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Chronogram ARTS.CULTURE.SPIRIT.
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HORSE TOWNS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY
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HUDSON VALLEY HORSE CULTURE
Erik Ofgang tours the region’s many equestrian centers.
Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon’s L’Arch de Noe. Video online at Chronogram.com.
9 DIGITAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
KIDS AND FAMILY
A guide to exclusive content on Chronogram.com.
40 THE MINDFUL CLASSROOM
10 ESTEEMED READER
Jason Stern meets a mysterious woman.
16 EDITOR’S NOTE Brian K. Mahoney remembers Chronogram contributor James Foley.
LOCALLY GROWN 64 HOPS SPRING ETERNAL
NEWS AND POLITICS
16 WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
Banksy graffiti vandalized, high-calorie meals, tourist drones, and more.
18 BEINHART’S BODY POLITIC: I HAVE SEEN CIVILIZATION AND IT’S NOT US
74 LETTING THE HEART SPEAK
20 A BIBLIOPHILE’S ABODE
The practice of nonviolent communication helps people resolve conflict and find a place of connection beyond anger, blame, or shame.
COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE
Susan Barnett visits Robert B. Wyatt’s library of a home in Woodstock.
27 HOME & GARDEN EVENTS
New York State was once the largest producer of hops in the country. Today, very little hops is grown here. A dedicated group of farmer/brewers is changing that.
WHOLE LIVING
Larry Beinhart wonders how civilized American civilization really is.
HOME
Anne Pyburn Craig talks with teachers about the quantifiable benefits of cultivating mindfulness in the classroom—for both students and teachers.
62 TASTINGS A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 68 LEAF PEEPING A compendium of advertiser services. 70 BUSINESS DIRECTORY A compendium of advertiser services. 77 WHOLE LIVING Opportunities to nurture mind, body, and soul.
Invasive plants species workshop, Open Days garden tours, and more.
29 HORTICULTURAL MOTHERSHIP
THOMAS SMITH
Michelle Sutton explains the importance of Cornell Cooperative Extension.
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FALL EVENTS AT BARD COLLEGE
American Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Leon Botstein, Music Director
Fryderyk Chopin, Piano Concert No. 1 in E Minor, and Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 9 in C Major (“Great”) SOSNOFF THEATER October 24–25 at 8 pm Tickets: $25–40
Live Arts Bard presents The House Is Open
A pop-up exhibition of installation and performance featuring Jack Ferver, Marc Swanson, Ralph Lemon, Jennifer Monson, John Kelly, Tad Beck, and Nature Theater of Oklahoma MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE FISHER CENTER November 20–23 Tickets: $30, 10 students (suitable for ages 18 and up)
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Join us for a series of delightful concerts performed by the talented students of The Bard College Conservatory of Music, with faculty and special guests. SOSNOFF THEATER Music Alive! October 5 Conservatory Orchestra November 2 & December 14 Winter Songfest December 7 All concerts at 3 pm Tickets: $15, 20 SPECIAL EVENT
“Remembering the Genocide of European Roma during World War II” Mozart’s Requiem conducted by Ádám Fischer SOSNOFF THEATER October 17 at 6:30 pm Free admission
Neil Gaiman in Conversation with Audrey Niffenegger
THEATER TWO September 20 at 8 pm | Tickets: $30
Bard professor Gaiman and best-selling author and artist Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife) discuss time travel, Doctor Who, and more. SOSNOFF THEATER October 3 at 7:30 pm Tickets: $25
SOSNOFF THEATER September 21 at 3 pm | Tickets: $25 Weekend pass to both concerts: $40
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The Ten Thousand Things
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Conservatory Sundays
So¯ Percussion presents We Are All Going in Different Directions
The Red Violin
Violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn performs works by Schubert, Fauré, Liszt, and Beethoven with the legendary 1720 “Red Mendelssohn” Stradivarius. SOSNOFF THEATER November 15 at 8 pm Tickets: $25–40
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David Parker and The Bang Group The Bang Group’s beloved, witty response to The Nutcracker takes inspiration from all corners of the dance canon, from tap riffs to en pointe ballet. SOSNOFF THEATER December 20 at 7:30 pm and December 21 at 2 pm Tickets: $25–45 (suitable for ages 12 and up)
Longy School of Music of Bard College Sistema Side by Side Orchestra Conducted by Jorge Soto
Performance to honor Maestro José Antonio Abreu, founder of El Sistema SOSNOFF THEATER September 20 at 3 pm Tickets: Free; reservations required
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FOOD & DRINK
45 GALLERY & MUSEUM GUIDE
60 HOME COOKING: KITCHENETTE IN HIGH FALLS
50 MUSIC: ONE NATION UNDERGROUND Peter Aaron interviews ESP-Disk founder Bernard Stollman. Nightlife Highlights include Catskill Chill; Classics on Hudson; Groundswell; Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Money Birds; and Music Mountain. Reviews of The Apple Tree & The Honey Bee by Bari Koral Family Rock Band; We Already Have Birds That Sing by Life in a Blender; and Bewitched by Perry Beekman.
54 BOOKS: TEEN STARS Nina Shengold talks about what it takes to write for a young adult audience with authors Jennifer Castle and Phoebe North.
56 KIDS’ BOOK ROUNDUP Jana Martin, Robert Burke Warren, Susan Krawitz, and Nina Shengold review kids’ books, including Jon Muth’s Hi Koo and My Year of Epic Rock by Andrea Pyros.
58 POETRY Poems by Chandramohan.S, Helen Stevens Chinitz, Peter Coco, Deirdre Dowling, Wendy Freborg, Clifford Henderson,Christopher Hensley, Joan Noëldchen, Philosopagus, Thomas Rockwell, Alexa Salvato, John E. Soi, J. Strong, and Eileen Van Hook. Edited by Phillip X Levine.
104 PARTING SHOT Europa, a painting by Juanita Guccione.
THE FORECAST 82 DAILY CALENDAR Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 81 Drummer Terry Bozzio performs a solo show at Bearsville Theater. 82 The Hudson Valley Garlic Festival returns to Saugerties on September 27. 83 A joint exhbition of Alice Neel and Erastus Salisbury Field at the Bennington Museum. 86 Beacon’s Riverfront Park is host to Hudson River Craft Beer Festival. 87 A docent’s-eye view of the Anne Collier and Amy Sillman exhibits at CCS Bard. 91 The Ahimsa Yoga and Music Festival returns to Windham Mountain. 92 Take a hike with the Hudson River Valley Ramble this month. 93 Melissa McGill’s Palmas installation will be performed at Manitoga. 94 The Children’s Media Project’s Reel Expressions Youth Film Festival screens. 95 Colin Quinn headlines this year’s Woodstock Comedy Festival.
PLANET WAVES 98 NIGHT & DAY Eric Francis Coppolino on astrology of Michael Brown’s death.
100 HOROSCOPES
What are the stars telling us? Eric Francis Coppolino knows.
Hop farming is on the rise in the Hudson Valley. LOCALLY GROWN ROY GUMPEL
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Jeff Crane pays a visit to the new outpost of old-fashioned dishes in High Falls.
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EDITORIAL EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Brian K. Mahoney bmahoney@chronogram.com CREATIVE DIRECTOR David Perry dperry@chronogram.com BOOKS EDITOR Nina Shengold books@chronogram.com HEALTH & WELLNESS EDITOR Wendy Kagan wholeliving@chronogram.com
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To sift through Mark Beard’s career is overwhelming in the most enriching of ways. Descended from a long line of familial artistry, Beard has been painting for as long as he can remember. His father, Russell Beard, “never went anywhere without crayons, paper, pencils, a camera, and a pen,” Beard explains. His great-grandfather, George Beard, photographed and painted scenes from America’s West, capturing some of the country’s most pristine wilderness. This genetic influence permeated Beard’s life. “Art was the thing that we covered the broken window with,” he says. “Art was the thing we had an awful lot of.” Throughout his career, Beard has worked in set design, sculpture, photography, painting, writing, and drawing. A multidimensional artist in every sense of the term, he prefers not to align himself with one medium, one style, or even one artistic persona: “Art is about freedom,” Beard says. “Working this way gives me the freedom to do what I want.” Beard’s method also adds increasingly rich layers of context to his body of work that envelope history, politics, styles, mediums, and even character development. That is, to understand Beard’s body of work, you must understand Bruce Sergeant and His Circle. Mark Beard does not work alone. Well, literally, he does. But, figuratively, Beard’s work is anything but autonomous. Beard’s primary persona under which he creates is Bruce Sergeant, a meditation on the American portrait painter John Singer Sergeant. Sergeant is credited with many works depicting exquisite representations of the male form in various states of dress and undress. After Sergeant, Beard created Sergeant’s teacher and French Beaux-Art painter, HippolyteAlexandre Michallon, the persona credited with the piece on this month’s cover, L’Arche de Noe. The list of personas continues, encompassing fictional contemporaries and rivals, as well as more current personas influenced by ones from the past. Beard is continuously shaping and creating these personas, each one affiliated with a specific era and style.These outlets, Beard explains, are a necessity: “They are intimately influenced by my creativity and productivity, as my creativity and productivity are simultaneously influenced by them.” A detailed explanation and outline of these personas is offered in Bruce Sergeant and His Circle: Figure and Form (Chronicle Books, 2010), Beard’s lively collection of stories, ephemera, and fictionalized documentation describing the work of Sergeant’s cohort. Beard’s work necessitates vast expertise and attention to detail as he often comingles work from different personas in one exhibition, imagining a reason for them all to have contributed to the same show. This creates a situation where, as Beard explains, his work reads “more like a novel.” He must tend to historical, literary, and artistic continuity throughout his work while developing the character of the particular artist he is representing. To us, this method might seem exhausting. To Beard, it sounds like freedom, which sounds like art. A show of paintings by Mark Beard, “Landscapes & Bodyscapes” will be exhibited at Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, November 6 through December 14. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, November 8, 6 to 8 pm. Carriehaddadgallery.com. —Bridget Corso CHRONOGRAM.COM WATCH an interview with Mark Beard by filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss.
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Therefore we proclaim the prajña paramita mantra, the mantra that says: “Gate Gate Pāragate Pārasamgate Bodhi Svāhā.” —Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: Everyone should try staying on a houseboat on the Hudson River. This is especially true for we who live on either of the shores of the river that defines our home. We often see the mighty river from a distance, and admire its breadth when we cross a bridge, but spending a night on its waters imparts a deeper intimacy. The lapping of the gentle waves against the side of the boat accompanies you as the sirens of sleep lure you beyond the shore of waking into the realm of deeper or dreamier states of consciousness; and on waking you find the sun dripping through your window like honey, as the view of a sailboat glides across the portal above your head, with only the tinkling of snaphooks and the gentle flapping of canvas sheets. This was my experience as I prepared to make a journey to the other shore of the Hudson, to visit a site to the north, in the Highlands. First a sailors’ breakfast of Marmite and toast, with hot black tea and creamy milk; then preparing the day bag with camera, sunhat, headlamp, and notebook for recording impressions; then waiting as the double-decked ferryboat made its slow way, chugging across the channel until the pilot slid his craft alongside our ship’s bulk with surprising grace. Once on board the ferry, most of our party went below but I chose the top deck, in the sun, which was not flat but rounded, like sitting on the boat’s roof. Finding my cross-legged seat I looked around and noticed I was beside a young woman whose blond hair, dark eyes, and slightly flattened face made her look as though her blood was a mix of Scandinavian and Algonquin or Lenni-Lenape. I looked out to take in the view as our ferry motored out into the waters of the river, but my gaze was drawn back to the woman, who was sitting cross-legged nearby, watching my face with concentration but not interest. Like a cat stalking prey she seemed to have moved closer while I was looking away. Now she was eyeing with that same feline intensity. I met her gaze and held it, not knowing the purpose of this otherwise bold and unrequited contact. But it was not awkward and I found I could relax as she seemed to poke around in my being, though her eyes never left mine; her irises were dark brown, almost black—the kind of dark eyes that I’ve seen before, that are so deep, looking in gives a feeling of vertigo. Finally she spoke. “How is your heart?” she asked. I could barely hear her voice over splashing water and waves; the sounds of voice and waves wove together, but were utterly distinct. The question did not seem strange following our long moment of silent exchange. Much had happened in that time and the pilot had only just thrown the lines, pushed off, and was scuttling to the bridge. “Why do you ask?” I asked. “You don’t need me to waste time and words explaining, because you already know,” she said, her voice still barely audible though I understood every word. “The question is not rhetorical, nor does it require an answer. It is for you, to help turn your attention inward. Now. How is your heart?” I focused on and behind my chest, and seemed to take a flight through layers of experience—my mood, excited; then a kind of feeling-energy field, like plasma or those pictures of cloud nebulae in space; then, below that, a stillness that isn’t the absence of activity, a rich velvety blackness, resounding with the voice of silence. I kept her gaze this whole time. Her face, the shore, the water, the sound of the engine were all there—and at the same time unfolded this equally or more real world. It was behind my sternum, and it was in a different sphere altogether. And I felt that this Iroquois girl and I were holding one another’s hand and walking together into this depth. I saw that the heart cave was not in my heart, or in anyone’s heart; rather, I saw that there is only one Heart. It is the heart of the world, and all who wish and strive to enter can Be there together. Then we arrived at the other shore, and I turned to see the ferryman throw his lines and prepare to dock.When I turned around again the girl was gone (had she been there at all?) and there remained only tourists with colored hats, sunglasses, and travel bags, en route to the Highlands. —Jason Stern
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On August 16, Chronogram hosted its scond annual Block Party in front of our office on Wall Street in Kingston. Over five thousand people came out to celebrate with us. Thanks to all who helped make this great event happen. More photos at Facebook.com/ Chronogram. Video at Chrongram.com.
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Chronogram Block Party
Clockwise from top: Kingston-based indie rockers Bishop Allen kicked off their US tour at the Block Party; dancing to Mambo Ki Kongo at the Lagunitas afterparty at BSP Kingston; Andrea Martin and Kate Franklin. More photos at Facebook.com/Chronogram. Video at Chronogram.com. Thanks to our 2014 sponsors: Health Quest, WDST Radio Woodstock, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Catskill Art and Office Supply, Medical Aesthetics of the Hudson Valley, Buttermilk Falls Inn and Spa, Dr. Tom Cingel, DDS., SUNY Ulster, Kingston Land Trust, Shuniya Yoga Studio, Re>Think Local, Fischer Center at Bard College, BSP Kingston, KUBA, and the City of Kingston.
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y now, you probably know more about James Foley than most journalists. Foley was an idealistic independent journalist who was held captive in Syria for almost two years before he was executed by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on August 20. The gruesome video of his beheading calls into question some basic ideas that we all share the same human impulses for love and empathy. Foley’s name will now be forever synonymous with questions of American foreign policy. Should the US pay ransoms for hostages to groups we consider our enemies? Should more airstrikes be called in on ISIL in Iraq? Should ISIL be bombed in Syria? Should the US move from a policy of containment to one of elimination? Should the US accelerate its timetable to pull out of the region entirely? Whatever the answer, each of these questions raise issues of unintended consequences: How much death does a ransom payment buy? We pulled out of Afghanistan once before after arming their “freedom fighters” to the teeth. The result was 9/11. Foley’s murder will be seen years from now as a turning point in US policy, regardless of the direction the policy takes, and he will be remembered as man caught in the web of larger geopolitical forces. Before he was a headline, however, James Foley was a journalist. Long-time readers of this magazine will remember our sustained coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2003 through 2012, overseen by senior editor Lorna Tychostup. Lorna met Foley in Baghdad when she was transitioning out of being a war correspondent and Foley was just getting in. Lorna wrote a remembrance of Foley on her Facebook page the day he was killed. This is one of those moments when I want the world to stop for just one minute and take in what has happened. My friend, colleague and mentor, Jim Foley, was killed today by the Islamic State, may they burn in hellfire. I replaced Jim in a project we both worked for in Baghdad. He was ready to go out into the world of war journalism and I was ready to work for an organization doing good—and definitely not be doing the freelance thing anymore. We were each at our own personal crossroads and seemingly exchanging roles. Jim, a large (in that Great Dane sort of way), gangly, affable guy always quick to smile, was also incredibly astute and a wise assessor of human nature. He kindly and patiently showed me the ropes, warned me of the antics, kooky behaviors, and varying natures of the folks I’d be working/living among, and gave me the foundation of knowledge that would see me through in the best way possible. “Go to Karrada when things get to you...” he advised more than once. I tried to share with him as much as possible of what I knew of the freelance war journo world, not quite happy he was choosing to go into it. He was such a fine and special human. But his heart was in it and so I gave him what knowledge I had. There are no words to describe what I feel at his death—a horrific death where you can see him brace. I only wish we could have all been there with him and that he would not have been alone. I know so many lives have been destroyed at the hands of these barbarians. But Jim is someone I knew. Someone who didn’t deserve to die this way. Someone who had so much to offer the planet...
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I wish you peace, Jim. I wish peace for your family, your parents, siblings, and all who knew you. Today is a sad day. I am glad to have known you.Thank you for sharing your wisdom...and your laughter. In late 2009, Foley was embedded with a group of two dozen US soldiers in the remote Kunar region of Afghanistan. At that time, the conflict in Afghanistan had begun to shift from a war of bullets to a war of infrastructure building. The young men of Able Company that Foley lived with spent as much time in meetings with local officials trying to coordinate civil society initiatives as they did on patrol for Taliban fighters. In June 2010, we published, “Hold the Firefight,” Foley’s account of these soldiers who endured sniper fire at night and attended tribal councils during the day. (Many of the soldiers preferred the sniper fire.) The piece, at 4,200 words, is a model of astute war reporting, combining expert knowledge of the larger political and military forces at work with open-hearted empathy for both the impossible job of the US soldiers and the beleaguered and understandably wary Afghan populace. Would that Foley had been shown the same compassion he displayed in his writing. An excerpt from “Hold the Firefight” follows. I had a nightmare last night that I was in Afghanistan. The soldier said it with a smile. The kind that comes from waking up in the dark and for the first few seconds thinking you might be somewhere other than your dirt bunker or a plywood shack at Combat Outpost (COP) Badel. But no, you’re in Kunar, Afghanistan, and the best thing to do is shake off the cobwebs, maybe take a Baby Wipes shower to remove the dust that accumulated overnight on your face and hair, chug a caffeine-overloaded Rip It, put on your boots, and keep busy. Whether it’s pulling guard duty in a Humvee turret, burning trash, lighting the remnants of the outhouse using diesel fuel, or meeting once again with Afghan elders over their proposed district project budgets, this is home for now. Outpost Badel is a hilltop surrounded by rock-faced mountains and terraced wheat fields separated by stacked stone. Enclosed by an outer cordon of razor wire, fortified by rock and sand-filled cardboard-and-wire barriers, and secured by heavily armored trucks topped with grenade launchers and automatic machine guns, it’s one of the few remaining outposts in lower Kunar province. A small province, Kunar is located in eastern Afghanistan. Known for the prolific rate at which US soldiers have died there—42 US dead in its Korengal Valley alone before that outpost was closed about a month ago—its size is dwarfed by its reputation. Kunar’s corrugated, roadless mountains and deep valleys lead into Pakistan, making it an insurgent and wood smuggler’s haven. Although there are less than 500,000 Kunaris, their history of tribal independence and insurgency dating to the Soviet occupation is a constant challenge to establishing a legitimate Afghan government presence. You can read the full version of James Foley’s “Hold the Firefight” at Chronogram.com/Foley.
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A work of street art by Banksy painted on the wall of a house in Cheltenham, England, has itself been defaced by graffiti artists. The piece in question appears on a wall next to a phone booth and depicts several men “listening in” on the booth. Like much of Banksy’s work, the piece is a political statement, commenting on the mass surveillance program of the Government Communications Headquarters, whose offices are based in Cheltenham. The vandalism does not appear to be politically motivated. Local businessman Hekmat Kaveh, who agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to keep the artwork in place, said he believed it could be saved. Source: BBC Studies conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and a recent acquisition of Lorillard by tobacco giant Reynolds American have suggested changing trends among smokers in the United States. According to the CDC, the percentage of Americans who smoke has fallen from 40 percent in the 1960s to 18 percent today. Despite this overall decrease, the tobacco industry still makes a lucrative business catering to demographics that smoke more—people living beneath the poverty level, those with a GED-level education, and Native Americans. The prevalence of smoking is also dependent on cultural and geographic factors. In much of the Midwest, smoking remains common and bears fewer stigmas than elsewhere in the country. The Lorillard acquisition also indicates changing attitudes among smokers. E-cigarettes, a smoke-free alternative, are growing in popularity. Other smoke-free products, like nicotine patches and snuff, are also on the rise. As fewer Americans are smoking at all, and as many smokers are seeking ways to quit altogether, it seems the tobacco industry is finding ways to adapt to changing markets. Source: NPR A tourist seeking to take pictures of Yellowstone National Park crashed a camera-equipped drone into its largest hot spring, possibly damaging the prized geothermal feature. The incident follows the crash earlier this summer of a drone into a marina at Yellowstone Lake and a string of radio-controlled aircraft violations at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The National Park Service in June announced a ban on so-called unmanned aerial vehicles, but officials say premier national parks in the West are reporting a sharp rise in the number of drones buzzing bison and boaters. It was not clear if the drone that crashed and sank in the Grand Prismatic Spring, the third-largest hot spring in the world and a top attraction for the roughly three million annual park visitors, would damage the geothermal feature and officials were ultimately unsure whether to attempt to remove it. Source: Reuters Living longer now takes less time than ever. According to a study published in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology in July, running for five minutes a day could significantly reduce the risk of certain diseases and extend one’s lifespan. Researchers from a number of universities and medical centers examined a collection of data at the Cooper Clinic and Cooper Institute of Dallas, comparing the records of 55,137 healthy men and women. They found that the 24 percent of the group who identified themselves as runners—regardless of frequency or intensity— 18 CHRONOGRAM 9/14 9/14
were 45 percent less susceptible to die of heart disease. In fact, they were 30 percent less likely to die of any cause. Even runners who were overweight and/or smoked were less likely to die prematurely. Results were, on average, just as positive for those who ran slowly or for less time than serious runners, suggesting that even small amounts of vigorous exercise are more beneficial than previously thought. Source: New York Times The Drug Enforcement Administration paid an Amtrak employee hundreds of thousands of dollars over two decades to obtain confidential information it could have gotten for free. According to a report released Monday by Amtrak’s inspector general, the DEA paid an Amtrak secretary $854,460 since 1995 to be an informant. The employee was not publicly identified except as a “secretary to a train and engine crew.” Amtrak’s own police agency is already in a joint drug enforcement task force that includes the DEA. According to the inspector general, that task force can obtain Amtrak confidential passenger reservation information at no cost. It was not immediately clear whether the DEA has rules against soliciting corporate insiders to provide confidential customer information in exchange for money when providing that information would cause the employee to violate a company’s or organization’s own rules or policies. Source: PBS A federal appeals panel recently prevented the closing of the only abortion clinic in Mississippi. The panel ruled as unconstitutional a state law that would have required the clinic’s doctors to earn admitting privileges at local hospitals—a likely impossible order. Proponents of the law believe it was wrongly interpreted, arguing that its intention was not to prevent access to abortions but to make them safer. Those in opposition contend that it was only one of many recent laws meant to shut down much-needed clinics. Some claimed that even if the Mississippi clinic closed, neighboring cities in other states could provide plenty of alternative clinics for women. Those centers, however, may also be at risk of closure. Texas made headlines in March by passing a law requiring admitting privileges, effectively closing one third of its facilities and leaving only 22 in the entire state. Similar laws are up for debate in Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kansas. Source: New York Times According to a recent study by the Urban Institute, over one-third of Americans have debt that has gone to collection. For many consumers, the debt is due to unpaid credit card and phone bills, student loans, and home mortgages. According to Caroline Ratcliffe, a senior fellow at the Institute, even the smallest unpaid fees can negatively impact credit scores and employment opportunities. The 35.1 percent of people found to have been reported owe an average of $5,178. Though this is the lowest level of individual debt seen in the United States in a decade, the percentage of Americans with debt in collections has remained consistent. The numbers aren’t evenly distributed— states in the South and West, like Texas, Nevada, and Mississippi, account for the greatest populations of delinquent debt. Statistics are also disproportionate because most debt is a result of home mortgages. In San Jose, California, where property values are much higher, a resident with 84 percent of a nearly $100,000 debt tied to a mortgage is less likely to be delinquent than a McAllen, Texas resident, with a quarter of the debt. Source: TIME If you’ve been craving a several-thousand-calorie meal lately, you won’t have to look much farther than your local Cheesecake Factory. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has published the results of its 2014 Xtreme Eating contest, and most fast food chains’ menus boast meals that hit the 2,000-calorie mark. Compare this to the USDA’s recommended total daily intake of 2,000 calories for women and 2,500 for men. The contest’s undisputed winner was the Cheesecake Factory, which filled three of the nine winning slots. According to the CSPI, its Bruléed French Toast offers a whopping 2,780 calories, 93 grams of saturated fat, 2,230 milligrams of sodium, and 24 teaspoons of sugar—roughly the equivalent of 14 slices of Aunt Jemima frozen Homestyle French Toast stuffed with two-and-a-half tubs of cream cheese. Try washing that down with a single, 1,500-calorie slice of the restaurant’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake. BJ’s Signature Deep Dish Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza was another winner, with 2,160 calories and a three-days’ serving of sodium. The pizza may look delicious, but the CSPI recommends you leave time for the five-and-a-half hours of nonstop biking it would take to burn it off. Sources: Nutrition Action, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion Compiled by David King and Iana Robitaille
Larry Beinhart’s Body Politic
I HAVE SEEN CIVILIZATION AND IT’S NOT US
Prague, Czech Republic The winter of 1989-90, shortly after the Berlin Wall came down, was the first time I went to Prague. This was not the first time that the Czechs thought they were going to be free. I had happened before, back in 1968, and it was called the Prague Spring. But in 1969, Russian tanks rolled into the city. One of the many acts of resistance was by Jan Palach, a student, who burned himself to death at the top of Wenceslas Square. In 1989, when demonstrations took place on the 20th anniversary, the police attacked with batons and water cannons. We knew absolutely nothing about any of that when, one year later, we walked into Wenceslas Square. It’s not a square at all, it’s more like a broad boulevard, just over half a mile long, up a gentle slope, getting somewhat steeper before it ends at the National Museum. It was full, a quarter million people, maybe half a million. And this year was the year when everything changed. Vaclav Havel, the playwright and political prisoner who had become president, had just returned from addressing the United States Congress. He was about to fly to Moscow to tell Brezhnev to take the Russian troops home. This time it was called the Velvet Revolution. This time the Russians would leave. The crowd was singing. I had the sensation that I knew the song, but, because they were singing in Czech, I couldn’t quite figure it out. It took me at least a verse and a chorus, maybe two of each, for me to realize they were singing “We Shall Overcome.” Much of the past was still present. The exchange rate was totally artificial, hard currency from the West was to be greatly desired, so there was a black market. After we traded dollars for kroner, beer was 5¢ a glass and fancy beer was 10¢. Dinner was only $1.The question was not what a better dinner might have cost, but if a better one could be found. It was the tail end of winter and the only vegetables were potatoes and pickled things, the only fruit was bananas from their Communist brothers in Vietnam. Capitalism was about to be unleashed. We’ve all seen how money can devour a land. When the metaphorical flock of doves that had been released over Wenceslas Square looked down at all the opportunity below, would they turn into a clutch of vultures? Now, I’m back, 25 years after the fall of the wall in Berlin that announced the beginning of the end and the start of the transformation. There are shops everywhere. Advertisements. Lights. Wenceslas and the rest are packed with tourists. The street corner hustlers who offered to change my money are gone. Now you get kroners right out of the ATM, just like anywhere else and there are no more quick profits for enterprising individuals in the shadows, but plenty for the banks who get to dip their beaks at both ends
of every deal. Beer in a pub is up to a dollar and half or two or three. It’s still good value. The food has vastly improved. A good meal is somewhere between half and two thirds of what I’d pay back in the USA. Public transit is affordable, frequent, clean, and safe. Cabs are inexpensive. You call one by text from a cell phone. They text back their arrival time and license number so you know which one is yours, plus a link to a GPS, so you can watch their progress as they come to you. Drugs have been decriminalized. Not just marijuana, but also cocaine, heroin, and meth. The population does not run riot. The streets are safe. There are parks everywhere. They’re clean. The streets are immaculate. The sidewalks are paved with patterns of white and dark stones. They have bad opera (the one I saw), and, I presume, good opera. There’s theater, ballet, techno, decent Internet access, and lots of bars. I’m lunching at Café Slavia by the Vltava River. I’m told it was Vaclav Havel’s favorite. The food is good. Smoking is allowed. Right at your own table. The big story from America is the shooting of a civilian by the police in Ferguson. Followed by the launching of the police in total SWAT mode. Armored vehicles. Armored people. Tear gas. Lots and lots of guns and still more guns. Fergueson, like much of America, is a town that has been abandoned to poor, dark people, because they are poor and dark, while what money there is has migrated to Wal-Mart Lands. It may be that I simply have an elitist aesthetic. I prefer affordable, beautiful old cities, retrofitted for modernity—plumbing, Internet, and such—to suburban sprawl, McMansions, and post-industrial Detroitscapes. In Prague, the public and private spheres coexist. The municipality collects enough money to spend on the municipality, to maintain and improve the public spaces. It occurred to me that in many places all the money flows to the capital, leaving rings of poverty and increasing destitution the further out you travel. My next stop was Budapest. I took the train. I’m a regular Amtrak rider on the Empire Service along the Hudson River. Though I’m very fond of the ride, and of the view, there are long stretches of casual garbage dumps on both sides of the rails. So it was with a certain amount of trepidation that I began peering out the window. I saw roller bladers skating down a lovely pedestrian path. There was a stream beside the path. Who had picked up all the plastic bottles? Why was the landscape not defaced with plastic bags, blown hither and yon, caught on trees and shrubs. Where were the chunks of concrete and rusted rebar? I watched and watched until it got dark and it remained scenic, pleasant, and clean. It was if I had seen civilization and it was not us. 9/14 CHRONOGRAM 19
The House
The house was quiet and the world was calm. The reader became the book; and summer night Was like the conscious being of the book. The house was quiet and the world was calm. The words were spoken as if there was no book, Except that the reader leaned above the page, Wanted to lean, wanted much to be The scholar to whom his book is true, to whom The summer night is like a perfection of thought. The house was quiet because it had to be. “The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm” —Wallace Stevens
A Bibliophile’s Abode AT HOME WITH BOOKS IN WOODSTOCK
Opposite, above:The house’s main entry opens into a large room that serves as a dining room. Below: The media room, now crowded with places to sit or lounge, was built when the owner’s books overwhelmed the existing shelf space in the main house. This page: A large wooden deck surrounds the back of the house.
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alfway up the mountain above the Woodstock village green is a barnstyle home guarded by a seven-foot-tall wooden bear. The house rambles and wanders, offering surprises that keep a visitor off balance in a delightful way. It is a place that reflects its current owner’s personality as few houses do. It’s also a house he didn’t really want. The house began its life as a classic Woodstock handmade house, a structure put together with good intentions, lots of imagination, and little regard for practicality. The kitchen is a tucked into a corner like an afterthought. Many of the windows looking into the woods are not made to open. Drafts blow in winter. Steps don’t proceed rationally, but appear at odd intervals or in strange places. It was one of several homes built by Thom Roberts, better known as Humpty Dumpty, founder of the venerable children’s publication Humpty Dumpty Magazine. The story of its eventual purchase by Robert B. Wyatt, a publisher and author, is, as befits a fiction connoisseur, a fine tale. Wyatt’s new book, Adventures of a House and Its Books, is a loving homage to the home that he reluctantly adopted. A small, yellowed classified ad from the Woodstock Times, now framed on the kitchen wall, begins the story. Woodstock Times classified advertisement, circa 1978: NEW-OLD HOUSE Stained glass windows from a 19th century RR sta., handhewn beams from a 18th century farmhouse, magnificent view...Walls are palstered [sic]& wainscoated...We’re finishing the house now....$87,500. Negotiable. 20 HOME CHRONOGRAM 9/14
Wyatt saw the ad and guessed the seller was his old friend Thom “Humpty Dumpty” Roberts. He’d helped Roberts and his wife demolish a building to construct another similar house in Woodstock years before. To meet Wyatt today—a trim, well-dressed gentleman with many pairs of very clean sneakers, is to understand what a strange event that demolition must have been. Years went by and the friends lost touch. But that 1978 classified ad convinced Wyatt that the house being advertised was another project conceived by Humpty Dumpty. A phone call proved him correct. But this time, Roberts’s situation was desperate. He had a new wife and three children. He needed to sell. He was broke. He couldn’t sell it unfinished. After a long evening of intoxicating substances and friendly banter, Wyatt agreed to loan Roberts the money to finish the place. “I was trapped into buying this house by my good nature,” Wyatt confesses. “I didn’t have much money but I loaned him $5,000. And I knew I would never see that five thousand dollars again if I didn’t give him $75,000 more.” He didn’t particularly like the place. He knew he didn’t need it. He arrived at his new country home on Valentine’s Day, 1979. “I broke into tears right there in the living room while a rainstorm raged outside. What had I done? I lived in NewYork City. I worked in NewYork City. I didn’t have a car. There was no stove, no beds. And now I had a mortgage and no furniture.”
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Above, left: Robert Wyatt with Amanuensis Bear. Right: Origami cranes hang from the guest room ceiling. Below: The third floor loft bedroom, high in the trees, is Wyatt’s favorite quiet retreat.
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A Private Library What he did have were books. Lots of books. Wyatt’s career has been about books, from his job managing the paperback section at Doubleday Books’ New York City store, to editorial director positions at Avon, Delacorte, and Ballantine Books. He had his own imprint at St. Martin’s Press, and won awards from Publisher’sWeekly and Literary Market Place. Wyatt’s author list is a who’s who of first novels issued at various houses: Russell Banks, Anita Diamant, Douglas Preston, William Kotzwinkle, and Norma Fox Mazer, to name few. Not surprisingly, Wyatt has amassed an impressive collection of books. He was downsizing his home in the city. He had a lot of books with very little space. So he brought them upstate. “And they piled up and they piled up and they piled up,” Wyatt says. “So I started building more bookshelves.” Beyond a sitting room next to the kitchen (both lined with books) is an extra room—a large media room, also lined with books. “I built that room for the books,” Wyatt admits. “Everything is the books.” It’s an eccentric home theatre, with a large television and rows of hardwood chairs inhabited by an audience of stuffed animals. Wyatt’s sense of humor is very much in evidence throughout the house, where rubber rats share shelf space with more highbrow ephemera. But the foundation beneath the fun is constant: books. Wyatt’s books are very precisely ordered, categorized, and alphabetized by genre, author, and subject. “You have to remember when I got off the boat from Oklahoma, I worked in the Doubleday Bookstore for two years. I developed a bookseller’s sense of order. I shouldn’t brag, but I don’t think there’s a misplaced book in this house.” Wyatt then crosses his fingers and bursts out laughing. One upstairs guestroom hosts “fiction, A through C, and children’s books.” The second has “fiction, C through H.” And if you’re wondering, yes, there are books stacked in the bathroom. The Quiet Life The master bedroom, a huge, airy space with a long plank workspace beneath the window, is full of carefully organized periodicals. Beside the workspace are pages of quotes, inspiring, funny, thought-provoking, or touching. The windows feature individual panes with the faces of Wyatt’s favorite authors. (He has a particular soft spot for Valley of the Dolls author Jacqueline Susann.) Up the steps within the master bedroom is another loft bedroom, a little attic cubby where Wyatt says he likes to relax and think. The walls are lined with books and the stacks continue on the chest at the foot of the bed. Plants, both indoors and out, grow with wild abandon, apparently thriving on benign neglect. Wyatt takes particular pride in this summer’s massive chia plants, leaning delicately against the corner of the house. Surrounding the house is a massive deck perfect for entertaining, but Wyatt prefers the quiet life. If he is feeling particularly friendly, Amanuensis Bear (the name of the massive mascot by the front door) will be holding a sign welcoming you by name when you visit. (An amanuensis, if you have forgotten, is a literary or artistic assistant, one who copies manuscripts and takes dictation. ) Wyatt continues to work in publishing, mostly with hand-picked clients halfway across the world. A publisher known for innovative thinking, Wyatt envisions the book he has penned about his house as a “mutable text,” distributed in serial form, even posted chapter by chapter in a bookstore when it is published under his imprint, A Wyatt Book, Inc. “It’s constantly evolving, and I think that is probably the future of book publishing,” he says. Wyatt is most often found in his kitchen, which he sadly admitted is really not up to the amount of work he does there. Wyatt enjoys experimenting with recipes, though he’s been known to forget key ingredients. Culinary failures are shared with the creatures who live in the woods outside. Furniture is where furniture needs to be, but there isn’t a sense of careful decoration. “Living with books, they sort of osmotically get into your body. I don’t know if it’s a healthy or a not-healthy cancer. There are only four things that are important to me—only four: reading, writing, cooking, and friendship. That’s all I need.” Wyatt’s Woodstock book house has proven to be the perfect spot to cultivate all those interests. It is, as the Wallace Stevens poem tacked to Wyatt’s wall describes, quiet. And when you’re in it, the world is calm—the perfect spot for reading.
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Wine and Food Pairing at Locust Grove Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie Samuel F. B. Morse’s historic estate includes 200 acres of landscaped grounds and riverfront Italianate villa. Join the preservation staff for the fifth event in their Sunset Sensations series, an evening of fine wines and international fare. Enjoy cooking demonstrations by chef Tomas Monosi, then taste his samplings—made with veggies from the estate’s kitchen garden—with a wine to pair with each. Take a tour of the kitchen garden and enjoy a beautiful Hudson River sunset, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. (845) 454-4500; Lgny.org SEPTEMBER 13
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Harvest Festival: Farm Fest BethelWoods, Bethel Get ready for fall at this celebration of the Hudson Valley’s thriving arts and agriculture. The farm festival features the products of local farmers and craftspeople—grow your garden with seasonal plants from Everlasting Springs, decorate the house with hand-loomed rugs from Crafted with Care, or give your kitchen an update with wares from Sleeping Bear Woodworks. Bethel Woods holds a harvest festival every Sunday in September, 11am to 4pm, with a different theme each week. (845) 295-2448; Bethelwoodscenter.org SEPTEMBER 20
Picture This! Photographing Your Garden SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County offers this free workshop as part of its “Learning in the Garden” series. Join instructors at Xeriscape Garden, an award-winning interactive garden classroom at SUNY Ulster, where they demonstrate useful gardening and pest management techniques. At this workshop, learn how to take the most beautiful photographs of your finished product—photographs that show your garden for the work of art it is—from 10am to 12pm. (845) 340-3990 ext. 335; Cceulster.org 9/14 CHRONOGRAM HOME 27
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Above: This bulb labyrinth was planted by Cornell Professor Bill Miller’s Herbaceous Plant Materials class in the fall of 2008. You can take a virtual tour online. Right: The Minns Garden at Cornell University, where students of all ages learn about landscape design and plant identification. Photos courtesy Department of Horticulture, Cornell University.
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“Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people on their own farms and in the localities.” —Liberty Hyde Bailey, pioneer of the National Cooperative Extension System, botanist, horticulturist, plant explorer, founder of the Cornell College of Agriculture, early advocate for women’s education, all-around badass
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and beyond. It’s a source of definitive information for all things horticultural, obtained by trial and patient, frequently tedious, research. It’s our Mothership. I wish more NewYorkers would take advantage of CCE’s horticulture richness. And I cringe when CCE goes through budget cuts; I know firsthand that extension professors, agents, and staff work really damn hard. At Cornell, horticulture professors often have a tripartite appointment to do teaching, research, and extension. Their teaching is for students at the university; they conduct original research and they bring their research findings to the broader public through their extension work, including writing bulletins and giving talks and trainings in practical arenas. CCE offers beloved reliables like Master Gardener and 4-H programs, plant sales, garden-based learning, turfgrass short courses, and plant and insect identification. It’s innovating new offerings all the time, like distance learning courses in botanical illustration, organic gardening, and plant propagation. These are some of the Cornell horticulture resources I use most often. Gardening.cornell.edu is a site that all New York gardeners should bookmark. Although not all the resources there are extension publications, this site truly fulfills the goals of extending knowledge from the university to the public. This is the hub. Pruning: An Illustrated Guide to Pruning Trees and Shrubs by Rakow and Weir. The drawings are excellent.You can find a free PDF of this through the Cornell Gardening site, too. I also recommend the Planting Guide by Good and Weir, along with the Transplanting Guide by the Urban Horticulture Institute (UHI). All of the UHI publications have things to teach homeowners, as so many of us have areas on our properties that are challenging in just the way that “urban” settings are. The site is also great if you are looking to get more involved in community forestry. 9/14 CHRONOGRAM HOME 29
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The Cornell Woody Plants Database is a fantastic resource. It gives you a means by which to match an appropriate tree species to your site, often a challenging site. The database also can be used for woody plant study, as it shows extensive cultural information and many images for each species. There is a Plant Walk section, which you can use to find a series of plant walks through campus based on different criteria like species or tolerances. I plan to take advantage of this the next time I’m visiting Cornell. Cornell Plantations (which receives a small portion of its funding from the state), located adjacent to the university campus in Ithaca, is a superb place to learn about excellence in garden design and diverse plant materials. There are color-charged higher-maintenance gardens, like theYoung Flower Garden, and there are more practical but no less beautiful expressions, like the Ground Cover Collection. Among the many arboreta and botanical gardens I’ve visited, I think of Plantations as the pinnacle of skillful, practical, inspired horticulture. There is no admission fee. There is a great Find-a-Plant feature on the Plantations website. Say you want to see what the underutilized, four-season-beauty Korean mountain ash (Sorbus alnifolia) looks like on your next visit to Plantations. Find-a-Plant shows two specimens of Korean mountain ash and provides maps to each. Numerous departments and websites from the Cornell Horticulture Department are worth checking in with regularly. I still get a kick out of a seven-ring labyrinth composed of 14,000 tulip, daffodil, and grape hyacinth bulbs that was planted by Professor Bill Miller’s Herbaceous Plant Materials class in the fall of 2008.You can take a virtual stroll of the labyrinth online. Miller also recommends a section on the Flower Bulb Research Program site that explores, in pictures, optimum pairings of bulbs and perennials. For instance, Narcissus ‘Ice Follies’ looks great alongside Pulsatilla vulgaris ‘Papageno’ when they both are in bloom, but then the fresh foliage of the latter very effectively covers the dying foliage of the former. I’m also delighted by everything about the Cornell Living Sculpture website, which includes many projects coordinated by Senior Extension Associate Marcia Eames-Sheavly with students in her Art of Horticulture class. These include sod sofas and other sod sculptures, a living willow dome, topiary, and mowing/crop art. The Living Sculpture web site gives instructions for simple activities you can use to build community and spark creativity and interest in plants. Recommended LHB Reads Aspects of Liberty Hyde Bailey’s (LHB’s) amazing résumé, including his key role in founding the nation’s Extension system, were referenced earlier. In 1913, he wrote the following, which shows how far ahead of his time he was: “I would not limit the entrance of women into any courses of the College of Agriculture; on the contrary, I want all courses open to them freely and on equal terms with men. Furthermore I do not conceive it to be essential that all teachers in home economics subjects be women; nor, on the other hand, do I think it is essential that all teachers in the other series of departments shall be men. The person who is best qualified to teach the subjects should be the one who teaches it. I hope for the time when there will be as many women in the College of Agriculture as there are men.” I highly recommend the book Liberty Hyde Bailey by Philip Dorf—one of my top three favorite biographies—and the fantastic online exhibit about LHB by the Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscript Division: Rmc.library.cornell.edu/bailey. CORNELL RESOURCES Bulb and Perennial Combinations Hort.cornell.edu/combos Bulb Labyrinth Hort.cornell.edu/bglannuals/labyrinth Cornell Cooperative Extension Cce.cornell.edu Cornell Plantations Cornellplantations.org Cornell Horticulture Department Blog Blogs.cornell.edu/hort Gardening and Garden-Based Learning Gardening.cornell.edu Horticulture Distance Learning Hort.cals.cornell.edu/teaching/distance-learning Living Sculpture Hort.cornell.edu/livingsculpture Urban Horticulture Institute Hort.cornell.edu/uhi Woody Plants Database Woodyplants.cals.cornell.edu/home
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Simone Chin Chitty in Dolman Sleeve Dress from Yetts ($49); striped linen jacket from Artists and Revolutionaries ($128). All available at Living Eden in Red Hook. “Kelly” hand-blocked upcycled vintage fur felt hat with antique buttons ($120) from Katie Burley.
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A Model Home: Hudson Woods Hudson Woods is a development of 26 sustainable homes nestled within 131 acres of Kerhonkson forest, Manhattan-based Lang Architecture’s first project in the Hudson Valley. It’s private, but it affords buyers easy access to some of the Hudson Valley’s most beautiful parks and towns: Mohonk Preserve, Minnewaska State Park, New Paltz,Woodstock. Each property is designed with locally sourced, eco-friendly materials—the idea is for residents to get closer to their natural environment with as little impact as possible. The buildings’ passive solar design will ensure that they receive optimum sunlight year round, and several will be partially buried inside hills to provide thermal insulation and to reduce their visual impact on natural surroundings. All of the wood in the homes’ interiors is sourced from Hicken Lumber/Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring, a family-owned business in Pennsylvania that meets standards for safe forest management. Metal roofs provide high reflectivity and increase energy efficiency. All interior oil finishes and paints are free of volatile organic compounds. The homes’ designs are sustainable but far from rustic. The development’s first completed property, opened in July, is a model of sleek architecture and handcrafted finishes. Two stories and 2,800 square feet, the residence includes a state-of-the-art kitchen fitted with concrete countertops, stylish Smeg appliances, and wooden cabinetry and furniture from Rhinebeck’s Sawkille Co. 38 BEAUTY & FASHION CHRONOGRAM 9/14
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ome people are just drawn to riding, compelled to spend time around horses, says Nancy Rosen. “There seems to be people who are just born with the drive to ride, parents are mystified by it,” Rosen says. Rosen is one of those people and she and other horse enthusiasts find plenty to love in the Hudson Valley, an area that—as any drive down a side road will tell you—is brimming with equestrian culture. Orange County alone is home to approximately 20,00 horses and 10,000 horse owners, and has more than 100 commercial horse farm operations, as well as more than 40 indoor riding arenas. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story. There are also world-class riding competitions, popular horse-related events, and people like Rosen, those whose passion and love of horses form part of the fabric of the area. Rosen is the owner and founder of Frog Hollow Farm, a horse farm in Esopus with eight miles worth of groomed, wooded trails. The farm offers dressage lessons, a traditional style of riding and competition where the horse’s natural gaits and movements are emphasized over artificial tricks. Rosen has also formed Horses for A Change, charity organization that is currently filing for nonprofit status. With this organization Rosen hopes to make riding more accessible to people of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds. “My particular mission is to democratize the sport,” she says. The Hudson Valley is brimming with riding destinations where riders of all skill levels can saddle up. Juckas Stables, in Bullville is open all year and offers lessons and hourly horse rentals. Guests enjoy 117 acres of trails that wind through the countryside. Juckas Stables also offers an overnight horseback camping option. In New Windsor, Ivy Rock Farm has two riding centers located within a mile of one another, Schunnemunk Shadow Stables and Hollybush Classical Dressage Center. The locations are mirror operations and offer riding instruction and training daily, as well as boarding facilities.The horses are fed locally grown organic hay and caretakers of the facility live on premise. Beyond horse farms, the area hosts several major riding events including the Millbrook Horse Trials. The event is in Millbrook, one of the Hudson Valley’s riding meccas, and attracts 4,500 spectators each summer and boasts past competitors such as Phillip Dutton, a two-time Olympic Gold medal winner, and Leslie Law, an Olympic gold medal winner from the United Kingdom. Another major riding event is HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, which attracts a wide variety of competitors and spectators. HITS-on-the-Hudson events have taken place all summer and will culminate September 3 to 7 at the HITS championship.The event will come to a close on Sunday, September 7, with a performance by the Charlie Daniels Band. But the culture surrounding horses in the Hudson Valley is about more than fun and competition it’s also about working with horses to help and to heal people. Rhinebeck 40 HORSE TOWNS CHRONOGRAM 9/14
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is home to the Southlands Foundation, a nonprofit located on Route 9 on close to 200 acres overlooking the Hudson. Its mission is to provide an understanding of the environment and its creatures through outdoor activities, particularly through the instruction of horsemanship and other horse-related pursuits. While doing that, the organization has also helped to spur Rhinebeck’s robust equestrian culture since the late 1930s. In Warwick the Winslow Therapeutic Center is a nonprofit organization with the motto “healing with horses.”The facility offers therapeutic horseback riding procedures for children and adults with physical mental, or social disabilities, and those who wish to learn about horses and riding in a therapeutic environment. Sarah McQuade runs Legga, Inc., an equine assisted therapy company that operates with horses at private farms in New Paltz and Beaverkill Farm in Saugerties. McQuade, a licensed clinical social worker, explains that this form of therapy has been around for some time. “Modern use began just after World War I where they found it beneficial for some returning soldiers to ride and interact with horses,” she says. The benefits of the therapy can be emotional and behavioral says McQuade. “In equine-assisted psychotherapy sessions the horse often provides the human participant with a mirror of the world they help to create. This engaging process allows someone to see the problems resulting in real solutions that provide a faster, more powerful change.” For her sessions McQuade usually does unmounted work so the demeanor of the horse assisting in the session is more important than its level of training. “It takes a special horse to be a therapy partner,” McQuade says. “A horse with good ‘ground manners,’—doesn’t kick or bite, is safe to work around— is essential. Horses are naturally good at reading humans’ body language and nonverbal cues. A ‘therapist horse’ has that extra sensitivity but is very grounded.” As a horse lover herself, McQuade says its great to live and work in the Hudson Valley. “Horse culture in the Hudson Valley is very diverse, which opens the ‘horse world’ up to more people,” she says. “It is great to be in an area that has so many options at our finger tips.” RESOURCES Frog Hollow Farm Dressageatfroghollowfarm HITS-on-the-Hudson Hitsshows.com Ivy Rock Farm Centerlinestudios.com/ivyrockfarm Juckas Stables Juckasstables.com Legga, Inc Leggainc.com Millbrook Horse Trials Millbrookhorsetrials.org Winslow Therapeutic Center Winslow.org
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THE MINDFUL CLASSROOM MEDITATION AS TEACHING TOOL By Anne Pyburn Craig
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he Dalai Lama has famously remarked that if every eight-year-old in the world were taught meditation, we would eliminate violence from the world within one generation. Some have called that an oversimplification, and it’s undeniable that getting it to happen in the first place would be tough. But thanks to a blend of advances in neuroscience, creativity among educators, and sheer desperation, a movement toward mindful education is growing steadily—and the results are looking promising indeed.
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Those of us who survived elementary school probably remember exasperated teachers snapping, “Put your heads down on your desks and close your eyes NOW!” when things got heated. It was usually a punitive move, commanded when the classroom was spinning out of control. Nonetheless, that moment of silence often worked to reset the tone and calm things down, which is probably why all our teachers did it. Moments of Silence In recent years, many factors—high-stakes testing, reductions in recess and gym class, traumatized students—mean that teachers are confronted with that spinning-out feeling on a regular basis. A 2008 study indicated that one-third of all new teachers lasted only three years and 46 percent left within five years. The old “everybody put your head down” hasn’t been cutting it, nor have the stimulants prescribed to millions of children proven miraculous. Zero-tolerance discipline policies have likewise failed to terrorize disruptive youth into receptive, attentive silence. Mindful education, by contrast, is reaping great results. Teachers who institute a simple contemplative procedure into daily classroom routine report that kids rapidly come to love it and make the skill of centering their own, leading to improved academic performance and fewer disciplinary issues. “I started reading about people doing a moment of silence and focus in classrooms maybe four years ago,” says Laura Graceffa, middle school dean at Poughkeepsie Day School. “One of the teachers knew about Goldie Hawn’s MindUP work and turned me on to her book [10 Mindful Minutes], and it turned out I knew the consulting neurologist who wrote some of the brain science material. It seemed like a winner to me—and when we tried it with middle school kids, the evidence was right there. I’m a science teacher, and I’m a skeptic. I like empiricism and facts. If this didn’t work, we wouldn’t be doing it.” “Teachers have always asked the question, ‘How do I get students to slow down so they can learn?’ It’s really hard for anyone outside you to slow down your brain, but it turns out they can learn to do that for themselves very well. This is something we need to be aware of and teach to all kids; after all, we work with their brains all day long. And anything you teach kids about the brain, at any age, they are fascinated by, so right off they are inclined to buy in.” At Poughkeepsie Day, children either close their eyes or simply gaze downward as a bell is rung, and listen to the sound of the bell until they can no longer hear it. “We start with a very brief period of silence, maybe 10 seconds,” says Graceffa, “and work up, with the sixth graders, to one minute, which is longer than you think in a room full of 12-year-olds. Then we ring the bell again and when they can’t hear it anymore, they open their eyes or look up but stay silent, come out of it gently. “The results are amazing. In less than two minutes, you’ve hit the reset button. I think it could work anywhere—as long as the adult truly buys in, takes it seriously, and practices it too.” Teaching the Teachers That last bit of truth has led advocates for mindful classroom practice to focus on getting the adults trained first, not just so that they can pass the knowledge along but because it helps them just as much as it does the kids. “Some of my colleagues deal with stress outside of school—special needs kids, eldercare— and the great thing is, you can take this with you wherever go,” says Lynne Ogren, who teaches Spanish to fifth- and sixth-graders at Sand Creek Middle School in the South Colonie School District near Albany. “People who are unfamiliar think you have to meditate for hours to get results, but even taking a minute for a deep breath helps.” Ogren found her way to mindful classroom practice through personal experience; a yoga teacher outside of school, her two worlds converged after a transfer from high school to middle school led her to seek fresh coping strategies. It’s worked. “I like to start the school year with a simple explanation of brain anatomy and function, so they understand how the activities fit in,” she says. “It becomes our go-to before tests and at any other stressful moment. Now, some will even request it, which gets me excited.” The Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) program designed at the Garrison Institute offers four-day workshops, five-day retreats, and ongoing support for educators seeking to access the benefits of the contemplative approach. Having completed a pilot study with promising results,
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Hunter Mountain, Amy Talluto, oil on canvas, 40” x 60”, 2011 “They Drink of an Eternal Fire,” paintings by Amy Tallutto, will be exhibited at Roos Arts in Rosendale September 13 to October 25.
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510 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-0510. “Looking Up: Tree Portraits.” September 5-28. Opening reception September 6, 3pm-6pm.
28 DOGGUMS WAY, KERHONKSON BRADFORDGRAVES.COM/PAGE84.HTML. Outdoor Sculpture Exhbition. More than 200 works. Through October 31.
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1161 LITTLE BRITAIN ROAD, NEW WINDSOR 567-6600. “Crossroad in Photography.” Photography show by The St. James Camera Club. September 6-30.
AKIN LIBRARY AND MUSEUMS, PAWLING 855-5099. “Meeting Past.” 80 contemporary artists. Curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis. September 14-October 19. Opening reception September 14, 1pm-5pm.
ALBERT SHAHINIAN FINE ART GALLERY 22 EAST MARKET STREET SUITE 301, RHINEBECK 876-7578. “The Luminous Landscape™ 2014.” In Solo: James Coe, On Location & Fall Salon: Tom Sarrantonio, Christie Scheele, Gary Fifer, Karl Dempwolf & Friends. September 13-November 2. Opening reception September 23, 5pm-7pm.
AMITY GALLERY 110 NEWPORT BRIDGE ROAD, WARWICK 258-0818. “Group Show.” A group show of local artists including paintings and photography. September 6-20.
THE ANNEX @ NORTHEAST-MILLERTON LIBRARY 28 CENTURY BOULEVARD, MILLERTON (518) 610-1331. “Arte.” Exhibit of contemporary Latin American art. September 2-27.
ARTSPACE 71 PALATINE ROAD, GERMANTOWN. “Syria: Then and Now.” Peter Aaron. Through Sept. 7.
BACK ROOM GALLERY 475 MAIN STREET, BEACON. Lava Series on wood by Louis; digital works by Irv Suss; steel sculpture by Jeff Boisvert. Through September 30.
BARD COLLEGE: HESSEL MUSEUM OF ART ROUTE 9G BAROADCOLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON 758-7598. “Amy Sillman: one lump or two.” Through September 21. “Anne Collier.” Through September 21.
BARRETT ART CENTER 55 NOXON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-2550. “New Directions.” September 27-November 8. Opening reception September 27, 4pm-7pm.
BAU GALLERY 506 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7584. “Abstract/Concrete.” New work by Art Murphy. Through Sept. 7. “Form, Space and Color.” Sculpture by David Link; Eleanor White. September 13-October 5. Opening reception September 13, 6pm-9pm.
BEACON 3D 164 MAIN STREET, BEACON. “Beacon 3D.” Public outdoor sculpture event. Through October 15.
BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS 200 HUROADROAD, BETHEL 454-3388. “Speak Truth to Power.” A tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. Through December 31.
BETSY JACARUSO STUDIO & GALLERY 43-2 EAST MARKET ST, RHINEBECK 516-4435. “The Spirit Within”. Featuring works by Kevin Conklin & Photographer Graeme Leaf. Sept. 19-October 12. Opening reception September 20, 5pm-7pm.
BOSCOBEL 1601 ROUTE 9D (BEAR MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY), GARRISON BOSCOBEL.ORG. “Current” sculpture exhbition. Through November 17.
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CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY 622 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1915. “Playful.” Fresco-secco paintings on plaster by Phyllis Palmer. wooden wall sculptures by Stephen Walling. & Play-Doh constructions by Fernando Orellana. Through September 21.
CHESTERWOOD 4 WILLIAMSVILLE ROAD, STOCKBRIDGE, MA (413) 298-3579 EXT. 25210. “Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2014: Selected Works by Albert Paley.” Through October 13.
COLDWELL BANKER VILLAGE GREEN REALTY 268 FAIR STREET, KINGSTON 845.331.5357. “Water Show.” Photographer Joan Barker. Through September 28.
COLUMBIA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 209 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 671-6213. “A Body of Work.” Through September 19.
CR10 CONTEMPORARY ARTS PROJECT SPACE 283 COUNTY ROUTE 10, LINLITHGO (518) 697-7644. “influx Part 2.” Performance, sculpture and video installations. Through September 20.
CROSS CONTEMPORARY ART 81 PARTITION STREET, SAUGERTIES 399-9751. Works by Ford Crull. Paintings, encaustics and mixed-media drawings. Through September 30.
DUCK POND GALLERY 128 CANAL STREET, TOWN OF ESOPUS LIBRARY, PORT EWEN 338-5580. “Scrappy Yallum’s Hudson Valley Collective Artists..” September 5-27. Opening receptinon September 5, 5pm-8pm.
EXPOSURES GALLERY 1357 KINGS HIGHWAY, SUGAR LOAF 469-9382. “Cuba: Forbidden Fruit.” Works by photographer Nick Zungoli. Through December 31.
FLETCHER GALLERY 40 MILL HILL ROAD, WOODSTOCK 679-4411. “Lowell Miller: Sculpture.” Works in bronze, ceramic, wax and cement. Through September 28.
FRIENDS OF HISTORIC KINGSTON 63 MAIN STREET, KINGSTON 339-0720. “Kingston: The IBM Years.” Photos, recollections and machines spotlight computer giant’s 40-year presence. Through October 31.
GALERIE BMG 12 TANNERY BROOK ROAD, WOODSTOCK 679-0027. “Elsewhere.” New photographs by Kamil Vojnar and Norman Bacon, retrospective. Through October 5.
GALLERY 66 NY 66 MAIN STREET, COLD SPRING 809-5838. “Colorbars.” The glass mastery of Robert Weiner. September 5-28. Opening reception September 5, 6pm-9pm.
GARRISON ART CENTER 23 GARRISON’S LANDING, GARRISON 424-3960. “Salon des Refuse.” Features artists from the lower Hudson Valley, who work with found objects and industrial materials. Through September 7.
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HOTCHKISS LIBRARY
10 UPPER MAIN, SHARON, CT (860) 364-5041. “Pulp.” Works by Duncan Hannah. Through October 2.
HOWLAND CULTURAL CENTER
477 MAIN STREET, BEACON 831-4988. “Art Lives Peace: The Struggle for Balance.” Art exhibition in recognition of Latino-multicultural heritage. September 6-28. Closing reception September 6, 3pm-5pm.
HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART 1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 788-0100. “Art at the Core.” Through December 7.
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300 WALL STREET, KINGSTON 331-5300. “Essential Moments: Photographs by B. Docktor.” Through September 30.
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362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907. Works by Matthew Blackwell, Maud Bryt, Bruce Gagnier, Jane Culp, Susanna Heller and Dave Hardy. Through September 7.
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103 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON KMOCA.ORG. “Jenny Lee Fowler, Amy Coté and Beth Humphrey: Found in Excess.” New works on paper, canvas, and sculpture. September 6-30. Opening reception September 6, 5pm-8pm.
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296 WALL STREET, KINGSTON 514-7989. “Park Peacocks Run Wild.” Public art exhibition showing artist decorated peacocks throughout Kingston. Through October 15.
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464 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7901. “Only the Sun Can Prove That I Am Useful.” Works by Susan Walsh. September 13-October 5. Opening reception September 13, 6pm-9pm.
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5720 ROUTE 9G, HUDSON (518) 828-0135. “Preserving Creative Spaces: Photographs from The Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios Program.” This documentary installation shines light on the Historic Artists’ Home and Studios (HAHS) program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Though Ocotber 31.
ONE MILE GALLERY
475 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON 338-2035. “Armand Rusillon.” A solo exhibit of Rusillon’s work, including sculpture created from concrete, aggregates and charred wood. September 6-27. Opening reception September 6, 6pm-8pm.
ORANGE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
707 EAST MAIN STREET, MIDDLETOWN 333-1000. “Farm Art from the Wallkill River School.” Paintings of Orange County farms. September 19-October 31.
ORPHIC GALLERY
53525 STATE HIGHWAY 30, ROXBURY (607) 326-6045. “Rock Seen: Bob Gruen.” Musical photography of Bob Gruen. Through October 5.
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NORTH BROADWAY, RED HOOK 8457586575. “Farm to Table.” Featuring small works, all media on the subject of farms, crops, eating, food, flowers, tables. Through September 21.
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727 WARREN STREET, HUDSON RETROSPECTIVEGALLERY.COM. “My Chemical Romance.” Mikkel Carl, Eric Davis, Rachael Milton, and Santiago Taccetti. Through September 21.
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3670 MAIN STREET, STONE RIDGE PSPACE209@GMAIL.COM. “Tracery.” Group show. Through September 28.
RIVERWINDS GALLERY
172 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-2880. “Celebrating Summer.”Photography by 13 Hudson Valley artists. Through September 7. “Alice Judson Memorial Fundraiser” Through September 27 Reception September 27, 4pm-7pm.
ROELIFF JANSEN COMMUNITY LIBRARY
9091 ROUTE 22, HILLSDALE (518) 325-4101. “Hillsdale Views.” Paintings by Margot Trout. September 5-30. Opening reception September 5, 5:30pm-8pm.
ROOS ARTS
449 MAIN STREET, ROSENDALE (718) 755-4726. They Drink of an Eternal Fire. Amy Talluto. Sept. 13-October 25.
Opening reception September 13, 6pm-8pm.
Alice Neel/Erastus Salisbury Field
Painting the People
TRANCEDANCENDRUM
415 MAIN STREET, ROSENDALE ROSENDALESCHOOLOFARTS.COM. “Teacher/Student Exhibition.” Through September 5-30. Opening reception September 5, 7pm-9pm.
THROUGH NOVEMBER 2
SAFE HARBORS OF THE HUDSON
RELATED EVENT: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5 AT 2 PM
Where Folk Art and Modern Meet Lecture with the Curator
111 BROADWAY, NEWBURGH 562-6940. Works by Artist Bruno Krauchthaler. Through March 31, 2015.
SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART
AUGUST 31 TO OCTOBER 13
1 HAWK DRIVE, NEW PALTZ NEWPALTZ.EDU/MUSEUM. “Dick Polich: Transforming Metal Into Art.” Through December 14.
1863 Jane Stickle Quilt
SANFORD SMITH FINE ART
THROUGH OCTOBER 19
13 RAILROAD STREET, GREAT BARRINGTON, MA (413) 528-6777. New Works by Karen LeSage. The exhibition will feature LeSage’s large, atmospheric, minimal landscapes in vivid, luminous colors. Through September 14.
Intimate: Photographs by Jonathan Brand
SAUNDERS FARM
75 Main Street, Bennington, Vt. benningtonmuseum.org | 802.447.1571
853 OLD ALBANY POST ROAD, GARRISON FACEBOOK.COM/PAGES/SAUNDERS-FARMGARRISON-NY. “Collaborative Concepts Farm Project 2014.” Sculpture and installations by more than 50 participants featuring sculpture, performance art, theater, and music. Through November 1.
Alice Neel (1900-1984), Jenny Brand, 1969 (detail), ©Estate of Alice Neel, Brand Family Collection
THE new BENNINGTON MUSEUM — Get into It!
SELIGMANN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
23 WHITE OAK DRIVE, SUGAR LOAF 469-9459. “Juanita Guccione: Defiant Acts.” Featuring the art of 20th Century surrealist painter, Juanita Guccione. September 13-November 2.
THE RE INSTITUTE
Ann Lee Fuller
1395 BOSTON CORNERS ROAD, MILLERTON (518) 567-5359. “The Rosebud Roar.” Works by Guy Walker, Julie Seidl, Richard Tinkler. Through September 6.
Storytellers
THEO GANZ STUDIO
MIXED MEDIA O N PANELS
THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
AUG 29 - SEPT 22
149 MAIN STREET, BEACON (917) 318-2239. Paintings and Drawings by Mison Kim. September 13-October 5. Opening reception September 13, 6pm-8pm. 218 SPRING STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-7465. “Thomas Cole & Frederic Church: Master, Mentor, Master.” Through November 2.
OPENING RECEPTION Aug 30, 3-6pm
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THOMPSON GIROUX GALLERY
TIVOLI ARTISTS GALLERY
60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI 757-2667. “The Great Outdoors.” Mary Untalan and Ella Davidson. September 20-October 15 Opening reception September 20, 6pm-8pm.
LONGYEAR GALLERY
785 MAIN STREET, UPSTAIRS IN THE COMMONS MARGARETVILLE 845-586-3270 LONGYEARGALLERY.ORG GALLERY HOURS FRI, SUN, MON 11-4PM, SAT 11-6PM
26 of the area’s finest artists under one roof. New group exhibitions monthly.
UNISON
68 MOUNTAIN REST ROAD, NEW PALTZ 255-1559. “Stacie Flint & Leslie LeFevre Stratton: Joyful & Animated.” September 7-28. Opening reception September 7, 4pm-6pm.
UPTOWN GALLERY
296 WALL STREET, KINGSTON 514-7989. “Claire Lambe: Eye of the Beholder. Portraits.” Through September 29. Opening reception September 6, 5pm-8pm.
VALLEY VARIETY
705 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-0033. “Odds and Ends, Take One.” A group exhibition featuring works of four artists—Peter Acheson, Susan Meyer, Jill Shoffiett and Jeff Starr. Through September 7.
VASSAR COLLEGE LIBRARY
124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE VASSAR.EDU. “Never Before Has Your Like Been Printed: The Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493.” Through December 10.
VASSAR COLLEGE: THE FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER
124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-5632. “Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540.” September 19-December 14.
VILLAGE OF RHINEBECK
MILL STREET, RHINEBECK. “Seeing Spots.” Businesses Betsy Jacaruso Studio & Gallery, Hammertown, Evoke Style, Winter Sun & Summer Moon will display KeepSafe boxes created by local artists to support the work of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) and the Lemur Conservation Foundation. Through September 15.
Beacon Carl Andre Sculpture as Place, 1958–2010 through March 2, 2015
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Dia:Beacon 3 Beekman Street Beacon New York 845 440 0100 www.diaart.org
Sites
WILDERSTEIN PRESERVATION
330 MORTON ROAD, RHINEBECK 876-4818. “Wilderstein & The White House: Fascinating Connections Between the Estate and U.S. Presidents.” Through October 31.
THE WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART
15 LAWRENCE HALL DRIVE, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA (413) 597-3055. “Mitchell, Benglis, Wilke.” Three women artists approach abstraction. Through October 26.
WIN MORRISON
63 JOHN STREET, KINGSTON 339-1144. Paintings by Barry DeBaun. Through November 30.
Affiliates
WIRED GALLERY
11 MOHONK ROAD, HIGH FALLS (682) 564-5613. “Past Things, New Beginnings”. Sculptures by Lenny Kislin. Through September 28.
WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM
28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940. “Sans Serif: Romantic Futility—New Paintings by Randall Schmit.” September 6-October 5. Opening reception September 6, 5pm-7pm.
WOODSTOCK JEWISH CONGREGATION
1682 GLASCO TURNPIKE, WOODSTOCK 679-2218.
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galleries & museums
57 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3336. “Friend of a Friend.” A group exhibition. Through September 28.
Music
One Nation Underground
Bernard Stollman and ESP-Disk Records By Peter Aaron Photograph by Thomas Smith
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t’s July 10, 1964. The location is Variety Arts, a tiny, low-budget recording studio near Times Square, where 35-year-old Bernard Stollman sits in the reception area. In the nearby live room, saxophonist Albert Ayler, bassist Gary Peacock, and drummer Sunny Murray are playing as the tape rolls. The engineer has left the control room door open so that Stollman and singercomposer Annette Peacock, then Gary’s wife, can hear the session. The sounds come surging in like a hard rain. The music is primal, elastic, frequently dissonant, and marked by a frayed cry that conjures the deepest gospel blues. Stollman, who hired the musicians and the studio, is elated. He turns to Annette, dazed, and says, “What an auspicious beginning for a record label!” And how. Released that year as the Albert Ayler Trio’s Spiritual Unity, the recording stands as a landmark of free jazz and the first officially recognized title of Stollman’s ESP-Disk Records imprint. One of the most influential record companies of all time, ESP-Disk deserves mention alongside names like Sun, Chess, Folkways, Blue Note, and Impulse! (the latter actually features many former ESP artists). Its releases famously bear the legend “The artist alone decides what you will hear on their ESP-Disk”—a radical concept in the years predating the indie explosion. In 52 MUSIC CHRONOGRAM 9/14
addition to more works by Ayler, ESP produced ground-shattering albums by artists like the Fugs, Sun Ra, Pearls Before Swine, Ornette Coleman, the Holy Modal Rounders, Pharoah Sanders, and William S. Burroughs, as well as archival efforts by Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, and Yma Sumac. Such was ESP’s reputation as the world’s hippest and most artistically uncompromising label that its vocal followers have included the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin (Stollman maintains the latter wanted to record for ESP but was inked to Columbia by her manager Albert Grossman). Stollman’s vision has also been a powerful touchstone for dozens of underground labels that have followed in ESP’s wake. “I first became aware of ESP when I lived in the USSR,” says Leo Feigin of Leo Records in Jason Weiss’s book Always in Trouble: An Oral History of ESP-Disk, the Most Outrageous Record Label in America (Wesleyan University Press, 2012). “At the end of the 1960s, a friend showed us a record that was pressed on transparent vinyl with music on one side only. That record was [1965’s] Bells, by Albert Ayler. The music was absolutely shattering. By that time we were listening to Impulse! and Blue Note records, but this was something else, absolutely shocking!”
The oldest of five children, Stollman grew up along the shores of Lake Champlain in Plattsburgh, from where his Polish immigrant father and Lithuanian immigrant mother operated a chain of women’s clothing stores. “They’d met in the balcony of a Yiddish theater in the Lower East Side,” says Stollman, who describes Plattsburgh as a paradise. “My father only sang for pleasure by the time I came along, but as a boy he’d been part of a group that toured with a traveling cantor.” When he was 16 the family moved to Queens, from where Stollman, still not yet much of a music fan, later attended Columbia University and Columbia Law School. “I hadn’t expected to become a lawyer, but the Korean War was happening then and I figured I’d be drafted if I didn’t find a career.” Stollman was drafted nevertheless, although the notice came when the war had entered its armistice phase. After being stationed in Germany and France (his legal background helped land him a position in Paris at NATO’s Claims Office, which handled claims by French citizens against the U.S. Army), he returned to America and passed the bar. It was while he was working as an unpaid intern at a practice handling the estates of Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday that he first fell in love with jazz. “It was the spirit of the artists themselves, as people, that attracted me,” says Stollman, who did legal work for Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Lou Williams, and others. “They came across as major figures, serious, heavy-duty people.” Another revelation was the discovery of Esperanto. “I was struck by the idea of a universal language,” he recalls. “I didn’t even know there was one until I heard some people speaking it in a coffeeshop. They offered to teach it to me, which took all of three hours. It’s very easy to learn. Utopian, yes, but practical.” To help his newfound cause Stollman decided to use his inheritance to start a label that released Esperanto-based recordings, and in 1963 ESP-Disk—short for Esperanto Disko—was born. While ESP 1001, Ni Kantu en Esperanto (Let’s Sing in Esperanto), an album of songs and poetry, didn’t spark the linguistic revolution he’d hoped for, it provided Stollman with an invaluable introduction to the world of making records. In the early 1960s New York was the center of what a handful of musicians were calling “the new thing”—the burgeoning free jazz movement. The improvisational music was highly searching by nature and about being open to whatever new sounds came from its players’ instruments, sounds that often surprised the musicians as much as the audience. It threw the rulebook out the window and invited listeners to come along for the ride. But, being revolutionary stuff, it was divisive and confrontational. Many dismissed it as a put-on by people who couldn’t play—despite the fact that many of its practitioners had come from conservatory or “straight” musical backgrounds. Stollman, though, had no such prejudices and was perfectly primed to receive it on its own terms. “I could listen naively, like a native just out of the jungle; I looked at music as an art form, not as entertainment,” explains the label head, who would eventually market his products with the tagline “You never heard such sounds in your life.” In December 1963, a friend from Cleveland implored Stollman to trudge through the snow to hear his high school pal, a saxophonist, at an unheated Harlem dive called the Baby Grand. The musician turned out to be Albert Ayler, who turned up to crash a gig by pianist Elmo Hope’s trio. “He just hopped on stage with his horn and started blowing,” Stollman recounts. “Elmo and the other guys quietly stopped playing and walked off, to listen. Albert went on for 20 or 30 minutes, but it seemed like seconds. It was just a torrent of music. When he was done and stepped off the stage, covered in sweat, I walked up to him and said, ‘Your music is beautiful. I’m starting a record label, and I’d like you to be my first artist!’ He said he had a session at Atlantic and I didn’t think I’d hear from him, but in June he called and said he was ready to record.” And so one month after Ayler’s call, his trio and Stollman were at Variety Arts making Spiritual Unity, now repeatedly cited as one of jazz’s top 100 albums. On the heels of that set came one out-jazz opus after another, works that, although they barely sold individually, collectively earned ESP its reputation as a label that was redefining modern music. There was Sun Ra’s Heliocentric Worlds,Volumes 1 and 2; the self-titled debuts by the New York Art Quartet (with Kerhonksen’s Roswell Rudd) and the Pharoah Sanders Quintet; Patty Waters’s Sings and College Tour; and dozens of boldly experimental discs by Gato Barbieri, Paul Bley, Marion Brown, Burton Greene, Frank Wright, and others, all in jackets adorned with striking abstract images or stark portraits of the artists.
One artist Stollman offered to sign was a young guitarist he stumbled across in 1966. “I was strolling down MacDougal Street one July day and as I went by the [famed nightspot] Cafe Wha? I heard someone inside playing electric guitar,” says Stollman. “At that time I thought the electric guitar was disgusting. I hadn’t heard anyone doing anything interesting with it. But this guy, who was sitting in the corner of the empty club practicing by himself, was just incredible, like nothing I’d ever heard. I told him, ‘I have a record label and I’d love to record you. Are you free?’ He said, ‘I like that idea, but my new manager just bought me a ticket to London and I leave tomorrow.’ It was Jimi Hendrix.” When the two met again, years later, Hendrix voiced his admiration for Stollman’s work with the label. Alongside its jazz offerings ESP was soon delving into other esoteric realms with albums like Timothy Leary’s Turn On,Tune In, Drop Out and the soundtrack to choreographer Jean Erdman’s avant-garde musical The Coach with the Six Insides (both 1966). In his quest for challenging content, Stollman also began adding weirdo folk rock acts to ESP’s roster, releasing records by the Fugs (1965’s First Album and 1966’s The Fugs and Virgin Fugs), the Godz (1966’s Contact High with the Godz and 1967’s Godz 2), the Holy Modal Rounders (1967’s Indian War Whoop), and Pearls Before Swine (1967’s One Nation Underground and 1968’s Balaklava). “I was looking for music that said something to me,” Stollman explains. “Several of these bands were writing songs in opposition to the Vietnam War, which I was vehemently against. The Fugs had ‘Kill for Peace’ and Pearls Before Swine had ‘Uncle John.’ The jazz records weren’t selling, but some of the rock albums were connecting with the hippie audience and actually charting.” It was at this juncture that, according to Stollman, steps were taken by the establishment to shut ESP-Disk down. “In 1968 Warner Brothers offered to buy the label and I said no, and not long after that the pressing plant we were using began bootlegging our own albums and selling them to distributors without our knowledge,” he asserts. “It wasn’t until 1974 that federal laws against bootlegging were enacted. It ended up putting us out of business, and I believe it was done by the Johnson regime to silence our criticism of the war.” Stollman married soon after and moved full-time with his wife to a farm they purchased near Woodstock, occasionally releasing the odd folk or hippie-rock LP and, infamously, an album of 1960s recordings by mass murderer Charles Manson (Charles Manson Sings, 1974). “ESP exists to document music and art, and I found Manson’s music interesting,” he says. “Maybe you can compare it to Alfred A. Knopf, the Jewish publisher who published Hitler’s Mein Kampf in America.” By 1975, ESP had effectively been wound down, and in 1979 Stollman became a staff lawyer with the New York State Department of Transportation. He eventually became an assistant state attorney general and retired in 1991. There have been criticisms of Stollman from some of ESP’s former rock artists, who complain about unpaid royalties. “It was never my intention to run ESP as a business, it was always about the music itself,” says Stollman, now 85 and subsisting on a state pension. “Some of the records in the 1960s did sell a little, but never enough to make back what I put into making them.” ESP’s back catalog was licensed twice by European labels before Stollman, who today lives alone in a small Hudson apartment, decided to resume control of the label in 2005, reissuing digitally and on CD all 115 original titles and producing select contemporary acts. One such signing is Maine psychedelic folk duo Arborea, whose Fortress of the Sun appeared last year. “I’d known about ESP-Disk for quite a while beforehand, and was familiar with their amazing catalog,” says the band’s Buck Curran. “Ornette Coleman’s Town Hall, 1962 is one of my absolute favorite albums. We’re a good fit on the label, with the ‘free’ aspect of our artistic creativity and the fact that ESP has always pushed boundaries. It feels very special to be a part of that vibrant musical legacy.” “When I started ESP I looked at what the major labels were doing and I was aghast—the music was their last consideration. So I decided to break every rule they had,” says Stollman, a mischievous flicker in his still-vibrant, pastelblue eyes. “My main concern with the artists I work with is ‘Are they saying something, and can I hear what they’re saying?’” An expanded 50th anniversary edition of the Albert Ayler Trio’s Spiritual Unity, which includes an unheard bonus track, is out now. Espdisk.com. 9/14 CHRONOGRAM MUSIC 53
NIGHTLIFE HIGHLIGHTS
Handpicked by music editor Peter Aaron for your listening pleasure.
KID CONGO POWERS AND THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS September 18. You should know his name, if you don’t already. Guitarist Kid Congo Powers has done time in three of the coolest rock ’n’ roll bands ever: the Cramps, the Gun Club, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Flawless pedigree, that. But lately, Powers has at last come into his own as a front man and band leader with his Pink Monkey Birds, a unit he’ll bring to BSP Lounge this month in support of its third album, 2013’s Haunted Heart. Raw, garagey, and doused in danceable go-go goodness, the band winningly draws on early soul/R&B, ’60s Chicano rock, and psychedelia, making this date our pick of the month. With Liquor Store. 9pm. $10, $15. Kingston. (845) 481-5158; Bspkingston.com.
CATSKILL CHILL
MUSIC MOUNTAIN
September 5-7. Fall is around the bend, but the outdoor music festival season isn’t ready for hibernation just yet. Check the monstrous bill of the Catskill Chill fest, a jam-a-riffic threeday event at Camp Minglewood in Delaware County: Yonder Mountain String Band with Allie Kral, the New Deal, Lettuce, Electron, a DJ set by Shpongle’s Simon Posford, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, the New Mastersounds, Dopapod, Kung Fu, Particle, Marco Benevento, the Manhattan Project, and tons more. Tribute sets include Turkuaz doing Sly and the Family Stone, Alan Evans’s Playonbrother playing Cream, and Twiddle eulogizing the Grateful Dead (“New Minglewood Blues” should be atop the set list, given the site’s name). Camping, RV, and bunkhouse accommodations available. See website for ticket prices and set times. Hancock. Catskillchill.com.
September 6, 13, 14. Uh-oh. Those horsehair bows are sure to be a-flailing between the organizers of this Connecticut concert series and Woodstock’s Maverick series: Both claim to be America’s oldest continuing chamber music festival. (For the record, Maverick began in 1916, while Music Mountain was founded in 1930. Just sayin’.) Regardless of any friendly rivalry, though, it’s the music that’s the focus for both. Music Mountain, which began its 85th season in June, is finishing out 2014 in fine style with the Broadway revue “No Tune Like a Show Tune” (September 6), the Dover String Quartet with violist Roberto Diaz (September 7), folk and bluegrass by Tater Patch (September 13), and the Cassatt String Quartet with pianist Ursula Oppens (September 14). See website for ticket prices and set times. Falls Village, Connecticut. (860) 824-7126; Musicmountain.org.
AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC & TANGO
GROUNDSWELL
September 6. A benefit for local music organization Classics on Hudson, this alluring evening at TK Home and Garden’s second-floor gallery brings together two instrumental masters: violinist Helena Baillie and guitarist Alexander Henry. In addition to being a COH co-director, Baillie retains a fellowship at Bard College and has performed with Pinchas Zukerman, Midori, the Tokyo String Quartet, and the Beaux Arts Trio. Henry studied at Yale University, where he received the Wrexham Prize in Music and the Eliot Fisk Prize in Guitar Performance; the first guitarist to win the William Waite Concerto Competition, he has taken part in projects ranging from Dowland lute songs to a Steve Reich guitar sextet to a performance of Vivaldi’s D-major concerto with Orchestra New England under James Sinclair. For this event, the pair promises pieces from Bach, Bartok, and Paganini, plus tango selections and more. 6pm. $35. Hudson. (518) 822-1438; Classicsonhudson.com. 54 MUSIC CHRONOGRAM 9/14
September 13. Just as it inspired its creator, Frederic Church, Olana continues to inspire contemporary artists of many mediums. Co-sponsored by Wave Farm’s WGXC, this cutting-edge convergence returns to the magnificent state historic site to once again offer location-specific performances and works in sound, installation, broadcast, and movement. Held in the afternoon so as to complement the evening events of the same weekend’s Basilica Soundscape festival nearby, the outdoor program features such top avant-experimentalists as Kenseth Armstead, William Basinski, Steve Bull, Jane Carver, Ellen Driscoll with Daniela Gomez, Michael Garofalo, Mckendree Key, Man Forever, and Laura Ortman, all of whom will “reflect on and react to Olana and its integral viewshed as an ambitious and early environmental work.” 2pm. $20, $30 ($10 students with photo ID; children 12 and under free). Hudson. (518) 828-0135; Olana.org.
CD REVIEWS BARI KORAL FAMILY ROCK BAND THE APPLE TREE & THE HONEY BEE (2014, LOOPYLOU TUNES RECORDS)
It’s generally a massive chore for an adult to sit through a children’s album, especially if you are a parent who is a voracious gormandizer of good music. However, like Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash, and Dan Zanes before her, Saugerties resident Bari Koral crafts tunes cute enough for the kiddies yet cool enough to keep Mommy and Daddy from going mad. The Apple Tree & The Honey Bee is the fourth full-length from Koral’s Family Rock Band, and an album perhaps most indicative of her roots on the college folk circuit. The album was recorded in Nashville with acclaimed producer Brad Jones, and, after one listen to adorably upbeat tunes like “Birthday,” “Bee,” and “Sisters & Brothers,” one can easily recognize the watermark of the man associated with such notable alt-pop treasures as Matthew Sweet’s Girlfriend, Yo La Tengo’s Electr-O-Pura, and Josh Rouse’s 1972. Elsewhere, the vibe of working in Music City, USA, can be heard in the twang of such tracks as “Big Truck” and “Yes & No.” But don’t take a critic’s word on how good this album is for little and large ears alike. Just know that once The Apple Tree & The Honey Bee hits the speakers, any toddler within earshot of the stereo will begin dancing around immediately. Barikoral.com. —Ron Hart
LIFE IN A BLENDER WE ALREADY HAVE BIRDS THAT SING (2014, FANG RECORDS)
Inspired by a San Francisco burlesque dancer in the Forbidden City, We Already Have Birds That Sing is a line taken from “Tongue-Cut Sparrow,” the first song on this theatrical, seven-song EP by the dues-paying troupe Life in a Blender. Headed by Poughkeepsie native Don Rauf, who has a knack for getting the most out of his voice while constantly altering its character, the gypsy deep-throat of the tune only hints at what is to come. Impressively birthed over one weekend with producer Kenny Siegal at Old Soul Studios in Catskill, the songs chug and slide through chamber punk and Brit pop with festive side trips to cowpoke, rockabilly, and funk. How about “Magnetic Fields getting it on with Soul Coughing while Captain Beefheart and Warren Zevon gaze through a heavenly peephole of the steam-and-bubble ejaculate of big-band horns, orchestral strings, and punky vocals elegantly lubricating distinct and compact Costello-like songs?” This is Life in a Blender’s 25th year and eighth record, and the experience of the members is palpable. The production has a warmth and penetration suggestive of aptly primed initial sounds and well-oiled performances meeting keen ears. The band is now based in New York but still has tentacles in the Hudson Valley, with bassist Mark Lerner residing in Phoenicia and cellist/guitarist Dave Moody hailing from Stanfordville (Lerner also managed the no-small feat of horn and string arrangements). A long list of revolving and guest players has included the sometimes-local Chris Butler of the Waitresses and Tin Huey, and Jonathan Gregg and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants. Lifeinablender.net. —Jason Broome
PERRY BEEKMAN BEWITCHED (2014, INDEPENDENT)
Songbook albums can be, by turns, problematic and illuminating. On the one extreme, there is the risk of the showcased writer/composer overshadowing the performer. On the other, an inspired marriage of subject and interpreter can speak volumes about both. Think of Joe Henderson’s classic Lush Life:The Music of Billy Strayhorn, in which the beloved composer’s work is recontextualized as adventurous modern jazz. Fortunately, guitarist/vocalist Perry Beekman confidently navigates the potential pitfalls on his second songbook outing.This time, Beekman shines the spotlight on Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, widely regarded as exemplars of the golden age of American songcraft and an integral part of the canonical body of standards that form the common tongue of jazz. On Bewitched, Beekman pays homage to the duo’s achievements through a series of tasteful and beautifully rendered performances. The album’s centerpiece is a lovely solo reading of “It Never Entered My Mind,” in which Beekman’s tremendous talent on the guitar is on full display. His voice is hushed, matching the rueful tone of the lyric. It is a highlight among highlights. Being as Lorenz Hart’s tart lyrics are equal in importance to Richard Rodgers’s melodies, it is fitting that Beekman sings as well as he plays. His voice has an appealing “regular guy” quality, owing as much to Dave Frishberg as it does to Nat Cole. Bewitched is a bewitching concoction and well worth revisiting. Perrybeekman.com. —Alexander Stern CHRONOGRAM.COM LISTEN to tracks by the bands reviewed in this issue.
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Books
TEEN STARS
Jennifer Castle and Phoebe North Navigate Young Adult Fiction By Nina Shengold Photograph by Roy Gumpel
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wenty-first-century publishing pundits may fret that their business is heading the way of the passenger pigeon, but the Young Adult market is booming. Witness the triumphant parade of megafauna from bookstore to multiplex: Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games, and this summer’s sensations, Divergent and The Fault In Our Stars.YA is big business, and teen girls officially rock. This isn’t new news to Jennifer Castle and Phoebe North, both New Paltz mothers of daughters and writers of cool teenage girls. Castle’s award-winning YA debut, The Beginning of After (HarperTeen, 2011), features a girl who survives the unthinkable: the death of her whole family in a car crash. You Look Different in Real Life (HarperTeen, 2013) follows five teens who were tapped in kindergarten for an ongoing documentary series. Justine, the breakout star of Five at Six and Five at Eleven, is now staring down the barrel of Five at Sixteen; her hometown, “Mountain Ridge,” with its tower-topped cliffs, apple orchards, and state college, may remind local readers of someplace they know. That’s a little less likely with North’s debut, Starglass (Simon & Schuster, 2013). Terra Fineberg’s home is the Asherah, a generation starship in its fifth century of travel toward the distant planet its refugees hope to colonize. In its just-published sequel, Starbreak, Terra’s an integral part of the first landing party on Zehava, which turns out to be inhabited by intelligent, mobile plant lifeforms—including the (literal) boy of her dreams. Both authors suggest meeting at Mudd Puddle Coffee Roasters and Café in New Paltz, a place close to their hearts. “This is where we first met,” Castle says as they bring their iced drinks onto the porch. “We sat at—” “That table.” North points, completing her sentence. They both laugh, and Castle says, “We’re going to sound like this couple that’s been together forever.” Not quite, but they’re clearly good friends. Like high school BFFs, their outfits sort of match: dark T-shirts and turquoise nail polish. North wears cutenerd glasses; a silver necklace rests on an intricate sea-themed tattoo. They met—at that table—just after North and her husband moved to New Paltz. Spotting “writer for HarperTeen” on Castle’s Facebook profile when both RSVP’d for a local event, North invited her new YA neighbor for coffee. “It felt really weird,” she admits now, but Castle was thrilled. She was also a relative newbie in New Paltz, having spent 20 years in LA before moving east with her husband and two daughters. “When you move to a new place, it takes awhile to feel at home in the community, to find your people,” she tells North. “So for you to just gift yourself to me like that, that was great.” Their writing careers were on similar tracks. Castle had recently launched The Beginning of After, and North’s Starglass was about to come out. “I’d already done some author events, but Phoebe, being younger, was way more tuned into blogging and social media,” says Castle, who confesses to opening a Twitter account two days before her galleys came out. North had been blogging (“online journaling, we used to call it”) since she was 18. “So I learned through her,” Castle says. “There’s an unbelievable community of YA authors online.” Neither author started out writing for teens. North has an MFA in poetry from the University of Florida, where, she says, “I wrote all these poems about childhood or aliens. My teachers kept saying, ‘Can’t you take the aliens out of your poems?’” Florida also has a strong program in Children’s Literature, where North took electives and read lots ofYA classics. “I always loved AWrinkle in Time. And I reread A Swiftly Tilting Planet every year,” she says; Madeleine L’Engel’s book is a favorite of Castle’s as well. After graduating, North wrote several “trunk novels—you know, the ones you keep in your trunk” before starting the Starglass duology. She finished a draft of the first book, wrote a synopsis of the second, and landed a two-book deal. Castle wrote short stories in high school and earned a BA in creative writing at Brown. “I was going to go for a fiction MFA, get into academia, and write happily in that womb for the rest of my life,” she says, grinning. But, lured by screenwriting, she moved to LA instead, having already worked backstage at “Every Day,” a syndicated talk show her mother produced. “I’d have Geraldine Ferraro in the morning and a stripper in the afternoon, or Jack Hanna with white tiger cubs. That was my day.” This colorful day job inspired Castle’s first screenplay, which won her an agent. Over the years, she wrote four more spec screenplays—“all romcoms”—the last two with her husband-to-be. “Every single one of them almost sold,” she says ruefully. “I was living this life—any day the phone could ring
and my life could change. I’d built all these connections—I’d come so close. I realized I wasn’t enjoying it anymore, that I was only sticking to it because I’d feel like a failure if I walked away.” When she finally did, it was “liberating.” Castle began to write fiction again while producing a website for PBS Kids. The very first thing she wrote became The Beginning of After. “I love that,” North murmurs, sipping her iced coffee. Both writers adore their adopted genre. Castle says, “YA is an undiluted story, because life at that age feels undiluted. You don’t see a lot of selfindulgent writing in YA.” North agrees. “You really have to have economy.” Even in outer space. North says the marvelous imagined world of her Starglass duology came “from all different places. I always wanted to write about a generation ship. And when I was 13, I did this 3-D design with trees inside, so there was that idea of raising crops and livestock on the ship.” Another piece of Terra’s story was more personal. North recalls bristling at an article asserting YA books about dead parents and orphans were “over.” “My father passed away when I was eight,” she says bluntly. “There are kids who actually deal with this, not just Harry Potter.” The dominant Jewish culture of the Asherah “happened organically, because it’s my own background.” At first, North used Fineberg, her mother’s maiden name, “as a placeholder. I always assumed I would change it to a better name, I guess a more Christian name. Then I thought, why? So many dystopian books are casually based on a Christian society. This is just casually Jewish.” She shrugs. “At first, I was reluctant to pitch it as ‘Jews in space,’ but I went with it.” Most readers have found this unique angle interesting, but current events in Israel have led some toward parallels North didn’t intend. “I don’t see it as about Zionism, but [about] being a society in diaspora. There might be Sikh ships out there too—why not?” Castle’s family is also “casually Jewish;” the accident in The Beginning of After takes place after a Passover seder. The five teens in You Look Different in Real Life were cherry-picked by the filmmakers in part for their differing backgrounds: Keira is biracial, Rory’s on the autism spectrum, Felix’s Latino parents work in an orchard. “There’s such a diversity of situations—the mountains, the farms, the college; people who’ve lived here for generations and city transplants,” Castle says. “If I were a filmmaker I would totally choose New Paltz as an interesting place for a slice of life.” Though one obvious inspiration was Michael Apted’s “7 Up” series, which revisits a group of English subjects at seven-year intervals, Castle also sees her fictional documentary as “a giant metaphor for social media. We’re so used to sharing so much of our lives. We’re creating a narrative of our lives, but is that who we really are?” “Sometimes I feel like things haven’t happened unless I Instagram them,” North quips. Or write YA fiction about them? Could be. North’s main focus right now is her six-month-old daughter, but she’s already starting to plan her next book. Castle is about a hundred pages into hers, which she calls “a straight-up romance.” She’s still on what she calls “the vomit draft, where you’re literally just accumulating words on the page, going from blank pages to pages of words. The book doesn’t really take shape till you have the first draft. That’s the lump of clay. You can’t shape anything until you have the clay.” North also writes from beginning to end, plodding through “the boring awful parts” and going back later to clean things up. For Starbreak, she threw out some 50,000 words, completely revamping the plot. Would they ever consider switching genres? The two authors look at each other. North says, “I don’t know how Jennifer figures out plots without spaceships and aliens and interstellar rebellions.” Castle laughs. “I don’t have Phoebe’s world-building skills.” North disagrees. “Contemporary writers build worlds too,” she says. “You do just as much work to make a place real to the reader.” True, but Mountain Ridge doesn’t have sexy three-fingered plant boys, or senators with Venus Flytrap dentition. Whether you write what you know or what you imagine, one thing is clear: If you write well for teens, you will find grateful readers. And as Castle notes, there are other perks: “There’s nothing more fun that writing about kissing.You really can’t have a bad day.” 9/14 CHRONOGRAM BOOKS 55
2014 CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK ROUNDUP Reviewed by Susan Krawitz, Jana Martin, Nina Shengold, and Robert Burke Warren
BENNY GOODMAN & TEDDY WILSON LESA CLINE-RANSOME, ILLUSTRATED BY JAMES E. RANSOME HOLIDAY HOUSE, 2014, $16.95
Young Benny learns clarinet in a Chicago synagogue marching band; Teddy studies classical piano in Tuskegee, Alabama. They meet in New York, sharing their love of jazz and becoming the first interracial band to perform onstage. With language that skitters like scat-singing and lush illustrations in midnight blues and moonglow golds, this collaboration by a Rhinebeck-based husband-and-wife team is a stunner. —NS
TAP TAP BOOM BOOM ELIZABETH BLUEMLE, ILLUSTRATED BY G. BRIAN KARAS CANDLEWICK PRESS, 2014, $16.99
As a New York City thunderstorm soaked the sidewalks, author Bluemle ducked into a subway station and saw a lot of cool stuff, which she relates in whimsical verse in Tap Tap Boom Boom: strangers giving away umbrellas, friends huddling together, sharing pizza. Rhinebeck artist G. Brian Karas’s vibrant illustrations transport us to the safety of the train platform, conveying the joy of community in chaos. —RBW
HI, KOO!
THE FORGOTTEN RABBIT
JON J MUTH
NANCY FURSTENBERG, ILLUSTRATED BY NANCY LANE
SCHOLASTIC, 2014, $17.99
Inspired by his twins’ fascination with changing seasons, Caldecott medalist Muth’s whimsical picture book places a gentle, jolly Panda named Koo alongside a boy and girl in situations both relatable and fantastic, from the joy of stomping snow to the surprise of a bird’s nest on one’s head. The haiku-inspired text is poetic and quietly potent, while the gorgeous illustrations convey both excitement and peace. —RBW
THE GRYPHON PRESS, 2014, $15
A fuzzy bunny, bought as an impulse Easter gift, languishes in an outdoor cage until a compassionate girl named Rosalita rescues her, lavishing her “unforgettable” pet with love, salad greens, and agility exercise. Catskills animal lover Furstenberg’s prose glints with fun verbs like “binkying” and “periscoped”; an afterword gives advice about house-rabbit care and adoption, furthering Gryphon Press’s mission as “a voice for the voiceless.” —NS
HOT DOG! ELEANOR ROOSEVELT THROWS A PICNIC
THE LONELY TYPEWRITER
LESLIE KIMMELMAN, ILLUSTRATED BY VICTOR JUHASZ
PETER ACKERMAN, ILLUSTRATED BY MAX DALTON
SLEEPING BEAR PRESS, 2014, $16.99
DAVID R. GODINE, 2014, $16.95
For 150 years after the American Revolution, no British royals set foot on American soil. But on the eve of World War II, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt invited King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to their Hyde Park cottage. Instead of the usual formal dinner, the iconoclastic First Lady hosted an “allAmerican picnic” featuring her favorite food: the humble hot dog. Mustard-loving kids will cheer her on. —NS
Who remembers the “clack-clack-clack ding” of the technology—gasp!—before computers? Luckily for procrastinating Pablo, when dad’s desktop freezes mid-homework, that dusty manual typewriter in the attic can still do its thing. Vintage-toned graphics and a text studded with popping Ps make this multigenerational, multicultural tale a pleasure to share. Appearing 10/12 at noon, Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. —NS
NEVER SAY A MEAN WORD AGAIN JACQUELINE JULES, ILLUSTRATED BY DURGA YAEL BERNHARD
THREE BEARS IN A BOAT
WISDOM TALES, 2014, $16.95
DAVID SOMAN
When a Muslim and Jewish boy squabble, Samuel’s father, the king’s wise adviser, gives him permission to punish Hamza for his insulting words. Though Samuel tries again and again, his efforts ultimately create friendship instead of exacting revenge. Based on a medieval Spanish legend, this multicultural story of peaceful conflict resolution features rich gouache illustrations by Phoenicia resident Bernhard. —SK
DIAL BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS, 2014, $17.99
When three bears break their mom’s prized blue shell, they set sail to find another, but the sea is free of shells and loaded with misdirecting sailors, and the bears start to argue. It takes a scary storm to help them realize that, literally and figuratively, they all occupy the same tiny boat. Rosendale resident Soman (of the unstoppable Ladybug Girl series) creates a well-crafted and beautifully illustrated tale of carelessness and consequence. —SK
SPARKY! JENNY OFFILL, ILLUSTRATED BY CHRIS APPELHAUS
WHERE’S MOMMY?
SCHWARTZ & WADE, 2014, $16.99
BEVERLY DONOFRIO, ILLUSTRATED BY BARBARA MCCLINTOCK
What’s a girl to do when the only kind of pet her mother will let her have is one that doesn’t need feeding, walking, or bathing? Enter Sparky the sloth—a creature that barely moves, eats leaves, and drinks dew. Who cares if playing dead is his only trick? This charmingly illustrated paean to alternative thinking and alternative pets was penned by an unslothful Dutchess County novelist (Dept. of Speculation) and mother. —SK
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SCHWARTZ & WADE, 2014, $17.99
Acclaimed Woodstock memoirist Donofrio (Riding in Cars with Boys) revisits the tantalizing fantasy of secret human/mouse friendship in this sequel to Mary and the Mouse, the Mouse and Mary. This delightful daughter-mother tale gently explores anxiety, fear, and trust, with a surprising, satisfying payoff. McClintock’s captivating illustrations transport us to quaint human and rodent worlds, not so different after all. —RBW
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ANTON AND CECIL: CATS AT SEA LISA MARTIN & VALERIE MARTIN, ILLUSTRATED BY KELLY MURPHY ALGONQUIN YOUNG READERS, 2013, $16.95
Millbrook novelist Valerie Martin (The Ghost of the Mary Celeste) joined with niece Lisa Martin to pen this gorgeous tale of two brother cats, Anton and Cecil, and their odyssey at sea. When Anton gets catnapped to be a ratter on a ship, the bolder brother, Cecil, sets off to find him. There are giant ships and monster storms, bustling ports and scurvy sailors, and a terrific supporting cast of seafaring critters, including a loyal mouse. The epic tale shifts from brother to brother and ship to ship, until we too feel adrift in suspense. Will they find each other? —JM
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DEEP BLUE (WATERFIRE SAGA BOOK ONE) JENNIFER DONNELLY DISNEY-HYPERION, 2014, $17.99
Teenage mermaid princess Serafina is forced into reluctant leadership when her underwater realm is attacked and her parents killed on the eve of her betrothal. Forced to flee, Sera discovers she’s one of six magical mermaids prophesied to save the mer-world, but faces an ocean of self-doubt about her ability to sing song-spells, secure her fiancé’s love, and vanquish an ancient unleashed evil. Dutchess resident Donnelly is a New York Times best-selling author. Though her mer-teen world-building occasionally feels strained (a jerk’s called a “bad-wrasse,” an angry girl a “Sue Nami”), middle-grade girls will find this epic tale and its every-girl mermaid heroines engaging. —SK
MY YEAR OF EPIC ROCK ANDREA PYROS SOURCEBOOKS, 2014, $7.99
When we first meet Nina, the seventh-grade protagonist of Andrea Pyros’s excellent debut My Year of Epic Rock, she’s in bad shape: dumped by her BFF for the pretty, mean, new girl, and exiled to the table where her fellow allergy sufferers eat lunch. Once Nina is an outsider, however, she blooms. Her fringe-dwelling pals not only broaden her perspectives, they invite her to join their band The EpiPens (truly a great band name). Pyros captures both timeless teen angst and rock liberation with real verve. When the band gels, and cute boy Ethan notices Nina, this tale sings, loud and proud. Appearing 9/7 at 4pm, Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. —RBW
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NANCY F. CASTALDO HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT, 2014, $16.99
Hudson Valley author and dog owner Castaldo explores the world of working dogs, centered on their astounding ability to use their noses. Her colorful book profiles real working dogs, their trainers, and their handlers. Filled with neat factoids and action photos, written in a you-are-there style, it covers a huge range of fields: search dogs, medical alert dogs, arson detection dogs, and more—on water, land, and in the air, from cities to wilderness. Did you know there are dogs trained to find moose poop? Like dogs themselves, this book is filled with surprises. —JM
THE FOURTH SAGE STEFAN BOLZ CREATESPACE, 2014, $15.99
In a corporate-ruled dystopian future, teens are isolated from their families to become serf labor. Aries, a fearless climber trained to repair the electrical guts of a climate-controlled mega-building, seizes her freedom an hour at a time, eluding surveillance loops to roam the vast air ducts. When she frees a trapped red-tailed hawk and sees things she shouldn’t, security forces stalk her like prey. But there are other out-of-the-box kids victimized by the all-powerful system, and a girl-powered spark of rebellion might just save the world. New Paltz independent author Bolz (The Three Feathers) writes lean, taut prose that keeps his freedom tale churning forward. —NS
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POETRY
Edited by Phillip X Levine. Deadline for our October issue is September 5. Send up to three poems or three pages (whichever comes first). Full submission guidelines: www.chronogram.com/submissions.
Nature, Nature
when the hammer falls
Thank you for the animals, and the woods. The grasslands, and the beaches, and the oceans. Thank you.
and all my life smithereens and splits the knee thigh to calve and heart heaves to throat and retch and retch and retch and retch and no ever respite and fall and failed only bedfellows
and beauty betrays a pussing boil and trust tossed and hope hits the exit running and weeping fills the hall then the nail sets
—p —John E. Soi (7 years)
I AM, #2
COMING TO TERMS (For Hank Chinaski)
i am not static, but i am solid and it’s strange to be both. i’m just flowing through the current and occasionally someone else slams right into me and sometimes it’s not but sometimes it’s exactly where they’re supposed to be and i used to think that i could control the current but that’s absurd. i’m a girl, not a river not a river with the wind whirling above it and the sediments congealing on the floor and the plates shifting beneath it and the magma crackling and the core burning i am a girl with two feet and sometimes my face on the ground i am a girl who won’t eat anything that was once a living breathing thing like me because i am a part of the river, or at least i seem to be and all i ever wanna do is feel clean and pure and clear but it’s far more important to just Be Here once i was told that i was solid, like a black lab in the snow when someone was reminding me that i was not supposed to go
Came up behind What a wallop Caught me upside the head thirty years of rage Caught her forearms Forced her back Onto the sofa Listen I said Want to wind up In the street She looked up crying Some kind of crazy smile You know I love you I said How about a beer?
(now i can’t even believe that i ever wanted to leave) because right now i’m a rock in the river, settled deep into the sand and i’m strong and i am rooted and a friend can hold my hand and i listen and i listen and sometimes i understand but all you need is one stubborn trout to push that rock right back out i think that the real goal is to be rooted without roots the current whirls and twirls you but that does not refute anything that’s happened or anywhere you’ll go the river just reminds you how little you know —Alexa Salvato
COLOR WITH FRUIT I love a poem I love a rhyme the wink, the cadence three quarter time round words and clipped a question, an answer wind is music the tree a dancer a light for hope the moon is longing sorrow and morrow the birds are songing pattern with checkers color with fruit words roll like marbles gathered en route a springlet of tears to joy of the spring playgrounds of anything written to sing there is sound in the silence a white wall is hued taste of the spectrum ride an etude —J. Strong
SEXY —Clifford Henderson
WATCH He wore it on the right But illness frayed his interest It was placed beside the bed Where we lay tightly buckled. Now, resting the face on my left And closing the worn strap I know how taut his time Until, our tie was all that mattered. —Deirdre Dowling
One person arrived in the night to make love to me. He claimed me, unlike you, who couldn’t handle me. Ah, he appeared sweet and mature, and he was Jewish. Does that surprise you? I don’t know why 1 am being prepped for a man. I am living the life of Emily Dickinson who burned for her Master. I am having sex with strangers in dreams, men in black hats and all the while there is one watching. You can’t read me. I am not one of my poems. Steal this. Steal a kiss. You can never read me. —Joan Noëldechen
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PARADIGM SHIFT
DEAD TREE
The colors of marks made by tools In oak, pine, yew, fruitwood, And even ancient larch
As if there were no more directions. Each year from the main shaft bent And bloomed in various genuflections Towards what must have seemed Unending perusals: compliance, defiance. How many different levels, directed and dreamed? How many different gropings, restings, Plungings and undaunted thrustings; until, Rent in half by its own opposite questings, And in ignorance of any rooted limitations, Or the finite universe beyond each massive, Groaning tendril, it tires: There are no extenuations Save through regeneration.
the sound, the first sound, after we put the chainsaw down and strain to hear again catch the wood smell as the chisel finishes the perfect cicatrix along the board deafness recedes, breath sharper now we stretch to return to ordinary air for sight, smell, and sound our senses, thus far evolved, will not catch as we glimpse fall the last oak leaf that it lands with infinitely high scritch against the bluestone slab awaiting quietly beneath —Helen Stevens Chinitz
GRANDMOTHER’S DILEMMA If this new baby is the cutest thing ever, it means that you, my child, were not. But you were. And she is. —Wendy Freborg
STILL BORN CEASEFIRE (Ceasefire for just six hours) A child of hope rescued from the womb of a corpse amidst the rubble dies six hours later. —Chandramohan.S
THE GREAT BLACK Great despair is sometimes known, To those who do not cry, Though in great minds where none is shown, True despair does lie. —Philosopagus
A life of a certain vagueness, of much substitution, and now, of a measured sadness. —Thomas Rockwell
—Christopher Hensley
I SAW YOU I Know You Were There I Saw You Your Mother Got Nasty With The Cops Like She Always Did And You Went Back To The Basement After The Fracas And Continued Screwing Beverly Davis— The Finest Black Girl In Grammar School— Her Long Legs Wrapped Around Your Neck— I Saw That Too From The Side Of The Doorway— Wow! That Was Something For A Kid Like Me—Still Looking For A Kiss! The Day After Me And Your Sister Won 2nd Place In The Twist Contest, You Stepped In DogShit With Your New Wingtips… I Saw It And Called You “Shitshoe” Loudly In Our 7th Grade Class You Had Just Been Transferred To From Reform School You Banged Me In The Face For That And I Understood That Our Best Friendship Was Over
…And Now For The Hard Part… I Was There On The Street When Your Crippled Father Beat You So Bad With His Cane Out Onto The Stoop Of Your Building And You Ran Up The Fire Escape 5 Stories To The Roof And Stayed There At The Edge, Shivering In Your Pajamas, In A Big Blizzard. Your Mother Called The Cops And They Got You Down And Warned Your Father. When I Saw That, I Knew That You Were Worse-Off Than Me And Always Would Be Over The Next Dozen Or So Years I Wrote 3 Poems Wondering About You In Jail And Whether You Were Out Yet: One On A Canal Barge In Amsterdam, One From An Oasis In The Sinai, One From A Courtyard In The City Of Thanjavur— I Asked Myself About The Luck Of Freedom— Why Me And Not You? After all, You Were The Brave One. When I Returned Home, You Were On The Front Page Of The News Along With Your Brother And Sister— Busted Kidnapping The Richest Man In America. I Saw That I Saw You Now Everyone Did, Even Me —Peter Coco 9/14 CHRONOGRAM POETRY 61
Food & Drink
The front dining room in Kitchentte in High Falls.
Home Cooking
Kitchenette in High Falls
By Jeff Crane Photographs by Thomas Smith
A
nn Nickinson and her partner, Lisa Hall, are restaurant industry veterans with two successful outlets in Manhattan. They opened their first incarnation of Kitchenette in TriBeCa just as the neighborhood was becoming chic, serving home-cooked comfort food before it became trendy. “Food is like fashion, and things change. But a grey flannel suit is always in good taste,” says Nickinson. “Chicken pot pie and meatloaf and mashed potatoes were popular 50 years ago; in another 50 years, they will still be popular.” Nickinson is self-taught and has loved to cook since she was very young. Hall is a native New Yorker who attended the French Culinary Institute and later lived and worked in Paris. The partners share a love for simple American classics, prepared with the best possible ingredients. It seems clear, listening to Nickinson talk about Kitchenette, that for her and Hall it is a labor of love. The two have just opened the third branch of Kitchenette here in the Hudson Valley, in the location of the former High Falls Cafe. The Kitchenette outpost in High Falls offers the same menu that Manhattanites have enjoyed for the past 20 years. “We’ve built our reputation on the kind of food that grandma might serve,” says Nickinson, “and we make everything—our pickles, our breads, our baked goods—there’s nothing that we don’t make.” On a recent trip to Kitchenette, deciding upon an entree from the dinner menu was not easy. I was tempted by the Crispy Buttermilk Fried Chicken, served with Macaroni and Cheese ($17) and the Fish and Chips, served with homemade tartar sauce ($15). I settled on the Fried Green Tomatoes with Cornmeal Crust and Homemade Ranch Dressing ($6) to start. Sautéed—not deep fried—I was advised, these arrived piping hot and crispy from the skillet. To follow, I chose the Chatham Cod Cakes ($17), which were simultaneously
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hearty and light, served with sweet potato fries and delicious cole slaw. My companion ordered the Steak Frites ($22), which arrived at a perfect mediumrare, sliced (a nice gesture—cutting a big hunk of steak is so overrated) and topped with a flavorful chimichurri sauce. The frites were hand-cut and fried to perfection. But the pièce de résistance was dessert. All of the baked goods, from the red velvet cupcakes to the mini-pies and cheesecakes, looked absolutely scrumptious perched in their glass display. Our choice, the crème brûlée, was nearly flawless (and it’s surprising how often, even in the fanciest places, you get scrambled eggs)—rich, creamy, perfectly set and capped with a thin shell of caramelized sugar. Other highlights of the dinner menu include Grilled Mustard Crust Boneless Pork Chop topped with onion jam, served with corn pudding ($18.50), Tuscan Salmon roasted with lemons, Kalamata olives, and rosemary served with panzanella salad ($19.50), and KMC (Kitchenette’s macaroni and cheese) with smoked mozzarella ($13). The roster is headlined by the Kitchenette Specialty—turkey meatloaf served with mashed potatoes and gravy ($16). The lunch menu features many of these same comforting classics, as well as a broad selection of burgers, including something for vegetarians: a Vegan Lentil Quinoa Burger with carrots, spinach, and roast garlic topped with red pepper puree ($11). One could enjoy three meals a day at Kitchenette, which also offers a complete breakfast menu. “As much as we can, we try to source ingredients, meats and produce, locally.” Says Nickinson. “It can be challenging, because it’s cost-prohibitive to do that exclusively. We consciously make an effort, as much as we can. We have some customers who really care, not just that it’s local, but exactly where it came from. I would have thought that would be more of a city thing, but it’s
Clockwise from left: The buttermilk fried chicken is a house specialty at Kitchenette in High Falls; the mac and cheese is made with smoked mozzarella; owners Lisa Hall and Ann Nickinson.
actually not.We use Hudson Valley Milk and Feather Ridge eggs and John Fazio meats. We go to all the markets to buy vegetables when they’re in season. Lisa and I are both part of this community—we’ve been a part of it as weekenders for a long time—and I want to support the local economy as much as possible.” Nickinson and Hall undertook a complete renovation of the space, and walking in to Kitchenette, it’s a little difficult to remember the old High Falls Cafe. “We started renovating on January 1—it was a much bigger job than we had anticipated, but that’s always the case. It’s an old building, and it had fallen into disrepair. The biggest thing was the kitchen—it had to be gutted down to the studs. That was a huge undertaking, and we had to put in a new ventilation system. One of the good things about having restaurants in Manhattan is that you have a lot of experience—everything is very stringent there, especially when it comes to health codes—they don’t fool around. And we’ve taken that approach—we run this place like it would be inspected in Manhattan.” Vying for your attention at the center of the main dining room are a full bar and an enticing glass bakery display, with the attractive, smiling young staff buzzing about. There is additional seating in a second dining room, as well as a third space that’s reserved for special events. The exterior has been whitewashed, and all is bright and cheerful inside, with old-time accents that call to mind a farmhouse kitchen. All of the beverages are served in mason jars, which are also employed to deliver the check. This is not Nickinson’s first foray into the restaurant business in High Falls. Over 20 years ago, she opened Good Enough to Eat, which was in operation for five years, in a location just up the road where the Northern Spy occupied for many years. “That was a difficult time for the economy up here —IBM closed and it had a major ripple effect throughout the economy. So I did have
a little post-traumatic stress about re-opening up here. But I think this is really the right time,” says Nickinson. “And I love this town. A lot of places have closed and I’m hoping to see more places open. I think competition is a good thing, people like choices. If your going to buy a house here, you want to have amenities and choices.” The area around High Falls and Stone Ridge, framed to the east and west by the Shawangunk Ridge and the Catskills and anchored by the Mohonk Preserve, is especially attractive to seasonal residents from New York City. “I think our customer base is about 50/50, year-round folks versus those who come up from the city seasonally,” says Nickinson. “We’re fortunate that there are a lot of people up here who know us from the City, so we have a little base to build from. Even when I moved back to the city, I always had a house up here. Lisa and I decided that we really wanted to break into the catering and events up here, that was really our biggest importance. But when we were able to get this space, it really lent itself to all the avenues that we wanted to take.” Like its neighbor across the road,The Eggs Nest, which owners Richard and Gillian Murphy first opened in 1973, High Falls Kitchenette features the sort of menu that has something for everyone and a comfortable, friendly atmosphere equally suited to a first-date or a night out with the kids. Maybe it’s the homecooked comfort food, or the level of professionalism that reflects over 20 years experience running restaurants in NewYork City, but Kitchenette already feels like a reliable old stand by. Kitchenette, located at 1219 Rt. 213 in High Falls is open Thursday and Friday, 8am-9pm, Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 10pm, and Monday 8am- 9pm (closed Tuesday and Wednesday). (845) 687-7464; Kitchenetterestaurant.com 9/14 CHRONOGRAM FOOD & DRINK 63
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Osaka Restaurant 22 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY, (845) 74 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 876-7338 or (845) 876-7278, www.osakasushi.net Foodies, consider yourselves warned and informed! Osaka Restaurant is Rhinebeck’s direct link to Japan’s finest cuisines! Enjoy the freshest sushi and delicious traditional Japanese small plates cooked with love by this family owned and operated treasure for over 19 years! For more information and menus, go to osakasushi.net.
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Suruchi–A fine taste of India 5 Church Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2772 www.suruchiindian.com Homemade Indian cuisine served in a beautiful, serene setting in the heart of New Paltz. Includes Local, Organic, Gluten-Free. Fine Wine, Craft Beer. Buffet Dinner Wednesdays (a la carte available). 10% Discounts for Seniors, Students, and Early Birds (1st hour weeknights). Monday/Wednesday/Thursday 5-9pm, Friday 5-10pm, Saturday Noon-10pm, Sunday Noon-9pm.
Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro 6426 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3330 www.terrapinrestaurant.com custsvc@terrapinrestaurant.com Voted “Best of the Hudson Valley” by Chronogram Magazine. From far-flung origins, the world’s most diverse flavors meet and mingle. Out of elements both historic and eclectic comes something surprising, fresh, and dynamic: dishes to delight both body and soul. Serving lunch and dinner seven days a week. Local. Organic. Authentic.
The Rhinecliff 4 Grinnell Street, Rhinecliff, NY (845) 876-0590 www.therhinecliff.com reception@therhinecliff.com Farm to table Gastropub on the Hudson, beautifully restored historic railroad hotel. Outdoor seating, riverside patio. Favorites include – Ploughman’s Board, Steak Frites, Grilled Ribeye, Fish ‘N’ Chips, “Sticky Toffee Pudding.” Extensive wine/beer list. Bkfast & Dinner Daily (Lunch- Memorial Day - Labor Day) Sat Brunch & Sunday Live Jazz Brunch. Off-premise catering . Weddings/Special events. All rooms enjoy river views, private balcony’s.
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caption tk Justin Riccobono with Kevin Fischetti at Dutchess Hops in Lagrangeville.
Hops Spring Eternal Farming for Beer in the Hudson Valley By Karen Angel Photographs by Roy Gumpel
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ops has a way of growing on people. In his five months as hop manager at Obercreek Farm in Hughsonville, Brad Nagle has “become obsessed with it.” “It’s such an interesting plant,” says Nagle, who had no hops or farm experience before he landed the job at Obercreek. “They’re such fast growers, they’re beautiful, and, of course, the end product is great.” The end product can also be very lucrative. Thanks to hop-friendly legislation, the growth of the local craft-beer industry and the obsession with all things farm-to-table, farmers can make more money growing hops than just about any other crop. The Hudson Valley now boasts at least 15 acres of hops, the small cone-shaped buds that determine a beer’s flavor and aroma. “It’s really helping strengthen our economy,” says Justin Riccobono, cofounder of Dutchess Hops in Lagrangeville and a consultant to other Hudson Valley hop startups. “We’re saving farms and creating jobs, we’re creating a locally produced craft beer, and we’re creating a real interest in tourism. More and more people are coming here to tour the beer trail and the hop yards. The beer revenue is winding through the Hudson Valley.” Dried Hudson Valley hops commands between $12 and $18 a pound— compared to $7 to $13 for Pacific Northwest hops. “The revenue is there to make $20,000 per acre,” Riccobono says. By comparison, corn yields revenue of about $800 an acre, and hay even less. Hudson Valley Terroir Responding to a wave of interest across the state, nonprofit groups are hosting workshops on hop growing, supplying hop plants and other materials, and providing costly harvesting and drying equipment. Next month, the Carey Institute for Global Good plans to launch a model farm brewery on its
Rensselaerville campus to help aspiring brewers learn the trade and connect with local hop farmers. Hops picks up flavor from the soil where it is grown just as the taste of wine grapes differs by region. The New York terroir is characterized by more citrus and spice than its West Coast counterparts, and Hudson Valley farmers are finding that local breweries and homebrewers will pay a premium for the taste and imprimatur. Dutchess Hops, for instance, has a signature hops called AlphAroma that goes for $15 a pound. August and September are hop harvest season, a busy time for Riccobono and the other Hudson Valley farmers who have planted hops over the past few years. Pennings Farm in Warwick added an acre of hops three years ago after seeing strong sales of its own hard apple cider and local craft beer and wine at the pub that the farm opened in 2010. “It’s a natural progression to make our own beer,” says co-owner Steve Pennings. Michael Antonelli, and his wife, Alva, planted an acre and a half of hops on their Walden farm to supplement their income when they retire. They hope to open a farm brewery. A Growing Concern in New York The state’s 2012 farm brewery initiative allows craft breweries to sell beer by the glass in their tap rooms as long as 20 percent of their ingredients come from the state (rising to 60 percent in 2019 and 90 percent in 2024). As a result, there are now 58 licensed farm breweries in the state, the number of microbreweries has more than doubled to 103, and demand for local hops has surged, along with a thirst for information. In 1880, New York State was the largest producer of hops in the country with 40,000 acres, mostly between Syracuse and Cooperstown. A mildew epidemic, followed by Prohibition, put the kibosh on the industry. The Pacific 9/14 CHRONOGRAM LOCALLY GROWN 67
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Left: Justin Riccobono with Cascade Hops. Right: Ray Bradley of Bradley Farm in New Paltz smelling the hops.
Northwest—Washington, Oregon, and Idaho—emerged as the leader in hop production and currently corners 98 percent of the market. But New York is resurging, with some 250 acres under cultivation—up from just 15 four years ago—making it the fifth-largest hop producer in the nation, according to the Hop Growers of America. Today, hop farms are spread out across New York State. While hop yards of 100 acres or more are common in the Pacific Northwest, few New York State growers have more than 10 acres. In the Hudson Valley, Dutchess Hops, at four acres, is the largest operation. “The amount of hops acreage in the state is probably going to double every year,” says Samuel Filler, liaison to the beer, wine, and cider industry for Empire State Development, New York’s chief economic-development agency. “Sushi-Grade Hops” Local brewers are snapping up Hudson Valley hops. From the Ground Brewery, a new business that rents space in a building on Migliorelli Farm in Tivoli (which grows barley but not hops), has agreed to buy all the hops produced by Germantown Beer Farm’s one-acre hop yard. In Wappingers Falls, North River Hops and Brewing, which celebrated its grand opening last month, recently bought 40 pounds of Obercreek Farm’s wet hops. North River will use it to create a double IPA for Dutchess Hops’ Hoptember Harvestfest. Jamie Bishop, brewmaster at Mill House Brewing Company in Poughkeepsie, plans to use Dutchess Hops’ AlphAroma in a wet-hop ale. “It’s like a sushi-grade hops,” says Bishop. “The day they pick it is hopefully the day it goes into my kettle.” In line with the Valley’s emphasis on healthy eating and farming, most hop growers here are using organic methods. “My philosophy is a healthy hop plant can fight off diseases and pests,” says Dennis Nesel, co-owner of Germantown Beer Farm with his wife, Jeanette. “Also, I don’t know anything about sprays or chemicals, and I don’t want any of that stuff in my beer.” Nesel, a Merrill Lynch financial adviser who farms his acre of hops on weekends and days off, keeps two horses on his 17-acre spread and swears by manure as fertilizer. He prunes his hop plants regularly to maximize air circulation and ward off fungus, and uses grass clipping to control weeds. Nesel got his plants from the Cornell University Cooperative Extension, which supplies farmers with disease-free plants. Today’s hop plants are much more resistant to disease than those of a century ago, and pest-management techniques are much more sophisticated. The Actual Farming Since hops flourished in the state at one time, it’s clear that conditions here are conducive for a comeback. “I get dozens and dozens of phone calls and emails on a daily basis from growers and perspective growers,” says Steve Miller, hop specialist for the Cornell Cooperative Extension. Miller holds workshops in farmers’ fields every summer that draw at least 100 attendees, while Cornell’s hop conference last December hosted 350.
Hop crops take three or four years to fully mature, but farmers say it’s worth the wait because the potential for return on investment is so strong. At a minimum of $12,000 an acre, the upfront investment is also substantial. Hop plants grow up to 20 feet high and need to be strung on trellises secured to tall poles for proper aeration. “They start shooting up in April, and by harvest time, they’re 18 feet high,” says Nagle. They also need a consistent water supply, regular pruning, and monitoring for pests. Fortunately, they are perennials, with a life span of up to 20 years. Each hop plant produces hundreds of cones, and handpicking takes roughly an hour per plant.Yet mechanical harvesters start at about $10,000, and hop pelletizers run even higher. Big breweries prefer pelletized hops, which has a longer shelf life than dried hops and is stored in a more compact form. Even the kilns used to dry hops, called oasts, cost around $2,500. Equipment-sharing arrangements are emerging. The Northeast Hop Alliance, a growers association, and the nonprofit Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship (CADE) both have a harvester available for farmers to rent, and CADE helped six farmers get grants to buy oasts. Riccobono rents a small, mobile harvester from the University of Vermont and plans to offer a similar service through his cooperative, Hudson Valley Hops. Steve Pennings recently bought a harvester that he plans to rent to other farmers in the area. For now, most Hudson Valley hop farmers are harvesting by hand and hoping all that effort will pay off. “All you have to do is pick them by hand for two hours, and you’re definitely wishing you had a harvester,” says Nesel, who enlisted his wife, his daughter, his son, and his nephew to help with the picking. Despite the leeway in the farm brewery law, Plan Bee Farm Brewery in Fishkill already uses 100 percent New York State ingredients in its beer, including the fruits from its quarter acre of hops. From the Ground Brewery plans to source its ingredients from an even tighter circle of suppliers and will get a boost once Germantown Beer Farm opens its new malting facility. “I’m located on a farm growing barley five minutes from a hop farm, and the hop farmer is opening up a malting facility,” says From the Ground owner Jakob Cirell. “We will be able to produce a beer in which all the ingredients, aside from the yeast, have never left a five-mile radius of the brewery.” Plenty of people are excited about Hudson Valley beer. Riccobono expects 1,000 attendees at the Hoptember Harvestfest, up from 600 last year, along with 26 Hudson Valley microbreweries, distilleries, and cideries. The event is on September 13 at Eastern View Farm in Lagrangeville from 1 to 5pm. Tickets include unlimited tastings and hop-infused food, including hop-smoked BBQ from Bacon Brothers in Canton and bratwurst with hop stuffing from Tomas Tapas Bar in Wappingers Falls. For more information and tickets: Dutchesshops.com/event-tickets. 9/14 CHRONOGRAM LOCALLY GROWN 69
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Accommodations Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa 220 North Road, Milton, NY (877) 7-INN-SPA; (845) 795-1310 www.buttermilkfallsinn.com
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Animal Sanctuaries Catskill Animal Sanctuary 316 Old Stage Road, Saugerties, NY (845) 336-8447 www.CASanctuary.org
Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Willow, NY (845) 679-5955 www.WoodstockSanctuary.org
Antiques Hyde Park Antiques Center 4192 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, NY (845) 229-8200 www.hydeparkantiques.net
Architecture BuildingLogic Inc. (845) 443-0657 www.BuildingLogicInc.com
Richard Miller, AIA 28 Dug Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4480 www.richardmillerarchitect.com
Art Galleries & Centers Basilica Hudson 110 S. Front Street, Hudson, NY www.basilicahudson.com
Bennington Museum 75 Main Street, Bennington, VT (802) 447-1571 www.benningtonmuseum.org 72 BUSINESS DIRECTORY CHRONOGRAM 9/14
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Dia: Beacon, Riggio Galleries 3 Beekman Street, Beacon, NY (845) 440-0100 www.diaart.org
Dorsky Museum SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3844 www.newpaltz.edu/museum sdma@newpaltz.edu
Gallery 66 66 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY (845) 809-5838 www.gallery66ny.com
Longyear Gallery 785 Main Street, Margaretville, NY (845) 586-3270 www.longyeargallery.org
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Art Supplies Catskill Art & Office Supply Kingston, NY: (845) 331-7780, Poughkeepsie, NY: (845) 452-1250, Woodstock, NY: (845) 679-2251
Assisted Living Centers Camphill Ghent
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Organizations Hudson Valley Current www.HudsonValleyCurrent.org
Motorcyclepedia Museum 250 Lake Street (Route 32), Newburgh, NY (845) 569-9065
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The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio 339 Central Ave, Albany, NY (518) 465-5233 www.thelinda.org The Linda provides a rare opportunity to get up close and personnel with world-renowned artists, academy award winning directors, headliner comedians and local, regional, and national artists on the verge of national recognition. An intimate, affordable venue, serving beer and wine, The Linda is a night out you won’t forget.
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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-5343 www.caryinstitute.org
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136-140 Clinton Street Montgomery, NY (845) 401-9232 www.montgomeryms.com Montgomery Montessori encompasses students from PreK8th grade. We believe that every child has the right to go to a school that is a perfect match for them. Montessori is a philosophy with the fundamental principle that a child learns best within a social environment, which supports each individuals unique development. We are committed to the “whole child” approach to education as well as the enrichment of the mind, body, and spirit.
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Primrose Hill School 23 Spring Brook Park, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-1226 www.primrosehillschool.com Elementary and Early Childhood Education inspired by the Waldorf Philosophy Located on 7 acres in the village of Rhinebeck with a farm, Primrose Hill School is currently accepting applications for our mixed age kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grades. Please inquire if you are interested in grades 3 and higher. Contact (845) 876-1226 or info@primrosehillschool.com
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LETTING THE HEART SPEAK THE PRACTICE OF NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION CAN TRANSFORM OUR RELATIONSHIPS—PERSONALLY, LOCALLY, AND GLOBALLY.
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ast spring, Roberta Wall found herself in a diverse roomful of women at a center called EcoMe, on the crossroads between Jerusalem and Jericho. The place buzzed with religious Jews, devout Muslim women with covered heads, secular left-wing Jewish women and secular Christian women in sleek modern clothes, and even a Christian nun from Germany. In this troubled region near the Dead Sea, Wall had come to teach Nonviolent Communication (NVC)—a practice that helps people to resolve conflict and find a place of connection beyond anger, blame, or shame. “We set up what we call fishbowls, or sharing circles, where participants could come and share whatever was on their minds in relation to anything,” says Wall. “At least half of the Israelis and Palestinians had never sat with each other before.” It wasn’t long before the room grew hot with stories of pain, grief, and fear. A Palestinian woman told of her forced marriage, in which she was enslaved and subjected to terrible violence from her husband—before she found refuge, astonishingly, with Israeli checkpoint soldiers who smuggled her to safety. An Israeli woman spoke through tears about her painful decision after the last Intifada to flee to the United States—a decision so troubled that it resulted in divorce from her husband and the shattering of her family. Using the tools of NVC, including reflective listening and empathy, the women were able to push past embattled politics to really hear one another. “It was astonishing,” says Wall. “Some of the women are staying connected. It gives me so much hope thinking about it now.” Beyond Right and Wrong Whether it’s in a troubled hot spot of the Mideast, or at the kitchen table of a local family, NVC can trigger breakthroughs in communication and open the floodgates of a healing compassion. Created by American psychologist Marshall Rosenberg, whose philosophies grew out of work he was doing with civil rights activists in the 1960s, NVC has taken root in pockets worldwide to form a small but growing movement. Now 79, Rosenberg lives in Albuquerque near The Center for Nonviolent Communication, which he founded—and his book Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (PuddleDancer Press, 2003) is a bible for his empathic disciples.The appeal of NVC is broad: It works just as well in war-torn countries as it does with everyday skirmishes between husband and wife, parent and child, employee and employer. At its core, the practice is about creating connection through deep listening, expression, and empathy. Practitioners learn to delve beyond heat-of-the-moment judgment and blame, and instead explore—and express—the true feelings and needs that are bubbling beneath the surface. Eventually, what people think of as conflict turns into a shared dilemma—and creative solutions naturally arise. Wall, a former litigator in the New York City court system who discovered NVC through a mindfulness teacher, was lucky to attend a rare Manhattan training with Rosenberg in 2002. “I went with my partner, my daughters, my Buddhist sangha from New York City and Woodstock,” says Wall. Afterward, she and a few others formed an NVC practice group—and the deeper she 76 WHOLE LIVING CHRONOGRAM 9/14
got into it, the more she realized that she had to leave the legal profession behind. “NVC takes you out of the cycle of judgment, and it’s hard to practice law without judgments of good and bad, right and wrong,” says Wall, based in Saugerties, who now coaches couples, individuals, parents, and organizations in NVC at home and abroad. “There’s a Rumi quote: ‘Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.’ When I hear that,” says Wall, “I think, yeah, I want to meet people there! I want to meet myself there.” Skills to Navigate a Life It’s the humbling quotidian battleground of parenting that often leads newcomers to NVC for the first time. Such was the case for Susan Reeves, who stumbled upon NVC 11 years ago, and clung to it like a lifeline, when she had two children under three years old. “I came from what I call the yelling model,” says Reeves, a registered nurse and nursing teacher who offers free NVC practice sessions twice monthly in New Paltz. “I didn’t want to repeat the model where the mom yelled and the children jumped. I needed another avenue.” What really resonated for her was NVC’s focus on human needs, the raw material behind everything we feel, think, say, and do. “As humans, we all have the same needs,” says Reeves. “If you boil everything down to our needs— whether it’s a need for safety, for support, for respect, to be heard—we’re all on the same page. [Rosenberg’s] work is like a mini-miracle, because it really helps you understand what’s going on inside another person.” You can take a course in NVC and get a sense of the tools—which might include a list of needs for reference, and sometimes a partially scripted dialogue to follow. But what really brings the practice to life is experiencing and exercising it on a daily basis. Like Wall, Reeves joined a practice group that met regularly, and she put NVC to work in her family. “If the kids were playing too loudly, instead of saying, ‘Stop, don’t do that,’ I could go into the room and say, ‘I have a need for peace and harmony. How can you help me out?’” Involving kids in decisionmaking is an NVC strategy that tends to work well with families. Reeves gives another example:Your toddler wants to stay on the playground, but it’s time to go pick up Grandma. First you have to see what’s alive in the child—his need for fun, for sunshine. Then the parent has to state the feelings and needs behind the request: I’m feeling nervous and scared that Grandma might be alone and waiting for us. Finally, the parent offers a choice: Do you want to leave in one minute, or two minutes? “Kids love choices,” says Reeves. And if it doesn’t work? “You can revisit it. It’s not always perfect. At the very least, you’re giving kids honesty and an emotional vocabulary.” A Path Toward Self-Acceptance Longtime practitioners discover another layer to NVC:You can turn it inward and use it with yourself to heal your own original wounds. Wall describes this as the work of a new generation of Nonviolent Communicators: “We start with a trigger, something that happened, and trace it back through our bodily
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reactions to our emotional feelings, and then to the needs behind them—the earliest times when those needs weren’t met, and also when they were met.” Integrating those memories with the experiences we have as grownups can be eye-opening, says Wall. “It’s helped me in my own life make some real breakthroughs with old pains that keep getting triggered—this old sense of not belonging, of not being seen. It really creates a deep healing.” In a similar way, Tess Fisher’s initial foray into NVC started as a conversation with herself. “I’m my own worst critic, and I think a lot of people have that,” says Fisher, of Hyde Park. After about eight years using Rosenberg’s principles, “I’ve gotten a lot better with my self-talk, which leans into how I communicate with others.” For Fisher and her husband, NVC was the yarn that knit them together: They’d been dating on and off long-distance when Fisher invited him to join her at a three-day workshop. “He connected deeply with the work, which made it possible for us to reconnect,” says Fisher. Using the skills of NVC, they were able to express feelings and needs, and then come up with strategies after those had been expressed. “Before, I would jump right to a strategy, and so would he—that’s the male way, to fix things! Stepping back to the feelings and needs really helps with that.” Together, they attended Reeves’ practice group for about a year, and in 2011 they got married. Fisher credits NVC for their harmonious relationship (“It made our communication more communicable”); she also applies its skills professionally within her company, Tutoring Up-Grades. “It’s fun to implement and very satisfying,” she says. “I share it with anybody who’s looking for resources to help them have more meaningful relationships with themselves and others.” Learning to “Do” Love In the Mideast today, peace seems as elusive as ever—but that only encourages Wall to keep up her work there. Over the past five years, she has co-led three nine-day trainings and six long-weekend trainings; hundreds have attended so far. Some of the trainings are just for women, which makes it easier for religious Muslim and Jewish women to attend. A next step is to offer separate trainings for Israelis and Palestinians so that each culture can bring NVC into its own families and communities. “This is so important, because right now there are huge divides within the Palestinian community and the Israeli Jewish community,” says Wall. Another priority is to train more Palestinians; one, a man from Dura, recently arrived in Seattle at an NVC family camp, where he’s learning how to set up and run a similar Palestinian family camp planned for the Mideast. “What happens at most of the trainings is that when people hear someone else’s needs, or pain, which can be difficult to hear, their hearts start to open. They start to have an idea of other strategies,” says Wall. “What also happens, whether I’m teaching just Israelis or just Palestinians, is that someone will say, wait a minute—could we use this with the Palestinians? Or, how would this work with the Israelis?” Using NVC within the family is the first step—and inevitably it ripples out toward the greater community and even toward people we think of as enemies. It’s not about condoning things we don’t want to condone, or accepting things we don’t want to accept, says Wall. It’s about hearing each other in a new way. “This is so connected to living in a way that makes manifest the world we are yearning for, which is a world in which everyone’s needs are included and valued in the decisions that affect them, whether it’s a child or an Israeli or a Palestinian.” The potential of NVC to open up new avenues of consciousness is something that excites trainers like Wall and Reeves, and practitioners like Fisher. “It’s really about making visible in our communication and our choices what is usually invisible, which is love,” says Wall. “I think in every human heart there is this yearning to bring out love, or as [Rosenberg] said, to do love. On a deeper level it helps us ask, what is it that’s blocking me from expressing myself in a way that makes it easy for others to see the love? And what is it that’s blocking people from receiving it? I think of NVC as helping us find the tools to bring out the love that’s already in there.” RESOURCES Center for Nonviolent Communication Cnvc.org Susan Reeves Practicingpeace-newpaltz.com Roberta Wall Steps2peace.com
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John M. Carroll 715 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8420 www.johnmcarrollhealer.com John is a spiritual counselor, healer, and teacher. He uses guided imagery, morphology, and healing energy to help facilitate life changes. He has successfully helped his clients to heal themselves from a broad spectrum of conditions, spanning terminal cancer to depression.
Kary Broffman, RN, CH (845) 876-6753 Karyb@mindspring.com
The Accord Center for Counseling & Psychotherapy (845) 646-3191 www.theaccordcenter.com
Nancy Plumer, Energy Healing and Spiritual Counseling
Breakthrough Career and Life coaching (845) 802-0544 heymann.peter@gmail.com
Holistic Orthodontics ‚Dr. Rhoney Stanley, DDS, MPH, Cert. Acup, RD 107 Fish Creek Road, Saugerties, NY www.holisticortho.com
Hoon J. Park M.D. is a New York State Board Certified Medical Doctor in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and a New York State Certified Acupuncturist. Most insurance accepted including Empire Plan, Medicare, most private insurances, No-Fault, and Workers Compensation. You deserve victory over pain.
Cassandra Currie, MS, RYT‚ Holistic Health Counselor
18 plus years of helping people find their balance. As a holistic nurse consultant, she weaves her own healing journey and education in psychology, nursing, hypnosis and integrative nutrition to help you take control of your life and to find True North. She also assists pregnant couples with hypnosis and birthing.
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Herbal Medicine & Nutrition Empowered By Nature 1129 Main Street, 2nd Floor Fishkill, NY (845) 416-4598 www.EmpoweredByNature.net lorrainehughes54@gmail.com Lorraine Hughes, Registered Herbalist (AHG) and ARCB Certified Reflexologist offers Wellness Consultations that therapeutically integrate Asian and Western Herbal Medicine and Nutrition with their holistic philosophies to health. This approach is grounded in Traditional Chinese Medicine with focus placed on an individual’s specific constitutional profile and imbalances. Please visit the website for more information and upcoming events.
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 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.
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies (800) 944-1001 www.eomega.org
Seeds of Love Rhinebeck, NY (845)-264-1388 www.seeds-love.com
Hospitals Health Quest 45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 283-6088 www.health-quest.org
Hypnosis Clear Mind Arts Hypnosis (845) 876-8828 www.clearmindarts.com sandplay555@frontier.com
Massage Therapy Joan Apter (845) 679-0512 www.apteraromatherapy.com joanapter@earthlink.net Luxurious massage therapy with medicinal grade Essential Oils; Raindrop Technique, Emotional Release, Facials, Hot Stones. Animal care, health consultations, spa consultant, classes and keynotes. Offering full line of Young Living Essential oils, nutritional supplements, personal care, pet care, children’s and non-toxic cleaning products.
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Kent Babcock, LMSW: Psychotherapy for Men in MidLife & Older Stone Ridge, NY (845) 807-7147 kentagram@gmail.com At 64, late in my career, I am focusing my practice on working with older men – providing opportunities to
concerning death and dying. I also specialize in working with those having or suspecting Asperger Syndrome.
Retreat Centers
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Osteopathy Joseph Tieri, DO, & Ari Rosen, DO, 3457 Main Street, Stone Ridge; 138 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 687-7589 www.stoneridgehealingarts.com Drs. Tieri and Rosen are NY State Licensed Osteopathic Physicians specializing in Osteopathic Manipulation and Cranial Osteopathy. Please visit our website for articles, links, books, and much more information. Treatment of newborns, children, and adults. By appointment.
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personal and social change in a renovated monastery overlooking the Hudson River. Featuring Creating a Compassionate World: The Power
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of One, with Roshi Bernie Glassman, September 12-14, and The WellBehaved Building: Developing Community, Well-Being and Resilience in Buildings, October 8-10.
Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center Phoenicia, NY
Overeating and Food Addiction Accord Center for Counseling & Psychotherapy
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EVENT PREVIEWS & LISTINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 2014
Terry Bozzio performs solo at Bearsville Theater on September 17.
All By Himself “I remember playing in Poughkeepsie,” states master drummer Terry Bozzio. On September 21, 1978, Frank Zappa brought his finest post-Mothers band to the MidHudson Civic Center in support of then-just-released LP Studio Tan. “George [Duke] and Napoleon [Brock-Murphy] took me to some little shack that was a BBQ place after hours. It was all new to me, man [laughs]. I was just a skinny little naive green jazz drummer from San Francisco and I was going out to eat in the hood with the heavy cats. It was great.” Over 35 years later, Bozzio returns to the Hudson Valley when he brings his oneman show to Bearsville Theater in Woodstock on September 17 as part of his 40-city North American solo tour dubbed “An Evening with Terry Bozzio” in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his very first drum lesson. For the 63-year-old former member of such groundbreaking acts as New Wave icons Missing Persons and the progressive power trio UK with keyboardist/violinist and fellow Zappa alum Eddie Jobson and John Wetton of King Crimson/Asia fame, this solo tour was born out of necessity. “I’ve basically been doing solo drums for the last three years, [since] the economy changed,” he admits. “The manufacturer stopped putting me on the road because it was too expensive. They weren’t selling enough instruments, which was pretty much across the board. Nobody was doing drum clinics anymore.” But as luck would have it, he linked up with a good touring agent who helped him book a pair of successful tours in Europe as well as several trips to Japan before securing
this current trek across the Great Divide here in the States. And right when he had just rigged his drum set in a way unlike anything fans of his prowess have experienced before. “It’s great timing,” explains Bozzio. “I got this MIDI setup that triggers the notes I tune the drum to. The whole left side of my kit is chromatic, the whole right side is diatonic, so every melody that I play really comes out now with a sine wave of the note that I tune to, doubling the acoustic sound of the drums. I would say its a mixture of classical because its compositions, jazz because its spontaneous improvisation and ethnic instrumentation from around the world.” While Bozzio does still play in groups from time to time, including stints with Jeff Beck and Dweezil Zappa’s tribute act to his father, Zappa Plays Zappa, and a recent reunion tour with the classic Heavy Metal Be-Bop lineup of the celebrated jazz-fusion outfit The Brecker Brothers overseas, nothing beats the direction Terry is taking his craft on his own accord. And, at least for the time being, it is a situation that seems to suit his preferences in the concert-as-clinic realm. “I don’t really give a shit about working with anybody at this point,” he confirms. “I just play by myself and I’m very satisfied. It’s the most sound thing to do because you’re covering accompaniment and lead melody and doing the whole thing by yourself. Playing in a band at this point is like falling off a log compared to playing solo.” “An Evening with Terry Bozzio” hits the Bearsville Theater on September 17. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of show. (845) 679-4406; Bearsvilletheater.com. —Ron Hart 9/14 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 83
MONDAY 1 HEALTH & WELLNESS
Yoga with a View 6-7:15pm. $17. Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Meet the Authors Day Leave Newburgh waterfront at 12:30pm. After a pleasant cruise enjoy a self-guided tour of this iconic island. Docents will be on hand to enhance the experience. At your leisure meet and greet six authors whose books celebrate the wonderful history of the Hudson Valley. Bannerman Island Discovery Tours, Glenham. 831-6346. Ninth Annual Festival of Books The Festival features a giant used book sale, two days of readings and book signings by nationally known and local authors, and a children’s program. Featured authors this year include Marie Howe, Lauren Oliver, Jonathan Weiner, Deborah Heiligman, Alison Gaylin, Katia Lief, and Wendy Corsi Staub. See website for specific events and times. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. Spencertownacademy.org. Speaking of Books First Monday of every month, 7pm. Non-fiction book discussion group. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 471-6580.
MUSIC
Tuba Skinny 8pm. $10. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Aztec Two-Step 12-6pm. $20/children free. Turning Point/PAL American Roots Music Festival, Piermont. 359-1089. Colbie Caillat 8pm. $80. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Private Spirit Guide Readings with Psychic Medium Adam Bernstein First Tuesday of every month, 12-6pm. $40 30 min/$75 hour. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.
WEDNESDAY 3 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
RAPP Coffee & Conversation First Wednesday of every month, 5:30-7:30pm. The Relatives As Parents Program (RAPP) implements monthly Coffee and Conversation support groups for grandparents and other relatives raising children. The Coffee and Conversation support groups are designed to provide education and resources to address the needs and concerns experienced by relative caregivers. Immaculate Conception Church, Amenia. 914-3738.
MUSIC
7Horse with Kenny Wayne Shepherd 7:30pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Buffalo Stack’s Debut CD Release Show 7pm. Opener: Ife & Danny. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
DANCE
Swingin’ Newburgh First Thursday of every month. Beginner swing dance lesson provided by Linda and Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios 7-7:30. Swing Shift Orchestra plays 7:30-9pm. Newburgh Brewing Company, Newburgh. Got2lindy.com.
FILM
National Theatre Live: Medea by Euripedes 7pm. $20. A new version by Ben Power. Directed by: Carrie Cracknell. Starring: Helen McCrory. Music: Will Gregory and Alison Goldfrapp. The Moviehouse, Millerton. Themoviehouse.net/index.php/site/special_ events/national_theatre_live_medea_by_euripedes.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Bereavement Support Group 5:30-6:30pm. This expressive support group is open to the community and led by Adrienne London, LCSW-R. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-3101. Gentle Flow Yoga First Thursday of every month, 9:45am. 25.00. Intentionally set to 3-5 people so you enjoy the most hands on yoga experience. This gentle flow class is perfect for the more mature clientele. Each class will consist of: meditation, stretching, core strength, balance, and relaxation. The classes ends with an optional application of Living Essential Oils® to aid you into a deeper meditation. Tara Gregorio Holistic Healing, Cold Spring. 617-512-9501.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
Mad Dash 8:30am. 5k and 10k races, and a 5k walk over rolling hills and beautiful scenery on a paved road. There are also mini-dashes for the kids. 100% of the proceeds go to support local charities. Village of Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck. Maddashrace.org.
DANCE
Introduction to Belly Dance Class First Tuesday of every month, 7-8pm. No experience necessary! Come check out a real belly dance class in a relaxed setting to get a glimpse into the exciting and exotic Art of Belly Dance. Artspace at Ed Dempsey Tattoos, Woodstock. 594-8673.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Gentle Flow Yoga 9:45am. 25.00. Intentionally set to 3-5 people so you enjoy the most hands on yoga experience. This gentle flow class is perfect for the more mature clientele. Each class will consist of: meditation, stretching, core strength, balance, and relaxation. The classes ends with an optional application of Living Essential Oils® to aid you into a deeper meditation. Tara Gregorio Holistic Healing, Cold Spring. (617) 512-9501. Pre-Operative Total Joint Replacement Class 12:30pm. Whether you are scheduled for joint replacement surgery or are considering it, the joint replacement class is an opportunity for you and your loved ones to receive more information. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 204-4299. Reiki Practitioner Share First Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm. The evening begins with a centering meditation, connecting to our Reiki guides and an opportunity to share about reiki experiences. Each attendee will have time on the reiki table to relax and take in the power of our healing hands. Open only to those who have received a minimum of Reiki l training. Dreaming Goddess, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.
KIDS & FAMILY
New Mother’s Social Circle 10am-noon. This group is for mamas looking to meet other mamas and babies (ages 0-8 months) for friendship, answers about your new baby, and socialization. (Siblings are welcome.) We have a different weekly discussion topic with Q & A. New Baby New Paltz, New Paltz. 255-0624.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Open Mike with Chrissy Budzinski 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
MUSIC
Blues & Dance Party with Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis 7-9:30pm. Join Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis for dinner and dancing to classic blues. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
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SPIRITUALITY Private Raindrop Technique Sessions with Donna Carroll First Thursday of every month, 11:30am-6pm. $75/one hour. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.
THEATER Honky-Tonk Highway 8pm. $39/$34. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. London’s National Theatre in HD: Medea by Euripides 7pm. $18-$25. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Late Summer Garden Beauty 10am-1:30pm. $40/$35. Learn how to extend the beauty of the summer garden on this offsite study tour of two exceptional private gardens in Washington, CT. Join George Schoellkopf as he leads you through Hollister House Gardens at its late summer peak. Barbara Robinson will lead a tour of Brush Hill Gardens with an eye for structure, form and a sophisticated plant palette. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
FRIDAY 5 HV: Create First Friday of every month, 8:30am. Designers, artists, writers, teachers, coaches, musicians, scholars, & other intellectually curious, creative-minded people gather for facilitated round-table conversations, riffs on creativity & work, Icarus Sessions, community announcements. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 679-9441.
TMI Project Workshop 7-9pm. The workshop will culminate in a live reading. Instructors, Eva Tenuto and Sari Botton will help participants produce compelling, highly personal monologues and essays through exercises and feedback in a safe space, followed by collaborative hands-on editing. Weekly though Nov. 3. Outdated: An Antique Café, Kingston. 331-0030.
TUESDAY 2
Pitch in for Parks 5:30-7:30pm. Team up with Scenic Hudson’s Parks staff to maintain and build new trails. Shaupeneak Ridge, Esopus. 473-4440 Ext. 273.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
EFT & Law of Attraction Prosperity Circle 6pm. $15. FInancial issues resolved quickly with 5,000 year old technique. TG Parker, Kingston. 706-2183.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
DANCE
Hudson Valley Garlic Festival Mince it, crush it, roast it, toast it—what can’t you do with garlic? Lovers of “the stinking rose” can celebrate the versatile vegetable at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival on Saturday, September 27, from 10am to 6pm and Sunday, September 28, from 10am to 5pm, at Cantine Field in Saugerties. With garlic ice cream in hand, visitors can hear a number of lecturers, including Garlic Seed Foundation and Rose Valley Farm owner David Stern. Local farms such as Garlic by Ireland Farm and Fraser will offer a several garlic varieties and other assorted vegetables. Plus, enjoy handmade items by local craftspeople, five stages of live music, pumpkin decorating for the kids, and a huge assortment of tasty carnival treats—all with a garlic twist. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for seniors in advance, or $10 day-of. (845) 246-3090; Hvgf.org. Chris Isaak 8pm. $95. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Jeff Siegel/Rich Syracuse Group 7-10pm. Catskill Mountain Pizza Company, Woodstock. 679-7969.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Reiki l, Master Practitioner 6:30-9pm. $375 series if paid in advance/$75 session. This is a six class series which will provide you with in-depth Reiki Level 1, 2 and Master Practitioner teachings, the Reiki attunements and a Reiki Master Practitioner Certificate upon completion. The teachings for each level will be integrated into a powerful comprehensive experience. Dreaming Goddess, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.
THURSDAY 4 ART GALLERIES AND EXHIBITS Fall for Art 6-9pm. Juried art show and sale. The event is a fundraiser of the Jewish Federation of Ulster County, which this year, benefits three Emerging High School Artists, winners of a student competition. $45/$40 in advance. Wiltwyck Golf Club, Kingston. Fallforart.org
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS East Fishkill Community Library Photography Group First Thursday of every month, 7pm. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145. Exodus: Newburgh Extension First Thursday of every month, 6-8pm. A prison reentry support group (formerly known as the New Jim Crow Committee). Come join us to assist the new Exodus Transitonal Community in Newburgh, (a reentry program for those being released from prison), as well as other matters related to Mass Incarceration. The Hope Center, Newburgh. 569-8965.
Laryngectomy Support Group First Thursday of every month, 11am-noon. The LaryngectomySupport Group offers opportunities for individuals facing laryngeal cancer and individuals treated for laryngeal cancer to share their experiences, learn about communication options (electrolarynxand/ or voice prosthesis) and participate in community awareness projects. This group is open to family members and caregivers. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 483-7391. Pre-Operative Spine Education Sessions First Thursday of every month, noon. Whether you are scheduled for spine surgery or are considering it, the spine education session is an opportunity for you and your loved ones to receive more information. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 204-4299. Therapeutic Dance and Exercise Class 10:30-11:30am. A therapeutic exercise and dance class designed to allow cancer survivors, especially women recovering from breast cancer, to experience total body movement and ease the adjustments to the new body image. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 483-6331.
Cajun Dance to The C’est Bon Cajun Dance Band 8-11pm. $15/$10 FT students. Beginners’ lesson at 7pm. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 255-7061.
KIDS & FAMILY A Revolutionary War Soldier Comes to Life 7pm. Mr. Neil Murray, a history teacher in the Pine Plains School District and experienced re-enactor and military historian, will cover head to toe the material culture of the Revolutionary War soldier. From shoes to muskets, shirts to tomahawks, participants will walk away a soldier presented in an engaging way. Pine Plains Free Library, Pine Plains. (518) 398-1927. Rhyme Time by the Hudson 10-10:45am. $30-$60. The interactive, educator-led playgroups are designed for children ages 1-5 with their caregivers. This engaging playgroup is focused on toddler fun from days gone by and uses interactive songs, storytelling and games to spark your little one’s curiosity and imagination. 4-week sessions. Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org. WeeMuse Adventure 11-11:30am. Little ones can explore the Aquarium and three Museum galleries! Features songs, stories, scavenger hunts, play time, and more. Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. (413) 443-7171.
LITERARY & BOOKS Author Eliot Cowan Presents Plant Spirit Medicine: A Journey Into the Healing Wisdom of Plants 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
MUSIC 3D Ritmo de Vida 9:30pm. $10/$5 with dinner. Latin. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Etienne Charles 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
LECTURES & TALKS
Explorations of the Unforseen: Musicians, Dancers, Poets and Visual Artists in Spontaneous Performance 8pm. Impetus was founded under the belief that the spirit of improvisation holds the key to the next frontier in innovative artistic expression, whether it be music, dance, the visual arts, poetry, or any other aesthetic discipline. MaMa, Stone Ridge. 687-8707.
MUSIC
Orlando Marin, The Last Mambo King 8pm. Latin. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Master Class: Audition Prep & Reel Development 7:30-9:30pm. Additional development of the Meisner Method Scene Study. This course covers the General Meeting, Cold Reading, Call Back, Closing the Deal, Dealing with Hierarchy (agents, managers, casting directors, directors, producers, etc.) and working with a Career Plan. Nan Gill-Wilson, Goshen. 294-7500. Cafe Singer Showcase with Barbara Dempsey and Nelson Dewitt 7:30-9:30pm. Enjoy live local music at one of the finest showcases of musicians & songwriters in the Hudson Valley. The “Cafe Showcase”, hosted by Barbara Dempsey & Dewitt Nelson, features three guest artists. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. JP Patrick & Friends 8:30pm. Blues, rock, jazz fusion. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Mister Roper CD Release Party 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Saugerties First Friday 6-9pm. Ladies will be pampered, fashion takes a front seat and the food is always good in this town. Music spills from the venues and keeps everyone’s toes tapping with much more to see and do. Downtown Saugerties, Saugerties. Rae@luckychocolates.com.
ART ALICE NEEL / ERASTUS SALISBURY FIELD AT BENNINGTON MUSEUM
Woman and Child, Erastus Salisbury Field, oil on canvas, 34 1/4” x 29 1/4”, c. 1840. Bennington Museum Collection
Ginny and Elizabeth, Alicve Neel, oil on canvas, 42” x 30”, 1975. © Estate of Alice Neel
When an Abolitionist Meets a Communist “If you told someone who knows both artists that somebody has paired them in an exhibition, most people would say, ‘That’s weird!’ But when you see them side by side, all of a sudden it makes sense,” remarks Jamie Franklin, who curated “Alice Neel/Erastus Salisbury Field: Painting the People,” which will be exhibited at the Bennington Museum through November 2. Indeed, at first glance, these two artists are quite different. They were born almost exactly 100 years apart, in 1805 and 1900, respectively. Erastus Salisbury Field painted shipping magnates in black frocks. Neel painted Andy Warhol naked (and street poet Joe Gould nude, with three penises!). Field traveled throughout New England, producing likenesses for money. (In the late 1830s, he charged $4 for a half-length portrait, which he could complete in one day.) Neel was a poverty-stricken bohemian, painting out of “obsession.” But there are also parallels. Both lived in New York City—in fact, both had apartments in Greenwich Village for a similar length of time. Field and his wife moved to the city in 1841 and remained for seven years, exhibiting his paintings. Neel lived in the West Village throughout the 1930s, until she relocated to Spanish Harlem in 1938. Both were politically progressive: Field was an active abolitionist, Neel a member of the Communist Party. And both artists had connections to Vermont. Neel’s son Hartley, a doctor, moved to Stowe in 1973. Two years later, Neel built a studio on his property, and painted there most summers until her death in 1984. Field passed through Vermont painting portraits, including eight in the Bennington Museum collection, all of Bennington -area residents. Franklin points out a shared theme of mothers and daughters, and a similar use of visual space (a dominant figure in a shallow background). Both artists have an edge of
abstraction: for Neel, a free painterly line; for Field, a geometric near-Cubism. Rather than hanging them in separate rooms, “Painting the People” juxtaposes works by the two artists to draw out their affinities. It’s surprising how often Field depicts women, each on her own canvas, not in the shadow of her husband. Often these sitters hold books, emphasizing their literacy. Neel was one of the first celebrated American women painters, heralded as an early feminist. Field and Neil both used the portrait to make larger statements. “Their goal as artists was not just to paint pretty pictures, but to convey the complexity of the human psyche,” Franklin suggests. Further connections: Field died—at the age of 95—the same year Alice Neel was born. Also, their names almost rhyme. Both painters were ignored by the art establishment, Field because he was an itinerant portraitist, Neel because Abstract Expressionists considered figurative art vulgar. Yet both were trained artists. Field studied with one of the most admired portrait painters in America, Samuel F. B. Morse (now best remembered for inventing the telegraph), though Field’s apprenticeship was cut short after three months by the death of Morse’s wife. Neel graduated from the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Moreover, Neel emerged as an artist in the 1930s as museums and galleries were showing 19th-century vernacular art. “Artists like Neel were looking at folk art and being directly inspired by it, consciously or unconsciously absorbing it into their own work,” says Franklin. Neel and Field shared an American belief: Every citizen deserves a portrait. “Alice Neel/Erastus Salisbury Field: Painting the People” will be at the Bennington Museum through November 2. (802) 447-1571; Benningtonmuseum.org.
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OUTDOORS & RECREATION
Harvest Moon Stroll 8-9:30pm. $5. Join environmental educator Fran Martino, stroll along the paths at Olana State Historic Site to enjoy the almost-full moon from the top of the hill so cherished by landscape artist Frederic Church. Using touch, sound, smell and even vision, you will be guided to an exciting new experience from one of the nation’s important picturesque landscapes. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872 ext. 109. Honky-Tonk Highway 8pm. $39/$34. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
SATURDAY 6 ART GALLERIES AND EXHIBITS
Claire Lambe: Eye of the Beholder Opening reception.5pm-8pm Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 514-7989.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Chosun Taekwondo Academy Leadership Team Book and Bake Sale 10am-4pm. Proceeds benefit the Warwick Lions Club Holiday event for underprivileged community children. Lewis Park, Warwick. 986-2288.
DANCE
Hudson Valley English Country Dance 7:30-10:30pm. $10/$5 FT students. Workshop at 7pm. Caller: Judi Rivkind, band: Tiddley Pom: Jeanette Hancock-Huttel, violin, Sue Polansky, clarinet, Katie Jeannotte, piano, Stewart Dean, concertina. Reformed Church of Port Ewen, Port Ewen. 679-8587. Open Rehearsal of Age & Beauty Part 2: Asian Beauty at the Werq Meeting or The Choreographer and Her Muse 2pm. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Salsa Lesson and Latin Dance Party with Carlos Osorio 8pm. $12 at the door. Bring out your Latin spirit! Join Carlos Osorio, Founder of the Cumbia Spirit School of Dance for a fun, all levels salsa class and then dance the night away at Kingston’s most artful new event space Wine available. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 331-3261. Tango Meets Swing with Dancer Nina Jirka & the Bernstein Bard Quartet 7:30-10pm. $25/$20 members/$20 in advance/$15 members in advance. Dancer Nina Jirka will lead a short demonstration & dance lesson, followed by tango, swing dancing and music, courtesy of the Bernstein Bard Quartet. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
9th Annual OrCA Music Festival and Wellness Fair 3-6pm. Please join us for a day of music and raising awareness for oral cancer. Featuring performances from OrCA Blues Band, Allie Chipkin, Buffalo Stack, Stax of Soul, and more. Freedom Park Pavilion, LaGrangeville. 227-3327. Arts and Crafts Expo 10am-3pm. Water color artists, jewelry crafters, and other crafters will be selling their works. Hopewell Depot Restoration, Hopewell Junction. Woodstock Flea Market 9am-5pm. Crafts, vintage clothing, flowers, vegetables, more. Mower’s Flea Market, Woodstock. 679-6744.
FOOD & WINE
Gourmet and Specialty Food Tastings 12-3pm. Emerson Organic Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828. Saratoga Wine and Food Festival noon. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. 518-584-9330.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Chosun Taewkondo Academy 17th Annual Open House 11am-2pm. Join us for a day of Martial Arts and Hatha Yoga education with demos and classes. Chosun Taekwondo Academy & Hatha Yoga Center, Warwick. 986-2288.
KIDS & FAMILY
Battle of the Books Trivia Competition 9:30am-2pm. The regional battle will involve 300 students from area libraries. Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. (518) 828-1481. Majestic Monarch 10am. After a short presentation join environmental educator Pam Golben for a guided hike in search of Monarch Butterflies and Caterpillars at the Outdoor Discovery Center plus learn their natural history, the reasons for their decline and how planting a patch of milkweed can help Monarchs survive. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781. Repair Cafe 11am-4pm. Bring broken and beloved things, wooden, electrical, mechanical, made of fabric, also bikes, appliances, toys, clothes, furniture, knickknacks. Come and watch them getting mended for free. Also a “take it apart” table for children, snacks and beverages. Clinton Avenue United Methodist, Kingston. (914) 263-7368.
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Saturday Social Circle First Saturday of every month, 10am-noon. This group for mamas looking to meet other mamas, babies and toddlers for activities, socialization and friendship. Whether you are pregnant, have a new baby or older kids, we welcome you to join us on Saturday mornings for conversation, fun and laughter over tea and homemade cookies. There is time for socialization so you can connect with old friends and get to know new ones. New Baby New Paltz, New Paltz. 255-0624.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Author Randy Susan Meyers: “Accidents of Marriage” 7pm. From Randy Susan Meyers the bestselling author of The Comfort of Lies, comes an engrossing look at the darker side of a marriage—and at how an ordinary family responds to an extraordinary crisis. At this event Ms. Meyers will talk about the new book, entertain questions from the audience and sign books. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500. Mid-Hudson Library System: Battle of the Books 9:30am-2pm. 300 students, from more than 20 MidHudson libraries, grades 6-9, compete by answering trivia questions based on specific books read. Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. (518) 828-1481. Reading by Richard Parisio 3:30pm. Followed by open mike. Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf. 469-9459.
MUSIC
Ambient Duo Errant Space 7:30-11pm. An evening of ambient music and great Japanese food. Errant Space play atmospheric music, utilizing elements of Electronica, Classical, New Age, and Trance. With influences from Eno to Stockhausen each performance is a custom sound installation unique to the space. Gomen Kudasai, New Paltz. Https://facebook.com/errantspace/. Beatles Tribute Band: Hey Jude! 5:30-11:45pm. $45. Enjoy all your favorites hits from across the pond! Join us for a full buffet dinner, cash bar, and live music. Boathouse Grille, New Baltimore. (518) 756-8001. Celtic Night with the Irish Mafia First Saturday of every month. Sean Griffin’s Irish Mafia and invited guests connect the Celtic tradition to Galicia, Spain. Elephant, Kingston. Elephantwinebar.com/. Community Concert and Cider Party 6:30pm. $15/$8 students/members free. PS21 is ending the season with a Cider Party in our glorious apple orchard. Enjoy fresh cider and live music under the famous PS21 saddle span tent. ps21, Chatham. (518) 392.6121. Community Concert Series and Open Mic\ke Series 6pm. Featuring local songwriters and performers Black Horse Riders. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. The Crossroads Band 8pm. Classic rock. Gail’s Place, Newburgh. 567-1414. Escher String Quartet with Carol Wincenc 4:30pm. Pre-concert talk at 3:30pm New Marlborough Village Association Meeting House, New Marlborough, MA. An Evening of Classical and Tango 6pm. 6-9pm. $35. Pieces from Bach, Bartok, and Paganini, plus tango pieces and more, will be on the set list for the event. TK Home and Garden, Hudson. (518) 697-0909. Happy Traum & Friends 8pm. 8pm. $50/$40/$20. A folk music legend who has recorded with Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger, and many others returns to the Maverick for an evening of great folk music. Catering, wine, and beer from Yum Yum at this concert. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. 679-8217.
Tisziji Munoz Quartet with Guest Paul Schaffer 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS
Annual Summer Exhibit: 1914 New York Central Railroad Station Museum Hyde Park Train Station Museum, Hyde Park. 229-2338. First Saturday Reception First Saturday of every month, 5-8pm. ASK’s openings are elegant affairs with wine, hors d’oeuvres and art enthusiasts. These monthly events are part of Kingston’s First Saturday art events. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0331. Historic House Tour First Saturday of every month, 10am-noon. Maple Grove Restoration, Poughkeepsie. 471-3248.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
Second Annual Horse Show and Demo Day 10am-2pm. The students of High and Mighty will be demonstrating their skills in both equitation and games at our second annual Horse Show and Demo Day. This is a great opportunity to support the hard work and dedication of the students, horses and volunteers of High and Mighty. Pot luck lunch will be served. High and Mighty Therapeutic Riding and Driving Center, Ghent. (518) 672-4202. Open Days Program Garden Tour: Ulster County 10am-4pm. $5 per garden/children 12 & under free. Visit four private gardens in Olivebridge, Saugerties, and Ulster Park, open to the public for self-guided tours to benefit the Garden Conservancy. Features include ponds and waterfalls, extensive sculpture pieces, a herd of North American bison, a tiered rose garden, a Japanese teahouse, naturalistic and geometrically-designed landscapes, a koi canal, and views of the Hudson River. Riverhill - Garden of Joe & Tamara DiMattio, Saugerties. (888) 842-2442.
SPIRITUALITY
A Day of Healing with One Light Healing Touch 10am-5pm. $150 (with lunch). Experience a powerful one-day training with OLHT. Release accumulated stress and emotional programming, explore hands-on healing. learn to access and strengthen your healing energies. This training enhances your immune system, clears emotional and physical blockages, increases understanding and awareness, and brings balance to your Body, Mind and Spirit. Healing Space, Stone Ridge. 687-2552.
THEATER
Auditions for It’s a Wonderful Life 1pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Honky-Tonk Highway 8pm. $39/$34. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. Space Cadet, Take Me To Your Lender 8pm. $20. A fundraiser for the Seligmann Center at the Citizens Foundation performed by Air Pirates. Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf. 469-9459.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
James Finn Cotter: 1pm. Using his book A New Life: Learning the Way of Omega which combines prose reflections with poetry, Cotter will present poetry as an experience of seeing, hearing, reading, loving and being. Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf. 469-9459. Swing Infusion First Saturday of every month. $10. Basic lesson at 7:30 and a bonus move at 9pm with instructors Linda and Chester Freeman. MAC Fitness, Kingston. 853-7377.
SUNDAY 7
Jeff Bridges 8pm. $90. Special guest The Abiders with Jessie Bridges. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
COMEDY
Ji: Piano 8pm. Tannery Pond, New Lebanon. (888) 820-1696.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
The Jon Bates Band 9:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Joshua Bell & the Albany Symphony Orchestra 7pm. $90/$70$45. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Leo B. 9pm. Acoustic. The Publik House, Ellenville. Thepublikhouseny.com. Lizz Wright 9pm. Soul-gospel fusion. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Music of Miles Davis 8pm. $25. A convergence of great talents will celebrate the music of one of jazz’s greatest musicians, Miles Davis, whose ground-breaking sounds and styles played a major role in the evolution of the music. Performing will be guitarist Wali Ali, pianist Bob Baldwin, saxophonist Ray Blue and bassist Harvie S. White Plains Performing Arts Center, White Plains. (914) 428-4220. A Musical Revue: No Tune Like A Show Tune 6:30pm. Michael Berkeley. Music Mountain, Falls Village, CT. (860) 824-7126.
Lewis Black: The Rant is Due 8pm. $90. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Beacon Flea Market 8am-3pm. A variety of items, including re-finished furniture, antiques, vintage purses, mid-century cookware, collectible vinyl, old books, handmade jewelry, and local crafts. Beacon Flea Market, Beacon. 202-0094. Harvest Fest: Music and Arts Festival 11am-4pm. $2 parking fee. The festival will present music and poster art from the 1960s to present! Come and enjoy the Poster Marketplace where collectors, vendors and enthusiasts alike can convene at our historic location to celebrate the iconic art forms of posters and prints. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. Bethelwoodscenter.org/events/detail/harvestfestival. Woodstock Flea Market 9am-5pm. Crafts, vintage clothing, flowers, vegetables, more. Mower’s Flea Market, Woodstock. 679-6744.
FILM
National Theatre Live: Medea by Euripedes 1pm. $20. A new version by Ben Power. Directed by: Carrie Cracknell. Starring: Helen McCrory. Music: Will Gregory and Alison Goldfrapp. The Moviehouse, Millerton. Themoviehouse.net/index.php/site/special_ events/national_theatre_live_medea_by_euripedes.
The Police Tapes 4pm. Captures life in NYC’s highest crime precinct. CR10 Contemporary Arts Project Space, Linlithgo. (518) 697-7644.
FOOD & WINE
Hyde Park Food Truck Festival First Sunday of every month, 12-7pm. Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce, Hyde Park. 229-8612. Rosendale Summer Farmers’ Market 2014 9am-2pm. Vendors include:Maynard Orchards, Good Flavor Farm; Three Sisters Farm, Wright’s Orchards; Twisted Jeanne’s, Ronnybrook dairy products and Bread Alone bakery goods, Immune Schein Elixir and Organic Teas, Vlume beeswax products; Bob’s Pickles and more. Rosendale Farmers’ Market, Rosendale. 658-8348.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
4th Annual Wholistic Health & Wellness Fair 11am-5pm. Music, healing and community. Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz. 255.5030. 7th Annual Barry Hopkins Run 8:30am-1pm. $15/$10 Olana members. Enjoy this 3.8 mile scenic cross country run, primarily on historic carriage roads with a few hills and spectacular views. Overall and age group awards. There is a free 0.7 mile kids run around the lake. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. Olana.org. Homemade Holistic Health: A 10 Month Workshop Series Every fourth Sunday, 10am. $50/$450 for all ten. Our health represents a complex interaction between our physical body, environment and ability to process emotional pressure. Holistic approaches to health are only as effective as their capacity to address these aspects in concert. Join Claudia for ten workshops over the course of the changing seasons. The Herbal Acre, Rhinebeck. (917) 992-9901. Yoga Workshop: Love and Such with Julie Kirkpatrick 1:30-3:30pm. $25. Explore a yogi’s idea of of that big word “love” through a vigorous vinyasa class with references to the ancient yoga texts. Open to all levels and experience of practitioner. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212.
KIDS & FAMILY
CaravanKids Project! FallDance 2014 3-4pm. Orientation/open house. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488. Child Safety Seat Check Event First Sunday of every month, 11am. Come have your child’s seat checked by a nationally-certified technician who can also teach you everything you need to know about car seats. Health Quest Community Education, LaGrangeville. 475-9746. Zoetis $1 Million Grand Prix 1-5pm. $25. Equestrian stars and the ‘crème de la crème’ of equine athletes will converge. After a year of qualifying at HITS Shows coast to coast, 45 of the world’s most accomplished horses and riders will jump for the richest prize in American show jumping. HITS Showgrounds, Saugerties. 246-8833.
LECTURES & TALKS
The Farm that Became a Museum 10am. $3-$7. Join Dr. Joyce Conroy, Town of Rockland Historian & author of ‘Lost Roads, Forgotten Lives’ and environmental educator Carl Heitmuller to learn the fascinating history of the 177 acre parcel of land previously known as Kenridge Farm, which is now the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Book Reading by Lydia Davis 3-5pm. Reading from her new book Can’t and Won’t. The Chatham Bookstore, Chatham. (518) 392-3005. League of Extraordinary Readers Presents Andrea Pyros: “My Year of Epic Rock” 4pm. The League of Extraordinary Readers is a monthly author event series for kids ages 8-12. Come to the bookstore to meet your favorite children’s book authors, with giveaways, snacks and fun at every event. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
MUSIC
14th Annual Big Band Concert & Sunset Picnic 5pm. $16/children under 10 free/discount for members. Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org. he American String Quartet: A Concert for the T Friends of Maverick 4pm. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. 679-8217. The Charlie Daniels Band 5pm. HITS Showgrounds, Saugerties. 246-8833. A Concert for the Friends of Maverick 4pm. Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3 “Emperor”, Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat, Op. 12, Brahms: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. 679-8217. Dover String Quartet 3pm. Roberto Diaz, viola. Music Mountain, Falls Village, CT. (860) 824-7126. Failing Forward, The”Bluesical” 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 6:30pm. Blues. Paramount Theatre, Middletown. 346-4195.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 - SHOWTIME 7PM Celebrate Autumn with the legendary and iconic jazz and cabaret vocalist as she makes her Hudson Valley debut. Along with her trio led by the incomparable Tedd Firth, you are in for an unforgettable night of the best of the American songbook by a lady Johnny Carson called “Super Proudly supported by Singer” and who Ella Fitgerald said was “The Greatest White Singer in the Word”. “By the end of her show, as is usual the case, I was walking on air—infused with a giddy certainty that life really is a cabaret. ”Stephen Holden, New York Times
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The Path to Sustainability Friday, September 12 at 7 p.m.
Stephen Weppler
Join us for a special lecture by Steven Cohen, Executive Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Cohen will talk about the importance of environmental policy and the need to move away from an economy that tolerates environmental damage.
JENNIFER MCMULLEN PRESENTS
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NEW YORK SHORT FILM CONCERT
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Forest Ecology Walk Sunday, September 28 at 10 a.m.
David Markman
As part of the Hudson River Valley Ramble, forest ecologist Charlie Canham will lead a 2-mile walk along the Cary Institute’s grounds. Learn fascinating stories about the history of Dutchess County forests. Registration required.
our trails are open for the season
Pamela Freeman
From April 1 to October 31 our grounds are open from sunrise to sunset. We invite visitors to explore parts of our 2,000-acre campus. Hike along Wappinger Creek, picnic among native ferns, bike our internal roadways, or watch birds in the sedge meadow.
Learn more at www.caryinstitute.org
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Lisa Jane Lipkin and Jay Hitt 5pm. Singer/songwriter. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Palmas 1-4pm. Family performance $35/Benefit performance $125. For this singular event, McGill, a life-long dancer, collaborates with Flamenco y Sol Ensemble: Artistic Director Sol “La Argentinita”, baile-dance/cante-song; Music Director Cristian Puig, cante/toque-guitar; Peter Basil Bogdanos, percussion; Isabel del Dia, baile; and Barbara Martinez, baile/cante. Manitoga, Garrison. 424-3812. Shandelee Music Series Featuring violinist Lana Trotovsek and pianist Anna Shelest. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS
Annual Summer Exhibit: 1914 New York Central Railroad Station Museum Hyde Park Train Station Museum, Hyde Park. 229-2338.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
HITS Championship Week 8am-5pm. No admission charge for daytime performances Wednesday through Saturday. Admission for the Sunday of HITS Championship will be through ticket sales. Tickets are $25. Sunday, September 7: •Platinum Performance $500,000 Hunter Prix Final round 3 & 4: 8 am in the Strongid® C 2X GrandPrix Stadium •Bayer’s Legend ® (hyaluronate sodium) Injectable Solution $250,000 High Junior/ Amateur-Owner Jumper round 2 & 3: 11 am in the Strongid® C 2X Grand Prix Stadium •Horseware Ireland Parade of Champions: 1:30 pm in the Strongid® C 2X Grand Prix Stadium •Zoetis $1 Million Grand Prix: 2 pm in the Strongid® C 2X Grand Prix Stadium •Concert: 5 pm in the Hunter Stadium. HITS Showgrounds, Saugerties. 246-8833.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Support-A-Walk Open House 4-8pm. Meet our staff and volunteers, enjoy light refreshments and take advantage of our hands-on help. We’ll help you: Form a Team - Set up an online fundraising page - Purchase a Tribute Message Sign - Register or Donate. Support Connection, Yorktown Heights. (914) 962-6402.
FILM
Germantown:The Stories of Our History 2pm. Documentary film. Shh...Films producer S.Nicholas Holsapple, cinematographer Travis Bleen, and Oral Historian Sara Wolcott in collaboration with the Germantown History Department captures the rich history of a small town in the Hudson Valley in a feature length film with an original score. Germantown Library, Germantown. (518) 537-5800.
FOOD & WINE
A Wine, Beer, Spirits, and Cider Summit 10am-2pm. The sponsors of the event wish to bring together the dozens of beer, wine, cider, and spirits producers in the region, as well as farmers, industry officials, and tourism experts in order to create high demand for these products as well as integrate the wine, food, tourism, and lodging businesses of the region. Hudson-Chatham Winery, Ghent. (518) 392-WINE.
Guided Chakra Balancing Meditation with the Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls 1-2pm. $5-20. The Sanctuary: A Place for Healing, New Paltz. 546-7838. Women’s Full Moon Gathering 7-8:30pm. $10. We will hold circle in the Ceremonial Tipi. Our Circle is a gathering of women, coming together to draw upon the powerful, rich energies of the full moon. Non-denominational group, with foundation rooted in honoring the Mother Earth and the light of the Goddess within each of us. Dreaming Goddess, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.
THEATER
Auditions for It’s a Wonderful Life 7pm. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Fertile Ground-Fertility, Creativity, and Yoga Through Sept. 12. Old Stone Farm, Staatsburgh. 876-3977.
MONDAY 8 HEALTH & WELLNESS
Yoga with a View 6-7:15pm. $17. Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org.
MUSIC
Mid-Hudson Women’s Chorus Open Rehearsal 7:15pm. No auditions required. St. James United Methodist Church, Kingston. 331-3030. Open Mike Night with Jeff Entin 6:30-8:30pm. Bring your instrument, voice, and talent to Open Mic night at the Cafe. The evening is always fun and entertaining. You never know who may show up from our culturally rich Hudson Valley. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
THEATER
Martin Charnin: Sculpting the Song for Performance or Audition 8-10pm. $20. The third stop in WPPAC’s Composer Series will be with Tony-winning lyricist Martin Charnin, who will work with actors to provide techniques for rounding out songs in their repertoire for performance or audition. Master Class participants will be selected, by audition, from ticket buyers. Participants must be 14 or older to audition. White Plains Performing Arts Center, White Plains. (914) 328-1600.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Kaastbaan Fall Classess Begin See website for full class schedule. Kaaterskill Fine Arts, Hunter. (518) 263-2060. EFT & Law of Attraction Prosperity Circle 6pm. $15. FInancial issues resolved quickly with 5,000 year old technique. TG Parker, Kingston. 706-2183.
TUESDAY 9 BUSINESS & NETWORKING
Solopreneurs Sounding Board Second Tuesday of every month, 6:30-9pm. donation. Struggling with a work issue? Need a perspective shift? Take advantage of collective intelligence (“hive mind”) and an inspiring meeting place to work out creative solutions to problems. . Beahive Beacon, Beacon. Beahivebzzz.com/events/solopreneurs-soundingboard-2014-07-08/.
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Safe Harbors Informational Tours 9am. The tours highlight how Safe Harbors’ transformative supportive housing, award-winning contemporary art gallery and performing arts theater is instrumental to the revitalization of downtown Newburgh. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-6940.
SPIRITUALITY
Chakra Meditation Group 6-7pm. $15. Led by Dianne Weisselberg, LMSW, Certified Chakra Healer. These guided meditations vary from session to session and are an opportunity to center, align and infuse yourself with the vibrational energy of one or more Chakras. There is time for connection and reflection in the group as well. Namaste Sacred Healing Center, Woodstock. 679-6107.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Tea and Stones Second Tuesday of every month, 6:30-7:30pm. Come experience an hour of connecting to the magic of the mineral kingdom over a cup of herbal tea. Each month we’ll explore a different stone from our vast collection, we’ll learn all about their healing qualities, history and ways to incorporate them into our daily lives. Dreaming Goddess, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.
Hudson River Craft Beer Festival New York is chock-full of independent breweries, and some of the best will once again make an appearance at this year’s Hudson River Craft Beer Festival in Beacon. The event’s mission is to connect local residents and enthusiasts with regional microbrewers, and this year’s lineup includes nearly 40 operations from up and down the state. Taste ales, lagers, and porters from Brooklyn Brewery, Upstate Brewing Company, and more, plus awardwinning Original Sin hard ciders. No need to worry about an empty stomach—enjoy casual fare from Black Forest Flammkuchen Co., Elias Texas BBQ, and Ku Yah Caribbean cuisine. And between live music acts, browse products of local vendors like LCG Cigars, a peaceful stance, and Dark Side Records. General admission is $45 online and $55 at the gate on Saturday, September 20, from 1pm to 5pm at Riverfront Park. Hudsonrivercraftbeerfestival.com.
SPIRITUALITY
Honky-Tonk Highway 2pm. $39/$34. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
KIDS & FAMILY
New Mother’s Social Circle 10am-noon. This group is for mamas looking to meet other mamas and babies (ages 0-8 months) for friendship, answers about your new baby, and socialization. (Siblings are welcome.) We have a different weekly discussion topic with Q & A. New Baby New Paltz, New Paltz. 255-0624.
Tricks of the Artists Trade Painting Workshops 6-9pm. $130. Weekly through Oct. 14. Artist/Illustrator Robert Lahm. Athens Cultural Center, Athens. (518) 945-2136. Writing Poetry, Short Story, Novel, Memoir or Creative Non-fiction (and Getting It Published) 6:30-8:30pm. $15/$60 series. 21 Cedar Way, Woodstock. 679-8256.
LECTURES & TALKS
Monthly Open House with Dharma Talk Second Tuesday of every month, 7pm. free. Shambhala Buddhist teachers talk on a variety of topics at our Open House. Second Tuesday of every month, after community meditation practice. Meditation: 6-7pm, Talk 7pm, followed by tea, cookies, and converation. Sky Lake Lodge, Rosendale. 658-8556. The Tivoli Solar Energy Conference 7pm. Learn how you can save energy, save money, increase your home value and help to preserve the environment. Hear presentations from three leading solar energy providers in the area: SunDog Solar, Hudson Solar and Solar City, plus get information on how you can receive energy grants from NY State. Tivoli Village Hall, Tivoli. 757-2021.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Jacqueline Dooley presents Doorways to Arkomo 4pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. Mark Scarbrough’s Fall Book Discussion Series The Sovereignty and Goodness of God. Hotchkiss Library, Sharon, CT. (860) 364-5041. Poetry Reading by Valley Writers’ Ink 7-9pm. Featuring Catherine Arra, Mary Leonard, Matthew Spireng. The 1850 House, Rosendale. The1850house.com.
MUSIC
The British Invasion 7:30pm. $65. Featuring Gerry & The Pacemakers, Chad & Jeremy, Billy J. Kramer, Mike Pender’s Searchers and Denny Laine (of The Moody Blues & Wings). Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. The Fray 7:30pm. $35-$50. With special guests A Great Big World & Andy Grammer. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Steel House with Edward Simon, Scott Colley & Brian Blade 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
WEDNESDAY 10 HEALTH & WELLNESS
Stroke Support Group Second Wednesday of every month, 11am-noon. Is for patients and family members to share information, express concerns, and find support and friends. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 483-6319.
MUSIC
Anne McCue, The Master Guitarist’s Solo Performance 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Syracuse & Siegel 8-10:30pm. With special guests. Catskill Mountain Pizza Company, Woodstock. 679-7969.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Munay-Ki Rites Series 6:30-8:30pm. $150 series/$45 session. Rhianna Mirabello will be facilitating this in-depth four evening series. The series will include receiving of all nine Munay-Ki rites, receiving your own Pi stone through which your rites with be transmitted, along with fire ceremonies and other ways of strengthening the rites. Dreaming Goddess, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206. Scene Study Workshop with Christine Crawfis 7-9pm. $150/$100 members. 8-week course. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
THURSDAY 11 BUSINESS & NETWORKING
Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting Second Thursday of every month, 7pm. Shawangunk Town Hall, Wallkill. 418-3640.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Kingston-Rhinebeck Toastmasters Club Second Thursday of every month, 7-9pm. Practice public speaking skills. Ulster County Office Building, Kingston. 338-5184.
The Relatives As Parents Program Support Group Second Thursday of every month, 6-7:30pm. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie. 452-8440.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
2nd Annual Hops Program 8am-4pm. $60. Learn all about this important grain. Dutchess County Farm and Home Center, Millbrook. Ccedutchess.org.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Bereavement Support Group 5:30-6:30pm. This expressive support group is open to the community and led by Adrienne London, LCSW-R. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-3101.
LECTURES & TALKS
Master Class: Audition Prep & Reel Development 7:30-9:30pm. Additional development of the Meisner Method Scene Study. This course covers the General Meeting, Cold Reading, Call Back, Closing the Deal, Dealing with Hierarchy (agents, managers, casting directors, directors, producers, etc.) and working with a Career Plan. Nan Gill-Wilson, Goshen. 294-7500.
MUSIC
Frank Vignola & Vinny Ranilo 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Juan Pablo Carletti Trio 9pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Open Mike Night 8:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS
Lyn Evans Charity Fashion Show 6:30pm. $20. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Community Arts Grants Support Workshop Workshops 6-7pm. Greene County Council on the Arts Gallery, Catskill. (518) 943-3400. Conversational Italian 6pm. Beginner class held Thursdays through October 23. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-3241.
FRIDAY 12 FAIRS & FESTIVALS
Basilica Soundscape Live music, readings, visual art, videos, brunch, flea market, food and after parties. Check website for specific events and times. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. (518) 822-1050. Fall Crafts 9am-5pm. $12/$11 seniors/$4 children 6-16/under 6 free. A full-day art and shopping experience for the entire family and features over 275 artists and craftspeople selling their amazing contemporary American-made works, live music, hands-on craft demonstrations, a sculpture garden, kid’s activities, specialty foods, an expanded food court and more. Lyndhurst, Tarrytown. 331-7900.
FILM
Beacon Indi Film Fest $10-$3510% seniors and student discount. See website for schedules and tickets. University Settlement, Beacon. Beaconindiefilmfest.org.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Wake-Up Retreat Through Sept. 14. Blue Cliff Monastery, Pine Bush.
KIDS & FAMILY
21st Annual Card and Game Night 5pm. This fun-filled social event features card and board games, door prizes and an auction, and serves to raise money for the hospital. Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck. 876-3001. WeeMuse Adventure 11-11:30am. Little ones can explore the Aquarium and three Museum galleries! Features songs, stories, scavenger hunts, play time, and more. Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. (413) 443-7171.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Debby and Michael Smith present Imagine: Living in a Socialist U.S.A 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. Reading & Book Signing: Stanley Blum 7-9pm. In his latest autobiographical journal of poetry and paintings, “...a roll in the hay!””, Stanley Blum continues his journal of human dignity, creativity and the freedom to find and practice one’s uniqueness. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
MUSIC
The Best of Broadway 7:30pm. $27. Ffrom the Phat Pack. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf. 610-5335. Hurley Mountain Highway 8pm. Pop, soft rock. Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor. 534-4227. KJ Denhert & The New York Unit 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Loudon Wainwright III 8pm. $45. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
ART ANNE COLLIER & AMY SILLMAN AT CCS BARD
Anne Collier, Folded Madonna Poster (Steven Meisel), C-print, 50” x 64.8”, 2007 Collection of Norah and Norman Stone
Docent-Eye View at CCS Bard Leading exhibition tours is a privileged position in an art museum. As a docent for the summer exhibitions at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), I get to repeatedly test interpretations and turns of phrase, thinking through visitor questions that make me see things that I swear were never there before. There are two main attractions now on view at CCS Bard. “Amy Sillman: one lump or two” presents almost 30 years of work by drawer and painter Amy Sillman. The exhibition jumps between cartoons, abstract paintings, diagrams, and iPhone drawings with a warmth that makes awkward and lonely social situations—the motor for the work—feel exuberant and tender. On the other side of the museum, “Anne Collier” is a crash course in the conventions of photography, both commercial and conceptual. Collier photographs things with photographs on them, mostly print materials made in the 1960s and `70s. These still lifes, staged in an impeccably spare studio, expose the production of photographic clichés and sexist biases that are as casual as they are seductively weird. I’ve gone through both these exhibitions with teenagers, artists, public school teachers, collectors, and whoever joins a weekly public tour. Together, we’ve learned some cool things. People laugh louder in groups. Maybe because we’ve come to understand that solitary laughter—committed, body-jiggling solitary laughter—means that you’re kind of crazy. The sweet spot number for group laughing in museums seems to be about 10. One of the most satisfying sounds I’ve heard this summer has been the echoing guffaws of a group watching Amy Sillman’s 12-minute animation Triscuits, which contemplates the idea of abstraction via lumpy body parts and various body holes. A stand-up comic would make a really great museum docent. Maybe this is especially true for “Amy Sillman: one lump or two,” where the logic of the exhibition mimics that of stand-up. The work is self-effacing and unforgivingly observant and hyperbolic. Throughout the show, the paintings act as the set-p to the punchline of the titles (or
maybe it’s the other way around). Fatso, for example, delivers a comedic wallop to a dour green-gray painting of a cartooned figure with one googly eye and a horseshoe of a frown. But more generally, good comics (like good museum docents) need to be a ruthlessly efficient story-tellers. They craft elegant setups and smart punchlines that are linked by a puzzle of connective tissue, to make sure the joke doesn’t fall flat. Anne Collier is a pirate—and you are too. Collier’s still lifes are the millennial cousins of appropriation art, or the intentional copying and quoting of existing images in work by artists like Sherrie Levine and Richard Prince. During a recent tour at CCS Bard, one visitor’s gut reaction to a description of these practices was an emphatic “That’s not right,” a quick assessment of the ethical questions at stake. But Collier’s critique feels a bit more ambiguous. The things she photographs—print books, magazines, postcards, record sleeves, bound calendars—sound quaintly retro, but look flat and meticulous like an Apple showroom. Most people who undertake some kind of creative activity today engage in piracy—some (unauthorized) borrowing, redistributing, remixing of existing information. Collier’s photographs of photographs of women taking photographs reinsert things in a conversation about Internet-age piracy, a reminder that the slick, flat Internet is also a series of tubes. The art needs you. Collier and Sillman both collect and distribute the information of daily life: social emotions, insecurities, the media that is carried around in a bag, hung on a wall, or backlit on a screen. The important thing, the moment when things start to click, occurs during a connection—a mood, a recognition, a gaze—between you and the stuff on the wall. Sort of like Facebook. “Anne Collier” and “Amy Sillman: one lump or two” run through September 21 at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. Also on view: “Score!” and works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection. (845) 758-7598; Bard.edu/ccs. —Jocelyn Edens 9/14 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 89
Pumping Ethy 9:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Second Friday Jam with Jeff Entin and Bob Blum 8-11:30pm. Lifelong friends and musicians, Jeff Entin and Bob Blum welcome friends to a jam session. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
TANNERY POND CONCERTS 2014
Spook Handy 8pm. $12/$10 seniors/$8 members. Presented by The Hudson Valley Folk Guild’s Friends of Fiddler’s Green Chapter. Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Hyde Park. 758-2681.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS
Ladies Night Out: Old Fashioned Hollywood Glam Party 7pm. Featuring music by Soul Purpose. Saugerties Performing Arts Factory, Saugerties. 246-7723.
THEATER
Falling $39/$34. Chronicling the dynamic and complicated reality of a family with an autistic young man, Falling bravely asks “How do you love someone who is difficult to love”. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
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Dover String Quartet Alon Goldstein piano
June 21
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Axel Strauss violin Ilya Poletaev piano
July 12
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Jasper String Quartet
August 2
8pm
Gleb Ivanov piano
August 23 8pm
Trio Virado flute, viola, guitar
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 8-10:30pm. $22 includes dessert at intermission. Grownups play kids, some audience interaction, name calling, inappropriate word spelling, cheap jokes, big laughs… an absolutely c-h-a-r-m-i-n-g good time. The Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe, N.Y. 294-9465.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
American Mahjongg Class 1pm. This 4-player game of skill, strategy and chance originated in ancient China and is making a comeback today. We’ll teach you to play - all supplies provided. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-3241.
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“Form, Space, Color” Opening 6-9pm. Sculpture by David Link. Eleanor White in the Beacon Room. Bau Gallery, Beacon. 440-7584.
September 14 Dance Film SunDayS: the royal Winnipeg ballet in Moulin Rouge $10, 2:00 pm September 23 not My life by Donation, 7:15 pm
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Chef’s Farm Fresh Dinner $135. Presented by Hudson Valley Chefs Consortium. Five course gourmet meal prepared by five noted Hudson Valley Chefs. Bannerman Island Discovery Tours, Glenham. 831-6346. Gourmet and Specialty Food Tastings 12-3pm. Emerson Organic Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828. NYS Craft Beer Experience 12-4pm. $65 person tasting/$26 designated driver. Skip the crowds, taste the beer and talk to the people who make it and know it. With limited ticket sales, beers organized by taste and style rather than by brewery, knowledgeable craft beer professionals pouring and food prepared to complement the beer you are tasting at every station included, this is the beer experience you’ve been waiting for. Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro, Rhinebeck. 876-3330. Rhinecliff Volunteer Fire Company’s Community Chili Cook-Off and Picnic 3-7pm. Firemen’s Field, Rhinecliff. Wine Farmers’ Market 1-4pm. Come for the tastings, wine shopping, and fun! A portion of sales will benefit charities, including Scenic Hudson. Hudson Valley Wine Market, Gardiner. 255-0600.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
KIDS & FAMILY
Geographica: Part of Groundswell 2-6pm. $30/$20 in advance. Created and performed by Hélène Lesterlin, with Jack Magai. Two dancers hover above a field, the massive panorama of the Hudson Valley behind them. Framing the landscape, small figures on a huge ground, this ongoing, improvised duet is buoyed by an undercurrent of words. Inspired by the art, life and personal archives of Frederic Church. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 697-7400.
American Heart Association Pediatric First Aid CPR AED Course 9am-3pm. $100. This course is designed to meet the requirements for child care workers in all 50 States. It covers first aid skills such as asthma, stopping bleeding, bandaging and using an Epinephrine pen. Child CPR AED, infant CPR and a module in adult CPR AED are also included in this program. Successful completion results in a certification card valid for 2-years. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742.
Salsa Lesson and Latin Dance Party with Carlos Osorio 8pm. $12 at the door. Bring out your Latin spirit! Join Carlos Osorio, Founder of the Cumbia Spirit School of Dance for a fun, all levels salsa class and then dance the night away at Kingston’s most artful new event space Wine available. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 331-3261.
LECTURES & TALKS
Basilica Soundscape Live music, readings, visual art, videos, brunch, flea market, food and after parties. Check website for specific events and times. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. (518) 822-1050. Fall Crafts 9am-6pm. $12/$11 seniors/$4 children 6-16/under 6 free. A full-day art and shopping experience for the entire family and features over 275 artists and craftspeople selling their amazing contemporary American-made works, live music, hands-on craft demonstrations, a sculpture garden, kid’s activities, specialty foods, an expanded food court and more. Lyndhurst, Tarrytown. 331-7900. Global Rock Showcase Festival Dairy Field, Bloomville.
September 28 royal ShakeSpeare company’S the two gentleMen of VeRona $12, 2:00 pm
FOOD & WINE
DANCE
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
845.658.8989 rosendaletheatre.org
WoW Combat 10am-1pm. $75. In accordance with their commitment to train local residents to ready them for entrance into the film and television industry, WGP announces WoW Combat: one day stage combat class includes unarmed and swordplay. Classes will include learn how to simply and safely stage and perform simulated combat, using dance techniques and martial arts exercises to create the illusion of actual fighting. St. James Episcopal Church, Goshen. 294-7500.
Wallkill St Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Vender Blender 10am-3pm. Venders $35. Includes vendors, of all kinds; crafts, fairs, tag sale. Popps Pavilion, Wallkill. 741-2947.
Ulster Ballet Auditions for A Christmas Carol 9am. $20 audition fee. Saugerties Ballet Center, Saugerties. 246-4316.
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Beacon Indi Film Fest $10-$3510% seniors and student discount. See website for schedules and tickets. University Settlement, Beacon. Beaconindiefilmfest.org.
Hudson Plant Walk with Good Fight Herb Co. 5-7pm. $15. Tour the streets and alleys of Hudson to find edible and medicinal plants. Discuss their health supporting properties and how to prepare them as medicine with Lauren Giambrone. The walk ends at Verdigris Tea where you’ll drink herbal iced tea and continue the conversation about medicinal herbs and how they support your health, wellness and ability to thrive. Verdigris Tea & Chocolate Bar, Hudson. (518) 828-3139.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Performances at Darrow School in New Lebanon, NY www.tannerypondconcerts.org or 888-820-1696
FILM
Newburgh Urban Market 10am-4pm. Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh. Newburghurbanmarket.com 10am-4pm. Our great mix of high quality offerings includes original hand crafted jewelry, furniture, clothing, and décor from local artisans; antiques and vintage collectibles; fair trade and repurposed items; fine local food, beverages and organic produce; and much more. Newburgh Urban Market, Newburgh. Newburghurbanmarket.com. Woodstock Flea Market 9am-5pm. Crafts, vintage clothing, flowers, vegetables, more. Mower’s Flea Market, Woodstock. 679-6744.
Groundswell Olana’s Landscape 2-6pm. $30/$20 in advance/$10 students. The Olana Partnership and Wave Farm’s WGXC will co-present a new iteration of their award-winning exhibition event Groundswell. Join us at Olana for site-specific performances and works in sound, installation, broadcast and movement. Over a dozen new artists will reflect on and react to Olana and its integral viewshed as an ambitious and early environmental work. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. Olana.org. Sig Hansen and Friends of The Northwestern from Deadliest Catch 7:30pm. $60/$50/$100 VIP. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Presentation, Q&A & Book Signing: Andrea Alvin, The Art of John Alvin 7-9pm. Alvin will discuss her new book about her late husband’s body of work - The Art of John Alvin. John Alvin was the preeminent illustrator and designer of movie posters of the 20th century. Presented in partnership with Upstate Films, Rhinebeck. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500. Second Saturday Spoken Word 7pm. $5/$2.50 with open mike. Poets Suzanne Cleary and Charles Stein followed by open mike. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 331-2884.
MUSIC
The Amigos 7pm. Opener: Roseann Fino. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Barbershop & Beyond 8-10pm. $26-$18. Join the Poughkeepsie Newyorkers Barbershop Chorus and some rising star vocalists of New Paltz for an evening of Barbershop & Beyond. Act 1: Barbershop Chorus. Act 2: Rising Star Vocalists. Unison, New Paltz. Unisonarts.org. Byrdcliffe NIght at the Opera 5:30pm. $150/$500-$1000 sponsorship. Gala with live music, an auction and a champagne and dessert reception. Byrdcliffe Theater, Woodstock. 679-2079.
The Hunt: Hudson River Harvest Concert 3:30-6:30pm. Four Nations marks the fall season with four hunting horns playing traditional hunt calls in the fields around a 19th century barn in which the Ensemble, joined by horns play music of Bach, Handel, Leclair, Scarlatti, Schobert and Haydn, all inspired by dogs, horses, stags and the Pleasures of the Plains. Hall Hill, Ancram. Showclix.com/ event/3850491. Leaf Peepers Season Opening Concert 7:30pm. $25/$80 series pass/students free with adult. Clarion Concerts In Columbia County opens its 33rd Leaf Peeper series with pieces by composers C.P.E. Bach, Tania León and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performers include Sanford Allen, Eugenia Zukerman, Nokuthula Ngwenyama and Astrid Schween. Hillsdale Grange, North Hillsdale. (518) 329-5613. Leo & the Lizards 8pm. Classic rock. Gail’s Place, Newburgh. 567-1414. Tater Patch 6:30pm. Twin fiddles, banjo, traditional American songs and tunes, and the grandson of Music Mountain’s founder playing bass fiddle. Music Mountain, Falls Village, CT. (860) 824-7126. Tom Chapin 8pm. Singer/songwriter, guitarist. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388. The Vibe 9:30pm. Modern rock. The Andes Hotel, Andes. 676-3980. The Woodstock Concerts on the Green 1-5pm. Village Green, Woodstock. Woodstockchamber.com.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS
54nd Annual St. Paul’s Chicken BBQ 4:30-7pm. $13/$12 seniors/children under 12 $8/ under 6 and over 90 free. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie. 452-8440. Annual Summer Exhibit: 1914 New York Central Railroad Station Museum Hyde Park Train Station Museum, Hyde Park. 229-2338. Sock Hop 4-7pm. Old fashioned fun to benefit the Sheffield Historical Society. Sheffield Town Hall, Sheffield, MA. (413) 229-2694.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
Mushroom Walk 10am. Expect a moderate hike with some steep slopes. Byrdcliffe Theater, Woodstock. 679-2079. Volunteer Restoration Workday 10am-2pm. These semi-monthly sessions offer a great way to learn about native flora while removing invasive plants that hinder their growth. Today’s project: Ailthanus sapling removal. Shaupeneak Ridge, Esopus.
PETS
Pet 1st Aid & CPR Course 10am-2pm. $45. This unique course covers common health and safety-related issues for Dogs & Cats, first aid basics, CPR, choking maneuvers for pets, when to seek professional care and disaster planning steps for your pet. You practice your skills on furry life-like pet manikins. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742.
THEATER
Falling $39/$34. Chronicling the dynamic and complicated reality of a family with an autistic young man, Falling bravely asks “How do you love someone who is difficult to love”. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 8-10:30pm. $22 includes dessert at intermission. Grownups play kids, some audience interaction, name calling, inappropriate word spelling, cheap jokes, big laughs… an absolutely c-h-a-r-m-i-n-g good time. The Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe. 294-9465.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Invasive Plant Identification, Removal and Control Strategies 9am-noon. $35. Identification, control strategies and the degrading effects of invasive plants on ecosystems will be covered, with a lecture and short field trip led by horticulturalist, garden designer and ecologist Drew Monthie. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Principles of Blacksmithing: Hook Making with Patrick Quinn 9am-4pm. $120. This class is designed to teach the basics of hand forging tapers and bending stock. You will learn how to stand at the anvil, hold the hammer, and forge basic tapers. We will go over four-sided square tapers, two-sided tapers, curling over the horn, small scrolls, and right angle bends. Students will make “S” hooks and “drive in” hooks. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550.
SUNDAY 14 DANCE
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Moulin Rouge: The Ballet 2pm. $10/$9 members/$6 children. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Milonga des Artistes-Sunday Afternoon Tango with Ilene Marder Second Sunday of every month, 3pm. $12 at the door. NEW!!! What a great way to spend a wintery day! Come join us for the inaugural edition of MILONGA DES ARTISTES with your host and DJ Ilene Marder, founder of the 10 year old Woodstock Tango community. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 331-3261. Tango Lesson and Milonga des Artistes with Ilene Marder Second Sunday of every month, 3-7pm. $12. Beginning Argentine Tango lesson followed by Milonga des Artistes-Dance to the irresistible music of DJ La Rubia Del Norte, playing Tango classics (with Latin, Swing breaks). Attending dancers include many friends and aficionados from across the Hudson Valley and Tri-State region. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 331-3261.
The Mandaliahs Acrobatic Hoop Dancers & Fire Performers Miss Fly Hips & Miss 360 Parties & Events Corporate Functions Classes & Workshops
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
Children’ s Entertainment
24th Annual Taste of New Paltz 11am-5pm. $10/$7 in advance/children free. $2 and $3 “tastes” are offered at each of the food and beverage venues. Ulster County Fairgrounds, New Paltz. 255-0243.
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Basilica Soundscape Live music, readings, visual art, videos, brunch, flea market, food and after parties. Check website for specific events and times. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. (518) 822-1050. Beacon Flea Market 8am-3pm. A variety of items, including re-finished furniture, antiques, vintage purses, mid-century cookware, collectible vinyl, old books, handmade jewelry, and local crafts. Beacon Flea Market, Beacon. 202-0094. Fall Crafts 9am-5pm. $12/$11 seniors/$4 children 6-16/under 6 free. A full-day art and shopping experience for the entire family and features over 275 artists and craftspeople selling their amazing contemporary American-made works, live music, hands-on craft demonstrations, a sculpture garden, kid’s activities, specialty foods, an expanded food court and more. Lyndhurst, Tarrytown. 331-7900. Harvest Fest: Farm Fest in Partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension 11am-4pm. $2 parking fee. 2014 marks the sixteenth anniversary of the Harvest Festival, an annual event celebrating the bounty, talent, and beauty of Sullivan County and surrounding areas. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. Bethelwoodscenter.org/events/ detail/harvest-festival-3. Shalom! On Grand Festival 12-4pm. A Jewish themed festival for the entire community; a wonderful fun-filled day complete with great Jewish food, musical talent, artisans, programs and activities for adults and kids of all ages. This event could not be possible without the support of our sponsors. Hudson Valley Community Center, Poughkeepsie. 471-0430. Woodstock Flea Market 9am-5pm. Crafts, vintage clothing, flowers, vegetables, more. Mower’s Flea Market, Woodstock. 679-6744.
FILM
Beacon Indi Film Fest $10-$3510% seniors and student discount. See website for schedules and tickets. University Settlement, Beacon. Beaconindiefilmfest.org. Elvis and Sweet Home Chicago 4pm. Documentary film series featuring two movies. CR10 Contemporary Arts Project Space, Linlithgo. (518) 697-7644.
FOOD & WINE
25th Annual International Wine Showcase & Auction Funds Programs for People with DisAbilities 3-8pm. $150. The event raises funds for Expressive Arts and Therapy Programs for children, adults and families with Autism and other developmental disabilities. Connoisseurs, collectors, and casual wine drinkers are invited to sip and stock up for a cause. The Grandview, Poughkeepsie. 486-4700. Rosendale Summer Farmers’ Market 2014 9am-2pm. Vendors include:Maynard Orchards, Good Flavor Farm; Three Sisters Farm, Wright’s Orchards; Twisted Jeanne’s, Ronnybrook dairy products and Bread Alone bakery goods, Immune Schein Elixir and Organic Teas, Vlume beeswax products; Bob’s Pickles and more. Rosendale Farmers’ Market, Rosendale. 658-8348.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Healing Arts Open House/Benefit 12-4pm. Practitioners of chiropractic, cranio-sacral therapy, acupuncture, Chinese medicine and classical homeopathy are pleased to present a healing arts open house. Meet and greet the practitioners with an option to receive one introductory session for a suggested $20 donation. All proceeds will be donated to the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. QiGong and other classes will be offered free of charge. Dr. Bruce Schneider, Woodstock. 679-6700. Mind, Body and Spirit Health Fair 12-4pm. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
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Kick up your Metal Arts Skills at the Center for Metal Arts
PRINCIPLES OF BLACKSMITHING • SEPT 13 The Hook with Pat Quinn OUTDOOR SCULPTURE SHOW • SEPT 20 Zac Shavrick and Barry Shavrick OPEN STUDIO TOUR STOP • SEPT 27-28 Annual Orange County Open Studio Tour INTRO TO SMALL METALS • SEPT 20 Pendant with Laurie Marshall METAL ARTS GALLERY, TOOL STORE & GIFT SHOP • SATURDAYS 10AM-2PM
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LITERARY & BOOKS
Author Jack Kelly 4pm. At this event author and historian Jack Kelly will talk about his forthcoming book “Band of Giants: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America’s Independence”, including an audience Q&A and book signing. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500. Lauree Ostrofsky and Marcia Meislin: Memoirs 4pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
MUSIC
Cassatt String Quartet 3pm. Featuring Ursula Oppens, piano. Music Mountain, Falls Village, CT. (860) 824-7126. Greg Westhoff’s Westchester Swing Band 5:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Jazz at The Falls - The KC Four and More 12-3pm. Pass the hat. The KC Four and More’s music is steeped in the blues and drives the dancers to do the shuffle, lindy, and jitterbug. Bring your dancing shoes! High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. LC-CD Release Party 4-6pm. Poughkeepsie-based hip-hop artist celebrates the release of his debut CD “The Beginning”. CDs will be available at event. Soul Dog, Poughkeepsie. 233-6128. Sunday Brunch with The Alexis Cole Trio 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
SPIRITUALITY
A Day of Healing with One Light Healing Touch 10am-5pm. $150 (with lunch). Experience a powerful one-day training with OLHT. Release accumulated stress and emotional programming, explore hands-on healing. learn to access and strengthen your healing energies. This training enhances your immune system, clears emotional and physical blockages, increases understanding and awareness, and brings balance to your Body, Mind and Spirit. Healing Space, Stone Ridge. 687-2552. Guided Chakra Balancing Meditation with the Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls 1-2pm. $5-20. The Sanctuary: A Place for Healing, New Paltz. 546-7838.
THEATER
Falling 2pm. $39/$34. Chronicling the dynamic and complicated reality of a family with an autistic young man, Falling bravely asks “How do you love someone who is difficult to love”. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Gardiner Library Fiction Writers’ Workshop Second Sunday of every month, 6-10pm. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Reiki Level I Class 11am-6pm. $150. Join Reiki Master Irene Youngs and become a Level I practitioner. Learn to treat yourself and others-including pets and plants. Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. Center for a Healthy You, Poughkeepsie. 453-6883.
MONDAY 15 HEALTH & WELLNESS
How to be at Peace with Anyone 7-9pm. $35/$25 in advance. With Coach Cary Bayer, author of Relationships 101. Center for Being, Doing & Knowing, Poughkeepsie. Beingknowingdoing.com.
KIDS & FAMILY
Mid-Hudson Music Together with Sabrina Ferguson 10:30-11:15am. $185/$115 siblings. Weekly through Nov. 17. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.
MUSIC
Jeff Entin’s Open Mike Night 6:30-8:30pm. Bring your instrument, voice, and talent to Open Mic night at the Cafe. The evening is always fun and entertaining. You never know who may show up from our culturally rich Hudson Valley. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Mid-Hudson Women’s Chorus Open Rehearsal 7:15pm. No auditions required. St. James United Methodist Church, Kingston. 331-3030.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Seeing Color and Light 9am-4pm. Through Aug. 17. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Stand-Up Comedy Writing Workshop with Christine O’Leary 6:30-8:30pm. $300. Weekly through Oct. 27. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. EFT & Law of Attraction Prosperity Circle 6pm. $15. FInancial issues resolved quickly with 5,000 year old technique. TG Parker, Kingston. 706-2183.
TUESDAY 16 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Dollars & $ense 6pm. Come exchange coupons, ideas and moneysaving strategies with other thrifty folk. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-3241.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Community Holistic Healthcare Day Third Tuesday of every month, 4-8pm. A wide variety of holistic health modalities and practitioners are available. Appointments can be made on a firstcome, first-served basis upon check-in. Marbletown Community Center, stone ridge. www.rvhhc.org. Prostate Cancer Screenings 12-2pm. The free screening is for men 50 years and older who are not currently under the care of a urologist, as well as African-American men 40 years or older with a family history. The screening includes blood work and a digital rectal exam. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-8500.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Open Mike with Chrissy Budzinski 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
MUSIC
Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis Blues and Dance Party 7-9:30pm. Join Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis for dinner and dancing to classic blues. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Chris Isaak 8pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.
THEATER
A Streetcar Named Desire from London’s National Theatre Live in HD 7pm. $15-$25. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Managing School Anxiety & Avoidance Strategies for Students with Disabilities 9am-1pm. Presented by Mid-Hudson Regional Affiliate of the NYS Special Education Task Force. Featuring a panel of experts who will provide suggestions on how schools, parents and clinicians can work together to identify and reduce risk factors leading to school avoidance. Ulster BOCES, New Paltz. 331-0541 ext. 18.
WEDNESDAY 17 FILM
The Auction 6-8pm. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group Third Wednesday of every month, 7pm. Support Connection, Inc. offers a Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group. Open to women with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. There are many common factors to any cancer diagnosis. Join other women who have been diagnosed as we discuss all stages of diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment. Advance registration required. Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel. (914) 962-6402. Fierce Young Adults Cancer Support Group Third Wednesday of every month, 6:30-8pm. A support group that will be holding an ongoing program for young adults who have been directly affected by cancer. Uniquely, this group is inviting all teens and young adults with each of their own cancer experiences. The Cancer Resource Center of the Hudson Valley, Montgomery. 457-5000.
LECTURES & TALKS
Informational Evening on Joseph Garlock 6-8pm. In association with the Joseph Garlock exhibit, related programs will be presented. An information evening includes members of the Garlock family and James Cox, artist representative, with a slide show presentation and information on the history of Garlock’s work. Gallery Lev Shalem, Woodstock Jewish Congregation, Woodstock. 679-2218. Crime Detectives: From Sherlock Holmes to CSI 5:30-7:30pm. Carole will trace the evolution of forensic detective writing and share lesser known facts about the genre. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-8726.
MUSIC
An Evening with Terry Bozzio 8pm. $30/$25 in advance. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Berger-Fonda-Sorgen Trio 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Syracuse & Siegel 8-10:30pm. With special guests. Catskill Mountain Pizza Company, Woodstock. 679-7969. Natalie Merchant 8pm. $58-$118. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Social Media Advertising Roundtable Training 5:30-8:30pm. $30. Our Social Media Advertising workshop will be an engaging, interactive session lead by several DragonSearch community managers and social media strategists who have had great success running social ad campaigns for a variety of clients. DragonSearch, Kingston. 915-5086.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Exodus: Newburgh Extension Third Thursday of every month, 6-8pm. A prison reentry support group (formerly known as the New Jim Crow Committee). Come join us to assist the new Exodus Transitonal Community in Newburgh, (a reentry program for those being released from prison), as well as other matters related to Mass Incarceration. The Hope Center, Newburgh. 569-8965.
FILM
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire 7pm. $20. Directed by: Benedict Andrews. Cast: Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster, Vanessa Kirby. Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire will be broadcast live from their London home by National Theatre Live. The Moviehouse, Millerton. (518) 789-0022. Hudson Valley Food Truck Festival 3-10pm. Many Hudson valley food trucks showing of their delicious foods. Great music, entertainment and a beer & wine garden. Cantine memorial field, Saugerties. 399-2222.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Bereavement Support Group 5:30-6:30pm. This expressive support group is open to the community and led by Adrienne London, LCSW-R. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-3101.
KIDS & FAMILY
Third Thursdays at Berkshire Museum Third Thursday of every month, 5-8pm. The streets and sidewalks of downtown Pittsfield will fill with live music, street performers, great shopping, outdoor dining, new art, and thousands of people as 3rd.Thursdays returns for 2014. Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. (413) 443-7171.
LECTURES & TALKS
Master Class: Audition Prep & Reel Development 7:30-9:30pm. Additional development of the Meisner Method Scene Study. This course covers the General Meeting, Cold Reading, Call Back, Closing the Deal, Dealing with Hierarchy (agents, managers, casting directors, directors, producers, etc.) and working with a Career Plan. Nan Gill-Wilson, Goshen. 294-7500.
MUSIC
Cafe Singer Showcase 7-9:30pm. Enjoy live local music at one of the finest showcases of musicians & songwriters in the Hudson Valley. The “Cafe Showcase”, hosted by Barbara Dempsey & Dewitt Nelson, features three guest artists. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Libor Šmoldas Quartet 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Taconic Opera 2014 Gala: Opera Goes to Hell 7-10pm. $250 Gold/$200 silver/$150 Bronze. Opera Goes to Hell, will take you on an infernal journey into perdition. The event includes a sumptuous meal and an opportunity to meet Taconic Opera’s top operatic artists who will take you on a thrilling musical voyage into the Netherworld of some of the world’s most famous operas. Featuring special guest Renata Scotto. CV Rich Mansion, White Plains. (855) 886-7372.
THEATER
Falling $39/$34. Chronicling the dynamic and complicated reality of a family with an autistic young man, Falling bravely asks “How do you love someone who is difficult to love”. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 6475511. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 8-10:30pm. $22 includes dessert at intermission. Grownups play kids, some audience interaction, name calling, inappropriate word spelling, cheap jokes, big laughs… an absolutely c-h-a-r-m-i-n-g good time. The Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe. 294-9465.
KIDS & FAMILY
WeeMuse Adventure 11-11:30am. Little ones can explore the Aquarium and three Museum galleries! Features songs, stories, scavenger hunts, play time, and more. Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. (413) 443-7171.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Author Vernon Benjamin: “The History of The Hudson Valley from Wilderness to the Civil War” 7pm. Historian Vernon Benjamin chronicles that the Hudson River Valley has been a place of contradictions since its first settlement by Europeans. Because of its unique geography and proximity to Canada, the Hudson Valley became the major theater for the battle between empires in the French and Indian War. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500. Author Nicole Quinn presents It’s a Nightmare 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
MUSIC
1964: The Tribute 8pm. $15-$35. Beatles tribute band. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945. ASK for Music September 8-10:30pm. $6. Listen to the finest singer-songwriters from the Hudson Valley in a gallery setting. Featured this month are Chris Walsh, Bill Kelly and the Small Town Sheiks. Hosted by Michael and Emmy Clarke. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0331. Bill’s Toupee 10pm. Covers. Cafe International@Ramada Inn, Newburgh. 567-9429. Buffalo Stack 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. The Claire Lynch Band 7:30pm. Bluegrass. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. The Duhks Canadian fusion folk band. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Garland Jeffreys 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Leo & the Lizards 9pm. Classic rock. The National Hotel Bar And Grill, Montgomery. 457-1123. Singer-Songwriter Showcase Third Friday of every month, 8pm. $6. Acoustic Music by three outstanding singer-songwriters and musicians at ASK GALLERY, 97 Broadway, Kingston 8-10:30 pm Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0311. The Spillway Band 7-10pm. Emerson Organic Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828.
THEATER
Falling $39/$34. Chronicling the dynamic and complicated reality of a family with an autistic young man, Falling bravely asks “How do you love someone who is difficult to love”. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 8-10:30pm. $22 includes dessert at intermission. Grownups play kids, some audience interaction, name calling, inappropriate word spelling, cheap jokes, big laughs… an absolutely c-h-a-r-m-i-n-g good time. The Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe. 294-9465.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Yoga Teacher Training with Beryl Bender Birch This 200-hour yoga teacher training program consists of 8 weekends, held monthly, and run through May 2015. It is facilitated by Beryl Bender Birch, Director of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute, and Amy Webb, Director of Sruti Yoga Center. This training, registered with Yoga Alliance, is one of the most comprehensive and highly respected programs in the country. Sruti Yoga Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 717-5058.
SATURDAY 20
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Library Knitters Third Thursday of every month, 7-8pm. Sit and knit in the beautiful Gardiner Library. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Songwriting with Kevin Briody 7:30-9:30pm. $240. Weekly throuhg Nov. 6. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
FRIDAY 19 COMEDY
Woodstock Comedy Festival: Comedy for a Cause Each year our net profits will be donated to our charity partners Polaris Project and Family of Woodstock. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
2014 FreshGrass Bluegrass and Roots Music Festival MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
FILM
Basilica Scope 2014: Alex Cox 8pm. $10/$25 three films+popcorn. See website for specific time and shows. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. Basilicahudson.com.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Voices of Diversity Third Saturday of every month, 12-2:30pm. A social network for LGBTQ people of color. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.
COMEDY
Woodstock Comedy Festival: Comedy for a Cause Each year our net profits will be donated to our charity partners Polaris Project and Family of Woodstock. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
DANCE
Salsa Lesson and Latin Dance Party with Carlos Osorio 8pm. $12 at the door. Bring out your Latin spirit! Join Carlos Osorio, Founder of the Cumbia Spirit School of Dance for a fun, all levels salsa class and then dance the night away at Kingston’s most artful new event space Wine available. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 331 3261.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
2014 FreshGrass Bluegrass and Roots Music Festival MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
MUSIC/ART AHIMSA YOGA AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
Participants in the 2013 Ahimsa Yoga and Music Festival at Windham Mountain
First, Do No Harm. Then Do Sun Salutations. For the second year in a row, Windham Mountain Resort will play host to the Ahimsa Yoga and Music Festival during the first weekend of October. The two-day celebration of movement, song, and meditation has been expanded from a one-day festival jampacked with dozens of yoga classes for every level and devotional music and chanting known as kirtan. What hasn’t changed about the festival, however, is the affordability. A two-day pass will get festivalgoers three yoga classes a day plus all the music their hearts desire, for $125. Those coming just for Saturday can buy a one-day pass for $75 or a Sunday pass for $65. If you’re coming just for the music, it’s even cheaper: $40 for a weekend music pass, or $25 for a Saturday or Sunday music pass. “What I think is fantastic about this festival is that it is affordable,” says Linda Lalita Winnick, owner of Shakti Yoga studios and one of the 39 teachers at this year’s Ahimsa. The festival, explained Winnick, is “a large buffet, a variety of teachers.” Attendees will also notice a distinct lack of big-name celebrity yogis and yoginis. “We’re not celebrity yoga teachers, so it kind of makes it a little more equal opportunity for everybody. There’s definitely enough of these big, humongous yoga conferences that have what we would call ‘celebrated yoga teachers,’” Winnick continues. “What [Ahimsa] seems to offer are people who are celebrated in a different way, on a different scale.” The down-to-earth atmosphere is why Winnick came back this year to teach a “Spirit of Woodstock” yoga class on Sunday, October 5. The open-level class will feature upbeat rock music and energetic, flowing sequences. Winnick assures “good vibes, good music, and I’ll be bringing my own assistants to come in and help the students have a really good experience—minus the psychedelics.” Most of the teachers and musicians presenting at Ahimsa, explains organizer Bernie Walters, come from areas close to Greene County and around the East Coast. This accounts for one of the reasons why the festival remains affordable. “We’re not drawing
from big-name teachers or musicians from the West Coast to avoid those big travel costs and everything,” says Walters. In addition to Winnick, other teachers include Sadie Nardini, Peter Sterios, Meghan Currie, Sondra Loring, Coby Kozlowski, Gaurapriya Tester, Be Shakti, and many more. The teachers represent a multitude of yogic styles, and classes range from beginner-level to advanced. Some classes will focus more on yoga asana, or the physical practice of yoga, others will delve into meditation, and some classes center around pranayama, the breath-work practice intrinsic to yoga. Ahimsa isn’t just about exploring the body, mind, and breath from a yoga mat. A cadre of musicals acts are slated to perform at the festival this year, including David Newman (Durga Das), Guara Vani, SRI Kirtan, Steve Gorn, One Love, Brenda McMorrow and John de Kadt, Masood Ali Khan, Adam Butler, Carrie Grossman, John William Bauld and Shonna Brown, and Devadas. This year’s expanded festival will also include food and merchandise vendors on site at Windham Mountain, providing plenty to do and see when participants aren’t taking yoga classes. “We’re offering five different musical acts on both days,” Walters explains, “and we have a huge vending area this year. We have over 25 vendors already, [and] there will be food. Last year, nobody seemed to get bored.” The festival’s name, Ahimsa, is Sanskrit for “not to harm” and is the first of the precepts known amongst yoga practitioners as the Yamas, or, the rules that govern how one should live. Indeed, the name is apropos for the nonviolent and peaceful nature of the yoga community. “Everybody involved with the [festival’s] organization has those Ahimsa beliefs,” says Walters. “It seemed like a good name.” The Ahimsa Yoga and Music Festival will take place at Windham Mountain, October 4 and 5. Ahimsayogafestival.com. —Kandy Harris 9/14 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 93
Hudson Valley Apple Festival 9am-8pm. $5/under 13 free. Family fun, games, haybale maze, hayride, live music, border collie demo, fireworks. Food and spirits vendors, craft vendors. Palatine Park, Germantown. (518) 537-6833. Repair Cafe 10am-3pm. A free community meeting place to bring a beloved but broken item to be repaired. Mechanical, electric & electronic, clothing, things made of wood, dolls & stuffed animals, jewelry, digital devices, knife sharpening. Volunteer experts, who are also your neighbors, make the fix. New Paltz United Methodist Church, New Paltz. (646) 302-5835. Woodstock Flea Market 9am-5pm. Crafts, vintage clothing, flowers, vegetables, more. Mower’s Flea Market, Woodstock. 679-6744.
FILM
Basilica Scope 2014: Alex Cox 7pm. $10/$25 three films+popcorn. See website for specific time and shows. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. Basilicahudson.com.
Soul City Motown Revue 8-11:30pm. Soul City performs this true American art form with three lead vocalists that reconnect you to those romantic soul and gospel riffs and a powerful four piece rhythm section sure to rock your soul. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. The Ten Thousand Things 8pm. $30. Pre-concert talk at 7pm. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Vaudeville: Sally-Jane Heit 7pm. $25. Guthrie Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-1955. Wreckless Eric 8pm. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS 2nd Annual CCEDC Chicken BBQ 5-8pm. Dutchess County Farm and Home Center, Millbrook. Ccedutchess.org.
Goldfish 7:30pm. A comedy/drama by John Kolvenba, presented by TheaterSounds. Hilarious dialog and scenes that deliver a punch to the heart characterize this drama that explores the bonds that unite fathers and sons, mothers and daughters and what happens when change threatens them. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 331-2884. Motion Theatre Improvisation with Annie Kunjappy 2-4pm. $60/4 week series. Motion Theatre is an improvised autobiographical form that incorporates movement, vocalization and narrative in an integrated practice that functions simultaneously as performance art, healing methodology and spiritual practice. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. Https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/adm/home. asp?studioid=30665. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 8-10:30pm. $22 includes dessert at intermission. Grownups play kids, some audience interaction, name calling, inappropriate word spelling, cheap jokes, big
Silent Film Series: The General (1926) 7-9pm. Live musical accompaniment by Cary Brown. Julia L. Butterfield Library, Cold Spring. 265-3040. When the Bough Breaks 8pm. $8. Tibetan Center, Kingston. 383-1774.
FOOD & WINE
Gourmet and Specialty Food Tastings 12-3pm. Emerson Organic Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828. Greene County Council on the Arts Annual Garden Party: Grazin’ Greene 12-5pm. $45/$35 members. Featuring fresh food and unique products from Greene County including signature dishes from many fine restaurants, locally produces goods, art, live music and family fun. BeattiePowers Place, Catskill. (518) 943-3400.
LECTURES & TALKS
Rondout Revisited 11am-2pm. The Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History will be presenting a special program highlighting the urban renewal years in the Rondout, including a sneak preview of the film Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Removal by Stephen Blauweiss and Lynn Woods. Guided tours of the Rondout Revisited exhibit will also be available. Matthewis Persen House, Kingston. 340-3040.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Hudson Valley Ya Society Presents Rainbow Rowell 6pm. The HVYAS brings the best and brightest YA authors to the Hudson Valley in a memorable and fun party-like “literary salon” atmosphere, with refreshments, conversation, and giveaways for attendees. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
MUSIC
Hudson River Valley Ramble Outdoor enthusiasts have something to celebrate this month, when the Hudson River Valley Greenway and National Heritage Area hosts its 15th annual Ramble. The event encourages valley residents and visitors to take advantage of the historic and ecological sites in the region, stretching from Albany County down to the Bronx. It’s truly a community effort—this year’s Ramble will include over 200 events organized by 150 partner organizations, including bike tours, hikes, river paddles, and historic site tours. Music connoisseurs can look forward to the Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival on September 6, apple addicts will love Peach Hill Park’s Apple Cider Ramble on the 28th, and history buffs won’t want to miss tours of the Revolutionary War Headquarters in Fishkill. Events run every weekend in September. (518) 473-3835; Hudsonrivervalleyramble.com. Annual Summer Exhibit: 1914 New York Central Railroad Station Museum Hyde Park Train Station Museum, Hyde Park. 229-2338. Gala at Grinnell 5:30-8pm. $35/$30 n advance. Grinnell Library annual fundraising event. An elegant evening at the historic library featuring live music, beer and wine, as well as delicious hors d’oeuvres by Simply Gourmet Caterers & My Brother Bobby’s Salsa. Grinnell Library, Wappingers Falls. 297-3428. Light into Night 5pm. 1st annual showcase, auction, art, dinner and barn dance benefit. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747. WSW’s 40th Anniversary Gala 5-9pm. $125. The Women’s Studio Workshop is pleased to announce its 40th Anniversary Gala, honoring artist Zarina and R&F founder Richard Frumess. This year’s event will be held at the Mohonk Mountain House Pavilion and will feature both a live and silent auction. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. 658-9133.
Anna Raimondi 7:30pm. $75/$50/$45. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Farmland Cycling Tour 9am-2pm. Energize with fresh donuts, cider and apples (courtesy of local farmers), then pedal through the beautiful, rolling countryside of Dutchess and Columbia counties on a 10-, 25- or 45-mile ride. Poets’ Walk Park, Red Hook. 473-4440 Ext. 273.
The Felice Brothers & Steve Gun 2pm. Storm King Art Center, Mountainville. 534-3115. Lost Leaders 8pm. $15. The Colony Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5342. Paula Poundstone 8pm. $30-$48. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390. Sistema Side by Side Orchestra 3pm. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
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FAIRS & FESTIVALS
2014 FreshGrass Bluegrass and Roots Music Festival MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Beacon Flea Market 8am-3pm. A variety of items, including re-finished furniture, antiques, vintage purses, mid-century cookware, collectible vinyl, old books, handmade jewelry, and local crafts. Beacon Flea Market, Beacon. 202-0094. Harvest Fest: Earth Day in Autumn and Live Well Event 11am-4pm. $2 parking fee. Earth Day in Autumn will host conservation organizations, exhibits and activities related to the environment, wildlife and natural resources of our area. Learn about water, birds of prey, composting and other important issues and models for conscious living. There will be many wellness experts giving mini workshops/classes. Come connect with community, the earth, and learn to nourish yourself from the inside-out. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. Bethelwoodscenter.org/events/detail/ harvest-festival-2.
Woodstock Flea Market 9am-5pm. Crafts, vintage clothing, flowers, vegetables, more. Mower’s Flea Market, Woodstock. 679-6744.
2nd Annual Unison Founders’ Event 7-10pm. $55/$50 members/$45 in advance/$40 in advance members. Unison Arts Center will celebrate 38 years of creating memories with a special performance by folksinger, comedienne, and long-time friend of Unison, Christine Lavin. Special fundraising event begins at 7pm with a reception. At 8pm, Christine Lavin will take to the stage. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Bush Brothers 9pm. A combination of traditional country, bluegrass and gospel music fused with contemporary acoustic sounds and delivered with great vocals and instrumental solos. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975.
Woodstock Comedy Festival: Comedy for a Cause Each year our net profits will be donated to our charity partners Polaris Project and Family of Woodstock. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
Newburgh Open Studios 11am-5pm. Organized by Gerardo Castro and Michael Gabor, co-owners of Newburgh Art Supply, this year’s Newburgh Open Studios will introduce the public to Newburgh’s burgeoning arts community with the opening of artists’ work studios, alternative gallery spaces and special events. 561-5552.
2nd Annual Hudson Valley Cancer Survivorship Summit 9am-3pm. The conference invites cancer patients, cancer survivors, caregivers and healthcare professionals to a variety of practical, educational and supportive workshops for life during and after cancer. Kaplan Hall, Newburgh. Hudsonvalleycancer.org. Country BBQ and Square Dance 6-9pm. Advanced tickets are $20 per person (children $15). Hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County to help raise funds to support quality local educational programs. Come as you are or dressed in Western attire. Dutchess County Farm and Home Center, Millbrook. 677-8223.
COMEDY
Makers Market on the Railroad Green 9am-3pm. a diverse group of artists and artisans. You will be able to buy directly from the person who handcrafted your purchase, talk with the maker and discover the processes by which their products were crafted. Railroad Green Park, Warwick. (917) 791-0690.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
KIDS & FAMILY
Come on your own; walk with your business or organization; or bring a team of family and friends. Rotary Park, Kingston. 331-5300.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
SPORTS
Zombsquad vs Jerzey Derby Brigade 6-9pm. Come watch the Hudson Valley Horrors ZomBsquad face off with the Jerzey Derby Brigade! Roller Magic, Hyde Park. Horrorsrollerderby.com/ season-schedule/.
THEATER
Falling $39/$34. Chronicling the dynamic and complicated reality of a family with an autistic young man, Falling bravely asks “How do you love someone who is difficult to love”. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
laughs… an absolutely c-h-a-r-m-i-n-g good time. The Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe. 294-9465.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Fruit Trees (Part 2) & Pruning Strategies 10am-1pm. Proper pruning techniques to create healthy fruiting trees with a focus on mulberry, sour cherry, elderberry and plums. Wild Earth, New Paltz. 256-9830. Introduction to Small Metals: Pendant with Laurie Marshall 9am-4pm. $120/$15 materials. This workshop introduces basic processes in metal design. We will be transferring images from paper to metal. The class will be making a pendant out of brass, copper or steel by cutting, drilling, filing, sanding, texturing and finishing. Students will bring printed images to class for influencing the design of their pendant. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550. Pruning Shrubs and Small Ornamental Trees 9:30am-1:30pm. $35/$30 members. This demonstration/workshop led by arborist Ken Gooch will focus on pruning both evergreen and deciduous hedges. Pruning tools, timing and specific techniques available to the home gardener will be covered. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. PSAT Test Preparation-Kaplan 10am-2pm. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212. So....You Want to be an Actor 11am-2pm. $37. This workshop will focus on the business essentials practiced by successful working actors everywhere. Topics for discussion include promoting yourself: pictures, resumes, and professional representation; training options, working on dialogue, understanding the audition process, and making money as an extra in film and television. Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. (518) 828-4181 ext. 3342.
SUNDAY 21 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Second Annual Walk With Pride 10am-noon. $1-$25 Donation. Join us for this special community walk, and support the Center’s mission.
FILM
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire 1pm. $20. Directed by: Benedict Andrews. Cast: Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster, Vanessa Kirby. Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire will be broadcast live from their London home by National Theatre Live. The Moviehouse, Millerton. (518) 789-0022.
FOOD & WINE
Rosendale Summer Farmers’ Market 2014 9am-2pm. Vendors include:Maynard Orchards, Good Flavor Farm; Three Sisters Farm, Wright’s Orchards; Twisted Jeanne’s, Ronnybrook dairy products and Bread Alone bakery goods, Immune Schein Elixir and Organic Teas, Vlume beeswax products; Bob’s Pickles and more. Rosendale Farmers’ Market, Rosendale. 658-8348.
KIDS & FAMILY
Beauty and the Beast 2pm. $6/$4 seniors, students and children. National Marionette Series. Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. (518) 828-1481.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Author Gary Kleppel: The Emergent Agriculture: Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy 4pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. Writers Reading at the Library: Jennifer Ciotta 3-5pm. Jennifer Ciotta is the author of “I, Putin: A Novel”. The novel is described as a “fast-paced thrilling novel” that is historical fiction but reads like a biography. Julia L. Butterfield Library, Cold Spring. 265-3040.
MUSIC
The James Weidman Quintet 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Janis Ian 8pm. $35. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Leo B. 9pm. Acoustic. The Golden Rail Ale House, Newburgh. 565-2337. Marilyn Maye 7pm. Jazz and American songbook singer. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. SO Percussion Branches: We Are All Going in Different Directions 3pm. $25. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900. Singer/Songwriter John Hiatt 8pm. $45-$75. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390. Sunday Brunch with Alexis P. Suter & The Ministers of Sound 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
MUSIC MELISSA MCGILL’S PALMAS AT MANITOGA
Melissa McGill’s score for Palmas
Clap Hands Say Olé In 2010 UNESCO, the UN agency that promotes international collaboration through education, science, and culture, designated flamenco, the traditional art of music and dance from the Andalusia region of southern Spain, as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The still-vibrant folk form can be traced to the 8th and 14th centuries and is a synthesis of local Andalusian and Arabic, Greek, Jewish, Persian, and Indian musical motifs by way of the Romani gypsies who immigrated to the area. Flamenco’s four signature elements are cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance), and palmas (handclaps). It’s the latter component that inspired artist Melissa McGill to create Palmas, a site-specific surround-sound installation at Manitoga, the historic home of designer Russel Wright, which culminates with a live music and dance performance by Flamenco y Sol Ensemble on September 27. “The idea for Palmas started to form in my mind a few years ago, but when I was offered the artist residency at Manitoga it really clicked and came together,” says McGill. “I was drawn to flamenco immediately, from the first time I experienced it. Palmas is the rhythmic clapping that is essentially the heartbeat of every flamenco performance. Generally people focus on the guitar playing, dancing, and singing. But I was always very taken with the palmas. It has a very sculptural quality.” McGill has been showing her artwork internationally since 1991 through solo exhibitions, most notably at such galleries as White Cube in London, Power House in Memphis, and CRG in New York. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she exhibits through her work an interdisciplinary process that incorporates drawing,
sculpture, and sound to explore the spaces between absence and presence. Manitoga is the house, studio, and 75-acre woodland garden of American industrial designer Russel Wright (1904-1976). A National Historic Landmark and World Monuments Watch Site, it’s one of the few 20th-century modern homes and landscapes open to the public in New York State. With its moss-covered alcoves and rock ledges, the property’s central quarry pool forms a natural amphitheater where the Palmas performers will “enliven the water’s edge upon a temporary stage at the base of Manitoga’s waterfall, and seemingly float on water from a central pier.” Around the quarry rim, specially designed resonant boxes will serve as acoustic platforms for the clapping and footwork, turning the whole spot into an instrument of sound and human interaction. “My work has always dealt with the relationship of absence/presence and accent/ pause,” says McGill, who lives in Beacon and plans a 2015 installation on Pollepel Island, home of the Bannerman Castle ruins. “The sculptural quality of sound followed by its palpable absence enhances the experience and intimacy with nature, building upon Russel Wright’s original intention at Manitoga. Palmas animates and activates the site aurally to invite a heightened sense of awareness of Manitoga’s landscape—its natural richness.” The Palmas live music and dance performance featuring Flamenco y Sol Ensemble will take place at Manitoga in Garrison on September 27 at 1pm. Tickets are $45 ($35 for Manitoga members). (845) 424-3812; Russelwrightcenter.org. —Peter Aaron
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OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Annual Summer Exhibit: 1914 New York Central Railroad Station Museum Hyde Park Train Station Museum, Hyde Park. 229-2338. Tour of the Formal Gardens 1-4pm. Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde Park. Historichydepark.com.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Tours Of Vanderbilt Formal Gardens 1-4pm. Tours of the formal gardens by volunteers discussing the history of the gardens and the mission of the Vanderbilt Garden Association to rehabilitate and maintain the plants, shrubs, trees, and statuary in the gardens as they were in the 1930’s just prior to Mr. Vanderbilt’s death. Vanderbilt Garden Association Inc., Hyde Park. 229-6432. Sunday Hikes Third Sunday of every month, 9:30am. Join Kingston Wine Co. + Kingston Land Trust to hike and tour the Kingston Greenline. After the hike, enjoy a refreshing glass of wine. Kingston Wine Company, Kingston. 340-9463.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Storytelling with Janet Carter 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
MUSIC
Boz Scaggs 8pm. $125 mezzanine and balc./$135 orch./$175 Gold Circle Meet & Greet. Open bar & hors-d’oeuvre in lobby 6:30 p.m. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Singer/Songwriter Emmylou Harris 8pm. $58-$138. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390. Syracuse & Siegel 8-10:30pm. With special guests. Catskill Mountain Pizza Company, Woodstock. 679-7969.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Acting/Scene Study Workshop with Christine Crawfis 7-9pm. $150/$100 members. Christine Crawfis will offer an 8-week Acting/Scene Study workshop.
Pink Martini $70/$65. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
NIGHTLIFE
Trivia Night with Paul Tully and Eric Stamberg 7-9:30pm. Come test your knowledge and have some fun on Trivia Night at the High Falls Cafe. Prizes are awarded for first and second place. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
THEATER
Falling $39/$34. Chronicling the dynamic and complicated reality of a family with an autistic young man, Falling bravely asks “How do you love someone who is difficult to love”. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 8-10:30pm. $22 includes dessert at intermission. Grownups play kids, some audience interaction, name calling, inappropriate word spelling, cheap jokes, big laughs… an absolutely c-h-a-r-m-i-n-g good time. The Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe. 294-9465.
SPIRITUALITY
The JB3 Trio 7pm. Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor. 534-4227. Kip Moore: Up in Smoke 7pm. $30/$27. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. The Last Waltz: Dorraine Scofield 8pm. Americana. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388. Spero Plays Nyro 9pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
THEATER Falling $39/$34. Chronicling the dynamic and complicated reality of a family with an autistic young man, Falling bravely asks “How do you love someone who is difficult to love”. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 8-10:30pm. $22 includes dessert at intermission. Grownups play kids, some audience interaction, name calling, inappropriate word spelling, cheap jokes, big laughs… an absolutely c-h-a-r-m-i-n-g good time. The Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe. 294-9465.
SATURDAY 27
Extended Aum: Celebrating the Fall Equinox 10:30am-noon. $10. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
ART
Guided Chakra Balancing Meditation with the Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls 1-2pm. $5-20. The Sanctuary: A Place for Healing, New Paltz. 546-7838.
Alice Judson Memorial Fundraiser Closing reception September 27, 4pm-7pm RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon. 838-2880. Newburgh Open Studios 11am-5pm. Organized by Gerardo Castro and Michael Gabor, co-owners of Newburgh Art Supply, this year’s Newburgh Open Studios will introduce the public to Newburgh’s burgeoning arts community with the opening of artists’ work studios, alternative gallery spaces and special events. 561-5552.
THEATER Falling 2pm. $39/$34. Chronicling the dynamic and complicated reality of a family with an autistic young man, Falling bravely asks “How do you love someone who is difficult to love”. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 3-5:30pm. $22 includes dessert at intermission. Grownups play kids, some audience interaction, name calling, inappropriate word spelling, cheap jokes, big laughs… an absolutely c-h-a-r-m-i-n-g good time. The Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe. 294-9465.
MONDAY 22 MUSIC Mid-Hudson Women’s Chorus Open Rehearsal 7:15pm. No auditions required. St. James United Methodist Church, Kingston. 331-3030.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES EFT & Law of Attraction Prosperity Circle 6pm. $15. FInancial issues resolved quickly with 5,000 year old technique. TG Parker, Kingston. 706-2183.
TUESDAY 23 FILM Not My LIfe 7:15pm. Panel discussion to follow the film. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
KIDS & FAMILY YMCA Farm Project Community Harvest Party 5:30pm. Kid’s activities, music, plus screening of Growing Cities. YMCA Farm Project, Kingston. KingstonYMCAFarmProject.org.
MUSIC Song Circle Fourth Tuesday of every month, 7-9pm. Our song circle is essentially that, a circle of chairs for instrumental musicians and singers. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Café, Red Hook. 758-6500.
SPIRITUALITY Chakra Meditation Group 6-7pm. $15. Led by Dianne Weisselberg, LMSW, Certified Chakra Healer. These guided meditations vary from session to session and are an opportunity to center, align and infuse yourself with the vibrational energy of one or more Chakras. There is time for connection and reflection in the group as well. Namaste Sacred Healing Center, Woodstock. 679-6107. A Day of Healing with One Light Healing Touch 10am-5pm. $150 (with lunch). Experience a powerful one-day training with OLHT. Release accumulated stress and emotional programming, explore hands-on healing. learn to access and strengthen your healing energies. This training enhances your immune system, clears emotional and physical blockages, increases understanding and awareness, and brings balance to your Body, Mind and Spirit. Healing Space, Stone Ridge. 687-2552.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Writing Poetry, Short Story, Novel, Memoir or Creative Non-fiction (and Getting It Published) 6:30-8:30pm. $15/$60 series. 21 Cedar Way, Woodstock. 679-8256.
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Reel Expressions Youth Film Festival Since 1994, Children’s Media Project has taught young people to take full creative license of the conception and realization of various media projects. The Poughkeepsie organization will celebrate 20 years of education on Saturday, September 27, with its second annual Reel Expressions Film Festival. Over 100 youth-produced films were submitted from around the world, and the festival will showcase nearly 13 of them—each under 10 minutes. Hypnagogic Hallucination, an animation piece from Belgium, concerns geographic diversity. Youth FX of Albany offers a documentary, Inside the Ring, about the benefits of afterschool programs in urban communities. Audiences can also expect an interactive media reception, a performance from local dance group M*Power, and the unveiling of Children’s Media Project’s new name. The festival will run from 5pm to 8:30pm at the Bardavon Opera House in Poughkeepsie. Tickets are $10. (845) 485-4483; Childrensmediaproject.org. Students will explore scenes from both contemporary and classic plays. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
THURSDAY 25 COMEDY
Chris D’Elia 8pm. $30. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Bereavement Support Group 5:30-6:30pm. This expressive support group is open to the community and led by Adrienne London, LCSW-R. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 4373101.
KIDS & FAMILY
New Mothers Social Circle 10am-noon. This group is for mamas looking to meet other mamas and babies (ages 0-8 months) for friendship, answers about your new baby, and socialization. (Siblings are welcome.) We have a different weekly discussion topic with Q & A. New Baby New Paltz, New Paltz. (212) 255-0624.
LECTURES & TALKS
Master Class: Audition Prep & Reel Development 7:30-9:30pm. Additional development of the Meisner Method Scene Study. This course covers the General Meeting, Cold Reading, Call Back, Closing the Deal, Dealing with Hierarchy (agents, managers, casting directors, directors, producers, etc.) and working with a Career Plan. Nan Gill-Wilson, Goshen. 294-7500.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Writers Read Fourth Thursday of every month, 5:30pm. $3. Literary reading series featuring at least two poets/writers. David Giannini, Becket, Massachusetts. Davidgpoet@ gmail.com.
MUSIC
Boz Scaggs 8pm. $68-$135. Rock. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390. Iron Dog 9pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Pat O’Shea & The Honest Men 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
FRIDAY 26 FAIRS & FESTIVALS
Rhinebeck Arts Festival 9am-5pm. $10/$9 seniors/$4 ages 6-16/under 6 are free. A celebration of artistic expression in its many forms with a main focus on craft and visual art. This mostly indoor shopping experience includes: 200 outstanding artists; a Hudson Valley Furniture Makers showcase; live music; inspiring dance performances; craft demonstrations; hands-on art encounters; children’s activities; gourmet foods and more. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. 331-7900.
KIDS & FAMILY
The Wiggles: Ready, Steady, Wiggle Tour 6:30pm. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800.
MUSIC
Here I am Lord 7-9pm. Music with composer Dan Schutte. Dan has been composing music for worship for more than 30 years, including extensive collaboration with the St. Louis Jesuits. His more recent pieces exhibit an enduring ability to reach into people’s hearts and draw them into prayer. Fr. Casey Hall/St. Patrick’s Church, Athens. 389-1503.
Rondout Valley Grower’s Association Barn Dance 4-10pm. Live music, farm animals, tastings, bake sale, silent auction, and more. Duchess Farm Equestrian Center, High Falls. Barndance@rondoutvalleygrowers.org. Salsa Lesson and Latin Dance Party with Carlos Osorio 8pm. $12 at the door. Bring out your Latin spirit! Join Carlos Osorio, Founder of the Cumbia Spirit School of Dance for a fun, all levels salsa class and then dance the night away at Kingston’s most artful new event space Wine available. Uptown Gallery, Kingston. 331 3261.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Chatham Farm & Art Tour 10am-4pm. There will be horse, dairy, alpaca, sheep and cattle and produce farms and stands open, many with local farm products to purchase. New this year, local artists will be featured at each farm exhibiting and selling art they have created working in the tradition of the Hudson River School en plein air (outdoors) at the featured farms. Chatham Farmers’ Market, Chatham. Chathamkeepfarming.org/FarmTour.html. Newburgh Urban Market 10am-4pm. Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh. Newburghurbanmarket.com 10am-4pm. Our great mix of high quality offerings includes original hand crafted jewelry, furniture, clothing, and décor from local artisans; antiques and vintage collectibles; fair trade and repurposed items; fine local food, beverages and organic produce; and much more. Newburgh Urban Market, Newburgh. Newburghurbanmarket.com. Rhinebeck Arts Festival 9am-6pm. $10/$9 seniors/$4 ages 6-16/under 6 are free. A celebration of artistic expression in its many forms with a main focus on craft and visual art. This mostly indoor shopping experience includes: 200 outstanding artists; a Hudson Valley Furniture Makers showcase; live music; inspiring dance performances; craft demonstrations; hands-on art encounters; children’s activities; gourmet foods and more. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. 331-7900.
The Anonymous People 6pm. $25/$20 seniors/$15 students. Documentary film with Q&A with filmmaker Greg Williams. Followed by live auction. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Woodstock Flea Market 9am-5pm. Crafts, vintage clothing, flowers, vegetables, more. Mower’s Flea Market, Woodstock. 679-6744.
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Carb-Loaded: A Culture Dying to Eat 7:30pm. $15/$7.50 seniors and students. Q&A with filmmaker Lathe Poland. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Bill Kirchen 8pm. $20 in advance, $25 day of show. Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter known as the Titan of the Telecaster will be bringing his show to Crawford Park Mansion. All proceeds benefit the park. Doors open at 7 pm. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Crawford Park Mansion, Rye Brook. (914) 417-9151. Cameron Brown & The Hear & Now 7pm. Featuring Sheila Jordan, Don Byron, Cameron Brown & Tony Jefferson. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
FILM
Reel Expressions Youth Film Festival 5-8:30pm. A film festival presenting short films created by youth ages 13-19. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 485-4480.
FOOD & WINE Gourmet and Specialty Food Tastings 12-3pm. Emerson Organic Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828.
KIDS & FAMILY
Family Fun at Unison: Animal Experiences with Michelle Costa 2-3pm. $5-$14. Join wildlife expert Michelle Costa and her coterie of rescues for an afternoon of Family Fun. This educational and entertaining event is perfect for the whole family. Expect to see a chinchilla, tortoise, hedgehog, fox and maybe a kinkajou. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Wildlife Show with Nicole Chillemi 2pm. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
LECTURES & TALKS
Understanding Exposure and Learning to See Creatively 9am-4:30pm. $49. With photographer and lecturer Bryan Peterson. Garden Plaza Hotel, Kingston. Hvphotonet.org. TEDx Hudson 11am-6pm. $85/$75 in advance. TEDxHudson’s theme of “Crossroads” brings together the city’s people and their diverse interests for a daylong event celebrating our past and our future. Featureing national leaders and local thinkers, artists, healthcare providers and educators, renowned historians and writers, regional farmers, environmentalists, entrepreneurs, long-time residents, and surprise guests. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. Hudsonoperahouse.org/tedx-hudsonsaturday-september-27/.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS
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LECTURES & TALKS
You Say Goodbye 7pm. $15. Celebrating the last performance at the Rhinebeck location before moving to Poughkeepsie. The evening features the duet team Chelsea Murphy and Magda San Millan with their new touring piece mixing dance, theater & social satire, as well as performances by Cocoon artists, for an exciting farewell with hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction of artwork by Cocoon’s Creative Director, Andres San Millan, and other surprises. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.
8pm. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the
A Tour of Olana’s Geological Landscape 1-3pm. $10. Join Robert Titus, Hartwick College geology professor in an exploratory walking tour of the Ice Age forces that shaped the 19th Century artists’ landscape. Learn too, about the bedrock geological history of the site. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872 ext. 109.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION 2nd Annual Cruisin’ on the Mountaintop Fall Car Show & Festival 10am-4pm. Enjoy Tannersville’s Main Street filled with a colorful display of antique vehicles and motorcycles. Outdoor event to include raffles and fun for the whole family. Downtown Tannersville, Tannersville. (518) 628-4424.
Award Winning Authors 4:30pm. Hosted by Mitchel Levitas of The New York Times, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with the three distinguished writers who inaugurated the program in 1994—Paul Auster, Roy Blount Jr., and Siri Hustvedt. A special guest, documentary filmmaker Ellen Weissbrod, will join them screening clips of her prize-winning film “a woman like that”—the story of Artemisia Gentileschi, a 17th century woman artist. New Marlborough Village Association Meeting House, New Marlborough, MA. Laura Ludwig Presents Performance Art and Poetry 6:30pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
MUSIC
Alash Ensemble 8pm. $20. An evening of Tuvan world fusion music and multi-tonal throat singing. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. Ava Luna and Celestial Shore 10pm. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158. Big Band Swing Night 7:30pm. Join the Catskill Jazz Factory as they revisit the rhythm and sounds of the 1930s and 1940s with the Steven Feifke Big Band. Villa Vossila, Tannersville. (518) 589-5060.
Britishmania Beatles Tribute Band 8pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. The Crossroads Band 8:30pm. Whistling Willie’s, Cold Spring. 265-2012. Leaf Peeper Concert 8pm. Congregation Anshe Emeth, Hudson. (518) 828-6848. Mister Roper 8:30-11:30pm. Eric Squindo and Rick Schneider met and combined their love of music, and years of experience to create Mister Roper. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Music Workshop with Composer Dan Schutte 1-5pm. Dan has been composing music for worship for more than 30 years, including extensive collaboration with the St. Louis Jesuits. His more recent pieces exhibit an enduring ability to reach into people’s hearts and draw them into prayer. Fr. Casey Hall/St. Patrick’s Church, Athens. 389-1503. A Program of Violins and Viola 8pm. $25/$80 series pass/students free with adult. Clarion Concerts in Columbia County’s second Leaf Peeper 2014 concert consists of rarely heard music by Prokofiev, Mozart, Kodály and Dvorák. Sanford Allen will be joined by fellow violinist Dale Stuckenbruck and violist Dan Panner. Congregation Anshe Emeth, Hudson. (518) 329-5613. Soñando 7pm. Latin jazz. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Twilight Wine Tasting 6-8pm. $75. Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County is hosting a Twilight Wine Tasting. Come sample a variety of wines from the renowned Millbrook Winery & Vineyards. All proceeds to benefit CCEDC. Millbrook Winery, Millbrook. 677-8223. Uncommon Ground: Bluegrass 8pm. $18-$26. 8-10pm. $18-$26. A collection of 5 talented musicians who bring together the unlikely and uncommon combination of precise, classically trained violin and bass lines with the fluidity and soul of bluegrass-influenced vocals, mandolin, guitar and percussion. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Beacon Flea Market 8am-3pm. A variety of items, including re-finished furniture, antiques, vintage purses, mid-century cookware, collectible vinyl, old books, handmade jewelry, and local crafts. Beacon Flea Market, Beacon. 202-0094. Harvest Fest: Rustic Craft Event 11am-4pm. $2 parking fee. This event showcases an expanded selection of quality handmade furniture,
Volunteer Restoration Workday 10am-2pm. These semi-monthly sessions offer a great way to learn about native flora while removing invasive plants that hinder their growth. Today’s project: Tree for Tribs shoreline planting. Long Dock Park, Beacon. 473-4440 Ext. 273.
THEATER The Nutcracker Ballet Auditions 4:30-6:30pm. $$30/$20 additional family members. New Paltz Ballet Theatre will be holding auditions for its annual production of The Nutcracker. New Paltz School of Ballet, New Paltz. 255-0044. Falling $39/$34. Chronicling the dynamic and complicated reality of a family with an autistic young man, Falling bravely asks “How do you love someone who is difficult to love”. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 8-10:30pm and 3-5:30pm. $22 includes dessert at intermission. Grownups play kids, some audience interaction, name calling, inappropriate word spelling, cheap jokes, big laughs… an absolutely c-h-a-r-m-in-g good time. The Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe. 294-9465.
SUNDAY 28 ART Newburgh Open Studios 11am-5pm. Organized by Gerardo Castro and Michael Gabor, co-owners of Newburgh Art Supply, this year’s Newburgh Open Studios will introduce the public to Newburgh’s burgeoning arts community with the opening of artists’ work studios, alternative gallery spaces and special events. 561-5552.
COMEDY Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood: The Two Man Group 8pm. $38-$95. Improvisational comedy. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390.
LITERARY & BOOKS Author Jack Kelly 4pm. At this event author and historian Jack Kelly will talk about his forthcoming book “Band of Giants: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America’s Independence”, including an audience Q&A and book signing. Scoville Memorial Library, Salisbury, CT. (860) 435-2838.
pottery, wall hangings, and accents and accessories
MUSIC
for your home. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts,
Sunday Brunch with The Erik Lawrence Quartet 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Bethel. Bethelwoodscenter.org/events/detail/harvestfestival-1.
Woodstock Comedy Festival Laughter is the best medicine, and Woodstock is about to get a healthy dose. The Woodstock Comedy Festival will take over the village for its second year from Friday, September 19 through Sunday, September 21. Friday night opens with Comedy Nation, featuring comedians riffing on political topics and holding a panel discussion at the Woodstock Playhouse. Writers from “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and Upright Citizens Brigade will host Saturday panels on comedy writing, advertising, and video production. UCB variety show Whiplash promises some surprise celebrity appearances Saturday night at the Bearsville Theater. And the festival closes Sunday with documentary screenings at Upstate Films and an evening of local standup at the Colony Café. Programs start a 8pm on Friday and noon on Saturday and Sunday, and all proceeds will benefit Family of Woodstock and Polaris Project. Woodstockcomedyfestival.org.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Blue Food 9:30pm. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
Ryan McElroy Children’s Cancer Foundation. Mid-
Rhinebeck Arts Festival 9am-5pm. $10/$9 seniors/$4 ages 6-16/under 6 are free. A celebration of artistic expression in its many forms with a main focus on craft and visual art. This mostly indoor shopping experience includes: 200 outstanding artists; a Hudson Valley Furniture Makers showcase; live music; inspiring dance performances; craft demonstrations; hands-on art encounters; children’s activities; gourmet foods and more. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. 331-7900.
Jazz at The Falls - Barbara Dempsey and Co. 12-3pm. Pass the hat. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Sundays with Friends Chamber Music Series 2pm. Mozart Viola Quintet in c minor, Frank Bridge Sextet, Tchaikovsky Sextet “Souvenir de Florence.” Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Dutchess Outreach’s 8th Annual Brunch 12-3pm. $75. Dutchess Outreach will be honoring IBM and Rhinebeck Bank at their Eighth Annual Brunch. A silent auction and raffle will be held during the event. The Grandview, Poughkeepsie. 454-3792.
SPIRITUALITY Guided Chakra Balancing Meditation with the Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls 1-2pm. $5-20. The Sanctuary: A Place for Healing, New Paltz. 546-7838.
THEATER The Nutcracker Ballet Auditions 11:30am-4pm. $$30/$20 additional family members. New Paltz Ballet Theatre will be holding auditions for its annual production of The Nutcracker. New Paltz School of Ballet, New Paltz. 255-0044. Falling 2pm. $39/$34. Chronicling the dynamic and complicated reality of a family with an autistic young man, Falling bravely asks “How do you love someone who is difficult to love”. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 3-5:30pm. $22 includes dessert at intermission. Grownups play kids, some audience interaction, name calling, inappropriate word spelling, cheap jokes, big laughs… an absolutely c-h-a-r-m-i-n-g good time. The Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe. 294-9465. Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2pm. $12/$10 members. Encore screening. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Woodstock Flea Market 9am-5pm. Crafts, vintage clothing, flowers, vegetables, more. Mower’s Flea Market, Woodstock. 679-6744.
RSCLive: Two Gentlemen of Verona 1pm. $20. A live screening of the RSC’s new production. Valentine and Proteus are best friends until they both fall in love with the Duke’s daughter Silvia. The Moviehouse, Millerton. (518) 789-0022.
FOOD & WINE
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Wine with Music by Keith Newman 2pm. Bashakill Vineyards, Wurtsboro. 888-5858. Rosendale Summer Farmers’ Market 2014 9am-2pm. Vendors include:Maynard Orchards, Good Flavor Farm; Three Sisters Farm, Wright’s Orchards; Twisted Jeanne’s, Ronnybrook dairy products and Bread Alone bakery goods, Immune Schein Elixir and Organic Teas, Vlume beeswax products; Bob’s Pickles and more. Rosendale Farmers’ Market, Rosendale. 658-8348. Taste of Montgomery 2014 1-4pm. $35. The finest of Montgomery area restaurants will be offering sampling of their signature dishes, and local wineries will be on hand for wine tasting. All the proceeds will benefit the Valley Central Thomas J. Gabrynowicz Memorial Scholarship Fund and other worthwhile community projects undertaken by the Rotary Club. Veteran’s Memorial Park, Montgomery. 778-2121.
KIDS & FAMILY
2nd Annual Touch-a-Truck 11am-4pm. $5/under 2 free. Offers children a handson opportunity to explore various types of vehicles including construction trucks and equipment, emergency responders, tractor-trailers, farm tractors, race cars, garbage trucks, and more. Children will learn about the equipment from the professionals who use the trucks in their day-to-day lives. Presented by the Junior League of Kingston. Forsyth Nature Center, Kingston. 339-3053.
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Planet Waves ANTHONY AYIOMAMITIS
BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO
Night and Day
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hen I went on the air to do my weekly Planet Waves FM webcast on Tuesday, August 19, I was prepared with the chart of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, which had happened 10 days earlier. This latest shooting by police of an unarmed black youth set off weeks of riots in a city about the size of Kingston, located in St. Louis County. Local and state police, as well as the National Guard, were called in, though as the days progressed, the situation escalated and many times went out of control. Brown’s death is being seen as part of a pattern of unarmed men of color, mostly teenagers, killed by police. Among the deaths we’ve actually heard of are Eric Garner, age 43, Staten Island, 2014 (the guy who sold loose cigarettes, killed in a chokehold); Kimani Gray, age 16, Brooklyn, 2013; Kendrec Mcdade, age 19, Pasadena, 2012; Ervin Jefferson, age 18, Atlanta, 2012 (shot by a security guard); Ramarley Graham, age 18, Bronx, 2012; and Victor Steen, age 17, Pensacola, 2009. This doesn’t count Trayvon Martin, who was killed by wannabe cop George Zimmerman. The well of rage that Brown’s death taps into is related to this pattern, though the shootings are just the most visible attribute. It also includes the stop and frisk policy of the NYPD that went on throughout the Bloomberg administration, the noted phenomenon of being pulled over for driving while black, and many other circumstances. In an article published the third week of August, Rob Urie of Counterpunch laid the scenario out in stark terms. “Had the murder been an isolated incident it would be tragic. But the death of Mike Brown was a political assassination. The systematic nature in which youth of color are harassed, intimidated, 98 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM 9/14
incarcerated and assassinated perpetuates the historic repression of American blacks and browns from the barbaric founding of the US in slavery and genocide to supposed resolution with the Civil Rights movement. This is to state that any of these murders might be considered individually but the aggregation paints a clear picture of systematic racial repression.” It takes some awareness of history, and some sensitivity, to know that what we’re seeing in Ferguson is part of a very old pattern. Dred Scott, the former slave whose name is attached to one of the most infamous Supreme Court decisions in history, is buried just a few miles away from Ferguson. In that 1857 decision, Chief Justice Roger Taney declared African Americans “beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” Astrologically, the scenario in Ferguson is set before the backdrop of the Uranus-Pluto square. This is the astrology that defines our time in history, in a way similar to how the Saturn-Pluto opposition of 2001 and 2002 defined the 9/11 era. Pluto is a small planet that works on a large scale. In his 2006 book Cosmos and Psyche, historian Richard Tarnas (author of The Passion of the Western Mind) documents the Uranus-Pluto cycle as a time of revolt and revolution, with stops at many infamous eras in history. The last big stop was the conjunction of 1965-1966. What we think of as The Sixties was a reflection of, or a product of, the Uranus-Pluto conjunction in Virgo, an aspect that had a ripple effect back to the 1950s and well into the 1970s; that’s how these aspects work. Now nearly 50 years later we’re at the square, the equivalent of the first
quarter phase, which is exact between 2012 and 2015. We saw the first manifestations of this with Arab Spring, the Wisconsin labor protests and the Occupy movement, all of which took place in 2011. The Occupy movement was snuffed out, Wisconsin was crushed and Arab Spring did not turn out so well. Since then it’s been pretty quiet, though people have had plenty to protest. In fact, I would describe the past few years as having an eerie calm, given the astrology. The longer it’s gone on, the weirder it’s seemed to me. By silence I don’t mean the world—the world seems to be spinning off its axis right now. It’s the human response to all this mayhem and injustice that I’ve been listening for. Each time an incident would increase the pressure on individuals and on society, I kept waiting for the echo, the response or the point of release, and again and again, there was nothing. Then Ferguson happened. When I cast the chart for Michael Brown’s death, I thought I would see the Uranus-Pluto square come up front and center—mainly due to the aftermath. Instead, the aspect is in the background of the chart, hidden away, as if lurking behind the scenes. I took that to be an illustration of the tension behind the protests and riots. This showed up as Uranus in Aries in the 12th house, illustrating restlessness, a sense of revolt and revolution behind the veil of perception (the 12th represents that veil into the unseen). Close to Uranus is Eris, a goddess the Romans called Discordia. There is a kind of militancy with this pattern, and coming from the 12th, a lot of pressure. All that pressure seemed to vent into the 4th house—the home base. I read that as Sun and Mercury closely trine Uranus. A trine opens up an energy flow, and all that energy seemed to be pouring into 4th house. The chart seemed to illustrate a vast, far-reaching problem so large as to be invisible. Then one day there was an effect; a manifestation, a flashpoint, in one location most people had never heard of; that location could be anywhere. The chart described many other themes behind the scenes. There are several houses in the chart that show the background of the question, and all of them had activity in this chart. For example, Pluto in the 9th house describes a titanic spiritual crisis, and a struggle to evolve. The Capricorn Moon in the 9th describes the looming presence of authority, both in reality and as an emotional construct. The Moon was about to change signs and make an opposition to the Sun; Brown was killed right before the Full Moon. There was one other noteworthy placement—Pholus in the 8th house. The 8th in a death chart is important because it describes how the person died, and the circumstances surrounding the death. Pholus is a centaur planet, similar in some ways to Chiron. But rather than the slow burn of Chiron, Phlous describes the runaway reaction. We see the illustration of a cop shooting an unarmed person six times as part of what has gone out of control, followed by out of control riots. Then a reader pointed out that I had reversed AM and PM on the incident chart. Brown was actually killed a few minutes past noon on August 9, not a few minutes past midnight. AM/PM errors are common in astrology, and they happen to every astrologer at least once in their career, usually a good few times. When I pondered how I could possibly make such an error, it occurred to me that one would never expect a cop to gun down an unarmed person at high noon. That seems like more the thing that happens at night. I remember copying the time from my data source, and I am a pretty good transcriber—I never want to commit publicly to the interpretation of the wrong chart. In this case, we were talking about the same basic aspect patterns. What was rearranged by the error was what houses the planets and aspects appeared in. As errors go, this one was interesting and potentially useful for a few reasons.
One is that it describes the 12 hours leading up to the incident. It was not a random time; if astrology is useful for prediction, one should be able to see the event coming 12 hours in advance, in that exact locale. Another is that reversing the meridian, that is, switching AM and PM, can reveal the shadow chart. It’s a technique in natal astrology for getting underneath a confounding chart (it’s also used sometimes for reading for identical twins, but I don’t like this method). The midnight chart certainly has the feeling of a psychological study of what has been driving the protests. The noon chart is a lot simpler. It describes the police state in stark terms. In some ways it’s more the chart you would expect to see; for example, the Leo group shows up not on the bottom of the chart in the 4th house (home, security) but on top of the chart in the 10th house—the house of government. The chart describes a raw display of power and bravado. At noon, Pisces is on the 6th house cusp. The 6th is the house that rules the military. The traditional ruler of Pisces is Jupiter, which we find as the most elevated planet in the chart (in the 10th), boldly asserting its authority in Leo. The Sun is up there, as is Mercury. We are being shown, and told, who the boss is. It’s noteworthy that in addition to a discussion of the police shooting men of color, we are having one of the only national discussions that I recall about how since the 9/11 incident the police have been transformed into a paramilitary force. Ferguson is a town of 22,000, a small place. Even much smaller towns have tank-like vehicles and SWAT teams with armored soldiers equipped with automatic weapons and chemical weapons. Isn’t it interesting that 9/11 was supposed to be about a foreign enemy of freedom, yet American citizens were expected to give back much of their freedom as a result of that incident? We extolled cops as heroes, and now we’re dealing with what would under other circumstances be viewed as a serial murder. James Madison was already onto this one in 1787. At the Constitutional Convention, he said: “A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defense against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.” I think that the standing military force in our towns is a serious problem, though I think a bigger problem is the presumption that a police officer’s shield is a license to kill. It is not. We pay to train police officers, and one of the things we train them in is the proper use of force. Generally, that means exerting minimal necessary force in order to bring a suspect in with the least possible fuss or injury. In the words of the Department of Justice guidelines, “Police officers should use only the amount of force necessary to control an incident, effect an arrest, or protect themselves or others from harm or death.” We seem to be adopting the principle that if a police officer feels threatened, then it’s OK to shoot first and deal with the aftermath later. We know that those feelings are not always accurate, since so many unarmed people are killed. If we are to believe the NRA, the only solution to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. So then why exactly are so many people without guns getting killed? Maybe there are too many guns, including in the hands of the police. We live in angry, frustrated times. People feel powerless, and I think that perception is correct. There is a lot brewing behind the scenes of Ferguson. There is a lot being revealed. The midnight chart and the noon chart of Michael Brown’s death tell different sides of the same story.
Isn’t it interesting that 9/11 was supposed
to be about a foreign enemy of freedom,
yet American citizens
were expected to give back much of their
freedom as a result of that incident?
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The chaos factor you’re experiencing may be the result of clinging to an idea about yourself—some point of identity, which feels like insisting on “I am.” This has its effect whether one claims to be a doctor, married, cool, pure, gay, straight, trans, smart, stupid, old, young, or any other descriptor. One problem with “I am” is that it changes, and right now it’s changing rapidly for you. This may be making you nervous enough to hold on tight—to anything. “I am” rarely describes the deeper and more meaningful level of existence; indeed, the insistence on identity can serve to obscure much else. Your existence is an adventure, a fact that is especially true now. Yes, you need something you can refer to for stability. A relationship will not serve that purpose, especially if that relationship cannot contain the discoveries you’re making about yourself. So what does that leave? It leaves the quest that you’re on. Define yourself by the adventure that’s before you, and within you. Define yourself by the questions that you ask. Know yourself in your immediate experience, by perceiving what is shown to you—and then gradually recognizing the perceiver. Consider the notion, “I am the mind of the senses, the consciousness of creatures.” Who is that mind? Who is that awareness? This is who you are.
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How risky are ideas? For many people they are terrifying; notice how distinctly unpopular thinking is. Notice society’s tendency to censor, to control, and to spy on what people say. But does that really mean ideas are actually risky? Well, they can be, in the sense that they are the precursor to progress. I suggest you take all the risks you can muster when it comes to thinking for yourself. To do that, you might need to tune in to the ways you were conditioned not to think for yourself, which includes everything from unquestioned prejudices to going along with the crowd to believing something is true because a parent or partner says it’s true. And herein lies the trap—the fear that if you dare to be original, or to question consensus reality, you will be cast out of the tribe. That’s about the last thing you have to worry about now; you are more likely to be considered in a position of leadership, specifically because you possess and use your capacity to think, and to think creatively. Here is a formula you can try, which can turn problems into solutions: Catch yourself every time you go into safe/narrow/prejudiced mode. Pause right then, and prompt yourself to question. Step over the nonexistent barrier and consciously allow your thoughts to unfold.
GEMINI
(May 20-June 21)
Sex is communication. Whatever else it may seem to be—recreation, reproduction, creativity, commerce—on the deepest level, it’s an exchange of feelings, energy, contact and words, all inherently communicative. When there’s any kind of breakdown around sex, from antipathy or cheating to violent assault, you can count that as a failure of communication. When you notice one of those, the first thing to do is to get the conversation going. The semantic origins of the word communicate are “to share, divide out; impart, inform; join, unite, participate in,” literally “to make common.” That’s the thing to reach for. This concept could be the basis for an entire course on sex education, suitable for adults or children. Think of it—common ground as the basis for relationship. What a radical notion. You are being drawn into that common ground right now, and it may seem on the surface to be about some form of romance or partnership. That would be true if the world were rated PG-13, but it’s not. Biology runs things on our particular planet, and that topic usually gets an XXX rating. Now, there aren’t usually many words spoken in those awesome little 10-minute features, and it’s up to you to bring some form of a dialog to the table. Not the bedroom; that’s not the best place to talk. The kitchen table is much better.
CANCER
(June 21-July 22)
When people say the word ‘commitment’ they usually mean ‘control’. This is not always true; in the most functional situations, commitment obviates the need for control. But in its shadow form, there is usually an expectation that someone is going to give up their power to someone else. I suggest you keep an eye on this, in whatever direction the energy may flow. Make sure your primary commitment is to yourself, and make sure that you’re open with yourself about how you feel about any given situation. Identify your needs without guilt, hesitation, or resentment, then set about getting them met one by one. Honesty with everyone is central to this process, which always begins as responsiveness to your inner dialog. Now, you might notice how much of that involves the attempt at self-control—and you might notice that there are forces at work in your psyche that are saying it’s time to cut loose. This may especially be true around your work or profession. You seem tired of being hemmed in, and ready to accomplish something much greater than you ever have in the past. You do not need to revolt or reinvent your life. I suggest you do what you know works well, always with an original flare, and the revolution will come to you.
Planet Waves Horoscopes Listen to the Eric Francis podcast at PlanetWaves.fm LEO (July 22-August 23) Though the Sun has moved onto Virgo, he has very courteously left Jupiter in Leo for the next 11 months. Going back years, there have hardly been any slow-moving planets visiting your sign (Saturn was the most recent one, and that was between 2005 and 2007). You now no longer need to feel like you must make something from nothing. You now have your own little solar system to play in, a planet 1,200 times the size of Earth, with 67 confirmed natural satellites. Jupiter is opening up a profound source of knowledge for you, though rather than being some form of abstract information, I mean direct wisdom. The idea is not to learn this wisdom but rather to become it. This may seem like a stretch for you, but this is the specialty of Jupiter—to broaden your horizons, to widen your mind and to open up a field of potential that you never knew existed. But this is more than wide; there is depth and a concentrated flow of energy revealed by the aspect pattern that Jupiter is making. That is depth you can access, and energy that will flow directly to you. There is no skill you cannot learn or apply. There is no problem you cannot solve. It is essential that you remain open and as free from negative thought patterns as you can.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22)
At this time in your life, some of the most important soul-level work you can do involves sexual healing. This process has been in progress for about six years, since Pluto entered Capricorn, your solar 5th house. Pluto describes what one author famously called “the evolutionary journey of the soul.” Normally the 5th is the place we seek fun and pleasure, though you have Capricorn in this house, which can act as a reservoir of past conditioning. It can store up shame and guilt from past generations. And Pluto is now opening the barriers that contain those fossilized emotions, all in the interest of setting you free. As this happens, it’s essential that you remain aware of what your body is feeling. You may be tempted to take the process to the mental or abstract level. You may be tempted to go to the astral or fantasy level. I suggest you stay grounded, as in bare feet on the ground. It’s essential that you take risks, especially some that you’re the most averse to. More significantly, it’s time to go past the expectations of purity that you think others have of you. Most of these are in your own mind, and they tend to create aversions to both risks and to pleasure. To open pathways to relating, creating and feeling good about yourself, this is where to invest.
LIBRA
(September 22-October 23)
Focus less on appearances and more on saying what you really mean. You might even consider forgetting appearances entirely and investing everything into speaking, and living, your truth. I normally would not cast this in such polarized terms, though these two concepts are often mutually exclusive. Appearances are usually designed to conceal the truth. You have a choice to make, though it may not be so starkly clear now as it’s likely to be around the time of your birthday. The decision involves not just whether you want to live with a veil thrown over your reality, and therefore isolated from others, but also why you would want to do so. You are more transparent than you think, and it would support your concept of integrity to be seen and known for who you are. This is for you, not for anyone else. One happy result will be you’ll have more energy to invest in what you love the most dearly. Yet there is something deeper at play here, which is your need to have an open conduit of communication with others, one that is based on actual vulnerability. I recognize how scary this is, especially in our moment of social history when the climate is chilled to below freezing. Others may think this works fine for them; you need warmth, contact and most of all, honesty.
SCORPIO (October 23-November 22)
It’s possible to be motivated by both ideals and money, but don’t confuse one for the other. It’s possible to take profits gained through more conventional motives and invest them in what you consider socially relevant, though this usually requires a level of care and discipline that most people only ever dream about. You might ask what gets in the way of translating what you think of as materialistic into what you hold as spiritual—that is, what values, or what conflicting desires. I suggest you check in with whether you hold back when it comes to your own stated commitment to make the world a better place. Are you concerned that it’s futile, or that it will take too long to make a difference? It may be true that you’re doing everything in your power to stretch beyond your limits and make a positive contribution, but only you can know that for sure. Be aware that a deeper level of motivation is starting to wake up and make itself known. It’s a kind of calling that can only be answered by taking action—not in the future, but right now. Here is the catch: right now has to last a long time, because only sustained action gets results. For that to happen, you really have to be in harmony with yourself and with your deepest motives. 9/14 CHRONOGRAM PLANET WAVES 101
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All this energy you’re feeling is not just coming from you. Some of it is; your brain and body are running hot. You definitely burn food into calories that fuel your nerves and muscles. Yet you’re also tuning into other sources of power and strength, which you might think of as coming from beyond you, or from some aspect of yourself as yet unacknowledged or undiscovered. I suggest you leave that particular theme an open issue, and observe the ways in which you’re inspired, motivated and guided to action. Notice what forces conspire to assist you. Observe whether plans you made long ago are gradually coming to fulfillment. This may have the effect of getting you to consider what you want in the future, not on the basis of whether you think it can be attained but rather whether you think it is the right thing for you. What’s most exciting is how the concept of “right for you” is merging with the notion of “right for the world.” One thing our entire society struggles with is the problem of separate and competing interests. If a higher power or superior intelligence is helping guide and coordinate your life, one of the first places you’ll be taken is where there’s efficiency, and where your personal efforts support, and are supported by, the efforts of others.
CAPRICORN (December 22-January 20)
Laced throughout the literature of spiritualism and occultism is the notion of religion as a kind of science. The idea holds that there’s a true religion, or that if religion is practiced truly, there will actually be a result. This may not manifest for you so overtly, though it may show up as a devotion to purity, to sacrifice, or to the notion that faith must in some way make sense. You’re a more organic person than this. Yes, I see the appeal of the idea, because the human psyche can be chaotic, and you are in an extended phase that often seems to carry the message grow or die. That is not neat or tidy, though I suggest you not succumb to the idea that your growth somehow depends upon your becoming a perfect person, or living your life perfectly. What you can have, and have plenty of, is faith in yourself. The beauty of faith is that it’s not dependent upon any precursor; there is no test you must take in advance. It’s just somewhere you allow your mind to go. You know you’re there because you have less to worry about, rather than more. You know you’re there when your intellect relaxes a bit and accurate information starts coming back to you. You know you’re there when you feel more confident but you don’t necessarily understand why.
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Mother—the enigma, the force of nature, the essential thing to leave behind. By leave behind, I mean various things, such as “not allow to run your life” and “resolve the issues that you inherited from her and her mother.” I also mean the role of mother, when that role is more or less finished, or when it’s ready to transform. Yet here is what really needs to transform for our whole society—the family as the authoritarian mini-state, borrowing from the words of a great 20th century philosopher. If we want any scant possibility to live on some shared level ground with one another, or to explore any collective form of leadership, we must go beyond the model of absolute authority that is then internalized into perpetual inhibition and approval-seeking. Father plays a role in this, though in our generations that more often involves being absent or only partially present than it does the former “father knows best” model of family. This can still manifest as the disembodied, nagging conscience—what another philosopher called the superego. You need order in your life. Anarchy will not suffice. But neither will the absolute rule of law, emotional or otherwise. The thing to remember is that personal autonomy requires maturity and an evolved sense of responsibility, though one that does not demand answering to someone else.
PISCES (February 19-March 20)
Set out to do your very best work this month—that which you’ve always wanted or needed to do; that which you could not accomplish before; what you have considered improbable or impossible. A rare connection between Chiron in your sign and Jupiter in Leo (among other planets) is opening up a conduit that could grant what seems like miraculous powers of creativity and achievement. Yet because Chiron and Jupiter are the main players, and since this is astrology we’re talking about, the process is not automatic. You must bring your intentions, your energy and your ideas. You must bring yourself to the work every day, and resume as soon as you can if you must skip a day or two. The effort factor is what will be reduced or made more efficient, and rewarded by a tangible sense of progress. Yet I suggest you not look back—look forward and work steadily. Focus your goals one at a time, and keep your sense of perspective. By that I mean work with a meta-goal and notice how your individual projects relate to one another. There is a pattern that will start to emerge, and the pieces of the plan will begin to fit together. You may feel like you’re bringing in knowledge or wisdom from somewhere else, and there’s no harm acting as if that’s true. 102 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM 9/14
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Europa, Juanita Guccione, oil on canvas, 28.25” x 34”, 1939
Nearly 80 years ago, the Brooklyn Museum displayed the works of several up-andcoming artists. Among the not-yet-household names featured were Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, who would go on to earn fame and recognition far beyond the art world for their development of the abstract expressionist style. They weren’t the only artists there, though. Juanita Guccione was born in 1904, and despite decades of work that produced nearly 700 pieces of art that would be displayed around the world and earn significant praise, she is virtually unknown today. Her work sits in her son’s basement, a far cry from the galleries of Manhattan, Paris, Beirut, Bombay, and San Francisco. She spent her childhood in Massachusetts and later Brooklyn. After studying at the Art Students League, she left the country, eventually settling in an artists’ colony in Algeria, called Bou Saada, amongst the Ouled Nail tribe. Her paintings from this period are devoid of the flamboyant romanticism of the Orientalist painters. She painted the Bedouin as friends and neighbors, reflecting her anticolonialist beliefs. Years later, Algeria acquired a large number of these paintings for display in the National Museum of Fine Arts, a reassuring sign that her legacy is not totally forgotten. While it might be tempting to suggest her relative obscurity may come down to talent,
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Guccione’s work was respectfully received in her lifetime, the respected French critic Michel-Georges Michel, for example, wrote in the early 1950s that she was one of a very few American artists who interested him. Cubist, realist, automatist, and abstract strains can all be found in her work. By 1970, she was painting electrifying works in watercolor and acrylic that critics consider impossible to categorize. For most of her career she was considered a Surrealist, often producing brilliantly colored paintings depicting a whimsical world ruled by women. In her later work, however, she abandoned the human figure and juxtaposition of the observed world all together, fully embracing an independence hinted at earlier in her career. The Seligmann Center in Sugar Loaf will be hosting an exhibition of Guccione’s work, “Defiant Acts,” from September 13 through November 2. Art historian Susan Aberth will present a lecture on September 14 on the work of Guccione and other female artists of the Surrealist movement, who are increasingly being rediscovered after decades in the shadows of their male peers. (845) 469-9459; Kurtseligmann.org. —David King
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