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NEWS AND POLITICS

KIDS AND FAMILY

14 WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

36 THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF THE MARVELOUS MOMPRENEURS

Spices contaminated with insect parts and rodent hairs, Occupy Wall Street buys consumer debt, Sweden’s declining prison prison population, and more.

17 BEINHART’S BODY POLITIC: THE GREAT WHITE DOPE

Larry Beinhart reminisces about Rick Perry’s run for the Republican presidential nomination, and why you should be born in Texas or Saudi Arabia.

HOME 18 VIS OLD HOUSE

Jennifer Farley visits the Arts-and-Crafts-style home of Jerry and Bettylou Vis in Rosendale, which has been extensively renovated by Jerry Vis, a master craftsman.

HOLIDAY EVENTS 26 JUMP FOR JOY Anne Pyburn Craig previews the plethora of holiday events this season, including Hudson Valley Hullabaloo; Frozendale; the Snowflake Festival; performances of “Amahl and the Night Visitors” and “A Christmas Carol,” and much more.

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 30 PRESENTS WITH PRESENCE

Alysa Wishingrad explores the family connections of the New Paltz Ballet Theater.

COMMUNITY PAGES 40 CYCLES OF GROWTH: THE RONDOUT VALLEY

The north side of the Shawangunk Ridge is bustling with creative endeavors.

62 TURNING POINT: NEWBURGH

Newburgh may not be the easiest place to love in the Hudson Valley, but those who call it home are fiercely proud of the city on the river.

WHOLE LIVING 78 THE AUTOIMMUNE CONNECTION

Autoimmune disease is the biggest epidemic you’ve never heard of.

COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE 72 TASTINGS A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 74 BUSINESS DIRECTORY A compendium of advertiser services. 82 WHOLE LIVING Opportunities to nurture mind, body, and soul.

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Hillary Harvey talks with women who’re juggling motherhood and business.

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FOOD & DRINK

48 GALLERY & MUSEUM GUIDE

68 EAT LOCAL, ACT GLOBAL: FIELD GOODS

52 MUSIC: HELL AND HINDSIGHT Peter Aaron chats with Richard Buckner about being a crime suspect. Nightlife Highlights include The English Beat; A Tribute to Roy Buchanan; Cheryl Wheeler and Steve Forbert; Michelle LeBlanc; and Savion Glover and Jack DeJohnette. Reviews of So Tough by David Greenberger and a Strong Dog; Roseann Fino by Roseann Fino; and The Warp/The Weft by The Warp/The Weft.

56 BOOKS: TOP OF THE CLASS A profile of journalist Alison Stewart, whose First Class was just published.

58 HOLIDAY GIFT BOOKS The season’s best gifts for readers, reviewed by Brian K. Mahoney, Jana Martin, Nina Shengold, and Robert Burke Warren.

60 POETRY Poems by Thomas Bonville, Hannah Buonaguro, Lucia Cherciu,Steve Clark, Linda Codega, Holly Day, Jocelyn Edelstein, Daniel Kelley, Rosealee Litts, Ostara Grace Orr-Kehoe, Betsy Ray, Whitney Strong, and Andrew Tully. Edited by Phillip X Levine.

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THE FORECAST 88 DAILY CALENDAR Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 87 Elephant Room lands at Bard’s Fisher Center December 13 to 15. 88 Tibetan singer Yungchen Lhamo performs for healing on December 7. 89 The Diamond Street Dames bring the burlesque on December 5 & 6. 90 Zak Pelaccio and Ruth Reichl talk local food on December 14. 91 Meredith Heuer’s Beacon Portrait Project is at Fovea through January 5. 92 Air Pirates Radio Theater revives “Herb Marks Freelance” this month. 93 Songwriter Johanna Hall and Ars Choralis director Barbara Pichkhardt premier “Miracle in Bethlehem,” on December 7 & 8 in Woodstock. 94 The ball drops on Wall Street at midnight on Uptown Kingston New Year’s Eve.

PLANET WAVES 98 THE MARS EFFECT Eric Francis Coppolino looks at the astrology of the upcoming new year.

100 HOROSCOPES

What are the stars telling us? Eric Francis Coppolino knows.

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The Prophet of the Ditch kahn & selsnick | archival pigment print | 10” x 10” | 2013 Nick Kahn and Richard Selesnick’s latest series of magical realist photographs is populated by bats, Greenmen, and death dancers—characters from Truppe Fledermaus, an imaginary carnival wandering the countryside, performing for animals. As always in Kahn and Selesnick’s work, there is playful boundary-blurring of genres, time, and history. But one of the initial inspirations for this Bat Troupe was something all too modern and close to home: white-nose syndrome, the devastating fungus affecting bats. The disease prevents the mammals from hibernating properly and has killed an estimated 80 percent of their Northeast population. Kahn and Selesnick imagine the bats, prevented from sleeping peacefully, being wracked by nightmares of apocalypse. Subtitled “A Hundred Views of the Drowning World: Rising Waters and Madness in the Greensward,” their Truppe characters toggle between freak show-like and Cassandras of modern life, speaking to imminent extinctions. A fantastical story is conveyed, but it’s up to the viewer to connect any dots. “We have always thought of ourselves as fundamentally absurdists,” Selesnick says. Storytellers perhaps, but with a fractured narrative; he uses the analogy of birdsong, “a sort of anxious twittering that is both less and more than a language.” Giulio Camillo’s 16th-century Theatre of Memory, a philosophic and architectural construct of how to store and retrieve memory, influenced their vision of the Truppe. “With each project, our characters seem to be pushing around ever growing piles of luggage,” Selesnick says. Yet their proclivity for setting scenes in bleak landscapes, especially marshes and tidal flats, is born of a “desire to be outside of time.” These landscapes, he adds, provide “both an escape from the cultural narrative and also a blank stage on which we can perform our own narrative.” The performances are an antitheater, with animals and insects for audience. Kahn lives in Hudson, Selesnick in Rhinebeck, and both were drawn to the Hudson Valley initially by Carrie Haddad and her gallery. While living here puts them a bit far from beloved tidal flats, the Hudson itself is tidal, Kahn notes, and though the density of trees makes it challenging to find open, barren landscapes, their work has been inspired in new ways. The Greenman series, Kahn says, was born of their proximity to so many trees, as well as reverence for Frederic Church’s Charter Oak. There’s a recurring Edwardian-through-1940s feel in their work—though they met at Washington University in St. Louis in the `80s, both are British citizens; Kahn’s grandfather, a WWII cameraman, was an early inspiration, and one of his box cameras got them started in Truro, Massachusetts. “Truppe Fledermaus” includes text and posters describing invented performances, as well as a 3-D installation of characters. It is part of the “Storytellers and Conjurers” exhibit at Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, through December 8. (518) 828-1915; Carriehaddadgallery.com. Portfolio: Kahnselesnick.com. —Brigid Dorsey CHRONOGRAM.COM WATCH an interview with cover artists Nick Kahn and Richard Selesnick by filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss.

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ome mornings when I get up, there’s a song in my head. The song can be something I listened to the day before, which makes sense, as if I left the radio on. What’s baffling is when it’s not a song I heard recently, but a deep cut I hadn’t thought of in years. This isn’t surprising given the thousands of songs loaded into my cerebral cortex, in whole or in shards of hook-y choruses. I get 13-year-old-girl excited about music, as anyone who’s been forced by me to sit through repeated listenings of “Call Me Maybe” would know. Songs are moods I pass through, environments I briefly inhabit and analyze. For example, I can spend hours wondering why Cat Stevens couldn’t write “Tea for the Tillerman” longer than 61 seconds. While the most beguiling part of its genius may reside in its brevity, as in Williams’s “The Red Wheelbarow” and Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro,” it’s still a bit of a tease. Just as the thing starts to rumble along into ecstatic bliss, the chorus of voices booming in the final seconds like heavenly trumpets, like a trick borrowed from Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” it abruptly ends. Allow me to note here that I am not a musician, nor am I well-versed in psychology. I don’t read music and I’ve never gone in for talk therapy. I think from a functional point of view. My subconscious is as mysterious to me as how to play the guitar intro to “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” Yet they’re connected, right? Music and the subconscious, that is. It stands to reason that if “That Smell” by Lynyrd Skynrd is playing on my internal jukebox when I surface from sleep, I’m sending myself a message. Though hopefully not “he who smelt it, dealt it.” Waking up with songs in my head—it has to do with dreams, I think. I can’t be sure however, because I don’t remember my dreams. While I know that I must dream—everyone dreams—I just have no idea what I’m dreaming. I must have dream amnesia. There was a time, in my late 20s, just after I’d stopped smoking pot every day, that I experienced total recall of my dreams. The unfortunate part: my dreams resembled my waking hours. I went to work, I did the dishes, I drove around, I picked up my dry cleaning. There were none of those mindbending moments people experience in dreams—pitching a perfect game, being in the house you grew up in that’s also the house where you currently live, flying, or other logic-upending situations. I have never flown in my dreams. So the songs must be taking cues from dreams that I don’t remember. For instance, a coworker mentioned a trip to the Bronx Zoo with her son the other day. The next morning, I woke up with Simon and Garfunkel’s “At the Zoo” playing. I probably dreamt about going to the Central Park Zoo with my grandmother. She

used to take me there after we ate lunch at the Automat. Or maybe it was another time I went to the zoo. I guess it could have been an aquarium. On another morning John Mayer’s high school disillusionment anthem “No Such Thing” was lodged in my mind. This must have followed dreaming one of the four high school anxiety dreams that have dogged me since I graduated 25 years ago. Pick from one of the following: I didn’t actually graduate and need to return to Archbishop Molloy at age 43 for a final semester; I can’t find my locker; I’m cut from the soccer team; I’m not wearing pants. Or maybe I dreamt of John Mayer. So I believe I know why I woke to Tim Minchin’s “White Wine in the Sun” the week before Thanksgiving. Admittedly, it could have been the Sauvignon Blanc. But I drove past a house the night before that was gussied up for Christmas in all its ostentatious, energy-bill-boosting glory. A week before Thanksgiving. Isn’t there some kind of local ordinance against this? If not, how come? If not, why did the homeowners wait so long to put up the decorations? Why not put the lights, Santa, eight tiny reindeer, et al., up in August? After dragging out the boxes and sweating it out up and down the ladder 200 times, they could have hit the pool. I hope I dreamed that Tim Minchin was drinking with me, because he is a clever satirist with an ear for a catchy tune and his “White Wine in the Sun” is the best Christmas song ever. If you don’t know Minchin, he’s an Australian musician, actor, and comedian. He wrote the music and lyrics to “Matilda: The Musical,” based on Roald Dahl’s book, which won four Tony Awards this year. “White Wine” is the Christmas song I would have written if I were a musician and had a penchant for writing Christmas songs and I hadn’t already penned “Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses (composed by Accord resident Chris Butler) or “Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas” by Okkervil River. There’s a video of a live performance of Minchin playing “White Wine” on solo piano that will just about break your heart with its sappy genius. (This could be said, of course, for half the videos shared on Facebook.) He admits to being sentimental, sets himself up for the ironic dismissal, then works it and owns it. Sample lyric: “And yes, I have all of the usual objections / to consumerism, the commercialization of an ancient religion / to the Westernization of a dead Palestinian / press-ganged into selling PlayStations and beer / but I still really like it.” Minchin acknowledges the bullshit of the holidays as a prepackaged sentiment and then embraces the part he loves—feeling safe at home, spending time with his loved ones. That dream we all have, whether we remember it consciously or not. I dream it for all of us this season, complete with a soundtrack that includes “White Wine in the Sun.”

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The Old Dutch holiday tradition comes alive with events, activities, music, food, parades, and more through the first week of December and concludes with a gala celebration on December 7 in Rhinebeck. Sinterklaashudsonvalley.com

Chronogram and Uptown Kingston co-host a neighborhood wide, cabaret-themed New Year’s Eve celebration featuring swing dancing and burlesque shows, special food and beverage specials from Stockade, Boitson’s, Sissy’s, Duo Bistro, and more in addition to the ball drop at midnight and the after-party at BSP Lounge. Bspkingston.com

HUDSON VALLEY HULLABALOO This indie-style craft fair featuring local artisanal wares will be held from at BSP Lounge in Kingston on December 7. The Hullabaloo is where arty meets party. Hvhullabaloo.com

AN EVENING AMONG FRIENDS AT CAFÉ EAST Café East and Chronogram Dating co-host this relaxed and friendly social mixer just before the holidays on December 14 beginning at 5pm. Food and beverages to be provided. Tickets available at Café East, 43 Fair Street in Kingston. Facebook.com/eastfoodcart

ART BRIDGE KINGSTON Art Bridge Kingston is looking for emerging artists to showcase their talent. Submit your artwork to be considered for the next installation of Art Bridge Kingston by January 5. Installation will take place in early March. Artbridge.org/kingston2014

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t one point during the Republican presidential primaries, Rick Perry arrived as the Great White Hope. So rugged and handsome that rumors immediately popped up that he had to be as gay as Rock Hudson. There’s no foundation for them except the suspicion that no man could be that good looking and be straight. Except a Mormon, because they’re protected by magic underwear. No insult to Mormons, per se, is meant by that. Many religions have sartorial superstitions, none inherently less legitimate than the others. Rick appeared to have all the right credentials. He was a three-term governor of a state sufficiently backward that he’d never once had to compromise with Tea Party tenets. He swore by the cross to save the fetuses, kill the unions, give unto to the rich because they are deserving, let the poor learn from the error of their ways, instruct the children that evolution was “just a theory,” and there were better ones, and sex is best abstained from, it had worked for him. How much more perfect could a candidate be? For a Republican primary, that is. It turned out that he’d made two horrid, dreadful mistakes. He’d allowed undocumented aliens who were residents of Texas to pay instate tuition at the state’s pitifully few colleges. And he’d given an executive order mandating the HPV vaccine for Texas girls. Possibly because Merck, the maker, had contributed $28,500 to Perry’s campaigns. There are three things to understand about the situation. First, that’s how things are done in Texas. You pay whichever elected officials are relevant and they pass the legislation you want. Really. It’s that straightforward. It’s only objectionable if you’re caught…bribery is a crime…and it might be libelous to call it that since taking money for political favors is apparently quite legal in Texas…and in the United States generally if it’s called a campaign contribution. So we’ll say it’s only objectionable to take a campaign contribution from an interested party who wants a favor if that favor violates the Right’s sexophobia. Which this did, since being vaccinated against a sexually transmitted disease would suggest the idea that people have sex and that would encourage innocent young girls who would never have a sexual thought in their heads to have such a thought. So Michelle Bachmann called him out on it, stating that Perry had received the even more modest sum of $5,000. Perry instantly snapped back, “If you are saying I can be bought for $5,000, I am offended.” As well he should be. In his three gubernatorial campaigns he raised $102,000,000. Of that, $51,000,000 came from just 200 people. What that says is, if you really want to have a sincere conversation with Rick Perry, you should be up in the quarter-million-dollar range. Some prayers, a couple of come-to-Jesus moments, see the error of his ways, renounce vaccinations and letting Mexicans go to college, and he might have gotten past it. Except that he turned out to be the Great White Dope. The topper was the debate where he announced, “It’s three government agencies when I get there that are gone: Commerce, Education, and the um, what’s the third one there. Let’s see….” He turned to Ron Paul for help. But Paul said five agencies should be shut, and since Perry couldn’t get past

two, he didn’t want to complicate things even further. The moderator made a suggestion, but that wasn’t it, and then gave Perry another chance. He said, “I would do away with the Education, the um, Commerce, and let’s see. I can’t think of the third one. I can’t. Sorry. Oops.” Believe it or not, he’s back. Why shouldn’t you believe it? Newt Gingrich has a TV show, though not his own, like Mike Huckabee, and the Alaska woman is in the news saying the pope is too liberal. Perry has put out a series of commercials, radio and TV, touting the Texas Miracle! It’s that Texas has created an astonishing number of the new jobs in America, post crash, much better than the nation as a whole. That’s true. Rick claims there are four reasons: low taxes, less regulations, tort reform, and…what was the fourth one? What? Any suggestions? Three, four, whatever, those are not the reasons. There’s been an oil-and-gas boom. If Texas were a country it would be the 12th-largest fossil fuel producer in the world, on track to becoming number nine by the end of the year. You think the Saudis are rich because of their economic policies? If they told you that was the reason, would you believe them? If you were the American media, you’d probably take it at face value.You know which states the lowest unemployment? North and South Dakota and Nebraska! Frack, baby, frack! Others in the low unemployment top five are the Socialist Republic of Vermont and leisurely-land-of-lots-of-benefits Hawaii. Texas is down around 17th.Texas brags that a lot it’s new jobs are in manufacturing.That’s true. But, according to the state comptroller, all the new manufacturing jobs are in the oil and gas sectors. Texas also has a big export/import trade. No, it’s not all guns and drugs. But much of it is due to geography—the border with Mexico and shore of the Gulf. The rest is due largely to federal investment. Big government dredged the deep -water channels that make Houston one of the busiest ports in the world; otherwise they’d be poling flat bottom skiffs across the sand bars like they did in the 18th century. Then there’s the aerospace business. Which is only there because Lyndon Johnson was from Texas and put NASA there. Texas has seven air force bases, four army bases, four naval bases, plus, in 2013, they had $37 billion in Defense Department contracts. Oh, yeah, now I remember the fourth one: a big slush fund for giveaways to businesses to come or to stay in Texas. Everybody who studies them in detail says that money is just part of the pay-to-play culture. If you give the governor money, that’s one of the things he can hand you from his goody bag. Arizona has almost exactly the same politics, philosophy, and feelings as they have in Texas. Are they booming? Nah. They have lousy social services. They’ve cut education to the bone. And it’s a graveyard of developments that went bust in the bubble of ’08. Next time you hear a Texan, or a Saudi, tell you they got rich by being independent, working hard, shrinking the government, cutting regulations, and kicking poor people in the teeth, don’t believe them, except the part about the poor people, and hope that, next round, your born with an oil well in your backyard. 12/13 CHRONOGRAM 17

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rchitectural designer Jerry Vis and wife Bettylou, a retired early childhood educator, carefully considered half a dozen estates in Ulster County, finally settling on a 1,100-square-foot, somewhat utilitarian farmhouse on Binnewater Road in Rosendale. Built in 1905, and situated on six scenic acres with a winding shared driveway as the approach, they paid about $350,000 in 2007. They’ve since put in about another $300,000 to gut, renovate, and expand the main house, add an art studio, carpentry workshop, and shed. There’s also a vast permaculture garden and fruit forest. It’s now a superlative compound for the close-knit family, which includes three adult children and also Jerry’s elderly father, who lives downstairs. “We made parts of the house quite a bit more elegant than it wanted to be originally, I suppose, with the large circular window in the dining room, but we adhered to the original lines, hence the cohesive feel,” Vis adds. Arts and Crafts, with New Built-Ins “I’d describe this house as a typical Rosendale farmhouse for the period, slightly Arts and Crafts in style, probably a tenant house for the Hahn Farm,” says Vis. “It has just the right amount of seclusion.” The house has wood siding and a large porch. There are three bedrooms upstairs. The two full baths are simple. Throughout the house, Vis has added special carpentry touches and built-ins, enhancing the Arts and Crafts flavor.

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The once-simple house has worked well as a canvas for Vis’s aggressive overhaul. “When we bought this house, it didn’t have adequate insulation, so we added that, plus radiant heat,” says Vis. “We’ve expanded to about 2,400 square feet in total, but you’d never know just from walking around inside which parts are new,” he says. “My husband amazes me with all the things he can do, all the details. I’m particularly fond of our bedroom, for which he made all the furniture. It’s a serene adult sitting room, with a treetop view,” says Bettylou. “Also my kitchen. It has a built-in compost receptacle.We call the pantry our ‘cat apartment.’ My spices stay organized. There’s a place for everything.” Hold the White Paint “We’d been living in Goshen, but I’d wanted to live Ulster County since college. We also spend every summer on Monhegan, an island in Maine; we like the rural life and appreciate natural beauty in our surroundings,” says Vis, who is also an accomplished painter. Accessible only by ferry, Monhegan is known as an arts colony; the Vis family has gone there every summer since 1979. “On Monhegan, we rent. If I owned a home there, I’d constantly tinker with it, the way I do here,” he says. “I grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, I’m not one of those people who grew up vacationing in Maine, but a friend introduced me to the island years ago and now it’s just part of our identity.” It’s also proved a good place to meet prospective clients, says Vis, who has worked on homes from Virginia to Monhegan. “I have the soul of a painter,” says Vis, described as a “master of color” by Upstream Gallery in Dobbs Ferry, which exhibited a show of his recent work in November. “That’s why you don’t see white on the walls of my house. I think it drains everything around it. Lots of white often doesn’t look right in a period house, either. We’ve used a pale butternut on the walls of our living room. It creates a rich warm tone,” says Vis. 12/13 CHRONOGRAM HOME 23

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A Daughter in the Bar Business Daughter Giovanna “Jenny” Vis, together with husband Paul Maloney, owns the Stockade Tavern, an atmospheric watering hole in uptown Kingston known for craft versions of yesteryear’s cocktails. Before opening the bar about three-and-a-half years ago, Jenny worked for her father designing houses. She used those skills to create Stockade’s mostly Federal-style interior. Jerry and brother Ben built the booths, floor, and wall paneling. To dress up the 19th-century tin ceiling, they installed 10-inch crown molding that drops down to house indirect ambient lighting. “Making the Stockade look the way it does really was a family effort,” says Vis. “My wife and I love to go there early in the evening. We didn’t used to hang out in bars, I can assure you, but when it’s in your family…” says Vis. “We stay at my parents’ house about a month every summer, taking care of my grandfather,” says Jenny. “It’s a wonderful house. This Christmas, we’re planning on sleeping over.”

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Son Tristan Planted the Permaculture Garden Younger son Tristan, a permaculture expert who’s relocating soon to Patagonia, currently lives at home. “Oh, there’s plenty of room for all of us,” laughs Vis, a calm and pleasant man. Tristan added a pond, fed with rainwater collected from the roof, which trickles down in swales—sort of like ditches—to water the vegetables and companion plantings. Vis is proud of the family’s permaculture commitment. “We just let Tristan experiment, practice what he had learned, and now we grow all this food, and never use a rototiller, insecticide, or fertilizer,” he explains. Vis Counterfeited the Hasbrouck House Fireplace Mantle Vis graduated from the Parsons School of Design and later earned an MFA in painting and sculpture at Rutgers University in 1970. He and his wife bought an 1820s house in Rockland County. At the time,Vis was teaching art at a college in New Jersey. Renovating their house, Vis unearthed interesting period details, teaching himself as he went along. He proved so gifted that soon he found people willing to pay him for quality historic-home renovations and restorations. Jobs came by word-of-mouth. Thus began a love affair with old houses that has grown, over 38 years, into Cottage Industries, a diversified architectural design firm he owns and operates together with his older son, Ben. One of their most challenging projects to date was to replicate a 1750 fireplace mantle and paneled room taken from the Hasbrouck House in High Falls and sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it’s on display in the American Wing. About two years ago, the Hasbrouck House’s new owner, a businessman of ample means, hired Cottage Industries to create an exact replica. “We met with the curator of the American Wing and had all the access we needed,” says Vis. It was just the kind of rigorously purist job Vis relishes. Over the years, he’s accumulated a library of 1,500 books on subjects pertaining to period architecture and woodworking. Vis also collects antique tools. Hudson Valley Hauntings Vis once worked on a 19th-century ruin on the Hudson River. The place was in terrible shape. The closer it got to being livable, the more strange things began to happen. There was an aroma of soup cooking in the kitchen—before the new one was built. There were oddly intense smells of a burning cigar and fresh lilacs. The electrician quit after his tools were scattered about mysteriously. Vis had a vivid dream. Two sisters were arguing. There was a boy. A candle got knocked over. There was a fire. One of the sisters died. The boy came to Vis in the dream and they had a conversation. Vis reassured him the accident was not his fault. Then the strange events stopped. “So I believe in house ghosts now. They don’t bother me,” says Vis. “We’re not very religious, but we do celebrate Christmas. My wife’s cooking a goose, and food on the table made from vegetables we grew.”

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ust because there’s a gaudy polyester scarf of treacly sentimentality wrapped around a hard cold core of consumerism at this time of year is no reason to hide under the covers wishing you could sleep through the whole thing.The ancient impulse to gather and celebrate this season is far older and deeper than the corporatocracy, and to partake of it is a win. So venture forth and join in some of the excellent celebrations near you. Occupy the holidays and make some memories that will transcend and transform your aggravation when you see that commercial implying that All Good People Give Diamonds and Cars for the umpteenth time. First, you can do the holiday shopping thing without ever getting near a mall. We’re blessed with awesome indie businesses and local makers who create things of great utility and beauty, and they thoughtfully organize themselves into central locations for your convenience this time of year. At the Winter Fair and Outdoor Marketplace at the Mountain Laurel Waldorf School in New Paltz on December 8, your kids can immerse themselves in holiday crafts while you sneak off to find them something they’ll cherish amongst the music and dance and feasting, which features that rare treat of outdoor barbecue in December. The Cornell Street Studios in Kingston are doing a Vintage and Handmade Holiday Craft Fair on December 7 that redefines recycling, complete with live music and hot cocoa. Also in Kingston on December 7, the Backstage Studio people are hosting the Hudson Valley Hullaballoo, curated by Danielle Bliss of Wishbone Letterpress.Their tagline is “Where Arty Meets Party,” and these are people who do both extraordinarily well.

Speaking of doing things well, if Christmas is your holiday, don’t miss out on a chance to say merry-merry to the monastics. Our Lady of the Resurrection, out near Millbrook, will fling its doors wide on the first two weekends of December for their Christmas Craft Fair, and what they craft are artisanal vinegars, fine relishes, salsas, and jams, along with crèches and cards. Another shopportunity that sounds like it’ll be a winner takes place in Hudson at 704 Columbia Street on December 7, 8, 14, and 15. The opening of the Hudson River Exchange Winter Market has a theme of “Made + Collected,” juried for quality and diversity and flavored with food trucks and music. It also coincides with Hudson’s 17th Winterwalk on December 7, which brings us to our next category of genuine down-home holiday magic. Besides the pop-up bazaars, the various villages and their merchants will be celebrating in styles as unique as the communities they inhabit. Winterwalk will feature carillon bells and cool jazz, belly dancers and carriage rides, and finish up with fireworks. Saugerties will celebrate Holiday in the Village with living mannequins and toy giveaways on December 8. Frozendale Daze celebrates Rosendale’s festive warm heart on December 7 with, among other things, free showings of Muppets Christmas at the theater, live music at the Rosendale Café, an opening of “Light Me Up” at Roos Arts, and a well-loved mac-and-cheese contest Rhinebeck will be a-sparkle with Sinterklaas that day, the Dutch-infused folkloric fest that astonishes all ages with dragons and grumpuses and shining stars held high. The bigger burgs are holidaymaking too. Uptown Kingston’s Snowflake Festival 12/13 CHRONOGRAM HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING 27

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on December 6 will have tours of the Stockade’s museums, free horse- and-buggy rides and organ music at the Old Dutch Church. The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie has teamed up with the Walkway and some other good folk to present the 20th annual Celebration of Lights Parade on December 6, with fireworks to follow; the next day, December 7, the River District will be given over to the younger set for Family Day—ice carvers, bounce houses, storytellers and musicians, and prizes abounding. There are common themes. Santa (boy, that dude gets around) will be in attendance at just about all of the above. You can expect to be plied with hot chocolate and hot cider, find free activities for the kids to get in on, and be overwhelmed by the sight of so many beautiful, frolicsome families of every description. Folks will be hay riding and buggy riding, and in Kingston, Hudson, Poughkeepsie, and Rhinebeck, there will be parades. Music of all sorts will fill the wintry air. Yes, each town has its own batch of indie shops and venues as individual as a fingerprint, but joining in any of these celebrations is nearly guaranteed to make your heart grow three sizes, whether you’re a hardcore holiday lover or start out feeling downright Grinchy. Now that your shopping’s all arranged under the most felicitous of circumstances, turn your thoughts to cultural pursuits, and there are plenty on tap that invoke centuries-old seasonal culture that’s endured because it’s just so stirring. The Paramount Theatre in Middletown will host the glorious collaboration of the American Youth Ballet and their guests from the New Jersey Ballet in “The Nutcracker” on December 9. St. Mary’s Church in Cold Spring will raise the rafters on December 22 with two glorious performances of Handel’s “Messiah,” featuring Carnegie Hall veteran soloists, stellar period-instrument players from top New York City orchestras, and conductor Gordon Stewart, whose résumé takes in the University of Vienna,Yale, and a stint writing speeches for Jimmy Carter. (Betcha weren’t expecting that part.) At Just Off Broadway, located in the beautifully renovated West Shore Railway Station on the Newburgh waterfront, you have your choice of eight lush performances of “Amahl and the Night Visitors” on the first two weekends of the month. And UPAC is polishing up the 18th annual incarnation of its critically acclaimed take on dear old Dickens. “A Christmas Carol” will be performed December 6 to 8. There are also some wonderful opportunities for time travel. During the Snowflake Fest in Kingston, don’t miss a stop at the Senate House.The grounds will be done up in a Festival of Lights, and the lovely Victorian Loughran House will be decorated in the style of yesteryear, complete with chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Down in Newburgh, on Sunday, December 8, you can go back a century farther and Warm Up with the Washingtons in a free, interpretive event set in 1782. Period decor, hot cider and cookies, and the dulcet tones of the Salmagundi Consort will help you understand how people survived Northeastern winters before central heating at Washington’s Headquarters. They’ll also be able to hook you up with the Candlelight Tour of stunning vintage homes being coordinated by the Newburgh Historical Society. Boscobel, the elegant Federal manse in Garrison, is blending history with more than a touch of whimsy. Sparkle: Nights of 10,000 Lights brings special events on the first three weekends of the month. Enjoy the bedazzled grounds and meet Mr. and Mrs. Claus, plus characters like the stilt-walking Snow Queen, and Thaddeus McGregor and his dancing Limberjack. The Taghanik Choir and the Katonah Bell Ringers will fill the chill air with felicitous sounds. Each weekend will be a little different, so check their website, but during any of the festivities you can warm up on an interpretive candlelit tour. Finally, one and all are invited to join Amy McTear, the One True Voice Choir, and the Rhythmic Being Drum Circle for a gathering of the cosmic forcsses at the sixth annual New Earth, New Self: An Oddyssey Into the Heart Via the Power of Collective Voice. happening on New Year’s Day at the Epworth Center in High Falls. Drawing together elements of all the world’s mystery and wisdom traditions, this sacred sound event will cleanse and clarify heart and mind just when we all need it most. So tug on your mukluks, wrap your favorite cozy scarf snugly, and come on out to join the neighbors this month. There’s much merry to be made. CHRONOGRAM.COM LINKS to more information on the events featured in this article.

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arybeth Cale is an early riser.While her family sleeps, she flips on the light in her home office and launches into answering e-mails, managing social media campaigns, and developing a list of priorities for the day while sipping a steamy cup of coffee. Cale is the sole proprietor of Cale Communications, a public relations and communications firm in Rhinebeck. She’s a natural writer whose effervescent personality even bursts through e-mails. For her, the work is about helping her clients to share their stories in ways that will resonate. Once her two boys wake up, Cale spends breakfast with them. They walk to school together and then she heads to her office in the village. After a few hours of writing press releases and planning client events and speaking engagements, Cale rewards herself with some time for physical activity, which makes her more creative and productive for the rest of the day. After meetings and calls to journalists, Cale heads over to the school to pick up her boys. Afterschool time is reserved solely for karate, homework, and playtime with them. Then there’s dinner, and Cale visits with her husband. If she’s on deadline, she works a couple more hours in her home office before going to bed. “I try to maintain a routine which serves the needs of everyone in my life—my children, my husband, my clients, my friends,” Cale says, “and, of course, with some time in the day for me, which is critical to feeling healthy and joyful.” This is the work-life balance in action, HudsonValley style.And Cale is not alone. When Arlene Deahl was eight months’ pregnant, the online tobacconist whose warehouse she managed moved out of state, and her job search for other managerial 36 KIDS & FAMILY CHRONOGRAM 12/13

positions in the area didn’t pan out. But all that was fortuitous. “After you have the baby, you never want to leave them,” Deahl says. Like so many mompreneurs, those entrepreneurial spirits who balance motherhood and business, Deahl found that her retreat to home-life actually opened a door to her own dreams. Being home with her baby was the first time she was ever without work, but she needed the income. So she turned to what she had already been doing. For the past 12 years, Deahl and her mother-in-law have been mass baking holiday cookies. As more people were added to the rounds, Deahl got up to baking 1,500 cookies in three days. “It was the passion that I never had time for,” she says. So Deahl took a course on running a home baking business, and Banana Moon Baking Company was born. Focusing on quality, often local, ingredients and freshness without preservatives, Deahl offers people the opportunity to eat homemade without having to make it themselves. On heavy teething days, Deahl might bake at 11pm. With calls to customers and dough mixing fit around naps and toddler classes, Deahl is able to create her own schedule. Deahl’s mother-in-law has moved back to Kentucky now, but she gets regular cookie care packages and baby artwork. The Opt-Out Generation When Cale set out to start her own publicity firm, she was looking to grow as a businessperson, but also own her time. A colleague at the employer she was leaving e-mailed her Lisa Belkin’s infamous article, “The Opt-Out Generation,”

from the October 26, 2003 New York Times Magazine. It talked about the trend of affluent, well-educated women leaving their high-powered jobs to stay home and raise families. “It felt discouraging at the time,” Cale says. “My vision was not at all about sacrificing my career.” Belkin’s piece led to subsequent books and articles, and an important national conversation about the nature of women’s work and the American workplace. In a follow-up story for the New York Times Magazine this summer, Judith Warner wrote: “The women of the opt-out revolution left the work force when the prevailing ideas about motherhood idealized full-time, round-the-clock, child-centered devotion.” Warner revisits many of the original interviewees to learn that they often experienced feelings of lowered self-worth, difficulty reentering the workforce when children grew, and divorce. “When traditional gender arrangements were put into place, there was a subtle slide into inequality,” Warner wrote. But hidden in Belkin’s article was also this less-discussed one-liner: “Women leave the workplace to strike out on their own at equally telling rates; the number of businesses owned or co-owned by women jumped 11 percent since 1997, nearly twice the rate of businesses in general.” And that’s the piece that many middle-class women live—those who can’t afford to be without the second income, but who also can’t afford to have their incomes just cover daycare. Or those who just don’t want to stop working entirely. Creating Community Denise Summerford is an actor, and she was in a show Off-Broadway at the time that she was commuting daily from her home in the Hudson Valley to work in Manhattan. She realized that she was spending more time traveling than being with her three-year-old daughter. She knew she was lucky to be able to make a living doing what she loved, and she even won a prestigious Drama Desk Award for that show. “It was incredibly hard and fulfilling all at once,” she says. “But I learned during that period that I could have it all, just not all at the same time.”That’s when she knew she needed a career shift and thoughts of opening a theater school started to occupy her mind. That direction had presented itself to her before, but it never seemed like the right moment. This time, Summerford borrowed library books and read up on starting an enrichment program. “It all seemed so daunting, but I decided to go for it.” Half Moon Theater School of the Arts in Poughkeepsie offers something unique to the kids of the Hudson Valley: serious training by people who have lived as actors. The faculty, including Summerford and her husband, have degrees in acting as well as professional experience. Summerford thinks this is important. She still performs, but, with the school and now two daughters in the mix, auditioning and getting that next role isn’t the desperate experience that it was in the past. Instead, Summerford aims to give back and inspire the next generation of Broadway stars and theatergoers. Creating community is what Jessica Walsh is interested in doing too. If you walk into her shop, Illuminated Baby, in Woodstock, at any given moment, you might just find her sitting on the floor, covered with babies. Mostly it’s her own three-year-old daughter and the eight-month-old son of Asia Grant, another mompreneur with the neighboring shop, Empty Spaces, a handmade furniture and decor store. Walsh and Grant often trade baby- and shop-sitting. The shelves at Illuminated Baby are stocked with essentials (muslin blankets by aden + anais; Bummi’s prefolds and covers), as well as handmade indulgences by locals (beautiful handknits by Woolthings, organic bibs by Kribbe Handmade, and wooden toy vehicles by AEWooden). “I want to make the transition into parenting easier by doing the research and carefully choosing quality products on the market,” Walsh says. Before becoming a mother, Walsh worked for 10 years as a mental health counselor with homeless and at-risk youth and young families. “It was during that time that I developed a passion for educating young mothers and working one-on-one to enhance the lives of both parent and child,” she says. When her daughter was born, Walsh decided to stay home and focus on raising her. “The time spent with my daughter far exceeded the benefits of having a second income, especially when you consider the cost of child care,” she says. But, sooner than she expected, Walsh craved that connection to community. She knew it would be difficult to find a job with the flexibility she desired. So the week before her daughter’s first birthday, Walsh opened the doors of Illuminated Baby. She hopes it’s a resource center for Hudson Valley families.You can ask Walsh about doula and child-care referrals, find out about a Mom’s Night Out she’s hosting, or sign up for workshops and progressive child development classes she’s organizing. “Like many mompreneurs, I find myself up late, starring blurry-eyed at the computer as I make my way down my to-do list,” she says. But she sleeps soundly, knowing that the items and opportunities she’s offering are ones that will be passed down through the generations.

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hile our religious, cultural, and national backgrounds inform how we celebrate, there seems to be one holiday tradition that countless families share: the annual visit to the Stahlbaums’. Once arrived, we settle into the grand parlor to admire the perfectly bedecked tree and watch as the gloriously turned-out ladies and gents greet one another. The children, dressed in their holiday best, play and dance, working hard to keep their best manners on display. The music, games, and company are all delicious, and when Godfather Drosselmeier arrives, the evening is electrified by magic. By his hand, life-size dolls dance, enchanting us with their beauty. But it is only after midnight, once all the guests have left, that the true wonder begins to unfold, and we, along with Marie, are swept away by Tchaikovsky’s timeless score to the Land of Sweets. “The Nutcracker,” with its fanciful story, timeless musical themes, and tantalizing confections, makes for the perfect family outing. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and siblings gather to attend the ballet, sharing the wonder and beauty with even the very youngest. And while few of us will return to homes nearly as grand as the Stahlbaums’ or share Christmas dinner with an uncle as magical as Drosselmeier, “The Nutcracker” is an integral part of our own celebrations. This year, The New Paltz Ballet Theatre’s production, their 16th at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, is a family affair of a different sort. In addition to welcoming guest artists from the New York City Ballet dancing the roles of Sugar Plum Fairy and her Consort (Teresa Reichlen and Ask la Cour for the Thursday and Friday performances, Erica Pereira and Daniel Ulbricht over the weekend), this year’s production features multiple members from no less than seven area families. 38 KIDS & FAMILY CHRONOGRAM 12/13

For Lisa Chalmers-Naumann and Peter Naumann, both New York City Ballet alumni and the co-directors of The New Paltz School of Ballet, “The Nutcracker” has always been a family endeavor. Peter has been performing as Drosselmeier since their very first production, while their son Trevor, who has since become a member of Ballet West in Salt Lake City, literally grew up on the Bardavon stage. He began by playing Fritz and then the Prince before graduating to principal roles as the Arabian and Spanish leads. The Naumanns’ daughter, Remy LaRay, made her “Nutcracker” debut at the age of four, appearing as the Tree Angel, the very smallest of the Angels. Ten years later, she is quite grown up and is dancing the roles of the Snow Queen and lead Mirliton, as well as one of the Demi-Flowers. Even their son Carl, who is not a dancer, played the Prince for three years before heading backstage to design sound for the ballet. He has, however, been known to return for the occasional encore as a Party Guest. The White family of New Paltz has four of their seven children performing in this year’s production (last year they had five). Thirteen-year-old Mary White, who has been studying at New Paltz Ballet since she was three years old, has been cast in the principal role of Marie (sharing the role with Alexandria Diemoz in alternating performances), while 10-year-old brother Gabe plays the dual roles of Drosselmeier’s nephew and the Prince. Sixteen-year-old Rebekah White will be playing both a maid and dancing as a member of the Spanish and Demi-Flower corps while the youngest member of the family, seven-year-old Anna White, joins the cast for the second year as an Angel. Seventeen-year-old Sarah Kassel, alternately dancing the principal roles of Dew Drop Fairy and lead Mirliton, will be graduating this year, culminating many years performing in NPBT’s “Nutcracker.” But, for the Kassels, the “Nut-

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cracker” tradition lives on with younger sister Mary, who this year dances as a member of the Chinese corps and appears as a Maid in the party scene. Thirteen year-old Gianna deMassio, who danced the role of Marie in 2012, is also a long-time student at the studio. As a third-year pointe student, she will be performing Soldier Doll and Ballerina Clown and is also a member of both the Snow and the Mirliton corps. Her younger sister, nine-year-old Ava, also does triple duty as a Party Girl, a Soldier, and a Clown. And while the studio is always sad to see students (and their parents) graduate out, it’s exciting to see the younger families come in, ready to create traditions of their own. At 12, Bryanna Winkler is nearly a “Nutcracker” veteran, having performed in various roles since she was a little Angel at the age of seven, and now her younger sister, six-year-old Bella, follows in her sister’s footsteps. The Zaborowskis of New Paltz have Tomasz playing Fritz and his older sister, Lily, playing a Party Girl and a Baker. Finally, at the youngest end of the age spectrum there is five-year-old Aidan Baker joining the cast for the first year as a Party Boy, while older sister Gabrielle dons a halo as one of the Angels. Such is the reach of the experience of this production that even nondancing members of many of the families get involved. Look for the dapper gentlemen in the party scene and see if you can figure out whose real-life fathers they may be. Memories are made in the land of “The Nutcracker,” in the audience and the rehearsal studio. Whether you have a long-standing tradition of attending the ballet or this will be your first year, gather your family up and head to the Bardavon to revel in the magical tale. Performances are at the Bardavon Opera House in Poughkeepsie on Saturday December 14, at 2pm and 7:30pm and Sunday, December 15, at 3pm. (845) 473-2072; Bardavon.org.

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yclical is the best word to describe the ever-growing Rondout Valley, which stretches along the north side of the Shawangunk Mountains. While the incredibly rich and historic soil has always made the area a landing point for new and veteran farmers, the valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s calming landscape acts as a magnet for city folk. Now famers connect with artists of every kind, or people just looking for a fresh start in the rurally dominated communities. Right now, it seems the pull is at its peak.

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“I thought I was never coming back,” says Aroma Thyme Bistro chef Marcus Guiliano, who owns the Ellenville restaurant with his wife, Jamie. Guiliano grew up in the small village at the valley’s southern tier, and, after living in Colorado, moved back to Ellenville in 2000 to start a family and open a remarkably intricate organic bistro on Canal Street. “I’m a bit particular about the food we serve. We’re like farm-to-table on steroids,” says Guiliano of the green-certified eatery. “I want to know where everything comes from.” Every ingredient down to the morsels of salt is as local or organic as possible, including produce from Barthel’s Farm in Accord. Full bellies can swing by right next door to the Shadowland Theatre, which just completed its 29th season with its highest average attendance this summer. The renovated 1920s movie and vaudeville house now produces high-quality plays and musicals. Recently, a multiyear campaign has allowed for theater expansion and winterization, extending the 2014 season through December, says Artistic Director Brendan Burke. Ellenville is also the leading hang-gliding destination in the Northeast and a hiker’s dream is met at the top of Sam’s Point Preserve, the highest point of the Shawangunk Ridge. It’s also home to The Nevele, one of the oldest Borscht Belt hotels, which sceased operations in 2009. However, if it succeeds in the rigorous application process, the resort and spa plans to reopen its doors with a 150,000-square-foot casino, thanks to the recent passage of Proposition 1. “We intend to bring The Nevele back to the way it was in the past,” says Michael Treanor, CEO of Nevele Investors, LLC., who adds that thousands of new jobs will be created, having an “enormous impact on the Rondout Valley.” Heading north on Route 209 is the Town of Rochester hamlet of Kerhonkson, also home to the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, another Borscht Belt resort formerly known as The Granit. Vast farmland governs the barely five-square-mile area and a quietness fills the air. Lifelong resident Chris DePew said he’s seen Kerhonkson on the upswing and at its lowest, but feels the community is “going to come back tenfold.” “The crazy thing is that Kerhonkson used to be one of the most vibrant communities in the Rondout Valley,” says DePew, adding that many businesses have left Kerhonkson’s Main Street and moved to the busier Route 209 corridor. DePew, president of the Friends of Historic Kerhonkson, is working to help fully connect the rail trail from Kingston to Port Jervis, which is currently separated into portions throughout the Rondout Valley. Kerhonkson’s portion is specifically unique because, unlike other areas, the rail trail runs directly through Main Street. Completing the rail trail to its fullest will help coax homes and businesses back into Kerhonkson. “We don’t want to lose our small-town feel, but we have a really good infrastructure to draw people in. Veteran Delossantos the Hopewell Junction Depot. We couldAlfredo be a trailhead forateither direction,” says DePew. Right along the Route 209 corridor is Kelder’s Farm, guarded by Gnome Chomsky, the nearly 14-foot-tall garden gnome that was once the world’s largest. The 200-acre CSA family farm has been running since 1836, growing everything from asparagus to zucchini. The once primarily dairy farm stopped milking in 1999 and invested in more family activities and entertainment for Rondout Valley residents.When the snow starts to settle in, the farm is open four days a week, selling Christmas trees as well as pet and animal food. Accord sits on the eastern edge of the Town of Rochester, a small town beaming with beauty. Veering off Route 209 is Accord’s tight Main Street, featuring potter Brinton Baker’s Stone Window Gallery. “I think there’s a pretty good sense of community here. I’ve gotten to know people of all stripes; not just the newcomers, but people who have lived here for a long time,” says Baker, originally from Bergen County in New Jersey. Continuing down Main Street becomes Towpath Road, which hides Deep Hole, a picturesque swimming spot right out of a fairy tale. Travel back up toward Route 209 to find the Rondout Valley Growers Association (RVGA), which just hit its 10th anniversary. The nonprofit community organization of local farmers, businesses, and residents promotes and celebrates the importance of local food, working directly with the more than 60 farms in the Rondout Valley. “[The Rondout Valley is] known historically as amazing soil…. It’s one of the key farming areas in the Hudson Valley,” says Deborah DeWan, executive director of RVGA. “We’re concerned about farms struggling, farmland disappearing. If people really learned about and had an appreciation for farmers right here, it could help the farmers and community.” Another rare Accord attribute is the Hudson Valley Seed Library, which was America’s first seed library in a community library. Originally started by librarian Ken Greene as a way to let residents borrow seeds like they would a library book, 10 years later, a full seed catalog is online and soon to be in print, letting the world buy and borrow seeds at their convenience. Some seeds are harvested right on Green’s Accord farm, while others are from growers around the region. The library is poised for greater growth as it recently got a loan of $74,000 in capital from Sean Eldridge’s Hudson River Ventures local investment fund. Drive a bit more and Accord quickly becomes Stone Ridge, drawing many Rondout Valley residents for shopping and entertainment. The Elmrock Inn straddles the border of Accord and Stone Ridge as a bed-and-breakfast and farm-to-table catering service with primarily Kelder’s Farm products. Former owners of New Paltz’s Harvest

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Café, Chef Mark Suszcynski and his wife Kim Weeks took over the 1770 inn in 2012, providing country-styled weddings to young Brooklyn professionals. Another gem in both hamlets is the Movable Beast Farm with 100 percent pasture-raised grass beef minus the chemicals. Switching from paddock to paddock on 80 acres of land as well as neighboring farmland—hence the movable beast—the cows are able to eat and move on. “It’s good for the land because it gives the land a chance to rest and grow back…. Something’s going back into the land and not just taking out. It’s a healthy feast to be eating,” says farmer Francesca Noble. At the start of Stone Ridge’s main street is Jack & Luna’s Café, who just celebrated eight years and hit a home run with best sandwich, cup of coffee, and soup through HudsonValley magazine’s “Best Of ” list. Just down the road is the Marbletown Multi-Arts, which offers wellness and spirit classes, along with community events and concerts. Backtrack a little to steer off of 209 onto Route 213. Pass over the Rondout Creek to the hamlet of High Falls, one of the smaller, yet characteristically charming, communities. The Historic High Falls Walking Tour is worth taking, providing much appreciated history, including that of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, which carried coal during the 19th century from Pennsylvania to the Rondout Creek at the Hudson River. Stop at the High Falls Café for food and music and take a look at Wired Gallery’s display of Rondout Valley’s contemporary artists and artisans. “The energy’s always been here in High Falls,” says Richard Murphy, owner of The Egg’s Nest, a colorfully eccentric restaurant for the

whole family. Yet he noted that many places are vacant, adding to the Valley’s cyclical trend. “It’s just a period of change. All these little NewYork towns are like that.” But the circle can’t be broken, and sooner rather than later, each Rondout Valley community will be booming again. There will always be city folk like Hudson Valley Seed Library’s Green, looking for a rural way of life that isn’t devoid of arts and culture. “I traveled all over the country for months,” says Green, who moved to the Valley from San Francisco. “The last place on my list was the Hudson Valley. When I got [to the Rondout Valley], I was like, ‘This is it. This is home, where I’m staying.’ I’ve never felt more at home than here.”

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San Giovanni D’Asso 1, Lily Prince, watercolor and oil pastel on paper, 46” x 51”, 2013 From the exhibit “Here,There and Everywhere: Paintings by Lily Prince” at the James W. Palmer Gallery, College Center, Vassar College, through December 19.

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The Head of the Pin, Leslie Bender, 37” x 47”, 2013 From the exhibit “Leslie Bender: Involutions-Invocations” at Albert Shahinian Fine Art Gallery through December 31.

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“Iceland, Land of Contrasts.” Works by John Lipkowitz. Through December 1.

“Art for the HeART.” During the month of December, the Gallery will be hanging small original watercolor paintings, on sale for only $10 each, on our Art for the HeART themed tree, the proceeds from which will be given as a donation towards the arts programs at The Astor Home for Children. Through December 31.

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“No Wave Heroes. XMAS 13”: Pat Place, Richard Boch, GODLIS, Marcia Resnick, Bob Bert. Through January 12, 2014. ALBERT SHAHINIAN FINE ART GALLERY 22 EAST MARKET STREET SUITE 301, RHINEBECK 876-7578.

“Leslie Bender: Involutions-Invocations.” New paintings on canvas and paper. Through December 31. ANN STREET GALLERY 104 ANN STREET, NEWBURGH 784-1146.

“Practice and Process.” The work of five contemporary artists who address practice concerns in an attempt to provide insight into their method of creative thought. Through January 11. THE ART AND ZEN GALLERY 702 FREEDOM PLAINS ROAD, SUITE B6, POUGHKEEPSIE.

“The Way I See It.” Holiday photography show. Through December 31.

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“Local Landscape Paintings.” Works by Janet Howard. Through December 22. CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY 622 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1915.

“Storytellers and Conjurers.” Featuring work by Kahn & Selesnick, Eileen Murphy, Louise Laplante, Adam Cohen, and Claire Lofrese. Through December 8. CATALYST GALLERY 137 MAIN STREET, BEACON 204-3844.

“Catalyst Small Works Show.” Painting, sculpture, photography and mixed-media work by more than 40 artists. Thursdays-Sundays. THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK 59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-9957.

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209 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 671-6213.

BARD COLLEGE: HESSEL MUSEUM OF ART

“Members Annual Holiday Small Works Show.” Small scale in all mediums, fabric, oils, sculpture, jewelry. Through January 12,.

ROUTE 9G, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON 758-7598.

DUCK POND GALLERY

“Haim Steinbach: Once Again the World is Flat.” Through December 20.

128 CANAL STREET TOWN OF ESOPUS LIBRARY, PORT EWEN 338-5580.

BARRETT ART CENTER 55 NOXON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-2550.

“Holiday Show: Small Works.” December 7-28. Opening reception December 7, 5pm-7pm.

“Margaret Crenson: A Retrospective.” Through December 31.

FAMILY TRADITIONS

BAU GALLERY 506 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7584.

“bau 107 Stuff and Nonsense.” Featuring Alex Uribe, Grey Zeien and Gary Jacketti. Through December 8. “Saints & Sinners.” Annual national open call juried exhibition. With Jackie Skrzynski in The Beacon Room. December 13-January 5. BCB ART 116 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-4539.

“Nocturnal.” An exhibition focusing on events that happen after dark. Through December 29. BEARSVILLE GRAPHICS FINE ART GALLERY 68 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 684-5476.

“Contemporary New York State Printmakers.” Etchings, block prints, lithographs and mezzotints by Karen Whitman, Richard Pantell, Carol Wax, Bill Murphy. Through December 31. BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS 200 HURD ROAD, BETHEL 454-3388.

“Keeping Time: The Photography of Don Hunstein: The Unseen Archive of Columbia Records.” Through December 31. 48 ARTS & CULTURE CHRONOGRAM 12/13

3853 MAIN STREET, STONE RIDGE 377-1021.

“Watercolors by Staats Fasoldt and Mira Fink.” Through December 15. FIELD LIBRARY 4 NELSON AVENUE, PEEKSKILL (914) 737-1212.

“Artists in the Archives: A Collection of Card Catalogs.” Through January 31. FLAT IRON GALLERY 105 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 734-1894.

“Kindred Spirits.” Featuring illustrated children’s books and prints by Neil Waldman and ceramic designs by Mark Kassis. December 1-29. Opening reception December 8, 1pm-5pm. FOVEA EXHIBITIONS 143 MAIN STREET, BEACON 765-2199.

“Beacon Portrait Project.” A visual community map by Meredith Heuer. Through January 5. FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER AT VASSAR COLLEGE 124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-5237.

Exhibit of Inuit Works. More than 200 Indigenous art works by collector Edward J. Guarino, including paintings, prints and drawings, pottery, and such crafts as basketry and textile weavings. December 4-February 2.

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galleries & museums

gallery hours: Thursday - Monday 11 - 5 pm 57 main street, chatham, ny 12037 518-392-3336 www.thompsongirouxgallery.com

FRG OBJECTS & DESIGN

RIVERWINDS GALLERY

217 WARREN STREET 2ND FLOOR, HUDSON. FRGOBJECTSANDDESIGN.COM

172 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-2880.

Joseph Conrad Ferm’s recent paintings. Through December 31. GREENE COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS GALLERY

“Buone Feste: A Feast of Holiday Gifts.” Featuring artists are joined by John F. Gould, Claire Kassor, Myra Kooy, and Victor Mirabelli. Through December 31.

398 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-3400.

ROOS ARTS

“Salon 2013 & Handmade Holidays.” Through January 4.

449 MAIN STREET, ROSENDALE (718) 755-4726.

HALLAM AND BRUNER GALLERY 876 COLUMBIA STREET, HUDSON (518) 821-3158.

“Light Me Up.” Annual holiday show. December 7-January 22. Opening reception December 14, 6pm-9pm.

“Equus.” Drawings by David Dew Bruner. Through December 31.

ROOS ARTS KINGSTON

THE HARRISON GALLERY

43 NORTH FRONT STREET, KINGSTON (718) 755-4726.

39 SPRING STREET, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA (413) 458-1700.

“Paintings by Tracy Helgeson.” December 7-31. Opening reception December 7, 5pm-7pm.

“Ornamental Takes Kingston Pop Up Show.” Hanging ornaments and sculptures made by artists of all ages will be on view. December 6-January 3. Opening reception December 6, 5pm-8pm.

HUDSON OPERA HOUSE

RUBY GALLERY

327 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-4181.

“Photographs by Roy Gumpel.” Decmeber 8-January 19. Opening reception December 8, 1pm-4pm.

HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART

1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 788-0100.

“Art at the Core: The Intersection of Visual Art, Performance & Technology.” Works by hen Zhen, Jeffrey Schrier, Gilbert and George, and Andres Serrano. Through July 27. HUDSON VALLEY LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER, INC. 300 WALL STREET, KINGSTON 331-5300.

“Works by Joan Barker.” Paintings, photographs, and mixed media works. Through December 30. IMOGEN HOLLOWAY GALLERY 81 PARTITION STREET, SAUGERTIES (347) 387-3212.

“From the Side of the Mountain.” Paintings by Gene Benson. Solo show of small scale oil landscapes reduced nearly to abstraction with color patterns inspired by Breughel, rich in sophisticated rhythms, painted with a palette of golds, burnt oranges and cobalt blues. Through December 1.

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31 FAIR STREET, KINGSTON.

“Works by Zohar Lazar.” A renowned illustrator and frequent contributor to the New Yorker, Lazar exhibits a series of select drawings. Through December 7.

1 HAWK DRIVE, NEW PALTZ NEWPALTZ.EDU/MUSEUM.

“Master of Fine Arts/Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition I.” December 6-10. Opening reception December 6, 5pm-7pm. STANFORD GRANGE #808 6043 ROUTE 82, STANFORDVILLE.

“Paintings by John Greene.” Presented by Creative Crossings. December 14-22. STOREFRONT GALLERY 93 BROADWAY, KINGSTON THESTOREFRONTGALLERY.COM.

“Honored Animal: The Fox.” Group show. Through December 21. STUDIO 54 EAST GALLERY 54 EAST MARKET STREET, RHINEBECK 876-7335.

“Uncontainable.” Painter and sculpture Andres San Millan. Through January 4.

JOYCE GOLDSTEIN GALLERY

THE CHATHAM BOOKSTORE

16 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-2250.

27 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3005.

“Glimpses and Fragments.” Installation of video, text and images Michael Wollowitz, Melissa Sarris, and Jaina Wollowitz. December 7-18. Opening reception December 7, 4pm-6pm.

Exhibition of Works by Illustrator Nonny Hogrogian. Through December 2.

KINGSTON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (KMOCA)

“relation/s[2]h20.” Jennifer Zackin’s multimedia meditation on water. December 8-31. Opening reception December 8, 2pm-4pm.

103 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON KMOCA.ORG.

THE GALLERY AT LIFEBRIDGE FOUNDATION 333 MOUNTAIN ROAD, ROSENDALE 658-3439.

“Cold Comfort, Monstrous Icons of Winter.” Media included: painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, fiber, wax, works on paper and more. December 7-31. Opening reception December 7, 4:45pm-7pm.

THEO GANZ STUDIO

LIMNER GALLERY

THOMPSON GIROUX GALLERY

123 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-2343.

“The Birds and the Bugs.” Painting and sculpture by Dave Channon. December 6-29. Opening reception December 7, 5pm-7pm. LOCUST GROVE, SAMUEL MORSE HISTORIC SITE 2683 SOUTH ROAD, POUGHKEEPSIE 454-4500.

“Measuring Up.” Works by Roxie Johnson. Through December 17. MARIST COLLEGE 3399 NORTH ROAD, POUGHKEEPSIE 575-3000.

“Works by James Luciana.” James Luciana’s photographs of Italy. Through December 7. MATTEAWAN GALLERY 464 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7901.

“The UV Portfolio.” Comprised of unique variants; one-of-a-kind, experimental, color woodcuts by 13 artists. Through December 22. MCDARIS FINE ART 623 WARREN STREET, HUDSON MCDARISFINEART.COM.

“Kim Bach: New Paintings & Drawings.” Through December 31. NEUMANN FINE ART 65 COLD WATER ST., HILLSDALE (413) 246-5776.

“Joel Griffith’s Oil Paintings.” Through January 4. OMI INTERNATIONAL ARTS CENTER

149 MAIN STREET, BEACON (917) 318-2239.

“Brood.” Paintings by Chantelle Norton. Through December 8. 57 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3336.

“The Aura of Fiery Inspiration.” Featuring the work of John Hampshire, Philip Howie, Tatiana Klacsmann, Jonathan Potts, Gabrielle Senza and Nick Walters. Through January 5. UNFRAMED ARTIST GALLERY 173 HUGUENOT STREET, NEW PALTZ 12561.

“Small Works: Holiday Fare.” This group exhibit features oils, acrylics, small sculptures and beautiful reproductions by well known artists. Through December 22. UNISON ARTS CENTER 68 MOUNTAIN REST ROAD, NEW PALTZ 255-1559.

“More.” The work of Scott Michael Ackerman. Through December 31. WALLKILL RIVER SCHOOL AND ART GALLERY 232 WARD STREET, MONTGOMERY 457-ARTS.

“Works by Gloria Detore Mackie and Christina Pahucki.” Emerging Artist Taylor Doce in the Workshop Room. December 1-31. Opening reception Decelmber 7, 5pm-7pm. WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS 84 LIBERTY STREET, NEWBURGH 562-1195.

Unpacked and Rediscovered: Selections from Washington’s Headquarters’ Collection. Through December 31.

1405 COUNTY ROAD 22, GHENT (518) 392-4747.

WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM

“Out of Here.” Jane Dickson works with unusual surfaces such as Astroturf, sandpaper, vinyl, or carpet. Through December 15.

28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940.

ORANGE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

“Case Studies.” Works from the Permanent Collection by John Carroll, Pele deLappe, Gela Forster, and Arnold Wiltz. Through January 2.

707 EAST MAIN STREET, MIDDLETOWN 333-1000.

WOODSTOCK JEWISH CONGREGATION

“Enlightened Views: Gayle Clark Fedigan and Robert Trondsen.” Contemporary art in the traditional genres of landscape and still life painting. Through January 7.

1682 GLASCO TURNPIKE, WOODSTOCK 679-2218.

PALMER GALLERY

WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART

VASSAR COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE PALMERGALLERY.VASSAR.EDU.

2470 ROUTE 212, WOODSTOCK 679-2388.

“Abstract Paintings and Drawing by Lily Prince.” Through December 19.

“Student Exhibition II.” Through December 21.

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“1st Annual Fall for Art Event.” Through December 8.

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Music

Hell and Hindsight Richard Buckner By Peter Aaron Photograph by Fionn Reilly

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ith the title, two images came to mind,” says Richard Buckner about his 11th and newest album, Surrounded (2013, Merge Records). “One was of a snake eating its own tail. The other is of this character who’s looking out through his blinds and seeing that he’s surrounded by all these people trying to get in and make him reexamine his past. Both images are about looking back at what I’ve done and thinking about it, which is a good place to be as a writer—the realization that you can look at what you’ve done in a different way, even though you can’t change what happened.” What happened was this: Richard Buckner was born in 1967 and grew up in California’s Central Valley, a traditionally agricultural region that stretches roughly 450 miles from Redding in the north to Bakersfield in the south. “It’s still not very developed, mostly orchards like the ones Steinbeck wrote about,” Buckner says over coffee in Kingston. “My dad’s from Bakersfield, and when I visited him there—my parents were separated a lot—I saw [local country legends and “Bakersfield Sound” pioneers] Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. Later on, I had a storage space right near Buck’s nightclub, the Crystal Palace. My family situation was really transitory, we’d move three or four times a year. I have some pretty big gaps in my early education, because of how things were.” Was music a big part of his childhood? The brooding singer-songwriter shakes his dark mane. “Nah, not really,” he says. “My mom would sometimes play Motown stuff in her sports car and my dad had country eight-tracks in his truck. He also watched ‘Hee Haw,’ which I hated—I didn’t know who any of [the musicians on the show] were back then. It wasn’t ’til I got to college that I started learning guitar and writing songs.” College was California State University (the alma mater of one of the literary-leaning Buckner’s eventual faves, Raymond Carver) in rural Chico, a bohemian outpost. “It’s a good town, it has a really vibrant arts scene,” says the singer. “When I was in high school my friends and I would hear about cult movies like Eraserhead and drive up to Chico to see them. I got a job at a record store there, so I found out about R.E.M. and the Replacements and lots of other music I hadn’t heard before. Chico’s where I got my first taste of playing live, but mostly I was learning to write songs and recording them on a Tascam four-track I’d gotten. I don’t know if I’d have become a musician without that four-track.” After CSU, Buckner beat it down to neighboring San Francisco (“Where else are you gonna go?”) and started a band called the Doubters to play his songs. “It was pretty loose, just whoever I could get to play with me,” he says about the group, whose recordings later appeared on the demos disc Unreleased (1995, Chelsea Records). “We had a pedal steel player sometimes, so some people called us ‘alt-country.’ That was what was happening in the scene at the time. The country-rock thing really started to come out more when I started working with Lloyd Maines.” A Grammy-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist, Maines is the father of Dixie Chick Natalie Maines, a collaborator of Wilco and Uncle Tupelo, and an architect of the moody, sagebrush-swept country-rock sound that emerged in the 1970s from his native Lubbock, Texas—a style best exemplified by the Flatlanders, the legendary group founded by Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, and Butch Hancock. It was at a 1994 show by the latter Flatlander that Maines first encountered Buckner. “My booking agent got me on as an opener for one of Butch’s shows at South by Southwest, and I met Lloyd there,” explains Buckner. “He said he wanted to make a record with me, so a little later I flew to down to Lubbock and we started recording Bloomed.” Buckner’s official debut, the intimate, acoustic-dominated Bloomed (1994, Slow River Records; reissued by Rykodisc in 1999), took the No Depression nation by storm, thanks to dramatic tracks like the desolate suicide ballad “22.” “The alt-country thing was something writers could hang a hat on,” Buckner says. “But I never set out to specifically be a ‘country’ singer-songwriter; that period just happened organically. I think a lot of it came from the people I was playing with. I always say that if I’d met other players who were more into klezmer music, I would’ve fit my songs into that setting.” Although Buckner’s yet to make a klezmer record, with his signing to MCA for 1997’s Devotion + Doubt he did dramatically shake up the Townes Van Zandt-troubadour box he’d been wedged into by the press. Generally considered his breakthrough album, it sees the songsmith’s whiskey ’n’ regret-soaked tunes colored by the simpatico playing of guests like Tom Waits guitarist Marc Ribot, Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb, and Calexico’s Joey Burns. “[Buckner’s] singing style has a lot to do with the way that his lyrics wash over you, and some of the images, feelings, and metaphors linger on after the song has played,” says Burns. “I love that he embraces such dark themes in his writing and in the instrumentation.” The album’s “L’il Wallet Picture” makes a fine example; on the track, with lonesome pedal steel lurking in the distance, Buckner sadly savors a love gone lost: “Damn this stretch of 99, that takes so many lives / One of ’em was mine / Hand me that l’il wallet picture in 1985, one more time.” Nineteen ninety-eight’s Since (MCA Records) upped the avant-rock ante, roping in Tortoise drummer John McEntire, Golden Palominos vocalist Syd Straw, and Gastr del Sol guitarist David Grubbs. It seemed, however, that MCA was beginning to chafe at its getting an arty indie rocker when it thought it had signed a country pop singer. Both releases were critically praised but neither did the numbers the label was looking for, and it showed Buckner the door—just as he was preparing an even more creatively confounding work. The Hill

(2000, Overcoat Recordings) sets to one 34-minute musical track words from Edgar Lee Masters’s 1915 Spoon River Anthology, a series of poetic epitaphs for the residents of a fictional small Midwestern town. “I just liked Masters’s style, these short pieces about all these different people,” explains Buckner. “But, yeah, I can see why MCA wouldn’t have wanted a record like that. It was a pain in the ass being on a major label, but it was also good because it got me noticed.” By now married to a drummer and based in Edmonton, Alberta, Buckner was touring incessantly. “I put 600,000 miles on my truck,” he says. But while the truck was built to last, it turned out the marriage, like so many, was not. After 2002’s not-so-subtly titled Impasse (Overcoat) appeared, the newly detached Buckner landed in Brooklyn and inked with Merge Records. He made his debut for the indie giant with Dents and Shells (2004; with Butthole Surfers drummer King Coffee) and followed it with Meadow (2006).The technical problem-plagued Our Blood (2011), which features Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley, came after he’d taken an extended studio break to tour and resettle in Kingston with his sheep-farmer girlfriend. “I’d recorded the basic tracks for Our Blood on a Roland 24-track workstation, but it broke down and parts of the music were lost,” Buckner says, wincing at the memory. “I had to record it all over again. Then my laptop, with the new mixes and some writings on it, got stolen. It was a setback that ended up changing the entire realization of the idea. I recorded the whole album for a third time and tried to recreate the vibe, but I added all this other stuff that turned it into over-painted furniture: You couldn’t tell what the original idea was anymore. Sometimes it’s best to just hand things over to a mixer and put your trust in him, so that’s what I did.” In this case, the mixer was local producer Malcolm Burn (Emmylou Harris, Midnight Oil, Patti Smith), who capably brought out the music’s understated, atmospheric quality. But electronic meltdowns and laptop thefts weren’t the only dramatic elements at play in the saga of Our Blood, whose title would turn out to be unsettlingly prescient. “I had literally just finished recording the music for the album on my home studio when there’s a knock on the front door,” Buckner recalls. “It’s a cop who says there’s been a murder in my neighborhood and wants to know if I’d seen anything suspicious, which of course I hadn’t; I’d been working on this damn record all night. Then he tells me they’d found this body in a burning car and that the area near our house is a popular place for dumping bodies. So he thanks me and takes my number and leaves, and a couple weeks later I get a call from my landlord, who tells me the cops want to talk to me. I’m still not sure why they didn’t just call me, I guess they lost my number. Anyway, after leaving three messages about it with the sheriff they finally tell me to come in. I figure it’d just be some casual, routine thing. But when I get there it’s this basement interrogation room that they end up holding me in for a few hours, questioning me and doing the whole good cop / bad cop thing. I tried to make light of it, since I figured, being innocent, I didn’t have anything to worry about. But they were really serious and it got really scary for a little bit. It made me see how in certain situations—I kept thinking of the West Memphis Three—people who are innocent fall into making false confessions. You get scared and feel the full weight of the law on you, even when you totally know you have nothing to be afraid of.” Bizarrely, the constabulary came calling yet again to Buckner’s front door while investigating what later became a well-publicized case—just as he was putting the final touches on Surrounded. “This woman was strangled right down the block,” says the songwriter. “It was pretty creepy. After that, my girlfriend asked me, ‘So is someone around here gonna get murdered every time you make a record?’ And I’m, like, ‘Shit, I hope not!’” Further comments on its loaded title aside, Surrounded has a close-quartered bedroom quality that hearkens back to Buckner’s four-track roots. “Maybe there’s a vague paranoia about the outside world [in the songs],” says Buckner, who’s been name-checked as a fave by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. “[The album] got written in a really roundabout way. A friend had asked me to write a movie script, but with the way I’m used to working I had to first write a 45-minute concept album as a way to organize my thoughts. After I did that, I started trying to write a novella based on the songs that I could then adapt to a script. In the end, I just ended up making the album. [Laughs.]” But hopefully, an indie-screen treatment of Surrounded hasn’t been entirely ruled out: As “Mood,” “Foundation,” and similar shadowy, noirish narratives drift out of the speakers, it’s not a stretch to picture the late-night scene around some dimly lit, River’s Edge-style shack on the outskirts of town. “Richard’s tunes and lyrics are a little hypnotic—they creep up on you rather than bash you in the forehead,” says Mekons main man Jon Langford, who partnered with Buckner for the 2005 duo set Sir Dark Invader vs. the Fanglord (Buried Treasure Records). “I don’t know where he’s going and I don’t know where his songs will end up.” But wherever Buckner and his songs do go, admirers of consummately crafted, mesmerizing music will be following closely. And digging the ride. Surrounded is out now on Merge Records. Richardbuckner.com. CHRONOGRAM.COM LISTEN to “Foundation” by Richard Buckner, from is 2013 release Surrounded.

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NIGHTLIFE HIGHLIGHTS Handpicked by music editor Peter Aaron for your listening pleasure.

ALL-STAR TRIBUTE TO ROY BUCHANAN December 6. The circumstances of legendary blues rock guitarist Roy Buchanan’s death in 1988 remain mysterious: Why would the married father of six hang himself in jail after being booked on drunk-driving charges, when he was experiencing a long-awaited career comeback? Nothing’s ever been proven, but to many it smacks of an overzealous arrest and cover-up by Florida police. Whatever the story, Buchanan’s Telecaster mastery has burnt its stinging style into the hearts, ears, and minds of battalions of six-string disciples. This hot night at the Falcon brings together three of the greatest, Jim Weider, Arlen Roth, and Danny Kortchmar, who are backed by Levon Helm Band keyboardist Brian Mitchell and others. (Racines avec Steve Riley do-si-dos December 7; Mala Waldron waxes December 22.) 7pm. Donation. Marlboro. (845) 236-7970; Liveatthefalcon.com.

THE ENGLISH BEAT December 8. The Specials, Madness, and the English Beat were the big three of the ska revival that came skanking out of the UK in the late ’70s and early ’80s. The latter struck new wave gold in 1982 with the non-ska pop of “Save It for Later,” and eventually spawned hitmakers General Public and Fine Young Cannibals. But it’s the band’s 1980 debut, I Just Can’t Stop It (“Hands Off She’s Mine,” “Mirror in the Bathroom”), that established the Beat’s mythos, and will likely fuel much of the set when the group headlines the Chance Theater this month. (Savatage’s John Oliva visits December 3; Gorguts, Origin, and Nero Di Marte shred December 13.) 6pm. $22.50, $25. Poughkeepsie. (845) 471-1966; Thechancetheater.com.

CHERYL WHEELER AND STEVE FORBERT December 12. Singer-songwriter and comedienne Cheryl Wheeler has seen her often hilarious songs covered by Peter Paul & Mary, Garth Brooks, Suzy Bogguss, Melanie, and Bette Midler. Steve Forbert left his Mississippi home for the streets and stages of New York in the 1970s and became one of the post-Dylan era’s most critically adored songwriters; his 1979 single “Romeo’s Tune” was a huge AM radio smash. This performance at Infinity Music Hall and Bistro finds Wheeler and the Grammy-nominated Forbert in solo and duo settings for “a night of storytelling through songs.” (Fastball flies in December 5; Crystal Gayle croons December 6.) 8pm. $39, $59. Canaan, Connecticut. (860) 542-5531; Infinityhall.com.

MICHELLE LEBLANC December 13. Jazz and cabaret vocalist Michelle LeBlanc has been performing her repertoire of evocative songs on New York City and Hudson Valley bandstands for almost 20 years, working alongside such consummate players as bassist Bill Crow, saxophonist Ed Xiques, guitarist Joe Puma, and jazz polymath David Amram. Her commissioned shows “ELLA!” and “Women in Jazz” have celebrated the art of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, and others. This cozy duo gig at the Division Street Grill pairs LeBlanc with one of her more frequent accompanists, the noted pianist Hiroshi Yamazaki. 7pm. Free. Peekskill. (914) 739-6380; Divisionstreetgrill.com.

SAVION GLOVER AND JACK DEJOHNETTE

Messiah

December 28. Perhaps the most mind-blowing pick of December’s column, this evening sees the world’s most fêted tap dancer, the great Savion Glover, in a one-of-a-kind performance with the influential jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette. An installment of the Egg’s “Dance New York” series, it features Glover joined by fellow tap genius Marshall Davis; DeJohnette’s stellar quartet includes clarinet and sax king Don Byron, bassist Jerome Harris, and pianist George Colligan. It’s hard to say how any music or dance fan could go wrong with a package like that. (Los Lobos visit December 3; the Wooten Brothers wail December 15.) 8pm. $38. Albany. (518) 473-1845; Theegg.org.

by George Frideric Handel Parts I and II (abridged)

A special benefit for Saint Mary’s-in-the-Highlands, and Philipstown Food Pantry

Featuring top professional period instrument players and singers

Conducted by Gordon Stewart Sunday, December 22

2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., Reception: 3:30-4:30 Saint Mary’s-in-the-Highlands, 1 Chestnut Street, Cold Spring, NY

Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com

For more information: 845.440.8290

All costs for these performances have been donated in the spirit of the season. All tickets and contributions will be 100% tax deductible.

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Michelle LeBlanc plays Division Street Grill in Peekskill on December 13.

CD REVIEWS DAVID GREENBERGER AND A STRONG DOG SO TOUGH (2013, PEL PEL RECORDINGS)

Since 1979, painter, musician, recurrent NPR commentator, and erstwhile nursing home activities director David Greenberger has used his conversations with the elderly to create evocative art. His ’zine, The Duplex Planet, served as his first canvas, soon morphing into various media, including recordings. So Tough is the 17th CD on which he recites lyrics woven from ongoing interactions with folks in decline. The versatile trio A Strong Dog accompanies him this time out, offering up Tom Waits-y soundscapes, back-porch blues stomps, delicate Ry Cooder-isms, and swaggering rock, all dovetailing behind Greenberger’s recitations of oldsters’ observations and memories. Rather than imitate, Greenberger abstracts lines from chats, delivering them plainspoken and gently inflected. When combined with the effortlessly simpatico music, these pieces become oddly powerful, often hilarious. One recalls how, for millennia, old folks were integral to everyday life, and whimsical, sometimes softly harrowing snippets of speech were commonplace. But Greenberger’s no nostalgia hound; his work focuses on how these people are now. And he’s not making a statement about a youth-obsessed culture, either, which is refreshing. With So Tough, the operative word, in fact, is often acceptance. In the slide guitar-drenched “Landlords, Maids, and Men” and the Peter Gunn-ish “Once in a Whirlybird,” subjects look back on rough times without anger, while the atmospheric “Tramp in the Woods” and the minor-to-major saxophone romp “Halloween’s Over” present snapshots of rich, living memory as intimate shares, the building blocks of new friendships with old people. Duplexplanet.com. —Robert Burke Warren ROSEANN FINO ROSEANN FINO (2013, WOODSTOCK RECORDS)

From the very first lyric, one might guess that there are going to be a lot of songs about relationships on RoseAnn Fino’s debut CD. With an expressive voice that is laidback and open, she begins, “I used to lay inside the imprint your body made.” But these aren’t just lovers the young singersongwriter is addressing in her tunes; she also encompasses friends and family, and she’s a fine storyteller. Although there are some melancholy lyrics on this recording, the music camouflages the themes for the most part. Over 12 country/roots-rock tracks, Fino keeps the tempo mostly jaunty, fun, and even danceable. She utilizes relevant musicians on these tunes; to name a few, there is Gary Burke (Joe Jackson, Bob Dylan) on drums, “Professor Louie” Hurwitz (Rick Danko, Graham Parker) on keys and accordion, and John Platania (Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt) on acoustic and electric guitars. Fino herself also tackles guitars, mandolin, ukulele, and piano. Some of the genre influences here include reggae (“Murder Song”), country twang (“Change My Mind”), and even the slightly theatrical (“Little Girl Lost”). The most somber of all the tracks is “Boxed Wine,” in which she’s drinking the cheap stuff, listening to Bob Dylan, and singing to the man who gave her a guitar and a heart: her father. These tunes are indelible and fresh, and, with Fino’s having grown up on a Hudson Valley farm and later moving to New York, they reflect the extremes of her stomping grounds. Roseannfino.com. —Sharon Nichols THE WARP/THE WEFT THE WARP/THE WEFT (2013, INDEPENDENT)

Shane Murphy, 1973 called and it wants Daevid Allen back. In addition to a healthy chunk of Allen’s essential Gong efforts, I’d wager a day’s pay that Murphy also owns the entire Incredible String Band catalog. In digital and vinyl formats. With its eponymous EP, Murphy’s merry band of troubadours, The Warp/The Weft, offers trippy, dippy freak folk that posits a world where Henry Cow is spoken of in the same hushed tones as the Beatles. It’s distinctly Brit-inflected, and even the song titles—“Storm & Wake,” “Night Revision,” “Caught Deep in the Dye”—seem like something sprung from Henry Cow member Tim Hodgkinson’s fevered brain. But its esoteric oddness is also its beauty. Murphy’s perfect Middle Earth burr, whether it’s born of an imaginary Shropshire landscape or not, lilts along like a drug, a draught, or a potion. The band, which occasionally rocks, and just as often shimmers—occasionally floating on Christian John Laura’s sleepy free-jazz cymbals—is as deep into the mystery as its leader. In the middle of “Marry in Haste, Repent at Leisure,” Murphy goes on about being as “empty as a poor pantry” and “the flesh of our own uncertainty,” and we begin to believe him at last, until Chris Pellnat launches into an appropriately psychedelic guitar solo. On “Bathtub Mary,” the Poughkeepsie quartet is joined by the wonderful Rob Caldwell on hurdy-gurdy. And Caldwell makes its ancient whir work, especially when Murphy unexpectedly leans into Tim Buckley territory. Prog on. Thewarptheweft.com. —Michael Eck CHRONOGRAM.COM LISTEN to tracks by the bands reviewed in this issue.

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Books

TOP OF THE CLASS ALISON STEWART UNPLUGGED By Nina Shengold Photograph by Jennifer May

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lison Stewart looks up from her smartphone, laughing. Amazon.com just e-mailed her a “personalized recommendation” for her own book, First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America’s First Black Public High School (Lawrence Hill Books, 2013). Though the suggestion was clearly based on research books she’d ordered, the online retailer wasn’t wrong about Stewart’s enthusiasm for First Class. “I’ll talk about this book till people move away from me at parties,” she says with a grin. It’s hard to imagine anyone shunning her at a party. An award-winning broadcast journalist with credits ranging from MTV to PBS, Stewart radiates an ebullient, intelligent warmth that draws people closer; that’s how you get a good interview from Bill Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, and Bono, among many others. Book-tour travels have kept Stewart from her beloved Woodstock retreat for several weeks running, so she picks a café near the Chelsea apartment she shares with her husband, Rachel Maddow producer Bill Wolff, and their fiveyear-old son. She’s carved an hour and a half out of a busy day, and she’s there on the dot, dressed in New Yorker top-to-ankle-boot black, with silver hoop earrings and moss-green nail polish. Her dense curls tumble over her shoulders, a look that once miffed her employers at buttoned-down CBS News. Stewart just returned from Washington, DC, where she spoke at three different schools, including her book’s subject, Dunbar High School. Founded during Reconstruction—an era whose one-step-forward, two-steps-back policy shifts remind Stewart of recent assaults on voting rights—the nation’s first black public high school broke barrier after barrier before hitting the skids in the wake of No Child Left Behind. How did Dunbar achieve such remarkable heights, Stewart asks, and what happened to it—and to public education—in recent decades? First Class begins on a nostalgic high note, as two older alumni watch Barack Obama’s inauguration, sharing memories of the exemplary school they’d attended in the segregated 1940s. They are Alison Stewart’s parents. Joe Stewart, Harvard MBA and inveterate breaker of glass ceilings, died shortly afterward—but not before giving his daughter several pithy interviews (“Getting me to study was like putting cooked spaghetti through a keyhole”). Carol Graham Stewart, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence and a dedicated teacher, also died before the book was completed; while cleaning out her house, Stewart found dozens of handwritten to-do lists including “Ask Alison about Dunbar.” Stewart followed their footsteps as a high academic achiever, graduating from Brown University in 1988. She immediately landed a job at MTV News: “I was the PA taking paper jams out of the Xerox machine and calling car services for rock stars.” Eventually, she worked her way up to producer and frontline reporter. Though her primary beat was political, she was assigned to cover Woodstock ’94 (aka Mudstock) and fell in love with its namesake town. “I started coming up regularly, then did the math and realized I was spending more on rental cars and B&Bs than I’d spend on a mortgage.” In 1998, she bought a home of her own on the outskirts of Bearsville. From MTV, she was recruited by CBS News, which proved an uneasy fit. Alongside pressure to straighten her hair and wear suits (“Who did they think they were getting?” she asks), her stories got smaller. “For the first few months, they’d only give me stories about children and animals. I’m thinking, ‘Hey, I just covered a presidential election!’” Stewart moved to ABC, “where my co-anchor was a guy called Anderson Cooper,” winning an Emmy as part of its 9/11 coverage team. Around 2003, she started to interview prominent Dunbar alumni, such as Edward Brooke `36, first African-American senator, and US Naval Academy groundbreaker Wesley A. Brown `44. “I realized people of the older generation were starting to go,” she explains. At first she envisioned a documentary film, and began writing grants, “at which I failed miserably. I remember thinking, ‘If someone had written a book about Dunbar, I bet I’d get that grant.’ Ding!” Despite Stewart’s journalism credentials, it wasn’t an easy sale. Ten publishers turned down her book proposal before an editor (and former teacher) acquired it for Chicago’s Lawrence Hill Books. She was especially haunted by a rejection letter that said it sounded more like a long magazine article than a book. “I thought, what if that’s true?” But she kept her eyes on the prize, using Dunbar’s 140-year history “as a lens to look at civil rights, educational history, class, race, Washington, DC—

there are so many layers.” She holed up in the libraries of Harvard and Howard University, amassing a roomful of research in stacked bankers’ boxes. She also visited the Ohio birthplace of school namesake Paul Laurence Dunbar—an elevator operator who became America’s first widely published black poet—and found primary sources at Dunbar reunions. “I would interview people and they’d all say the same things, how excellent the teachers were, that they had PhDs. But I also had to write the sides that were more problematic, like intraracism.” During its heyday, Dunbar had a reputation for social elitism—and for favoring lighter-skinned pupils. “I had to stay true to journalism. I knew I had to address the color issue, even though it’s a funky one,” Stewart says bluntly. “I don’t believe in objectivity—a child of divorce has a different perspective on divorce. Objectivity comes with what you choose to use or not use.” There were other issues as well. “My subject, my protagonist, is a thing— it’s a school. So that was a bit of a challenge.” So was juggling her very full schedule as newswoman, author, and new parent. Though she quit her day job as co-host of the PBS news show “Need to Know” to focus on her book, the mom hat was harder to shed. “If I ever tried working at home, my son would find me,” she says with a rueful smile. When he started preschool, she joined a cooperative writers’ space, working for five or six hours at a stretch. “I’d drop him off, carrying two boxes of files. I went into my little cubicle and just went for it.” Stewart had a specific deadline: She wanted the book to be out before the August 2013 grand opening of Dunbar’s new building. Since the school’s facilities seem to have to mirrored its changing fortunes—a once-proud “Tudor” tower was demolished to make room for a disastrous 1977 building often compared to a prison or parking garage—the $122 million “Dunbar III” sounds a welcome note of hope. Its grand opening was attended by DC mayor Vince Gray (Dunbar ’59), Bill Cosby, and other celebrities. Alumni of all generations turned out; many had been interviewed by Stewart. “A 91-year-old woman came up to me on a walker and said, ‘Thank you for telling the story,’” she says, visibly moved. “There’s so little positive about African Americans in the media, especially as intellectuals and contributors to this country. It’s time that generation gets some props and respect.” Stewart would love to develop a TV series set in the 1940s, “the very beginning of the Civil Rights movement, just before Jackie Robinson, just before the Army integrated. That first wave is often forgotten, but the second wave couldn’t have happened without the first,” she says, adding, “It’s time. This year we had 42,The Butler, 12Years a Slave.… There’s an interest in this unrecorded history.” Essence magazine just named First Class one of 2013’s four best books, and Stewart hopes to book more appearances during African American History Month in February; she’s also joining a Woodstock Writers Festival panel in April. She’s currently writing a children’s book about birthdays. (Her own is the Fourth of July, about which she says, “It was great.You always had the day off. Your parents had the day off. And you could convince yourself that the fireworks were for you.”) Her next long-term project might be another nonfiction book, a master’s in education and public policy, or a new TV project about creative solutions. “I’ve always tried to work on projects I would actually watch, something that’s useful. That’s a big word for me, useful.” Stewart used her book advance to launch the First Class UNCF Scholarship Fund for college-bound Dunbar graduates. The fund has also received checks from readers and people who saw her promoting First Class on TV. “I wanted to give something back,” she says. “Not that my advance was so big—just in photos alone, the book cost me a fortune.” She whips out her phone to display some of those photos, green fingernails skittering over its touchscreen to find favorite images: a vintage yearbook cover, a group of uniformed Dunbar cadets, US postage stamps featuring Dunbar alumni, her son Isaac carving a pumpkin. It’s 3:30, and right on schedule, Stewart’s phone starts to buzz: first a filmmaker friend, then a message confirming her son has been picked up from school.Within seconds, it buzzes again. Alison Stewart rolls her eyes, her smile radiating contentment. “Who wants me now?” 12/13 CHRONOGRAM BOOKS 57

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2013

The season’s best gifts for readers, reviewed by Brian K. Mahoney, Jana Martin, Nina Shengold, and Robert Burke Warren.

TRACK LIFE: IMAGES AND WORDS

COME BACK, MOON

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DAVID KHERDIAN, ILLUSTRATED BY NONNY HOGROGIAN

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Red Hook’s Juliet Harrison has been devotedly capturing horses on film for decades, and it shows. These exquisite equine photographs elevate racing horses to demigod status. Rarely is a book such a sensual experience, with hints of mud, hay, and sweat rising from the pages. Evocative writings by noteworthy equestrians and simpatico authors make Track Life a winner by several lengths. Appearing 12/14 at 3pm, Golden Notebook, Woodstock. —RBW

With a Newbery (his) and a Caldecott medal (hers), this Kingston couple knows how to spin a yarn. Here, they present an Armenian folk tale in which Bear steals the moon and Wily Fox assembles creatures to help rescue it while Bear sleeps. Kherdian and Hogrogian beautifully illustrate how teamwork can right a boorish being’s wrong, and how a timely story can become timeless. —RBW

LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE: AT HOME IN THE COUNTRY JOAN OSOFSKY & ABBY ADAMS, FOREWORD BY MARY RANDOLPH CARTER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN GRUEN RIZZOLI, 2013, $50

The look is gracious, relaxed, embracing the rustic imperfect—the weathered patina of barnboard, muddy boots by the hearth. Shoppers at Osofsky’s Hammertown stores and Garden Conservancy visitors to Adams’s Ancram home know their great taste, captured in Gruen’s lush photos. These portraits of 18 “well-loved houses” capture the quirky details and inspired combinations that make them so inviting. Appearing 12/14 at 4pm, Oblong Rhinebeck. —NS

CATSKILLS RESORTS: LOST ARCHITECTURE OF PARADISE ROSS PADLUCK SHIFFER, 2013, $50

The Catskills had two resort booms: Victorian “mountain houses” and the swanky Borscht Belt hotels of the ‘50s and ‘60s. Mixing period postcards, stunning duotone photos, and architectural drawings, Padluck evokes vanished eras. “Mad Men” fans and midcentury modern collectors will drool over the Concord’s sinuous hanging staircase, the Fallsview’s redon-red Harlequin Lounge, and the Nevele’s luxe Stardust Room. —NS

RÉVEIL AND THE OLD ONE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD GAIL STRAUB, ILLUSTRATED BY CAROL ZALOOM HIGH POINT PRESS, 2013, $32.95

Women’s empowerment is the focal point of this “adult fairy tale” by Omega instructor and Empowerment Institute co-director Straub. Illustrated with stunning linocuts by Saugerties artist Carol Zaloom, it’s an allegorical odyssey for seekers. Crushed by her modern life, Réveil embarks on a journey that, ultimately, restores her connection to the natural world—and, so, her soul. Appearing 12/6 at 7pm, Inquiring Minds, New Paltz; 12/7 at 6pm, Oriole9, sponsored by Golden Notebook, Woodstock. —JM

GOODBYE TO ALL THAT: WRITERS ON LOVING AND LEAVING NEW YORK EDITED BY SARI BOTTON SEAL PRESS, 2013, $16

Yes, there is life after Zabar’s. Botton’s breakout anthology gathers contributions from an articulate flash mob of recovering exNew Yorkers, including Cheryl Strayed, Dani Shapiro, and upstaters Valerie Eagle, Maggie Estep, Dana Kinstler, Janet Steen, Eva Tenuto, and Rebecca Wolff. By turns wistful and caustic, nostalgic and heartbreaking, it’s the perfect book to read on a northbound train from Grand Central Station. —NS

KNITTING YARNS: WRITERS ON KNITTING PRIVATE GARDENS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY JANE GARMEY, PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN M. HALL

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Garmey notes that while English gardeners “have” gardens, Americans “make” gardens. That active verb reverberates as she details the creation of 26 private worlds, including Richard Jenrette’s reinvention of Gore Vidal’s Edgewater estate and food writer Amy Goldman’s vegetable empire. Hall’s large-format photos are sumptuous; one features an antlered buck posing pondside like landed gentry. —NS

Writers are often accused of woolgathering, and the soothing rhythm of knitting needles can ease burdened minds. Bestselling author Hood, who learned to knit in the wake of an unthinkable loss, gathers an A-list posse of writers (including Woodstock Writers Festival doyenne Martha Frankel, festival guest Andre Dubus III, Sue Grafton, Barbara Kingsolver, Anita Shreve, and Jane Smiley) to share knitting stories. Cast on! Appearing 12/7 at 4pm, Golden Notebook, Woodstock. —NS

LITTLE SANTA

THE SECOND CHANCE DOG: A LOVE STORY

JON AGEE

JON KATZ

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Nyack native Jon Agee adds to his impressive list of acclaimed children’s books with this delightful tale of a relentlessly cheerful boy in a family of North Pole sad sacks. The boy is Little Santa, full of pluck and courage, and sporting red footie pajamas. Tinkering with the Santa narrative is bold, indeed, but Agee’s playful alternate version of the icon’s early years more than holds its own. —RBW

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EDITED BY ANN HOOD

WAMC perennial Jon Katz’s latest is a candid, uplifting tale of canine and human redemption. Katz, spiraling downhill, had the good fortune to meet artist Maria Wulf (now his wife). But Wulf’s dog Frieda, an untrained, rescued Rotteweiler-shepherd cross, saw her job as protecting Wulf—from Katz. Patiently working to gain Frieda’s trust, Katz won two hearts instead of one, healing himself as well. —JM

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The Ramones kickstarted a punk upheaval that changed rock forever. Writer/rocker and Chronogram music editor Peter Aaron smartly traces their simple, infectious Hey Ho back to some surprising influences (Bo Diddley!). He re-creates the NYC punk scene with you-are-there immediacy, and tracks the band’s biker-jacketed legacy into the present (Avril Lavigne!). Packed with trivia, it’s also a great read. Appearing 12/7 at 7pm with Maggie Estep, Inquiring Minds, Saugerties; 12/9 at 7pm, Poughkeepsie Barnes & Noble; 12/22 at 2pm, Albany Barnes & Noble. —JM

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Rabbi Jonathan Kligler has been a Woodstock treasure for a quarter century, building community within and beyond the Woodstock Jewish Congregation. With Hineni—Hebrew for “I am here”—you can enjoy his collected sermons; incisive, revelatory, and often funny exegeses in which he brings ancient texts into the light of modern day, showing their relevance and transformative power for good. —RBW

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POETRY

Edited by Phillip X Levine. Deadline for our January issue is December 5. Send up to three poems or three pages (whichever comes first). Full submission guidelines: www.chronogram.com/submissions.

After brushing her hair “to keep the tangles out.

When we were now

There they are. See? Those are tangles.”

and so close to touching —p

—Ostara Grace Orr-Kehoe (2¾ years old)

YOUR COUNTRY

ORIENTATION

THE MATHEMATICIAN

There are these great distances, in between your ribs. I want to kiss the furrows that dip along your side, open up dark, raw spaces, and plant my words there. Sow them up into you with the traces of my fingers. I want those words to grow in your chest, burst forth, bloom in wild, tangled sentences that run on and rise up so that your eyes turn toward me even when there are these great distances.

He used words like robust, timeline, roadmaps, and concrete,

It seems I was born to count winters. My years are scored by falling leaves. Decembers like decimals of icy splinters. To fields of corn the remainder cleaves. I’ve measured time by love’s equation. With sticks of chalk reduced to fingers. Mindful of each numbers station, But still the remainder lingers. Where is my beloved puzzle? Gone is my most cherished theme. No sylvan flame near which to nuzzle. Lost am I in Autumn’s dream.

while the audience meditated and prayed, sifted his empty syllables of bragging and pretending, rooster prancing and posturing. Façade.

—Linda Codega

Time settled like dust on lard.

FROGS AND SQUIRRELS

They shrank into themselves, dug deep

If a frog and a squirrel met while walking their dogs in the park in autumn with the light going through sideways trees and dinner crock-potting at home, I think he’d pick her up. The dogs share a bone in the kitchen, pretend this is everyday. The frog and squirrel move to the couch the same way: hop pause hop pause. In front of the fire, Frog tries to remove Squirrel’s fur coat— laughs and imagines kissing such a small mouth. —Whitney Strong

AFTER A SHAVE My dear son: Your old man trembles, looking into a mirror, seeing your face. —Thomas Bonville

like the men paid to burrow a well on the property and after weeks of drilling sighed in disbelief. —Lucia Cherciu

I DON’T HONK SO I mean I don’t think so. Because every time I open a big fat mouth of mine, it’s like an aberrant keyboard making thistles out of whistles and crow out of Velcro. There was a time when speaking could be as clear as a moving cloud over a frozen lake, the horizontal sun as quiet and elucidating as a spruce in shadow showing its shadow. Then it is dark. —Steve Clark

SCHOOL MORNING Silence in the wind Leaves blow off trees around Lawn mower disturbs —Rosealee Litts

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—Daniel Kelley

A THOUSAND WAYS I shift my weight from one foot to the other In my body, I follow worry through the world like a raindrop pursues gravity There are a thousand ways to purge the soul, but I’ve never learned their names I imagine lighting candles made of skulls and releasing ten cries of feminine, feral power I wake up still a lonely bird I am no wolf I am no wild nomad I am a trail of water waiting to meet the land On a sign along a freeway, beside a psalm of Luke 2:38, is scribbled in purple ink this precious declaration: I will not force the wound to howl I think of the moon and the work we do to carry pain I think of the prayerful silence of a puddle and the songs we sing about water I imagine I can open my belly like a skylight Lay it flat against the soil until the soil becomes skin I place my wound beside an anthill and listen to its quietness There are a thousand ways to come back home I only know this one —Jocelyn Edelstein

TWO FOR THE ROAD

THE HAUNT

1 Outside, everyone drinks wine in the garden, offering it to the latecomer, who refuses repeatedly. A naked woman emerges from an in-ground pool, wine glass in her hand, offering him a sip and asking if he can distinguish the grape variety. He has neither any idea nor any interest, and refuses to drink a drop. The shirtless, emaciated man with wavy locks and sunglasses lounges in cut-off jean shorts, fondles a shotgun beside the wooden chair. He too pushes wine on the newcomer. The latecomer accepts a glass, and inspects the cloudy liquid. It bears more of a resemblance to apple juice, Ohio River water, or better yet, urine.

I took my brother to the mountain. I took him to the sea. I took him to the city. I’ll take him everywhere. I will take him from the deserts of Afghanistan and show him green Ireland. I’ll show him the biggest, oldest trees and the temples and the fish markets and the spices in the market places. We will eat sushi in Japan like we promised. And I will ride trains and drink whiskey. I will be brave for him. I only seem to be alone. But I’m haunted by a ghost I won’t let go. And a few that won’t let go of me. I plan to keep them all.

2 He wakes up in a bed on the fifth floor of a warehouse in the city, an old, dilapidated, unused factory now used for storing used auto or body parts, populated by hospital beds, IVs, heart monitors, and flat-screen TVs. Men in white smocks surround his bed, only their eyes protruding from behind taut gauze, surgical masks. (It reminds him of a film he once saw, in which the criminal doctor antagonist uses a dentist’s drill to remove the marathon runner protagonist’s healthy teeth, so as to extract details about a collection of priceless diamonds.) But they explain that he is gravely ill, and they must remove two stalky, bulbous sacs from his chest before they grow into edible onions. The man is upset at the news, opens his mouth to scream, but only nuts come out. —Andrew Tully

RED CAR in retrospect, she was too old to be fucking around in the car knew better than to kick the back of her mother’s seat swear at her younger brother while her father was driving. but the road was empty the sky was clear, and reason seemed to just float out the window to follow the birds. it was silly to think that God wasn’t paying attention up there or some stern force that demanded utter subjugation under the rules of the road as stated in driver’s safety courses it was just silly to think she could get away with it. when the tire blew and the car flipped and started somersaulting down the road she knew she would be the only survivor of the crash that she was going to have to live with this as penance for fucking around in the car. as she flew out the open window and over the road, away from the car she knew that this would be the last time she’d see her family alive—their eyes wide in terror, mouths frozen in piercing, unending screams, hands working at seatbelt latches that would not open in time—she would hold this image in her head for the rest of her lonely, orphan life, knowing

—Betsy Ray

BUS RIDE HOME FROM TIVOLI I want a blend of cardamom and sunshine, and let’s hope there’s no rain that day. I want a palace, not a place—add the A. I will store my shadow here; I will store my grace. I want the song with speckles of white, playing beneath the ivy as I walk past the lake. I want the girl who lit up the room as she entered, and lit a cigarette as she left; we were so smooth and subtle as we tripped over each other’s words. I want to find the cove we made under the waves of lace. I want to hold the hand that wrapped itself around my waist in the early morning fate, the one that scribbled letter after letter and signed them, and stamped them, and sent them upstate. I want a railroad that leads straight to my soul, delivering tones and undertones that might hope to sustain me. I want a deep red evening, I want the moon to fall into the ocean. I want a clever way to take your heart— keep it near me when we’re apart. I want to know what the clouds will sing, I want to know what the grass will say. I want some tea with a splash of tomorrow. I want Newark dripping down my cheek, I want love every time you speak.

it was all her fault.

I want to remember you in a velvet afternoon, eyes bright, wandering through photographs of pink skies and second tries.

—Holly Day

—Hannah Buonaguro

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Nino Coley and Pardison Fontaine performing in downtown Newburgh.

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Community Pages

TURNING POINT NEWBURGH By Erik Ofgang Photographs by Thomas Smith

ewburgh is not the easiest city in the Hudson Valley to love. Like a veteran boxer, it has endured many blows over the years, including a well-documented gang and drug problem, urban decay, and financial hardships—nearly a third of the population lives below the poverty line. Yet, somehow, Newburgh has rolled with the punches, and though there might be a scar here or there, something undeniably intriguing, majestic, and, yes, loveable about the city remains. To begin with, there’s the architecture. The city was home to several celebrated architects in the 19th century whose compelling handiwork can still be seen in the form of proud and noble Gothic and Victorian structures that line Newburgh’s streets. Then there’s the history of the city. It was in Newburgh, from headquarters overlooking the Hudson River, that George Washington guided the Continental Army during the last year and a half of the Revolutionary War. Finally, there’s the culture and diversity. Unlike in other cities and communities in the midst of an urban revival, Newburgh has avoided the sometimes generic pitfalls of gentrification. Revitalization in the city has moved across economic and cultural lines. Outsiders might still see Newburgh as an underdog but residents say the city’s comeback is under way and it is destined for future glory. Cue the soundtrack to Rocky. Above, left to right: Floor Manager George Meyers at Orange County Choppers Café; Chiquita Owens at a music video shoot in downtown Newburgh; Lauren Capul at Newburgh Brewing Company. Right: J P Flagg looks on as friends play Jenga at Newburgh Brewing Company.

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Roy R. Spells, Treasurer of the Newbuirgh Historical Society in Newburgh

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History and Architecture Johanna Porr, director of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, says there are two things that will always draw people to Newburgh. “One is the river views, the nature of the scenery, and then we have the historic architecture,” she says. “That’s what makes Newburgh so uniquely beautiful and those are the two things that just can’t be replicated in any other place.” In the 1800s, the city was home to several star architects, including Andrew Jackson Downing and disciples like Calvert Vaux and Frederick Clarke Withers. Since the 1980s, preservationists have been fighting intensely to save the handiwork of these and other architects, with much success. “Newburgh has the largest contiguous historic district and most diverse in New York State,” Porr says. “When you look at New York City, there’s more historically preserved buildings but they’re scattered around.” The struggle to save historic sites continues, though, and there are many more buildings within Newburgh, both privately and publicly owned, that are in desperate need of restoration. “There’s an urgency now that’s always getting more and more serious,” Porr says. “There are beautiful homes which are so ornately decorated with artistic carvings and stained glass, and all these details that you just can’t replicate today. These are sturdy homes and they survived 20 and 30, and 40 and 50, years of neglect, but we’re dealing in many cases with maybe 60 years of neglect now. So it’s very urgent that we do restore the homes now because they’re at that breaking point.” The task of restoration in Newburgh is made more difficult and more rewarding by the sheer number of historically significant homes and buildings. “Almost every single building here was built by a famous architect or has some importance—a moment of history that’s tied to it, or some kind of architectural design style that’s unique,” Porr says. “The city is an architectural classroom, really; you can walk down the street and learn about different styles of architecture here.” The city’s historic ties extend beyond architecture. Washington’s Head64 NEWBURGH CHRONOGRAM 12/13

Madison, Kathy, and Bryanna Foti at Lake Chadwick

quarters is a must-visit location for any history lover. In 1850, it was acquired by the State of New York and became the first publicly operated historic site in the country. Currently, it has been designed to re-create its condition during the Revolutionary War. The seven-acre site features the Hasbrouck House (the house where Washington guided the war), a museum (built in 1910 that houses thousands of Revolutionary War artifacts), and an impressive monument, the “Tower of Victory,” which was completed in 1890 after four years of construction in order to commemorate the centennial of Washington’s stay. “The historical sites here, particularly Washington’s Headquarters and the Crawford House Museum [home of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands], are really the gateways to Newburgh,” Porr says. “It happens all the time, that if a person is interested in moving to the city, the first stop they make is one of those two historic sites, and the first people they interact with are members of the preservation community.” Artisans and Crafts Visitors to Newburgh won’t want to miss a chance to stop in at Caffe Macchiato—a neighborhood institution located across the street from Washington’s Headquarters. The shop changed hands in August and is now owned by Claudio Pantoja. Pantoja is a Newburgh native who has long wanted to own a business in Newburgh. “This area is absolutely incredible. It’s full of history, it’s rich in culture, and it’s very diverse. It reminds me of a mini Williamsburg, Brooklyn,” he says. Caffe Macchiato is located in a neighborhood that many in Newburgh hope can help power revitalization. There are nearby cultural attractions— the Ann Street Gallery, the Wherehouse bar and restaurant—and a juice bar is scheduled to open on the same block. Also, within easy walking distance is the Newburgh Brewing Company. The brewery opened in 2012 in

Kayla Quinn and Nick Vallone play scrabble at the Newburgh Brewing Company.

a 20,000-square-foot former steam engine factory overlooking the Hudson. The brewery’s beers are now distributed in more than 500 bars and restaurants. The brewery also has a tap room with a full menu that often features locally sourced items. The Newburgh Brewing Company is not the only business that recently found a home in Newburgh. In 2012 Atlas Industries relocated to the city from Brooklyn. The high-end furniture company designs the as4 modular furniture system, a shelf and desk system that is easily reconfigurable, and allows owners to adjust their shelf space to accommodate their individual needs. The company purchased a 55,000-square-foot waterfront warehouse and now leases space to several artisans who formerly resided in New York City. In addition to new and long-established businesses, there are also creative nonprofit organizations in Newburgh that help add to the feeling of richness one gets when visiting the community. Safe Harbors of the Hudson is committed to building communities through housing and the arts. In 2002 the organization purchased the historical Hotel Newburgh, which at the time was run-down but has since been transformed into an attractive, supportive housing complex that has been renamed the Cornerstone Residence. The Newburgh Armory Unity Center is a nonprofit sports and education center that has an indoor turf field, a basketball court, and several acres of athletic fields. The center hosts a variety of sports leagues, as well as numerous community activities, including yoga and Zumba classes, acting and gardening workshops, and 4-H and Scouting programs. Pantoja, owner of Caffe Macchiato, says that Newburgh is attracting many New Yorkers who are bringing energy and excitement to the city. “It makes me very excited. I grew up here, then I lived in Boston, I worked in Williamsburg, I worked in SoHo, and it’s really exciting to see that clientele moving here,” he says.

Thanksgiving Egg Rolls at Fetch Bar and Grill in Warwick.

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Claudio Pantoja outside Caffe Macchiato

Sights and Sounds Newburgh is also home to several museums, including the Motorcyclepedia Museum, which is a loving homage to the two-wheeled steeds of the open road. Opened in 2011, Motorcyclepedia features over 450 motorcycles, along with photographs, posters, memorabilia, machinery, and other objects related to bikes. “Obviously, motorcycle guys or aficionados, they automatically come here,” says Ted Doering, director of the museum. But he adds that he works to reach a broader audience by featuring bikes that appeared in popular films and highlighting bike models of historic significance. “We make it so the general public would be interested in it as well; we’re showing motorcycles as part of the culture.” The museum also features what is known dramatically as “The Wall of Death,” which is a barrel-like stunt arena. Weekends through January 12, stuntman Pit Lengner will defy gravity and entertain audiences by riding the wall. For visitors, the sights of Newburgh extend well beyond the museums. You can also walk over the Hudson and take in some stunning views on the Hamilton Fish Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. In downtown Newburgh, visitors can stroll through Downing Park. The park is filled with hills and valleys, streams, and a pond. If the park seems reminiscent of New York City’s Central Park, there’s a good reason. It was designed by the same team that laid out that park, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Like the city it is in, Downing Park has classic vintage beauty. Doering, from Motorcyclepedia, is one of several people in Newburgh working to capitalize on Newburgh’s beauty by attracting film productions. Earlier this year, Doering donated office space inside Motorcyclepedia to serve as a film office for the city. The office serves as a clearing house for producers interested in possibly filming in Newburgh. Doering is also the founder and president of Umbra of Newburgh, a mammoth film and television production facility that features a 16,500-square-foot sound stage. “We’ve had a few movies [at Umbra] over the last few years, including the independent movie Mi America, which was shot totally in Newburgh at the Umbra soundstage and on location within the city limits,” Doering says. “A lot of the architecture does fit certain genres for the movie shoots.” Although Newburgh still has its rough patches and has had a troubled recent past, visitors quickly learn it’s a classic city with a great deal going for it. For those who are willing to explore, Newburgh has much to offer.

Ana Maria Stefano at Orange County Choppers

Carla Decker at the Newburgh Historical Society

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Food & Drink

Eat Local, Act Global The Farm Delivery Movement By Jeff Crane Photographs by Roy Gumpel

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Clockwise from top left: Dennis Bersch cleaning turnips at Field Goods in Athens; Elias Barber of Barber’s Farm delivering beets to Field Goods; apples from Migliorelli Farms; Elias Barber. Opposite: Donna Williams, founder of Field Goods

t’s easy to feel powerless in the face of the fact that nearly everything that comes in a package and is sold in a supermarket today is made by one of only 10 mega corporations or by a company owned by them. The ingredients in those products, which as often as not include multisyllabic synthetic molecules and genetically engineered crops, come from industrial farms and could be grown and processed anywhere on the planet. The cost to the consumer is kept low, while the price we pay in terms of our own health and that of the environment remains hidden. There are, of course, alternatives. In larger cities and throughout the Hudson Valley, there are wonderful farmers’ markets and community-supported agriculture (CSA) schemes that forge alliances between farmers and consumers. CSAs were developed as a way for farmers to get much needed capital early in the season; subscribers share the risks, and rewards, as shareholders in the farm. For an average cost of around $500 a share, which can sometimes be offset by an exchange for a few days work on the farm, CSA members get weekly supplies of fresh, seasonal produce. Still, these “alternatives” remain tied to a demographic that is defined rather narrowly (you know who you are, dear reader). As long as we conceive of local food as “alternative,” industrial food remains the norm. But even the most conscientious among us knows that it can be difficult to maintain standards for food choices, given the demands of work and family and the convenience of one-stop shopping at the supermarket. A paradigm shift is in order, one in which the consumption of local, healthy, sustainable food becomes normative. This requires new modes of distribution that would make farm-fresh produce just as convenient as the alternative.

Enter Donna Williams, founder of Field Goods. With an MBA from Columbia Business School and an impressive track record in the business world, she has developed an innovative model for distribution that, she hopes, will expand the market for local, farm-fresh food. Field Goods’ mission is to open the floodgates for the flow of local food by delivering food of superior taste, freshness, and nutritional value to as many people as possible and to be a good partner to their farmers. Beginning in the summer of 2011 with only 60 customers, Field Goods has grown to over 1,000 subscribers. What Field Goods does is, in some respects, similar to the CSA model—insofar as the end result is that customers get a bag of fresh, seasonal, local produce. But that’s where the comparison ends. “Unlike a typical CSA,” says Williams, “we work with over 30 different farms, instead of only one. Our products include Certified Organic, organically grown, IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and conventional small farm methods. There is no upfront payment, as opposed to one or two large payments with a CSA. Customers can start and stop deliveries anytime. They can also change the size of the bags they receive. We may offer a larger variety and smaller amounts than the average CSA.” Emphasizing the key role of CSAs,Williams acknowledges that “ what we don’t offer is a personal relationship with the farmer, which is very important to people who participate in CSAs. Another important component is sharing risk and reward with the farmer. If the harvest is great the customer receives more and less if it is not. If I meet a likely CSA customer, I suggest they go that route.” Subscriptions to Field Goods cost from $20-$30 per week. Subscribers gather their weekly veggies at one of over 30 pick-up locations, many of which are corporate-partner sites that Williams works with. Working closely with 12/13 CHRONOGRAM FOOD & DRINK 69

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The Field Goods office (l-r): Meredith Baade, Jess Beals, and Donna Williams.

companies’ wellness programs, Williams has been able to greatly expand the marketplace for local farm produce. “We can’t thank Donna enough for helping us to break even when our CSA sales are low—she’s marketing to the corporate world, a niche that not many can tap into. Her model can grow with the growing number of young farmers,” says young farmer Dan McManus, who, together with his partner Tess Parker, runs Common Hands Farm in Claverack, near Hudson. Now in their third year, Common Hands started farming around the same time as Williams launched Field Goods. “Donna and I met when she was in the planning stage of her business.” From 2010 to 2011, Williams was one of the guest teachers for a micro business marketing segment course offered by Columbia County Economic Development. “A lot of young producers and entrepreneurs have gone through that program and it’s a great networking event. I explained farms, she had the business know-how.” Common Hands grows a diverse array of as many as 150 varieties of crops throughout the season. “This year, we did everything from ground cherries to Jerusalem artichokes, melons, peppers, herbs, greens and specialty bok choy. We like to grow things at the fringe—at farmer’s markets, we try to offer something no one has seen, such as long, carrot-like turnips” says McManus. “Her model can grow with the growing number of young farmers and really helps expand the way that people are able to access food and that farmers are able to access people.” Field Goods currently delivers in the Capital Region and to the Upper and Mid-Hudson Valley. In January, they will begin deliveries in the Lower Hudson Valley. “From our location in Athens, NY, we can serve a 150-mile radius, which will offer us opportunities to serve communities in Massachusetts and Connecticut as well,” says Williams. Delivery sites currently include Albany Medical Center, SUNY Albany, Bard College, and several Capital District schools, as well as many corporate sites. “In the Capital District region, we have been delighted to see an increasing number of organizations, as we say, ‘getting on the veggie train’ and opening up their doors as ‘open to the public’ sites, as a way to support local agriculture and wellness in their communities.” In November, Field Goods made its first deliveries to the Kingston YMCA. To celebrate the partnership, they will donate $10 to the YMCA Farm Project for every new subscription to a Fruit and Vegetable Bag throughout December. They will also be hosting a Wellness Information Session on December 4 at 6:45 pm. “The YMCA is our first community site in Kingston. We are especially excited to work with the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County as they have a unique combination of both wellness and agriculture programs… a great match with Field Goods.” Launched in September 2013, the Kingston YMCA Farm Project is a quarter-acre farm behind the YMCA building right in midtown Kingston. Developing new customers for local, healthy food by expanding into previously underserved communities without easy access to farmers’ markets and CSAs, including school systems, is a big step toward changing the way we all think about food. Thanks to an industrialized food system, we are accustomed to the ability to buy produce that is both out of season and from far-off places. We are used to deciding what’s for dinner before we go shopping, not based on what is fresh and ripe at any given time. “It can rock people’s world—I have some customers who tell me that they have a great time figuring out what to do with produce they’ve never seen,” says Williams. “Old-time farmers tell me that I’m like the old-time vegetable peddler.You got what was in season, the way we used to eat.”

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Wine and Spirits Bakeries Alternative Baker, The 407 Main Street, Rosendale, NY (845) 658-3355 www.lemoncakes.com

100% all butter scratch, full-service, smallbatch, made-by-hand bakery. Best known for our breakfast egg sandwiches, scones, sticky buns, Belgian hot chocolate, lunch sandwiches (Goat Cheese Special is still winning awards) & all vegan soups. Plus varied treats: vegan, wheat, gluten, dairy or sugar-free. Wedding cakes too. Lemon Cakes shipped nationwide and for local corporate gift giving. Closed Tues/Wed but open 7 AM for the best egg sandwiches ever! Served all day!

Cafés Outdated: An Antique Café 314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-0030 outdatedcafe@gmail.com

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Restaurants Bistro To Go 948 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 340-9800 www.bluemountainbistro.com

Gourmet take-out store and bakery - serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week. Featuring local and imported organic products, sophisticated four-star food by Chefs Richard Erickson and Jonathan Sheridan, delicious homemade desserts, and special order cakes. Off-premise full -service catering and event planning for parties of all sizes.

Café East 243 Fair St, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2043 www.facebook.com/eastfoodcart

Café Mio 2356 Route 44/55, Gardiner, NY (845) 255-4949 www.miogardiner.com

Cucina 109 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-9800 www.cucinawoodstock.com

Elephant 310 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 339-9310 www.elephantwinebar.com

Gilded Otter 3 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-1700

A warm and inviting dining room and pub overlooking beautiful sunsets over the Wallkill River and Shawangunk Cliffs. Mouthwatering dinners prepared by Executive Chef Larry Chu, and handcrafted beers brewed by GABF Gold Medal Winning Brewmaster Darren Currier. Chef driven and brewed locally!

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Jar’d Wine Pub Water Street Market, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-8466 www.jardwinepub.com

LaBella Pizza Bistro 194 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2633 www.labellapizzabistro.com

Osaka 22 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 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 18 years. For more information and menus, go to osakasushi.net.

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Terrapin Catering & Events 6426 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 889-8831 www.terrapincatering.com hugh@terrapincatering.com Local. Organic. Authentic. At a Terrapin event, you can expect the same high quality, awardwinning cuisine and service that you know and love at Terrapin Restaurant. Terrapin’s professional event staff specializes in creating unique events to highlight your individuality, and will assist in every aspect of planning your Hudson Valley event.

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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.

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Tuthill House 48 Rudolph Road, Modena, NY (845) 255-4151 www.tuthillhouse.com

The Would Restaurant 120 North Road, Highland, NY (845) 691-9883 www.thewould.com

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Mark Gruber Gallery New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 www.markgrubergallery.com

Putnam Arts Council 521 Kennicut Hill Road, Mahopac, NY (845) 803-8594 www.putnamartscouncil.com

Thompson Giroux Gallery

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Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 www.byrdcliffe.org events@woodstockguild.org

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Artists’ Collective of Hyde Park 4338 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY (845) 229-9029 www.achpny.com info@achpny.com

ArtsWAVE 12 Market Street, Ellenville, NY www.artswave.org

Crafts People 262 Spillway Road, West Hurley, NY (845) 331-3859 www.craftspeople.us Representing over 500 artisans, Crafts People boasts four buildings brimming with fine crafts; the largest selection in the Hudson Valley. All media represented, including: sterling silver and 14K gold jewelry, blown glass, pottery, turned wood, kaleidoscopes, wind chimes, leather, clothing, stained glass, etc.

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Banks

Longyear Gallery

Art Supplies Catskill Art & Office Supply Kingston, NY: (845) 331-7780 Poughkeepsie, NY: (845) 452-1250 Woodstock, NY: (845) 679-2251 www.catskillart.com

Rhinebeck Artist’s Shop Rhinebeck & New Paltz, NY www.rhinebeckart.com

Artisans Kaete Brittin Shaw 1415 Route 213, High Falls, NY www.kaetebrittinshaw.com kaete@hvi.net

Neumann Media LLC 65 Cold Water Street, Hillsdale, NY (413) 246-5776 www.neumannfineart.com

Pablo Glass 1 Sterling Street, Kingston, NY (646) 256-9688 www.pabloglass.com

Attorneys Traffic and Criminally Related Matters

Mid Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union

747 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2200 www.cabinetdesigners.com

Wallkill Valley Federal

Cord King

23 Wallkill Avenue, Wallkill, NY www.wallkill.com

Beauty Supply

66 North Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 339-4996

Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2115 www.hhoust.com

Beverages Binnewater/Leisure Time Spring Water 25 South Pine Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-0237 www.binnewater.com

Esotec (845) 246-2411 www.esotecltd.com www.thirstcomesfirst. com www.drinkesotec.com sales@esotecltd.com Choose Esotec to be your wholesale beverage provider. For 25 year,s we’ve carried a complete line of natural, organic, and unusual juices, spritzers, waters, sodas, iced teas, and coconut water. If you are a store owner, call for details or a catalog of our full line.

Book Publishers Inner Traditions/Bear & Company Rochester, VT (800) 246-8648 www.innertraditions.com

Heat Revival Ltd. 1785 Route 44, Pleasant Valley, NY (845) 635-3132 www.heatrevival.com

Ice B’Gone Magic www.ibgmagic.com

John A Alvarez and Sons 3572 US 9, Hudson, NY (518) 851-9917 www.alvarezmodulars.com

MarkJames & Co. 199 Rt. 299, Suite 103, Highland, NY (845) 834-3047 www.markjamesandco.com info@markjames.co

N & S Supply www.nssupply.com info@nssupply.com

Will III House Design 199 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0869 www.willbuilders.com office@willbuilders.com

Christmas Trees

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SUNY Press

16 Fire House Road, Big Indian, NY (845) 254-4311

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Books Monkfish Publishing 22 East Market Street, Suite 304, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4861 www.monkfishpublishing.com

Bookstores Mirabai of Woodstock

WDST 100.1 Radio Woodstock

Water Street Market, New Paltz, NY www.grayowlgallery.com

185 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4812

Woodstock, NY www.wdst.com

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H. Houst & Son

S and J Publishing

Fleet Service Center

Auto Sales & Services

Glenn’s Wood Sheds (845) 255-4704

Gray Owl Gallery

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Columbia‚ Wigs, Costumes, Beauty Supply

Karen A. Friedman, Esq. President of the Association of Motor Vehicle Trial Attorneys, 30 East 33rd Street, 4th FL, New York, NY (212) 213-2145 fax (212) 779-3289 www.newyorktrafficlawyers.com

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1357 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, NY (845) 469-9382 www.exposures.com Open Wednesday to Sunday, 11am to 5pm. Internationally recognized photographer Nick Zungoli has been capturing iconic images of the Hudson Valley and world travel since 1979. Current special exhibit “Tuscana”. Fine art for residential and commercial spaces offering interior design services and installation. Commissions, Stock, Photo Workshops.

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Ye Olde Warwick Book Shoppe 31 Main Street, Warwick, NY (845) 544-7183 www.yeoldewarwickbookshoppe.com warwickbookshoppe@hotmail.com

Broadcasting

Cinemas Rosendale Theater Collective Rosendale, NY www.rosendaletheatre.org

Upstate Films 6415 Montgomery St., Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2515 132 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-6608 www.upstatefilms.org

Clothing & Accessories Ellipse 329 Wall Street, Kingston, NY www.ellipseny.com

Pleasant Valley Department Store 1585 Main Street , Pleasant Valley, NY (845) 635-2220 www.pleasantvalleydepartmentstore.com

Woodstock General Supply 33 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 684-7062 www.woodstockgeneralsupply.com

Cooking Classes Kelly Miller Cooks Hudson Valley, NY (203) 858-5042 www.kellymillercooks.com

Custom Home Designer Atlantic Custom Homes 2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY (888) 558-2636 www.LindalNY.com and www. hudsonvalleycedarhomes.com info@LindalNY.com

Event Space Inn at Hill Crest Manor 14 Hill Crest Manor Lane, Cairo, NY (518) 622-3331 info@hillcrestmanor.com

Farm Markets & Natural Food Stores Adam’s Fairacre Farms 1240 Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 569-0303 1560 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-6300 765 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-4330 www.adamsfarms.com

Berkshire Co Op Market 42 Bridge Street, Great Barrington, MA (413) 528-9697 www.berkshire.coop

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Hawthorne Valley Farm Store 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7500 www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org storeadmin@hawthornevalleyfarm.org A full-line natural foods store set on a 400-acre Biodynamic farm in central Columbia County with on-farm organic Bakery, Kraut Cellar and Creamery. Farm-fresh foods include cheeses, yogurts, raw milk, breads, pastries, sauerkraut, and more. Two miles east of the Taconic Parkway at the Harlemville/Philmont exit. Mon - Sat 7:30 to 7, Sundays 9 to 5.

Hudson Valley Farmers’ Market Pitcher Lane, Red Hook, NY

Mother Earth’s Store House 1955 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 296-1069 249 Main Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-9614 300 Kings Mall Court, Route 9W, Kingston, NY (845) 336-5541 www.motherearthstorehouse.com Founded in 1978, Mother Earth’s is committed to providing you with the best possible customer service as well as a grand selection of high quality organic and natural products. Visit one of our convenient locations and find out for yourself!

Sunflower Natural Foods Market 75 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5361 www.sunflowernatural.com info@sunflowernatural.com

73B Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 417-7178 www.ShopTheGreenSpace.com

Tierra Farm Valatie, NY (518) 392-8300 www.tierrafarm.com

Financial Advisors Third Eye Associates, Ltd. 38 Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 752-2216 www.thirdeyeassociates.com

Gardening & Garden Supplies Mac’s Agway 68 Firehouse Lane, Red Hook (845) 255-0050

Graphic Design Annie Internicola, Illustrator www.aydeeyai.com

Hair Salons Allure 47 East Market St 2nd Fl, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7774 www.allurerhinebeck.com

Signature Braids 124 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 863-5773 www.SignatureBraids.com

Healing Centers Villa Veritas Foundation Kerhonkson, NY (845) 626-3555 www.villaveritas.org info@villaveritas.org

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Home Improvement Certapro Painters 201 Kings Highway, Warwick, NY (845) 987-7561 www.certapro.com

Gentech LTD 3017 US Route 9W, New Windsor, NY (845) 568-0500 www.gentechltd.com

William Wallace Construction (845) 750-7335 www.williamwallaceconstruction.com

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Internet Services DragonSearch (845) 383-0890 www.dragonsearchmarketing.com dragon@dragonsearch.net

Jewelry, Fine Art & Gifts Bop to Tottom 299 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8100

Dorrer Jewelers 54 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 516-4236 dorrerjewelers.com info@dorrerjewelers.com

Landscaping Coral Acres, Keith Buesing, Topiary, Landscape Design, Rock Art (845) 255-6634

Lawyers & Mediators Ranni Law Firm 148 North Main Street, Florida, NY (845) 651-0999 www.rannilaw.com

Wellspring (845) 534-7668 www.mediated-divorce.com

Marketing Services Raleigh Green Inc 557 Broadway, Suite 4C, Port Ewen, NY (845) 481-4550 http://www.raleighgreeninc.com

Fionn Reilly Photography Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 www.fionnreilly.com

Ulster County Photography Club 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen, NY (845) 338-5580 www.esopuslibrary.org The Ulster County Photography club meets the 2nd Wednesday each month at 6:30 pm. Meet at the Town of Esopus Library, All interested are welcome.

Picture Framing Atelier Renee Fine Framing The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth Street, Suite 3, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-1004 www.atelierreneefineframing.com

Pools & Spas

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JTD Productions, Inc.

Aqua Jet

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Geoffrey Good Fine Jewelry

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Hummingbird Jewelers 23A East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4585 www.hummingbirdjewelers.com

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Kraftique 1774 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 532-1438

Light House 86 Partition Street , Saugerties, NY (845) 246-1000 www.lighthousestyle.com

Schneider’s Jewelers 290 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-1888 www.schneidersjewelers.com

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The Gift Hut 86 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY (518) 537-2589 www.hudsontango.com tangohudson@gmail.com

Top Shelf Jewelry 206 Canal Street, Ellenville, NY (845) 647-4661 info@topshelfjewelryinc.com

Ultimate Luau Art Gallery 360 Main Street, Rosendale, NY (845) 542-4032 www.ultimateluau.com

Kitchenwares Warren Kitchen & Cutlery 6934 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6208 www.warrenkitchentools.com The Hudson Valley’s culinary emporium for anyone who loves to cook or entertain. A selection of fine cutlery, professional cookware, appliances, barware and serving pieces. An assortment of machines for fine coffee brewing. Expert sharpening on premises. Open seven days.

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Musical Instruments Imperial Guitar & Soundworks 99 Route 17K, Newburgh, NY (845) 567-0111 www.imperialguitar.com

Performing Arts Bardavon Opera House 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Bethel, NY (800) 745-3000 www.bethelwoodscenter.org

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Falcon Music & Art Productions 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY (845) 236 7970 www.liveatthefalcon.com

Kaatsbaan International Dance Center 120 Broadway, Tivoli, NY (845) 757-5106 www.kaatsbaan.org www.facebook.com/kaatsbaan

Philipstown Depot Theatre 10 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison, NY (845) 424-3900 www.philipstowndepottheatre.org membership@philipstowndepottheatre.org

WAMC - Linda 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY (518) 465-5233 www.thelinda.org

Pet Services & Supplies Pet Country 6830 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-9000

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Printing Services Fast Signs (Artcraft) Kingston Plaza, Kingston, NY (845) 331-3141 www.ArtcraftCamera.com

Livingston Street Early Childhood Community 20 Livingston Street, Kingston, NY (845) 340-9900 www.livingstonstreet.org

Mountain Laurel Waldorf School 16 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0033 www.mountainlaurel.org

Randolph School 2467 New York 9D, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 297-5600 www.randolfschool.org

SUNY New Paltz School of Fine and Performing Arts New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3860 www.newpaltz.edu/artnews

Wild Earth Wilderness School New Paltz / High Falls area, (845) 256-9830 www.wildearth.org info@wildearth.org

Shoes Pegasus Comfort Footwear New Paltz (845) 256-0788 and, Woodstock (845) 679-2373, NY www.PegasusShoes.com

Specialty Food Shops Quattros Game Farm and Store Route 44, Pleasant Valley, NY

Tourism

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Real Estate Paula Redmond Real Estate Inc. (845) 677-0505 (845) 876-6676 www.paularedmond.com

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B&R Wine and Liquor

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YMCA of Kingston

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Schools Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-5343 www.caryinstitute.org

Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School 330 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7092 www.hawthornevalleyschool.org info@hawthornevalleyschool.org Located in central Columbia County, NY and situated on a 400-acre working farm, Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School supports the development of each child and provides students with the academic, social, and practical skills needed to live in today’s complex world. Also offering parent-child playgroups and High School boarding. Local busing and regional carpools. Nurturing living connections, from early childhood through grade 12.

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Hudson Valley Photoshop Training, Stephen Blauweiss (845) 339-7834 www.hudsonvalleyphotoshop.com

Writing Services Peter Aaron www.peteraaron.org info@peteraaron.org

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or an estimated 50 million Americans, there’s a war going on inside the body. As far as wars go, this one is senseless—even downright insane. Picture this: Suddenly, without warning, the Navy SEAL defense corps that is the human immune system goes on a metabolic rampage. White blood cells, like millions of tiny soldiers gone haywire, begin to infiltrate a chosen area—whether it’s the pancreas or liver, gastrointestinal tract or brain.Yet instead of going after a foreign intruder such as harmful bacteria, they are assaulting healthy, innocent body tissue. It’s as if these cells have collective amnesia and have forgotten the difference between “self ” and “nonself.” The result is an insidious inflammatory response, a sickness where none existed before and where none ought to exist—and a disease that is often as hard to treat as it is to understand. This is not the Twilight Zone. It’s autoimmune disease, and it’s very real—even more ubiquitous in our culture than cancer. Yet despite its prevalence, many people don’t really know what an autoimmune disease is; though researchers have identified some 80 to 100 of these disorders, 85 percent of Americans can’t name even one of them. Individually, many of these illnesses are well known—such as multiple sclerosis (in which the body attacks the central nervous system); type 1 diabetes (target: the pancreas); and ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, and celiac (the GI tract). Others are lesser known, like vitiligo, a form of autoimmunity resulting in loss of skin pigmentation (Michael Jackson had it). A few, like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, are systemic—meaning the self-attack crosses organ lines and affects many areas throughout the body. In addition to their autoimmune nature, there’s one more thing that these widely disparate illnesses all have in common: They’re on the rise. When the Body Turns on Itself “We’re seeing more autoimmunity, there’s no question about it,” says Kenneth Bock, MD, who practices integrative medicine in Rhinebeck. Among the disorders he’s encountering more frequently these days is Hashimoto thyroiditis, a self-attack of the thyroid gland (“It’s so common now, it’s incredible”). And science confirms that over the last three decades, autoimmune disease in first-world countries has been soaring to nearly epidemic rates. A 2008 study in Finland showed that incidence of type 1 diabetes (not to be confused with type 2 diabetes, which is not autoimmune in nature) had more than doubled in the previous 25 years, while a study of blood registries in Minnesota found that celiac disease is four times more common now than it was in the 1950s. Why is this happening? There are as many theories as there are autoimmune disorders. Some cite the “too clean” hypothesis—with the eradication of so many bacteria and pathogens from widespread antibiotic and antibacterial use, the immune system

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has too little to do and thus turns on itself, as if out of boredom. Others take the opposite tack and blame environmental toxins for an immune system gone loco. Since about three-quarters of autoimmune patients are female, some researchers see hormones as a factor. In fact, all of these theories, and more, are probably true: Autoimmunity is not only multifactorial but also cumulative. “I call it the immune kettle,” says Bock. “When you get all these factors, then the kettle will overflow and boil over. That’s when immune imbalances and clinical symptoms appear, and ultimately you get these disorders and diseases. In the kettle are many things, some of them toxins. Heavy metals are known to promote autoimmunity—mercury, lead, arsenic. BPAs, and plastics can push autoimmunity.” Recently banned by the FDA, trans fats—which entered our diets after World War II, just before autoimmune disease began to skyrocket—have been linked to autoimmune potentiation. Vitamin D deficiency is another known link. A recent study even found salt (or the iodine in it) to be a possible culprit. Then, of course, there are genetic factors, which are complex. What many people don’t realize is that autoimmunity can run in families, popping up in unexpected and seemingly unrelated ways. It’s All in the Family For Eve Kunkel, a patient of Bock living in Salt Point, autoimmune disease is a family affair. Her mother has vitiligo and her sister has autoimmune hepatitis. But it wasn’t until she had her own children that Kunkel realized just how autoimmunity can spread itself across a family tree. Although she is disease free (“I dodged that bullet,” she says), all three of her sons—ages three, seven, and eight—have autoimmune disorders. “Dr. Bock had always said, be aware that autoimmunity is in your family and it can pop up out of nowhere,” says Kunkel. And it did. Her oldest son one day developed a nose twitch—“a constant twitch, like a bunny”—and the pediatrician shrugged it off as nothing. It was Dr. Bock who recognized it as a sign of PANDAS, a pediatric autoimmune neurological disorder that can arise with strep throat infection. He treated it with antibiotics, and the twitch went away. Last year, Kunkel’s youngest son, at two years old, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. He also has celiac disease. “No one in my family has type 1 diabetes,” says Kunkel. “But we have autoimmune disease, and that’s where the connection comes. Physicians don’t always see that connection. They ask, ‘Do you have type 1 in your family?’ If the answer is no, then it’s dismissed.” Kunkel’s family is lucky—many autoimmune patients suffer for years before doctors correctly diagnose them. According to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA), it takes an average of five years—and five doctors— to arrive at an autoimmune diagnosis. Patients are often shuttled from specialist to specialist looking for answers. But modern medicine’s tendency to compartmentalize

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diseases into distinct categories is not well suited to addressing autoimmunity, which in many cases resists compartmentalization. And since autoimmunity as part of a patient’s family history is not a standard question on doctors’ health surveys—though it ought to be—physicians often miss the boat when it comes to this diagnosis. “The experience I’ve had with many doctors is ‘let’s wait and see,’” says Kunkel. When she was suspecting type 1 diabetes with her youngest son, a pediatrician suggested waiting a week, saying that if it was indeed type 1, he would get really sick. “Do I need to wait until he’s really sick?” she asked. It’s no wonder that Kunkel has found an ally in an integrative physician like Bock, who, unlike a specialist, uses a whole-body, whole-person approach to see the bigger picture. Last year, when her middle son started urinating more frequently, Kunkel suspected type 1 diabetes for him as well. “I immediately brought him to Dr. Bock. I was a mess sitting in the chair, terrified. But when I ran through the symptoms, he asked, ‘Is there anything else?’ I said, ‘Well, he’s been blinking a lot.’ Dr. Bock said, ‘It’s not diabetes—it’s PANDAS.’ And it was. I was amazed. You hand him the pieces and he puts them together.” Changing the Medical Mindset It might take something like an autoimmune epidemic to hold up a mirror to our health care system and reveal its shortcomings. Modern medicine’s insistence on treating the symptoms of disease, rather than the causes—a pattern dictated in large part by the pharmaceutical companies—will do little to address these complex and chronic disorders. Slowly, though, we’re starting to see signs of change, including a new way of viewing autoimmunity as one entity. “It’s been a paradigm shift to get the public and even health professionals and the government to think of autoimmunity as a disease category that has a common disease pathway and a common genetic background. They were thought of very separately in the past,” says Virginia Ladd, the president and executive director of AARDA. Like similar organizations, AARDA focuses on supporting research into autoimmunity. But fundraising is a challenge. “The amount of money put into autoimmune research is pretty small compared to the incidence and the cost of these diseases,” says Ladd. “Philanthropists and donors are very loyal to their particular disease, whether it’s MS or diabetes.” What the people writing these checks ought to consider is that we might need to support research in autoimmunity as a whole in order to make progress in the fight against any one of these diseases individually. On its limited budget, AARDA also focuses on increasing awareness—“particularly that these diseases run in families,” says Ladd. “There’s always difficulty in getting a diagnosis, and that’s one of the clues—if someone in the family has another autoimmune disease. It doesn’t have to be the same one. Research has supported that in fact this is true, which led to more genetic studies that showed the disparate diseases shared many common genes.” Yet rather than finding one gene as a marker for autoimmunity, research has found several. “It’s more a plethora of genes together that initiate an autoimmune response,” says Ladd. In other words, the plot thickens. Inner War, Inner Peace Thankfully, genes are not the whole story: Certain diet and lifestyle changes can help to ease the impact of autoimmune disease. “You can’t control your genes, but you need to be aware of them,” says Bock. “Then you can be more preventive in your family about things that may contribute to the autoimmunity.” Depending on the disorder, one treatment approach might involve identifying and eliminating a toxin—whether it be a dietary allergen contributing to inflammation such as wheat or dairy, heavy metals from fish, or even a virus or bacterial infection such as strep throat. Then there are proactive measures, such as adhering to a regimen of supplements that are known to help regulate the immune system. “I call it the holy trinity: probiotics, omega 3s, and vitamin D,” says Dr. Bock. “This combination enhances a beneficial group of lymphocytes in the blood called T-regs, which can reduce inflammation.” In Kunkel’s house, supplements like these, along with mindfulness in the kitchen, have had a visible impact on the family’s health. “We’ve been strictly organic, and we stay away from processed foods,” she says. “I do a lot of cooking—fresh meals, nothing from a box.” Despite their autoimmune diagnoses, Kunkel is pleased to find that her children are otherwise extremely healthy. Yet more research, and a much more integrative approach to health care, are essential to ending the wartime state that prevails in so many of our bodies. “We have cancer centers all over the country, but not one autoimmune center,” says Ladd. With the establishment of a such centers for research, treatment, and diagnostic triage, we could pick up the speed toward making biological peace—and eradicating the insane war that is autoimmune disease. RESOURCES Kenneth Bock, MD (845)758-0001; Bockintegrative.com American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association Aarda.org

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(845) 876-6753 Karyb@mindspring.com 15 plus years of helping people find their balance. As a holistic nurse consultant, she weaves her own healing journey and education in psychology, nursing, hypnosis and integrative nutrition to help you take control of your life and to find True North. She also assists pregnant couples with hypnosis and birthing.

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Geoff Sobelle as Dennis Diamond in "Elephant Room" at Bard's Fisher Center December 13 to 15.

The Magic Hour In the flim-flammery world of magicians, where the hand is quicker than the eye, it is ultimately the gilded tongue that beats out both. We love the charming chicanery of the huckster, the snake-oil salesman, even as we’re getting our psyches fleeced and our pockets picked. The comedy “Elephant Room,” playing December 13 to 17 at Bard College, is as mystifying as a sleight-of-hand master, and equally committed to keeping us in the dark. And charmingly so. Even show director Paul Lazar, who staged a production this past spring at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, won’t be cajoled into divulging the tricks of the trade. Not even a plot summary. “They don’t need to know anything,” said the New York City-based veteran film actor (Silence of the Lambs, Beloved, Lorenzo’s Oil, and Philadelphia) and theater director, by way of non-illumination of the storyline. “All they need to know is, their theater is inhabited by these three traveling magicians. They may at times fancy themselves as in the high echelon of their profession—and their magical skills may merit respect, as you will see—but all the audience needs to know is what they find out in the first 30 seconds of the piece.” Prompted for more of a reveal, Lazar, also an NYU professor, begrudgingly added: “These three very energetic magicians have arrived in [the audience’s] midst to put on their show—and that’s what they do. It’s nothing more complicated than that.” The prestidigitators in question, waggishly, are identified by stage names alone: Dennis Diamond, Louie Magic, and Daryl Hannah (no relation to the willowy blonde film star). The trio are professional magicians by trade, with long-polished routines; Lazar helped them, over a year long period of workshopping, to fashion a cohesive

dramaturgical cocoon in which to contain the razzle-dazzle. “Three performers had magic routines and characters they had created through their own work. But they didn’t have a context for it. I came in to create some world story, narrative story—whatever you want to call it—so that the guys could do something else than a straight-up magic show.” Improvisation, the lifeblood of vaudeville and traveling circuses, is a key element of "Elephant Room." Dennis, Louie and Daryl—whom Lazar identifies as “loose cannons”— are devoted to going off script and creating dialogue on the spot. “The narrative of this show is fixed. But the characters are so dimensional and improvisational and so free and so accessible to the performers that they can go out as those characters and do millions of other things.” Add to this volatile mix absurdist comedy filtered through anarchy, pointed selfdelusion on behalf of the three leads, and a smattering of pillow feathers, and you have the formula for an evening of assaultive entertainment. Masochists will be delighted to learn that there are ample opportunities for audience participation. “Elephant Room” appears to be that unique vehicle, like “Book of Mormon,” that appeals to both high-brow and low-brow spectators. In addition to august institutions such as Bard College, the show will play in coming months at chucklehead venues across America like Dave n’ Buster’s in Concord, North Carolina and The Spaghetti Warehouse in Clarksburg, Tennessee. You have been warned. Live Arts Bard presents “Elephant Room” Friday, December 13 and Saturday, December 14 at 7:30 pm; and Sunday, December 15 at 2 pm. Bard College, Fisher Center. Tickets $25. (845) 758-7900; Fishercenter.bard.edu; Elephantroom.biz. —Jay Blotcher

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SUNDAY 1 ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS Crafted 2013 11am. Skillfully crafted handmade gifts by local artists and designers. Cottekill C H R C H Project Space, Cottekill. 901-2069. Holiday Pottery Exhibition and Sale 10am-5pm. Features works by local potters and artists. Garrison Art Center, Garrison. 424-3960.

DANCE Noche Flamenca 2:30pm. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 2 or 10.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS Beat the Crowds Craft and Vendor Fair 10am-4pm. Event benefit Family of New Paltz and Girls on the Run (GOTR). Raffles, delicious food, coffee, drinks, hot cocoa, kids’ activities. New Paltz Elks Lodge, New Paltz. 527-5672. Monastery Christmas Craft Fair 10am-5pm. Our Lady of the Resurrection Monastery, LaGrangeville. Ourladyoftheresurrectionmonastery.webs.com. Basilica’s Farm + Flea 10am. $3. A quality marketplace with regional makers, farmers and vintage collectors. Come shop, hear music, eat delicious foods and attend one of our educational workshops or cultural lectures. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. BasilicaHudson.com.

NIGHTLIFE Monday Karaoke 9pm. Come and join us for a night of singing, laughing and fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.

Conversation with Angels 7-9pm. $20/$15. This is an evening of channeled messages received by Dror Ashua from the angelic realm. Mirabai Books, Woodstock. (845) 679-2100.

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WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Balkan Dance Class 6:30-8pm. $15/$75 6 classes. With Bill Vanaver. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488. College Application Essay Help 3:30pm. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212. Learn the A, B, C’s and D’s of Medicare 6pm. Attend this free seminar and have a better understanding of Medicare, so you can make good decisions concerning your health insurance coverage with speaker Jim Farnham. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. Learn to Meditate with Raja Yoga Meditation First Monday of every month, 6pm. Enhance or begin a meditation practice. Peace Village Learning & Retreat Center, Haines Falls, Hunter Mt. (528) 589-5000. Navigator Sessions for NYS Health Exchange 10:30am-6pm. Private sessions by appointment. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-3241. Sparks Inspiration Monthly Class First Monday of every month, 6:30pm. $25. Learn to do what sparks your interest by transforming life challenges into opportunities! Join a supportive community where you can be yourself in order to learn and be happier Maria Blon, Middletown. 313-2853.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Holiday Decor Sale 9am. Holiday décor will be available to purchase including poinsettias, wreaths, swag and handmade decorations. Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck. 876-2436.

FILM

Thanks to the Community Celebration & Potluck 2-6pm. Farm snacks, live music, social, thank-yous Brook Farm, New Paltz. 255-1052.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Yoga and Sound Healing with Lea Garnier 5pm. $16. A mixed level yoga class integrating three relaxing, yet invigorating styles of yoga, and ending with 45 minutes of Sound Healing Intention. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-8700.

LITERARY & BOOKS Ollie Wyman reads A Game of Thrones 3pm. The Golden Notebook, Woodstock. 679-8000.

MUSIC Bill Kelly 1pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Café, Red Hook. 758-6500. The Great Divas of Gospel 4pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Henderson & Osinski 2:30-5:30pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384. Open Mike Finals: Invitational Round 7pm. Towne Crier Café, Beacon. 855-1300.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

HEALTH & WELLNESS Hope After Neonatal Death through Sharing First Wednesday of every month, 6:30pm. Open to all who have suffered the loss of a child, before, during, or after birth Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. Handssupportgroup.blogspot.com.

TUESDAY 3

Sinterklaas Celebration: All Around Town All-day celebration. See website for specific events and details. Village of Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck. Sinterklaasrhinebeck.com.

FILM

THEATER

HEALTH & WELLNESS

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Boxwood Trees 1pm. $30/$25 members. Mary Hughes, Olana Flower Garden Caretaker, will guide participants to create their own unique table top tree constructed out of fresh boxwood cuttings. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872 ext. 109.

MONDAY 2 BUSINESS & NETWORKING Dutchess Peace First Monday of every month, 5:30-7pm. All those interested in peace, social justice, and the revolution of the 99% are invited Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 876-7906.

MUSIC The Exposed Blues Duo 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble 2pm. Warwick Grove, Warwick. Warwick-grove.com.

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THURSDAY 5 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s Annual Meeting 7-9pm. Featuring Dina Falconi, author of Foraging and Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Education Center, Kingston. 340-3990 ext. 335. Holiday Decor Sale 9am. Holiday décor will be available to purchase including poinsettias, wreaths, swag and handmade decorations. Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck. 876-2436. Hooks & Needles, Yarns & Threads First Thursday of every month, 10am-2pm. Drop-in for an informal social gathering Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Kingston. 331-5300.

COMEDY Jewmongous Holiday Comedy Songfest 7:30pm. $15/$20. Celebrate the 2000th-iversary of Jesus Christ’s bar mitzvah with JEWMONGOUS featuring Sean Altman and special guest Beacon diva Audrey Babcock. Towne Crier Café, Beacon. Jewmongous.com.

DANCE Dance Conert 7:30pm. Senior Projects in dance, representing a culmination of four years of work by the graduating seniors in the Bard Dance Program. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker 7:30pm. $27.50-$68. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

FILM Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies 7pm. $10. Restored and re-mastered from 1981 with an all-star cast and Duke Ellington Orchestra. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS

SleepFrog 2pm. $20/$17 Ghent Playhouse Friends/$12 children. Presented by The PantoLoons. A merry merger of two well-known fairy tales in a version never before seen of “The Sleeping Beauty” and “The Frog Prince.” Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.

A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.

Wretches and Jabberers 4:15pm. Followed by a question-and-answer session with Thresher and Bissonnette. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Vassar.edu.

Sunday Brunch: JB’s Soul Jazz Trio 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

A Christmas Carol 7:30pm. $40/$36/$30. The performance is followed by a winter wonderland walk through filled with decorations, special guests, a meet-and-greet and complimentary refreshments. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-6900.

Wreath Making 6pm. $20/$15 members. Mary Hughes, Olana Flower Garden Caretaker, will teach the art of creating wreaths in this hands-on workshop. Exquisite natural materials, will be provided to create your own wreath. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872 ext. 109.

Yungchen Lhamo in Concert The Council Chamber on the second floor of Kingston’s City Hall will close its doors to a visionary in the international music scene on December 7. Draped in a traditional Tibetan gown of silk, the critically acclaimed Tibetan artist Yungchen Lhamo will perform her a capella numbers as part of Ione’s 18th Annual Dream Festival. To feed the hunger of fans across the globe, Lhamo’s concert will be streaming via Deep Listening Institute’s Internet broadcast. In 1989, Lhamo pilgrimaged on foot from her homeland of Tibet and has since garnered an extensive musical repertoire, selling platinum records, collaborating with musicians like Phillip Glass, Sheryl Crow, and Natalie Merchant, and performing sold- out shows at Carnegie Hall and the Louvre. (845) 338-5984; Deeplistening.org/dreamfestival.

FOOD & WINE

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

The Wisdom to Survive 7:15pm. $7/$5 for members. Thought leaders and activists come together to help us face the present and envision the future. Featuring Bill McKibbin, Joanna Macy, Gus Speth, Roger Payne and more. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.

FILM Battleship Potemkin 2pm. $7. Eisenstein’s propagandist account of a Naval mutiny and the subsequent revolt that followed. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.

Private Soul Listening Sessions with Celestial Channel Kate Loye First Wednesday of every month, 12-6pm. $75 hour/$40 half hour. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

Half the Sky 7:15pm. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989. Sprout Lady Rita 6pm. Local author Rita Galchus, owner of the Sprout House and popularly known as ‘Sprout Lady Rita,’ will be at the library to discuss her new book Homegrown Sprouts. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317.

LITERARY & BOOKS Hotchkiss Library Book Group 7-8pm. Discussing The Thin Man. Hotchkiss Library, Sharon, CT. (860) 364-5041.

MUSIC Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis Blues and Dance Party 8pm. The best blues and dance party in the Valley. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Jon Oliva: The Storytellers Tour 2013 6pm. $23/$21. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966. Los Lobos 7:30pm. $44.50/$34.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Open Mike 6:30-9pm. Hosted by Ben Rounds. Emerson Organic Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828. Open Mike with Chrissy Budzinski 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. SUNY Ulster Wind Ensemble Concert 7:30pm. Selections performed under the Direction of Victor Izzo, Jr. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262. A Vocal Harvest: Classical Voice Students 8pm. $8/$6/$3. An evening of songs and arias. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.

SPIRITUALITY Channeled Guidance to Further Your Journey First Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm. $20/$15. We are all on a spiritual journey and need guidance on that journey. Flowing Spirit Healing, Woodstock. 679-8989.

Yoga for Mama with Baby 10-11am. $14/$50 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

KIDS & FAMILY

Yoga with Anna 12-1:30pm. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901. Nursing Mother’s Circle 1-3pm. Breastfeeding support group for breastfeeding and expectant moms. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

Community Play Date 1pm. Allows homeschoolers, families, and school children the chance to build community while sharing creative talents. We will create indoor and outdoor giant board games, holiday crafts, gift making, musical instruments, comedy improv skits, and more. St. Joseph’s Church, New Paltz. 527-5672.

Pilates: Mama with Baby 10:15-11am. $15/$100 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

LECTURES & TALKS

MUSIC

BeaconArts @ Night Holiday Edition & Winter Membership Renewal Party 5-8pm. Towne Crier Café, Beacon. 855-1300. Special Places in the Town of Esopus: Nature & Historic Sites 6:30pm. In this one-hour presentation, learn about the woods, waterways, historic buildings and biographies of Esopus notables. Skip Doyle, presenter. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.

MUSIC Drew Bordeaux 8pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Sleeping Bee 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS WEDC-MHV Holiday Mixer 5:30pm. $40/$35 in advance/$30 WEDC students and graduates. The Mid-Hudson Women’s Enterprise Development Center hosts a holiday mixer/fundraiser featuring keynote speaker attorney Jonna M. Spilbor, with special guest, Keryl Pesce, author of “Happy B*tch”/cofounder of Happy B*tch Wines. The event will feature hors d’oeuvres, DJ, silent auction and raffle. All proceeds benefit WEDC-MHV. Villa Borghese, Wappingers Falls. 575-3438.

LITERARY & BOOKS Book Club: God’s Hotel by Victoria Sweet 3pm. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Akie B & the Falcons First Thursday of every month, 7pm. American soul-jazz. Doors, bar, and restaurant open at 5:30. No cover, donations welcome. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Anne McCue 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. John Simon and the Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. John Simon, a noted composer and jazz pianist, leads the Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. JP Patrick & Friends 8:30pm. Blues, rock, jazz fusion. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Musicians Gathering 6:30pm. Hosted by the house band Stacy & Friends. Acoustic music in one of the best jams in the area Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel. Dancingcatsaloon.com. Open Mike 7-11pm. Hosted by Jack Higgins. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384 8pm. La Puerta Azul, Salt Point. 677-2985.

SPIRITUALITY

SUNY Ulster Choral Concert and Guitar Ensemble 7:30pm. Enjoy classic, multicultural and seasonal choral music sung by students under the direction of Janet Gheres. Selections will range from Jazz and Renaissance to 21st Century. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262.

Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism Classes 7pm. 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices and principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.

Text and Music 8pm. Composers explore settings of texts, familiar and new- an interdisciplinary collaboration between composer Nkeiru Okoye, electroacoustic composer Bob Lukomski, baritone Kent Smith, their students and music faculty performers. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.

BURLESQUE DAMES OF DIAMOND STREET

KATHERINE WRIGHT | YTK PHOTOGRAPHY Dame BB Kink, Dame Rosie Buds, Ophelia Nightly from Charmed and Dangerous, Dame Shirley Divine, Dame Lacie Bottoms, and Dame Miss Bliss performing at Club Helsinki.

Shine On You Sexy Diamond If you are dining at Club Helsinki in Hudson some Wednesday night, you might happen to overhear a little hootin’ and a-hollerin’ from upstairs. Not to worry. That’s just a bunch of burlesque babes getting their goddess on. “Burlesque” takes us back to that bawdy vaudeville era, where bodacious beauties in fishnet stockings flirt and tease to vampy music. Make no mistake, that’s definitely part of it. But the “Diamond Street Dames” (named as an homage to Hudson’s Diamond Street, a vibrant center of adult entertainment in the late 19th century) are much, much more than that. These women gather in the lofty dance-hall-like space for their weekly burlesque exercise class. It’s a magnificent menagerie of women of all kinds: mothers and single ladies, aged 21 to 62, with bodies in every shape and size. Some have a background in dance or performance and are attracted to the campy, costumed world of burlesque, where nobody takes themselves too seriously. Some are inspired after seeing a Dames show and dip their toes in to get their “sexy” back. Some come for the exercise. Yes, it is a workout. “But in burlesque, we don’t sweat. We glisten,” says Diamond Street Dames co-founder Brittany Thibeault. Feather bits of boa float about the floor as the women put their yoga mats in a circle. In walks “Luscious Lucy,” a relative newcomer to the class, sporting a lace-up-the-back black corset. The cluster of women in the corner lets out gasps. With intense whispers they tell her, “You are so sexy!” “We can be hard on ourselves when we look in the mirror,” says Thibeault, “but in class these women become a mirror for each other.” They start as strangers but transform into a supportive sisterhood in mere weeks. From the first day of class the message is clear: “Leave everything at the door. The spouses, the children, the jobs, the stress…

Let this be your time and yours only,” explains co-founder Kacey Quirk. They do yoga-like floor work—good for “feminine areas.” They strut and they dance. They “dirty grind” and they shimmy. They play burlesque musical chairs, each woman taking a solo turn in the center of the room (boa optional). Fun, brassy, wild music sets the tone. And these women have moves. Over the course of the classes they discover their inner burlesque persona. Maybe it’s who they used to be, or who they’d like to be, or the woman they don’t dare to be in real life. Brittany’s “Miss Moaning Lisa” was inspired by Hollywood glamour (think Jessica Rabbit). “Dark and Stormy,” in a flannel shirt, sits quietly with her arms wrapped tightly around her knees, but when she takes the chair at the center of the room, this woman is in control! “B. B. Kink” is a radiantly (very) pregnant goddess, working her sexy Santa costume. “A-Roar-A” introduces herself with a cat pounce and a purr. As part of the class, the women participate in a photo shoot in character and the pictures reveal something powerful. The first time she saw her photograph, a mother of three sobbed, “I can’t believe that’s me.” At the end of the class series, the Dames perform. “When showtime draws near, I marvel at the difference in these women,” says Quirk. “They come to the very first class nervous and shy, almost embarrassed, feeling silly. Twelve weeks later, these women are fierce, strong goddesses who own who they are and make the room shine!! You might say, like a diamond!” The Diamond Street Dames will be performing at Club Helsinki in Hudson on December 5 and 6. (518) 828-4800; Helsinkihudson.com. —Holly Tarson

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The Wooten Brothers Band 7:30pm. $34.50. Funky blend of R&B, hip-hop, jazz, rock and blues. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.

The Chain Gang Band 9:30pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277.

SPIRITUALITY

Curtis & Carla 7-10pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384.

Mahatma Frequency Transmission For Ascension First Thursday of every month, 7pm. Guided meditation and energy transmission of the seven sacred flames for ascension. True Light Healing Center, Kingston. 332-0031.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Community Drawing: Ink Wash From Life First Thursday of every month, 6pm. $25/$15 self-guided. Come enjoy an evening of large-scale still life drawing from observation, with teaching artist, susie tarnowicz. Fiberflame Studio, Saugerties. 679-6132. Love-to-Dance Class 6:30pm. $15. Class for those wanting to be familiar (again) with their dancing body. Laban and Authentic Movement techniques help connect movement with emotions Clyde Forth Dance & Pilates, Mount Tremper. (347) 927-1187. Modern Dance Class: Adult Intro 7:15pm. $15/$12 with class card. An introduction to contemporary dance technique based on speed, flow and release. This class concentrates on builiding awareness, flexibility, and strength while dancing with pleasure. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901. Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737.

Esencia 8pm. Latin music. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. KISS! Alive 8pm. $30/$45 Gold Circle with Meet and Greet. Fundraiser to benefit Breath from an Angel. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Rat Race Choir 9:30pm. Classic rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. The Vibe 8:30pm. Covers. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. Wild Swan Band 8pm. A clusterfolk array of English/Irish/American music, Traditional to Dylan, ‘Dead, Richard Thompson, & originals, bringing a collective experience of gigs, recordings and sheer musical virtuosity from the Hudson Valley and beyond. The Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-8639.

Teen Tech Tutors First Thursday of every month, 5-7:30pm. Computer help by appointment. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.

FRIDAY 6 Group Show 5-8pm. One-night only show. Weathervane Clubhouse, Washingtonville. 614-4066.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS HV:CREATE First Friday of every month, 8:30am. A no-agenda informal meet-up space for creatives to meet, connect, and inspire each other. With Jeffrey Davis, TrackingWonder.com MaMa, Stone Ridge. 679-9441. Satr Nations Sacred Circle First Friday of every month, 7pm. $5. A positive, not for skeptics, discussion group for experiencers of the paranormal. Open to all dreamers, contactees, abductees, ET Ambassadors & those interested in acknowledging the extraterrestrial presence on earth. Center For Symbolic Studies, New Paltz. 658-8083.

COMEDY Mop & Bucket Co. 8pm. $14/$6 students and seniors. Improv. Proctor’s Theatre, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204.

DANCE

Dance Concert 7:30pm. Senior Projects in dance, representing a culmination of four years of work by the graduating seniors in the Bard Dance Program. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS Festival of Lights 5-8pm. The site will be decked out in a display of lights, and there will be hot apple cider, roasted chestnuts, carolers, and horse and carriage rides through Uptown Kingston. Santa will also be on hand and children can receive a snowflake necklace. Senate House and Museum, Kingston. The Snowflake Festival: A Season Celebrating Community Giving 5-8pm. The Festival will feature special performance events, quality time with Santa and his Elves, horse and buggy rides, a Holiday Treasure Map for children with stocking stuffers along the way, Holiday treats, shopping in Uptown stores and more! Uptown Kingston, Kingston. Kingstonuptown.org. Sparkle: Nights of 10,000 Nights 5-9pm. Get in the spirit of the season with candlelit paths, sparkling lights and various holiday happenings. Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org.

LECTURES & TALKS Doug Wilson 7pm. Emmy-winning producer and director of ABC’s Wide World of Sports presents The World Was Our Stage. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. My Inspiring Trip to the Occupied West Bank 7-8:30pm. Jeff Cohen, acclaimed media critic and founder of FAIR, will speak about his recent trip to Palestine. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 331-2884. Teaching Seminar with Khenpo Donyo Rinpoche 7pm. $25. Through Decemober 8. A weekend seminar on the Mahamudra Aspiration Prayer. Kagyu Thubten Choling Monastery, Wappingers Falls. 297-2500.

LITERARY & BOOKS Reveil and the Old One At the Edge of the World 7pm. Presented by Gail Straub and Carol Zaloom. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.

MUSIC Allstar Tribute to Roy Buchanan 7pm. With Jim Weider, Arlen Roth & Danny Kortchmar. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

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Swing Dance 7:30-10:30pm. $10. Basic lesson at 7:30 with instructors Linda and Chester Freeman. MAC Fitness, Kingston. 236-3939.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS 23rd Annual Crafts Fair 10am. $3 for adults. 16 years and under are free. Sponsored by Unison. Master crafts people and fine artists display and sell their work. Handcrafted gift items, ceramics, jewelry, leather work, woodwork, children’s clothing, wreaths, blown glass and more. New Paltz Middle School, New Paltz. 255-1559. 3rd Annual Holiday Craft Fair of Vintage & Handmade 11am-5pm. Live music, complimentary hot cocoa, and models showcasing vintage couture and more. Cornell Street Studio, Kingston. 679-8348. Artist Spotlight: Holiday Shopping 12-6pm. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. 679-2079. Blood Drive, Crafts Fair and Chili Festival 9am-4pm. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.

Zak Pelaccio and Ruth Reichl Spencertown Academy Art Center’s Conversations with Neighbors presents a talk with acclaimed culinary experts and Columbia County residents Zak Pelaccio and Ruth Reichl on December 14. Best known for launching the Fatty Crab and Fatty `Cue eateries in New York City, Pelaccio launched the über farm-to-table Fish & Game in Hudson. Purchasing the entire animals, Pelaccio uses every part, while making his own condiments and buying only local plates, bowls, and furniture. Reichl, former editor-inchief of Gourmet magazine, is the host and executive producer of the two-time James Beard Award-winning series “Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie.” The culinary giants will discuss heightening and harnessing the use of local foods in dining practices. A reception featuring local fare will follow the discussion. $20. Spencertownacademy.org.

ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS

A Christmas Carol 8pm. Performed by Ulster Ballet Company. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.

Freestyle Frolic Community Dance 8:30pm-12:30am. A wide variety of music: R&B, World, Funk, Tribal, Hip Hop, Ambient, Latin, Reggae, House, African, Trance, Electronica, Disco, Rock, Techno, Drum & Bass, and pop favorites. Knights of Columbus, Kingston. 331-6022.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Saugerties First Friday 6-9pm. Dance the Tango, live music, and a large variety of holiday treats including eggnog martinis. Downtown Saugerties, Saugerties. Facebook.com/SaugertiesFirstFriday.

SPIRITUALITY Dance of Creation and Violet Sonic Alchemy® 7:30pm. $10 dance/$15 sound healing journey. With Dona Ho Lightsey. 7:30-8:20 guided visual dance journey thru the chakras and elements- no choreography to follow. 8:30-9:30 Receive the Sounds of the universe thru languages of light, Gong and Crystal bowl healing. Divine messages and transmissions of love and light are infused to uplift the body mind and spirit. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 883-7899.

SATURDAY 7 ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS Will Moses: Prints, Paintings and Children's Books 5pm. Moses' work "...often tells tales of living in the country at a time when things moved a little slower and the pace of living was...more casual." Oil paintings. Open to public. Merrit Bookstore, Millbrook. 758-2665.

Hudson Valley Hullabaloo 11am-6pm. Hullabaloo is an indie-style craft fair that will bring together the area’s best designers, craftspeople, artists, and other makers. Also featuring a DJ, a photo booth, a kids’ craft table, and more. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158.

Sparkle: Nights of 10,000 Nights 5-9pm. Get in the spirit of the season with candlelit paths, sparkling lights and various holiday happenings. Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org. Winter Market 2-8pm. The market will be a showcase of the regions best makers and collectors. Hosted by Hudson River Exchange. 7th Street Park, Hudson. Hudsonriverexchange.com. Yuletide Fair 10am. Join us for a magical treat as the school’s assembly hall is transformed into a gingerbread wonderland! Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School, Ghent. (518) 672-7092.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

A Christmas Carol 8pm. Performed by Ulster Ballet Company. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.

Momilates: Pilates for Mommies! 9:30-11am. Learn songs and activities for you and your baby to do together while working out. One-of-a-kind class designed to tone your mommy belly and restore strength to your body. Bring mat for you and toy for baby. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

Dance Conert 2 & 7:30pm. Senior Projects in dance, representing a culmination of four years of work by the graduating seniors in the Bard Dance Program. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Pregnancy Support Circle 10:45am-12:15pm. The Hudson River Doula Network will be moderating a pregnancy support group. Expectant mothers are invited to share their stories, ask questions, and connect with great area resources. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

DANCE

Karen Pillsworth: Stories of the Season 10:30am. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507. Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747. Open Mike Night First Saturday of every month, 7pm. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. Pine Bush Area Chamber of Commerce Community Country Christmas 4-6pm. Welcome Santa to Pine Bush during the Christmas Tractor Parade! Live entertainment, carnival games, refreshments, hot cocoa & cider, cookies & donuts. Pine Bush Area Chamber of Commerce, Pine Bush. 476-0134. Winter Celebration 2-8pm. Handbuilding Workshop from 2-5pm. $5/ceramic piece fired. A Kids’ Make tiles, magnets, trivets, & ornaments by cutting out clay slabs and decorating them. In conjunction with the Winter Art Sale. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 454-4525.

LITERARY & BOOKS Ann Hood Knitting Yarns Writers on Knitting 4pm. The Golden Notebook, Woodstock. 679-8000. Holding on, Letting Go 3pm. Annie LaBarge and other members of the HealthAlliance Oncology Support Program’s Memoir Writing Group. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Poetry on the Loose Reading/Performance Series 3:30pm. Featuring Susanna Rich. Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf. 469-9459. Reading and Book Signing with Peter Aaron 7pm. With fellow area author/recovering NYC rocker Maggie Estep. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.

MUSIC

Mountain Road School 15th Annual Holiday Fair 11am-4pm. Hand-made crafts, singing, local vendors, food, and so much more. Mountain Road School, New Lebanon. Mountainroadschool.org.

The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30-8:30pm. $350. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

Family Yoga Workshop 3pm. $25 1 parent and child/$5 additional family members. Learn techniques to engage your child in breath work, poses, team work, and more! Best of all, have fun and connect. Ages 3-5 yrs.: 3:00-3:45, Ages 6-9 yrs: 4:00-4:45. Jai Ma Yoga Center, New Paltz. Kiddoyogawithcait.wordpress.com.

Frozendale 2013 12-6pm. Music, Santa, hay rides, food, activities. Rosendale. Rosendalechamber.org.

THEATER

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

A Child’s Christmas at Clermont 10am. $4. Stories read under the Christmas tree and treats for children ages 3-10. Help your young child to learn the magic and history of Hudson Valley Christmas traditions Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 537-4240.

Simon Winchester:The Men Who United The States 7pm. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.

Monastery Christmas Craft Fair 10am-5pm. Our Lady of the Resurrection Monastery, LaGrangeville. Ourladyoftheresurrectionmonastery.webs.com.

Annual Holiday Party & Cold Spring by Candlelight Destination 11am. Santa Claus will make his annual visit to the Library and will read a favorite story to the children. Refreshments will be served. Following the party, guided tours of the Library will be given to Cold Spring by Candlelight participants. Julia L. Butterfield Library, Cold Spring. 265-3040.

Fiber Fanatics Craft Fair 10am-2pm. Shop for handcrafted fashions, quality home goods, unique gifts and more, made by the talented artists of Fiber Fanatics @ the Center, the Tuesday night social group for fibercrafters of all specialties. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Kingston. 331-5300.

Private Past-Life Regression with Margaret Doner First Friday of every month, 11:30am & 3pm. $125/90 minute session. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 8pm. $17/$14 seniors and children under 12. County Players, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491.

KIDS & FAMILY

Stone Ridge Library Holiday Bazaar 12-3pm. Featuring Peter Aaron signing copies of his book at the Local Authors table of this mammoth used book sale, which benefits the Stone Ridge Library. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023. 3 Up 3 Down, Everwar, and Eye Ra Haze 7pm. $10. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966. Bill’s Toupee 9pm. Covers. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (800) 772-6646. 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/. Deep Listening Concert with Yungchen Lhamo 3pm. Kingston City Hall, Kingston. 331-0080. Edlene Hart & The SDB Band CD Release 9:30pm. Motown and r&b. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Friends of Omi Candlelight Concert 6:30pm. $10 non-members. Jazz vocalist Fay Victor and guitarist Anders Nilsson. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747. Gardiner Library Madrigal Singers Holiday Concert 4-5:30pm. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Jimmy Webb 7pm. Towne Crier Café, Beacon. 855-1300. Miracle In Bethlehem 7pm. $20/$15 in advance/under 18 half price. Ars Choralis presents their annual Welcome Yule concert. Overlook United Methodist Church, Woodstock. Arschoralis.org. New Paltz Musicales Christmastime Benefit Concert 7pm. $10. An evening of exceptional music performed by Betty and the Baby Boomers, with Irish Harpist, Lynn Saoirse and folk musician Tobias Anderson and others. Refreshments will be offered during intermission. Benefits Family of Woodstock. New Paltz Musicales Concert Series, New Paltz. 255-0051. NRBQ with The Nighthawks 8pm. $27-$38. Terry Adams, keyboards, Scott Ligon on guitar & vocals, Casey McDonough on bass & vocals, and Bobby Lloyd Hicks on drums. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. O’Solo Vito 8:30pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277. Painted Betty 7-10pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384.

ART THE BEACON PORTRAIT PROJECT

Bringing Home the Beacon

Beacon Portrait #94 (Gretchen Hirsch), a photograph by Meredith Heuer from the series “The Beacon Portrait Project: A Visual Map of Community,” showing at Fovea Exhibitions through January 5.

Beacon is famous as the “hippest,” most gentrified city in the Hudson Valley, but that’s not the whole story. “The Beacon Portrait Project: A Visual Map of Community” at Fovea Exhibitions in Beacon shows the range of residents in this traditionally working-class town. Photographer Meredith Heuer moved to Beacon with her husband and son from San Francisco in 2006. “I was very excited about living in a smaller town, so I decided I wanted to take a picture of everyone in Beacon, that that would be my celebration of this new place,” she explains. This was before Heuer discovered that Beacon had 15,346 residents. Still, she pressed on with her project. So far, she’s filmed 101 Beaconites, 20 of whom appear in the show. Heuer grew up in inner-city Detroit; she was the only white kid in her kindergarten class. She chose Beacon partly for its ethnic diversity. Heuer’s goal in this project was to find a wide variety of subjects. At first, she’d approach strangers on the street asking to photograph them. But most people were in a hurry, or suspicious, and there is a certain anonymity to a street portrait. “So eventually I came up with the idea of taking a picture of a person and having them recommend me to the next person,” Heuer recounts. “That way I would expand my social circle, and this person would be my calling card to the next. And it took the power of choosing out of my hands.” Currently, she has several chains of subjects, which she calls “family trees.” The recommendations are unpredictable. Some subjects suggest a relative, others choose someone they’ve met in a supermarket, or seen at the weekly City Council meeting. The Duchess County Arts Council recognized the importance of Heuer’s work, awarding her their first-ever individual artist grant. She is a “people’s photographer,” the way Pete Seeger (a resident of Beacon, as yet unphotographed by Heuer) is a “people’s singer.” Using the skills she developed profiling such superstars as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Richard Branson for major magazines, Heuer turns her lens on the townsfolk. Each subject receives a free print of their portrait. The show’s opening, on October 12, included the broadest cross-section of Beacon citizenry ever seen outside an AA meeting. Heuer pursues her vision with tenacious devotion. She uses only natural light and real film. Each of the subjects is photographed at home, and anyone else living there is invited into the picture. The sessions last roughly an hour. Asked how she chooses which room to use, Heuer says, “We’re guided by light.” Natural light is soft, flattering, and has been employed by artists for centuries. Unconsciously, we perceive a naturally-lit photograph as honest, uncontrived. The way a Renaissance painting uses incidental objects as symbols—for example, the Virgin Mary is often shown wearing pearls, to symbolize purity—Heuer includes decorative elements as commentary. In one of her portraits, a young couple hugs beneath a poster of which one word is visible: “CHERISH.” I asked Heuer if she rearranges rooms to make them more meaningful. She said no, but she’s delighted with lucky conjunctions. The pictures have no captions. On her website, they’re listed solely by number—roughly in the order they were shot. At Fovea, the subjects’ names are listed. “The Beacon Portrait Project” intends to show Beaconites in purely visual terms. The viewer becomes a detective, deciding who’s straight, who’s gay, which children are adopted. One pleasure of living in a community is a civilized voyeurism. “The Beacon Portrait Project: A Visual Map of Community” will appear at Fovea Exhibitions until January 5. (845) 202-3443; Foveaexhibitions.org. —Sparrow

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Racines avec Steve Riley 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Singer-Songwriter Simi Stone 9pm. Blend of pop, rock, and soul. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Spampinato Brothers (NRBQ) 9pm. $20. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Steve Earle Benefit Concert 7pm. Legendary singer-songwriter Steve Earle has announced an intimate evening concert in the Barbara Fite Room at Opus 40, a benefit for the environmental sculpture park’s restoration and preservation fund. Banjo virtuoso George Stavis will open the evening. Opus 40, Saugerties. Opus40.org. The Temptations 8pm. $34.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Tuba Christmas 3pm. Tuba and euphonium players of all ages perform traditional Christmas music from around the world. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262. Unusual Suspects 7pm. Jazz. Joma Café, West Shokan. 251-1114.

NIGHTLIFE Winter Walk 5-8pm. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS 13th Annual Holly Berry Trail: Tour of Homes 11am-2pm & 1-4pm. $30. The Trail features extended previews of private homes in Ulster County that are fully decorated in holiday splendor inside and out. The location of each home is a closely guarded secret until the day of the tour. Junior League of Kingston, Kingston. 481-3534.

Twisted Tricks for Jeweleers 9am-4pm. $98/includes materials. Blacksmiths have developed many beautiful and advanced variations on the traditional twist, and we bring these techniques to the smaller scale of crisp-edged ¼” x ¼” stock for some beautiful handcrafted bracelets or pendants. Center for Metal Arts, Florida. 651-7550.

SUNDAY 8 ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS Free Arts Day 1-6pm. 1pm: Docent tour of Art at The Core. 2-4pm: Walking Through a Picture Frame workshop. 4-6pm: Opening reception for Jornan Rathus. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100.

DANCE A Christmas Carol 2pm. Performed by Ulster Ballet Company. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088. Spartacus 2pm. $10/$6 children. The Bolshoi Ballet. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.

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.

Howland’s Holiday Hoot 7pm. Featuring the Grammy Award-winning Rivertown Kids. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. Prospective Student Day 10am. A first-time introduction to college for high school students and their families. Discover the value of a community college education. We cover a wide range of topics beginning with the Admissions process through plans to transfer after graduation. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5022.

SPIRITUALITY Meditation Instruction 2pm. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.

THEATER The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 8pm. $17/$14 seniors and children under 12. County Players, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491.

A Saratoga Christmas with The McKrells 7:30pm. $15. Home Made Theater continues their tradition of hosting Christmas shows with Kevin McKrell and his merry musicians. Home Made Theater, Saratoga Springs. (518) 587-4427. Sundance Institute Theatre Lab 8pm. $16/$12 in advance/$10 students. The residency concludes with a theatre performance of a work-inprogress that will be—at least in part—made at MASS MoCA. Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Applique Tote Bags 3pm. $40. Katie Miles, creator and writer of the “life is made” blog, and learn all the basics of applique on canvas! Work with metallic fabrics, fusible webbing and embroidery floss to create a one-of-a-kind tote. Ages 14+. Fiberflame Studio, Saugerties. 679-6132. Breastfeeding Essentials 1:30-3:30pm. $55/couple. Designed to be taken during pregnancy, this class covers all the breastfeeding basics from birth through the first 6 months. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. Family Clay Day: Ornaments & Candle Holders 10am-noon & 1-3pm. $25. Woman’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale. Wsworkshop.org. Holiday Gift Making Extravaganza 10am-4pm. $10 adults/$5 children. Make wrapping papers, simple books, ornaments, and more. Art School of Columbia County, Harlemville. (518) 672-7140. Hormones: Sex, Appetite and Self States 9:30am-noon. $25/$20 members. Susan Kolod, Ph.D. Dr. Kolod will present data and clinical experience of the impact of hormones on the psyche. Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, MA. (800) 517-4447. Jungian Depth Psychology: Meditation on Soul and Shadow 2pm. $20. Sacred practices for entering the stream of Oneness. We explore and deepen spiritual healing and self realization through study and practice of the 5 foundational teachings of all mystic traditions. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Poetry Craft Workshop: Gary J. Whitehead 1-3pm. Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf. 469-9459. Teen Geek Squad 10am-2pm. Get help with your technology problems. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-3241.

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LECTURES & TALKS Second Sunday Salon Series: Music & Conversation with Alice Yoo & Michelle Ross 2pm. $25/$20 in advance and members/$15 members in advance. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

LITERARY & BOOKS Simon Winchester : The Men Who United the States 2pm. Open to the public. “...Simon Winchester, bestselling author of 19 books award winning journalist and broadcaster has worked as a foreign correspondent for most of his career, and lectures widely at universities, geological and historical societies, and libraries. …” Merritt Bookstore, Millbrook. 677-5857. An Unforgiving Land: Hardscrabble Life in the Trapps, A Vanished Shawangunk Mountain Hamlet 4pm. Book presented by Robi Josephson and Bob Larsen. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.

MUSIC April Verch Band 7:30pm. Towne Crier Café, Beacon. 855-1300. The Boxcar Lilies 7:30pm. $15/$12 in advance. Americana. Empire State Railway Museum, Phoenicia. 688-7501.

Air Pirates Radio: It Ain’t Such a Wonderful Life Herb Marks Freelance is a bit of a scrooge, but even though he would love to hide away until the holidays pass, he is forced into a retail nightmare he can’t escape from. Air Pirates Radio Theater performs this quirky and unconventional holiday comedy on the 7th and 14th of December at Brothers Barbeque in New Windsor and at the Meadows in Middletown, respectively. The original production will feature four actors and a cue-card girl indicating when audience members should participate. With a demonstration prior to the performance and cues during, audience members will be told when to slam a door, make footsteps, or shoot a gun. The ensemble includes MaryLee Shorr, Brian Nieves, Alan Andrews, Kate Brannan, and Lindsey Graham. (845) 4697563; Airpirateradio.com.

Friends of the Library Poinsetta Sale 10am-2pm. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.

Herb Marks Freelance: It Ain’t Such a Wonderful Life 8pm. Performance by the Air Pirates. Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor. 534-4227.

St. Nick’s Holiday Fair 9am-3pm. Monies raised will support recreation and family-strengthening activities for our children. Astor Services for Children & Families, Rhinebeck. 871-1171.

“Lincoln Center Family” Holiday Concert Bethel Woods Center for the arts Sunday series. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922. “Lincoln Center Family” Holiday Concert 3pm. $42.50/$15 students. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 454-3388. MAZZ@TheFalcon presents Jazzmosis 7pm. Opener, Keith Pray. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Miracle In Bethlehem 4pm. $20/$15 in advance/under 18 half price. Ars Choralis presents their annual Welcome Yule concert. Overlook United Methodist Church, Woodstock. Arschoralis.org. M.R. Poulopoulos 5:30pm. Folk. American Glory BBQ, Hudson. (518) 822-1234. Music & Conversation with Alice Yoo & Michelle Ross 2pm. $25/$20 in advance and members/$15 members in advance. Cellist Alice Yoo returns with violinist, soloist, chamber musician and composer Michelle Ross. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Steve Wells 2:30-5:30pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Annual Festival of Trees Noon. Submit a tree to be on display during our Open House. Stop by and vote on your favorite tree! We will make a donation to our local food pantry in the name of the winner. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. Community Dinner to Celebrate The Holidays and Help a Neighbor 4-9pm. Dinner & music to benefit volunteers in medicine, construct and The Watson Fund. Castle Street Café, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-5244. Into the Light! 3pm. $8/$5 children. A holiday spectacular featuring The Vanaver Caravan, The Caravan Kids in Ellenville, Arm-of-the-Sea Theater. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. Warm Up At The Washingtons’ 12-4pm. Walk through the seasonally decorated rooms, be serenaded by the Salmagundi Consort. Historic interpreters will be in each room to answer questions and offer an overview about what you are seeing and how life was at that time during the winter of 1782. Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh. 562-1195.

SPIRITUALITY A Celebration of Birthday Creativity 3-5pm. Join Hudson Valley Poet John Fitzpatrick who will read his work interspersed with song, dance, music by Stephanie, Alli and Paul, and Others, Ending in Meditation, to celebrate a Birthday of Creativity in these forms of expression. Sacred Space at Metta Wellness, Red Hook. 876-5661.

THEATER The Colonial Nutcracker 3pm. $24-$26. A full length production that is recommended for ages 4 and up, the ballet comes complete with a red-coated mouse army and an enchanted Nutcracker prince. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Monastery Christmas Craft Fair 10am-5pm. Our Lady of the Resurrection Monastery, LaGrangeville. Ourladyoftheresurrectionmonastery.webs.com. Winter Fair & Outdoor Marketplace 11am-4pm. Crafts, food, song, dance, artisan wares, Waldorf gift shop and indoor & outdoor activities. Mountain Laurel Waldorf School, New Paltz. 255-0033. Winter Market 11am-5pm. The market will be a showcase of the regions best makers and collectors. Hosted by Hudson River Exchange. 7th Street Park, Hudson. Hudsonriverexchange.com.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Yoga with Anna 12-1:30pm. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901. Meditation in Movement Qigong 1pm. $25. Qigong is an ancient healing system that involves a simple set of meditations in movement. Join us in learning a reliable method for exceptional health, compassion, and joy. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston. 688-5714. Yoga and Sound Healing with Lea Garnier Ying Yang Yawn 5pm. $16. A mixed level yoga class integrating three relaxing, yet invigorating styles of yoga, and ending with 45 minutes of Sound Healing Intention using crystal and himalayan singing bowls, voice, gongs, and mantra. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-8700.

KIDS & FAMILY A Child’s Christmas at Clermont 10am. $4. Stories read under the Christmas tree and treats for children ages 3-10. Help your young child to learn the magic and history of Hudson Valley Christmas traditions Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 537-4240. Gift Factory: Magnetic Photo Boards 11am. $20 includes materials. Make magnetic photo boards and design your own set of magnets– perfect for a home office, the kitchen, dorm room, or anywhere. Fiberflame Studio, Saugerties. 679-6132. Hansel and Gretel 3pm. Presented by Rhinebeck Chamber Music Society in collaboration with the Graduate Vocal Arts Program of the Bard Conservatory of Music. Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck. Rhinebeckmusic.org.

Conservatory Sundays: Conservatory Orchestra 3pm. $20/$15. Chausson’s Poème, for violin and orchestra, Op. 25. Sabrina Tabby ’14, violin. With guest conductor Jeffrey Kahane. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900.

Partner’s Massage for Pregnancy and Labor 10am-noon. $75. Learn specific techniques to help through pregnancy and labor. Bring 3 pillows, bath towel or sheet, blanket or yoga mat and an exercise/birthing ball, if you have one. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

Eat, Sing, and Be Merry 2pm. $10/$8 students and seniors. Mid Hudson Women’s Chorus winter concert. St. James United Methodist Church, Kingston. 331-3030.

DANCE

English Beat 6pm. $22.50-$25. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966. Greg Westhoff’s Westchester Swing Band 5:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Celebration of the Day of Buddha’s Enlightenment 7pm. $12. As part of Buddha’s Enlightenment Celebration, Zen Mountain Monastery presents Gus Mancini’s Sonic Soul Band: The Sultan of Sonic Soul Saxophonist Gus Mancini, Guitarist Peter Head, Michael Colletti on Bass and Ruperto Ifil on Drums. Zen Mountain Monastery Sangha House, Mount Tremper. 688-2228.

MONDAY 9 The Nutcraker 7pm. $20. American Youth Ballet. Paramount Theatre, Middletown. 346-4195.

KIDS & FAMILY Stone Soup 10:30am & 12:30pm. $10. Grades K-5. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.

LITERARY & BOOKS Reading and Book Signing with Peter Aaron 7pm. Author of If You Like the Ramones... Barnes and Noble, Poughkeepsie. 485-2224.

MUSIC

Holiday Music with Bob Lusk 4pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.

The Midnight Ghost Train 9pm. The Anchor, Kingston. 901-9991.

Holidelic 8pm. Part dance party, part funk concert, part comedy show, the Yuletide-themed event features original holiday songs as well as loose, funk-infused adaptations of Tchaikovsky, “Frosty the Snowman,” “Little Drummer Boy” and the like. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

Rich Rosenthal Quartet 8pm. Jazz. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.

The Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble 3pm. With John Arbo, bass, Bob Rosen, saxophone, Steve Rubin, drums, Gabriele Tranchina, voice, Joe Vincent Tranchina, piano. Warwick Grove, Warwick. Warwick-grove.com. Jazz at the Falls Sunday Brunch Series Noon. Featuring Jay Clayton, Brenda Bufalino, Charlie Kniceley, and Mike Kull. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. Jeffrey Kahane Conducting the Conservatory Orchestra 3pm. $30/$15. Program of Chausson’s Poème, for violin and orchestra, Op. 25, with Sabrina Tabby ’14; Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58; and Brahms’s Symphony No. 1. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900.

Studio II Open Mike for Music and Vocals 6pm. Acoustic. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. SUNY Ulster String Ensemble Concert 7:30pm. The College’s heralded String Ensemble performs its holiday concert under the direction of Anastasia Solberg. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262.

NIGHTLIFE Monday Karaoke 9pm. Come and join us for a night of singing, laughing and fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Balkan Dance Class 6:30-8pm. $15/$75 6 classes. With Bill Vanaver. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488. College Application Essay Help 3:30pm. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212. Master Class with World-Renowned Soprano Dawn Upshaw 4pm. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.

MUSIC MIRACLE IN BETHLEHEM

CATHERINE SEBASTIAN Johanna Hall and Barbara Pickhardt's "Miracle in Bethlehem" will be performed in Woodstock this month.

Heavenly Voices The pen of Johanna Hall truly knows no bounds. Before she struck platinum pay dirt as the lyricist of such million-selling hits as “Still the One” and “Dance with Me” for her ex-husband John Hall’s band Orleans, “Pearl” for Janis Joplin, and “Good Enough” for Bonnie Raitt, the Woodstock singer-songwriter wrote a music column for the Village Voice and contributed regularly to top rock publications like the late, great Crawdaddy!. And now she’s rechanneled her golden gift for words to become a librettist, composing the lines for “Miracle in Bethlehem,” a modern opera based on the story of the birth of Jesus Christ that will be performed this month by the venerated voices of area choral group Ars Choralis. “We laughingly call it a ‘popera’ because of the tunefulness of the melodies,” says Hall, herself an Ars Choralis member, who collaborated on the production’s music with the group’s conductor and artistic director, Barbara Pickhardt. “Barbara has written some gorgeous melodies. I could see [the project] on Broadway or as an animated film, but it is done in the recitative/aria style of opera. Maybe it’s a hybrid. This has been an exciting new medium for me, with my love of storytelling and roots in the theater.” Hall’s theatrical and arts-journalism roots sprouted from being around her father, a professional drama critic who often brought her along to see the shows he was covering for the Philadelphia Bulletin. After starting out as a proofreader for a local paper in her native Pennsylvania and for Woman’s Day magazine, she relocated in the 1960s to

New York’s music-rich East Village to live with John Hall. After Johanna reviewed Janis Joplin’s 1969 album I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama! for the Village Voice, she became friends with the late Big Brother and the Holding Company vocalist, eventually contributing the title track (a co-write with John Hall, a future US Congressman) to Joplin’s posthumously released 1971 album, Pearl. “‘Miracle in Bethlehem’ began as a commission from St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Woodstock in 2000, when [writer] Gail Godwin and [composer] Robert Starer initiated the Woodstock Cycle, which enlists local composers to create musical settings based on Bible stories and characters,” Hall explains. “Barbara approached me then to write a libretto. She wanted to create a setting based on the Magnificat [hymn] and the story of the Annunciation, and we collaborated on a short piece, ‘Mary in the Garden.’ We then extended the story to the birth of Jesus for a production in 2003. It was well received, but we perceived that there was more that needed to be done, in terms of rewriting and expanding. It’s been fun to invent some characters and to reimagine others.” Ars Choralis, conducted by Barbara Pickhardt, will perform the music of “Miracle in Bethlehem” on December 7 at 7pm and December 8 at 4pm at Overlook Methodist Church in Woodstock. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Arschoralis.org. —Peter Aaron 12/13 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 93

TUESDAY 10 ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS Art Foray 2-8pm. Works by great area artists for sale. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (800) 772-6646.

FILM Santa Claus Conquers the Martians 7:15pm. $7. In the near future, Martians are worried that their children watch too much television and are too rigidly controlled. The plot is hatched to kidnap Santa Claus to help them relax and be kids again. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.

KIDS & FAMILY Stone Soup 10:30am & 12:30pm. $10. Grades K-5. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.

LECTURES & TALKS Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum Lecture 4pm. Featuring President John Dramani Mahama of the Republic of Ghana. Olin Auditorium at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7003.

MUSIC

Open Mike 6:30-9pm. Hosted by Ben Rounds. Emerson Organic Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828. Poor/Rende/Vu: The Blues (Delta and Otherwise) 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

WEDNESDAY 11 HEALTH & WELLNESS Blood Drive 2-8pm. The New York Blood Center will be at the library to collect donations. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. Breast Cancer Support Group Second Wednesday of every month, 2pm. Free support group for breast cancer patients and survivors. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212. Getting Tomorrow’s Healthcare Today 6pm. Free. Dr. Hal Teitelbaum and a team of Crystal Run Healthcare experts will answer your questions about how you and your family can have better health while saving time and money. Crystal Run Healthcare, Middletown. 703-6342. Yoga for Mama with Baby 10-11am. $14/$50 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

LITERARY & BOOKS

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting Second Thursday of every month, 7pm. Shawangunk Town Hall, Wallkill. 418-3640.

Doody Calls! 1-2pm. $10. Cloth diapering info session. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Made in Kingston 5:30pm. A celebration of the artists and arts manufacturers who are increasingly choosing to call Kingston home. Come browse the incredible range of products made by three dozen arts businesses. Refreshments. New Lights On Broadway, Kingston. 331-2238.

Love-to-Dance Class 6:30pm. $15. Class for those wanting to be familiar (again) with their dancing body. Laban and Authentic Movement techniques help connect movement with emotions Clyde Forth Dance & Pilates, Mount Tremper. (347) 927-1187.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Kingston-Rhinebeck Toastmasters Club Second Thursday of every month, 7-9pm. Practice public speaking skills. Ulster County Office Building, Kingston. 338-5184. Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Kingston. 331-5300.

FILM Art21 Film Screening: Structures 7:45pm. How do we organize life? What are the ways in which we capture knowledge and attempt greater understanding? This film xplores these questions in the work of the artists Roni Horn, Matthew Ritchie, Fred

MUSIC

FOOD & WINE

Community Band/Jazz Ensemble Concert 7:30pm. Members of the Community Band under the direction of Victor Izzo, Jr. join the members of the Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Chris Earley in this invigorating concert. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262.

Holiday Party at The Garrison 6-10pm. $65. Begins with a cocktail reception featuring passed and stationary hors d’oeuvres. The dinner menu will include three courses: an appetizer, entrée, and dessert. The evening’s entertainment features dancing and music provided by DJ David Nazario. The Garrison, Garrison. 424-3604.

Open Mike Night with Jeff Entin 7pm. Jeff Entin welcomes artists from around the Hudson Valley. With our area so culturally rich in talent you never know who might show up to sing a few songs. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. TheFalcon’s Christmas Farm Dinner 5pm. Followed by The New West Guitar Group. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

SPIRITUALITY Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism Classes 7pm. 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices and principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.

Open Mike Every other Thursday, 7pm. Hosted by Jack Higgins of Die-Hardz. Sign ups at 7pm Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. (845)928-5384.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Nursing Mother’s Circle 1-3pm. Breastfeeding support group for breastfeeding and expectant moms. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. Pilates: Mama with Baby 10:15-11am. $15/$100 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

MUSIC

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School Winter Concert 5pm. Excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, directed by Lawrence Glatt, presented by the Hawthorne Valley High School Chorus, joined by Harpsichordist Mariken Palmboom, the Columbia Greene Community Orchestra, and students in Grades 4 through 8. St. Mary’s Church, Hudson. (518) 672-7092.

A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.

John Simon and the Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. John Simon, a noted composer and jazz pianist, leads the Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000.

Scene Study Workshop with Christine Crawfis 7pm. $90/$60 members. A practical workshop for adult actors. Explore intention, objective and style in scenes from contemporary and classic plays. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Musicians Gathering 6:30pm. Hosted by the house band Stacy & Friends. Acoustic music in one of the best jams in the area. Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel. Dancingcatsaloon.com.

THURSDAY 12 ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS She Lives Among Us 7pm. A photo encaustic documentary art show and lecture. Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. (518) 537-4240. Art 21 Film Screening 7pm. Free. How do we understand life? What are the ways we captue knowledge and the attempt of greater understanding? The "Art in the Twenty-First Century" documentary Structures explores these questions in the work of artists Roni Horn, Matthew Ritchie, Fred Wilson, and Richard Tuttle. The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940.

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Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School Winter Concert 7:30pm. Excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, directed by Lawrence Glatt, presented by the Hawthorne Valley High School Chorus, joined by Harpsichordist Mariken Palmboom, the Columbia Greene Community Orchestra, and students in Grades 4 through 8. St. Mary’s Church, Hudson. (518) 672-7092. Keith Newman 6pm. Acoustic. Wildfire Grill, Montgomery. 457-3770. Marco Benevento Band 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

FRIDAY 13

Mark Westin 7-10pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384.

COMEDY Brian Regan 8pm. $39.75. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Mop & Bucket Co. 8pm. $14/$6 students and seniors. Improv. Proctor’s Theatre, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204.

Michelle LeBlanc 7-10pm. Jazz vocalist with Hiroshi Yamazaki on piano. Division Street Grill, Peekskill. (914) 739-6380. MiWi La Lupa 9pm. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158.

DANCE

R&B Singer Judith Hill 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

Cajun Dance with Jesse Lége and Bayou Brew Lesson at 7pm, dance 8pm-11pm. $15/$10 FT students. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 255-7061.

Reality Check 9:30pm. Classic rock. The Quiet Man Pub, Peekskill. Thequietmanpublichouse.com. Second Friday Jam with Jeff Entin & Bob Blum 8pm. The duo, who have been playing together since before the term Jam Band was coined, will be playing and hosting something a little more experimental than the usual fare. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.

THEATER Elephant Room 7:30pm. $25. Filled with off-the-wall magic and sublime comedy, Elephant Room examines the childlike wonder of three deluded illusionists who choose to live their off-center lives by sleight of hand. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. An Evening of Comedy 8pm. $14-$20. Mohonk Mountain Stage Company. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Sleep 7pm. $15. An original play written by M. San Millan performed by Fall Production Program students ages 10-13. Don’t miss this fun, light romp entangling “Alice in Wonderland,” “Rip Van Winkle,” and “Sleeping Beauty”. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30-8:30pm. $350. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

SATURDAY 14 ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS

Wilson, and Richard Tuttle, and concludes with an original video artwork by Teresa Hubbard/ Alexander Birchler. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940.

Matisyahu 8pm. Reggae-rock. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737.

Uptown Kingston New Year’s Eve The year may soon be 2014, but on Wall Street in Kingston, New Year’s Eve will look a bit more like 1914. With street performers, vaudevillian-styled acts, and a swing band roaming the town, Kingston will become the cat’s pajamas and transform into the quintessence of cabaret. Twentieth-century dishes and cocktails will be featured on menus throughout the town as locations like Duo Bistro and Sissy’s Café will be hosting late-night breakfast after midnight. Boiston’s back deck will transform into an afterhours smoking lounge and cocktail bar. At the neospeakeasy Stockade Tavern, revelers can foxtrot and shimmy to a Klezmer band. The traditional countdown to the new year will include a ball drop on the corner of Wall and North Front Streets. BSP Lounge will be open for an after-midnight dance party. Bspkingston.com

The Glaring Omissions Themed Reading Series 7pm. Three Hudson Valley authors reading from their recent work. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.

Mani Cregan 8pm. Acoustic. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.

Commander Cody with Professor Louie’s Crowmatrix 8pm. Towne Crier Café, Beacon. 855-1300.

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Concert Choir 8pm. The Choral Ensembles, directed by Dr. Edward Lundergan, present a program featuring choral music of Benjamin Britten in the centennial year of his birth. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.

BUSINESS & NETWORKING

Open Mike with Jess Erick 8:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. The Organik Vibe Trio Plus One 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. A Rockapella Holiday 8pm. $45/$35 students in advance only. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Singing Songbirds Final Concert 7pm. Family event of heartfelt singing. Material includes a variety of styles from Beatles to the Great American Songbook. The Fountains at Millbrook, Millbrook. 677-5871. Trailer Park Boys 8pm. $35-$60. The Dear Santa Claus Tour featuring Ricky, Julian, Bubbles, Randy and Mr. Lahey. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

The Nutcracker 8pm. Catskill Ballet Theatre. 8pm. Catskill Ballet Theatre. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS Sparkle: Nights of 10,000 Nights 5-9pm. Get in the spirit of the season with candlelit paths, sparkling lights and various holiday happenings. Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org.

FOOD & WINE Taste of Ketcham 6pm. $8-$10. Enjoy cultural dishes, lively entertainment, and travel the world in one night. Roy C Ketcham High School, Wappingers Falls. Rckinteract@gmail.com.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Essential Waves: A Moving Meditation Second Friday of every month, 7:30-9pm. $15/$10 students and seniors. 5rythms-Bob. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255.8212. Family Yoga 4:30-5:30pm. $16.50. Classes blend kid-friendly postures, breathing exercises, relaxation techniques with story-telling and creative play. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223. Prenatal Class 6-7:15pm. Practice safely throughout your pregnancy using a curriculum designed specifically for the expectant mother. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

KIDS & FAMILY Family Gingerbread House Workshop 3:30pm. Enjoy decorating a freshly baked gingerbread house with delicious icing, and colorful candy. Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum Camp, Poughkeepsie. 471-0589. Snow Ball!: An Enchanting Night of Holiday Fun 6-8pm. $25 per family. There will be a kid-friendly dinner buffet, cookie decorating, edible dreidels, pictures with Santa, raffles and lots of prizes. Proceeds to benefit Sensory Bullets. WeeZee World of “Yes I Can!”, Chappaqua. (914) 752-2100.

Holiday Show and Opera House 4-8pm. Paper collages by Robert Briddick and original landscape paintings by noted artist Patrick Milbourn. M Gallery, Catskill. (518) 943-2189. "Toys for Tots" Dinner & Art Exhibition Benefit 4-7:30pm. Free. Suggested donations at door. An evening of holiday food, live music, and an art gallery exhibit. Representatives of the US Marine Corp will be in attendance. Santa will be present for a free photo op. Town of Crawford Government Center, Pine Bush. 744-2029. Dialogues. 4pm. $10/ $5 WAAM Members. A talk by Susan Cross, curator of visual arts at MASS MoCA since 2006. The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940.

DANCE New Paltz Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker 2 & 7:30pm. $26 students/$24 members. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. The Nutcracker 8pm. $20/$15 students and seniors. Catskill Ballet Theatre. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088. The Nutcracker 2 & 6pm. $20/$15 Seniors & children. Catskill Ballet Theatre. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS Artist Spotlight: Holiday Shopping 12-6pm. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. 679-2079. Handmade Holiday Craft Fair 10am. Our team of diversified Artisans will be showing and selling unique handmade items as part of Beacon’s Second Saturday festivities. There’ll be over 20 local artisan and handmade sellers from the Hudson Valley. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

LITERARY & BOOKS

Hamlet Holiday Festival 12:30-6pm. Santa meet and greet, live music, horse drawn carriage rides, carolers and refreshments. Sugar Loaf United Methodist Church, Sugar Loaf. 469-2583.

Tony Fletcher Presents Boy About Town 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.

Holidayfest Downtown Catskill. Welcometocatskill.com.

MUSIC

Howland Holiday Craft Faire 11am-9pm. With the Hudson Valley Etsy Team. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

Bill’s Toupee 9:30pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277. Byrdcliffe Winter SOlstice Concert 8pm. Happy Traum & Friends joined by Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Amy Helm, Byron Isaacs, and other performers. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Chris Brown 8pm. Singer/songwriter. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

FOOD & WINE Beyond Local: Conversation with Zak Pelaccio and Ruth Reichl 4pm. $20. A reception featuring tasty illustrations of the subject matter will follow the discussion. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. (518) 392-3693.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Sound and Light Activivation Under the Guidance of Master Teachers 2pm. $20 exchange. With Suzy Meszoly. While acting as a bridge for the Metatronic energy field, Suzy plays the Himalayan Bowls, creating an integration sound field while channeling the Divine Light. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Mindfulness and Emotional Healing 7:30pm. Lama Tusltrim Yeshe (John Samuelson) will discuss the value of meditation practice and mindfulness in healing the varieties of emotional suffering caused by trauma, violence, accidents, illness, and natural disasters. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012. Momilates: Pilates for Mommies! 9:30-11am. 9:30am-11am. Learn songs and activities for you and your baby to do together while working out. One-of-a-kind class designed to tone your mommy belly and restore strength to your body. Bring mat for you and toy for baby. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

Full Moon Hayride 6pm. $7. Tour the vineyard in our wagon with a cup of hot spiced wine or cider. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384.

West Coast Swing Dance Beginner’s Lesson 5:30-6:00 and Dance to DJ’d music 6:00-9:00. $8/$6 FT students. Reformed Church of Port Ewen, Port Ewen. Hudsonvalleydance.org.

KIDS & FAMILY

The Garland Jeffreys Band 8:30pm. With special guest Latini & Nowak. Towne Crier Café, Beacon. 855-1300.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS

MUSIC

Karen Mason’s “Christmas, Christmas, Christmas” Part of Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Bradstan Cabarent Series. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922. Mountain Snow & Mistletoe 8pm. $24. A down-home concert of holiday songs and stories with Christopher Shaw and Bridget Ball that features “The Mountain Snow Orchestra”. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Murali Coryell & “Mojo” Myles Mancuso 9pm. $10. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Nowell Sing We Clear 3pm. $20. John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig and Andy Davis present a pageant of MidWinter Carols. St. John’s Lutheran Church, Altamont. (518) 765-2815. The Rhinebeck Choral Club 2013 Winter Concert 7:30pm. $10/$8 students. With guest artists will be The Poughkeepsie New Yorkers. Rhinebeck Reformed Church, Rhinebeck. 849-5865.

Working Mom’s Support Group 10:45am-12:15pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

A Very Gyspy Christmas 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

KIDS & FAMILY

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS

Christmas at Clermont Open House 11am. See the Livingston mansion at its very best. Exquisite decorations in every room and live music Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 537-4240.

Annual Athens Victorian Stroll 1-6pm. Concert, ice sculptures, tours of historic homes, Victorian Santa, the ACC Members Art Salon and Sale, craft vendors, food, dancers, carolers, harpists, horse drawn trolleys, wine tasting, and much more. Athens Cultural Center, Athens. Info@athensculturalcenter.org.

Family Gingerbread House Workshop 10 & 11:30am. Enjoy decorating a freshly baked gingerbread house with delicious icing, and colorful candy. Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum Camp, Poughkeepsie. 471-0589. Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747. Storytime with Santa 11am. Santa will be reading some of his favorite holiday stories. All the children get to do a coloring sheet and enjoy cookies. Everyone gets to talk with Santa Claus. Grinnell Library, Wappingers Falls. 297-3428.

LECTURES & TALKS Dialogues: A Talk by Susan Cross, Curator Mass MoCA 4pm. $10/ $5 WAAM members. As Curator of Visual Arts at MASS MoCA since 2006, Susan Cross has organized a string of major exhibitions. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940. Francine Segan Lecture: Gilded Age Holiday Entertaining 6:30pm. $25/$20. A talk about the fascinating time period when high society was at its peak. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.

LITERARY & BOOKS Book Signing: Joan Osofsky & Abby Adams - “Love Love Where You Live: At Home in the Country 4pm. Joan Osofsky of Hammertown Barn, shares in-depth knowledge on modern country living with creative ideas and tips for making your home warm, welcoming and authentic. Oblong Books & Music, Millerton. (518) 789-3797. The Extremists: A Two-Person Play 3pm. Starring Kurt Rhoads and Brian Dykstra and written by C.J. Hopkins. “The Extremists” is a political satire that turns out to be more than it appears. This 80 minute oneact play darkly explores the motives behind the news, broadcasts and pundits. Julia L. Butterfield Library, Cold Spring. 265-3040. Irene Pough Presents Demons of the Great Sacandaga Lake 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775. Kingston’s Second Saturday Spoken Word 7pm. Pulitzer Prize nominated poet and playwright Cornelius Eady, will perform with novelist Sarah Micklem and the literary band Rough Magic. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 331-2884.

MUSIC Acoustic Dirt 7-10pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384. Body/Head:Kim Gordon & Bill Nace 8pm. $20 advance / $25 day of. Gordon comes to MASS MoCA with her latest—a Syd Barrett era—Pink Floydinspired, deeply improvisational duo, Body/Head, that pairs her propelling guitar and vocals with free-noise guitarist Bill Nace. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Brian La Blanc’s: Simply Diamond 8pm. $27-$38. Neil Diamond tribute: enjoy an evening of Neil’s greatest hits. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Bryan Gordon 8:30pm. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277. Catskill Cabaradio 6-9pm. A potluck community dinner at 6 pm, and then the live radio broadcast begins at 7 pm. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469. Chris Bergson Band 7pm. Opener, The Flaming Meatballs. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Mehalak Family Benefit Concert 8:30pm. $5. Support the Mehalak family and see two fine bands. Mister Oh! will be playing from 8:30 ‘til 10:15, then iS will take the stage at 10:30. There will be musical collaboration between both bands and a silent auction throughout the night. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.

Annual Holiday Party 5-7pm. $10/members free. Guests will be able to wander through the festively lit mansion while they sample light fare and drinks. Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 537-4240.

SPIRITUALITY A Day of Healing: Buddhist Meditation for Healing Ourselves & Others 10am-5pm. $45. This course will be dedicated to healing ourselves, our family, our friends, our community, and our world. Everyone is welcome. Kadampa Meditation Center New York, Glen Spey. 856-9000. Meditation Instruction 2pm. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.

THEATER Elephant Room 7:30pm. $25. Filled with off-the-wall magic and sublime comedy, Elephant Room examines the childlike wonder of three deluded illusionists who choose to live their off-center lives by sleight of hand. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. An Evening of Comedy 8pm. $14-$20. Mohonk Mountain Stage Company. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. National Marionette Theatre: Sleeping Beauty 3:30pm. $10/$7 children. Recommended for family audiences ages 4 and up. Orpheum Theater, Tannersville. (518) 263-2000. Sleep 7pm. $15. An original play written by M. San Millan performed by Fall Production Program students ages 10-13. Don’t miss this fun, light romp entangling “Alice in Wonderland,” “Rip Van Winkle,” and “Sleeping Beauty”. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Babywearing Bonanza 1-2pm. $10. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. Navigator Sessions for NYS Health Exchange 10:30am-2:30pm. Private sessions by appointment. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-3241.

SUNDAY 15 ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS Candlelight Evening 3pm. $10. Tableaux vivants (living pictures) of Christmas traditions through the ages with the backrop of glittering Christman decorations. Hot Wassail and taditional holiday treats served in the historic kitchen. Tours every half hour. Call for reservations. Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 537-4240.

BUSINESS & NETWORKING Fiberflame Holiday Craft Show 10am. Features handmade and locally crafted jewelry, accessories, home wares, toys, holiday decorations, body products, apparel and more. Fiberflame Studio, Saugerties. 679-6132.

DANCE New Paltz Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker 3pm. 429/$26 students/$24 members. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. The Nutcracker 2pm. $20/$15 students and seniors. Catskill Ballet Theatre. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088. The Nutcracker 11am & 2pm. $20/$15 Seniors & children. Catskill Ballet Theatre. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.

Winter Market 11am-5pm. The market will be a showcase of the regions best makers and collectors. Hosted by Hudson River Exchange. 7th Street Park, Hudson. Hudsonriverexchange.com.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Yoga with Anna Dec. 31, 12-1:30pm. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901. Yoga and Sound Healing with Lea Garnier Ying Yang Yawn 5pm. $16. A mixed level yoga class integrating three relaxing, yet invigorating styles of yoga, and ending with 45 minutes of Sound Healing Intention using crystal and himalayan singing bowls, voice, gongs, and mantra. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-8700.

KIDS & FAMILY No Strings Marionettes 1 & 4pm. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

LITERARY & BOOKS Ari Botton, Janet Steen, Eva Tenuto, Dana Kinstler and Others 7pm. Reading pieces from Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. Author Laurie Boris 1pm. Local author Laurie Boris talks about and reads from her latest book, literary love story "Sliding Past Vertical." The Golden Notebook, Woodstock. 679-8000.

MUSIC Bernstein Bard Trio 3pm. $10. Music from around the world & holiday treats. 3pm. $10. Music from around the world, including some special holiday treats. Special guest: violinist Aaron Bernstein. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255. Club d’Elf featuring John Medeski 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

Lego Club 6:30pm. We’ll supply the bricks, you supply the creativity! Ages 7-12. Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties. 246-4317. Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series 8pm. The Pine Bush Community Band presents their annual holiday concert. Senior Center, Montgomery. Sing-a-long Jamboree Concert 7pm. Sing Out! Reach Out! group of people with disabilities making music with and for people with disabilities, their friends, caregivers and families. The Fountains at Millbrook, Millbrook. 677-5871.

NIGHTLIFE Monday Karaoke 9pm. Come and join us for a night of singing, laughing and fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Christmas with the Ellisons 2-6pm. Tour by candlelight the elegant 1754 Ellison mansion decorated for the season in 18th century fashion. New Windsor Cantonment, New Windsor. 561-1765 ext. 22.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Balkan Dance Class 6:30-8pm. $15/$75 6 classes. With Bill Vanaver. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.

TUESDAY 17 HEALTH & WELLNESS Community Holistic Health Care Day 4-8pm. A wide variety of holistic modalities and practitioners are available to all for appointments on a first-come, first-served basis. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. Rvhhc.org.

MUSIC Dance & Blues Party with Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis 7pm. Bring your dancing shoes as Big Joe and the Lo-Fis bring their signature sound to the best blues and dance party in the Hudson Valley. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.

College Youth Symphony 7pm. $8/$6/$3. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.

Open Mike 6:30-9pm. Hosted by Ben Rounds. Emerson Organic Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828.

Erol Ogut 2:30-5:30pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384.

Open Mike with Chrissy Budzinski 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.

Mountain Snow & Mistletoe 2pm. $24. A down-home concert of holiday songs and stories with Christopher Shaw and Bridget Ball that features “The Mountain Snow Orchestra”. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

SPIRITUALITY

Rhinebeck Choral Club 2013 Winter Choral Season 3pm. $10/$8 students. With guest artists The Poughkeepsie New Yorkers Barbershop Chorus. New Beginnings Alliance Church, Poughkeepsie. 849-5865. Sunday Brunch: Saints of Swing with Marty Elkins 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Sweetback Sisters 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Unplugged Acoustic Open Mike 4pm. $7/$5 members. Sign ups at 3:30pm. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Verdi’s Falstaff 5pm. $25/$20 members/$18 season/$15 studetns in advance. The Met Live in HD. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Christmas with the Ellisons 5-8pm. Tour by candlelight the elegant 1754 Ellison mansion decorated for the season in 18th century fashion. New Windsor Cantonment, New Windsor. 561-1765 ext. 22. Dine for a Dog Park III 10% of your bill gets donated to the Dog Park Fund. Gadaleto’s Restaurant, New Paltz. 255-1717.

THEATER Elephant Room 2pm. $25. Filled with off-the-wall magic and sublime comedy, Elephant Room examines the childlike wonder of three deluded illusionists who choose to live their off-center lives by sleight of hand. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Sleep 3pm. $15. An original play written by M. San Millan performed by Fall Production Program students ages 10-13. Don’t miss this fun, light romp entangling “Alice in Wonderland,” “Rip Van Winkle,” and “Sleeping Beauty”. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.

MONDAY 16 FILM National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 7pm. $7. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Yoga with Anna Dec. 31, 12-1:30pm. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901. Classical Yoga with Johanna Schwarzbeck 6pm. $10/$15 drop-in. Johanna teaches an Integral Yoga Hatha Beginners I & II class in which focus is given to postures and stretches that create a full workout in movement and body awareness. Also included are breathing exercises, deep relaxation and meditation. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212.

Channeled Guidance to Further Your Journey Third Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm. $20/$15. We are all on a spiritual journey and need guidance on that journey. Flowing Spirit Healing, Woodstock. 679-8989.

WEDNESDAY 18 HEALTH & WELLNESS Able Together Third Wednesday of every month, 6:30-8:30pm. A support group focusing on helping to support mothers with disabilities and families who have children with disabilities Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. Yoga with Anna 12-1:30pm. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901. Gentle Yoga with Janis Nore 11:30am. $10/$15 drop-in. In this Gentle Hatha Yoga practice we use asana, breathing and meditation to access the voice of the body, then we listen. You are encouraged to modify postures to accommodate your needs. Learning options is a lesson on and off the mat. We practice standing balance postures for bone density, stretching to lengthen the spine and meditation/ pranayama to oxygenate the body and quiet the mind. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 255-8212. Yoga for Mama with Baby 10-11am. $14/$50 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

KIDS & FAMILY READ to Dogs 8:30pm. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.

MUSIC Bard College Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Singers 8pm. $5. With conductor James Bagwell and music director Alexander Bonus. Johannes Sebastian Bach’s, Magnificat in D; Franz Schubert’s Mass in E-flat Major. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. Christmas@TheFalcon with Brian Collazo of Live Society 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Ladies Night with Drew Bordeaux 8pm. Acoustic. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Songrwriters’ Workshop with Bill Pfleging 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Dirty Girls: A Crafty Night Out Third Wednesday of every month, 6:30pm. $35 includes materials. Surround yourself with women, make a mess, get those creative juices flowing and emerge with something beautiful. Fiberflame Studio, Saugerties. 679-6132.

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Adult Writers’ Workshop 7pm. $90/$60 members. A practical workshop for adult writers. Explore ideas or experiment with works-inprogress. Material will be read in class with moderated peer feedback. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998. Dirty Girls: A Crafty Night Out Indigo 6:30pm. $35. This month we’re mixing up some vats of indigo and dyeing away! Bring old whites and give them new life, bring plain white garments or house wares and jazz them up. Fiberflame Studio, Saugerties. 679-6132. Newborn Essentials 7-9pm. $55/couple. Expectant parents will receive practical, hands-on tools for caring for their newborn baby. Topics covered include: hospital procedures, newborn appearance, senses and temperament, communicating with your baby, daily care, babywearing, mother care. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

THURSDAY 19 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Hooks & Needles, Yarns & Threads Third Thursday of every month, 10am-2pm. Drop-in for an informal social gathering Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Kingston. 331-5300. OLOC (Old Lesbians Organizing for Change) Third Thursday of every month, 6:30-8:30pm. A potluck dinner followed by a discussion or program. All lesbians 60 years old or older are welcome. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Kingston. 331-5300.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Holistic Self-care Class 7-8:30pm. Crystal Clear Masters with Suzy Meszoly. Family Traditions, Stone Ridge. 377-1021. Nursing Mother’s Circle 1-3pm. Breastfeeding support group for breastfeeding and expectant moms. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. Pilates: Mama with Baby 10:15-11am. $15/$100 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

KIDS & FAMILY Gustafer Yellowgold’s Show 6pm. Equal parts pop rock concert and animated storybook, Gustafer Yellowgold concerts are a truly different multimedia experience that entrances children and adults alike. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-2213.

MUSIC

Put New Paltz on your Calendar Bachelor of Fine Arts / Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibitions December 6-10 December 13-17

Kesang

THE DORSKY MUSEUM www.newpaltz.edu/museum 845.257.3844

Devon Allman 8pm. Bluesy guitar rock. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Holiday Spectacular with Debbie Gravitte 7:30pm. $25/$20 children. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. John Simon and the Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. John Simon, a noted composer and jazz pianist, leads the Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000.

Opening receptions: December 6, 5-7:00 p.m. December 13, 5-7:00 p.m.

Musicians Gathering 6:30pm. Hosted by the house band Stacy & Friends. Acoustic music in one of the best jams in the area Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel. Dancingcatsaloon.com.

Special museum hours for BFA/MFA exhibitions Friday-Tuesday, 11 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Open Rock Jam & Band Showcase 8:30pm. Classic rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.

MUSIC www.newpaltz.edu/music 845.257.2700 Julien J. Studley Theatre Tickets: $8, $6, $3 at the door

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Rhett Miller 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Library Knitters Third Thursday of every month, 7-8pm. Sit and knit in the beautiful Gardiner Library. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.

LITERARY & BOOKS Holding On, Letting Go 7pm. Annie LaBarge and other members of the HealthAlliance Oncology Support Program’s Memoir Writing Group. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.

MUSIC Al Westphal 7-10pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384. Christmas Bash 6pm. Music by 4 Elves in Disguise including Vito. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277. Four Elves in Disguise 9pm. Americana. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277. GaiaWolf 6pm. Acoustic. Main Street Restaurant, Saugerties. 246-6222. Holiday Spectacular with Debbie Gravitte 5 & 8pm. $25/$20 children. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Johanna Warren 8pm. Singer-songwriter. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Mark Soskin Trio 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Will Hoppey 8:30pm. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS The Gong Show and Holiday Party 9:30pm. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30-8:30pm. $350. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

SATURDAY 21 ART GALLERIES & EXHIBITS Open Studios 2-4pm. Meet artists from around the world and enjoy an afternoon of wine, cheese, and talking about art. The Art Students League of New York Vytlacil Campus, Sparkill. 359-1263.

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.

DANCE Freestyle Frolic Community Dance 8:30pm-12:30am. A wide variety of music: R&B, World, Funk, Tribal, Hip Hop, Ambient, Latin, Reggae, House, African, Trance, Electronica, Disco, Rock, Techno, Drum & Bass, and pop favorites. Knights of Columbus, Kingston. 331-6022. Kwanzaa Umoja Celebration 3pm. HOH and Operation Unite team up to present crafts for children, a candle lighting ceremony and the sharing of the Nguzo Saba by community members. Performances include dancers from the HOH/OUNY Hip Hop workshops with Anthony Molina and Kuumba Dance & Drum programs. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-4181. The Nutcracker 1:30 & 5:30pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Third Saturday Contradance Third Saturday of every month, 7:30pm. $10/$5 students. St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie. 473-7050. Winter Solstice/Holiday Swing Dance Party 7:30-10:30pm. $10. Lesson at 7:30pm, potluck and performance. MAC Fitness, Kingston. 853-7377.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS

Text and Music December 5 at 8:00 p.m.

Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Concert Choir December 10 at 8:00 p.m.

Supply and Demand 1-2pm. Breast pumping info session. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

College Youth Symphony December 15 at 7:00 p.m.

COMEDY

FRIDAY 20 Mop & Bucket Co. 8pm. $14/$6 students and seniors. Improv. Proctor’s Theatre, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W Y O R K

www.newpaltz.edu/fpa 845.257.3860

Sparkle: Nights of 10,000 Nights 5-9pm. Get in the spirit of the season with candlelit paths, sparkling lights and various holiday happenings. Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org.

FILM It’s a Wonderful Life 7pm. $7. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

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Prenatal Class 6-7:15pm. Practice safely throughout your pregnancy using a curriculum designed specifically for the expectant mother. Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

Classical Voice Students A Vocal Harvest December 3 at 8:00 p.m.

Anonymous: Contemporary Tibetan Art thru December 15 First Sunday Free Gallery Tour with Beth Thomas December 1, 2-3:00 p.m.

Dan Stokes 7:30pm. Acoustic. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Sparkle: Nights of 10,000 Nights 5-9pm. Get in the spirit of the season with candlelit paths, sparkling lights and various holiday happenings. Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org.

KIDS & FAMILY Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.

MUSIC Arising from the Crystalline Chalice 1pm/4:15pm. Solstice Ceremony of Sacred Sound and Divine Light Healing with Intuitive Sound Healer/channel, Dona Ho Lightsey. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 845 883-7899. Ed Palermo Big Band 7pm. With Napoleon Murphy Brock. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

Esopus Chamber Orchestra 8pm. $30/$15 students. Featuring Tania Halko Susi, viola, and the Kairos Consort performing: Britten Sinfonietta, Elgar Serenade for Strings Op.20, Host Brook Green Suite Vaughan Williams Flos Campi. Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge. I SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262.

NIGHTLIFE

FILM

Monday Karaoke 9pm. Come and join us for a night of singing, laughing and fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.

Polar Express 5pm. $7. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.

MUSIC

Hurley Mountain Highway 7-10pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Balkan Dance Class 6:30-8pm. $15/$75 6 classes. With Bill Vanaver. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.

Dr. Dirty John Valby and Daniel McRitchie 7pm. $15-$20. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.

John Tesh: Big Band Christmas 8pm. $80. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Lawrence Anthony 8pm. Motown, R&B. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. The Miraculous Violin: An Evening with Vadim Gluzman & Angela Yoffe 6pm. $45/$25. A dazzling holiday program featuring the music of Mozart, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100. Sing Messiah 4pm. Gwen Gould, conductor. First Presbyterian Church, Hudson. (518) 828-4275.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Solstice Celebration 11:30am-4:30pm. Sacred fire, Indigenous prayers of gratitude, potluck. Please bring a dish to share, feel free to also bring a drum. Co-sponsored by Two Row Hudson Valley and Brook Farm Project. Brook Farm, New Paltz. 255-1052.

SPIRITUALITY Blue Christmas Service 7pm. First Presbyterian Church of Beacon, Beacon. Beaconpresbyterianchurch.com. Meditation Instruction 2pm. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012. Winter Solstice, Astrology, Affirmations & Healing Music 2pm. $20. Astrological Affirmations for each Zodiac Sign, combined with the horoscope chart of the actual winter solstice by Master astrologer and musician Marian Tortorella. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Supply and Demand 1-2pm. $10. Breast pumping info session. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

SUNDAY 22 FILM It’s a Wonderful Life 7pm. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Yoga with Anna 12-1:30pm. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901. Death Café Fourth Sunday of every month, 2:30pm. Sponsored by the Circle of Friends for the Dying. Part of a global movement to increase the awareness of death to help people make the most of their (finite) life. Hudson Coffee Traders, Kingston. (914) 466-5763. Yoga and Sound Healing with Lea Garnier Ying Yang Yawn 5pm. $16. A mixed level yoga class integrating three relaxing, yet invigorating styles of yoga, and ending with 45 minutes of Sound Healing Intention using crystal and himalayan singing bowls, voice, gongs, and mantra. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-8700.

MUSIC Leo B. 2:30-5:30pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384. Messiah Parts I & II Conducted by Gordon Stewart 2-5pm. $20. The “Messiah” orchestra will have 18-20 of the top professional period instrument players from the finest New York City orchestras, and the same size chorus, along with four outstanding soloists. St. Mary’sin-the-Highlands, Cold Spring. 440-8290. The Met: Live in HD Verdi’s Falstaff 1pm. $18-$25. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040. Sunday Brunch: Mala Waldron 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Sunday Evening: Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Wild Swan Band/Celtic Café 4:30pm. Featuring your favorite Irish/Anglo/American songs and tunes, including local hero Jude Roberts’ swoon-worthy originals. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048.

SPIRITUALITY Monthly Spiritual Pregnancy & Adoption Circle Fourth Sunday of every month, 6pm. Gathering of currently pregnant or adoptive mothers-to-be to help awaken the relationship between you and your child. Together we will explore and practice ways to intuitively connect with this being. Reservations required Wyld Acres, New Paltz. 255-5896.

MONDAY 23 BUSINESS & NETWORKING Year-End Saleathon 6pm. Name your own discount on qualified purchases. It’s wholesale prices like no where else. Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro. 888-2547.

Navigator Sessions for NYS Health Exchange 10:30am-6pm. Private sessions by appointment. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-3241.

TUESDAY 24 MUSIC Open Mike 6:30-9pm. Hosted by Ben Rounds. Emerson Organic Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828.

WEDNESDAY 25 SPIRITUALITY Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism Classes 7pm. 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices and principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES A Course in Miracles 7:30-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner at Unitarian Fellowship in Poughkeepsie. Call to Verify. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-9998.

THURSDAY 26 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Men’s Group 7-8:30pm. Meetings rotate between group discussions, social evenings and special events. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Kingston. 331-5300.

FILM The Muppet Movie 3pm. $7. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

FOOD & WINE Open Mike Every other Thursday, 7pm. Hosted by Jack Higgins of Die-Hardz. Sign ups at 7pm Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. (845) 928-5384.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Introduction to Meditation and Buddhism Retreat Through Dec. 29. Offers beginning meditators a systematic approach to the basics of Buddhist meditation and practice. Won Dharma Center, Claverack. (518) 851-2581.

John Pizzarelli Quartet 8pm. $38. Jazz. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. The Kurt Henry Band 8pm. Progressive rock. American Glory BBQ, Hudson. (518) 822-1234. New York Uproar Blues 8pm. $10. Blues. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. TWD Band with Ken Nicastro 7-10pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384.

SUNDAY 29 HEALTH & WELLNESS Yoga with Anna Dec. 31, 12-1:30pm. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901.

MUSIC Alec Phillips 2:30-5:30pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384. Sunday Brunch: Erik Lawrence Quartet 10am-2pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

SPIRITUALITY Extended OM Chant guided by Dahlia Bartz Cabe 10:30am-noon. $10. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

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NIGHTLIFE

KIDS & FAMILY

Baam Bada House Music Parties Last Friday of every month, 8pm-midnight. $5 includes a drink. Wherehouse, Newburgh. 561-7240.

A Day of Winter Stars 10am/11am/12pm/1pm/2pm. Step into our inflatable planetarium and view the magical night sky as you’ve never seen before! Preschoolers and their caregivers will enjoy seeing twinkling stars and planets as they tell the story of our galaxy. Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum, Poughkeepsie. 471-0589.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Open House 10am/11am/1pm/2pm. Tour the elegant 1754 historic house decorated for the season in 18th century fashion. New Windsor Cantonment, New Windsor. 561-1765 ext. 22.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Title: The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6:30-8:30pm. $350. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

SATURDAY 28 HEALTH & WELLNESS Working Mom’s Support Group 10:45am-12:15pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

DANCE Woodstock Tango 10th Anniversary Celebration 8pm-1am. Tango social dance with Argentine musicians. $20 includes class, buffet, dancing. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 399-9034.

KIDS & FAMILY Kids’ Art Workshop 10am-noon. $12/$20 for two. Ages 4.5-12. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747. Unity Jam! An Interactive Music Experience For Children and Families Fourth Saturday of every month, 2pm. Musical storytelling, group drumming, freestyle dancing, calland-response singing, listening and other interactive activities. MaMa, Stone Ridge. 867-8707.

LITERARY & BOOKS

MUSIC moe 8pm. $50/$45/$35. Progressive rock. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. New Riders of the Purple Sage 8pm. $27-$38. Featuring David Nelson and Buddy Cage with Michael Falzarano, Ronnie Penque and Johnny Markowski with Professor Louie & the Cromatix. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.

NIGHTLIFE Monday Karaoke 9pm. Come and join us for a night of singing, laughing and fun. Rendezvous Lounge, Kingston. 331-5209.

SPORTS TNA Wrestling 7:30pm. $20. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Balkan Dance Class 6:30-8pm. $15/$75 6 classes. With Bill Vanaver. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488. Navigator Sessions for NYS Health Exchange 10:30am-6pm. Private sessions by appointment. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-3241.

TUESDAY 31

Nursing Mother’s Circle 1-3pm. Breastfeeding support group for breastfeeding and expectant moms. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

Laura Ludwig Presents Performance Art and Poetry 6:30pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Sleep Divine Yoga Nidra Fourth Thursday of every month, 6:30pm. $10.00 nonmembers. Participate in gentle movement to relax the body. Allow the guided meditation to soothe you into deep relaxation, presented by Jean Wolfersteig. YMCA, Kingston. 338-3810 ext. 110.

Phoenicia Spoken Word Last Saturday of every month, 7:30-9:30pm. Join poets & writers, storytellers, comedians, featured readers, oneact plays, or come read at the open mike. Mama’s Boy Café, Phoenicia. 688-3050.

Healing Steps Support Group Last Tuesday of every month, 5pm. Join in to encourage patients, family members, and caregivers emotionally and spiritually through all steps of wound healing Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck. 876-3001.

MUSIC

KIDS & FAMILY

MUSIC

Groovy Tuesday 7-10pm. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384.

New Year’s at Noon 11:30am-12:30pm. Ring in the new year at our annual New Years Party for families. Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum, Poughkeepsie. 471-0589.

John Simon and the Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio 7pm. John Simon, a noted composer and jazz pianist, leads the Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000. Musicians Gathering 6:30pm. Hosted by the house band Stacy & Friends. Acoustic music in one of the best jams in the area Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel. Dancingcatsaloon.com.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Open House 10, 11am, 1 & 2pm. Tour the elegant 1754 historic house decorated for the season in 18th century fashion. New Windsor Cantonment, New Windsor. 561-1765 ext. 22.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Love-to-Dance Class 6:30pm. $15. Class for those wanting to be familiar (again) with their dancing body. Laban and Authentic Movement techniques help connect movement with emotions Clyde Forth Dance & Pilates, Mount Tremper. (347) 927-1187. Root Vinyasa: Yoga Classes 8-9:15pm. $12. Vigorous candlelit vinyasa class. Art Centro, Poughkeepsie. 238-0737.

FRIDAY 27 COMEDY Mop & Bucket Co. 8pm. $14/$6 students and seniors. Improv. Proctor’s Theatre, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204.

DANCE Swing Dance to Live Music Fourth Friday of every month, 8:30-11:30pm. Beginners’ lesson from 8pm-8:30. $15/$10 FT students. No experience or partner needed. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.

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In The Cut 8pm. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey 8pm. $25-$80. With special guest Bucky Pizzarelli. Great American Songbook and other classics. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040. Lines of Reason 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Professor Louie & The Crowmatix 9pm. With special guests celebrate the music of Rick Danko. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Savion Glover and the Jack DeJohnette Quartet 8pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Shaktipat: Ecstatic Grooves, Hypnotic Kirtan, Tribal Drumming Fourth Saturday of every month, 8pm. Come join a growing community of ecstatic warriors united in the thunder of pulse, voice and spirit! Raise your voice in hypnotic kirtan, move your body to the sacred rhythms, drum your way to ecstasy, and help create a collective sacred space. MaMa, Stone Ridge. 687-8707. The Slide Brothers 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

SPIRITUALITY Meditation Instruction 2pm. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. Karma Triyana Darmachakra, Woodstock. 679-5906 ext. 1012.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Doody Calls! 1-2pm. $10. Cloth diapering info session. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

MUSIC Bach at New Year’s: A Brandenburg Retrospective 6pm. $35-$85. Featuring the celebrated Berkshire Bach Ensemble directed by world-renowned harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper. Mahawie Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100. moe 8pm. $50/$45/$35. Progressive rock. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. New Year’s Eve Party with Breakaway 9pm. Breakaway featuring Robin Baker. This is a great collaboration of talented musicians and Robin brings down the house with her incredible voice. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. New Year’s Eve at the Falcon 7pm. The Alexis P. Suter Band. Opener, Aubrey Haddard. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds 9pm. An eight-piece soul-infused rock band. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. The Chris O’Leary Band 10pm. Blues. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.

NIGHTLIFE Funk/Disco Dance Party w/DJ Marmalade 8pm. $5. The Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-5342. Music and Dancing with Uncle Funk $10. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900. New Year’s Eve Bash with Cyro Baptista’s Beat the Donkey 8pm. $50. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf. 610-5335. New Year’s Eve Speakeasy Party with Teri Roiger & John Menegon 9:30pm-2am. $100. 5-course dinner, open bar, live music. Ship to Shore, Kingston. 334-8887.

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ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO

Planet Waves

The Mars Effect Close to midnight on Wall Street, Kingston, New Year’s Eve, 2011.

hen the lighted ball drops over Uptown Kingston on New Year’s Eve, the astrology of 2014 will be in place and waiting for the first standout astrological feature of the new year: the Capricorn New Moon on January 1. Let’s start with the party and then go to the astrology. This will be the second annual New Year’s street festival held Uptown. The first time out was a beautiful event, a true success, not needing to make any allowances for being a new event. Between the efforts of local entrepreneur Maria Phillipis (owner of Boitson’s restaurant who organized the outside party), Teri Rossin and her brilliant crew at Backstage Studio Productions (aka BSP Lounge, which handled entertainment), and many business owners who helped out, the festivities came off flawlessly. This year the theme will be an old-time formal soiree. Whether you come in full dress or come as you are, you will see many of your friends and neighbors dressed in their very finest, most creative outfits, designed once again to evoke an early 20thcentury aesthetic. I am not especially into fashion, though I thought this was a lot of fun. Cafés, bars, some restaurants and BSP will all be open extra late. There will be parking in the lower municipal lot off of Schwenk Drive, though you might want to make a reservation for dinner someplace and come out a little early. Please designate a driver and plan a safe route home, off the beaten path if you can, in advance. From what I can reckon, this is an outdoor New Year’s Eve party that’s exactly opposite what you would get at Times Square in Manhattan. You will know people, the crowd will be a modest size (measured in the hundreds, not the tens, of thousands), there will be places (with bathrooms, even) to hang out indoors, and you will be close to home. You can enjoy the festivities and even sit down if you want to. The Capricorn New Moon—and the Cross Unlike most years, the astrology of the next year of our lives begins exactly on January 1. It’s unusual for the civil calendar to align exactly with astrological ephemeris, though this alignment is a message for us about 2014. On New Year’s Day is the Capricorn New Moon. This event is a hologram containing the story of the next few seasons, because it aligns with the long-standing 2012-era aspect, the Uranus-Pluto square. This is generational astrology that is influencing very nearly everything, ranging from global events to the most intimate affairs of your private life. The New Moon is part of a grand cross in the cardinal signs Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn. These may be the four highest-energy signs, The Uranus-Pluto square (which I’ve been writing about in Chronogram at least since May 2009, to give you an idea of its significance) involves two slow-moving planets, and most of the time it disappears into the environment. A square is two planets arranged in a 90-degree meeting—one of the highest-tension aspects that there is. We get it as 98 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM 12/13

the sensation of “everything, all at once,” of weeks so concentrated that they feel like a month of activity happened, of months that go by so fast they feel like eight or nine days, and the sensation that there is simply no way to get control. Those who are not fully on the ride may feel like life is blowing by them; like they are left on the shore as a rushing stream of events goes by. Those who are on the ride may be feeling like they’ve never participated so fully in so much experience. Those who are hesitating may have no concept of how to get involved, or how to have an impact, or how to even make contact with those who are doing so. Pay attention and you will find your opening. Don’t judge your role—just live it out. Uranus and Pluto together are like a mix of revolution and evolution. They can spur incredible upheavals. Yet they can also be subtle, dropping back from awareness and acting more like an invisible part of the environment, but influencing everything nonetheless. They have a long arc of influence, arriving in stand-out phases of history that most people don’t notice until they’re over. Remember that Uranus and Pluto can only be seen with special equipment, such as telescopes or space probes. In a sense, we have to go to them. Astrologically, that property means they represent a nonordinary state of consciousness. When other planets come into the alignment—especially the more visceral bodies closer to the Earth—they tend to bring the Uranus-Pluto aspect into the foreground, as if they’re giving the aspect some tangible substance to work with. The ordinary and the nonordinary fuse together and create something new: original ideas, previously unseen points of view, experiences that shape and change our lives, events that transform our culture. There is always a mix of creative and destructive in these aspects; and there is often a choice what side of that equation to choose. All of this shows up in the Capricorn New Moon chart, and that particular astrological pattern develops through the first week of the year, gradually ramping up the energy, preparing us for the coming four seasons. The New Moon is symbolic of new beginnings and is the turnover of the basic heartbeat of both nature and astrology. On New Year’s Day this is a clue that we’re actually about to encounter something different. The New Moon pattern consists of the Moon and the Sun in Capricorn closely conjunct Mercury and Pluto. This has a touch of the ominous, and has the power to call awareness to a profound depth—the kind of thing that most humans usually avoid. Of itself, the Capricorn group is a call to question the nature of the family, corporate, and government structures that strive to control our lives and our every thought. Mercury combined with Pluto is so penetrating that it holds the potential to go deeper into this issue than ever before. It’s not enough to challenge corporate entities by staging protests. It’s necessary to address their internalized, miniature versions that inhabit our families, our intimate relationships, and our inner lives. Opposite the Capricorn Full Moon group is Jupiter in Cancer. The largest planet

and its 67 natural satellites are holding emotional ground and providing a kind of counterweight, facilitating some stability while these questions come up. Jupiter in its position in this chart feels like it’s gathering emotional intelligence, which will emerge later in the year. At this stage Jupiter (which will be retrograde) seems to be in learning mode, opening up inwardly and making a bold reminder that while it’s sometimes okay to keep your feelings to yourself, it’s necessary to have feelings, to notice them (which means to notice yourself), and to use your experiences to help you expand inwardly. There’s also the sense that some collective feeling is brewing, something that will not begin to express itself directly till late winter. Uranus, part of the Uranus-Pluto square, is in Aries. This is an exceptionally restless placement, searching for identity, busting with erratic creativity that is calling for some containment and focus, and going through potentially violent feelings. There is a drive for freedom in this placement that could be expressed through pointless, violent militancy; or it could be expressed as the kind of art created by someone truly self-inventive. That could be a challenge to find; my take is that Uranus in Aries has most people caught in the thrall of glamour, technology, and the fascination of narcissism. Emerging from that into a free space will be a revolutionary act. Mars Retrograde in Libra: The Prime Mover There is one sign and one extended event remaining to describe on the cardinal cross, and that is Libra. Libra will be occupied by Mars beginning December 7. Mars will be retrograde between March 1 and May 19, and then finally leaves Libra and enters Scorpio on July 25. Mars spends nearly eight months of its current two-year orbit in Libra, about 11 weeks of that time retrograde. Mars retrograde seems to contain an inherent contradiction, in that Mars is action oriented; retrograde motion is a kind of retreat, though it’s also inwardly seeking in a way that Mars generally is not. Libra, where this will happen, is a sign ruled by Venus. So there’s another seeming contradiction here; Mars will be way out of his home territory, with a couple of compromises placed on him. Though this might be challenging if taken unconsciously, it could be helpful as well. We will have Mars in a field of experience where Venus is much more comfortable. This could be some form of gender or gender-role questioning, a role reversal, or the immersion in an experience that provides a different point of view where sex and relationships are concerned. You could see this as men being put into the roles of women and having to find their way. We are talking about Mars, the planet of desire and the energy of “go get it,” and Libra, the primary sign associated with relationships. Mars (which on one level represents an individual) will be in an unusual position, which you could view several ways. One is that whatever Mars represents will be put in a position to be in a more conscious relationship to itself. The inward-seeking property of the retrograde emphasizes the point. You could also look at this as an inquiry. “What do you want from your relationships?” is an obvious image. “Are you in the right relationship?” is another. We humans tend make a lot of assumptions when we relate to one another, and we tend not to ask so many questions. This transit is about asking the questions that will penetrate those assumptions. Mars retrograde in Libra goes to the level of what happens to our society, not just to us as individuals. For the Capricorn New Moon on January 1, all the planets I’ve mentioned so far will be in aspect to Mars—it’ll be opposed by Uranus; to one side squared by Jupiter; and to the other side squared by the Moon, Mercury, the Sun, and Pluto. These aspects are all connection points to much larger nodes, events, or preexisting patterns of change. We may see some shocking, massive events in society associated with Mars passing through the Uranus-Pluto square. Because of the direct-retrograde-direct pattern of motion, Mars will make three sweeps through the Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto configuration: one centered in late December and the first week of January, one centered in the last week of April (with a focus on April 24, the most powerful chart of the year), and then a third in the last two weeks of June. Whatever this astrology represents lasts through the first half of the year and, for a number of reasons, well beyond. The emphasis on personal relationships rises to the level of understanding how society works—that the vastest public experiences stem from our most intimate connections with one another. The ways in which society is out of balance are reflections of the ways in which we struggle in our partnerships. This is an invitation to do your part. Get clear about the meaning of the people in your life. Don’t take them for granted. Don’t take your relationships for granted. Listen to the people you care about, and speak in a way that encourages them to listen to you. We need balance, though nobody is going to hand it to us. We must find it with one another. It will not be enough to pray for peace. We will need to work it out with one another, with kindness, fairness, and devotion. CHRONOGRAM.COM READ Eric Francis Coppolino’s weekly Planet Waves column.

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We live in a time when everything comes down to power. Every question, action taken, or choice made becomes a question of power over others, or whether an individual has the strength to stand up to it. It would be one thing if this were just the king and his men. It’s now every major corporation and countless events that unfold on the individual and intimate levels of existence. Sex becomes a question of rape. Food becomes a matter of mass poisoning. Rule One is: you do it if you can. This comes at a price, which is self-mastery. As long as the name of society’s game is domination of others, we will overlook that the essential mission of arriving on Earth in a body is to be the master of your consciousness, your choices and to the greatest extent possible, your destiny. That theme comes into focus now, and as your ruling planet Mars moves into Libra and then into aspect with the historic Uranus-Pluto square, this theme will remain in focus for the foreseeable future. It is true that many forces in your personality are leading you to feel less than stable, though that is precisely what you must learn to harvest and focus with discipline and a true commitment to self-reinvention, clarity and the ability to direct your will.

TAURUS (April 19-May 20) You are right in that zone where self-respect and respect for authority merge into the same thing. You have wanted and indeed needed to level the playing field of life for a long time; to experience some sense of your own presence with other talented people on a peer-to-peer level. What you are learning is that the human property that facilitates that experience comes from you. It’s your recognition of your own gifts and your own potential that allows you to recognize the talent and leadership of others as something inherently human rather than mythical or supernatural. If you perceive authority as a leadership quality, as aptitude and as a hard-won achievement, you will be more inclined to be its student and to crave cultivating those same qualities in yourself. What you’re about to experience is an opportunity to dismantle and understand the familial experiences that led you in the other direction—to mystify those who seemed powerful; to distance yourself from them; to feel anything but equal. As you identify and discard various internalized structures, especially the authority structures of your family, you will free up energy, time and space. That will come in handy as you discover not only talents but also a profound desire to make your contribution to society.

GEMINI

(May 20-June 21)

It is time for you to think bigger, which means with a longrange vision and focusing your sense of mission. This is setting a high standard in a world where 140-character messages by rank idiots make world news, but so be it. Over the next few weeks, information is likely to come through that has nothing to do with your work-a-day world, your circle of friends or any of your usual patterns of conversation. You will be getting big-picture information at the same time you experience a kind of earthquake around the values that guide your life. Go deeper, not for an hour or for a special occasion, but rather take your whole existence into the realm of active meaning. When you recognize that something you feel or think is true, or when you have an experience that changes you, start making decisions—immediately—based on what you have learned or discovered. Stop yourself from making excuses not to. It would be helpful if you were to take notes, by which I mean carry a notebook and use it, because there are some observations you will make that will evade memory. These are things you will want to remember, indeed, things for which you may have searched a lifetime.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22)

You may notice that certain people you are intimate with are willing to go places you never imagined they would. That’s a cosmic signal that you are ready to go places that you never dreamed of, both in intimate situations and ordinary life. This is not a passing trend. You are embarking on one of the most significant phases of your life, when it comes to your ability to deepen your intimacy, your capacity for empathy and most of all, for experiencing some emotional balance in your relationships with others. While it may not be possible to insist that others know where you’re coming from at all times, you can understand yourself in the context of another person’s life, which is almost as good. A perceptive ability is opening up that is allowing you to see how others see you and to sense who you are to them. Before long you will be able to time travel with this experience, and look back over the course of your life and benefit from the awareness of how others experienced you, even when you were a child. This depth of understanding will help you adjust your emotional reality, and experience the feeling of actually belonging in the world. That you do is a true fact. To feel that way is a privilege. 100 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM 12/13

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LEO

(July 22-August 23)

You may feel like you’ve got an unusual amount of work piled on you, however the way to think of this is as approaching a truly significant achievement. There may be something you’ve wanted to accomplish for years, and you now have that potential. It will help if you get busywork out of the way, avoid running around on errands or doing everyone else’s job. That is to say, keep yourself on a routine of constantly prioritizing and reassessing your priority scheme. The point of this, if it’s not obvious, is to eliminate as many unnecessary activities as possible and direct your energy to what you know matters. If you are uncertain, knock it down the priority list and focus on what you are confident you want to do or know you must accomplish. One thing I can tell you is that by thinking things through and letting your mind do most of the work, you can spare yourself a lot of pointless effort and wasted time. I don’t mean worrying, which you’re better at than you let on. I mean thinking of your goals, desires and the circumstances of your life as puzzles you want to solve, and getting your thoughts together before you take action. A sketch on the back of an envelope may be enough.

VIRGO (August 23-September 22) Authentic creativity requires meltdowns, breakdowns, risks taken, the collapse of the known order and, sooner or later, total submission to the creative process. Well, not the creative process, but your process of birthing yourself into a new stage of your existence, which happens in tandem with what you create. As you go through this, you may have the sensation of betraying authority. That, in turn, could lead to the insidious feeling of guilt, intermingled with the pleasure of creation, liberation or sex, as if what you are doing is ‘so right but so wrong’. Here is a clue. It cannot be both. The right and the wrong you perceive are servants of different masters. So you need to ask yourself, who is the inner voice expressing disapproval (in the form of guilt or fear) and what is the source of the feeling that you really are expressing or exploring something meaningful? All the art in the world leads to this one theme: who has authority for the creation of your life and the expression of your life force? If it is “someone else” then it would make perfect sense for you to feel bad about it. If it’s you, then it makes perfect sense for you to feel beautiful, perhaps a little shaken up, vulnerable and rather unusual.

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LIBRA (September 22-October 23) Events of this month can serve either as a hologram or miniature model for what you can do with yourself during the coming year or, alternately, as an example of what you do not want. There’s likely to be some mix of the two, though I am inclined to think that you are about to discover the benefits of actually asserting yourself. I suggest you do this in your own style (well, that’s always what you do) but don’t let the concept of style include any form of passivity, compromise before the conversation, or getting snagged up in your contemplation/indecision thing. The idea here is to be bold and take a chance. This is where what I will call the reverb factor comes in. When you assert yourself, you’re likely to get a little echo back, in the form of some disapproval from someone. This verges on being a universal phenomenon, and it’s a potential stumbling point for those at a new phase of experimenting with their will and influence. The problem is that it’s enough to keep most people in their shell, silencing their opinions or otherwise refusing to ruffle feathers. Yet overcoming this seems to be the whole point of your astrology this month, and the phenomenon lasts well into next summer. Start the ruffling now and you’ll get some valuable practice.

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SCORPIO (October 23-November 22) If you over-focus on the concept of sex in one relationship, you may miss the point of the whole human sexual experiment. That point (the little arrow on the Scorpio symbol) is how every aspect of life is fundamentally creative; how creativity always requires some transformation or movement of resources (which could be called “destructive” to the form that existed before); and that any form of sex, or art, or expression will unquestionably offend someone, somewhere. Therefore, that someone may be offended by some aspect of your personal expression cannot be a valid criteria for determining the appropriateness of something. Once you catch that little riff, you will become a revolutionary, particularly where the stuffy, rigid thought forms of your parents or other caregivers are concerned. Those shadow figures are unlikely ever to give you direct permission to exist. So I suggest you open your aperture, open your mind, and allow experience to happen. Daring to express yourself passionately, against the rules, is the one dependable thing that will crack all the stifling patterns that have you doing the box step—not waiting for permission or approval from anyone. As Ginsberg suggested, Art recalls the memory / of [your] true existence / to whoever has forgotten / that Being is the one thing / all the universe shouts.

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SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 22) The more you retreat, the more you’re putting yourself into position for maximum contact and action. It may seem like a paradox; however, we both know you’re determined to experience those very things, despite what appears to be a certain emotional hesitancy. When the spark meets the fuel, however, your specific frame of mind will not make a difference, except for how much fun you have when the time comes. So whatever you are doing with your emotional energy, however you feel about putting yourself forward and embracing your feelings and those of others, I suggest you count yourself as moving in the direction of what you know you want the most, whether you think you’re doing it or not. You are in a rare, beautiful position to learn the nature of trust where intimate exchanges are concerned. Part of that trust involves understanding that you have the power to opt in and also to opt out. This state of being often exists for you only in potential; only right now that potential is more like low-hanging fruit. I recognize that you don’t necessarily want to get overly caught up in someone else’s world, and in that you have options. You know that every relationship involves taking a chance. What is not said often enough is that not daring also involves a risk as well.

CAPRICORN (December 22-January 20) You are rapidly moving toward a breakthrough. Since this is something you have initiated but cannot control, I suggest focusing on aligning your intentions with your actions, every single time you make a move. It is debatable whether control even exists. What you can be certain exists is the potential to guide your existence and your creative power one step at a time, one decision at a time, in a series of conscious steps. This is a little like rock climbing or rafting or any other noncompetitive sport. You know your goal, you have your basic approach, and then you deal with the questions and challenges of the moment in the moment you are living them. This is the most efficient—and fun—way to get to your destination. It’s also the best way, at the moment, to align your life with what you want. I am suggesting this as an alternate to control dramas, resistance, power struggles and other huge wastes of energy and focusing power. Your chart is set up for incremental progress that all of a sudden manifests as a kind of crest that feels like you suddenly overcame some huge obstacle; really, all you can ever do is look forward and take one step at a time.

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AQUARIUS (January 20-February 19) Rather than project your values onto a “cause” or going overboard to express your devotion to a relationship, I suggest you take an even bolder step: embody what matters to you the most. We all know the human tendency to have high ideals in some abstract dimension—and those born under your sign are especially susceptible. You can apply this to any desire to become a better person, or the notion that you will accomplish something great in the future. I suggest you skip the whole “becoming” thing and go right into being. This may seem like a leap, but really, it’s a kind of un-leap. Try gathering your existence, your values, your desires into the present moment and noticing how you feel, and where you are. I know you may be experiencing a powerful need to lead by example, which implies demonstrating a level of certainty. I would propose that certainty is the last thing you want now, and the last thing that’s in the stars. You are however in a moment of dancing with some rich, fertile uncertainty, which will do more to nourish you than any goal setting or devotion to anything outside yourself. Stay with the feeling and have faith what it will give birth to, in each moment as you live it.

PISCES (February 19-March 20) Remind yourself at all times, whenever you need to, that you are the one who directs the shape and flow of your life. More significantly, you provide the shape and color to the vital force that comes through you. The more you honor these ideas, the more influence you will have over your life. Yet they will not be real to you until you put them into practice, and get some experience doing so. This will necessitate a change of orientation from focusing primarily on the activity and relationships in your life, to your actual existence. Your core relationship is to yourself, though I assure you that this violates every rule of our society—this, despite the prevalence of narcissism and self-obsession, which has nothing to do with the concept of a core relationship. Narcissism is a mockery, and in truth it’s always about someone else. One of the biggest and best favors you can do for yourself this month and for the coming year is to focus your vision. Have some concept of what you want to be doing, and then refine it regularly as you process additional experiences and information. This is not merely a psychological exercise; it’s working with a manifestation principle. You can be a passive recipient of your experience, or you can vision yourself into existence.

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