to safeguard against wrinkles, sunspots, and other effects of photoaging. Smarter Sunscreen Not all sunscreens are created equal—and in fact many have come under fire from environmental and health groups for containing potentially harmful ingredients. Every year, the Environmental Working Group (EWG.com) releases its online list of safe sunscreens and its “hall of shame” of unsafe brands, which in the past has included trusted companies like Coppertone and Banana Boat. EWG’s panel of scientists has named two chemical ingredients of particular concern—oxybenzone, which has been shown to have endocrine-disrupting properties, especially in children, and retinol palmitate (or vitamin A), which when exposed to UV light can actually hasten the growth of skin lesions and tumors. “Consumers need to know that ingredients in personal care products are very minimally regulated,” says Leann Brown, a spokesperson for EWG. “The FDA does not require sunscreen companies to prove that their products are safe or even effective before coming to market.” Although EWG had not yet released its 2012 safe sunscreen list at press time for this article, in the past the group has given a thumb’s up to the chemical ingredient avobenzone, and to mineral-based sunscreens containing zinc and titanium dioxide. However, the mineral nanoparticle ingredients have lately come under the scrutiny of toxicologists, and the jury is out on their effects. For those wary of lathering, both Uyttendaele and Feldman recommend wide-brimmed hats and UV-protective clothing available from companies like Sunprecautions.com and Coolibar.com. Meanwhile, the future of sunscreen could hold some surprises: Dr. Mingjun Zhang, a researcher and professor at the University of Tennessee, is busily isolating safe, sun-absorbing nanoparticles from English ivy. Though his work is not yet ready for commercial application, we may one day see sunscreen growing from vines. But don’t wait that long to protect yourself. “There’s one sunscreen that works better than all the others,” says Feldman. “It’s the one you don’t mind putting on. Some people want something oily; others want something that disappears. Little girls want it in a pink bottle; little boys like blue. The one you’re most likely to put on—that’s the one you want.” 6/12 ChronograM whole living 103
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Flowers Fall By Bethany Saltman
Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing, and weeds spring up amid our antipathy. — Dogen Zenji, Genjokoan
A Strange Kind of Hope at the Dawn of Father’s Day
“Among the primates, parenting behavior by males is rare.This isn’t necessarily because males have less interest in infants, but because primate mothers generally will not allow males to get very close to their newborn. The males of many primate species have been known to harm infants.”—James Kimmel, The Natural Child Project “Somewhere at the dawn of human history, some social invention was made under which males started nurturing females and their young.” —Margaret Mead T and I recently took A to see the movie Chimpanzee, a Disney nature film about a small band of chimps in Ivory Coast. What a treat it was for the three of us to sit in the theater together with our contraband Skittles and popcorn. Even though I had to cover A’s eyes during a bunch of the insanely aggressive and LOUD trailers (even princess movies are in 3-D now...truly…a fate worse than death), I still felt deeply comforted by the Homo sapiens ritual of the whole theater-going experience. The story of Chimpanzee is simple: Isha is the chimp-mom and Oscar is her toddler. We get to know them through beautiful footage of Isha teaching Oscar to, say, suck the juice out of a fruit, open nuts, ride on her back, climb trees, and play.We get lots of close-ups of their crazy chimp fingers—so long and flexible, reaching into a log for ants, and their strong, black, wide feet, roaming the electric-green earth. It was pretty eerie/awesome to watch Oscar nurse while Isha’s flat-affect yet clearly sentient and deeply familiar face stared into the distance as if she were distracted. But of course that’s me, not her. Isha always does what she does while she’s doing it, not because she is enlightened, but because she is utterly bound by instinct, a beautiful creature of the animal realm. The story then turns when a “rival gang” (the narration is a bit much, but oh well…) attacks our protagonists’ group and Isha disappears. Oscar, just like our very own little primates, is totally unable to fend for himself, and won’t in fact, reach maturity until around 20 years old. So he moves around the group, searching for his mother, and in the meantime, tries to find some other lady to take care of him, but as the narrator says, “Unfortunately, the other females already have babies of their own.” Oscar is alone. And nobody cares. This next part is brutal, watching Oscar’s rejection lead to weight loss, listlessness, buginfested skin, his little amber eyes blinking, blinking, blinking.…Then the narrator tells us that Oscar had to give up looking for his mother. I looked over at A, feeling guilty for bringing her to such a sad and disturbing movie (and wondering about the ethics of the filmmakers), but saw her resting on T’s big shoulder, her face concerned, but wow, so at ease, and just then she popped up and said, in full volume of course, Why doesn’t Oscar look for his daddy? At which point, right on cue, in an ending even Disney couldn’t have dreamed up, we see how Freddie, the alpha male of the group, adopts Oscar. He lets him ride on his back, feeds him, grooms him. He allows Oscar to attach to him, which saves Oscar’s little life. Darn cute, yes, and true! But highly improbable. 104 whole living ChronograM 6/12
These days, among the chimps’ bipedal cousins, many of us “females” are fortunate enough to have sniffed out mates who are willing to at least give this newfangled family-man thing a go, but let’s be frank: it’s a stretch. Modern humans have been scratching around on earth, and making babies for 200,000 years, and men have not been devoted, direct caregivers until, like, pretty much now. While there are some species of male monkeys who actually carry their babes around in their mouths, most male mammals, including ours truly, historically, only care for their offspring in the uncommon instance of having their paternity assured, and even then, mostly indirectly, meaning they attend to their little ones by offering some security and nourishment to the mother, and not by dealing with the kids themselves. And so, to all of you diaperchanging, homework-helping, ahead-of-the-evolutionary-curve dads, Happy Father’s Day! And then there’s my dad, who died several years ago, affording me the opportunity to be totally honest. So here goes: Whenever Father’s Day comes around, instead of inspiring any personal lament or sadness or grief, I feel relieved, as in finally…I don’t have to freak out about sending a dumb card to a guy I don’t care about. There. I said it. For a long time, I took my cold-heartedness to be a character flaw. And I guess you could say it is, in the sense that we earn our character flaws through a life of what we call conditioning. And then we can spend what feels like another life learning how to see that conditioning, acknowledge it, and let it go, making the effort to open our hearts to the perfect, luminous emptiness of the whole thing. And then there’s this: When I look at the big picture, scanning back with Paleolithic perspective, I can appreciate that my dad was just doing his notexactly-alpha-male thing, and the fact that I don’t have any sacred feelings for him is not a big deal. And enough with all that whining anyway; what a miracle, this life, and the unlikely, incredible, resilience of all things. All these bajillions of beings working so hard to make life happen in the face of famine, floods, making tools, traveling across the Earth on foot, developing language, creating creation stories, and females suffering at the hands of male aggression and unaccounted-for sexuality much more vicious than anything I have experienced. Right? Any way you slice it, this existence thing is a challenge! How humbling. At the same time, even Oscar had needs. My dad thought he loved me. I know he did. But I didn’t buy it, and I was pissed. From as long ago as I can remember, I have had my sights so set on real love, a connection I could actually feel, that nothing else would do. God, how hopeful of me. The truth is, my whole life has been a hankering for some primordial, utterly satisfying internal state that may well be a fantasy. But hey, you never know, maybe the dream is actually a strange, deep knowing, an instinct carried over from my ancient, knuckle-dragging past—a simple hunger made complicated by the freedom of being human. And maybe it’s a preview of something coming soon.
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hese are not the hospitals of our youth. The “supermarket” model of hospital care, in which a standalone facility or campus served up all of the community’s medical necessaries in one place, is as nearly as dated as the little white caps nurses used to wear. Burgeoning technology and its soaring cost, combined with the upheaval inherent in health care reform, have all been forces in play in creating a rapidly and dramatically shifting landscape. What hasn’t changed is the talent and passion that drives those who make a life in hospital health care, from the nursing assistant to the strategic planner. The shift away from all-in-one centralization toward “centers of excellence” and collaboration on a regional level can be disorienting, but the goal remains a user-friendly and healing experience and the provision of the best possible care. Dave Ping, senior vice president for strategic planning and business development at HealthQuest, the parent organization that oversees Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, and Putnam Hospital in Carmel, says the focus is on “quality, access, and tertiary services. Tertiary care is the kind of medicine you used to have to travel to New York City or Albany for. We’re striving to make top quality tertiary care available in the Hudson Valley because it’s beyond doubt that getting treatment close to home improves outcomes.” New developments this year include the Center for Healthy Aging at Northern Dutchess, at which a board-certified geriatrician—a specialist in the health concerns of older patients—oversees efforts to help experienced citizens age in place, healthy and active in their own homes. There is also a new wound care center under construction, at which those with diabetic ulcers and other troublesome chronic healing issues can be treated in a hyperbaric chamber with super-oxygenated air. It’s slated to open this fall. Major upgrades to the Northern Dutchess campus begun in 2005 are ongoing, and a three-story addition will feature offices on the first floor, inpatient nursing beds on the second, and a state-of-the-art operating suite on the third. And speaking of those inpatient nursing beds: “We’re in the early
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planning stages of replacing 40 bed spaces that date back to 1928 with facilities that are strictly 21st century,” says Ping, in what sounds like good news for caregivers and patients alike. Down the road at Vassar, the ribbon’s just been cut on 100,000-square feet of ambulatory surgery and office space, meaning outpatients will be able to access the minor surgeries and follow-up they need close to home. “That will have a major impact on serving the Poughkeepsie-area need,” says Ping. Vassar has been working to ramp up the quality of its various departments, including the addition last August of a pediatric “hospitalist” unit—a hospitalist being a physician who, besides their specialty, focuses on practicing that specialty on inpatients in particular. Surgeons from Westchester will be available to the little ones of the upper Hudson Valley round the clock, making it less necessary for families to add travel time to their stress factors. In response to the area’s increasing need for general surgeons, Vassar has added two already—Dr. Michael Choi and Dr. James “J.R.” Nitzkorski. “They’re very skilled oncologic surgeons who do the minimally invasive incisions and laparoscopy, working with TV cameras.”Two more general surgeons will be added this summer. “We are actively recruiting,” Ping says. “It’s estimated that the area will need 100 surgeons by 2015-16, as a result of the growth and aging of the population. There will be at least a 7 to 10 percent increase in demand for care. We have a new obstetric surgeon at Northern Dutchess, we’ve added several internists and we’re going to add more. We are also looking to add a gynecological oncologist.” Quality is not being sacrificed. “Our cardiac care unit at Vassar has the best outcomes in the state, largely thanks to Dr. Mohan Sarabu and his team,” Ping notes. And Vassar, like Northern Dutchess, has some dated beds that are due to be replaced somewhere in the near future. “When we add space, we are going to look at hybrid facilities that put the imaging technology—the CT scan, MRI, cardiac catheters, and such—right in the OR, so that the surgeon will have imaging at his fingertips.
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Two views of Ellenville Hospital. Left: Mammography technician Janet Kaplowitz, RT. Right: Cardiac diagnostic technician Susannah Fiala performing a stress test.
Putnam Hospital has just added da Vinci robot technology, which Vassar has had for the last couple of years. The daVinci technology allows surgeons to perform operations that would once have required major incisions, with all the anguish that entails, with the assistance of robots that can turn some major surgeries into microsurgeries. Putnam is also noted for fine results in the area of bariatric surgery for the morbidly obese. Finally, Ping says, “We’ve been working on it for so long that it almost seems old hat by now, but by the end of this year, all of our medical records will be electronic. If your doctor is on the beach on vacation, he’ll still be able to get your test results and records on his smartphone.” It might surprise some, but over in the southwestern corner of Ulster County, the comparatively tiny Ellenville Regional Hospital is even closer to completely computerized records. “Every single department in the house is going live next Thursday [May 30], and that touches everything,” says CEO Steve Kelley. “The access to information and the ability to measure—it can only improve quality.” Ellenville’s quality of care has been trending higher and higher since Kelley took over several years ago. In February, Ellenville became the only hospital to win a NorMet (Northern Metropolitan Hospitals) Quality and Patient Safety award two years in a row.This year’s was in the Small Hospital category for its Medication and Patient Safety Collaborative. In 2011, the hospital won for reducing the average ER visit time to under 100 minutes, a fact Kelley is especially happy about. “I can’t think of anything that makes a bigger difference to the average person in the community—we have kept those times down two years in a row. We’ve added things like digital mammography for women and cardio stress testing that are big deals for a small place, and I’m proud of that.” The hospital also just took top honors from New York’s major malpractice insurers’ association for quality and risk management from a physician’s point of view—given the interdependent nature of a hospital experience, good news for consumers too. “Top in the state,” Kelley savors it. “The two runners-up were major medical centers. To be mentioned in the same sentence...and to be at the beginning of the sentence, at that...Better analytical tools, more metrics. Expect these trends to continue.” The last piece of major news Kelley cites speaks directly to the growing need for medical expertise mentioned by Ping. “We have residency programs 108 medicine & healing ChronograM 6/12
throughout the hospital now,” he says. “We train family practitioners, pharmacists, physical therapists, surgical and lab techs, nurse practitioners. Right now, we are the smallest teaching hospital in the country.” At Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, the new Fern Feldman Anolick Center for Breast Health will soon be the first in the Hudson Valley to offer advanced diagnostic and biopsy technology called Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI), a major advance in the care of patients with dense breast tissue, suspicious areas on a mammogram, lumps that can be felt but not seen on a mammogram or ultrasound, implants or other breast augmentation procedures, scarring from previous surgeries and/or a strong family history of breast cancer. Benedictine’s parent, the HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, manages not only Benedictine and Kingston Hospitals but the Margaretville General Hospital and two geriatric facilities, Woodland Pond in New Paltz and Mountainside in Margaretville, and provides a number of imaging, diagnostic and other services at other locations. Their 30-station dialysis center, operating only since 2011, just won “Five Diamond” status—the highest level of recognition available to such a facility in New York State. While adjusting to the results of the contentious hospital merger that was consummated in 2008 (HealthAlliance recently announced it would be closing one of its two Kingston hospitals), the alliance has continued to expand services, adding a sleep center, a physical medicine and rehab center, and an orthopedic center to its Kingston offerings. Being a hospital patient is never much fun. No matter how hard anyone tries, it’ll never be as relaxing as one’s own home, and that fact can be jarring in and of itself when you’re feeling ill and vulnerable. But there is, perhaps, some comfort to be found in the advances, innovations and awards that characterize hospital care around the region. Should you find yourself in a bad situation, the odds are you’ll also find yourself in good hands. RESOURCES Benedictine Hospital Hahv.org/benedictinehospital Ellenville Regional Hospital Ellenvilleregional.org Kingston Hospital Hahv.org/kingstonhospital/ Northern Dutchess Hospital Health-quest.org Putnam Hospital Health-quest.org Vassar Brothers Medical Center Health-quest.org
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whole living guide Active Release Techniques Dr. David Ness (845) 255-1200 www.performancesportsandwellness.com Active Release Techniques (ART®) is a patented soft tissue treatment system that heals injured muscles, tendons, fascia (covers muscle), ligaments, and nerves. It is used to treat acute or chronic injuries, sports injuries, repetitive strain injuries and nerve entrapments like carpal tunnel syndrome, and sciatica. ART® is also used before and after surgery to reduce scar tissue formation and build up. ART® works to break up and remove scar tissue deep within and around injured muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nerves. The injured muscle, joint, ligament, and nerves are moved through a range of motion while a contact is held over the injured structure. This breaks up the scar tissue and heals the tissue faster than traditional treatments. ART®’s doctors are trained in over 500 hands-on protocols and must undergo rigorous written and practical examination to become certified. In order to maintain their certification in ART® doctors attend yearly continuing education and recertification by ART®.
Acupuncture Creekside Acupuncture and Natural Medicine, Stephanie Ellis, LAc 371A Main Street, Rosendale, NY (845) 546-5358 www.creeksideacupuncture.com Private treatment rooms, attentive one-onone care, affordable rates, many insurances, sliding scale. Stephanie Ellis graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University in pre-medical studies. She completed her acupuncture and Chinese medicine degree in 2001 as valedictorian of her class and started her acupuncture practice in Rosendale that same year. Ms. Ellis uses a combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Classical Chinese Medicine, Japanese-style acupuncture and trigger-point acupuncture. Creekside Acupuncture is located in a building constructed of non-toxic, eco-friendly materials.
Hoon J. Park, MD, PC 1772 South Road, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-6060
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$25-$40 sliding scale (you decide what you can afford). As a community-style practice, treatments occur in a semi-private, soothing space with several people receiving treatment at the same time. This allows for frequent, affordable sessions while providing high quality care. Pain management, relaxation, headaches, TMJ, smoking cessation, Gyn issues, anxiety, depression, trigger point release, insomnia, fatigue, recovery support, GI issues, arthritis, fertility, muscle tension, cancer support, immune support, asthma, allergies, menopausal symptoms, general wellness, and much more.
Port Ewen Acupuncture Center. Beverly Halley, L Ac 232 Broadway, Port Ewen, NY (845) 338-2964 Why suffer needlessly? Affordable treatments in a community acupuncture setting. Offering a sliding scale of $15-$35 per treatment. Acute and chronic conditions, smoking cessation, stress-related conditions, preventive medicine. 25 years’ experience using needle and nonneedle techniques.
Transpersonal Acupuncture (845) 340-8625 www.transpersonalacupuncture.com
Astrology Planet Waves Kingston, NY (845) 797-3458 www.planetwaves.net
Body & Skin Care Medical Aesthetics of the Hudson Valley 166 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 339-LASER (5273) www.medicalaestheticshv.com
Chiropractic Dr. David Ness (845) 255-1200 www.performancesportsandwellness.com Dr. David Ness is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner, Certified Active Release Techniques (ART®) Provider, and Certified Kennedy Decompression Specialist. In addition to traditional chiropractic care, Dr. Ness utilizes ART® to remove scar tissue and adhesions from injured muscles, ligaments, tendons, and nerves. Dr. Ness also uses non surgical chiropractic traction to decompress disc herniations in the spine. If you have an injury that has not responded to treatment call Dr. Ness today.
Counseling Claudia Coenen, MTP, CT (914) 475-9695 www.thekarunaproject.com claudia@thekarunaproject.com
Dentistry & Orthodontics Dr. Robert Danz 5 McKinstry Place, Hudson, NY (518) 828-0115 www.drdanz.com
The Center For Advanced Dentistry‚ Bruce D. Kurek, DDS, FAGD 494 Route 299, Highland, NY (845) 691-5600 www.thecenterforadvanceddentistry.com
Healing Centers Namast Sacred Healing Center Willow, NY (845) 688-7205 (845) 853-2310 www.namasteshc.com
NY Rapid Detox (817) 261-7370 www.nyrapiddetox.com
Herbal Medicine & Nutrition Empowered By Nature (845) 416-4598 www.EmpoweredByNature.net lorrainehughes@optonline.net Lorraine Hughes, Registered Herbalist (AHG), offers Wellness Consultations that therapeutically integrate Asian and Western Herbal Medicine and Nutrition with their holistic philosophies to health. This approach is grounded in Traditional Chinese Medicine with focus placed on an individual’s specific constitutional profile and imbalances. Please visit the website for more information and upcoming events.
Holistic Health Be The Medicine (973) 647-2500 www.bethemedicine.com janet@bethemedicine.com
Center for a Healthy You Poughkeepise, NY (845) 462-4555 www.centerforahealthyyou.com
John M. Carroll 715 Rte 28, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8420 www.johnmcarrollhealer.com
Kary Broffman, RN, CH (845) 876-6753 Karyb@mindspring.com 15 plus years of helping people find their balance. As a holistic nurse consultant, she weaves her own healing journey and education in psychology, nursing, hypnosis and integrative nutrition to help you take control of your life and to find True North. She also assists pregnant couples with hypnosis and birthing.
Master Elaine Ward, Worldwide Representative of Master Sha Hyde Park, NY (845) 849-1715 Elaine3396815@gmail.com facebook.com/HealTheSoulFirst “Heal the soul first; then healing of the mind and body will follow.” Master Elaine Ward, Divine Channel and Worldwide Representative of Master Zhi Gang Sha, is a powerful Soul Healer and Divine Soul Communicator, with advanced Divine Healing Hands abilities, the authority to read the Akashic Records and to offer advanced Divine Soul Healing. Divine Soul Healing brings the frequency of divine love, forgiveness, compassion and light to remove spiritual blockages from the soul of your organs, relationships, finances,and to promote their transformation. Experience the power of Soul Healing. Call 845.849.1715 for a Soul Healing, Soul Reading, or to register for a workshop.
Nancy Plumer, Energy Healing and Spiritual Counseling Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-2252 www.womenwithwisdom.com nplumer@hvi.net Nancy is an intuitive healer, spiritual counselor and long time yoga teacher. Would you like to relieve stress, anxiety, fear, pain and increase your vitality, joy, balance and connect to
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies (800) 944-1001 www.eomega.org
Vitality Cleanse (845) 246-2073 or (845) 518-7700 www.susunray.com susunray@aol.com
Hospitals Kingston Hospital, Member of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley 396 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 331-3131 www.hahv.org info@hahv.org
New Paltz Community Acupuncture
Amy Benac, M.S., L.Ac.
$25-$40 a session (You decide what you can afford) Effective, affordable acupuncture in a beautiful community setting Please see Whole Living Directory listing for more info
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Kingston Hospital is a 150-bed acute care hospital with a commitment to continuous improvement. In addition to the new, state-ofthe-art Emergency Department, a full compliment of exceptional, patient-focused medical and surgical services are provided by staff with dedicated and experienced professionals. With the only accredited Chest Pain Center in the Hudson Valley, other specialized programs include: The Family Birth Place, Wound Healing Center, Hyperbaric Oxygen Center, Cardiology Services and Stroke Center.
Northern Dutchess Hospital Rhinebeck, NY www.NDHKnowsBabies.com
Sharon Hospital 50 Hospital Hill Road, Sharon, CT (860) 364-4000 www.sharonhospital.com
Massage Therapy Mid-Hudson Rebirthing Center (845) 255-6482
Mediators
Zweig Therapy Julie Zweig, MA
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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.
your True Self? Nancy guides one to release blocked or stuck energy that shows up as disease/illness/anxiety/discomfort/fear and supports one to open to greater self-acceptance, integration and wholeness.
Pathways Mediation Center 239 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-0100 www.PathwaysMediationCenter.com A unique mediation practice for couples going through divorce or families in conflict with the innovative, combined services of 2 professionals. Josh Koplovitz has 30 years as a matrimonial & family law attorney and Myra Schwartz has 30 years as a guidance counselor. This male/female team can effectively address all your legal and family issues. Use our one-hour free consultation to find out about us.
Imago Relationship Therapy Gardiner, New York • (845) 255-3566
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Optometrists Rhinebeck Eye Care (845) 828-0215, 454 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (845) 876-2222 - 6805 Route 9, Rhinebeck NY www.drsmadiganandgibbons.com
Visionexcel 1636 Ulster Ave., Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-6310 www.visionexceleyecare.com
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 www.stoneridgehealingarts.com Drs. Tieri and Rosen are NY State Licensed
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Very Beginner Yoga Series Sundays, 12:30-1:30pm Jul 15-Aug 5
Opportunity to participate in our Speakers Series
Center for a Healthy You 1984 New Hackensack Rd. Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 845-462-4555 www.centerforahealthyyou.com 6400 Montgomery St. St., Rhinebeck 845.876.2528 www.SatyaYogaCenter.us
Treat your clients in a professional, affordable, tranquil environment
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.
Pharmacies Dermasave Labs, Inc. 3 Charles Street, Suite 4, Pleasant Valley, NY (800) 277-7099 dermasavelabs@aol.com
Karma Triyana Darmachakra 335 Meads Mt. Rd, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5906, ext 3 www.kagyu.org
Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-6897 ext. 0 www.menla.org menla@menla.org
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Temple Emanuel of Kingston
Michael Kortbus ENT PC
(845) 338-4271 www.curiousaboutjudaism.org/ny4
810 Union Street, Hudson, NY (518) 828-2190 www.enthudson.com
Valley Endovascular Associates One Webster Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 483-5352 www.endovasulartherapy.com
Tarot Tarot-on-the-Hudson‚ Rachel Pollack Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-5797 www.rachelpollack.com rachel@rachelpollack.com
Psychics Psychic Readings by Rose
Classes, Workshops, Private Sessions, Guided Self-Inquiry Healing Sessions
40 Mill Hill, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-6801
Psychotherapy Amy R. Frisch, LCSW New Paltz, NY (845) 706-0229
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Janne Dooley, LCSW, Brigid’s Well 70 Duck Pond Rd Stone Ridge NY 12484
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H Y P N O s i s - c Oac H i N g Kary Broffman, R.N., C.H. 845-876-6753 • karybroffman.com
New Paltz, NY (347) 834-5081 www.Brigidswell.com Janne@BrigidsWell.com Brigid’s Well is a psychotherapy and coaching practice. Janne specializes in childhood trauma, addictions, codependency, relationship issues, inner child work, EMDR and Brainspotting. Janne’s work is also informed by Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal Neurobiology. Coaching for all life transitions as well as Mindful Parenting, Mindful Eating and Circle of Women. Call for information or consultation. FB page: www.BrigidsWell.com/facebook.
Judy Swallow, MA, LCAT, TEP 25 Harrington Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-7502 www.hvpi.net
Julie Zweig, MA, Certified Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner, Imago Relationship Therapist and NYS Licensed Mental Health Counselor New Paltz, NY (845) 255-3566 www.zweigtherapy.com julieezweig@gmail.com
Residential Care Always There Home Care (845) 339-6683 www.alwaystherehomecare.org
Resorts & Spas Giannetta Salon and Spa 1158 North Avenue, Beacon, NY (845) 831-2421 www.gianettasalonandspa.com
Retreat Centers Garrison Institute Rt. 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 424-4800 www.garrisoninstitute.org garrison@garrisoninstitute.org
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Yoga Clear Yoga: Iyengar Yoga in Rhinebeck Suite 6423 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876 6129 www.clearyogarhinebeck.com
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health Stockbridge, MA (800) 741-7353 www.kripalu.org
Satya Yoga Center Rhinebeck and Catskill, NY (845) 876-2528 www.satyayogacenter.us
Yoga Nude in Albany Albany County, NY (518) 577-8172 www.yoganudeinalbany.com yoganudeinalbany@yahoo.como
Yoga on Duck Pond (845) 687-4836 www.yogaonduckpond.com A dynamic yet subtle approach to yoga based on the premise that we develop habitual patterns of movement that can effectively be changed by bringing unconscious movement into conscious awareness. Only then can we explore new combinations of ways to move. Learn how to experience yoga poses comfortably and beneficially, from the inside out, without strain or struggle. When we slow down, we can sense and feel more clearly and comfortably how we move. Experience a style of yoga that is dynamic, rejuvenating, empowering and transformational. Donna Nisha Cohen, RYT, with over 30 years experience. Classes daily. Privates available.
Yoga Way 985 Route 376 at Brookmeade Plaza, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 227-3223 yogaway@earthlink.net www.yogaway.info Yoga Way is celebrating its 10th year of Service! Offering Classical Yoga, taught in a way that is both practical and accessible, for every phase of life. Ongoing classes offered for adults and special short-series programs offered for meditation, prenatal, babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and kids. May Introductory Workshops will be held on Saturday the 5th and again on the 19st. Call to reserve your space and visit our website for more information. Yoga Way is an affiliate of Lakulish Yoga LLC. Jahnvi Formisano, Director.
MICHAEL J. KORTBUS, MD, FACS announces the opening of his Otolaryngology practice at 810 Union Street, Hudson, NY
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Combining old fashioned, personable care with the latest technological advances. Board Certified, Otolaryngology. Full range of pediatric and adult sinus, throat and ear care. Expertise in surgical care of ENT diseases. Specialized in-office services include: • Hearing & balance testing • Hearing aid evaluations • Speech Language Pathologist • Oral appliance fitting for sleep breathing disorders (with board-certified sleep dentist) • High-tech diagnostic evaluations using micro-otoscopy, nasal endoscopy, laryngoscopy, videostroboscopy
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Kortbus, please call: 518.828.2190 Affiliated with Columbia Memorial Hospital | Most major insurances accepted New patients always welcome
At Kripalu, we invite you to breathe—to intentionally pause the ongoing demands of life, bring your attention inward, and rediscover your authentic nature. Conscious engagement with the breath connects you with the intelligence and power of the life force within and around you. Whenever you are faced with a challenge—on the yoga mat, in a relationship, at work, or with your health—you can draw on a deep sense of ease, purpose, and mastery to create positive change. We call it the yoga of life.
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Claudia Coenen, CT, MTP CREATIVE COUNSELING FOR TRANSFORMATION Specializing in loss, transition, death and life changes Offering companionship and inspiration on your life’s journey back to wholeness.
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
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AN EVENING WITH
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A concert to benefit the Garrison Institute
Featuring individual sessions, workshops, inspirational talks.
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KINGSTON SUMMER PARK EXERCISE SERIES Join your favorite YMCA Instructor/Class OUTSIDE in your favorite Kingston Park this summer!!! FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Zumba - Pilates - Kickboxing - Yoga Tai Chi - Rowing & MORE! Contact YMCA @ 845-338-3810 for class schedules YMCA Membership Office 507 Broadway, Kingston NY 845-338-3810 www.ymcaulster.org
Thursday, July 19, 7 pm Philip Glass performs in a rare Hudson Valley concert appearance, featuring the US premiere of his Three Songs of Milarepa with baritone Gregory Purnhagen, in the Institute’s main hall. Purchase tickets at www.garrisoninstitute. org/glass or A non-profit 501c3 organization 845.424.4800. INSPIRED THINKING $50 admission, $150 THOUGHTFUL ACTION VIP, $25 students. Sponsorships GARRISON INSTITUTE available. 14 Mary’s Way, Route 9D, Garrison, New York
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THE LINDA WAMC’S PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO
339 CENTRAL AVENUE ALBANY THE AMERICAN ROOTS SERIES
SWEETBACK SISTERS
RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM JUN 2 / 8pm
JUN 8 / 8pm
JUN 15 / 8pm A FOOD FOR THOUGHT FILM
WALT WILKINS AND THE MYSTIQUEROS
KINKY FRIEDMAN
JUN 17 / 8pm
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Father’s Day Half Marathon and Family 5K
Friday, June 15th at 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 17
THe 3Rd aNNual New PalTz cHalleNGe, a Half marathon and Family 5K. Both races begin at the corner of main St. and Huguenot Street, New Paltz and will trace a loop north on the wallkill Valley Rail Trail to Rosendale and south again to finish at The Gilded Otter.
• Time: Registration from 6:00 - 7:00 a.m. Half marathon begins at 7:30 a.m. Family 5K begins at 8:00 a.m. • Place: Register at The Gilded Otter, 3 main St., New Paltz • cOST: Family 5K, $25 early-bird registration; $30 after June 1 Half marathon, $45 early-bird registration; $50 after June 1 • ReGiSTRaTiON RequiRed. call the chamber at 845-255-0243 or email info@newpaltzchamber.org to learn more or visit www.active.com to register online
Online registration and more information at www.active.com/running/new-paltz-ny/new-paltz-challenge-2012
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David Owen, a writer for the New Yorker, will talk about his new book The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Seating is first come first served.
SHARKS: A LOVE STORY Friday, July 13th at 7 p.m. Jupp Kerckerinck, conservationist and President of the Shark Research Institute, will give a presentation about the dramatic decline of sharks and the role they play in the ocean ecosystem. From their evolution to their persecution for soup—a fascinating look at these ancient and misunderstood creatures. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Seating is first come first served.
Learn more at www.caryinstitute.org 2801 Sharon Turnpike (Rte. 44)|Millbrook, NY 12545|845 677-5343
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event listings for june 2012
Brea Souders, Sunburn in Naples, 2010
Still Waters Run Deep The Center for Photography at Woodstock’s (CPW) excellent new group exhibition, “Surface Tension,” is bursting at the seams. Curators Ariel Shanberg and Akemi Hiatt fiercely unpack the proposition that photography is an inherently process-oriented, experimental, and aggressively unpredictable medium whose most interesting practitioners are now hyperaware of the exciting possibilities that abound when known orthodoxies are thrown out the window, turns defined as either right or wrong are rejected and obsolescence and failure embraced. Photography, there, is just something to which something else is done. The show riffs on the currents that roiled painting in the 20th century, the movement we call Modernism that later mutated into the end-of-life hand-wringing we call postmodernism. Like the ragged and sometimes overwhelming history of painting— from figuration to grids and gestures to silkscreens and back again—the work at CPW asks whether the mumbled reports of the death of photography caused by digital everything can be used to derive new trajectories for the medium. The answer, the work on display suggests: yes! Consider Christopher Colville’s set of photograms made by setting off fireworks directly on photo paper. The work, its own remainder, is graceful and quiet in the way that, after an explosion, shrapnel and refuse and jagged detritus become objects of grace and contemplation. Klea McKenna’s warm-red installation of photo paper exposed to a day’s sunlight at an anti-aircraft lookout post in California and then folded into paper planes functions as the measure of that day. Invite a strained neck as you alternately take in Matthew Brandt’s pooled embodiment of landscape and process and Marisa Baumgartner’s sitespecific wall installation. And that’s just what you’ll see within the first 20 seconds after stepping foot inside. And that’s to the show’s advantage. There’s no requisite approach to photography on display here; rather, the work is the result of well-thought-out experiments that have more substance than the
conceits of conceptualism. So take it all in and let the work jostle in your mind. The more formal work on display is engrossing: Alison Rossiter’s elegant, elegiac pours on expired photo paper as old as modernism itself riffs on photography’s loaded history. Aspen Mays’s pictures of stars are literally punched out punch-outs, a nice nod to our final comeuppance. The two broadly conceptual works on display that take off where the formal work takes a bow needs more room to breathe. Still, you’ll want to pay attention to what Joseph Heidecker has to say about the “art” versus “craft,” “found” versus “appropriation” models of image making. Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s work twins his studio practice and literally has to be experienced for it to be seen. CPW’s other gallery holds its own stash of beauty. Consider Brea Souder’s work. It toes a very thin line between photorealism’s shtick and the pictorial tornado of collage and constructivism. And I dare you to deny that Meghan Flaherty’s work about the studio practices that define and cage an artist looks like photographs of Cy Twombly’s paintings. Mark Lyon (whose work appeared on the May 2010 cover of Chronogram) brings the banal photo wallpaper back into the discourse of the beautiful. I tell you painters will have a ball at this show. “Surface Tension” is best experienced slowly or during repeat visits. I know; I’ve seen it twice. My advice? Approach it with open arms and a well-appetized mind. Don’t think about your Weegees or Westons as you stride across CPW’s threshold. Hold neither Kertesz nor Capa close to your heart. Ansel Adams? Bite your tongue! Think Mondrian and Frankenthaler and, maybe, LeWitt. And then, while looking at the work, think again. “Surface Tension” is on view through June 24 at the Center for Photography at Woodstock. (845) 679-9957; Cpw.org. —Faheem Haider
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FRIDAY 1 Art David Borenstein: Selected Works 2010-2012 6pm-8pm. Rhinecliff Hotel, Rhinecliff. 876-0590. Current 6pm-8pm. Summer sculpture exhibition. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. 424-3960.
Body / Mind / Spirit Conquering Anger Call for times. Inner journey that offers insights and practical solutions to overcome anger. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000. Hope in Healthcare Call for times. For healthcare professionals. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000. Private Angelic Channeling 11:30am. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100. Kids Yoga 4:30pm-5:30pm. $16.50. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. Prenatal Yoga 6pm-7:15pm. Practice safely throughout your pregnancy using a curriculum designed specifically for the expectant mother. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls.
Two Perspectives 2pm. Works by long-time member Karl and Richard. Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli. 758-4342.
1658 Stockade National Historic District Walking Tour 2pm. Friends of Historic Kingston Museum, Kingston. 339-0720.
Suessical the Musical 7:30pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088.
Essence of Life 5pm. New paintings by Kate Ferriter and Dennis Fanton, and emerging artist Ellen Jamison.Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. 457-ARTS.
Centennial Celebration 4pm-7pm. Garden party of cocktails, comestibles, conversation and a live auction of unique objects and experiences. $75. Garden at Bellefield, Hyde Park. 229-9115 ext. 2023.
The Wedding Singer 8pm. $26/$22 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Potpourri: An Exhibition of Art 5pm-7pm. Herb Rogoff. Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, Hudson. www.columbiachamber-ny.org. Karmabee First Saturday Reception 5pm-8pm. Refreshments and an eclectic selection of art & gifts handmade in the Hudson Valley. Karmabee, Kingston. 443-3358.
Vacations: Away & at Home 6pm-8pm. Artwork by Kristy Bishop Studio. Kiersted House, Saugerties. 246-8835. Rara Avis 7pm-9pm. Featuring the works of 20 artists. One Mile Gallery, Kingston. 338-2035.
Body / Mind / Spirit
Events
Qi Gong Class 10am-11am. $10. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Waddle n Swaddle Play Group-Dance Party 2pm-3:30pm. Ages 0-5. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Music EOTO Call for times. Live electronics. $160-$455. Kaatskill Mountain Club, Hunter. (800) 486-8376. Mountain Jam Music Festival Call for times. Hunter Mountain, Hunter. mountainjam.com. Anthony Nisi 6pm. Acoustic. Millbrook R&B, Millbrook. 224-8005. Zac Brown Band 7pm. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330. Tony Velez 7:30pm. Latin. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Musician/Labor Activist Si Kahn 8pm. Epworth Center, High Falls. 687-0215.
Reflexology Day 11:30am-4:30pm. $45/45 minutes. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Introductory Orientation Workshops 11:45am-1:45pm. $15. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. Hatha Yoga 1pm-2pm. $2.50. Pawling Free Library, Pawling. 855-3444. Divine Healing Hands Soul Healing Evening 7pm-9pm. Experience the power of Soul Healing Blessings offered by a Divine Channel, Master Elaine Ward. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Classes
Reading and Book Signing with Anthony Robinson 7pm. Author of The Floodplain. Inquiring Mind Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Theater The Wedding Singer 8pm. $26/$22 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Little Dog Laughed 8pm. Summerstar Theater. Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4790.
SATURDAY 2
14th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition 3pm-6pm. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Sal Romano: Sculpture & Drawings 3pm-6pm. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Body / Mind / Spirit
Ted Daniel, IBMC & the King Oliver Project 7:30pm-10:30pm. $10. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Spring Whole Body Cleanse Call for times. Two-week program is guided by naturopathic doctors & a licensed acupuncturist. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605.
Indian Summer 7:30pm. Acoustic. $5. Northeast-Millerton Library, Millerton. (518) 789-3340.
Sacred Chanting 10:30am-12pm. $10. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Bonnie Riatt 8pm. With special guest Marc Cohn. $62/$52. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
Creating Happiness in Your Life 4:30pm-6pm. Understand why we think and behave in ways that create unhappiness and how to reverse this trend. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.
Amy and Leslie 8pm. $15. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048.
Jimmy Webb: The Man Behind the Music 8pm. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. 255-1559.
West African Drum 11am. $15. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 399-6488.
Dance
Events Hudson Valley Outdoor Adventure Expo Set Races, demos, vendors. Visit website for specific times and information. Poughkeepsie. www.wildcatepicevents.com/outdoor-aventure-expo-hv. Orange County Antique Fair & Flea Market 8am-5pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown. 282-4055. 2012 Maritime Cup Regatta 8:30am. Races, barbeque. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 338-0071. Cyclist Clinic 9am-12pm. Woodstock Physical Therapy, Woodstock. 679-9767. Kingston Farmers’ Market 9am-2pm. Featuring cooking demonstrations from Chef Kendell Brenner of Chefs2be. Kingston Farmers' Market, Uptown Kingston. 853-8512. Meet the Animals Tour 10am-2pm. Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Saugerties. 336-8447. 4th Annual Bark in the Park 10am-4pm. Vendors, games, music, food, pet contests. Benefit for Humane Society of Walden. Verkeerder Kill Park, Pine Bush. 744-5587. Saugerties Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Kiersted House, Saugerties. 246-0167.
Art
Annual Mega Book Sale 10am-4pm. Rhinebeck Starr Library, Rhinebeck. 876-5797.
Hudson River Valley Plein Air Paint-out & Art Auction 9am. Artists Paint Hudson River Scenes: 9am-3pm, public viewing & reception: 4-5pm auction: 5-7pm. Scenic Hudson's River Center, Beacon. 471-7477.
Mysteries of Clintondale Tour 11am-4pm. Curious corners and vanished pathways in the heart of apple country. $30/$25. Gunk Haus, Highland. 833-0866.
Alice Aycock: A Simple Network of Underground Wells and Tunnels 1pm-4pm. Sculpture. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4568.
Our Daily Bread 1:30pm-3:30pm. Multicultural program highlighting use of breads as food, as artistic medium, and as symbol. Adriance Memorial Library, Poughkeepsie. 454-3222.
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George Quasha and David Arner: Axial Music 6:30pm. Old Post Office, Station Hill Road, Barrytown. Quasha.com.
First Sunday Gallery Tour 2pm-3pm. With guest educator Kevin Cook. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz. 257-3858.
Family and Friends CPR and First Aid for Children 1pm-3:30pm. $45. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
Freestyle Frolic Community Dance 8pm. $5/$2. Knights of Columbus, Kingston. www.freestylefrolic.org.
Talk Art 6pm-7pm. With mixed media artists Jean Tock and Alice Walsh. Look|Art Gallery, Mahopac.
The Roaring Twenties: Berlin, Paris, New York 6pm. Cabaret. Close Encounters With Music season finale. $50/$40. Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts. (413) 637-1600.
Artists and designers complete a home. Glassbury Court, Cold Spring. www.coldspringarts.com.
Reiki Level 1 8:30am-5pm. $75-$175. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Chris Smither 8:30pm. Singer/songwriter. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.
Spoken Word
M.R. Poulopoulos 3pm. Folk. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 255-8300.
The Artful Living Show House
Rick Tiven 8pm. $12/$10. Trinity Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-1955.
Enchanted Garden 3pm. New Paltz School of Ballet: Spring Recital. $12. Wallkill Senior High School, Wallkill. 255-0044.
The Blues Dog 9:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
Music and Merriment 1pm-5pm. Benefit for the Family of Woodstock. Musical performances by Rebecca Martin, as well as traditional Irish music from the T McCann Band. Mountaintop School, Woodstock. 389-7322.
SUNDAY 3 Art
Simplifying the Landscape 9am-Friday, June 8, 4pm. 4-week class. $370. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
TaoNation: The Nation of the Way 8pm. $12/$10. Trinity Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-1955.
Charlie Sabin Acoustic 9:30pm. National Hotel Bar and Grill, Montgomery. 457-1123.
Mountain Jam Music Festival See website for schedule. Hunter Mountain, Hunter. Mountainjam.com.
Woman's Self Defense 2pm-3:30pm. $20. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Annual Spring Concert 8pm. Joshua Nelson singing traditional Jewish liturgical texts in the gospel style of the late Mahalia Jackson. $25/$20/$15 students. Congregation Shir Chadash, LaGrange. 227-3327.
The Revelers 8pm. $15. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048.
Eilen Jewell and Los Straitjackets 9pm. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
The Psychedelic Furs Call for times. $28. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.
Plenary & Workshops with Si Kahn Call for times. Epworth Center, High Falls. 687-0215.
Veg-Curious? 11am-5pm. Learn why going vegan is the best thing you can do for your health, animals and the planet. Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, Willow. 679-5955.
Vivaldi's Suites of the Seasons 1pm. Featuring Dance Beacon, Ballet Arts Studio and Dutchess Dance Company. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
An A cappella Extravaganza 9pm. Presented by The Phantoms. $15. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
2012 Venus Cycle: Rise of the Feminine 2pm-4pm. $20/$15. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. 679-2100.
Music
Yoga in the Park 10am/4pm. Adult yoga. Academy Green, Kingston. 877-5263.
Music Together Babies Only: Birth - 9mo 10am-10:45am. $145 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
Kids
Works by Chad Ferber, Eric Anthony Johnson and Introducing Cierra Sanks 5pm-8pm. 45 North Front Street, Kingston. (917) 715-3000.
The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30pm-8:30pm. $350 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
Kids
Workshops
Jay Mankita: Wild Songs and Nature Stories 10:30am. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507.
The Beauty of the Image with Carole Maso Call for times. Millay Colony, Austerlitz. (518) 392-4144.
Annual Mega Book Sale 12pm-5pm. Rhinebeck Starr Library, Rhinebeck. 876-5797.
Sweet Violets 2pm. The former Violet Capital of the World: Rhinebeck. Skene Library, Fleischmanns. 254-4581.
The Japanese Touch: Contemporary Printmaking 5pm-8pm. Mohonk Arts, High Falls. 687-7490.
R & R for the Sole 8:30am-4:30pm. This is a 1 hour session that integrates Foot Reflexology and Reiki. $80/hour. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Classes
Film
The Little Dog Laughed 8pm. Summerstar Theater. Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4790.
Pacifica String Quartet 8pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7216. Festina Lente 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Ellis Paul 8:30pm. Singer/songwriter. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. Folk Legend Melanie 9pm. $25-$50. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. The Blue in Green Jazz Quartet 9pm. Babycakes Café, Poughkeepsie. 485-8411. The Virginia Wolves 9pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Kook 10pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Taboo 10pm. Member of the Black-Eyed Peas. $25. Orient Ultra Lounge, Poughkeepsie. 337-3546.
The Outdoors Hudson River School Art Trail and National Trails Day Call for times. Washington's HQ, Newburgh. 562-1195. BioBlitz 9am-5pm. Explore various habitat with field biologists. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919. Riversweep Cleanup 9am-12pm. Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie. www.riverkeeper.org. Byrdcliffe Trail Opening 10am-4pm. Byrdcliffe Theater, Woodstock. 679-2079. National Trails Day Event 10am-3pm. Learn the art of trail design and building by helping us construct a multi-use trail system at Illinois Mountain. Berean Park, Highland. www.scenichudson.org.
Spoken Word The Heart of the Catskills 2pm. Woodland Valley Books presents Bob Steuding. 74 Main Street, Phoenicia. 688-0011. An Evening of Comedy 7pm. Featuring Sherry Davey and Johny Lampert. $50. Ritz Theater, Newburgh. 562-6940 ext. 107.
De-Stress Mixed Level Yoga 5:30pm-6:45pm. $30/month. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
Classes
West African Dance 12pm/5pm. $15. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 399-6488. Introduction to Home Food Preservation 1pm. Presented by KayCee Wimbish as part of the Our Towns talk series. Germantown Library, Germantown. (518) 537-5800. Alternative Firing with Eileen Sackman 1pm-3:30pm. Through July 8. $220/$200. Barrett Clay Works, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.
Dance Enchanted Garden 3pm. New Paltz School of Ballet: Spring Recital. $12. Wallkill Senior High School, Wallkill. 255-0044. Swing Dance to DJ'd Music 6:30pm-9pm. Lesson at 6pm. $10/$6. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
Events Hudson Valley Outdoor Adventure Expo Set Races, demos, vendors. Visit website for specific times and information. Poughkeepsie. www.wildcatepicevents.com/outdoor-aventure-expo-hv. Beacon Flea Market 8am-3pm. 6 Henry Street, Beacon. beaconfleamarket@gmail.com. Orange County Antique Fair & Flea Market 8am-5pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown. 282-4055. Rhinebeck Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. Rhinebeck Municipal Parking Lot, Rhinebeck. 876-3847. 2012 Maritime Cup Regatta 10:30am. Races, snacks, awards ceremony. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 338-0071. Rosendale Earthfest and Expo 2012 11am-4pm. Local food producers, energy and green building professionals, music, live raptors & reptiles, crafts, activities, food. Rosendale Recreation Center, Rosendale. 658-8967.
Theater
The Hudson Valley Etsy Team 11am-4pm. Craft fair. Fishkill Village Square, Fishkill. (343) 727-2256 Annual Mega Book Sale 1pm-4pm. Rhinebeck Starr Library, Rhinebeck. 876-5797.
Verdi's Aida 7pm. $30/$27 seniors/$15 students. United Presbyterian Church of Middletown, Middletown. 661-0544.
Going Home from the Continental Army Encampment 2pm. A military drill. New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site, New Windsor. 561-1765.
Matt McCormick Slide Show 8pm. Matt will share stories from his trip to Pakistan last year. Rock and Snow, New Paltz. 255-1311.
Dance take dance at kaatsabaan
imiage provided TAKE Dance performing Footsteps in the Snow; music by Arvo Pärt. TAKE Dance will perform at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center on June 9.
Exquisite Edge Choreographer Takehiro Ueyama and his company TAKE (pronounced Tah-keh) Dance reside firmly on the cutting edge of modern dance. On Saturday, June 9, TAKE Dance brings its blend of expressiveness and whisical exuberance to Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in Tivoli. Born and raised in Tokyo, Ueyama was spotted breakdancing in the streets there by a teacher trained in dance at the Julliard School in New York City. Encouraged to attend local modern dance and ballet classes and later mentored by Martha Graham, dancer, master teacher, and choreographer Kazuko Hirabayashi, it didn’t take long for Ueyama to flourish. His natural gifts of speed and agility (cultivated by years of striving to be a professional baseball player, as well as break dancing), combined with his developing technique, led to being accepted into Julliard’s dance program at age 24 (late for a dancer!), in 1991. Upon graduation from Julliard, Ueyama considered joining several modern dance companies both here and abroad, but it was the invitation from the esteemed Paul Taylor Dance Company in New York City that he accepted. In the company for eight years, Ueyama performed in many of Taylor’s modern dance classics, such as Esplanade and Company B. Working with Taylor also gave Ueyama the opportunity to observe the choreographic process of one of America’s great dance masters. Though Ueyama had choreographic ideas of his own, companies of renowned choreographers are not forums in which members can present their own work. So when Ueyama began to choreograph in 2003, he pledged to himself that if he were ever to have a company, he would nurture the talent of any aspiring choreographers by presenting their work along with his, knowing he risked audiences preferring their choreography to his. Founding TAKE Dance in 2004, Ueyama has been good to his word. Of the three works being presented at Kaatsbaan, The Distance of the Moon contains choreography
by both Ueyama (to music by Phillip Glass) and company member Kile Hotchkiss. Also being presented are excerpts from the evening-long work Salaryman, which was previewed at Kaatsbaan last year. Strikingly lit and danced to Japanese traditional as well as original music, Salaryman shows glimpses into the inner and outer lives of Japanese businessmen/women as they trudge through their daily existence. The work is deep, probing, and illustrative of both the pathos and humor of their predicaments. Though Ueyama couldn’t have known what was to come in Japan while he worked on the piece prior to March 2011, Salaryman nonetheless contains sections with striking images of people with and under water, the synchronicity of which was deeply felt by the Kaatsbaan audience last spring. Although he proudly acknowledges Taylor’s influence, Ueyama’s movement is original and uniquely his own. Using classic composers from Bach and Mozart to Barber, and modern music by Laurie Anderson, Frank Sinatra, Lisa Gerrard, Steve Reich, Pat Metheny, and Terry Riley, his vocabulary has movements so large his dancers can cover the breadth of the stage with only a couple of leaps, and so tiny, the gestures of the feet or hands are reminiscent of traditional Japanese dance. Ueyama’s dancers’ incredible speed and ebullience are impressive. Clearly, they love their work. His bold, subtle, witty and engaging choreography is exquisite to behold. Watching it unfold is akin to discovering painting after painting in a gallery, or being drawn into a private, intimate conversation. The program concludes with the moving, Footsteps in the Snow, danced to music by Arvo Pärt. “While not immortal, we hope to leave our imprint behind,” says Ueyama. TAKE Dance will perform on Saturday, June 9, at 7:30pm at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in Tivoli. Tickets are $25/$10 (students). (845) 757-5106; Kaatsbaan.org —Maya Horowitz 6/12 ChronograM forecast 117
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theater powerhouse
The cast of Joe Gilford's "Finks," from the 2008 Powerhouse season, including Josh Radnor and Jennifer Westfeldt, takes at bow at Vassar & New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater.
Keeper of Theatrical Truths
2012 powerhouse season at vassar preview By Jay Blotcher
While Broadway seems fiscally robust these days, discerning theatergoers may question
Edward Cheetham, producing director for the sixth season in this high-minded
the creative health of the Great White Way. As stage production costs soar, show
summer camp for theater people, observes that Powerhouse attracts a certain caliber
producers have their sights set squarely on the pockets of tourists. Hence, they skew
of artist. “There is something about what gets done every summer on every level that
their offerings to the palates of out-of-towners, wooing them by reheating old musical
makes you come back for more.” Cheetham says, “and it’s not about, If I do this, it will
chestnuts and stunt casting that features prominent TV actors.
make me famous or [get me] in the New York Times.”
For those seeking more bracing offerings, an alternative exists here in the Valley. This
Given the vagaries of audience taste and the precarious state of arts funding,
summer, devotees of the American theater can again choose from a banquet of drama,
presenting at Powerhouse does not guarantee success. Many shows mounted during
comedy, and musical offerings featuring high-profile actors and a Manhattan pedigree.
the past 27 years never found an audience after their Vassar debuts. A rare few, such as
For the 28th year, from June 22 to July 29, Vassar College, in collaboration with New
John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Doubt” and Warren Leight’s “Side Man,”
York Stage and Film, plays host to the Powerhouse Theater season, a five-week series
leapt from Vassar premiere to Broadway hit and onward into theatrical history. Many
of readings, new plays, and musicals in development.
Powerhouse tryouts are likely to thrive at prominent regional stages and go no further.
For ticket fees far below ruinous Manhattan prices, the public can view emerging
Three participants in Powerhouse 2012—two playwrights and one director—
works by both seasoned and new playwrights and retain bragging rights for having seen
talked about the work involved in bringing their productions up the Hudson to
these shows in their larval stage.
Poughkeepsie.
This year’s schedule showcases six premieres, including new works by playwrights Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (“Abigail/1702”) and Stephen Belber (“The Power of Duff”).
“Abigal/1702”
Fledgling musicals are “Fortress of Solitude” and “Murder Ballad.” Workshop plays include
Playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa; directed by David Esbjornson. Performances June 27-July 8
“Fires are Confusing,” an examination of the mechanics—and flaws—of the American justice system; “The House That Will Not Stand,” about love and law in 1836 New Orleans; plus eight readings of new plays, particularly a musical adaptation of John Knowles’s enduring novel A Separate Peace. Students of the classics can savor revivals of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” or “The Comedy of Errors,” as well as Euripedes’s “Medea.” “Powerhouse is a beautiful place to be a keeper of truths,” says Johanna Pfaelzer, the artistic director of New York Stage and Film since 2007. While the annual Powerhouse roster showcases works that possess more bite than most current Broadway shows, Pfaelzer denies a agenda. “We don’t set out to be provocative,” she says. “[We choose] pieces that are raising big questions. If that feels provocative, then sure, guilty as charged.” 118 forecast ChronograM 6/12
A fan of “The Crucible,” the drama about the 17th-century Salem witch trials (and a potent allegory for 1950s Communist mania), Aguirre-Sacasa caught a new staging of the Arthur Miller classic while at Steppenwolf in Chicago. The award-winning playwright “fell in love with the play all over again.” Aguirre-Sacasa became especially intrigued by Abigail Williams, whose fate after the trials is unknown. The mystery “captured my imagination and haunted me,” enough to prompt the accomplished writer for stage (“The Mystery Plays,” a rewrite of the plagued “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”), TV (“Glee” and “Big Love”) and a stint at Marvel Comics, to write a play about the real-life Puritan villainess. A decade after “The Crucible” sends innocent people to the gallows, Abigail Williams has relocated to Boston to restart her life. But her guilt has followed her. “It was
interesting to find a way to redeem that character,” Aguirre-Sacasa says. To fuel his historic revisionism, Sacasa delved into the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne, who shares the playwright’s affinity for the supernatural and morality tales. In the role of Abigail is Chloe Sevigny, from the HBO series “Big Love,” a comicdrama about Mormon polygamy. Aguirre-Sacasa was convinced that Sevigny was ideal to portray the morally embattled protagonist. “Abigail/1702” marks a departure from the Yale School of Drama graduate’s previous work, he says, but also a logical progression. “People who know my work say this is very different: 'It’s a period piece, it’s more serious than your other work.' Then I’ve heard people say, who really know my work, strangely, 'You’re writing about the same things you wrestled with throughout all of your plays: themes about forgiveness and redemption.'”
“The Power of Duff” Playwright Stephen Belber; directed by Peter DuBois. Performances July 18-July 29 Stage- and screenwriter Belber originally wrote “The Power of Duff” for film six years ago. The modern-day tale of a cynical, small-town TV anchor who finds God was never produced. However, a producer attached to the project suggested that Belber rewrite it for the stage. Initially the writer balked. “First I thought that was a sort of silly idea,” he says,” “so ass-backwards.” But Belber decided to accept the assignment, taking the time “to make it a little bit deeper and really a bit more spiritually questing.” A simplistic parody of Bible beaters was of no interest to Belber, whose previous works tackle subjects of both a cerebral intensity and moral complexity. Consider “Tape,” a psychological study that became a film by Richard Linklater, as well as Powerhouse productions of Belber’s “Geometry of Fire” and “Fault Lines.” Charles Duff’s religious awakening in the middle of a broadcast is treated soberly; Belber does not reduce the man to a glassy-eyed caricature speaking in tongues. A philosophy major in college, Belber has “always been interested in the fine line between God and opium or whatever,” he says. The screenplay for “Duff” was a serious examination of faith. But when Belber returned to the material, he did so as a more thoughtful individual. “I actually really did have more of a spiritual voyage, I guess. Not just because I’m older—because that would sound really pathetic, that I’ve become more spiritual just because I’m older. But I took it more seriously and I took the challenge of writing, not just hitting easy targets.” A keen dissector of our public facades, Belber applies his signature style to “The Power of Duff,” but the criticism is equally distributed. “I possibly take shots—not at religion, but at the extremities of both people who take themselves too seriously in a proselytizing kind of way and people who are so cynical as to be leaving themselves no choice of spirituality.”
“Fortress of Solitude” Director Daniel Aukin; book by Itamar Moses; music-lyrics by Michael Friedman. Performances June 29-July 1 Daniel Aukin is more than the director of “Fortress of Solitude”; he is its midwife. When he read the 2003 novel by literary darling Jonathan Lethem, he was inspired by the sprawling semiautobiographical epic about two boys—Dylan Ebdus and Mingus Rude—growing up on the same block in Brooklyn during the 1970s. He reached out to the author with the idea of a musical “and we began a long conversation that lasted, on and off, for several months.” Lethem was eventually convinced by Aukin, who is currently on Broadway with the hit “4,000 Miles,” so the director assembled a creative team to reconfigure the tale, an allegory for the cultural and musical highs and lows of black America from the 1970s through the 1990s. Composer Michael Friedman has created a score that offers pastiches of music ranging from doo-wop to soul to rap, making tonal nods to sonic pioneers. The result is an aural scrapbook of the era, starring a Temptations-like group called The Subtle Distinctions. “When certain moments in your life are occurring,” Aukin says, “even innocuous pop tunes can become intertwined, almost like smell, with a certain memory of a certain moment in your life. And I felt like that was sort of a touchstone to how music in a novel might find an analog in musical theater.” The greatest challenge was Lethem’s story, which runs more than 500 pages. Librettist Itamar Moses and Aukin pledged “to take on basically the full span of the novel,” Aukin says. But they backed off from a literal retelling “with the aim and intention that the [musical] could stand up on its own as something obviously, intimately connected with the novel, but at the same time, its own thing that stands as a piece of musical theater in its own right.” While the Lethem storyline of a magic ring will appear in the musical, another narrative detail will not: the brief sexual relationship between the two leads, depicted in the book as a frantic bid for connection. While the subplot was retained in several drafts of the libretto, it was eventually jettisoned, Aukin says, to avoid sensationalizing, because “it felt to us like, physicalizing that [friendship] romantically was secondary to making sure that bond and that sense of closeness was part of the storytelling.” Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College, June 22 to July 29. (845) 437-5599; Powerhouse.vassar.edu.
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artsVOYAGE Family Day: How Does Your Garden Grow? 11am. Program of storytelling, music and dance relating to a garden theme. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. (518) 392-3693.
Parenting the Explosive Child 6pm-8pm. 5-week course developed for parents and caregivers. $25. Mental Health America, Poughkeepsie. 473-2500 ext. 1208.
West African Drum/Dance 5:30pm/6:30pm. $15. Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Paltz. 399-6488.
TUESDAY 5
Music Mountain Jam Music Festival Hunter Mountain, Hunter. mountainjam.com.
Art
The Brew 12pm. Rock. Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. (800) 486-8376.
Sculpture for a New Century A juried outdoor sculpture exhibition. SUNY Orange, Newburgh. www.sunyorange.edu/sculpture.
Music for a Change Benefit Concert 1pm-4pm. Fundraiser for the Rondout Valley High School Music department. Tongore Park, Stone Ridge. 687-0613.
Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Charles & Bernard 1pm. Acoustic. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287.
Body / Mind / Spirit
Jimkata 2pm. Rock. Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. (800) 486-8376. Newburgh Symphonic Chorale 3pm. Americana. St George's Episcopal Church, Newburgh. stgeorgesnewburgh.dioceseny.org. Gloria 3pm. Combined community choirs. Fair Street Reformed Church, Kingston. 338-7722. Claudia Jacobs CD Release 4pm-6pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Open Mike Finals 7pm. $8. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.
Pilates Fundamentals Mat Class 10am-11am. $12. The Moving Body, Woodstock. 679-6411. Individual Blessings/Saraswati Diksha 10am-1:30pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Private Spirit Guide Readings 12pm-6pm. $75/$40. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. 679-2100. Pilates: Mama with Baby 12:45pm-1:30pm. $100 series/$15. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. MommyBWell Prenatal Yoga 5:30pm-6:45pm. $78/6 weeks. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
Man Man 8pm. Experimental pop. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Suessical the Musical 2pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088. The Wedding Singer 3pm. $26/$22 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Little Dog Laughed 3pm. Summerstar Theater. Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4790. Verdi's Aida 7pm. $30/$27 seniors/$15 students. United Presbyterian Church of Middletown, Middletown. 661-0544.
Workshops Couples Birthing Yoga 2pm-4:15pm. $60/couple. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
MONDAY 4 Body / Mind / Spirit Pilates Beginner Mat Class 12pm-1pm. $12. The Moving Body, Woodstock. 679-6411. Private Energy Healings & Soul Readings 12pm-6pm. $75/$40. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. 679-2100. Mama's Group with Breastfeeding Support 1:30pm-3pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Gentle Yoga 5:30pm-6:30pm. $30/month. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
Pilates Intermediate Mat Class 5pm-6pm. $12. The Moving Body, Woodstock. 679-6411.
A Course in Miracles 7:30pm-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
Meditation for Self Mastery 6:30pm-8pm. 4 session Raja Yoga Meditation Course. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000. Qigong with Zach Baker 7:30pm-8:30pm. $12/$10 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. The Gurdjieff Expansion Series: Inner Work 7:30pm-9:30pm. $5. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes Argentine Tango Tango Basics: 6pm-7pm Intermediate: 7pm-8pm. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 537-2589. Swing Dance Class Call for times. 4-week session, beginner 6pm, intermediate 7pm, advanced 8pm. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 338-0331. Color and Nature 9am-Tuesday, June 5, 4pm. With Tom Sarrantonio. $215. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Art Class with Leslie Bender 9am-12pm. 8-week class. $140. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Swing Dance Class 6pm-7pm. Four-week series with Linda & Chester Freeman. Beginner 6pm, intermediate 7pm, advance 8pm. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 236-3939.
Music Singer/Songwriter Katrin Call for times. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Spoken Word Meeting of Dutchess Peace 5:30pm-7pm. All those interested in peace, social justice, and the revolution of the 99% are invited. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
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WEDNESDAY 6 Body / Mind / Spirit Yoga for Mama with Baby 10am-11am. $65 series/$12. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Community Style Acupuncture 10am-12pm. 430. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
Full Moon Sound and Light Activation 7:30pm-9pm. With Suzy Meszoly. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes West African Drum/Dance 5:30pm/6:30pm. $15. Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Paltz. 399-6488. Crew Row 5:30pm. Learn to crew row with the Rondout Rowing Club. 2nd in series on morning of June 9. $100. scji11755@yahoo.com. Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118. Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541.
Events Sholem Aleichem Reading Call for time. Mikhail Horowitz, Kathryn Grody, Ann Citron, and Zoe Zak. Benefits Jewish Currents. $12. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989. 8 County Cupcake War 6pm-9pm. To benefit Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation. Anthony's Pier 9, New Windsor. www.milesofhope.org.
Kids Lap Sit Story Time 10:30am. Birth to 24 months. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.
Music Blues & Dance with Big Joe Fitz 7pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Community Music Night 8pm-9:45pm. Six local singer-songwriters. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048.
Theater ASK Playwrights' Labs 6:30pm-9pm. See your words come to life and get audience feedback. ASK Arts Center, Kingston. 338-0331.
Paintings by Kim Schneiders 5pm-8pm. Town of Esopus Public Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580 Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Body / Mind / Spirit Violet Alchemy Dowsing 11:30am-6pm. $125. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. 679-2100. Beginning Tai Chi with Martha Cheo 5:30pm-6:30pm. $12/$10 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Mommy & Me Yoga 10:30am-11:45am. $30/month. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
Prenatal Yoga 6:15pm-7:30pm. $90 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
Eight Steps to Happiness 7pm-8:30pm. Each class includes a guided meditation, teaching, and discussion. $10. Friends Meeting House, New Paltz. www.kadampanewyork.org.
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Mindful Discipline: A Workshop for Conscientious Parents 2pm-2pm. 8-week course. $120. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Basic & Intermediate Wheel Throwing with Eileen Sackman Call for times. $190/$170 members. Barrett Clay Works, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.
Be Like an Ant Screening After returning from the Vietnam War, Paul Plante purchased a trailer for his family to live in outside Troy. Frustrated with the unlivable conditions during winter, he began to build a DIY house around his trailer. Thirty years on and still in the making, the home is almost completed, with a structure built with no blueprints. Paul’s nephew, filmmaker Mike Plante, created this documentary to chronicle the progression of his uncle’s unconventional home. “Be like an ant,” Paul Plante says. “Every day, I am making more mountains.” Be Like an Ant will be screened at Basilica Hudson in Hudson at 8 pm on June 13 with two other short films, Jason's Byrne's A Ship Runs Aground and Brent Green's Weird Carolers. Mike Plante will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. (518) 822-1050. Basilicahudson.com.
Theater
New Mother's Adjustment Support Group 6pm. $100 series/$80 member series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
A Flower Pressing/Greeting Card Workshop 7pm-8pm. Pawling Free Library, Pawling. 855-3444.
THURSDAY 7 Art
Swing Dance Class Call for times. 4-week session, beginner 6pm, intermediate 7pm, advanced 8pm. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939. A Taste of Judaism 6pm-7:30pm. Temple Emanuel, Kingston. www.curiousaboutjudaism.org/ny4.
Euro Dance with Helvi & Richard Impola 1:30pm-2:30pm. $5/$8 couple. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Crew Row 5:30pm. Learn to crew row with the Rondout Rowing Club. 2nd in series on morning of June 10. $100. scji11755@yahoo.com. Zumba with Jennifer 6pm. $10. Skate Time 209, Accord. 626-7971. Portrait and Genre Painting 6:30pm-9:30pm. With Lois Wooley. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. West African Dance 6:30pm. $15. M*Power Studios, Poughkeepsie. 399-6488.
Events Coworking Space Open House 1pm-5pm. Followed by happy hour 5pm-7pm. Beahive, Beacon. www.beahivebzzz.com.
Kids Hop-N-Healthy 11:30am-12:15pm. $50/6-week series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Kids' Yoga 4:30pm-5:15pm. Ages 5-10. $80 series/$12 drop-in. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605.
Music Acoustic Thursdays with Kurt Henry 6pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Jazz with Tom DePetris Trio 6:30pm. La Puerta Azul, Millbrook. 677-2985. Mark Raisch 7pm. Jazz. Piano Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466. John Simon and The Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Jon Cobert 8:30pm. Singer/songwriter. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. A Levon Helm Tribute 9pm. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Swing Dance Class 6pm. Four-week series with Linda & Chester Freeman. Beginner 6pm, intermediate 7pm. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939.
Workshops
Events
Euro Dance for Seniors & Others 1:30pm-2:30pm. $5/$8 couples. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Farmers Market 11:30am-5:30pm. Cornwall Community Co-Op. Town Hall, Cornwall. cornwallcoop.com. Woodstock Farm Festival 3:30pm-8pm. Featuring The Acoustic Medicine Show and kids' music. Maple Lane, Woodstock. woodstockfarmfestival.com. United Friends Observer Society Monthly Support Meeting 7:30pm. $5. Walker Valley Schoolhouse, Walker Valley. 744-5648.
Film Paul Goodman Changed My Life 7:15pm. $7/$5. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Music Highland Harper Candace Coates 4pm-8pm. Nelly Kelly's Pub, Poughkeepsie. 485-5050. Studio Stu 6pm. Jazz. Quiet Man Pub, Wappingers Falls. 298-1724. Tom DePetris Trio 7:30pm. Jazz, blues. Dave's Coffee House, Saugerties. 246-8424. Victor Wooten Band 8pm. $30/$25. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
The Outdoors Guided Garden Tour- Shrubs and Vines 6:30pm-7:30pm. $10/members free. Stonecrop Gardens, Cold Spring. 265-2000.
Workshops Gardiner Library Teen Tech Tutors 5pm-7:30pm. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
Painting with Acrylics 9am-Friday, June 8, 4pm. $215. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
West African Dance 6pm. $15. M*Power Studios, Poughkeepsie. 399-6488. Intermediate Digital Photography 7pm-8pm. Pawling Free Library, Pawling. 855-3444.
FRIDAY 8 Body / Mind / Spirit The Great Outdoors Listen to Mother Nature to invite her pure influence into our attitudes and perspective. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000. Integrated Energy Healing 11:30am-6pm. $75/$95. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. 679-2100. Foundations of Contemplative Practice Retreat 3pm. With Sharon Salzberg and Rachel Cowan. Garrison Institute, Garrison. 424-4800. Kids Yoga 4:30pm-5:30pm. $16.50. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. The Sound of the Spheres: Sound and Astrology 7:30pm-9:30pm. With Beth Ylvisaker and Philippe Garnier. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30pm-8:30pm. $350 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
Events Deep Listening Intensive and Concert Call for times. Omega Institute, Rhinebeck. (800) 944-1001.
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Film Sweet Violets 6pm. The former Violet Capital: Rhinebeck. Bevier House Museum, Kingston. sweetvioletsmovie.com.
Kids Music Together Babies Only: Birth - 9mo 10am-10:45am. $145 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Kindermusik Development through Music: Birth to 24 months 12:30pm-1:15pm. $66. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Waddle n Swaddle Play Group-Dance Party 2pm-3:30pm. Ages 0-5. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Music Dave Matthews Band 7pm. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330. Lena Bloch Quartet 7:30pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. 2nd Friday Jams with Jeff Entin & Bob Blum 8pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. 100th Birthday Tribute to Woody Guthrie 8pm. Presented by Hudson Valley Folk Guild's Friends of Fiddler's Green Chapter. Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Hyde Park. 758-2681. Chris Trapper 8pm. $15. Skytop Steakhouse and Brewing Co., Kingston. 340-4277. D. Charles Speer and Trummors 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. The Nields (Nerissa and Katryna) 8pm. $18/$15. Trinity Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-1955. Frank Vignola 8pm. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048. Fat City 8pm. Blues. Gilded Otter, New Paltz. 256-1700.
Introductory Orientation Workshops 11:45am-1:45pm. $15. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. Baby Yoga 2:15pm-3:15pm. Non-walkers. $16.50. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. Toddler/Preschool Yoga 3:30pm-4:30pm. Through age 4. $16.50. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. Meditation Workshop with Jeff Cannon 5pm-6:30pm. Author of The Simple Truth.The Golden Notebook, Woodstock. 679-8000. Medical Intuitive Connection 7pm-8:30pm. With Darlene Van de Grift. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Dance Saugerties Ballet Center 2012 Dance Presentation 2pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088. Swan Lake 2pm. Poughkeepsie City Ballet. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Swing Dance 7:30pm-10:30pm. Lesson followed by dance. $10. Reformed Church of Port Ewen, Port Ewen. 236-3939. TAKE Dance 7:30pm. Kaatsbaan Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5107. Contradance 8pm. Peter Blue calling, with music by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. $10/$9 members/children 1/2 price. Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock. 246-2121. The Pronouns (Experiment #2) 8pm. Clarinda Mac Low's work-in-progress offers a child's-eye view of New York's 1970s avant-garde arts scene. Mount Tremper Arts, Mount Tremper. 688-9893.
Events Hokey Pokey Over the Walkway Call for times. Walkway Over the Hudson attempts a Guinness World Record. $15. Walkway Over the Hudson, Highland. 454-9649. Freak Flag Day with WGXC Woods, fireworks, and more. Basilica Hudson, Hudson.
Roy Book Binder 8:30pm. $25/$20. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.
Secret Garden Tour Call for times. Self-guided driving tour in Putnam County. $30. Call for location. 278-7272 ext. 287.
The Greg Douglas Band 8:30pm-12am. Acoustic. La Puerta Azul, Millbrook. 677-2985.
Orange County Antique Fair & Flea Market 8am-5pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown. 282-4055.
The Wiyos 9pm. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
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Kingston Farmers' Market 9am-2pm. Featuring strawberries. Kingston Farmers' Market, Uptown Kingston. 853-8512.
Book Release Event with Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya 7:30pm. Author of The Watch. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
Meet the Animals Tour 10am-2pm. Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Saugerties. 336-8447.
Can Both Exxon and the Planet be Healthy? 8pm. Bill Mckibben. Fisher Center, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
Saugerties Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Kiersted House, Saugerties. 246-0167.
Theater Actor's Nightmare 7pm. One-act play preceded by a business meeting. County Players, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491. The Little Dog Laughed 8pm. Summerstar Theater. Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4790. Avenue Q 8pm. $26/$24 seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops The Figure in the Landscape 9am-4pm. Woolley and Zhang. $370 +model fees. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
SATURDAY 9 Art Aviation Photo & Art Exhibit Area photographers and artists display flight-related art. Kingston Ulster Airport, Kingston. 336-7700. Unison Craft Fair Call for times. Unison Gallery, New Paltz. 255-1559. Images of God-with-Us in the Gospel of Luke 4pm-7pm. Faith in Art Gallery, Beacon. www.beaconpresbychurch.com. Gallery at the Factory 4pm-8pm. Group show. Gallery at the Saugerties Performing Arts Factory, Saugerties. 246-7723. Whale Oil to Whole Foods 5pm-7pm. Eco art exhibit. GCCA Catskill Gallery, Catskill. (518) 943-3400. WAAM Benefit Splash 5pm-8pm. Food, wine, silent auction, and sale of regional art, with keynote David A. Ross. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940. Treasures of the Hudson Valley's Night Sky 6pm-8pm. Astrophotography exhibit by Scott Nammacher. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438. Members' Exhibit 6pm-8pm. Paintings, pastel, mixed media, sculpture, fiber. Look|Art Gallery, Mahopac. lookartgallery.com.
Body / Mind / Spirit Body Mind Spirit Fair 10am-4pm. Opportunity to explore non-traditional modes of spiritual and physical healing. $.50/minute for services. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston. 518-5947. Yoga in the Park 10am/4pm. Adult yoga. Academy Green, Kingston. 877-5263.
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3rd Annual Kids Run Wild 10am-2pm. Junior League of Kingston. Activities and educational resources that the entire family can enjoy. Forsyth Nature Center, Kingston. flgolgoski@yahoo.com. Sara's 7th Annual Epilepsy Walk 10am-12pm. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. www.itsnotwhoiam.com. Mineral, Gem, Jewelry, Show, Swap, and Sell 10am-4pm. $5/$3 children. Museum Village, Monroe. 782-8248. Starr Library Community Day 11am-3pm. Starr Library, Rhinebeck. 876-4030. Women's Health Symposium 4pm. The Female Cycles: Moving through with Grace & Knowledge. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 687-4143. 17th Annual Historical Dinner 5pm-9pm. The evening will include a Civil War era inspired dinner and the presence of actors portraying Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Mount Gulian Historic Site, Beacon. 831-8172.
Music
Classes
Dog on Fleas CD Release Party 4pm. Children's music. $10. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048.
West African Drum/Dance 11am/12pm. $15. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 399-6488.
Highland Harper Candace Coates 4pm-8pm. Nelly Kelly's Pub, Poughkeepsie. 485-5050.
Dance
Dave Matthews Band 7pm. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330. Gerry Malkin Quartet 7:30pm-10:30pm. Jazz. $10. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. John Street Jam 7:30pm. Singer/songwriter. Dutch Arms Chapel, Saugerties. johnstreetjam.net. Navah Perlman 7:30pm. $42. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922. Bethany & Rufus Quartet 8pm. Afro-American roots music. $19/$14 members +$2 at the door. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Bronx Memories Open Mike & Concert 8pm-10:30pm. $17/$15. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079. The Woody Guthrie Tribute 8pm. Local musicians. $15/$10. Trinity Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-1955. Keith Newman 8pm. Acoustic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. NYC Subway Girl: Cathy Grier 8pm. $20/$18. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438. Kath Bloom and Last Good Tooth 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Chris O'Leary Band 8:30pm. $25/$20. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. Four Guys in Disguise featuring Greg Douglas 9pm-1am. Charlie O's, Red Hook. 758-2123. Jonathan Richman 9pm. Singer/songwriter. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Spoken Word Book Signing and Tasting with Zakary Pellacio 3pm-6pm. BlueCashew, High Falls. 687-0294. Life Is What You Make It: A Concert & Conversation with Peter Buffett 8pm. Fisher Center, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
Theater Audition: Doubt Call for times. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Verdi's Aida 7pm. $30/$27 seniors/$15 students. United Presbyterian Church of Middletown, Middletown. 661-0544. The Little Dog Laughed 8pm. Summerstar Theater. Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4790. Avenue Q 8pm. $26/$24 seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops Abstraction and Large Scale Drawing 9am-Sunday, June 10, 4pm. $215. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Berkshire Playwrights Lab 5th Season Gala Celebration 7:30pm. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-0100.
Cello and Violin Improv Workshop 2pm-4pm. With Ruffus Cappadocia. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Kids Kindermusik Development through Music: Birth to 24 months 11am-11:45am. $66. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Storyteller's Candle 3pm. In Partnership with Making Books Sing. Ages 4+. $8. Railroad Playhouse, Newburgh.
Rhinebeck Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. Rhinebeck Municipal Parking Lot, Rhinebeck. 876-3847. Mineral, Gem, Jewelry, Show, Swap, and Sell 10am-4pm. $5/$3 children. Museum Village, Monroe. 782-8248. 8th Annual US-Africa Partnership Brunch and Silent Auction 11am-3pm. Come celebrate the "Colors of Africa" with an African cooking demonstration and tasting, music, live drumming and dance. $60. Enigma Dance Hall, Red Hook. 876-6944. Annual Beacon Sloop Club Strawberry Festival 12pm-5pm. Strawberry refreshments, sails on the ferry, music. Beacon Sloop Club, Beacon. Noo Moves Artist Appreciation 4pm-7pm. Spoken word, R&B, and ore. $5. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Historic Farmhouse Tour 11:30am-5pm. Visit 6 private farmhomes in New Paltz. $30/$25. Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz. 339-7543.
Film Screening of Breath Made Visible 2pm. With a pre-screening community performance of Planetary Dance at 12:30pm at Willow Kiln Park. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Music
Berkshires Best Gospel Express 4pm. Presented by Macedonia Baptist Church. $7/ children free. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-0100.
Clarinda Mac Low 8pm. Work in Progress Performance. Mount Tremper Arts, Mount Tremper. 688-9893.
Cappadocia 2pm-4pm. Cello & violin improvisation workshop with Rufus. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Pennies from Heaven 10pm. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Orange County Antique Fair & Flea Market 8am-5pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown. 282-4055.
The Outdoors
Columbia County Historical Society Benefit 6pm-9pm. Theme: A Southern Journey. $100/$175 couple. James Vanderpoel House, Kinderhook. (518) 758-9265.
Ray the Sons of the Desert 7:30pm. Background and share selections from of 16mm films. Cragsmoor Historical Society, Cragsmoor. 647-6487.
Beacon Flea Market 8am-3pm. 6 Henry Street, Beacon. beaconfleamarket@gmail.com.
Sofia Talvik 12pm. Folk. The Rondout Music Lounge, Kingston. 235-7098.
Babywearing Bonanza 1pm-2pm. $10. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
Under Our Skin 4pm. Presented by The New Paltz Lyme Support Group, followed by Q and A. Town of New Paltz Community Center, New Paltz. BPhoenix4@aol.com.
Events
Time Machine 9:30pm. Rock. 12 Grape Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
Garden Walk with a Wine and Cheese Reception 5pm-7pm. $25/$20 members. Stonecrop Gardens, Cold Spring. 265-2000.
Film
Dance Passion 3pm. Presented by Michele Ribbie. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088.
SUNDAY 10 Body / Mind / Spirit Kore's Kids Club 9am-12pm. For all children ages 5-12 who wish to learn more about Eclectic Paganism. Akasha's Journey, Wassiac. 729-8999. Sacred Chanting 10:30am-12pm. $10. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. One Light Healing Touch 1pm-5pm. Learn hands-on healing from an international energy healing school. $150. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Creating Happiness in Your Life 4:30pm-6pm. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000. De-Stress Mixed Level Yoga 5:30pm-6:45pm. $30/month. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
Melissa Frabotta and Phil Rosenstock 6pm. Acoustic. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. The Guggenheim Grotto 7:30pm. With Kinney and Storms. $25/$20. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. Jon Brooks 7:30pm. Presented by Flying Cat Music. $15/$13. Empire State Railway Museum, Phoenicia. 688-9453. Arturo Sandoval 8pm. Jazz. $50. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT
Spoken Word Ariel Sharon Stands at the Temple Mount and Dreams of Theodor Herzl 2pm. Chatham Synagogue, Chatham. chathamsynagogue.org. Peter Beinart 7pm. Author of The Crisis of Zionism. $36/$25 seniors/ $12 students. Temple Emanuel, Kingston. 338-8131.
Theater Audition: Doubt Call for times. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. The Little Dog Laughed 3pm. Summerstar Theater. Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4790. Avenue Q 3pm. $26/$24 seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Verdi's Aida 7pm. $30/$27 seniors/$15 students. United Presbyterian Church of Middletown, Middletown. 661-0544.
Workshops Sketching Workshop at Table Rocks 10am-2pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919. Preparing Cold Japanese Noodles 3pm-5pm. With Youko Yamamoto. $35/$30. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811.
MONDAY 11 Body / Mind / Spirit Pilates Beginner Mat Class 12pm-1pm. $12. The Moving Body, Woodstock. 679-6411. Mama's Group with Breastfeeding Support 1:30pm-3pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Pilates Intermediate Mat Class 5pm-6pm. $12. The Moving Body, Woodstock. 679-6411. New Mother's Adjustment Support Group 6pm. $100 series/$80 member series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Meditation for Self Mastery 6:30pm-8pm. 4 session Raja Yoga Meditation Course. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.
books frank miniter
No Accounting for Accountability Frank Miniter will read from the Ultimate Man's Survival Guide at the Millbrook Book Festival on June 16.
Red Hook author Frank Miniter will bring his unique take on manhood and nature during Millbrook’s 5th annual Literary Festival June 16. His Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide aims to restore dignity and honor within contemporary society, traits Miniter believes have fallen by the wayside. “The desire to learn and grow takes a lifetime to develop. Today, we see a lot of corruption and not enough personal accountability. We live in a world where too much is done for us and we’ve lost our self-reliance,” says Miniter. The author has gathered tips, from how to start a fire without matches to surviving wildlife perils, and worked to present a definitive guide to assist a boy’s journey to manhood. Rites of passage such as how to shop for a suit and how to conduct oneself as a true gentleman are carefully chronicled for today’s generation, a generation Miniter feels has become increasingly confused. “People say our kids in urban areas grow up too fast but I don’t think they take responsibility soon enough,” Miniter says. “Put a 12-year-old on a nature trail and they learn a sense of accomplishment. When I was working in Wyoming, the kids came from ranching life and learned how to be one with nature and develop survival skills. The commercials I see today are not showing men being manly, but acting more like boys. There is a fine line between being confident and being disrespectful and cocky.” The Wallkill High School graduate credits his Norwich University drill sergeant Richard Pelletier for humbling him and teaching him to abide by a code of honor, ultimately transforming him and challenging his beliefs. “It was a rigid system and it’s very alive today,” says Miniter. “I don’t call myself pro-draft, but there are many ways to abide by codes of honor—for instance, looking to a sports coach or even an employer. Unfortunately, we don’t herald the strong figures as much as we did before.” The guide gathers heroic codes from the US Marine Corps to the Seven Virtues of Bushido. Miniter serves as an editor with Outdoor Life and American Hunter magazines, and both have given him the ability to travel extensively and develop diverse views of nature. He praises sportsmen for their dedication and respect toward nature and clarified common misconceptions. “It’s very important to be in balance with nature. When I’m hunting I notice how much respect for nature the other hunters have. You take a kid fishing and he or she learns the value of an ecosystem. Even vegetarians owe some respect to farmers who worked to control populations and preserve their crops. There
is no law saying where wildlife has to live; we’re all part of the same community.” Despite the guide’s title and its celebration of manhood, Miniter affirms that he’s received positive feedback from women readers and recalls early responses to his book. “I was surprised when I received calls during a radio interview from women wondering where these stand-up guys were, the ones I chronicled in the book,” says Miniter. “They saw it all very clearly and said men were degrading and more boyish than manly. You cannot have a successful marriage if men don’t take responsibility, and there’s a difference between being a gentleman and being sexist.” The upcoming paperback edition of The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide features a new chapter dedicated to respectfully treating women. “How can someone call himself a real man if he has to put a woman down to prop himself up?” asks Miniter, adding, “Years ago young boys were taught to always hold a door for a lady or give up their seat to a pregnant woman. Even gently pushing in a woman’s chair is not as common as it once was, and I feel we’ve lost our way.” With a media saturated in violence, corruption, and amoral activity, Miniter believes that positive individuals can still shine if one takes the time to look. He recalls his time in the boxer’s New Paltz gym and Patterson’s influence on his spiritual development. “I boxed there when I was 14 and learned physical conditioning and the strength of inner spirit. Patterson was such a stand-up guy and I thought about how he transformed himself. He was a petty thief in New York City, but when he came out of reform school he said he could be anything. That really stuck with me.” Miniter may have run with the bulls of Pamplona and hunted bear in Russia, but he affirms that a man doesn’t have to push the envelope to live a life of dignity and honor. “When I first worked on the survival guide, I learned that there’s a void out there, a need for something positive like this. Looking at successful shows like ‘Deadliest Catch’ and ‘Survivor,’ people are interested and want to develop skills. There is no single way to become a man, but I think the guide offers diverse ideas to help people along. If it helps create positive dialogue, I’m happy to be part of that.” The Millbrook Literary Festival will feature dozens of authors participating in panel discussions, readings, and signings on June 16 from 10am to 4pm at the Millbrook Free Library. Millbrookbookfestival.org. —Jeff Alexander
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Qigong with Zach Baker 7:30pm-8:30pm. $12/$10 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. The Gurdjieff Expansion Series: An Approach to Inner Work 7:30pm-9:30pm. $5. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes Argentine Tango Tango Basics: 6pm-7pm Intermediate: 7pm-8pm. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 537-2589.
Theater Audition: Doubt Call for times. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops The Abstract Landscape 9am-Tuesday, June 12, 4pm. $215. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
TUESDAY 12 Art Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Body / Mind / Spirit Pilates Fundamentals Mat Class 10am-11am. $12. The Moving Body, Woodstock. 679-6411.
Music Highland Harper Candace Coates 4pm-8pm. Nelly Kelly's Pub, Poughkeepsie. 485-5050. Lady Antebellum 7pm-8pm. With special guests Darius Ricker and Thompson Square. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922. Tom DePetris Trio 7:30pm. Jazz, blues. Dave's Coffee House, Saugerties. 246-8424.
Theater Romeo and Juliet 7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. www.hvshakespeare.org.
Workshops Natural Ways to Improve and Increase Sleep 7pm-8pm. Pawling Free Library, Pawling. 855-3444.
THURSDAY 14 Art The Living Arts Apprenticeship Program Drums/composition/aikido. Kerhonkson. soundchemistryrecords.com/laap. Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Gentle Yoga 5:30pm-6:30pm. $30/month. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
John Simon and The Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Life Among the Trees 7pm. The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Drake 7pm. SPAC, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330. Lloyd Cole 8pm. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Steve Chizmadia's Open Mike 8:30pm. 12 Grape Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
Spoken Word Meeting of Middle East Crisis Response 7pm-8:30pm. To promote peace and human rights in Palestine and the Middle East. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-2213.
Theater Shakespeare's Clowns 7pm. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Avenue Q 8pm. $26/$24 seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops Doody Calls 1pm-2pm. Cloth diapering info sessions. $10. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Beacon Riverfest Brooklyn Qawwali Party headlines this year’s all-day free concert, bringing their funk/jazz tribute to legendary vocalist Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to Beacon’s Waterfront Park, steps from the Beacon train station. The third annual Riverfest boasts a diverse, high-energy line-up, including the swee, summery sounds of Bing Ji Ling, The Figgs (Graham Parker's backing band), Schwervon!, Beacon's own surf trio The Octomen, and M Shanghai String Band, "a modern-day medicine show according to Tommy Ramone. Vendors will be onsite serving food—from pulled pork to paletas. Handicraft artists will sell original work and handmade jewelry. Free admission. June 30, noon to dark. Beaconriverfest.com.
MommyBWell Prenatal Yoga 5:30pm-6:45pm. $78/6 weeks. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805. A Course in Miracles 7:30pm-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
Classes West African Drum/Dance 5:30pm/6:30pm. $15. Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Paltz. 399-6488. Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118. Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541.
Film Bordering On Treason: Sneak Preview Fundraiser 7pm. The extraordinary and inspiring story of Lorna Tychostup, Chronogram Magazine's Senior editor. $12/$10. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Kids Together: Book Talk for Kids and Parents Ages 9-11. Canajoharie Library, Canajoharie. (518) 673-2314 ext. 107.
Music Marji Zintz 6pm. Acoustic. Quarter Note Café, Walden. 778-6683. Yanni 7:30pm. SPAC, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330.
Spoken Word Exploring Local Transportations Options 6:30pm-8:30pm. Transition Marbletown second Tuesday conversation. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. flloomis@earthlink.net.
Theater 39 Steps 7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. www.hvshakespeare.org.
WEDNESDAY 13 Body / Mind / Spirit Community Style Acupuncture 10am-12pm. 430. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Yoga for Mama with Baby 10am-11am. $65 series/$12. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Mommy & Me Yoga 10:30am-11:45am. $30/month. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805. Community Yoga 6pm. $7. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469. Divine Healing Hands Soul Healing Evening 7pm-9pm. Experience the power of Soul Healing Blessings offered by a Divine Channel, Master Elaine Ward. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Classes A Taste of Judaism 6pm-7:30pm. Temple Emanuel, Kingston. www.curiousaboutjudaism.org/ny4.
Events Farmers Market 11:30am-5:30pm. Cornwall Community Co-Op. Town Hall, Cornwall. cornwallcoop.com.
ASK For Music 8pm. Featuring Barbara Dempsey and Company, Dean Batstone, and Kirsten DeHaan. $6. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 338-0331. Alejandro Escovedo 8pm. $29.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845. Meg Hutchinson 8pm. $15/$12. Trinity Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-1955. The Crossroads Band 8pm. Classic rock. Gail's Place, Newburgh. 567-1414. Playing in Traffic 8pm. $15. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048. Jill Sobule: Irreverent But Never Irrelevant 8pm. "Kissed a Girl" singer/songwriter. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Matt "Guitar" Murphy 8:30pm. $30/$25. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. The Greg Douglas Band 9pm-1am. Billy Bobs, Poughkeepsie. 471-7870. Chris Fox & Mojo Monde 9:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. The Lifesize Gorgeous Cocktails 9:30pm. Rock. 12 Grape Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
Spoken Word Young Adult Authors Reading 7pm. Nova Ren Suma, Jennifer Castle, and Kim Purcell. Inquiring Mind Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Theater Avenue Q 8pm. $26/$24 seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Romeo and Juliet 8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. www.hvshakespeare.org. Excelsior Burlesque 9pm. $15/$10. Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston. 338-8700.
Workshops The Figure in the Landscape 9am-4pm. Woolley and Zhang. $370 +model fees. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Tools for Your Creative Quest 2pm-4pm. $25/$20. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. 679-2100.
SATURDAY 16 Art Dirty Messy Painting Call for times. Gerben Mulder. Roos Arts, Rosendale. (718) 755-4726. Invitational Portrait Show 5pm-7pm. Unison Gallery, Water Street Market, New Paltz. 255-1559. Mona Birmingham and Steve Blumenthal: Solstice 5pm-7pm. Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery. 769-7446.
Body / Mind / Spirit Beginning Tai Chi with Martha Cheo 5:30pm-6:30pm. $12/$10 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Prenatal Yoga 6:15pm-7:30pm. $90 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Prenatal Yoga 6:15pm-7:30pm. $100 series/$15. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Evening of Clairvoyant Channeling 7:30pm. $25/$20. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. 679-2100.
Classes Euro Dance with Helvi & Richard Impola 1:30pm-2:30pm. $5/$8 couple. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Zumba with Jennifer 6pm. $10. Skate Time 209, Accord. 626-7971. Portrait and Genre Painting 6:30pm-9:30pm. With Lois Wooley. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. West African Dance 6:30pm. $15. M*Power Studios, Poughkeepsie. 399-6488.
Events Mohonk Consultations Achievement Awards 5pm-8pm. Honoring Rik Flynn. $25. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (800) 772-6646. Parametric City: Beacon 7pm. Symposium and an exhibition of an ecological and intelligent urban America. The Beacon Institute for Rivers & Estuaries, Beacon. 838-1600.
Kids Hop-N-Healthy 11:30am-12:15pm. $50/6-week series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
Euro Dance for Seniors & Others 1:30pm-2:30pm. $5/$8 couples. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. West African Dance 6pm. $15. M*Power Studios, Poughkeepsie. 399-6488. Selection, Framing & Lighting Art for Your Home & Office 6:30pm-7:30pm. LAM Lighting and Design, Goshen. 294-1144.
FRIDAY 15 Body / Mind / Spirit Mind-Body Approaches to Treatment and Wellness 9am-Saturday, June 16, 6pm. Presented by the Hudson Valley Psychological Association. Benedictine Hospital, Kingston. 338-2500. Energy Clearing & Attunement 11:30am-6pm. $75. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. 679-2100. Kids Yoga 4:30pm-5:30pm. $16.50. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. Crystal Sound Healing 7:15pm-8:30pm. With Philippe Pascal Garnier. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30pm-8:30pm. $350 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
Dance Dancing Under the Stars 7:30pm. Alan Thomson's Little Big Band. PS21, Chatham. (518) 392-6121. Swing and Other Dances 7:30pm. Dance swing, foxtrot, lindy, and Latin to live music including jazz standards and old favorites. $11/$9 members. PS21, Chatham. (518) 392-6121.
Kids
Body / Mind / Spirit Yoga in the Park 10am/4pm. Adult yoga. Academy Green, Kingston. 877-5263. Hudson Valley Community Reiki 11am-1pm. New Paltz Recreation Center, New Paltz. 616-1219. Introductory Orientation Workshop 11:45am-1:45pm. $15. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. Introduction to Soul Healing 2pm-5pm. $20. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Classes Basic and Bold: The Uses of Contemporary Poetry Call for times. With Patricia Spears. Millay Colony, Austerlitz. (518) 392-4144. NYS Master Watershed Steward Training Call for times. Sponsored by Cornell University & Cooperative Extension. $55. Omega Institute, Rhinebeck. (800) 944-1001.
Dance Freestyle Frolic Community Dance 8pm-1am. $5/$2. Knights of Columbus, Kingston. www.freestylefrolic.org.
Events Clearwater's 2012 Great Hudson River Revival Call for times. Weekend-long festival featuring 100s of musicians. Clearwater's Great Hudson River Festival, Croton-on-Hudson. 236-5596. Orange County Antique Fair & Flea Market 8am-5pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown. 282-4055. Garden Market on the Green 8am-4pm. Garden furniture, specialty plants, books, ornaments, birdhouses, terrariums, and other garden decor items. Village Green, Spencertown. www.spencertownacademy.org.
Kids' Yoga 4:30pm-5:15pm. Ages 5-10. $80 series/$12 drop-in. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605.
Waddle n Swaddle Play Group-Dance Party 2pm-3:30pm. Ages 0-5. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Music
Music
Film
Acoustic Thursdays with Kurt Henry 6pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
David Kraai & Amy Laber 6pm. Singer/songwriter. Andes Hotel, Andes. 676-4408.
Meet the Animals Tour 10am-2pm. Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Saugerties. 336-8447.
Be Like an Ant Documentary Screening 8pm. With Q&A with filmmakers. $7. Basilica Hudson.
Jazz with Tom DePetris Trio 6:30pm. La Puerta Azul, Millbrook. 677-2985.
The Brighton Beat 7pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Saugerties Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Kiersted House, Saugerties. 246-0167.
Woodstock Farm Festival 3:30pm-8pm. Featuring Hope Machine and fiddle with Deb Tankard. Maple Lane, Woodstock. woodstockfarmfestival.com.
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Kingston Farmers' Market 9am-2pm. Featuring The Storyteller's Series. Kingston Farmers' Market, Uptown Kingston. 853-8512.
Millbrook Literary Festival 10am-4pm. Dozens of timely, thought-provoking, and thoroughly entertaining authors to participate in panel discussions, readings, and signings. Millbrook Public Library, Millbrook. 677-3611. Twilight in the Garden Cocktail Party 6pm. Part of Spencertown Academy Arts Center Celebrates Hidden Garden. $65. Call for location. www.spencertownacademy.org.
Film Film & Discussion: The Betty & Barney Hill Story Call for times. A.i.r. Studio Gallery, Kingston. 331-2662.
Music Keith Newman 2pm. Acoustic. Bashakill Vineyards, Wurtsboro. 888-5858. Wings of Hope: The Berlin Airlift 7pm. Ars Choralis, Big Blue Big Band, Narrator Jim Ulrich. $20/$15 in advance/$5 children. Andy Murphy Neighborhood Center, Kingston. 334-3182. Paul Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert 7:30pm. An all-Bach program of viola da gamba sonatas. $35/$30 members/$20 students. PS21, Chatham. (518) 392-6121. TrioKinesis: CD Release Party 7:30pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Aashish Khan with Ray Spiegel 8pm. Classical Indian music. $21/$16 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Dan Bern 8pm. $25/$22. Trinity Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-1955. The DownTown Ensemble 8pm. $15/$12. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438. Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle: Concert 2 8pm. Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, with Harold Robinson, double bass, and Michael Tree, viola. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7216. Many Arms 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Ringo Star & His All Starr Band 8pm. $35.50-$179.50. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922. Flogging Molly 8pm. $24.50/$29.50. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
Classes
Body / Mind / Spirit
Coming Alive to Nature: Color and Light Call for times. An intro to Goethean phenomenology. The Nature Institute, Ghent. (518) 672-0116.
Pilates Fundamentals Mat Class 10am-11am. $12. The Moving Body, Woodstock. 679-6411.
West African Drum/Dance 11am/12pm. $15. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 399-6488.
Rondout Valley Holistic Health Group 4pm-8pm. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. www.rvhhc.org.
Dance
Gentle Yoga 5:30pm-6:30pm. $30/month. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
West Coast Swing Dance 6:30pm-9pm. Lesson 5:30pm-6:30pm. $8/$6 FT students. Reformed Church of Port Ewen, Port Ewen. 255-1379.
Events Clearwater's 2012 Great Hudson River Revival Call for times. Weekend-long festival featuring 100 s of musicians. Clearwater's Great Hudson River Festival, Croton-on-Hudson. 236-5596.
Transformation Through Kinesiology 7pm-9pm. Use Transformational Kinesiology to access and clear subconscious blocks, stuck places and limiting beliefs. $20-$40. Transformation Coaching, New Paltz. (413) 259-4369.
Beacon Flea Market 8am-3pm. 6 Henry Street, Beacon. beaconfleamarket@gmail.com.
Meditation, Intention and the Zero Point Field 7pm-8:30pm. With Ricarda O'Conner. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Orange County Antique Fair & Flea Market 8am-5pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown. 282-4055.
A Course in Miracles 7:30pm-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
Rhinebeck Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. Rhinebeck Municipal Parking Lot, Rhinebeck. 876-3847.
Classes
Children's Day 1pm-4pm. Two by Two petting zoo and a host of 18th-century games. New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site, New Windsor. 561-1765. On the Side of the Angels 2pm. An original living history presentation taking place in 1863. Mount Gulian Historic Site, Beacon. 831-8172.
Music Charles & Bernard 1pm. Acoustic. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287. 3 Amigos Organ Recital 3pm. Fair Street Reformed Church, Kingston. 338-7722. Music Mountain Benefit Concert & Reception 3pm. Featuring The St Petersburg String Quartet. $75. Music Mountain, Falls Village. (860) 824-7126. Wings of Hope: The Berlin Airlift 4pm. Ars Choralis, Big Blue Big Band, Narrator Jim Ulrich. $20/$15 in advance/$5 children. Andy Murphy Neighborhood Center, Kingston. 334-3182.
Lori Lieberman 8:30pm. $35/$30. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.
Margaret Bernstein 5pm. Singer/songwriter CD release. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.
Marc Von Em Trio 9pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
LA & the Hit Squad with Lawrence Anthony 5pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Creation 9pm. Covers. Millbrook R&B, Millbrook. 224-8005.
Showcase Evening 7:30pm. $8. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.
The Alexis P. Suter Band 9pm. $25/$20. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Legacy Night Benefit with Peter Yarrow 7pm. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-6900.
The Outdoors Wetland Creatures 2pm-3pm. Mud Creek Environmental Learning Center, Ghent. (518) 828-4386 ext. 3.
Spoken Word The Art & Craft of the Garden 9am. Dan Benarcik, horticulturalist at Chanticleer Garden. $15. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. (518) 392-3693. Frank Vignola's God and Science 8pm. Comedy. Railroad Playhouse, Newburgh.
Theater Avenue Q 8pm. $26/$24 seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. 39 Steps 8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. www.hvshakespeare.org.
Workshops What's Going on in the Garden? 10am-11am. Get a chance to see how a vegetable garden changes throughout the season. $25. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Supply and Demand 1pm-2pm. Breast pump information session with a certified lactation consultant. $10. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Meditations on the Tarot: the Magician 2pm-4pm. $25/$20. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. 679-2100.
SUNDAY 17 Body / Mind / Spirit Sacred Chanting 10:30am-12pm. $10. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Creating Happiness in Your Life 4:30pm-6pm. Understand why we think and behave in ways that create unhappiness and how to reverse this trend. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000. De-Stress Mixed Level Yoga 5:30pm-6:45pm. $30/month. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805. Meditation for World Peace 6:30pm-7:30pm. Group meditation, guided commentaries. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.
MommyBWell Prenatal Yoga 5:30pm-6:45pm. $78/6 weeks. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
Beach Boys 8pm. Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks. $31.50-$153. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922.
Theater The Barber of Seville 2pm. Opera in HD. $20. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989. Avenue Q 3pm. $26/$24 seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Romeo and Juliet 7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. hvshakespeare.org.
MONDAY 18 Body / Mind / Spirit Pilates Beginner Mat Class 12pm-1pm. $12. The Moving Body, Woodstock. 679-6411. Mama's Group with Breastfeeding Support 1:30pm-3pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Pilates Intermediate Mat Class 5pm-6pm. $12. The Moving Body, Woodstock. 679-6411. New Mother's Adjustment Support Group 6pm. $100 series/$80 member series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Qigong with Zach Baker 7:30pm-8:30pm. $12/$10 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
West African Drum/Dance 5:30pm/6:30pm. $15. Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Paltz. 399-6488. Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118. Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541. From Memory to Family Memoir 7pm-8pm. Learn how to write your family and personal history. Pawling Free Library, Pawling. 855-3444.
Classes Euro Dance with Helvi & Richard Impola 1:30pm-2:30pm. $5/$8 couple. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Zumba with Jennifer 6pm. $10. Skate Time 209, Accord. 626-7971. Portrait and Genre Painting 6:30pm-9:30pm. With Lois Wooley. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. West African Dance 6:30pm. $15. M*Power Studios, Poughkeepsie. 399-6488.
Events The Dutchess Co. Holistic Moms Chapter Meeting 6:30pm-8:30pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Kids Hop-N-Healthy 11:30am-12:15pm. $50/6-week series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Kids' Yoga 4:30pm-5:15pm. Ages 5-10. $80 series/$12 drop-in. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605.
Music
Blues & Dance with Big Joe Fitz 7pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
Jazz with Tom DePetris Trio 6:30pm. La Puerta Azul, Millbrook. 677-2985.
Community Music Night 8pm-9:45pm. Six local singer-songwriters. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048.
Summer Solstice Community Harmonic Choir 6:30pm-8pm. $20/$15. Widow Jane Mine, Rosendale.
Theater Love's Labour's Lost 7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. hvshakespeare.org.
WEDNESDAY 20 Body / Mind / Spirit Sound Healing Retreat Immersion Call for times. Menla Mountain Retreat, Phoenicia. soundhealingretreat.com. Yoga for Mama with Baby 10am-11am. $65 series/$12. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Community Style Acupuncture 10am-12pm. 430. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Mommy & Me Yoga 10:30am-11:45am. $30/month. SMYL Studio@ Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805. Peace Work 1pm-4:30pm. Utilizes experiential exercises in specific ways, to grow personal insight, interpersonal skill & community. Queens Gallery, Kingston. 853-4023.
Events Farmers Market 11:30am-5:30pm. Cornwall Community Co-Op. Town Hall, Cornwall. cornwallcoop.com. Woodstock Farm Festival 3:30pm-8pm. Featuring Josh Tyler Bank and fiddle with Deb Tankard. Maple Lane, Woodstock. woodstockfarmfestival.com.
Music Highland Harper Candace Coates 4pm-8pm. Nelly Kelly's Pub, Poughkeepsie. 485-5050. The Roaring Twenties: Berlin, Paris. New York 6pm. Cabaret. $50/$40. Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts. (413) 637-1600. Tom DePetris Trio 7:30pm. Jazz, blues. Dave's Coffee House, Saugerties. 246-8424.
Theater 39 Steps 7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. hvshakespeare.org.
THURSDAY 21
Classes
Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
TUESDAY 19
Soul Masters Film & Divine Healing Blessings 7pm-9pm. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212.
Acoustic Thursdays with Kurt Henry 6pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
Art
Short and Long Pose Drawing 9am-Friday, June 22, 4pm. With Jon Demartin. $400+model fee. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Meditation with Maria Polhemus 7pm-8pm. Pawling Free Library, Pawling. 855-3444.
Music
The Gurdjieff Expansion Series: Inner Work 7:30pm-9:30pm. $5. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Argentine Tango Tango Basics: 6pm-7pm Intermediate: 7pm-8pm. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 537-2589.
Learn Meditation with Baba Shiva Rudra Balayogi 7pm-9:30pm. Learn the ancient practice of Jangama Dhyana. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605.
Inner Knitters 7pm. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Body / Mind / Spirit Beginning Tai Chi with Martha Cheo 5:30pm-6:30pm. $12/$10 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Art
Prenatal Yoga 6:15pm-7:30pm. $100 series/$15. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Prenatal Yoga 6:15pm-7:30pm. $90 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
John Simon and The Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000.
Spoken Word How to Make/Use a Homeopathic Emergency Kit 7:15pm-8:45pm. Family Traditions, Stone Ridge. www.rvhhc.org.
Theater 39 Steps 7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. Hvshakespeare.org. Avenue Q 8pm. $26/$24 seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops Supply and Demand 1pm-2pm. Breast pump information session with a certified lactation consultant. $10. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Euro Dance for Seniors & Others 1:30pm-2:30pm. $5/$8 couples. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. West African Dance 6pm. $15. M*Power Studios, Poughkeepsie. 399-6488.
FRIDAY 22 Art Byrdcliffe by Design 4pm-7pm. 13 premier artisans from the HV. Kleinert/ James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079. A Little Space for Artists 6:30pm-7:30pm. Artists meet-up group. Pawling Free Library, Pawling. 855-3444.
Body / Mind / Spirit Exploring Life’s Calling A catalyst to explore our strengths and authentic ways of being. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000. Choose, Change, and Become For young adults 18-35 yrs. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000. Kids Yoga 4:30pm-5:30pm. $16.50. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls.
Classes The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30pm-8:30pm. $350 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
Dance Swing and Other Dances 7:30pm. Dance swing, foxtrot, lindy, and Latin to live music including jazz standards and old favorites. $11/$9 members. PS21, Chatham. (518) 392-6121. Dancing Under the Stars 7:30pm. Berkshire Bop Society. PS21, Chatham. (518) 392-6121. Swing Dance to The Lustre Kings 8:30pm-11:30pm. Lesson at 8pm. $15/$10 FT students. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
Kids Waddle n Swaddle Play Group-Dance Party 2pm-3:30pm. Ages 0-5. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
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Music 32nd Annual Old Songs Festival: Music with Roots Call for times. Featuring folk, Celtic, & world music for the whole family, artisan area, dance and more. Altamont Fairgrounds, Altamont. (518) 765-2815. Aashish Khan and Ray Spiegel 7pm. Classical Indian music. Live @ The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. C.B. Smith and the Lucky Devils 7:30pm. WAMC Linda Norris Auditorium, Albany. (518) 465-5233. The Nenad Bach Band 7:30pm-10:30pm. $10. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. John Flynn 8pm. $20/$17. Trinity Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-1955. Matthew Sweet: The Girlfriend Tour 8pm. Alternative power-pop rock. $28. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845. Niamh Parsons and Graham Dunne 8pm. Irish music. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048.
SUNDAY 24
Introductory Orientation Workshops 11:45am-1:45pm. $15. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls.
Dance You Are My Heat and my Glare 7pm. Choreographer Kimberly Bartosik's pairs dancers, voice artists and designers. $25/$50. Mount Tremper Arts, Mount Tremper. 688-9893.
Events Kingston Farmers' Market 1am-2pm. Featuring The Healthy Eating Series: Glorious Greens. Kingston Farmers' Market, Uptown Kingston. 853-8512. Orange County Antique Fair & Flea Market 8am-5pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown. 282-4055.
Art Open Your Eyes Studio Tour 10am-4pm. 34 artists in Sharon, Salisbury, Lakeville, N. Canaan & Falls Village, CT. Call for location. www.openyoureyestour.org. Byrdcliffe by Design 11am-6pm. 13 premier artisans from the HV. Kleinert/ James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079. Circa 1986 Redux: R.M. Fischer 4pm-6pm. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art. (914) 788-0100.
Body / Mind / Spirit
Saugerties Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Kiersted House, Saugerties. 246-0167.
Summer Celebration One Day Retreat 9:30am-4pm. $90. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
Meet the Animals Tour 10am-2pm. Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Saugerties. 336-8447.
Sacred Chanting 10:30am-12pm. $10. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Music
Akashic Records Revealed 2pm-4pm. With June Brought. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
An Evening With Willie Nile and James Maddock 8:30pm. $35/$30. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.
32nd Annual Old Songs Festival: Music with Roots Call for times. Featuring folk, Celtic, & world music for the whole family, artisan area, dance and more. Altamont Fairgrounds, Altamont. (518) 765-2815.
Hauschka 9pm. Piano. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Kinky Friedman's BiPolar Tour Call for times. Book signing will follow the performance. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Creating Happiness in Your Life 4:30pm-6pm. Understand why we think and behave in ways that create unhappiness and how to reverse this trend. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.
Mr. OH 9pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays Hailed by the New York Times as “funny and moving,” members of Actors and Writers will perform this off-Broadway hit at Maverick Concerts on June 30 at 6:30pm. “Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays” includes 10-minute “microplays” by Mo Gaffney, Jordan Harrison, Moisés Kaufman, Neil LaBute, Wendy MacLeod, José Rivera, Paul Rudnick, and Doug Wright. The plays include “This Flight Tonight,” “London Mosquitoes,” “The Revision,” “The Gay Agenda” and all surround the subject of same-sex marriage. Actors and Writers is an ensemble comprising 26 theater and film professionals who live in the Hudson Valley. Actorsandwriters.com
SATURDAY 23
De-Stress Mixed Level Yoga 5:30pm-6:45pm. $30/month. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
Anti-Establishment A group exhibition curated by Johanna Burton. Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7598.
Concert on the Green 1pm-6pm. Featuring Blueberry, Chimi, SPIV U.K. Woodstock Village Green, Woodstock. www.woodstockchamber.com.
Classes
Byrdcliffe by Design 11am-6pm. 13 premier artisans from the HV. Kleinert/ James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079. Photography of Chad Weckler 12pm-4pm. American Glory, Hudson. (518) 822-1234. From 199A to 199B: Liam Gillick 1pm-5pm. Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale. 758-7598. Reflections on Life: The KEEP Conservation Germantown Preserve, Spring 2012 5pm-12am. Amateur and professional photography exhibit. Germantown Library, Germantown. (518) 537-5800. Dear Mother Nature: Hudson Valley Artists 2012 5pm-7pm. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz. 257-3844. Paintings: Pamela Cardwell 6pm-8pm. John Davis Gallery, Hudson. (518) 828-5907.
Body / Mind / Spirit R & R for the Sole 8:30am-4:30pm. This is a 1 hour session that integrates Foot Reflexology and Reiki. $80/hour. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
The Beach Boys 7pm. SPAC, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330.
One Day Intensive Labor 10am-4pm. One-day course covers everything you need to know about birth. $155. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
Clifton Anderson Quartet 7:30pm-10:30pm. $10. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
West African Drum/Dance 11am/12pm. $15. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 399-6488.
Wooden Nickel 7:30pm. Acoustic. $5. Northeast-Millerton Library, Millerton. (518) 789-3340.
Events
Aashish Khan and Ray Spiegel 8pm. Classical Indian music. $20. Mountainview Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901. Work O' the Weavers 8pm. $25/$20. Trinity Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-1955. Sloan Wainwright Band 8:30pm. $30/$25. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. Hallow Dog 9pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
Avenue Q 3pm. $26/$24 seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. A Grand Night for Singing 3pm. Summerstar Theater. Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4790. Love's Labour's Lost 7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison Hvshakespeare.org.
Ashokan Fiddle and Dance Camp Call for times. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333. Beacon Flea Market 8am-3pm. 6 Henry Street, Beacon. beaconfleamarket@gmail.com. Orange County Antique Fair & Flea Market 8am-5pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown. 282-4055. Rhinebeck Farmers' Market 10am-2pm. Rhinebeck Municipal Parking Lot, Rhinebeck. 876-3847.
Mama's Group with Breastfeeding Support 1:30pm-3pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Pilates Intermediate Mat Class 5pm-6pm. $12. The Moving Body, Woodstock. 679-6411. New Mother's Adjustment Support Group 6pm. $100 series/$80 member series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Qigong with Zach Baker 7:30pm-8:30pm. $12/$10 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. The Gurdjieff Expansion Series: Inner Work 7:30pm-9:30pm. $5. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes Argentine Tango Tango Basics: 6pm-7pm Intermediate: 7pm-8pm. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 537-2589. Landscape and Mood 9am-Wednesday, June 27, 4pm. With Christie Scheele. $290. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
TUESDAY 26 Art Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Body / Mind / Spirit Pilates Fundamentals Mat Class 10am-11am. $12. The Moving Body, Woodstock. 679-6411. Gentle Yoga 5:30pm-6:30pm. $30/month. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805. MommyBWell Prenatal Yoga 5:30pm-6:45pm. $78/6 weeks. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
Kinky Friedman 9pm. $30. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Guided Walking Tour of Main Street 2pm. $3/children free. Hurley Heritage Museum, Hurley. 338-5253.
Spoken Word
Music
Classes
Representation and Its Discontents 5pm-7pm. Panel discussion. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.
32nd Annual Old Songs Festival: Music with Roots Call for times. Altamont Fairgrounds. (518) 765-2815.
West African Drum/Dance 5:30pm/6:30pm. $15. Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Paltz. 399-6488.
Theater
Qi Gong Class 10am-11am. $10. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Improv Café: Improvisations by OffLeash 7:30pm-1pm. Walking the dog Theater's improv group. $20/$15 members. PS21, Chatham. (518) 392-6121.
Yoga in the Park 10am/4pm. Adult yoga. Academy Green, Kingston. 877-5263.
Avenue Q 8pm. $26/$24 seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Inner Transition: Beyond Heart and Soul 10am-4pm. $10-$25. Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
A Grand Night for Singing 8pm. Summerstar Theater. Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4790.
Reflexology Day 11:30am-4:30pm. $45/45 minutes. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Romeo and Juliet 8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. Hvshakespeare.org.
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Theater
Pilates Beginner Mat Class 12pm-1pm. $12. The Moving Body, Woodstock. 679-6411.
Laurie Berkner 11am. Children's music. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
Open Your Eyes Studio Tour 10am-5pm. 34 artists in Sharon, Salisbury, Lakeville, N. Canaan & Falls Village, CT. Call for location. www.openyoureyestour.org.
Words Words Words 3pm. Readings by Peter Golden, Edie Meidav, and Tony Musso. Maple Grove, Poughkeepsie. $5 suggested donation. Maplegroverestoration.org.
Body / Mind / Spirit
Fully Committed 8pm. $30/$28 students and seniors. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.
Art
Spoken Word
Artist's Talk: Pilgrimage 7pm. An evening with Annie Leibovitz. $15-$75. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-0100.
A Grand Night for Singing 8pm. Summerstar Theater. Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4790.
Solstice Herbs 2pm-5pm. $30/$25. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. 679-2100.
Victor Wooten Band 8pm. Bela Fleck's bassist. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Art
Avenue Q 8pm. $26/$24 seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
The Figure in the Landscape 9am-4pm. Woolley and Zhang. $370 +model fees. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Shawn Colvin 8pm. $55/$45/$30. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
MONDAY 25
Theater
Swing Dance Intermediate Workshops 6:30-7:15pm and 7:15pm-8pm. $15/$20 both. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
Musical Heritage Evening 7:30pm-8pm. A tribute to Levon Helm and Rick Danko. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.
Reiki I Certification 12pm-5pm. $85/$60. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.
The Crossroads Band 9:30pm. Classic rock. Millbrook R&B, Millbrook. 224-8005.
Workshops
Man Forever 7pm. The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006.
Workshops
Kelli Scarr Band 9pm. $12. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Romeo and Juliet 8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. Hvshakespeare.org.
Greg Westhoff's Westchester Swing Band 5:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
Alicia Svigals' Klezmer Fiddle Express 2pm. With Patrick Farrell, accordion. $35/$30 members/$20 students. PS21, Chatham. (518) 392-6121.
A Course in Miracles 7:30pm-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.
Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118. Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541.
The Yiddish Connection with Nora Guthrie 3pm-5pm. $25. Trinity Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-1955.
Film
Arianna String Quartet 3pm. Music Mountain, Falls Village. (860) 824-7126.
Music
We'll Meet Again: The Songs of Kate Smith 4pm. Featuring Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano and Craig Terry, piano. $35-$100. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-0100.
Demi Lovato 7pm. SPAC, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330.
The Bandwagon 8:30pm. PS21, Chatham. (518) 392-6121. Gustafer Yellowgold's Show 6pm. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-2213.
art mount tremper arts festival jeff sugg Cynthia Hopkins performing "This Clement World." Hopkins will perform at the Mount Tremper Arts Summer Festival.
When BBQ and Art Collide “We curate artists, not works of art,” says Mathew Pokoik, executive director of Mount Tremper Arts, a Catskills retreat for experimental performance. All the artists are in residence—for one or two weeks—during which they either invent or perfect their works. Pokoik founded the center five years ago with his wife, the dancer Aynsley Vandenbroucke. Because it is curated by artists, Mount Tremper Arts doesn’t ask a performer to do her “greatest hits.” Dancers and musicians are given carte blanche to present any piece they choose, even if it’s not finished. If an artwork is a baby, sometimes the audience at Mount Tremper is seeing the sonogram. As I called, Pokoik was researching new advances in barbecue to prepare for the upcoming season. He has combined barbecues and performance since the first year, but the meals have just been christened “Art/B/Q.” There are four such communal feasts, plus a pig roast (all of which offer vegetarian options). “As working artists, we’re really curating out of our own curiosities and interests. Often it’s as simple as: ‘Who would we want to talk to over the campfire?’” Pokoik reveals. This year, his campfire companions will include a number of writers: Christian Bök, and members of the Brooklyn Arts Press. Bök is a Canadian conceptual poet who will present The Xenotext, an attempt to engineer an indestructible bacteria that can encode a poem in its genome, thus allowing a poetical work to literally live forever. The experimental writer Jackson Mac Low was known for his rhythmic, trancelike compositions. His daughter Clarinda, trained in dance, is creating a piece based on her father’s essential work, The Pronouns (1964), a collection of poems intended as oblique instructions for dancers. Sample lines: “Once more I quietly chalk a strange tall bottle” and “Finally I’m saying something between thick things.” Clarinda Mac Low will present
“The Pronouns (Experiment #2)” as a free work-in-progress on June 9. Jim Findlay’s “The Dream of the Red Chamber” is beginning a two-year process of gestation. The first public performance of the work will take place July 7 (also free). This theater piece is based on an epic 18th-century Chinese novel with more than 400 characters. Findlay’s concept is for the audience to sleep throughout the performance, which is scheduled from 7pm to 1am to encourage slumber. Pokoik is a photographer, and from the beginning Mount Tremper Arts has included a gallery, on the walls of the central hall. This year’s show, “Meeting Point,” features art that documents performance, or is itself performative. “Our space is the perfect container for chamber music,” remarks Pokoik. Performances occur in a studio setting; the “stage” and “auditorium” are different sections of the same room. But the maple floor provides fine, crisp acoustics. The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), a new music group based in Brooklyn, will perform July 20 and 21. I saw ICE last year, and was impressed by their happiness, patience, and conscientious rigor. This year the ensemble will offer a rarely performed Schubert octet, paired with a work by George Lewis, a pioneer of electronic music. Many of the events at Mount Trumper Arts are uncategorizable. Traditional cultural labels don’t apply to them. Cynthia Hopkins’s “This Clement World” might be best described as 12 percent dance, 6 percent poetry, 48 percent theater, 34 percent music.” It’s also a lyrical, desperate cry against global warming. (It will be performed on July 28.) Mount Tremper Arts’ Summer Festival runs from June 9 through August 12. (845) 688-9893; Mounttremperarts.org. —Sparrow
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Theater
Dutchess Doulas Meeting 10am-11am. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Romeo and Juliet 7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. Hvshakespeare.org.
Theater 39 Steps 7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. Hvshakespeare.org.
WEDNESDAY 27 Body / Mind / Spirit Community Style Acupuncture 10am-12pm. 430. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Yoga for Mama with Baby 10am-11am. $65 series/$12. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Mommy & Me Yoga 10:30am-11:45am. $30/month. SMYL Studio@Miriam's Well, Saugerties. 246-5805.
Events Farmers Market 11:30am-5:30pm. Cornwall Community Co-Op. Town Hall, Cornwall. cornwallcoop.com.
Music Highland Harper Candace Coates 4pm-8pm. Nelly Kelly's Pub, Poughkeepsie. 485-5050. Tom DePetris Trio 7:30pm. Jazz, blues. Dave's Coffee House, Saugerties. 246-8424.
Abigail 8pm. Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5599. Fully Committed 8pm. $30/$28 students and seniors. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.
Workshops Babywearing Bonanza 1pm-2pm. $10. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Euro Dance for Seniors & Others 1:30pm-2:30pm. $5/$8 couples. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. West African Dance 6pm. $15. M*Power Studios, Poughkeepsie. 399-6488. Close Encounters: Identifying Your Spirit Guide 7pm-9pm. $20/$15. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. 679-2100. Create Enchanted Mosaics 7pm-9pm. Part II on June 30. $95. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998
Woodstock 2012 Summer of Peace 7pm. Part of a global grassroots movement for peace through music. Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-5342.
Divine Tao Chanting to Heal and Transform Your Life 7pm-8:30pm. Presented by Elaine Ward. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Aashish Khan and Ray Spiegel 7:30pm. Classical Indian music. $10. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Events
Brad Paisley 7:30pm. SPAC, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330. Kim & Reggie Harris 8pm. $20/$15. Trinity Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-1955. The Grand Slambovians 8:30pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300. Jefferson Starship 9pm. With special guests The Jonny Monster Band. $50/$35/$25. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Zammuto 9pm. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Readymad Dance Party 9pm. With Body Counsel & DJ T-Bone. The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Studio Stu, Brian Melick, and Voy Voy 10pm. Market Market Café, Rosendale. 658-3164.
Bordering on Treason In February 2003, Lorna Tychostup, then senior editor for this magazine, traveled to Iraq to document the conditions of the people of Iraq on the eve of the US invasion. This was the first of a series of reporting trips for Chronogram that shed light on the often forgotten populace that was being fought over beyond the walls of the Green Zone. Tychostup would ultimately return to Iraq in 2010 to work as a contractor for USAID as part of the reconstruction effort. Filmmaker Trish Dalton has spent the last five years putting together Bordering on Treason, a chronicle of Tychostup’s commitment to bringing to light the real story (good and bad) of the US occupation of Iraq. A fundraising preview of Bordering on Treason will screen at the Rosendale Theater at 7pm on June 12. Dalton and Tychostup will appear for a post-showing Q&A. Borderingontreason.com.
Theater Love's Labour's Lost 7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. Hvshakespeare.org. Abigail 8pm. Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5599.
THURSDAY 28 Art Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Body / Mind / Spirit Beginning Tai Chi with Martha Cheo 5:30pm-6:30pm. $12/$10 members. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Prenatal Yoga 6:15pm-7:30pm. $90 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Prenatal Yoga 6:15pm-7:30pm. $100 series/$15. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952. Message Circle: Messages from the After Life 7:30pm-9:30pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes Euro Dance with Helvi & Richard Impola 1:30pm-2:30pm. $5/$8 couple. Unison Arts & Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. Zumba with Jennifer 6pm. $10. Skate Time 209, Accord. 626-7971. Portrait and Genre Painting 6:30pm-9:30pm. With Lois Wooley. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. West African Dance 6:30pm. $15. M*Power Studios, Poughkeepsie. 399-6488.
Dance Ballroom by Request with Joe Donato & Julie Martin 9pm-11pm. Lesson at 8pm. $12. Snap Fitness, LaGrange. 227-2706.
Events Annual Mohonk Garden Tour and Buffet Luncheon 10am. $65. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. 255-1000.
Kids Hop-N-Healthy 11:30am-12:15pm. $50/6-week series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952. Kids' Yoga 4:30pm-5:15pm. Ages 5-10. $80 series/$12 drop-in. Mudita Yoga Center, Kingston. 750-6605.
Music Acoustic Thursdays with Kurt Henry 6pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Jazz with Tom DePetris Trio 6:30pm. La Puerta Azul, Millbrook. 677-2985. John Simon and The Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Chris Corsano with Bill Nace and Steve Baczkowski 7pm. Spotty Dog Books, Hudson. (518) 671-6006.
Spoken Word Meeting of Middle East Crisis Response 7pm-8:30pm. To promote peace and human rights in Palestine and the Middle East. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-2213. Lighting Through the Ages 7:30pm. Paul Misko. Hurley Reformed Church, Hurley. 331-4121.
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FRIDAY 29 Art Twilight Party 7pm. Music, tours of the a new exhibit. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-7745.
Body / Mind / Spirit Energy of Money Call for times. Explore the the spiritual dimension of money. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000. Reconnective Healing 2:30pm-6:30pm. Margaret Doner. $65/50 minutes. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. 679-2100. Kids Yoga 4:30pm-5:30pm. $16.50. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. Songs For Women's Circles 7:15pm-9pm. Singing from your heart, sing joyously, sing powerfully presented by Grandmother Barbara Threecrow. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Classes The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30pm-8:30pm. $350 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
Dance Dancing Under the Stars 7:30pm. Berkshire Bop Society. PS21, Chatham. (518) 392-6121.
Film Ghostbusters 8:30pm. Outdoor screening. Free. T.R. Gallo Park, Kingston. KingstonParksMovies.com.
Kids Waddle n Swaddle Play Group-Dance Party 2pm-3:30pm. Ages 0-5. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.
Hudson Valley Horrors Roller Derby Hyde Park Roller Magic, Hyde Park. www.horrorsrollerderby.com. Orange County Antique Fair & Flea Market 8am-5pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown. 282-4055. Kingston Farmers’ Market 9am-2pm. Featuring Tamar Adler, author of An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace. Kingston Farmers' Market, Uptown Kingston. 853-8512. Saugerties Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Kiersted House, Saugerties. 246-0167. Meet the Animals Tour 10am-2pm. Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Saugerties. 336-8447. 11th Annual Mountain Top Arboretum Garden Fair 10am-3pm. Featuring guided nature walks. Mountain Top Arboretum, Tannersville. MTArboretum.org. Fourth Annual Woodstock House Tour 11am-4pm. Eclectic mix of homes. Byrdcliffe Shop, Woodstock. 679-2079. Sacred Earth Festival 11am-7pm. Theme: water. Performers of songs, dances, storytelling, music, drumming, folk arts and crafts, demonstrations, food. Mid-Hudson Children's Museum, Poughkeepsie. 849-2205. Sarah Fimm's Summer of Inspiration 8pm. Proceeds go to SEVA.org. $10. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Film Camp Now 11:30am. Filming of local variety show. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Music Beacon Riverfest 12pm. Featuring 6 bands. Riverfront Park, Beacon. www.beaconriverfest.com. Belleayre Music Festival Kickoff 1pm. Featuring Family Zumba.. Belleayre Mountain, Highmount. (800) 942-6904 ext. 1344. Dave Matthews Band 7pm. $87/$47 lawn. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922. Simon Shaheen and Dafer Tawil 7:30pm. Oud and percussion. $35/$30 members/$20 students. PS21, Chatham. (518) 392-6121. Caravan of Thieves 8pm. $20/$15. Trinity Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-1955.
Theater
The Boot Heel Drag 8pm. $10. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048.
Fully Committed 8pm. $30/$28 students and seniors. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.
Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle: Concert 3 8pm. Trio con Brio Copenhagen. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7216.
A Grand Night for Singing 8pm. Summerstar Theater. Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4790.
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson & The Magic Rocker 8:30pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.
Abigail 8pm. Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5599. Fortress 8pm. Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5599. Love's Labour's Lost 8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison. Hvshakespeare.org.
Workshops The Figure in the Landscape 9am-4pm. Woolley and Zhang. $370 +model fees. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
SATURDAY 30 Art Barrett Art Center's Paint Out 9am-7pm. Auction 5pm-7pm. 50 artists. Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. www.barrettartcenter.org. Masters on Main Street Round 5 4-6pm. Main Street, Catskill, Catskill. (518) 943-3400. Photos of Things Next to Me 6pm-9pm. Ryan Frank, Jeff Barnett-Winsby and Greg Lock. Re Institute, Millerton. www.theReInstitute.com. Adam and Eve and Other Improvisational Stories 8pm. Live action paintings and music with Nancy Ostrovsky and Stan Strickland. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Big Joe Fitz 9pm. Blues. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (800) 772-6646. The Jude Roberts Trio 9pm. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.
Spoken Word The Writers Circle 6:30pm-8pm. Writers meet-up group. Pawling Free Library, Pawling. 855-3444.
Theater Abigail 2pm. Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5599. Standing on Ceremony 6:30pm. An evening of short plays about same-sex marriage by an A-list lineup of writers. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. 679-8217. The Canterbury Tales 7:30pm. Hudson teen theater project. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. A Grand Night for Singing 8pm. Summerstar Theater. Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4790. Abigail 8pm. Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5599.
Body / Mind / Spirit
Fortress 8pm. Powerhouse Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5599.
Yoga in the Park 10am/4pm. Adult yoga. Academy Green, Kingston. 877-5263.
Fully Committed 8pm. $30/$28 students and seniors. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.
Introductory Orientation Workshops 11:45am-1:45pm. $15. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls.
Love's Labour's Lost 8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Hudson. Hvshakespeare.org.
Music
Living with Gluten Intolerance 2pm-4pm. With Denise Byrnes, RN. $20/$30 two. InnerLight Health Spa, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.
Yellowman Call for times. Reggae. The Chance Theater, Poughkeepsie. 486-0223.
Divine and Tao Chanting 7pm-9pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Workshops Doody Calls 1pm-2pm. Cloth diapering info sessions. $10. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.
music jonathan richman Rory Earnshaw / roryearnshaw.com Jonathan Richman will perform at Club Helsinki on June 9.
Back in Your Life Wrap your head around this: It’s been 40 years since the Modern Lovers’ eponymous debut was recorded. And that geeky kid who wrote and sang its singularly wide-eyed, teen angst-injected songs? Well, it seems last month he turned 61. The kid in question is, of course, none other than New England’s favorite son, the inimitable Jonathan Richman, who will play at Club Helsinki on June 9. Thanks to snotty early Modern Lovers garage blasters (“She Cracked,” “Walk Up the Street”), the childlike, fairy-tale wonder of their later tunes (“Hey There Little Insect”), and much of his solo work (“Fender Stratocaster,” a cheerful ode to a favorite guitar), Richman has been typecast as the Peter Pan of rock ’n’ roll, an outsider artist who’s refused to grow up and write “mature” songs. Yet even as a twenty something Modern Lover he crafted tunes that embraced the concepts of tradition and adult life (“Old World,” “Dignified and Old”), and much of the music on the subsequent albums he’s made under his own name, such as 2004’s Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love (Sanctuary Records) and his most recent, 2010’s O Moon, Queen of Night on Earth (Vapor Records), is marked with a poetic sophistication that many of his “grown up” singer-songwriter peers would kill for. “To me rock ’n’ roll was about stuff that was natural, it wasn’t about drugs and space,” says Richman in the 1995 PBS series “The History of Rock ’n’ Roll.” “It was about sex, and boyfriends and girlfriends and stuff.” It’s been said that although the Velvet Underground sold few records in their day, nearly everyone who did buy one started a band. Richman is perhaps the foremost
illustration of this maxim. Born in Boston in 1951, he started playing guitar and performing at 15 and discovered the Velvets soon after. In 1969 his fandom landed him in the VU home of New York, where he tried to make it as solo artist. After months of rejection he beat it back to Boston and formed the Modern Lovers with future Cars drummer David Robinson and Real Kids guitarist John Felice (the latter left not long after the group’s live debut); second bassist Ernie Brooks and future Talking Heads keyboardist Jerry Harrison joined later. The band cut some 1972 demos for Warner Brothers and A&M (the former produced by John Cale) but broke up the following year. Released in 1976, The Modern Lovers (Beserkley Records) was a major fuse lighter for the early New York and London punk scenes— the Sex Pistols covered its driving, two-chord “Road Runner”—leading Richman to revive the band name for five albums (1979’s Back in Your Life, on UK label Wooded Hill, is a classic). In the early ’80s the singer fully reconnected with his self-contained roots, and has since released nearly 20 albums exploring doo-wop, Latin, and country and often featuring French and Spanish lyrics. A role in the 1998 comedy There’s Something About Mary widened his audience, but Richman remains a consistent cult favorite. Frequently backed by long-time drummer Tommy Larkins, the beloved acoustic troubadour continues to charm crowds worldwide. Jonathan Richman will perform at Club Helsinki in Hudson on June 9 at 9pm. Tickets are $20 and $25. (518) 828-4000; Helsinkihudson.com. —Peter Aaron
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Planet Waves by eric francis coppolino
Transit of Venus: Embracing the Solar Feminine “As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.” —Sulamitis, from the Song of Songs of Solomon
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n June 5 (June 6 in some time zones) Venus and the Sun form a precise conjunction, called a transit of Venus. Venus and the Sun align about once a year—though this one is different due to the fact that Venus will not pass above or below the Sun but rather directly cross its path. Considered one of the rarest predictable astronomical events, transits of Venus arrive in pairs separated by eight years; the pairs themselves are divided by more than a century. Events in astrology gain influence by being unusual—though this one will also be spectacular. If you can see the Sun during the event and use a special viewing filter, you will be able to watch Venus cross the disk of the Sun. (Happening at 9:08pm, it will be too late in the evening in New York.) We most recently experienced a transit of Venus in 2004. The June 5 event may be related to something that you experienced or a phase of your life that began eight years ago. The world will not experience another transit of Venus until 2117, 105 years from now. It’s a bit ominous that, barring some life-extending genetic therapy, nobody who sees this one will be alive to see the next one. Speaking of omens, this kind of rare event indicates a check-in point with the state of humanity. It’s the single most distinct astrology element of 2012, a year that may break the record for how much prophecy has hung on its back. Yet we do stand in a moment when one logical use of celestial divination would be trying to figure out what’s going to happen to civilization on our planet. By any objective measure, we are in trouble. It’s not that our national and global problems don’t have solutions. It’s not that there are insufficient resources. The crisis involves lack of leadership and ethics, and a very bad case of greed. Anyone trying for a solution must outsmart what amounts to a cabal of heavily armed thieves who are holding the planet hostage. We face numerous hotly polarized situations, many of which come from a prevailing condition of inner division that has a grip on the human psyche. Which brings me to why it’s so excellent that this event is happening in Gemini. I believe that the political mess we face is a reflection of the deeper elements of our consciousness. Many of these are based on what I will broadly term gender issues. In recent years, the political machinery has been using gender and sexual orientation—and sex in general—as some of its most effective wedges. Yet with the atmosphere heating up, with fracking consuming the United States and headed to Europe, with the economy in an extremely fragile state and our genetic code under assault from supertoxins-for-profit, worrying about who has the right to married seems like a distraction. Trying to blast reproductive rights back to the 1950s (as evidenced by the movement 130 planet waves ChronograM 6/12
to repeal not just Roe v. Wade, which preserves the right to abortion, and also Griswold v. Connecticut, which preserves the right to contraception) is often described as throwing red meat to the conservative base. It’s typically analyzed as a political ploy that skews the discussion away from real problems and also preserves the jobs of politicians. We all know there’s a severe imbalance on the planet, and there are many spiritual theories going around as to why that might be. Instead of treating the sex and gender issue as a symptom, I would propose that it may be a lot closer to the cause. People in political leadership are not known for their powers of deep introspection or their sexual integrity. Often, they are in conflict and project that conflict outward as attack, attempted control, and manipulation of people’s private sexual lives. People not in positions of public trust drive one another insane with this stuff as well. This inner turmoil manifests many other ways, including lack of sensitivity for the Earth (the consequence of which is often accurately described as rape). Nearly all of the most potent toxins of industry attack the female reproductive system first, though we’re all soaking in an ocean of hormone-disruptive chemicals and all feeling the effects to some degree. The transit of Venus presents us with a compelling metaphor and also a palpable moment of transition. It’s a junction (literally, a conjunction) where we can make a conscious choice. Think of this as starting within, where most (some would say all) of our conflict originates. Think of it as an inner reunion between the masculine and feminine elements of ourselves, appropriately happening in the sign of the interplay of opposites—Gemini. Venus is a feminine symbol and the Sun a masculine one. When Venus intersects with the disk of the Sun, it’s a little like the Sun is being penetrated by potent feminine energy. Both will change in the process. My astrology colleague Adam Gainsburg (Soulsign.com) has been describing this as the emergence of what he calls the solar feminine. “Despite the dominance of solar gods at the root of western civilization, the metaphor of light as we experience it is actually more akin to the feminine principle than to the masculine,” Adam said in an e-mail to me. “Light shines, radiates, illuminates. But from our viewpoint on Earth, the Sun also sets and takes the light with it each evening. This ebb and flow of light is precisely what the feminine is: the flow, the dance, the ever-changing pattern of light into dark and back again.” With the transit of Venus, he said, “what becomes illuminated is how your feminine aspect self-radiates into the world—what you uniquely have to give to the improvement of our planet.” He adds, “The solar feminine is, literally, our ‘light body.’ She’s the one inside each of us who leaves nothing uncovered, nothing unfelt. We experience the full range of our actual feelings as her body.” Yet the Sun is expressive, so this is about being moved to take creative action. “The Solar Feminine is a confrontational idea for many religions because her very existence fundamentally challenges the fragmentary, long-held assumption of masculine spiritual superiority. By reacknowledging her, we begin to reempower her. The solar
feminine shines not just through the success and expression of women, but through the power of a man’s emotions received in his heart.” I think what Adam may be describing is a process of men becoming more receptive and women becoming more expressive. That would help balance things out—and at least it gives us a clear idea of what to reach for. While there have been plenty of ways in which our culture has slipped backwards in gender relations (especially when you factor in politicians), I believe there is a gradual balancing out of masculine and feminine energies within many individuals and in many relationships. With this eclipse-like event, we have an opportunity to deepen and accelerate that process. The story of transits of Venus over the past few centuries gives us another metaphor to work with. Last year a book was published called Transit of Venus: 1631 to the Present (Powerhouse Museum, paperback, $24.95), by Nick Lomb. In Transit, Lomb describes the progression of how each successive event was seen by human eyes—and some of the implications. No one is known to have seen the 1631 Venus transit—it was night in Europe. Kepler missed that would there be a second transit of Venus eight years later. Two people are known to have seen the 1639 transit: Jeremiah Horrocks and his friend William Crabtree, viewing from England. Edmond Halley (of Halley’s Comet fame) expected a Venus transit in 1761. He urged astronomers who would be alive at the time to observe the event. His calculations were off, but other astronomers worked out the correct timing. This was the first global scientific event, with 176 astronomers watching from 117 far-flung locations. Eight years later, there was another transit—he second of that pair. The British crown saw the need for calculations from the South Pacific as the perfect political cover to look for islands to expand to. This adds the geopolitical expansion to the process. The desirability of observing the 1769 event from Australia led to the founding of New South Wales; modern Australia owes its existence to a transit of Venus. In 1874, a Brit named Richard Proctor estimated that up to 400 different calculations were presented to the Royal Astronomical Society in London. More people observed the 1874 transit than any other previous one, reflecting the expansion of technology, science, education, industry, trade, and population. It was also the first one documented in photographs. The corresponding transit eight years later in 1882 was widely observed and better documented in photos. The US sent out eight teams, including to South Africa and San Antonio. They made 1,380 measurable photographic plates (four times as many as in 1874). The 1882 transit was visible throughout US for almost the whole event. Amateur astronomers set up telescopes in parks and on sidewalks of New York City, collecting dimes from those who wished to look. In Meriden, Connecticut, a fire alarm bell was rung when it started, and people went to a local man’s house where he’d set up seven telescopes so people could look. Some 6,000 people observed the transit form that yard. That takes us up to the 2004 transit, the most recent one. For the first time, we were able to observe the transit from space, with much vaster knowledge of Venus and the solar system. Not only could the general public observe, but hundreds of amateur astronomers could produce their own stunning photographs (some appear with this article). For the 2012 event, many more people will be aware of what is happening, and due to that knowledge, and the availability of inexpensive viewing equipment, this will be the most-viewed Venus transit of the Sun in history. There is something in this rare event that’s about the exponential expansion of awareness. If (at lest from an astrological viewpoint) we understand that awareness to involve the balancing of male and female energies, we can cooperate spreading that energy in an exponential way. There is one other beautiful message from this event that I picked up while researching the chart for the Venus transit. I cast the cart with 1,000 asteroids and newlydiscovered bodies, and noticed that there is a minor planet precisely conjunct both Venus and the Sun when the transit happens. It won’t be visible—but it will be there. The planet, really an asteroid, is called Sulamitis. It’s a fast-mover (less-than-four-year orbit) so its presence is something to take note of. I did a little research and discovered that Sulamitis is the female character in the Song of Songs of Solomon, a book from the Bible that stands out in that it’s not about laying down the law or describing the anguish of some tribe. Rather, it’s a passionate love poem presented as a dialog between a man and a woman. The story has many twists and turns, but ultimately its theme is devotion and what it means to be in love, with a comment on how authentic balance between male and female energy feels. With this event happening in Gemini, the first place to seek and find that balance is inside ourselves. I could not think of a more beautiful visitor than Sulamitis to stand guard over this rare event, at this vital opportunity for rebalancing our hearts, souls and our relationship to the Earth. Additional research: Amanda Painter
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Planet Waves Horoscopes Aries (March 20-April 19) Within the context of the rare, beautiful astrological events of this month, your job is to devote yourself to the quality of your work. You may feel a drive to innovation, leadership, invention, or otherwise stirring the pot—though what your chart suggests is that you work calmly and steadily on specific, focused projects. Said another way, ground yourself in your goals, processes, and methods. Focus on the details. You will have the occasion to work through certain blockages or obstacles, which may seem to be in your environment. I recognize that I’m not describing a glorious role, despite the fact that all eyes will be on the Sun, an object closely related to your sign. Your influence will come from your awareness and your ability to remain calm and go deep. That is the kind of leadership that you’re being called to. It’s the kind that involves intelligence, persistence, tenacity, and foresight. There is a measure of self-direction that you’re being called to initiate, and you may be the one who gets to solve a problem that is too annoying or seemingly intractable for anyone else to work out. You’re doing this all the better if you feel invisible through the experience. The point is that this is not about you. You have a role, and by all indications it’s an integral one. Yet you can only accomplish this properly if you drop back and work with the full presence of your mind with no interference from your ego.
Taurus (April 19-May 20)
Has there ever been a time when the human psyche was more fragmented? Have we ever been pulled in more directions, injected with competing self-images or struggled with conflicting values systems? These conflicts and struggles used to be called neurosis (a term now abandoned by modern psychology)—including confusion, compromised sense of self-worth, obsession, perfectionism, habitual fantasizing, and many other seemingly small problems that eat human bandwidth. Meanwhile, many external factors are competing for your attention—be they advertising, social opportunities, or the demands of work. You’re aware of this situation, both within you and around you. You may be waking up to the desire to bring your whole consciousness together and to focus your mind. Events this month offer a special opportunity for healing, which is likely to arrive as unusual clarity around what your priorities are, and an opportunity to focus on a clear agenda. Consider how much of your past struggle has involved deciding what you “should” be doing versus what you really love, and how to balance this out. Your astrology suggests you may get a taste of what life is like without this tension. Yet if that feeling vanishes, you may not recognize it as the presence of something else. Indeed, you could overlook it just because you feel good. Therefore, pay attention. Feel the inner alignment that allows you to make the decisions based on what works for you. Once you open that space, you will be able to return dependably—as long as you remember that it exists.
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The whole is not only greater than the sum of the parts—it’s a lot more fun, and useful, and interesting. Yet there’s another level to this—what you actually do with all this potential. A car is greater than a garage full of parts, but then—where do you go? This month’s precise Sun-Venus conjunction in your sign is a clear demarcation point between the past and the future. Wherever you are going, it’s somewhere other than you’ve been, and, I reckon, other than where you expected to go. This will require you to summon flexibility that’s unusual even for you, and to facilitate that you are about to release many old tendencies that have kept you stuck in certain patterns and at a certain depth within yourself. Or rather, your relationship to yourself. It’s true that you relate to yourself in a way that many people you know do not—consciously, aware of your “inner other.” Over the next few weeks, it looks as if you discover that your inner other is actually your soul mate. You don’t need anyone else to play this role for you; your friends, lovers, and companions have different roles to play. Your experience of them, and of anything seemingly outside yourself, is rooted in your experience with yourself—and your relationship to yourself. If the planets in their courses say anything about you right now, it’s that you are recognizing that your relationship to yourself is something to honor and treasure every day.
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This month’s transit of Venus is about healing seeming divisions and splits within the psyche. For you, there is a special theme—resolving something you’ve been unable to observe closely or give a name to, perhaps until recently. You’ve lived with the effects all of your life, which may have manifested in what I call the “hemisphere effect”—the potential to experience yourself, or anything, two entirely different ways. They may have nothing in common and one point of view may be entirely exclusive of the other. I would consider this as a potential source of misgivings about yourself, as well as an ambivalence that has followed you through some of your most important relationships. Consider that at some of the most challenging points in your life, you’ve been experiencing the effects of something inside you projected outward. It’s difficult to see the actual process because you’ve only been seeing the outer manifestation—like studying the projection on a screen rather than considering the film or the projector. The coming weeks contain a moment of profound alchemy, wherein the mirage of an inner split resolves itself seemingly spontaneously—and then you notice a corresponding change in your relationships. You will not be able to predict what happens; challenges or unresolved situations you’re currently involved with may work themselves out any number of ways. From the strength and integrity of the current astrology, you can trust that what develops will serve your growth and your long-term happiness beautifully.
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I suggest you take a bold step beyond considering your image or your appearance and fully immerse yourself in your relationship with the world. By that, I mean the world as you think of it: the constellation of everyone and everything in your life. You may be familiar with the Lakota prayer Mitakuye Oyasin, which translates loosely to “all are related.” It is an expression of the idea that all people and all things are interconnected. They may be related by being part of our sphere of consciousness, or looking a bit deeper, by the truth that we are part of something larger than ourselves. This, of course, violates Western concepts of separateness, division and privacy, ideas that lead to quite a bit of chaos and conflict—which are all based on a violation of natural law. The extraordinary astrology that is now unfolding is a reminder that you are part of holistic existence. Everything you do, and everything you think, influences the totality of your environment. This isn’t a theory but rather a property of existence that may boldly reveal itself to you during the next few weeks. Such an experience would shift how you experience yourself in the midst of your reality. Imagine if you could live that interconnectedness all the time. What would change? What would come into your life? What conflict would disappear into the deeper truth that you are related to everything from earth to sky to all members of the human family? Imagine.
Virgo (August 23-September 22)
During your long search for a purpose, a mission, a calling, have you noticed how many others are on a similar quest? This search for meaning and purpose influences far more people than those who seem to have not accomplished much. Many brilliantly successful people are seeking contact with this feeling, having not found it in the midst of all of their achievement. You seem to face another kind of issue. It’s sometimes framed itself as the question, which of your two greatest talents is the one to pursue as your true path? What about how they seem to compete with one another, for time, attention, and resources? Here is the message from your astrology: First, your purpose goes beyond any specific activity, job, or role. Each face of what you do is an expression of something deeper, and this is one moment in your life when you make contact with that inherent quality. When you feel this, you’ll know because the sensation will shift your perspective. Second, your diversity of skills, and your choice to develop multiple gifts, has only strengthened you, widened your vision, and given you the opportunity to cross-reference from several fields of knowledge. Finally, I suggest you cultivate a special reverence for language, and the language skills you possess. They will always serve you, the more so for investing in them and using them regularly. This is called being an integrated human being. You have always been well on the way—you’re about to go to a whole new level.
Libra (September 22-October 23)
Balancing fear with love does not work. It only turns love into a defense, which reinforces fear. It may work to bring some light into the darkness, though for true healing to happen, all that is dark, existing beneath the surface or cloaked by denial must be brought to the light. If you work with these basic principles, you will be able not only to solve any problem, you will unfold a new vision for your life. The Venus transit of the Sun involves the planet associated with your sign and this takes place in one of the most visionary houses—the 9th. This rare event culminates with an opening for you to let go of an outdated vision of yourself. You would be amazed how such things can block new energy and ideas from entering your life. You will soon reach the point where the past is, in fact and in your experience, over. Many ideas you’ve had about the future up until this point will melt away. What is approaching is more exciting and beautiful than nearly anything you’ve conceived of before. You may need to go back over the things you were thinking in childhood to find certain sticking points, romantic ideals, and most of all, concepts about God that were inflicted on you. Consider these things carefully, and without sentimental attachment. Be willing to let go of everything you were told, or that you believed, was wrong, and in doing so open up space for the truth about yourself.
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Every story in your life right now seems to be about commitment. And, despite being associated with attachment and bonding, one of the places you seem to hold the most self-doubt involves commitment to others. That is where to draw the line: It’s easy for you to confuse your investment in a relationship with an investment in your own life. Yes, there is a fine line, though the people who care about you the most understand that they provide a forum for you to self-actualize. Look carefully at the relationships in your life and make sure that you know which ones fit this description; that you understand who exists in your world for the purpose of consciously (as in willingly) holding space for you to get to know yourself. I recognize that this may seem “one sided,” though I would offer the idea that when your deepest relationships have this as their primary element, you are more available to others, not less. So, far from being self-centered for its own sake, I am talking about being self-aware and fully involved with your own growth, so that you are able to participate with greater depth and involvement in your relationships. You only run into trouble when you make some kind of significant compromise of your personal truth, which means you can only be halfpresent—and that’s as useful as not being present at all. Forget the fact that some people insist that’s what you do. There are others who want you uncompromised and at full strength.
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It’s not a relationship that’s changing—it’s your whole orientation on relationships. You’re enough of a philosopher to know what I mean when I say that everything is a relationship. In truth, what is coming to life is a new contact point with existence. You might glimpse something that hints to you that something is possible—remember that you’re seeing what’s possible all the time. Experiences you never dreamed could happen are right within your reach. All you have to do is take that step and go toward people you like rather than having them come to you. This is a significant shift in orientation for you, though it’s long overdue. Your independence will not be compromised; part of your reorientation is understanding how to share space with others in a way that leaves space for you. In doing this, you’re on the leading edge of a revolution that many people are eagerly awaiting, and you get to be there mainly because of your courage. As this unfolds, notice who you are attracted to and who is attracted to you. Be sensitive to the energy you share. For sure, your existing relationships are going through a transformation of some kind, and you may get the feeling that this is outside of your control. That’s true, to a point. You have the option to notice what is actually working and what is not. You have the option to suspend any efforts to fix things—and then size up what is so, and respond appropriately.
Capricorn (December 22-January 20)
Pay attention to the speed and grace with which thoughts progress into concept and then into full manifestation. Though there are many steps to the process, the most significant is the one where you change and embrace the new pattern of your life. That feels like yielding to a force more powerful than yourself, though it usually has a pleasant sensation of release and embrace rather than the sensation of being pushed. In truth that force is within you, and it’s been building for a long time. You know that you’ve consciously initiated many deep changes the past few years of your life, and you’ve been wondering when some of them are finally going to bear fruit in the form of actual progress. That time has arrived. One of the key lessons in all of this is that of confidence. The world is a profoundly different place for those who proceed with confidence, which means with faith in themselves, and those who are ruled by their insecurities. You have no time to waste on such folly, and you’ve experienced many moments recently when you know you’ve found your true center. Yet you’re also being challenged to be certain of who you are in a time when that has never seemed to change faster. Consider yourself a being in motion, a work in progress, and define your sense of “self” based on that sense of movement and development. Invest your trust there and you will have handsome rewards.
Aquarius (January 20-February 19)
What is the difference between a creative person and an “uncreative” one? There definitely seems to be a distinction—and by early adulthood most of us have typecast ourselves as one or the other. It may not be possible to teach creativity, but what interferes with the process can be identified and moved out of the way. What would that be? I can name two things offhand: rigid patterns and fear. Those things that move creative energy can be encouraged, such as curiosity and the spirit that the whole world, and everyone in it, is there to feed your process. I would say that distinction that a “creative” person has is guts—they are willing to dare. That alone does not bestow talent, but it sure can help you get there. By daring I don’t mean the bungee-jumping or gamble-a-lot-of-money kind of daring; I mean the willingness of a child to experiment with what turns you on, coupled with the adult commitment to follow through once you get the energy going. For you, the risk factor includes exploring the very ideas you think are the most dangerous, taboo or unacceptable. It means daring to speak the message that you know is true but that you’re afraid others will find to be somehow offensive. This is the spot where nearly all good ideas either fizzle out before they go anywhere, or the spot where they go past and emerge into consciousness as something fun and maybe beautiful.
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I am sure you’ve read lots of those annoying little statements in self-help books and “sacred” texts that inform you that when you change yourself from within, the world around you responds. That’s exactly what’s happening to you right now. Your psychic, psychological, and emotional innards (all part of the same spectrum) are coming into alignment. It’s as if you’re settling into yourself, and as you do, the world is becoming a different place. If you’re feeling any inner divisions, that will soon yield to the palpable sensation of those fissures closing and healing. Much of what has troubled you in the past goes back a long way; in a sense, it was built into your childhood, and it has roots in your genetic lineage. That’s one reason why it’s been so persistent. Another reason is because it’s often difficult to accurately perceive our relationship to our environment—and we’re taught that manipulating the outer world works better than working to nourish and strengthen ourselves in the spirit of healing. What happens over the next few weeks will help you finish the repairs to your foundation that you have likely already begun. What seemed like irreversible damage from the past will reveal itself as being subject to healing and growth. You are not the only one who will benefit; the repairs will extend back through the generations. Observe the changes in your perspective as you experience being united with yourself and your environment. There is a word for this—integrity.
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