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Chronogram ARTS.CULTURE.SPIRIT.
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VIEW FROM THE TOP
KIDS & FAMILY
14 ON THE COVER
52 DETACHMENT PARENTING
Mike Cockrill’s Existential Man at Lift Trucks Gallery in Croton Falls.
16 ESTEEMED READER Jason Stern shares a cherished poem, learned from a Persian dervish.
19 EDITOR’S NOTE Brian K. Mahoney sees the tipping point in the region’s evolution in craft booze.
COMMUNITY PAGES 22 CLASSIC FANTASTIC: RHINEBECK, RED HOOK, & TIVOLI
20 WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING Gamer justice, lotter,y spending in the US, mental health professionals denounce the psychologists who worked to justify toture, and more. Larry Beinhart on the dominant myth that wealth comes from hard work and talent.
WELL-SPENT: SHOPPING
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Eve Fox visits two establishments that are following the nose-to-tail ethos at their deli counters: Provisions in Woodstock and Barb’s Butchery in Beacon.
WHOLE LIVING
32 THE HAPPY COUPLE EDITION Wedding gift and registry options from local purveyors and artisans.
92 THE STEM CELL SOLUTION
HOME & GARDEN Linda and Tom Hopfenspirger’s updated Dutch Colonial in Stone Ridge.
42 TREE CARE FUNADMENTALS
87 TASTINGS A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 88 BUSINESS DIRECTORY A compendium of advertiser services. 92 WHOLE LIVING Opportunities to nurture mind, body, and soul.
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Michelle Sutton talks certified arborist Phil DiLorenzo.
Wendy Kagan repots on an experimental therapy for multiple sclerosis.
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36 A MOST CHERISHED ADDRESS: LANG SYNE ON LEGGET ROAD
Western Litchfield County combines rural pleasures and esthetic acumen.
82 MEAT YOUR MATCH
21 BEINHART’S BODY POLITIC
Northern Dutchess combines a rich sense of history with modern flair.
56 WHERE NATURE MEETS CULTURE: WESTERN LITCHFIELD
NEWS AND POLITICS
With the free-range movement, retro parents are asking: Is relentless supervision the only parenting paradigm that’s good enough?
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ARTS & CULTURE
120 PARTING SHOT The sculptures of Magnus Agustsson as photographer by Samantha Sapienza.
61 SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW 62 MUSIC: Solid Sound, Tanglewood, Grey Fox, Green River, and more. 64 Four Questions for Warren Haynes. 67 One Hundred Years of Maverick Concerts. 67 THEATER: Bard Summerscape, Mount Tremper Arts, Powerhouse, and more. 68 “An Iliad” at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. 72 ARTS: Storm King Art, Women’s Studio Workshop’s August Art Festival, and more.
75 GALLERY & MUSEUM GUIDE 76 MUSIC: CD REVIEWS & NIGHTLIFE HIGHLIGHTS Nightlife Highlights include Kemi Futi and Positive Force; Leni Stern; Blonde Redhead; Tom Paxton, and Fred & Toody. Reviews of The Wild Irish Roses by The Wild Irish Roses; Songs of Exile by John Hodian & Naghash Ensemble, and Bluebird by C. B. Smith & the Lucky Devils.
78 BOOK REVIEWS Robert Burke Warren reviews In a Dark Wood by Joseph Luzzi and Jana Martin reviews A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me by David Gates.
80 POETRY Poems by Eddie Bell, Yuan Changming, (F) Flower, Anthony DeGregorio, Emily Finnemore, Chris Garrecht-Williams, JDK, Nathaniel J. Krenkel, Kaya Lanier, Robert Lewis, Michelle M. Mead, Amalie Remsen, Jennifer Schimmrich, Elizabethanne B Spiotta, Josh Sweet, and Sarah Wyman. Edited by Phillip X Levine.
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THE FORECAST 98 DAILY CALENDAR Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 99 Constellation, Melissa McGill’s installation on Pollepell Island, lights up this month. 100 Innisfree Garden in Millbrook is open for tours. 101 Newburgh Illuminated is a block party celebrating the city on June 20. 103 Lar Lubovitch Dance Company performs at Kaatsbaan on June 20. 104 Beer, Bourbon, and Bacon at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds on June 20. 105 Figures in Flight dance company performs for the final time on June 6. 106 The Lyme-disease drama "The Little Things" is staged at the Bardavon. 108 The BRAWL Men's Beauty Pageant comes to Rosendale Theater on June 19. 110 The rural life of Columbia County shines all summer with Behold! New Lebanon.
PLANET WAVES 114 LIFE WITH AND WITHIN THE ROBOT
Eric Francis Coppolino suggests that despite fears that robots will eventually become sentient, humans should fear become more like robots.
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A Conversation with Filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss Each month, filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss visits with artists and explores the galleries and museums of the Hudson Valley for our monthly video web series, “ArtScene.” Here, Stephen gives a behind-the-scenes look at what to expect in this month’s segments, featuring photographer Carolyn Marks Blackwood, multimedia artist Elisa Pritzker, and Wishbone Letterpress. Available at Chronogram.com/TV. As told to Brian K. Mahoney. Carolyn Marks Blackwood Photographer Carolyn is a nature photographer. One of the things I love most about her is that she finds 95 percent of her photos within a mile or two or her home in Dutchess County. And she doesn’t let up: I’ve been following her for a year now on Facebook and every few days she posts some incredible new photos she’s captured. Her background is in painting, which is clear looking at her photos. Carolyn’s aesthetic vision is so strong in composition and subject matter. Her water shots even take on a graphic quality. An exhibition of Blackwood’s photographs, “Adrift,” will open at the Fisher Center at Bard College on June 20, reception from 5-7 pm, and will be exhibited through the end of August. Elisa Pritzker 2D and 3D visual artist I knew Eliza before I made a film about her, but I really got to know her working on the piece. I identified with the strong environmental theme in her work, and the way she integrates branches, fur, photography, and painting. One thing intrinsic in her work is the Selknam Indians, an indigenous Argentinean/Chilian tribe. Eliza grew up in Argentina, so the Selknam’s body art is a big influence on her, and I got some nice footage of her technique of spontaneously designing. Eliza Pritzker will host open studio visits on June 7 and June 13 from 1 to 5pm (or by appointment) at Casa del Arte in Highland. Elisapritzker.com
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Wishbone Letterpress Artisanal printing press Danielle Bliss and Joe Venditti are both natives of the area who have made a thriving business out of their craft. Danielle and Joe also have a studio in the same building I do, the Shirt Factory here in Kingston.The neat thing is, they use several hundred year-old technology in conjunction with 21st-century technology— they use computers to design the plates for their letterpress printer. Also this month: An interview with artist Mike Cockrill, whose painting The Puzzle appears on the cover of the June issue. Sponsored by:
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ON THE COVER
The Puzzle Mike Cockrill | oil on canvas | 36” x 30” | 2012 If your familiar with the work of Mike Cockrill, most likely for his “little girl” paintings. The series contains lots of cutesy filigree—teddy bears, pickets fences, butterflies—juxtaposed with clowns getting their heads blown off by sexualized pre-adolescents in knee socks. An unsettling mix of the horny and the sentimental—nostalgia and eroticism are inextricable according to Cockrill—the work contain echoes of Henry Darger and John Wayne Gacy in the style of Norman Rockwell. Technically flawless, the paintings caused an unsurprising amount of tumult when they appeared in the early ‘90s, at the height of the anti-porn feminist critique, but cemented Cockrill’s reputation as an artist willing to take risks. When asked if the prevalence of sexual imagery on the Internet has changed the way his work is received now, Cockrill says, “It has allowed us to look at the paintings’ subject and not be shocked by the nudity and violence itself. College students today can enter the paintings in a different way.” That’s the background of the button-pushing artist we’re featuring on the cover this month. The Puzzle isn’t quite as gory or as erotically charged as a Tarrantino film, but it does present another set of classic Cockrill insights into the human condition. “Existential Man,” a series of 14 paintings completed between the fall of 2012-13, documents in visual form what books like The Organization Man and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit explored in the 1950s—the emptiness at the heart of the capitalist experiment. In The Puzzle, Existential Man is taking himself apart. “It’s a test,” Cockrill says. “He has figure out how to put himself back together. He’s being tested to see if he is up to the task.” Another interpretation: Existential Man has nothing to do at this job all day but think about his existence as a mid-level functionary. His work requires neither physical strength nor mental engagement, leaving him to ponder his fate while watching the hours fall off the clock. Through the end of September, you can see Cockrill’s “Existential Man” series at Lift Trucks Gallery, 618 Route 22, in Croton Falls. No ordinary gallery, Lift Trucks is a driveby gallery—all the works are projected to be seen from the outside, while passing by. A 78”-by-78” painting fills up one window, 15 images are projected onto a 64”-by-84” canvas screen in another window. The projections are shown from 8pm until midnight nightly. Portfolio: Mikecockrill.com; Ltproject.com —Brian K. Mahoney CHRONOGRAM.COM WATCH a short film by Stephen Blauweiss about Mike Cockrill and his work.
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Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: I’m sharing a poem I learned from a Persian dervish. We sang it in Farsi, together with complex rhythms on dumbeks, daffs, and zarbs. Those who knew how would play the melody on the ney, setar, and kemancheh, all traditional Persian instruments. We spent three weeks in the wilderness—singing, dancing, drumming, making our food on an open fire, fasting, whirling, doing exercises—singing the song under a canopy of trees, rays of sunlight shining through, and then late into the night around a campfire. Perhaps it is because of this intense setting that the poem rings true for me, expressing the poignancy and loneliness of existence in this world—a place that often feels alien and full of strangers, though sometimes, when we least expect it, we collide with one who seems to originate in the same distant, nearby place as ourselves. —Jason Stern The Drunkards and the Tavern I’m drunk and you’re insane, who’s going to lead us home? How many times did they say “Drink just a little, only two or three at most”? In this city no one I see is conscious; one is worse off than the next, frenzied and insane. Dear one, come to the tavern of ruin and experience the pleasures of the soul. What happiness can there be apart from this intimate conversation with the Beloved, the Soul of souls? In every corner there are drunkards, arm in arm, while the Server pours the wine from a royal decanter to every particle of being. You belong to the tavern: your income is wine, and wine is all you ever buy. Don’t give even a second away to the concerns of the merely sober. O lute player, are you more drunk, or am I? In the presence of one as drunk as you, my magic is a myth. When I went outside the house, some drunk approached me, and in his eyes I saw hundreds of hidden gardens and sanctuaries. Like a ship without an anchor, he rocked this way and that. Hundreds of intellectuals and wise men could die from a taste of his yearning. I asked,“Where are you from?” He laughed and said,“O soul, half of me is from Turkestan and half from Farghana. Half of me is water and mud, half heart and soul; half of me is the ocean’s shore, half is all pearl.” “Be my friend,” I pleaded.“I’m one of your family.” “I know the difference between family and outsiders.” I’ve neither a heart nor a turban, and here in this house of hangovers my breast is filled with unspoken words. Shall I try to explain or not? Have I lived among the lame for so long that I’ve begun to limp myself? And yet no slap of pain could disturb a drunkenness like this. Listen, can you hear a wail arising from the pillar of grief? Shams al-Haqq of Tabriz, where are you now, after all the mischief you’ve stirred in our hearts? (translated from the Mathnawi by Kabir Helminski, The Rumi Collection)
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meet a lot of dreamers in my role as editor of Chronogram. People seeking amplification and dissemination of their wild imaginings in these pages— they want to tell the most compelling story they know to the Hudson Valley. It’s a big old goofy world, as John Prine sang, and dreamers come in all the colors of the cockamamie rainbow, from artists whose ambition exceeds their talent to would-be entrepreneurs whose grandiose business plans dwarf their capitalization to festival promoters with more marketing savvy than good sense to the select few who manage to actually succeed. The dreamers I meet can be roughly separated into two categories: Those who will realize their dreams and those won’t. The confounding thing is: It’s sometimes impossible to tell the two apart at first sight. When Ralph Erenzo bounded up the stairs of my office back in 2004, I didn’t know what to make of him. A short, wiry dude with a incredible amount of energy, Erenzo regaled me with the plans he and his partner Brian Lee had ginned up to open the first whiskey distillery in New York since Prohibition on an 36-parcel in Gardiner, the site of an old gristmill. Not drinkers themselves, Erenzo and Lee saw a business opportunity in microdistilling akin to what had happened in the craft brewing sector a decade earlier. They were determined to get in early and be pioneers of a craft distilling boom. When Erenzo was done explaining what he wanted to do, I gave him a my stock response to dreamers: “Sounds great. Call me when you’re up and running,” I said, thinking I would never hear back from Erenzo, and that this quirky idea would wander off into the soft, nebulous space of unrealized ambitions. I mean, really—the first distillery to open in New York in 75 years? The flaming legal hoops Erenzo and Lee would have to jump through would be as onerous as they would be ridiculous, and ultimately, I assumed, dream-destroying. (Remember, this was back at a time when the state “blue laws” mandated that liquor stores couldn’t even open on Sunday.) Fast-forward one year: Ring a ding! It was Erenzo, who had acquired a high-tech still in Germany, received the first distilling license from the state since Prohibition, and made Tuthilltown Spirit’s first batch of vodka, distilled from apple scraps he had gotten for free at a local orchard. Our correspondent Jennifer May visited Erenzo and Lee early in 2006 to witness their first run of corn whiskey. Here’s how she described Tuthilltown’s operation, housed in a rickety barn, for our March 2006 issue: “On a chilly morning in the middle of winter, Erenzo and Lee are at work. Standing before the monstrous copper, steel, and glass contraption that looks more like it belongs in the Air and Space Museum than on the attic floor of a granary, a tremor of excitement is in the air. For four days, 500 gallons of corn mash, yeast, and water have been fermenting, and now boast an approximate 10-percent alcohol content. You wouldn’t want to drink it, though; it would be a nasty, chewy mouthful. The concoction bubbles, ever so slowly, and the smell in the lower floor of the historic granary is thick, rich, and reminiscent of
breakfast. The spirits are about to be coaxed from the mash. Upstairs, Lee closes the hatch of the still, opens the valve, and the yellow glop flows through a large plastic tube from the fermentation tank and into the still on the upper floor. Erenzo charges the stairs two at a time and arrives to observe as the mash enters the still. The furnaces are on and the steam is forced into the double-walled chamber surrounding the copper pot. Inside, a huge metal arm turns and mixes and ensures even heat distribution. All eyes are on the temperature dials. After about an hour, Lee peers into the glass window on the still. ‘It’s raining alcohol,’ he says.” A few years later, Tuthilltown Spirits would become the toast of New York City after an influential retailer in Red Hook, Brooklyn, LeNell Smothers, bought a case of Baby Bourbon and began proselytizing the product. This crucial endorsement occured just as the artisanal booze and cocktail craze was gaining traction. They say luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. In 2010, Erenzo and Lee sold the business to international distiller William Grant & Sons, but they’ve stayed on to run the business. Another dream of Erenzo and Lee’s was realized in 2012—the creation of a new class of farm distillery (shepherded by state legislators Kevin Cahill and John Bonacic)—allowing distilleries to not only offer samples but also to serve cocktails and full pours as well, just as wineries do. Today, there are 109 distilleries operating in NewYork. A report by John Dunham and Associates from 2012 estimates their total economic impact at $1.5 billion. These numbers don’t include the more than 700 wineries, breweries, and cideries operating across the state and the combined $13 billion of economic activity they generate. Governor Cuomo has been a big supporter of the craft beverage industry since taking office, offering millions of dollars of support in the form of marketing and business development grants. I’m mentioning all this because I received an e-mail from Erenzo a few weeks ago mentioning that his operation would be celebrating its 10-year anniversary in June. Regardless of what you think about booze, or whether you drink it or not, what Erenzo and Lee created in a barn in Gardiner, starting with a single still, marks a kind of tipping in the economic evolution of the Hudson Valley. There will be no more employers on the scale of IBM coming to save us in one fell swoop. The economic vitality of the region will hinge on the success of a community of small-scale creative makers, people inventing artisanal products that tie in to the land and have a compelling story to tell—dreamers like Lee and Erenzo. “We didn’t know when we started that it would make such a big splash,” Erenzo told me recently. “We didn’t really even know what we were doing. But Brian and I would constantly remind each other: There are guys in the back woods with no teeth and a kindergarten-level education making money on this? How hard can it be?” 6/15 CHRONOGRAM 19
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he America I grew up in had full legal segregation in the South. By now, we have a couple of generations that barely know what that means. Who can’t imagine laws that mandated schools, including universities, for whites only. That in many states it was a felony for whites and blacks to marry. Plus a host of other laws and rules that kept the races separate in every aspect of life—where they could live, what jobs they could hold, staying in hotels, eating in restaurants, riding buses and trains, using public restrooms, what beaches, parks, and playgrounds they could use. All the rest of the country had de facto segregation, though not by law.There were no blacks in white neighborhoods, a practice enforced by all sorts of contracts, covenants, bank lending, local ordinances, and, on the rare occasions when all that failed, by intimidation and violence. Schools were kept segregated in much the same way. New York City, then, as now, the most liberal and cosmopolitan place in the nation, was a segregated society. As someone who lived in a Brooklyn neighborhood that was probably less than 5 percent white (I didn’t actually get that white people were a majority group until I went away to college in upstate New York), I was very aware when I went to Manhattan it seemed all white from the Battery up to 110th Street. Greenwich Village was the exception, with a smattering of people of color, all apparently musicians, writers, or artists—rather like the demographics of Woodstock today. I didn’t think it was unlikely—I thought it was impossible—that I would see a black president in my lifetime. When I was growing up, married people on television didn’t have sex lives, they slept in twin beds. Depicting, examining, even joking about sex in speech, in print, and in pictures could be criminal acts. In 1964, Lenny Bruce was arrested and convicted for using obscenities in a stand-up comedy performance at the Café Au Go Go in New York. Is it possible to even conceive of anything a stand-up comic could say today that would be considered obscene enough to launch a prosecution? Can we imagine HBO or Showtime without all the proud nipples and bared, blemish-free bottoms? Or regular (sort of regular) TV prosecuted for “Sex Box,” “Dating Naked,” “Naked Castaway,” or “Naked Office” (a UK show, not yet replicated in these United States). Let alone the Internet without pornography, classified, by actual count of one website, into 1,140 separate categories. One of Lenny Bruce’s best routines was about a prison break. In it, he refers to the prison having a gay wing. That wasn’t a part of the prison that segregated homosexuals, it was for people incarcerated for being gay. Arrests for being gay, acting gay, and hanging out in gay places were routine in NewYork as elsewhere. That may seem long ago and far away, but it wasn’t until 2003 that the Supreme Court struck down the peculiar “sodomy” laws—against specific sexual acts, any and all of which heterosexuals can, and do, engage in—that were used to criminalize homosexuality. With all that, I might have thought that homosexuality would be decriminalized, but I would never have expected that gay marriage would become legal. Then there’s reefer, ganja, weed. Between 2001 and 2010 there were 8.2 million arrests for marijuana. Roughly 12 percent of the people in federal prison are there for marijuana offenses. Now there’s medical marijuana in 23 states and full recreational use in two. Legal weed! Who would have believed there would be legal weed?
Yes, the Right makes the most noise. Yes, they dominate the talky-talk to such a degree that all political candidates do Bible babble affirming how their faith inspires them in spite of the fact that they’re running for office in a country with a constitution that says “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States” style speeches Yes, the anti-abortion movement is hacking away at a woman’s right to choose so that, de facto, in many places, a great many women can’t get an abortion. And yes, de facto segregation persists and we continue to find new and inventive ways to have all-white and all-black schools and communities. Still, overall, the Left is winning the Culture Wars. More and more people can have sex in more and more ways, talk about it, share it, and display it. And we can all get stoned. Not just on prescription meds, ever more widely distributed, but now on nature’s own green high. However hard, and effectively, many people work to maintain separate schools and separate neighborhoods, nobody actually defends the ideology of segregation (except David Brooks of the New York Times, who compared integration to Communism, well intentioned but doomed to failure by human nature). Even the right to kill black men, just because they look scary, is being called into question. But while that has happened, the Right has been winning the economic wars—all the economic wars. One of the great peculiarities is that in the culture wars, the Right represents a broad spectrum of people. In economic matter,s the Right represents the interests of a very small segment of society. And as they grow ever richer and more powerful, that segment, the top 10 percent, has narrowed to a slice, the 1 percent, and down to a sliver, 0.1 percent. Our dominant myth is that earnings and wealth come from hard work and talent. That poverty is the result of indolence and indulgence. So the rich are to be admired and the poor are to be despised. From the 1930s to 1960s, when productivity—dollar value produced per hour of labor—increased, general income increased. Since the 1970s, all the profits from increased productivity have gone to the top. Since 1980, incomes have risen only for the top 1 percent. While wages stagnate, corporate profits get higher and higher. Are we to believe that starting in the 1970s and accelerating in there 1980 there was a sudden upsurge of talent among one out of a hundred? That simultaneously 99 percent of Americans got lazier, laxer, and looser? Or could it be, must it be, that beyond a certain degree the concentration of and the accumulation of wealth is a matter of policy and that policy is the result of the exercise of power. That these trends have been launched by the simplest of all means, cutting taxes for the rich. They have been accelerated and sustained by breaking down the only source of economic power for the non-wealthy, unions. Power shifts the money, then money buys even more power. So now we have a Supreme Court that believes that corporations are people, super-people with more rights than mere mortals, that money is speech and therefore the First Amendment protects unlimited spending and it is natural for elected officials to be particularly responsive to the people who pay them in technically legal ways. So we—the 99 percent—have sex, sexy entertainment, more universal marriage, less racism, good stuff to smoke, while the 1 percent has that and all the money, too. What a deal! 6/15 CHRONOGRAM 21
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A sitting room at Hotel Tivoli. Opposite: Montgomery Place in Red Hook.
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he northwestern part of Dutchess County sparkles and shines, but not in a gaudy, neon sort of way. It gleams like precious metal set with gemstones, living a sleek modern lifestyle that has grown up without compromising centuries of traditional grace. When New York was first settled, this area promptly became the domain of the landed gentry who could live wherever they chose. This was where they chose, and it’s easy to see why. More than a trace of that opulence remains. Rhinebeck, one of the exquisite gems in this crown, has 437 sites on the National Historic Register. It’s no accident that Chelsea Clinton chose to wed in Rhinebeck, where it would be easy to find everything American royalty might need for a special occasion. Yet Rhinebeck’s not a snobbish or staid sort of place. Its truest wealth lies in its people and their well-practiced arts. Rhinebeck is the home of the Sinterklaas celebration conjured by event wizardess Jeanne Fleming. It’s an Old Dutch tradition infused with cutting-edge artistic—and even therapeutic—sensibilities. There are also nearly 20 topflight eateries to choose from: New American, Italian, Indian, wine bars, and coffee shops. There’s an eclectic movie house, Upstate Films, and a singular shopping district that thrives. All this in a village with tree-lined streets and an Amtrak station might be all that it’s fair to expect any one region to offer, but there’s tons more.The tiny village of Tivoli is a cultural powerhouse in its own right: elegant farm-to-table dining, sushi, Mexican, five-star lodging and cutting-edge contemporary theatre. Red Hook, also dripping with history (celebrated each year on Hardscrabble Day) and oozing small-town country charm from every pore, is the kind of place where you’ll find chickens and rabbits being raised in back yards—and the kind of place where you can spend a blissful afternoon antiquing and finish it with gourmet Mexican, sushi, or a fine steak.
Change happens here, but not sprawl; the good is refreshed and reinvented. When Tivoli’s century-old landmark Madalin Hotel went up for sale, it was promptly purchased by a creative couple (one half of which being the artist Brice Marden) who updated it and began the Hotel Tivoli, in a restoration that made Wall Street Journal headlines. The tradition here is brilliant and broadminded: do what you will, but do it very well indeed. That holds true for the feast of surrounding agriculture that keeps restaurants and pantries stocked with every imaginable fresh or artisanal goodie. (Rhinebeck’s Farmers’ Market, held on Sundays, is arguably the best in the Hudson Valley, and that is saying a whole lot.) It holds true for health care: besides the aforementioned Northern Dutchess Hospital, well-run and progressive, there’s the Izlind Integrative Wellness Center and Institute, offering an eclectic and lengthy menu of treatment and education from a planet-wide selection of modalities. It’s true of entertainment, arts, and education: nearby Bard College, venerable and progressive at once, magnetizes world-class art, theater, and music to its SummerScape programming and all year round. The Dutchess County Fairgrounds, besides putting on a bang-up county fair every August, hosts festivals ranging from deep-fried country to New York chic all summer long. Omega Institute, known worldwide for holistic education of all sorts, was born here and still thrives. Kaatsbaan offers the very best in dance. The Southlands Foundation, situated on a 200-acre property that dates back to the original era of land grants, provides a steady stream of historical and ecological education and fun. Come see for yourself. Stay a day, a week, or a lifetime; you won’t regret a moment.Time in the villages of Northwest Dutchess is time well spent indeed. 6/15 CHRONOGRAM COMMUNITY PAGES 23
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t’s wedding season—are you ready? We’ve picked out some great gift and registry options from local purveyors of the truly handmade, artisanal, and anything but generic. Whether a wedding-gift trope or something more unusual, there’s no reason to settle for catalog bland. These Hudson Valley shops and artisans do it so much better. Transcend the Expected Mutability in Motion is a Stockbridge gem for one-of-a-kind gifts with staying power. Practical inventions like a bottle stopper are elevated to sculpture in native reclaimed wood and stainless steel, made by a master woodworker (Jonathan Copper), $26; or grouped with a corkscrew in 1950s neon pink and chrome, $35. Vintage wooden bowls and platters have been updated with bright hand-painted interiors (under a food-safe finish): a vintage wooden serving platter, $50; a large bowl, $65. Mutabilityinmotion.com Artisanal Modern Tender Land Home has been a mainstay for Catskills wedding presents for 13 years. The Phoenicia shop features works by local artisans and gifts filled with spirited style. For drinkware that’s well above the fray, there’s a set of six delicate botanical champagne flutes, $72.95. Capiz boxes adorned with flowers make perfect hers-and-hers gifts when grouped into a decorative flurry, $11.50 each. Retro-colored stoneware bowls with pour spouts will brighten a new kitchen, $84.85 for a trio. Best to visit to find that perfect present: The stock changes constantly. Thetenderlandhome.com High Style, Low Pressure Named for its geographic distance from Manhattan as the Range Rover / Subaru flies, Hundred Mile in Rhinebeck has a well-curated array of great home decor. Couples can create a registry that the Museum of Modern Art would approve: 32 SHOPPING CHRONOGRAM 6/15
design icons include a luxe pleated throw blanket in cozy-soft pleece by Design House Stockholm, $175; and the sublimely intertwined, polished-stainless double candlestick by Menu from Denmark, $170. And there’s much more: 40 different lines by contemporary modern makers, from smalls (jewelry and dishware) to furniture (wardrobes). 100mileny.com Locally Sourced Birthed as a pop-up, Newburgh Mercantile evolved into a hip, charming fixture in Newburgh. Located near Washington’s headquarters and the Newburgh Brewing Company (celebrate your purchase with a beer), it overlooks the Hudson River, and is well stocked with regional standouts. A full selection of atmosphere-enhancing Kobo Candles (made in Saratoga Springs) includes the Give collection: sublime and righteous (Well-Spent loves that). A portion of a Kobo Give candle’s purchase price goes to one of four charities—recipient’s choice—including the Adirondack Council, $38 each. There are also textiles, foodstuffs, superb bath and body, yoga mats, and more. Newburghmercantile.com Artisanal Dinnerware CarolineWallner is an immensely talented potter who startedTivoliTileWorks in, yup,Tivoli; now she’s crossed the river to a breezy studio in Bearsville.Yes, there are tiles, but she’s known for her stunning, handmade dinnerware in stoneware, terracotta, and porcelain—all dishwasher and microwave safe. Couples often set up registries for a full table’s worth: A setting might include large and small plates and bowls for pasta, cereal, or broth. Depending on glaze and size, sets range from $80 to $250, or purchase by the piece. Tivolitileworks.com Spooning Encouraged Beacon’s Utensil Kitchenware is a dream of a shop that has nearly everything kitchen but the sink itself: serving utensils, knives, gizmos, and vessels in all sorts of materials, styles, and colors, cookware and everything else. Make veggies easier with a kale and greens stripper by Looseleaf, $8; make cakes prettier with a geometric bundt cake pan by Nordicware, $39. Gift the couple not one, but a pair of cast-iron skillets—so each can season and use the way he or she wants. Lodge 12-inch skillet, $45. Or, give a gift card so the newlyweds can choose their own. The shop also offers knife sharpening services, so rest easy when you buy those Opinel knives:You’re covered. Utensilkitchenware.com
Clockwise from top left: Bundt cake from a Nordicware pan from Utensil Kitchenware in Beacon; Menu stainless steel double candlesticks from Hundred Mile in Rhinebeck; handmade dinnerware from Tivoli Tile Works.
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Modern Artisanal Roxbury General sources the perfect touches for a new home from Catskills artisans such as Toni Brogan, whose handmade, woven tapestries combine local alpaca, unspun wool (roving), wool, and silk. Each is one of a kind, and they’re already set on polished brass rods. Large tapestry, $200. Woven whisk brooms in traditional hawktail or turkey-wing styles are functional folk art, gorgeous in green or a deep red, $30 each. Roxburygeneral.com Love in Motion Admit it:You’re thinking bicycle as you peruse china patterns. But hey, we live in a natural paradise: It may be more practical to go with a bike. Favata’s Table Rock Tours & Bicycles in Rosendale offers a slew of great two-wheelers: Find the perfect bike, and then set up a miniregistry. All friends and family have to do is make a phone call to contribute toward the purchase. Popular models include the Trek SKY S Disc mountain bike for her, and the Trek Marlin 6 mountain bike for him, both approximately $600. On the higher end: the Trek Cali SLX for her, $1800, and the Trek Superfly 5 for him, $1600. Trtbicycles.com Clean Lving Also on wheels but not quite as fast, a vacuum with all the bells and whistles from H. L. Snyder & Son Appliances in Saugerties may feel unromantic, but it may prevent some new-home dust-ups. The top-shelf Oreck Quest Pro canister vacuum comes in racy cherry red and silver and features a power head, pivoting wheels, and a full set of onboard tools, $399.99. And should you inadvertently vacuum up your wedding ring, this full-service, family-owned appliance store can help. Hlsnyder.com
Happy Wine-iversary Don’t just give any bottle of wine for a wedding present, say the merchants at The Wine Connection in Pound Ridge, make it a bottle that means something. Prepurchase a bottle of wine that’s the same vintage as the wedding, let it mature, and the shop will ship it to the couple when the time comes. A 2015 Bordeaux will be ready by the couple’s third anniversary (now there’s an incentive to stay together). In the $50 - $100 range are wines such as a Chateau LaGrange or Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste. Or choose a more modestly priced Italian Barolo (price depends) This fine and rare wine purveyor has plenty, and is happy to guide you. We’ll drink to that. Wineconn.com
Married with Critters Combining pets as well as households? Make their landing softer with ecofriendly, handcrafted dog and cat beds by SitStayForever in Pine Plains. The brainchild (or brainpup) of a fashion industry veteran who has a master’s degree in natural resources, these are durable and entirely free of toxins, as certified by a textile testing mill in Germany. Giftwise, they’re good looking: These are no generic lumps with vague camo blur but well-built, animal-friendly shapes in cheery solids and patterns (nautical’s a fave). Sized tiny to gigantic, entirely washable, $33-$138. Available online or at local purveyors. Sitstayforever.com Haute Gifting Finch in Hudson is a haven of elegantly eclectic furnishings and home decor. But the shop’s partners also stock bath and body accents, making this a go-to resource for creating an atmosphere, not just a room. Some couples simply request gift certificates so they can shop themselves when the time comes, but wedding gifts abound. Stunning porcelain by dbO home of Sharon, Connecticut, includes a delicate, minimalist charcuterie plate, $95. Vintage modern Royal Copenhagen vases are $85 and up. For a truly rustic statement there are Black Forest mounted antlers from the 1920s and later, $125-$165. Ultrachic Astier de Villatte/John Derian wares run from $85 to $500. And while in Finch, do a flyover of their book collection. Finchhudson.com 34 SHOPPING CHRONOGRAM 6/15
When the Honeymoon’s Over They’re going to need coffee. Lots of coffee. Send them a basket from Kingston’s own Monkey Joe Roasting Company and they’ll thank you forever, or at least until the caffeine runs out. There’s tea as well, and decaf versions bien sur: All gift baskets are custom-made per your requests. A set of two half-pound sacks of the good stuff with some sweet extras is $22; an extravaganza with beans, accessories and gadgets is priced depending on contents. Or celebrate the art of the brew by gifting a Baratza Virtuoso Coffee Grinder, $249; classic Chemex carafe, $37.50; Aerolatte milk frother, $19.99; Bellman Stovetop Espresso maker, $139; and more. Monkeyjoe.com
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The House
Tom and Linda Hopfenspirger in their hathering room with Ophelia.
A Most Cherished Address LANG SYNE ON LEGGETT ROAD By Haynes Llewellyn Photos by Deborah DeGraffenreid
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enovating/restoring four previous homes had been a challenge for Tom and Linda Hopfenspirger, but constructing their fifth home was a delight. With each project, rolling up their sleeves was the common dynamic. Plastering, painting, and sanding, no task was too large for the energetic Hopfenspirgers. Over time, they developed a singular formula of design. Linda, owner of Gilded Lilly Floral Designs, utilized her artistic skills to create each interior. Tom, a retired Navy commander, applied military precision to each task’s execution. “We never ever did it the easy way. If there was an easy way it was not the Hopfenspirger Way,” he says with a laugh. Hand-finished wide-plank flooring is a Hopfenspirger design essential. Achieving the floor’s desired patina requires a mixture of three stains. The stain is applied by hand, and then wiped. Next, layers of polyurethane are applied in three coats. By sanding and buffing between subsequent coatings, the floor’s durability is assured. Their fifth home was newly completed and Tom felt settled. His sanding/staining days were a distant memory. Then came the call. “Honey, we’re moving again,” proclaimed the excited Linda. Tom’s quick reply was, “Oh great, where?” Those three words sealed the family’s fate. Earlier in the day, Linda’s fall garden planting had been interrupted by a call from Vicki St. John-Gilligian. The two lifelong friends share a love of antiques, interiors, and homes. A new listing on Leggett Road in Stone Ridge had sparked St. John-Gilligian’s attention. “Growing up in Kingston, I had always loved the trees along Leggett Road,” says Linda. Leggett Road, a country lane hallmarked with stately homes, has long been considered a best address in 36 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 6/15
Through the course of a six-year renovation the Hopfenspirgers transformed Lang Syne from a 1930s Dutch Colonial into a home more indicative of 18th-century Hudson Valley architecture.
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The furnishings of the home’s ample sized kitchen convey a sense of warmth and tradition. Opposite: A trained florist, Linda Hopfenspirger incorporates decorative vignette’s in each room’s decor.
Ulster County. “The minute I crossed the threshold, I felt warmth and the love of family,” says Linda. “The house’s positive karma was immediately evident,” remembers Linda. The sense of home, the location, and the surrounding 36 acres were perfect. The address, 86 Leggett Road, sealed the deal. “In a restaurant when the chef ‘eighty-sixes’ a steak, that means there are no more steaks. Tom and I met while I was working in a restaurant, so the address 86 was another sign it was meant to be.” Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot? When philanthropists Kenneth and Whitt Davenport christened their home Lang Syne in the 1930s, the name was not a salute to the NewYear’s Eve standard, but an homage to the purported original name of Stone Ridge. The Dutch Colonial had an inescapable charm from the onset. Erected on the foundation of the oldest clapboard house in the surrounding town, the home featured salvaged architectural detailing, Dutch doors, and hand-forged ironwork. Whitt Davenport, daughter of legendary Mississippi congressman William Whittington, was the epitome of Southern hospitality. For 70 years, Lang Syne was beloved by friends and family alike. Politicians, musicians, and artists were frequent guests. Lang Syne had become synonymous with graciousness. “I would like to see my parents grow old here,” wrote Mehren Hopfenspirger to the Davenports. Stuck in a bidding war, the Hopfenspirger’s nearly lost Lang Syne. Mehren’s thoughtful letter to the Davenport Estate closed the deal. What Have We Done? On moving day, the temperature was seven below zero. Trudging through three feet of snow with their possessions was not ideal, and family lines were drawn. Daughter Mehren and Linda felt thrilled to have Lang Syne. Son Kurt and husband Tom remained skeptical. Kurt, a freshman at Coleman High School, missed the media room of their former home. Tom, owner of a media distribution business, felt overwhelmed. Kitchen and bathroom renovations were nothing to Linda. The spring discovery of nesting bees within the home’s walls was not a problem for her. Linda’s spirits would not be dampened. Meetings with architect Michael Lockwood and builder Benjamin Stanfield were 38 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 6/15
fruitful. All was right with the world. Then the proverbial Pandora’s box of renovations opened. Its lid came crashing down loudly upon them. To accommodate the proposed roofline of the home’s new addition, the entire existing roofline would have to be raised 10 feet. Surveying the footings of the rear addition, Tom found the footage was “too short.” Willing to compromise to maintain the peace, Linda agreed to increase the square footage by eight feet. The kitchen’s expansion was hampered by the discovery of the Rosendale cement foundation. “Rosendale cement is the toughest, most nonpenetrable cement in the world,” Linda says. Jackhammers arrived on the scene. Each day was a journey. Tom was discouraged. Mehren joked, “ABC completes an ‘Extreme Makeover’ in one weekend. Why can’t you?” “It reached the point that Tom would literally crawl through the basement window to enter the house. Anything to avoid the builder and architect,” said Linda. A View with a Room “I really am Ellie May Clampett,” Linda says, referring to the backwoods bombshell of “Beverly Hillbillies.” “I love critters and the landscape.” This mantra led to the six-year renovation of Lang Syne. There was a desire to embrace the natural landscape in each room. Once launched, the home’s expansion reached 2,200 square feet.The inclusion of an indoor garage with an upper-level loft and full basement increased the home’s total square footage to 5,600 square feet.The basement and loft remain unfinished. “At this point they may never be finished,” Linda confides. “We still have incomplete projects in many of the rooms.” Twelve-over-twelve windows, French doors, and Palladian windows enliven the home. Throughout the renovation, items removed from the home were recycled. In the living room, hand-planked flooring was reinstalled. The flooring predates the Davenport construction. Thankfully, the Davenports had followed the same rule. Nothing was discarded. The wide-plank flooring no longer in vogue in the 1930s had been utilized as subflooring. Hand-hewn beams, carved period mantels, wide-board floors, and crafted mill work abound throughout the four-bedroom home. The stars of the first and second floors are the windows and French doors—exterior spaces become interior spaces in sunlight.
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Spaces to Live In Family celebrations abound in the Hopfenspirger’s Lang Syne. A typical holiday may find Linda busily preparing dinner for a guest list of 45. Thanksgivings are often reminiscent of Norman Rockwell’s iconic painting Freedom fromWant.The Hopfenspirger clan is a large one. “Our home is meant to be enjoyed,” says Linda. Then there have been the weddings of Kurt and Mehren. “As parents, we share a close relationship with our children,” she says. “Our children’s spouses have been readily and happily included in our family.” The gates of Lang Syne have often been open to a number of local nonprofits. In December 2008 and 2014, the home’s 11 Christmas trees were the highlight of the Holly Berry Trail, the annual benchmark fundraising event for the Junior League of Kingston. Valuing land preservation, the Hopfenspirgers’ home was the setting for an event to benefit the Open Space Institute. In 2014, Vicki St. John-Gilligian was selected by the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley as a lifetime honoree.Without hesitation the Hopfenspirger’s opened their home and grounds for the garden party. More than 500 guests drank and dined over the course of a September afternoon. Guests were invited to tour the home at will. “Our home is a family home we share with our guests,” states Linda. Hops Farm Given the ever-changing dynamics of the media distribution business, Linda and Tom are beginning to look toward retirement. It is no coincidence the German translation of the word hopfen is “grower of hops.” Historically, New York State controlled the market of hops production in the US, and the Hudson Valley was the center of that production.With a name like Hopfenspirger, “how could we not consider growing hops?” Currently, they are in the discussion and research stages. “Tom has cleared the three acres,” says Linda. “We have spoken with growers as well as others in the production field.” After the initial planting it takes three years before the hops may be harvested. Though intrigued by the thrill of a new adventure, Linda and Tom have not reached a final decision. Tradition and Family “We enjoy being the custodians of cherished pieces that have spanned 200 years or more of our country’s history. Other families have loved these highcountry antiques before us. We carry on that tradition as we safeguard them now only to pass them on to future generations. They complete our home. We feel the pieces add warmth and character to our home and a sense of history. We always enjoyed sharing the history with Mehren and Kurt so they would develop an appreciation of fine handmade furniture that has survived multiple generations,” says Linda. The value of family, tradition, and home is the creed of the Hopfenspirger household. Mehren and husband Guy Popvin have announced the pending birth of their first child. This assures that Lang Syne will again be welcoming another generation to its hearth.
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rowing up, Highland arborist Phil DiLorenzo spent summers with his family at Indian Lake in the Adirondacks. He dreamt of one day becoming a park ranger or a forester. Shortly after he enrolled at Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondacks to study forestry, he made a field adjustment. His roommates were studying urban forestry, and he found himself intrigued. “I started to see myself in the tree care industry,” he says, “because I’m social and enjoy interacting with new people, whereas traditional forestry can be somewhat solitary.” DiLorenzo studied arboriculture (the science of tree care) and learned to climb trees safely with ropes, harness, and rings. He became an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist, the industry’s standard for professionalism. One year after he graduated from Paul Smith’s in 1996, he started his own business, DiLorenzo Tree Care & Crane Service. Half of his work is with residential clients; the other half is working for SUNY New Paltz and for NYDOT. In addition to being a ISA Certified Arborist, DiLorenzo maintains a variety of other professional certifications, including that of the Electrical Hazard Awareness Program, to work legally and safely in the vicinity of electrical wires. He prides himself on the quality of his operational equipment. He says, “I’ve found that having more equipment saves so much on labor that I can actually be more affordable for my clients.” Because of this, he says that the best arborists are not necessarily the ones that charge the most. Here, DiLorenzo advises about hiring arborists and basic tree care. 42 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 6/15
When should people call an arborist? Phil DiLorenzo: You should call an arborist before construction or sewer line digging starts, when there are dead branches, when there are girdling (i.e., circling and strangling) roots around the base of your tree, or when you see early signs of decline, like branch tips dying back. Most people wait until the last minute, when trees are half dead or are hanging over with big dead branches or the leaves fall off in June or when they see indicators it’s hollow, like carpenter ants in the tree or sawdust on the ground. That’s too late to save the tree. A good arborist will, while on your property, assess the health of your cherished trees and be on the lookout for future problems that can be averted. That will save you money in the end. Is the fear of the cost of tree work warranted? PD: Some people get scared before they ask. Arborists get a bad name because of the unscrupulous ones who come in after storms and price-gouge vulnerable people. That’s when you hear those nightmare scenarios about $10K to take down a tree. It’s not as expensive as you may fear, if you get someone reputable who has the right equipment to work efficiently. To give you an idea, most of my jobs, including taking down trees, are in the $500 to $800 range. There are ways to save money, like it’s cheaper if we can leave the wood—that saves me on time, my back, and equipment. Everybody wants wood; I have people on file that will come and get it. So ask your arborist for ways like that to save money.
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L
enore Skenazy started the free-range movement almost by accident in 2008. Two days after her personal essay, “Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone” appeared in the New York Sun, Skenazy found herself on Fox News and the “Today” show, and labeled “America’s worst mom.” So, with the help of a friend, the New York City-based, Monroe-summering writer coined and trademarked the term “Free-Range Kids” and started a blog. Skenazy is no parenting daredevil. “I wouldn’t have done it if I thought I was putting my son in danger,” she says. But when she’s advocating that parents take their kids to the park and leave them there or outlining the imperfections of the sex offender registry (which tracks convicts), she’s easy to vilify.Yet her overall message exposes the clash between anxiety and traditionalism in our shifting culture, and it’s resonating with parents. Victoria Stramiello recently moved to New Windsor and started the Hudson Valley Free Range Kids & Parents Meetup group so she can befriend people without feeling defensive about her parenting choices. When she goes hiking, other parents worry about Lyme disease, how the kids will hike back down, and whether the mountain stream water is dirty. Recently, when one little girl kept stumbling on the rocky terrain, Stramiello said, “If you don’t let them fall when it’s easy, they won’t be able to get up when it’s hard.” She admires Skenazy for putting things into perspective. “I think free-range needed a spokesperson, especially for those individuals who may not have the resources to always watch their kids,” Stramiello says. Age of Anxiety On her Discovery Life channel reality TV show, “World’s Worst Mom,” Skenazy coaxes overanxious parents into letting go. She says our knee-jerk reaction is to do worst-first thinking. Our kids might be five minutes late coming home, and we imagine the worst-possible scenario. “‘What if?’ leads to a lot of fearfulness on our part, but it also leads to laws,” Skenazy says. She rails against criminalizing the type of parenting our parents employed, like letting the kids wait in the car for five minutes (illegal in some states) or walk home from the park (recently deemed unsubstantiated neglect in a case in Maryland). Skenazy feels we’re prepping for random acts of violence as if they were the everyday norm. Our precautions send the message to our kids that we love them, but we don’t believe in them. “A child who thinks he can’t do anything on his own, eventually can’t,” Skenazy writes. It also renders any free time that parents carve out as being at the expense of children’s safety, and there’s an element of back-door antifeminism to that. Skenazy feels that limiting a parent’s everyday options as well as a child’s freedom groups the two as if they can’t survive together unsupervised.That becomes a nowin situation for people navigating the challenges of a culturally chaotic family life.
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In New Windsor, per the Board of Ed policy, Stramiello’s seven-year-old son can’t get off the school bus near home unless someone is there to meet him. It’s perplexing to Stramiello, who grew up in a single-parent household as a latchkey kid. “I don’t want to make parenting decisions based on someone calling the cops on me,” she says. “I want to make decisions based on what I’m comfortable with.” She has a vision of how she wants to raise her children. They’re young, so she starts by teaching the basics: reporting to her where they’re going and strategizing with them age-appropriate risktaking. While they’re hiking, she’ll ask her son which path they should take, and let him decide to change course when needed. “I want him to be able to solve a problem without me fixing it. It’s about education and boundaries.” But when Stramiello reads posts and comments on Facebook, she feels judged. She laments someone’s recent claim that it breaks her heart to be without her children. “It’s almost a badge of honor if parents are hovering.” What constitutes good parenting is subjective, and Stramiello feels it’s too easy to condemn others rather than offer a helping hand. Boundaries Closing In At some point, the family focus shifted from an experiential, spontaneous childhood to an idealized, blog-worthy parenthood.When did we start hollering at the teenaged umpires during our kids’ soccer games?When did we stop letting our children run barefoot in the grass? During WWII, kids were sent walking home from school with house/latch keys dangling from necklaces, presumably to spend hours alone until mom got home from work. But by the aughts, parents were calling their college-aged kids to wake them up for class.This helicopter parenting is a relatively new phenomenon that’s transitioning to become the new norm. With a 17-year span between her own four children, Kim Kimble agrees that parenting has changed. She was a free-ranger before she knew the term, letting her 10-year-old bring his five-year-old sister into town for hot chocolate. Like most free-rangers, Kimble wanted to give her children a childhood she recognized: playing kickball in the street, coming home when the streetlights went on, and dealing with squabbles amongst themselves. “They had boundaries,” she says. “You just gradually expand them.” With her youngest son, the regulations astounded her. He wasn’t allowed to take a shot at half court because someone might get hit with the basketball. “Yeah, sometimes things happen, but there’s also an awareness needed when you’re standing on a basketball court,” Kimble marvels. “Once these things become entrenched in society, in spite of the facts in front of us, I think we’d rather be hysterical.”
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The “Stranger Danger” Obsession The fears swirling around our children are numerous, and perhaps our worst is where they vanish in plain sight at the hands of a deranged stranger. According to Bob Lowery, vice president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who oversees the Missing Children Division, instances of kidnapping have sharply declined in the past 10-15 years. That’s been the Center’s 31-year mission, through educational outreach (locally, through their Saratoga Springs office) and helping law enforcement and families find and protect children. In his 30 years’ of law enforcement and six years at the Center, Lowery knows that child abduction is a crime of opportunity, not often planned. He credits the reduction in cases to Amber Alerts (public notifications about missing children reports), the prevalence of cameras and videocameras in public, and the sex offender registry. “We haven’t reduced the number of offenders who will commit a crime, but we have limited their availability to get away with it.” The Center doesn’t believe in fear mongering, and Lowery wants people to feel safe in their neighborhoods. “We’ve come very far in the protection of children, but I would take it as a step back to think of the world as universally safer.” The world is also different. When Lowery was growing up in the 1960s, there was often one nonworking parent at home.When the neighborhood kids played at the other end of the block, the parents there took responsibility for them. “Our neighbors were extensions of our family.” Today, we don’t always know our neighbors, and adults won’t often approach unknown children for fear their intentions will be misunderstood. Instead, we call the police to report our concerns, which Lowery feels isn’t a bad thing. “To discourage people from calling the police because of this conversation would be to the detriment of the child. If it was my neighbor and I knew them, I’d call them first. But it depends on the situation.” Lowery applauds the free-range movement for empowering children. “Assertive children with confidence are the ones who generally get away from an abductor,” he says. But he’s quick to point out that how people respond in the face of danger is hard to predict. “That’s the unknown we all face. We don’t know how we’ll react, and we’re asking a six- or 10-year-old to. We can’t assume we know what they’ll do.” So Lowery feels it’s important to be prepared: know what’s in the neighborhood, walk routes with children, work out safe places for them to go, and use teaching moments and what-if scenarios to see how children react. That’s what Kimble did when her kids were little. “’If you got lost right now in this mall, who would you go to?’ ‘If this is our meeting spot and you couldn’t find me, or you couldn’t find our meeting spot, what are you going to do?’ We practiced problem solving together,” she says. As a grandmother, Kimble enjoys watching her eldest son teach his daughter to interact with strangers. That’s something free-rangers talk about a lot. They don’t want their children to fear strangers; they want to teach them a safe way to meet people. Stramiello, for example, credits the kindness of strangers, the ones who gave her directions when lost or with whom she shared a conversation over some commonality, with enriching her world travel when she studied abroad in college. “I don’t think that by encouraging your children to participate actively in the world that you’re telling them everything is safe,” Kimble says. “You’re just giving them more experience to base their judgments on.” “People who believe in free-range kids believe in kids and each other and humanity,” Skenazy says. “We get into scrapes, and we get out of them.” Case in point, she asks, “Which of your neighbors do you think will poison your children’s Halloween candy for kicks?” She feels our constant fear is a colossal ingratitude and unawareness of these lucky times in which we live. “The ‘stranger danger’ obsession of the last 30 years has corroded a lot of what I love about America: people being open, walking outside and meeting your neighbors, doing business with a handshake, sending your kids outside to play. If you think everyone is a potential threat, you’ve closed off a lot of your life and a lot of your kids’ lives.” RESOURCES Lenore Skenazy Freerangekids.com Hudson Valley Free Range Kids & Parents Meetup.com/hvkids The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Missingkids.com/NewYork Free-Range Children Mid-Hudson Valley Facebook.com 54 KIDS & FAMILY CHRONOGRAM 6/15
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Left to right: Macedonia State Park in Kent; photography by Avery Danziger at the Hotchkiss School’s Tremaine Gallery in Lakeville.
WESTERN LITCHFIELD WHERE NATURE MEETS CULTURE BY JONATHAN PREUSS
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Connecticut native Sol LeWitt, including LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #701, which will be on view for only the second time in over 20 years though June 28. The artist created colors for his wall drawings by combining red, blue, yellow and grey in layers. Sometimes as many as 14 layers were used to create one color. In Sharon, a cultural hub is TriArts Sharon Playhouse, whose crowd-pleasing summer main stage schedule features three musicals: Lerner and Lowe’s “My Fair Lady” (June 18-July 5), Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” (July 15-19), and the beautifully weird “Little Shop of Horrors” (August 13-30). The surrounding scenic beauty make the region irresistible for nature lovers. For those who believe the mountain is always clearer to the climber from the plain, Kent’s Macedonia State Park offers Hudson Valley residents an opportunity for reflection, as the Blue Trails across Cobble Mountain offer outstanding views of the Catskill and Taconic Mountains.The park boasts 2,300 acres, and exciting terrain that has resulted from the slow wearing down of its hard rock formation base. Hikers can easily find a spot to camp for the night at one of the park’s 51 campsites. A smaller, but equally stunning venue is the Kent Falls park. Kent Falls has its beginning in the town of Warren, draining an area of six or seven square miles. It then flows west where it plunges approximately 70 feet in a dramatic cascade. Visitors can wander across the covered bridge, hike the falls, and feel the mist on their faces as water cascades 250 feet down on its way to joining the Housatonic River. Whatever you do in the region, there is always another trail to hike down, another gallery to explore, another reason to return.
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WASSAIC PROJECT (JULY 31-AUGUST 2) The 8th annualWassaic Project, combining art exhibitions, film screenings, music, and dance, takes place at Maxon Mills in Wassaic, July 31-August 2. Wassaicproject.org The Deluge, Adam Forrester, HD Video, 5:07 minutes, 2014
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SOLID SOUND (JUNE 26-28) Since 2010, with a year off here and there to keep things from becoming a businesslike grind, the Wilco-curated gathering at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, has balanced timeless veteran acts with adventurously experimental ones. With two sets by the hosts, it boasts Real Estate, Parquet Courts, King Sunny Ade, Richard Thompson, Taj Mahal, Cibo Matto, the Expandable Brass band, the Charles Lloyd Quartet, NRBQ, Bill Frisell, comedy from John Hodgman, performances by sundry Wilco side projects, and more. Solidsoundfestival.com.
DISC JAM (JUNE 11-14) This newer fest is in the rural Rensselaer County burg of Stephentown. Billed as “four days of live music, camping, and disc golf,” the jam-crammed soiree includes Lettuce, Electron, Dopapod,Twiddle, Kung Fu, Consider the Source, Cabinet, Phutureprimitive, Soul Monde, Pink Talking Fish, the Heavy Pets, Viral Sound, the Roots of Creation, Ikebe Shakedown, and more. Plus there’s the Silent Disco, which forgoes the usual pumpin’ PA for headphones worn by late-night dancers. Discjammusicfestival.com
CLEARWATER (JUNE 20-21) Also known as the Great Hudson River Revival and inspired by the conservationism of local legend Pete Seeger, Clearwater has been held since 1978 next to the river he held so dear. Once again taking place at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, this installment offers another stacked roster: David Crosby, Citizen Cope, Neko Case, Guster, Ani DiFranco, Los Lobos, the Mavericks, Angelique Kidjo, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Kate Pierson, Betty LaVette, Shelby Lynne, the Felice Brothers, Todd Snider, the Lone Bellow, and more. Still staples of Clearwater are its numerous family-oriented attractions, storytellers, artisanal food and crafts, and sustainability/environmental components. Clearwaterfestival.org
TANGLEWOOD (JUNE 19-AUGUST 29) The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer retreat in the Berkshires is back in business for its 79th season, bringing, as usual, a lawn-friendly mix of pop, classical, jazz, and Broadway. Holding forth from the magnificent Koussevitzky Music Shed in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, this year’s lineup includes returning festival faves Garrison Keillor (6/27) and James Taylor (7/4) as well as Diana Krall (6/21), Huey Lewis and the News 6/28), Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga (6/30), the Piano Guys (8/28), and Idina Menzel (8/29). Bso.org 60 ARTS & CULTURE CHRONOGRAM 6/15
BEACON RIVERFEST (JUNE 28) Back again after a one-year layoff, this daylong, indie-oriented, music-and-food festival happens at Beacon’s newly named Pete and Toshi Seeger Riverfront Park (formerly Beacon Riverfront Park). Headlined by West African collective Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, the event’s welcome return further promises the sounds of Tracy Bonham, Decora, Gato Loco, Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents, Breakfast in Fur, What Moon Things, Schwervon!, Shana Falana, Sidewalk Chalk, the M Shanghai String Band, Simi Stone, and others. Beaconarts.org
BETHEL WOODS (JUNE 19-SEPTEMBER 19) Keeping the classic rock alive on the spot that basically birthed the genre, the site of the original 1969 Woodstock festival, Bethel Woods once again offers a full plate of FM favorites, along with mainstream country acts, family fare, and even the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (6/27). Among the hot hitters this time around are Bryan Adams (6/19), Train (6/26), Neil Young (7/17), Brad Paisley (7/24), the Zac Brown Band (8/23), Chicago/Earth, Wind & Fire (9/1), Van Halen (9/6), and Jackson Browne (9/19). Bethelwoodscenter.org
GREEN RIVER (JULY 10-12) The 29-years-strong Greenfield, Massachusetts, fete mixes roots traditions with indie rock, kicking off for three days of top-tier acts next month. Set to appear for 2015 are Steve Earle and the Dukes, the Punch Brothers, tUnE-yArDs, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, J Mascis, BookerT. Jones, Rubblebucket, Polaris, the Milk Carton Kids, Eilen Jewell, Antibalas, Tony Joe White, Langhorne Slim, the Wood Brothers, Sean Rowe, Marco Benevento, Heather Maloney, Lydia Loveless, Red Baraat, Parker Milsap, Chuchito Valdes, and lots more. Greenriverfestival.com
GREY FOX (JULY 16-19) The Northeast’s leading bluegrass festival, Grey Fox is alive and well at its second home, the Walsh Farm in Oak Hill. And, once more, bluegrass buffs couldn’t ask for a better lineup: the Del McCoury Band, the Sam Bush Band,
Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, the Infamous Stringdusters, the Gibson Brothers, the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, the SteelDrivers, Greensky Bluegrass, Chatham County Line, Hot Rize, the Steep Canyon Rangers, the Stray Birds, Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys, Bill Keith, host band Dry Branch Fire Squad, and many others. Greyfoxbluegrass.com
HUDSON VALLEY JAZZ FESTIVAL (AUGUST 27-30) Still a only a few seasons young, this Orange County occurrence is a godsend for resident and visiting jazz lovers. Held at various venues in Warwick, Monroe, Sugar Loaf, and elsewhere, the series is organized by drummer Steve Rubin. Performers are still being added, but the list thus far includes Wallace Roney, Jeff Ciampa, the Bobatoon Collective, Bill Pernice, Jason Miles and Ingrid Jensen, and the Russ Kassoff Trio. Hudsonvalleyjazzfestival.org
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100 YEARS OF MAVERICK CONCERTS He called it his “music chapel.” No doubt the head-scratching locals, as well as many of the citified musicians he was hoping to attract, thought he was out of his mind. Chamber music in the middle of the woods? In Upstate New York? And yet there it is, still standing nestled amid the trees just outside of Woodstock: the rustic wooden hall built by Maverick Concerts founder Hervey White and his ragtag crew of devoted area music lovers/amateur carpenters not long after the turn of the last century. It’s the site of the oldest continuous summer chamber music festival in the United States, which this month opens its 100th season. “Three things have kept Maverick thriving for the last 100 years,” says its music director, Alexander Platt. “Its utterly unique setting, the dedicated volunteers who have maintained and run the festival, and its emphasis on quality—to present ‘the best of the best.’” In many ways, the Hudson Valley has the bearded, flamboyantly dressing White, a writer and one of the founders of the nearby Byrdcliffe Art Colony, to thank for creating the climate that led to the 1969 Woodstock music festival and the other outdoor concert series we enjoy today. Described as “Bacchanalian and raucous,” the early Maverick festivals drew throngs of costumed, protohippie revelers who are seen posing with flowers in their hair—both women and men—in period photos.
Fitting in with its founder’s pioneer spirit and the Maverick name itself, the festival has hosted a number of musical premiers over the course of the last century, most notably the 1952 debut of composer John Cage’s provocative 4’33”. In keeping with this innovative tradition, for its centennial season Maverick will present the debuts of three specially commissioned new works by area composers: Peter Schickele’s Percussion Sonata No. 3: “Maverick” in a seasonopening performance by the percussion ensemble NEXUS (6/27); guitarist Frederic Hand’s Four Pieces for Flute and Guitar performed by the composer and flutist Paula Robison (7/7); and George Tsontakis’s String Quartet 7.5 (Maverick) performed by the American String Quartet (9/13). Further series highlights include pianists Simone Dinnerstein performing Bach’s GoldbergVariations (7/3) and Adam Tendler performing Cowell and Cage—including 4’33” (7/4); the return of the Miro Quartet to play Beethoven and Schubert (8/8); Europe’s fast-rising Danish String Quartet performing Nielsen, Ades, and Shostakovich (8/9); a solo set by jazz pianist Fred Hersch (7/1); and the popular, ongoing Young People’s Concerts. “We’re constantly looking for new voices to present alongside the timeless music Maverick has always focused on,” says Platt. “I think Hervey White is smiling down with great pride that his chapel is still resonating with wonderful music.” The Maverick Concert series begins with a preseason concert by Ars Choralis on June 13 and continues through September 13. Maverickconcerts.org. 6/15 CHRONOGRAM ARTS & CULTURE 61
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FOUR QUESTIONS FOR WARREN HAYNES It’s hard to believe, but Mountain Jam clocked its 10th year at Hunter Mountain Ski Resort last year. Originally a one-day occasion held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of sponsor WDST/Radio Woodstock, this year’s festival (June 4-7) features the Black Keys, Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, the Alabama Shakes, Grace Potter, moe., Lake Street Dive, Big Gigantic, Rusted Root, the Budos Band, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams featuring Bill Payne of Little Feat, Railroad Earth, Amy Helm and the Handsome Strangers, and a long list of others that of course includes perennial returners Michael Franti and Spearhead and Gov’t Mule (the latter performing a set of their own, as well as a Pink Floyd tribute set dubbed “Dark Side of the Mule”). For this year’s summer festival round-up, Gov’t Mule guitarist and festival cofounder Warren Haynes graciously answered a few questions. You’re a longtime repeat performer at Mountain Jam. For you as an artist, what is it that most distinguishes Mountain Jam from other music festivals? In addition to the fact that we hand-pick the artists and bands to create a “Mountain Jam vibe,” it’s a beautiful, unique location and we’ve learned from each year how to make it more “fan-friendly.” For example, several years ago we put the two stages side by side, sharing production.This way, the fans didn’t have to walk back and forth between stages. In what ways would you say the festival has changed and grown since you co-founded it with WDST in 2005? Any new features this year? It has grown organically. It is important to us that we keep the spirit of the original concept, but it is also important to expand the musical direction each year. This includes adding acts that are appealing to potential new “Mountain Jammers.” What favorite memories do you have of past Mountain Jams? Any specific odd, special, or otherwise interesting anecdotes that come to mind? Playing for Levon Helm’s 70th birthday was a highlight for me—having Donald Fagen, Steve Earle, Alison Kraus, Ray LaMontagne, and others on stage for that made for a magical evening. Also, playing with the Allman Brothers and Phil Lesh and Friends were both great moments. Which acts are you most looking forward to sharing the stage with at this year’s festival? Anyone that’s new to you or any faves you haven’t seen play before, and why does their music appeal to you? I’m really excited to have Railroad Earth there this year. We just finished recording an album together that I’m very proud of, and I’m looking forward to hearing them and to playing as much music together as our schedules will permit. Also psyched that we have Robert Plant, the Black Keys, and the Alabama Shakes—all for the first time. Mountainjam.com
The 2011 production of “Hair” at the Woodstock Playhouse. Photo by Matthew Wright of Fig Tree Photography
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WOODSTOCKPLAYHOUSE
On June 30, 1938, the Woodstock Playhouse opened with a production of (the now-forgotten) “Yes, My Darling Daughter.” For the next 50 years, the Playhouse featured some big names in its summer stock season, including Lillian Gish, Karl Malden, Chevy Chase, and Diane Keaton. Then, just months shy of it’s 50th anniversary, the theater burned down in 1988. In June of 2011, the playhouse re-opened as a fully enclosed, climate-controlled venue with a performance of “A Chorus Line.” This season summer festival of theater features the Tony award-winning “Spring Awakening” (6/18-28), the adorable Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (7/9-7/19), the ingenious comedy romp “The Musical Murders of 1940,” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma” (7/308/9), and Stephen Sondheim’s devilishly tuneful “Sweeney Todd” (8/13-23). Woodstockplayhouse.org
Pam Tanowitz Dance will perform as part fo the 2015 Bard Summerscape. Photo by Christopher Duggan
BARDSUMMERSCAPE
An outgrowth of the longstanding Bard Music Festival, Bard SummerScape is now in its 13th season of presenting world-class music, theater, dance, opera, and cabaret for eight weeks each summer. Mexican modernist composer Carlos Chávez (1899-1978) is the focus of this year’s music festival, with performances of Chávez’s work and that of his contemporaries by the American Symphony Orchestra. The rarely seen English-language opera “The Wreckers,” by Ethel Smyth, about a village on the English seaside that makes its living by scavenging the remains of downed ships, will be staged. Other highlights include Pam Tanowitz Dance & Flux Quartet, director Daniel Fish’s reimagination of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma,” and Fernando Rubio’s dreamlike installation/performance “Everything by My Side.” And don’t forget the Spiegeltent, that mirrored hall of entertainment hosted by cabaret legend Justin Vivian Bond. Highlights include performances by Kate Pierson, Martha Wainwright, Alan Cumming (probably already sold out, sorry), and the Wau Wau Sisters. Fishercenter.bard.edu 6/15 CHRONOGRAM ARTS & CULTURE 63
2015
2015 Summer Music Festival
June 20 - August 2
“One of the 8 most amazing outdoor music venues in the world” — CNN
PEACE. LOVE. ARTS. YOU! T H E PA V I L I O N
AN EVENING WITH
BRYAN ADAMS MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR Peter Oundjian & Orchestra of St Luke’s
Wynton Marsalis
WITH THE ORCHESTRA AT TEMPLE SQUARE
DEF LEPPARD
WITH STYX & TESLA
galleries & museums
June 20 Opening Night Theofanidis World Premiere & Beethoven’s 9th
July 4 Pops, Patriots and Fireworks July 4th Spectacular July 11 La Favorite by Gaetano Donizetti Plus pre-opera concerts & conversations
PETER CETERA
June 27 American Roots Music Festival Featuring Lucinda Williams
July 18 Caramoor Jazz Festival Presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Tickets & info: caramoor.org / 914.232.1252 / Katonah, NY
JUNE
KID ROCK
JUly
NEIL YOUNG WITH PROMISE OF THE REAL
19 27 11 18 25 02 14 30 06 JUly
TONY BENNETT & LADY GAGA
June 21 Ana Vidovic Guitar in the Garden
And more!
TRAIN
JUly
KIDZ BOP KIDS
Ana Vidovic
JUNE
AUG
WITH THE HUDSON VALLEY PHILHARMONIC
WITH THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND
AUG AUG
RASCAL FLATTS
WITH SCOTTY MCCREERY & RAELYNN
SEPT
VAN HALEN
WITH KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND
SPECIAL GUEST THE FRAY & MATT NATHANSON WITH SPECIAL GUEST FOREIGNER
& SPECIAL GUEST PUSS N BOOTS
BRAD PAISLEY
WITH JUSTIN MOORE & MICKEY GUYTON
3 DOORS DOWN & SEETHER FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
JUNE
26 03 17 24 01 07 23 01 19 JUly
JUly
JUly
AUG
AUG
WITH THOMAS RHETT & FRANKIE BALLARD
ZAC BROWN BAND CHICAGO & EARTH, WIND & FIRE
AUG
SEPT SEPT
AN EVENING WITH
JACKSON BROWNE
THE EVENT GALLERY
BERNIE WILLIAMS & HIS ALL STAR BAND
JUNE
28 12 17 24 14 SEPT
VIC DIBITTETO
– THE ITALIAN HURRICANE
WITH FRED RUBINO & TIM HAYES
KAREN MASON
BRADSTAN CABARET SERIES
BLUES AT BETHEL WOODS
FEATURING THE CHRIS O’LEARY BAND, SLAM ALLEN, DEBBIE DAVIES, & MIDNIGHT SLIM
THE ULTIMATE BRADSTAN REUNION
S. SAMUELSON, J. MACDONALD, L. TUBO, B. GENS, S. WING & J. QUINLAN
BRADSTAN CABARET SERIES
THE MUSEUM IN THE SPECIAL EXHIBITION GALLERY
THREADS
CONNECTING ’60S & MODERN ROCKWEAR
FROM THE VINTAGE CLOTHING COLLECTION OF ANDY HILFIGER
AUG
CHRISTINE EBERSOLE
BRADSTAN CABARET SERIES
oct
THE PRINCETON NASSOONS
SHANDELEE MUSIC FESTIVAL
oct
EILEEN MOON, CELLO KRISZTINA WAJSZA, PIANO VICTOR VILLENA, BANDONEON SUNDAYS WITH FRIENDS
OCT
SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES
nov
THRU DEC
31
29 04 18 07 22
LAURA FRAUTSCHI, VIOLIN JOHN NOVACEK, PIANO SUNDAYS WITH FRIENDS
oct
NOV
nov
ARTS & EDUCATION MOONLIT MOVIE MONDAYS
P.L.A.Y. THEATER
PROJECT: IDENTITY SESSIONS
P.L.A.Y. MUSIC
THRU SEPT 14 THRU NOV 13
JUNE 28-AUG 01 AUG 09-AUG 22
FESTIVALS
HARVEST FESTIVAL
SUNDAYS
LIVE WELL, BE WELL YOGA FESTIVAL
THE WINE FESTIVAL
THE CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL
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Kyra Sedgewick performing as part of the 2014 Powerhouse Theater season.
POWERHOUSETHEATER
Vassar College and New York Stage and Film present another season of Powerhouse Theater, a season-long introduction of newly developed theatrical works on theVassar campus in Poughkeepsie from July 1 to August 2. Nearly 250 professional artists and 50 apprentices will perform 25 brand new productions by both veterans and new additions to the world of theater. Ayad Akhtar and Anna Ziegler are presenting new works, and Powerhouse will be introducing theater-scene breakouts Michael John LaChiusa, Stephen Trask, Colman Domingo, and more. Of special note: “Noir,” the latest collaboration between Kyle Jarrow and Duncan Sheik (“Spring Awakening”), a thriller/ love story mash-up musical; and “Desire,” six new plays based on stories by Tennessee Williams by dramaturgical heavyweights Elizabeth Egloff, Marcus Gardely, Rebecca Gilman, David Grimm, John Guare, and Beth Henley. The Powerhouse Theater acts as a stage to introduce new productions, producers, and players to the American theater scene through performances, readings, and workshops. Powerhouse.vassar.edu
SHADOWLANDTHEATER
Ellenville’s nonprofit professional theater is full-steam ahead since the major renovation of its Art Deco home in 2013. Its summer season promises comedy, drama, musical theater, and a love letter to an American folk icon. “Clybourne Park,” the Tony award-winning homage to Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” charts race relations in 1959 Chicago (through 6/14). Playwright Donald Margulies’s “Shipwrecked: An Entertainment” is a Rashomon-told story, with three actors and a foley artist exploring the high-sea adventures of the narratively unreliable Louis de Rougemont (6/19-7/5). A love letter to the American musical theater, “Moon Over Buffalo” follows a couple of fading never-weres as they make one last-ditch grasp at stardom (7/10-8/2). The songs of the folk icon come alive in “Woody Guthrie: American Song,” a tribute to the troubadour who gave us “This Land is Your Land” (8/7-8/30). Shadowlandtheatre.org
AUNTS will perform at the 2015 Mount Tremper Arts festival.
MOUNTTREMPERARTS
The avant-garde returns to the Catskills for 8th annual summer of Mount Tremper Arts from July 11 to August 22, featuring a variety of performance art, choreography, sculpture, music, and theater pieces. Festival highlights include AUNTS, a dance and performance troupe; the FLUX string quartet; the International Contemporary Ensemble performing David Lang’s chamber piece “Whisper Opera”; and “Clouds/Cows,” a theatrical exploration of the inner lives of bovines by Nat and Veronica. Started by photographer Matthew Pokoik and choreographer Aynsley Vandenbroucke, MTA has become an upstate incubator for New York Citybased experimental performance artists. At the start and close of the festival on July 11 and August 22, Mount Tremper Arts will be holding “Art-B-Qs,” in which the audience has the chance to interact with the artists over dinner, prepared by Pokoik and the festival chef, Ethan Knechel, with both meat and vegetarian options available. All produce comes from the on-site garden and regional farms. Mounttremperarts.org 6/15 CHRONOGRAM ARTS & CULTURE 65
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The cast of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” performing at the 2015 Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Photo by Travis McGee.
HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival returns to Boscobel for a 28th season from June 9 through September 1. This year, the company will perform “The Winter’s Tale,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “The Tempest,” and “The Arabian Nights.” “An Iliad,” a one-man interpretation of Homer’s classic epic by Lisa Patterson and Denis O’Hare, will also be performed by Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival veteran Kurt Rhoads. The performances are all outdoors with a scenic Hudson River backdrop, set in a theater tent that seats 540 audience members. Special events will be held throughout the summer, including Friday Night Prologues, with actor-director-scholar and guest artist-led pre-show discussions; andTeen Nights, with designated workshops and discussions for teens 13 and older.This year’s guest directors include Eric Tucker, Lileana Blain-Cruz, Jim Calder, and Gaye Taylor Upchurch (directing “An Iliad”, see sidebar). The festival is designed not only to showcase classic theater, but also to encourage conversation about Shakespeare’s plays. Preshow picnicking on the beautifully landscaped grounds is encouraged, and catered picnic meals are available with advance purchase. Hvsf.org
“AN ILIAD”
Homer’s classic, “The Iliad,” gets a modern flourish at this year’s Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival at Boscobel. Lisa Patterson and Denis O’Hare’s interpretation, appropriately titled “An Iliad,” combines the ancient Greek prose with modern vernacular, a one-person cast, and a personal connection with the audience. Patterson and O’Hare’s play, staged for only five performances, will be directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch, best known for directing Simon Stephen’s “Harper Regan” with the Atlantic Theater Company. The one-man 66 ARTS & CULTURE CHRONOGRAM 6/15
show will star Kurt Rhoads, a Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival veteran. Gaye Taylor Upchurch discusses the underlying themes of the adaptation, working with Kurt Rhoads, and the reason why the Trojan War is as relevant as ever. “An Iliad” will be staged on July 30 and August 3, 9, 21, and 24. What’s your connection/interpretation of “An Iliad” as a director? One of the beauties of Lisa and Denis’s adaptation is that it’s wide open for another director to have their own take on the material. I am keeping the same format—it’s still going to be a solo piece, and in this version, I’m working with Kurt Rhoads, who’s an incredible actor and has done a lot with the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. What’s the most exciting part of directing “An Iliad”? Every time you have a new actor-director pair you’re going to create something different. This particular version of the piece is that it’s going to be outdoors, under the tent and we’re going to have a composer and a live musician. Our plan is to create the score in the rehearsal room. The composer, in front of the room, will be there with them to collectively figure out [the staging]. So it’ll all happen at once in the room. Why is “An Iliad” so important at this point in time? We are a country at war, and we have been now for a decade, and the new adaptation allows us to look at the Trojan War in a different way, and human interaction with war in a different way. The poem and this adaptation focus on the cost of war. I would say it also brings together humankind over the centuries—this adaptation really gives Homer a modern voice. Why did Peterson and O’Hare decide to include modern vernacular with the classic prose? I think the effect is one that collapses that distance of time and space, so it brings the Trojan War into the room under the tent with us.
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Avian ecologist Dr. Kenneth Schmidt wll lead a guided walk in the Wappiner Creek watershed. Schmidt will provide insight into resident and migratory birds and the science of soundscapes. Register online at https:watershedwalk.eventibrite.com
Mannahatta Friday, June 26 at 7:00 p.m.
Conservation ecologist Dr. Eric Sanderson will reveal the ecology of Manhattan when Henry Hudson sailed into New York Bay in 1609. Discover changes of the last 400 years and visions for the future. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
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Parsons Dance returns for its tenth season at PS21 Friday and Saturday, August 28 and 29 at 8pm. Photo by Lois Greenfield.
PHOENICIAINTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE VOICE
This year’s Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice runs from July 29 to August 2, bringing a red-white-and-blue flourish with this year’s theme: America. Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” and Carlisle Ford operatic take on Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” will be preformed, as will Menotti’s “The Medium.”The vocal festival also features workshops, theatrical productions, and musical discussions on topics from the operatic to a capella. The festival was founded when three internationally acclaimed, local opera singers put together an impromptu opera concert to raise money for playground equipment. More than 500 audience members flooded the town for “Opera Under the Stars,” begging for an encore after the final scene. Six months later, the idea for an annual summer vocal festival solidified. Since its inception, the festival has grown from six events over three days in 2010 to this year’s 50-plus performers participating in 29 events in five days at locations all over town. Phoeniciavoicefest.org
Elizabeth Futral performing at the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice.
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PS21 Performance Spaces for the 21st Century (ps21) presents a festival of music, theater, variety, and dance performance each summer in Chatham. In June and July, the focus is on music—from around the world and throughtout history. This year’s schedule includes the old-time folk of the Dom Flemons Trio, Indian classical master Steve Gorn, and the Mexican ensemble the Villalobos Brothers. This is followed by a series of music, live radio, and comedy performances from the end of June through July. The month of August is dedicated to the Chatham Dance Festival, featuring performances by widely celebrated contemporary dance companies. On July 3, Hudson Air Radio Theater presents classic and contemporary live radio theater on stage. On July 10, festivalgoers can enjoy an “evening of comic mayhem,” with a variety of comedic performances by Nancy Rothman and Robert Zukerman, featuring musical guest Amanda Boyd. To wrap up July, the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will perform a variety of big-top-inspired feats on the 24th. The Chatham Dance Festival opens with Brian Sanders’s JUNK on August 7, followed by Gallim Dance on the 14th and both Keigwin + Company and works in progress by Dance Omi Alumni titled “So You Think You Don’t Understand (Modern) Dance?” on the 21st. The festival concludes with the internationally renowned Parsons Dance Company returning for their 10th consecutive season. Ps21chatham.org 6/15 CHRONOGRAM ARTS & CULTURE 69
ARTS Lynda Benglis, North South East West, cast bronze fountain and steel, 2009. Courtesy the artist; Cheim & Read, New York; and Locks Gallery, Philadelphia. © Lynda Benglis / Licensed by VAGA, New York. Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson.
STORMKINGARTCENTER
It’s worth visiting Storm King Art Center just to amble alongside Andy Goldsworthy’s landscape-responsive Five Men, Seventeen Days, Fifteen Boulders, One Wall, a fieldstone sculpture meandering between trees and through fields before sloping into a pond. The sculpture park’s 500 acres are studded with over 100 similar delights, from the muscular I-beams of Mark DiSuvero to the undulating wave field of Maya Lin to Roy Lichenstein’s whimsical Mermaid. This summer, Storm King features two special exhibitions: “Water Sources,” a collection of Lynda Benglis’s outdoor water fountains, and a,b,moon,d, a site-specific work by Luke Stettner that employs the archeological dig as a large-scale drawing tool to create oversize glyphs in the soil. In recent years, Storm King has pumped up its events programming, offering yoga, artist’s talks, and concerts. Lee Ranaldo plays August 9. Stormking.org
AUGUSTARTSFESTIVAL
The first annual august art festival, held by the internationally renowned Women’s Studio Workshop (WSW), is coming to Rosendale this August, featuring a month of multidisciplinary art installations and related events. More than 20 local, national, and international artists will create contemporary videos, installations, performance art, and sculptures along the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail from August 7 to August 29, beginning with a video festival curated by Dani Leventhal at Rosendale Theatre and an afterparty at the Belltower on Main Street. Other artists confirmed thus far include Emily Speed, Barbara Westerman, and Melissa Jay Craig. This is the first year of what WSW hopes to be a longstanding tradition of bringing the arts, art lovers, and economic vitality to Rosendale for years to come. “WSW has a long tradition of presenting artists’ work in nontraditional spaces,” says Ann Kalmbach, Executive Director and co-founder of WSW. “august art festival is our most ambitious effort to date, celebrating artists, our fabulous town, and the newly opened Rail Trail connection between WSW and Main Street.” WSW has brought more than 5,000 artists from around the world to Rosendale since 1974. Wsworkshop.org Golden Rule by Tatana Kellner from Women’s Studio Workshop august arts festival.
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2015
2015 Summer Music Festival
June 20 - August 2
“One of the 8 most amazing outdoor music venues in the world” — CNN
PEACE. LOVE. ARTS. YOU! T H E PA V I L I O N
AN EVENING WITH
BRYAN ADAMS MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR Peter Oundjian & Orchestra of St Luke’s
Wynton Marsalis
WITH THE ORCHESTRA AT TEMPLE SQUARE
DEF LEPPARD
WITH STYX & TESLA
June 20 Opening Night Theofanidis World Premiere & Beethoven’s 9th
July 4 Pops, Patriots and Fireworks July 4th Spectacular July 11 La Favorite by Gaetano Donizetti Plus pre-opera concerts & conversations
PETER CETERA
June 27 American Roots Music Festival Featuring Lucinda Williams
July 18 Caramoor Jazz Festival Presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Tickets & info: caramoor.org / 914.232.1252 / Katonah, NY
JUNE
KID ROCK
JUly
NEIL YOUNG WITH PROMISE OF THE REAL
19 27 11 18 25 02 14 30 06 JUly
TONY BENNETT & LADY GAGA
June 21 Ana Vidovic Guitar in the Garden
And more!
TRAIN
JUly
KIDZ BOP KIDS
Ana Vidovic
JUNE
AUG
WITH THE HUDSON VALLEY PHILHARMONIC
WITH THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND
AUG AUG
RASCAL FLATTS
WITH SCOTTY MCCREERY & RAELYNN
SEPT
VAN HALEN
WITH KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND
SPECIAL GUEST THE FRAY & MATT NATHANSON WITH SPECIAL GUEST FOREIGNER
& SPECIAL GUEST PUSS N BOOTS
BRAD PAISLEY
WITH JUSTIN MOORE & MICKEY GUYTON
3 DOORS DOWN & SEETHER FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
JUNE
26 03 17 24 01 07 23 01 19 JUly
JUly
JUly
AUG
AUG
WITH THOMAS RHETT & FRANKIE BALLARD
ZAC BROWN BAND CHICAGO & EARTH, WIND & FIRE
AUG
SEPT SEPT
AN EVENING WITH
JACKSON BROWNE
THE EVENT GALLERY
BERNIE WILLIAMS & HIS ALL STAR BAND
JUNE
28 12 17 24 14 SEPT
VIC DIBITTETO
– THE ITALIAN HURRICANE
WITH FRED RUBINO & TIM HAYES
KAREN MASON
BRADSTAN CABARET SERIES
BLUES AT BETHEL WOODS
FEATURING THE CHRIS O’LEARY BAND, SLAM ALLEN, DEBBIE DAVIES, & MIDNIGHT SLIM
THE ULTIMATE BRADSTAN REUNION
S. SAMUELSON, J. MACDONALD, L. TUBO, B. GENS, S. WING & J. QUINLAN
BRADSTAN CABARET SERIES
THE MUSEUM IN THE SPECIAL EXHIBITION GALLERY
THREADS
CONNECTING ’60S & MODERN ROCKWEAR
FROM THE VINTAGE CLOTHING COLLECTION OF ANDY HILFIGER
AUG
CHRISTINE EBERSOLE
BRADSTAN CABARET SERIES
oct
THE PRINCETON NASSOONS
SHANDELEE MUSIC FESTIVAL
oct
EILEEN MOON, CELLO KRISZTINA WAJSZA, PIANO VICTOR VILLENA, BANDONEON SUNDAYS WITH FRIENDS
OCT
SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES
nov
THRU DEC
31
29 04 18 07 22
LAURA FRAUTSCHI, VIOLIN JOHN NOVACEK, PIANO SUNDAYS WITH FRIENDS
oct
NOV
nov
ARTS & EDUCATION MOONLIT MOVIE MONDAYS
P.L.A.Y. THEATER
PROJECT: IDENTITY SESSIONS
P.L.A.Y. MUSIC
THRU SEPT 14 THRU NOV 13
JUNE 28-AUG 01 AUG 09-AUG 22
FESTIVALS
HARVEST FESTIVAL
SUNDAYS
LIVE WELL, BE WELL YOGA FESTIVAL
THE WINE FESTIVAL
THE CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL
OCT 03 OCT 10 AUG 30-SEPT 27 SEPT 12 TICKETS AT BETHELWOODSCENTER.ORG
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BENEFIT
Saturday, June 20, 6-9pm SPAF Saugerties Performing Arts Factory 169 Ulster Avenue, Saugerties, NY 12477
Honoring Milton Glaser and Kate McGloughlin & Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the WAAM Education Program Join us for edible delights from New World Home Cooking, Lenny Bee’s wine, silent and live auctions of quality goods & services, and a special sale of Little Gems: small works of art for $100 each. Live music by The Paul Green Rock Academy and dancing throughout the evening.
Tickets: $60 in advance ($75 at the door) Purchase online at: www.woodstockart.org or call 845-679-2940
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galleries & museums 510 WARREN ST GALLERY
510 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-0510. June Invitational 2015. Diane Firtell, Shelly Marks, Susan Merrill, Honey Sharp. Through June 21.
ADRIANCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
93 MARKET STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 485-3445. Faces of Myanmar. Work by photographer Ken Dreyfack. Through June 28.
ALBERT SHAHINIAN FINE ART GALLERY
22 EAST MARKET STREET SUITE 301, RHINEBECK 876-7578. Yale Epstein: Essential Forms. June 6-July 12. Opening reception June 6, 5pm-8pm.
AMERICAN GIFTS GALLERY & SHOWROOM
62 E MARKET STREET, RED HOOK 758-1653. Plein-air Paintings by Barbara Masterson. Through July 15. Opening reception June 27. 5pm-7pm.
AMITY GALLERY
110 NEWPORT BRIDGE ROAD, WARWICK 258-0818. Art as Play. Phyllis Lehman and Laura Breitman will show their whimsical work in acrylic and collage. June 6-30.
THE ART AND ZEN GALLERY
702 FREEDOM PLAINS ROAD SUITE B6, POUGHKEEPSIE. Acrylic Paintings by Faul Su. Through June 30.
ARTS UPSTAIRS
60 MAIN STREET, PHOENICIA 688-2142. Fantasy Landscapes. By Jonathan Wilner. Through June 13, 10am-6pm.
ATWATER GALLERY
56 EAST MARKET STREET, RHINEBECK 876-4922. New Paintings by Jim and Steven Holl. Through June 18.
BARRETT ART CENTER
55 NOXON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-2550. Photowork ‘15 National Juried Photography Exhibition. Juror: Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography. at the New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe. June 20-August 8. Opening reception June 20, 3pm-5pm.
BASILICA HUDSON
110 FRONT STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-1050. HQTBD|Still//Life. Peggy Ahwesh, Ephraim Asili, Conor Backman, Annie Bielski, Hannah Black, Jeffrey Gibson, Elise McMahon, Takeshi Murata, Aily Nash, Nick Payne, Carla Perez-Gallardo, Daniel Seward, Tristan Schipa, William Stone, Earl Swanigan, Jon Wang. Through June 14.
BCB ART
116 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-4539. Vibrant Space. Paintings by Musho Rodney Alan Greenblat. June 6-July 5. Opening reception June 6, 6pm-8pm.
BEACON 3D
164 MAIN STREET, BEACON. Beacon 3D. Twenty artists will exhibit their work in the third annual outdoor public art event. Through October 15.
BEACON ARTIST UNION
COLUMBIA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
209 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 671-6213. Bodyworks: Cars, Trucks, Bikes & Tattoos. Featuring the work of area artists in all mediums showing off their “bodies of work” relating to the bodies of vehicles or figures through tattoo art. Through July 25.
COOPER FINN GALLERY
24 FRONT STREET, MILLBROOK 605-1150. Mail Art Exhibit. Post-card sized art from around the world. Through July 31.
CORNELL STREET STUDIO
168 CORNELL STREET, KINGSTON 679-8348. Points of View. An evolving family tradition: the illustrations of Robert Farley and Patrick Farley. June 13-30. Opening reception June 13, 5pm-8pm.
DAVIS ORTON GALLERY
114 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 697.0266. Works by Ruth Wetzel and Keith Johnson. June 27-July 26. Opening reception June 27, 6pm-8mp.
DESMOND-FISH LIBRARY
472 ROUTE 403, GARRISON 424-3020. Photo Arts: A Red Circle Retrospective. June 4-27.
DIA:BEACON
3 BEEKMAN STREET, BEACON (845) 440-0100. Robert Irwin, Excursus: Homage to the Square3. Landmark site-specific work. Excursus: Homage to the Square3 exemplifies Irwin’s practice of creating environments that bring attention to the subtleties of perception. June 1-May 31, 2017
DUCK POND GALLERY
128 CANAL STREET, TOWN OF ESOPUS LIBRARY, PORT EWEN 338-5580. Spring Show: Loman Eng & Students. June 6-27. Opening reception June 6, 5pm-8pm.
THE EMPORIUM ANTIQUES & ART CENTER
319 MAIN STREET, GREAT BARRINGTON, MA (413) 528-1660. Contemporary Works by Robert Cronin. June 5-28.
FIELD LIBRARY
4 NELSON AVENUE, PEEKSKILL (914) 737-1212. Jo-Ann Brody: Musings: Worksin Clay. June 6-July 31.
FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER AT VASSAR COLLEGE 124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-5237. New Works by Sculptor and Painter Richard Artschwager. June 26-Sept. 6.
FRG OBJECTS & DESIGN
217 WARREN STREET 2ND FLOOR, HUDSON. Vault. Sean-Paul Pluguez allows us into a creative compartment where even seemingly mundane objects have an aura of value. Through August 30.
FRIENDS OF HISTORIC KINGSTON
63 MAIN STREET, KINGSTON 339-0720. Jervis McEntee Retrospective. Through October 31.
506 MAIN STREET, BEACON 222-0177. Earth. Julie Jacobs; photography, hauntly evocative photographs. Shelita Birchett Benash; ceramic mixed media- ceramic devotional reliquary. Through June 7.
THE GALLERY AT R&F
BEACON INSTITUTE’S CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND EDUCATION
GALLERY 66 NY
199 DENNING’S POINT, BEACON BIRE.ORG/INSTITUTE/BUILDING1.PHP. Following Rivers. Photography exhibit by Alison M. Jones for No Water No Life®. Through October 3.
CAFFE A LA MODE
1 OAKLAND AVENUE, WARWICK 986-1223. Works by Bruce Young. Graphite portraiture, pen and ink with a focus on architecture and more. Through July 31.
CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY
622 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1915. Earth Sky Dream. A group exhibit featuring artists Linda Newman Boughton, Chris Freeman, Laura Von Rosk, Bruce Murphy, Vince Vella and Jane Bloodgood-Abrams. June 3-July 12.
THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK
59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-9957. Rachel Papo: Homeschooled. The Center for Photography at Woodstock’s spring 2015 solo exhibitionist and her portraiture of homeschooling in Upstate New York. Through June 14.
COLDWELL BANKER VILLAGE GREEN REALTY
268 FAIR STREET, KINGSTON (845) 331-5357. Richard Corozine: Meetings with the Remarkable. 11 paintings that pay homage to people and events that have influenced the artist’s life. Through July 5.
84 TEN BROECK AVENUE, KINGSTON 331-3112. Encaustic/Form II. Sculpture exhibit by Susan Spencer Crowe. Through July 24. 66 MAIN STREET, COLD SPRING 809-5838. Color Compass. Works by Rebecca Darlington and Jane Marcy. June 5-28. Opening reception June 5, 6pm-9pm.
GALLERY LEV SHALEM, WOODSTOCK JEWISH CONGREGATION
1682 GLASCO TURNPIKE, WOODSTOCK 679-2218. The Natural World. Juried by Cornelia Seckel and Raymond J. Steiner. June 7-July 7.
HEADSPACE SALON & GALLERY
12 MARKET STREET, SAUGERTIES 247-3924. “Wanderings” - Paintings, drawings & prints by John Breiner. June 5-July 31. Opening reception June 5, 6pm-10pm.
HOTCHKISS LIBRARY
10 UPPER MAIN, SHARON, CT (860) 364-5041. Cuba Unplugged: Recent Photographs. Works by Nadia Block. Through June 27.
HOWLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
313 MAIN, BEACON. Meredith Heuer’s Beacon Portraits Project. Through June 14, 5-7pm.
HUDSON BEACH GLASS GALLERY
162 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-0068. Works by Peter Gourfain. Sculptures, cast bronzes, woodcarvings and prints. Through June 7.
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galleries & museums HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 788-0100. The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust. Lust, specifically as it applies to sexual relations, is here portrayed in overt imagery. Works by Tony Matelli, Cindy Sherman, Ashley Bickerton, Beatrice Cussol, Entang Wiharso , Catherine Opie, Larry Clark and more. $5/members free. Through July 26.
JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY: THE SCHOOL
25 BROAD STREET, KINDERHOOK JACKSHAINMAN.COM/SCHOOL. Five Decades: El Anatsui. Through August 29.
JOHN DAVIS GALLERY
223 ASH STREET, PIERMONT (845) 365-6411. Paintings, Drawings and Prints by Catherine Wagner Minnery. Paintings, prints and drawings of the Hudson River and other subjects. June 11-28.
R WELLS GALLERY
725 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (607) 760-4305. Works by Kris Perry. Sculpture. June 13-July 17.
RED HOOK CAN
362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907. Dawn Clements: Drawings/Watercolors. Through June 21.
NORTH BROADWAY, RED HOOK (845) 758-6575. Hudson Valley Landscapes Now. The subject is landscapes—representational, abstract or conceptual—that represent a particular place in the Hudson Valley. June 19-July 19.
JOYCE GOLDSTEIN GALLERY
RIVERWINDS GALLERY
KAATERSKILL FINE ARTS
SELIGMANN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
16 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-2250. Sean Bayliss: Wait, What?. Paintings. Through June 20. 7970 MAIN STREET, HUNTER (518) 263-2060. 2015 Schoharie Watershed Month Annual Student/Amateur Photo-Art Exhibit. Through June 1.
KAPLAN HALL, MINDY ROSS GALLERY
THE CORNER OF GRAND & FIRST STREETS, NEWBURGH 341-9386. The Majestic Hudson: River, Highlands, Tributaries: Photographs by Greg Miller. Through July 16.
KINGSTON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (KMOCA)
103 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON KMOCA.ORG. Look In, Look Out, New Work by Phil Sigunick and Michael Asbill. June 6-30 Opening reception June 6, 5pm-8pm.
LOCUST GROVE, SAMUEL MORSE HISTORIC SITE
2683 SOUTH ROAD, POUGHKEEPSIE 454-4500. E.E. Cummings Art Exhibit. Paintings by poet E.E. Cummings. Through June 21.
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PIERMONT FLYWHEEL GALLERY
RUSSEL WRIGHT DESIGN CENTER, GARRISON 424-3812. Extended Tours of Manitoga. Take a House, Studio & Landscape Tour and remain onsite for two additional hours to sketch, photograph, write or just be inspired! Offered on select Saturdays throughout the season: June 20, August 15, and October 10. $35 Admission.
MATTEAWAN GALLERY
464 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7901. New Social Situations. Paintings and mixed media works on canvas by Sharon Butler. Through June 7.
MCDARIS FINE ART
623 WARREN STREET, HUDSON MCDARISFINEART.COM. New Sculpture by Mark Wasserbach. Through June 21.
MORRISON GALLERY
8 OLD BARN ROAD, KENT, CONNECTICUT (860) 927-4501. Don Gummer: Works on Paper. Through June 21.
THE MOVIEHOUSE GALLERY
48 MAIN STREET, MILLERTON THEMOVIEHOUSE.NET. Speaking to Nature: The Sculpture of Henry Klimowicz. Through July 9.
THE MUROFF KOTLER VISUAL ARTS GALLERY @ SUNY ULSTER
491 COTTEKILL ROAD, STONE RIDGE 687-5113. Future Voices: High School Art from Ulster County. Ulster County high school students exhibit art work selected by their teachers in this diverse exhibit ranging from traditional drawing and painting to sculpture and digital arts. Mondays-Fridays.
OLANA STATE HISTORIC SITE
5720 ROUTE 9G, HUDSON (518) 828-0135. River Crossings. Thirty artists including Chuck Close, Maya Lin, Martin Puryear, Cindy Sherman, and Kiki Smith will illuminate the pivotal role that Hudson River School Artists Thomas Cole and Frederic Church played in shaping an innovative culture of American art. Through November 1.
ONE MILE GALLERY
172 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-2880. Transformation: Paintings by Liliana Washburn. Through June 7. 23 WHITE OAK DRIVE, SUGAR LOAF 469-9459. By Chance. A meeting of minds, materials, and meaning. New works by Lisa Breznak, Mimi Czajka Graminski, and Rive Weinstein. June 20-July 30. Opening reception June 20, 5pm-8pm.
SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY ARTS CENTER
790 ROUTE 203, SPENCERTOWN (518) 392-3693. Concrete & Clay: Corinne Alexander, Sue Browdy, Kay Castelle, Mary Anne Davis, Marybeth Ketz, Justin Madsen, Lauren Mundy, and Jacqueline Wilder. Through June 21.
THE CHATHAM BOOKSTORE
27 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM 518-392-3005. Rabbit Trails. Philmont artist Christine Hales exhibits recent landscapes and pieces with rabbit imagery. Through June 26.
THE RE INSTITUTE
1395 BOSTON CORNERS ROAD, MILLERTON (518) 567-5359. Judy Pfaff and Gillian Jager. June 13-July 30. Opening reception June 13, 3pm-7pm.
THEO GANZ STUDIO
149 MAIN STREET, BEACON (917) 318-2239. Desire Path. New paintings by Samantha Beste. Through June 7.
THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
218 SPRING STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-7465. River Crossings. Thirty artists including Chuck Close, Maya Lin, Martin Puryear, Cindy Sherman, and Kiki Smith will illuminate the pivotal role that Hudson River School Artists Thomas Cole and Frederic Church played in shaping an innovative culture of American art. Through November 1.
THOMPSON GIROUX GALLERY
57 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3336. Fusionera. Group exhibition featuring Erin Beaver, Adam Brent, Dan Devine, Barry Gerson, Ned Snider, Josephine Turalba and Hazel Weatherfield. June 6-July 19. Opening reception June 6, 4pm-6pm.
TIVOLI ARTISTS CO-OP
60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI 758-4342. Wild Things. Two artists with very different backgrounds and mediums found common ground with their love of the outdoors in their two-person show. Gregory Martin, through the lens with his landscape photography and Tarryl Gabel, behind the brush, with her canvas and oils. Through June 21.
UNFRAMED ARTISTS GALLERY
173 HUGUENOT STREET, NEW PALTZ. (845) 255-5482. Imagine. Children’s art show. Through June 30.
UNISON
68 MOUNTAIN REST ROAD, NEW PALTZ 255-1559. Brush & Hammer. Painting, illustration, collage and mixed media by Elizabeth Rosen. Through July 5.
475 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON 338-2035. Haunted Summer. Featuring six female artists whose work explore fear, the paranormal, horror and occult ritual. Sarah Gamble, Roxanne Jackson, Amanda Lechner, Mollie McKinley, Amanda Nedham, and Keri Oldham. June 13-July 10. Opening receptino June 13, 6pm-9pm.
VASSAR COLLEGE
ORANGE HALL GALLERY
232 WARD STREET, MONTGOMERY 457-ARTS. Along the Farm Art Trail: Paintings by Lorraine Furey also Bob Oliver and Jesus Pech. L June 1-30. Opening reception June 6, 5pm-7pm.
SUNY ORANGE, MIDDLETOWN 341-4790. 2015 Middletown Art Group Members’ Spring Exhibition. The Middletown Art Group Members display 70+ artworks in several media. Through June 18.
124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE VASSAR.EDU. The Age of Alice: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Nonsense in Victorian England. Exhibit to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland. Through June 15.
WALLKILL RIVER SCHOOL AND ART GALLERY
THE WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART
OTIS LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
48 NORTH MAIN ROAD, OTIS, MA (413) 269-0109. Works by Stacey M. Schultze. June 6-28. Opening reception June 6, 12pm-2pm.
15 LAWRENCE HALL DRIVE, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA (413) 597-3055. Plead the Fifth: Senior Studio Art Exhibition. Works by Parmalier Arrington, Quinn Griffin, Sara Muñoz, Cary Wade, and Madison Weist. The senior studio exhibition celebrates the culmination of each artist’s senior project. Through June 7.
PALMER GALLERY
WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM
124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE PALMERGALLERY.VASSAR.EDU. Art from the Class of 1965. This exhibition features large-scale oil paintings as well as watercolor, acrylic, pastel, sculpture, pottery, weaving, a conceptual installation and photography by 19 artists. June 15-July 16.
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28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940. Works by Lynn Herring: Facebook Paintings. Through June 14.
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NIGHTLIFE HIGHLIGHTS
FEMI KUTI & POSITIVE FORCE June 6. As Afrobeat king Fela Kuti’s eldest son, Femi Kuti learned the family craft firsthand by playing in his late father’s band, Egypt 80. His eponymous 1995 album, which offered a more compact take on the sound Fela had pioneered, was a hit in much of Africa and Europe and established Femi as a major artist on the world music circuit. After Fela’s passing in 1997, Femi formed his own band, Positive Force, which he here brings once again to Club Helsinki, stirring more recent urban forms of Lagosian and American dance music into the time-tested, booty-swiveling Afrobeat cauldron. (Martin Sexton sings June 5; Charlie Hunter jazzes it up June 11.) 9pm. $38, $65. Hudson. (518) 828-4800; Helsinkihudson.com.
TOM PAXTON
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June 12. Rightly awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for a career that spans more than 50 years, singer-songwriter Tom Paxton is an outright folk legend. The Chicagoborn composer of such treasured tunes as “The Last Thing on My Mind,” “Bottle of Wine,” and “Ramblin’ Boy,” Paxton was a mainstay of the original Greenwich Village folk scene. His songs have been loved and sung by everyone from Bob Dylan to the Weavers, Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, Doc Watson, Peter, Paul and Mary, Willie Nelson, John Denver, Marianne Faithful, the Move, and folk’s big daddy, Pete Seeger. Certainly the interior walls of Infinity Music Hall, the site of this date, will resound with voices singing along to Paxton’s eternal standards when he performs there. The Zolla Boys open. (Robert Cray smokes June 3; Butch Hancock holds forth June 25.) 8pm. $32-$40. Norwalk, Connecticut. (866) 666-6306; Infinityhall.com.
June 20. In 1977, Leni Stern, the wife of fellow guitarist Mike Stern, swapped acting in her native Germany for playing music in the US, and the jazz world has been all the better for it. She made her recording debut in 1985 with Clairvoyant, which features the veteran greats Paul Motian on drums, Larry Willis on piano, and her sometime teacher Bill Frisell on guitar. The disc is well named, given the musical telepathy on display, and also helped establish her as a composer to be reckoned with. Stern, whose voice the Boston Phoenix described as “Marlene Dietrich borrowing Billie Holiday’s phrasing,” headlines this, another of Quinn’s exemplary jazz bookings. Lately, she’s been flouting 2012’s Smoke, No Fire, her 13th and newest set as a leader, which was recorded in Mali amid that nation’s recent civil strife and carries a strong African influence. (The George Coleman Jr. Rivington Project plays June 15; Eric Person Duoscope jams June 22.) 9pm. $10 suggested donation. Beacon. (845) 202-7447; Facebook.com/QuinnsBeacon.
FRED & TOODY June 16. Now here’s a billing few of us tuned-in music nuts thought we’d ever see in the Hudson Valley: the first couple of garage punk, Fred and Toody Cole of the legendary band Dead Moon—especially since the 67-year-old Fred Cole underwent open-heart surgery little more than a year ago. But here they are, at BSP Lounge, to give rockers a third their age a tough lesson. A veteran of ’60s garage bangers the Weeds and the Lollipop Shoppe, Fred formed the Rats with Toody in the late ’70s; that trio morphed into Dead Moon, whose dirtshack-raw sound and off-the-grid outlaw ideology made them legitimate American primitives and underground gods in Europe. By the time the States caught on, however, Dead Moon was dead and their next band, Pierced Arrows were in flight. Although Dead Moon was recently resurrected, this show—our pick of the month—stars just the husband and wife, stark and alone. (Monogold, the Sun Parade, and Happy You beam June 5; Jessica Pratt and Widowspeak wail June 20.) 7:30pm. $10. Kingston. (845) 481-5158; Bspkingston.com. 76 MUSIC CHRONOGRAM 6/15
BLONDE REDHEAD June 20. New York outfit Blonde Redhead began in 1993 as a noisy quartet—females Kazu Mikino (vocals, guitar) and Maki Takahashi (bass) and twin Italian brothers Simone (drums, vocals) and Amadeo Pace (guitar)—that was in thrall to early Sonic Youth and ’70s No Wavers like DNA (they’re named for one of the latter’s songs). After Takahashi’s departure and some occasional guest bassists, the group, which here lands at Pearl Street, in Sonic Youth’s post-New York stomping ground of Western Mass, formally pared down to the trio of Mikino and the Pace siblings. On their recent albums the band has pursued more of a shoegazey, psychedelic-pop direction, quieting down further still with last year’s acoustic-sprinkled Barragan. 8:30pm. $20, $23. Northampton, Massachusetts. (413) 584-7771; Iheg.com.
CD REVIEWS C. B. SMITH & THE LUCKY DEVILS BLUEBIRD (2014, INDEPENDENT)
One of the hottest trends in acoustic music these past few years has been for a bunch of Berklee-trained kids to throw their chops behind a budding young songwriter and call it bluegrass. The old guard pitches a fit, but the youngsters win accolades and inspire other, even-younger youngsters to do the same thing. The old farts call it bogus; the young farts call it progress. The curious thing for Catskill’s C. B. Smith (guitar, mandolin) is that he squarely has a foot in both camps. The calendar points out that he is not a recent Berklee graduate, yet he is unafraid—like Albany’s Jim Gaudet—to place his bright, original songs in a bluegrass context. Smith might have become just another songwriter, but his bluegrass roots ran too deep for him to jettison them, to our good fortune. The title track on his sophomore disc, Bluebird, makes great use of Smith’s reedy but authoritative voice, and the band’s harmonies, too. And “In My Heart of Hearts” proves once again that Smith’s forte is the lilting folk ballad. Throughout, Megan Gugliotta’s fiddle adds a throaty warmth to the proceedings, while Bill Strohm’s bass serves as anchor. They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but solid songs and a smart band are neither new nor old. They’re timeless, and C. B. Smith is ready to hang with the Berklee kids any time they want. Cbsmithmusic.com. —Michael Eck
JOHN HODIAN & NAGHASH ENSEMBLE VOLUME 1: SONGS OF EXILE (2014, AVAILABLE FORMS MUSIC)
Mkrtich Naghash, a 15th-century priest who fled his Armenian homeland to become a migratory mystic poet, inspired this extraordinary ensemble arranged and conducted by John Hodian, who locals may remember from the popular world music duo Epiphany Project. He spent months researching in libraries worldwide for text to accompany his latest compositions, ultimately landing upon Naghash’s poetry. The all-female Luys Vocal Quintet joins Armenian musicians on duduk (flute), dhol and dumbek (drums), and oud alongside a competent string quartet. This first volume of a three-CD set features a 26-page hardcover book with artwork, photos, and text in English, French, German, and Armenian script. The pieces here are ancient and modern yet formal and earthy, and harmoniously merge folk with classical in a unique orchestral mosaic. “Composed in Exile” features a female aria that gives the mournful tune a monastic feel before bursting into an exuberant confessional and sonorous chorus revealing the plight and hope of the wanderer, or ghareeb. “On Behalf of the Ghareebs” stresses the hellish circumstances of the poverty-stricken in exile, a complex art song that continually changes in intensity and flavor. “Lamentations for the Dead” speaks from beyond the grave, emphasized by the strain of strings and percussion in a piece that is lyrically dark but not overly gloomy in its dynamic evolution. Considering its overall theme, Volume 1: Songs of Exile leaves the listener feeling surprisingly hopeful and exhilarated through its elaborate unfolding. Nagashensemble.com. —Sharon Nichols
THE WILD IRISH ROSES THE WILD IRISH ROSES (2014, POE RECORDS)
Until New Paltz-based family band the Wild Irish Roses kicks into their cover of the Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen”—track four on their rollicking eponymous debut—you’d be forgiven for thinking you’re listening to a field recording made in a Dublin pub, circa mid 20th century; pre-rock ’n’ roll, pre-youth culture, pre-multitrack technology. The Rose family, led by punk rocker parents Michael X. Rose (vocals, guitar) and Kristi Hanna (bass guitar, vocals), gather six of their eight kids, aged five to 17, around the microphone, most wielding traditional acoustic instruments, and not shyly. Sounding like a cross between folk punkers the Pogues and the Cowsills after someone spiked the punch (that’s a good thing), this crew plays and sings with edgy brio, all of ’em at the same time in the same room, with ample yelling and hooting, and dad bellowing “RIGHT!” at the close of several tunes.What you lose in clarity you gain in spirit. Most of the material is public domain, except the aforementioned Sex Pistols tune and two faithful Pogues covers. All told, it’s a rich canon: celebratory (“The Rising of the Moon”), dark (“The Dreadnought”), and the category known as “old, weird, folk” (“Haul Away Joe”). Except for Hanna’s fuzz bass, this is as close as you’ll get to how these sea chanties and rebel songs sounded when they were originally conceived and employed around campfires, kegs, and just behind bloodstained battle lines, when singing, playing, and rebeling were family affairs. Facebook.com/pages/The-Wild-Irish-Roses. —Robert Burke Warren
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SHORT TAKES Celebrate LGBT Pride Month, Father’s Day, dogs, trout, and the magic of night with new nonfiction books by local authors.
LIVING LARGE: WILNA HERVEY & NAN MASON JOSEPH P. ECKHARDT WOODSTOCK ARTS, 2015, $39.50
Six-foot-three-inch heiress Wilna Hervey found fame as “Powerful Katrinka” in the 1920s Toonerville Trolley comedies, where she met Nan Mason, an artist nearly her height. Living large in all senses, “the Big Girls” hobnobbed with celebrities and Maverick-era Woodstock bohemians, loving each other for 59 years. Eckhardt’s impeccably researched, ebullient biography celebrates this high-octane union, with marvelous period photos. Appearing 6/13 at 2pm, Historical Society of Woodstock; gallery exhibit 6/12-9/6.
In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love
EVERY FATHER’S DAUGHTER: 24 WOMEN WRITERS REMEMBER THEIR FATHERS SELECTED & PRESENTED BY MARGARET MCMULLAN, INTRODUCTION BY PHILLIP LOPATE MCPHERSON & COMPANY, 2015, $29.95
Kingston’s nonpareil literary press McPherson & Company released this stellar collection of personal essays about women and their fathers. The 24 contributors include Alice Munro, Maxine Hong Kingston, Woodstocker Nancy Jainchill, and Woodstock Writers Festival favorites Ann Hood and Jane Smiley, whose essays are knockouts. Hood compresses a lifetime of idiosyncratic memories into a moving farewell, and Smiley honors the troubled man whose absence gave her freedom.
FINDING SAMUEL LOWE: CHINA, JAMAICA, HARLEM PAULA WILLIAMS MADISON AMISTAD BOOKS, 2015, $25.99
Vassar graduate and media powerhouse Madison grew up in Harlem with a Jamaican father and a half-Chinese mother. After her mother’s death, she set out to trace the Chinese branch of her complex family tree. Reconstructing the story of her grandfather’s emigration to Jamaica, Madison eventually travels to China to meet his kin—and her own—with surprising results. This vivid memoir glows with hard truths about racial identity and culture, and the power of love.
THE SECRET HISTORY OF KINDNESS: LEARNING FROM HOW DOGS LEARN MELISSA HOLBROOK PIERSON W. W. NORTON & CO, 2015, $26.95
Acclaimed Ulster County author Pierson offers an intelligent argument for treating our fellow animals better: Authoritative sources have proven that dogs and other creatures comprehend, reason, decide, and learn just as we do. Inspired by the smarts and will of her own dog, she writes with infectious fascination, also providing unflinching examples of human cruelty masquerading as research or training, including a resolute takedown of Cesar Milan.
TEACHING TROUT TO TALK: THE ZEN OF SMALL STREAM FISHING STUART BARTOW RA PRESS, 2014, $15
Stuart Bartow is a triple threat: prize-winning poet, SUNY Adirondack professor, and passionate fly fisher. Over the course of seven years, he’s assembled nearly a hundred microessays on his religion of choice, some philosophical, some practical, some just a few lines long. “Never call your fly rod a fishing pole,” he writes. “Your fly rod is your samurai sword, magic wand, divining tool, which links you to sacred water, to fish, and hopefully, the divine.”
WAKING UP TO THE DARK: ANCIENT WISDOM FOR A SLEEPLESS AGE CLARK STRAND, ILLUSTRATIONS BY WILL LYTLE SPIEGEL & GRAU, 2015, $26
This slinky, mystical meditation on the soulful properties of night begins with a 1924 gathering of irate citizens on the Village Green, protesting the arrival of electric light. How quaint, you may think. But Strand, a lifelong night wanderer, believes that our jangled, insomniac lives have lost touch with essential natural rhythms, and that darkness is literally good for the soul. Lytle’s intricate, darkling illustrations bloom like moonflowers among starlit words. 78 BOOKS CHRONOGRAM 6/15
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n a November day in 2007, Bard Italian studies professor Joseph Luzzi woke up a husband and father-to-be and went to bed a widower and single parent. Luzzi’s breathtaking memoir In a Dark Wood opens with a security guard interrupting his class with news that a van has crashed into the Jeep of his eight-months-pregnant wife, Katherine. Within hours, Katherine gives birth to their daughter, Isabel, via emergency C-section at Vassar Brothers Hospital, and dies. Isabel’s prospects are dicey, but miraculously, she survives. At this writing, she is a thriving, spirited seven-year-old, and Luzzi is happily remarried to renowned violinist/violist Helena Baillie, who has gamely stepped in to co-parent Isabel. In one of the book’s most moving scenes, Luzzi and tiny Isabel attend Helena’s performance of a Bach piece the composer wrote for his deceased wife; the music inspires an epiphany Luzzi employs as the memoir’s epigram: Every grief story is a love story. The above may seem rife with spoilers, but In a Dark Wood isn’t so much about where Luzzi ends up as how he gets there, and therein lies the pull of this story of deliverance from unimaginable pain to restored happiness through art. As the title suggests, Luzzi turns to Dante Alighieri’s ’s 14th-century epic poem The Divine Comedy, a work he teaches, to help make sense of his loss and its aftermath, grief. That grief reverberates from the accident through subsequent challenges: Luzzi fitfully seeks fulfilling female companionship, his immigrant Calabrian mother parents Isabel without much input from him; incredibly, he endures a lawsuit brought against Katherine’s estate (i.e. Luzzi) by the man who killed her. Dante guides him through these dark woods. You say you’ve not read The Divine Comedy, one of the great works of world literature, an epic poem written in painful, bereaved exile, an allegorical trip through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise that gives shape to humankind’s deepest spiritual longings? It doesn’t matter. Luzzi writes with the economy and flair of a novelist. He adroitly boils down the essentials of The Divine Comedy while also giving fascinating historical context. We travel deep inside the emotional process by which the poet used his imagination to construct a narrative to deal with grief over his beloved, deceased Beatrice, and the loss of his dear homeland of Florence, to which he could never return for political reasons. But In a Dark Wood is not Cliff ’s Notes for Dante. Luzzi makes it all personal when he twines his historical analysis of The Divine Comedy with his own dark emotional terrain, detailing how the work offers him, like Dante, a map out of Hell. The main difference, of course, is that Dante never made it back to Florence; Luzzi, however, walks in the sun again. Which is not to say it’s an easy ride. It is not. And Luzzi doesn’t just sit in a garret with his Dante; over the course of several years, he engages with friends, lovers (he’s quite candid about the romantic entanglements of a widower), his vibrant family (they really do jump off the page, those Calabrians), and the ghost of his beloved Katherine. She lives in his memories, and in the body of their child, whose father returns from the shrouded sea of grief in a vessel of literature, piloted by a 14th-century poet, and reclaims her. —Robert Burke Warren
WArhol By the Book
A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me: Stories and a Novella David Gates
Knopf, 2015, $24.95
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ink into the expansive yet tightly wrought world of a David Gates story and you may find yourself clucking with recognition. A Hudson Valley part-timer, Gates knows the milieu of which he writes: Rhinebeck, small upstate towns and weekend houses, clapboard or modernist architecture, the train station and the commute down to the city, the local restaurants, the flora and fauna. His characters are so palpably human you might think you saw them at Upstate Films. They’re men and women, mostly smart and well-educated, who are married or not, straight or gay, parents or not, making a living. But they don’t necessarily have a grip on what makes them happy, and that’s where we come in. These are people who muse and reflect, ebb and flow, rush and languish in and out of their stories with crystalline urgency. All have a tale to tell, and often a lot at stake. Sometimes they’re recounting a chain of remarkably deadening marriages or inevitable, whiskey-tinged affairs. Sometimes they need to get something off their chests and take stock of their lives up to this point. The stories have a sense of being a point on someone’s trajectory, often on the descending side of the mortal arc. What keeps the energy up, page after page, is a marvelous, earthy, realistic, and all-too-familiar mess. You’re never sure what’s going to happen next—what shitstorm, as one character says, is about to occur. Gates is one of the writers keeping the classic American short story alive. He’s not a trickster or a formalist; he’s not meta, he’s not overwrought. He’s also not brief, but he is economical: Each story takes exactly the space it needs to unfold, and the prose comes by itself honestly. A character may suddenly make an aside to the reader, or the narrator (always a tangible personality) adds a clarifying parenthetical. These infrequent asides are revealing, as if the narrator needs to catch his breath after a certain moment of truth, and in so doing, lets down his guard. You might call it the life-worn picaresque. Gates gets his people right, both men and women: He gives them messy ethics and conflicting desires and interesting brains. They make mistakes that they know are mistakes, because they don’t know how not to; they want to do what they want to do. The enthralling “Banishment” is a long meditation on time spent—or wasted —in marriage, love, and the facsimile of peaceable companionship, narrated by a woman who’s had a good deal of all of the above. She’s refreshingly frank and often funny when talking about sex. At one point she runs into a woman who’s clearly slept with a houseguest and describes her as wearing a “bar length skirt.” Favorably compared to both Raymond Carver and John Cheever, Gates has a similar acerbic poeticism, but he’s less bourbon-soaked and less bluntly tragic. This is his first collection in 15 years, and it carries the weight of maturity; of being more acquainted with the impulses and compromises one makes over the course of a lifetime. “The bad version is that we spent years hiding from each other in that beautiful house. A happier way to look at it is that this is what marriage is—mutual accommodation, tolerance and forgiveness. Or is there a distinction?” So muses the woman in “Banishment,” making the reader want to clap her (and Gates) on the back. —Jana Martin
Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol’s Index (Book), 1967 (pre-publication designer’s copy). Williams College Museum of Art, Gift of Richard F. Holmes, Class of 1946. © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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POETRY
Edited by Phillip X Levine. Deadline for our July issue is June 5. Send up to three poems or three pages (whichever comes first). Full submission guidelines: www.chronogram.com/submissions.
The Math of My Heart
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When you add laughter and poetry you get love. When you subtract laughter from poetry you just get words. —Kaya Lanier (7 years)
THE VISITOR
UNTITLED
“Oh, dearie, it will brighten up the room,” she said, Carrying that massive green bowl of flowers like a newborn, Cradling it close to her breast for its first feeding, As if she were the only nourishment it had ever known.
drinking Kombucha out of coffee mugs playing cards with my six year old son listening to a later De La Soul record the word Fuck and my good parent bad parent gauge starts to swing but then I recall my own introduction to Fuck cold peanut butter toast no skippy or jif but late 1970s co-op health food floating oil impossible to mix impossible to stir peanut butter cold peanut butter toast late 1970s co-op basement rural southern Michigan automotive recession whole grain toast cold, because I am eating it slowly and annoyingly and slowly and Dad paces the kitchen Eat Your Toast i take a bite, slowly Eat Your Toast i take a bite, annoyingly Eat Your Fucking Toast he grabs my plate, throws it the glass front of the oven explodes in our southern Michigan late 1970s automotive recession kitchen Fuck And broken glass, and cold peanut butter toast un-swallowed in my mouth…
She made me hate their riot of color, Those nasty, shouting yellows and roaring oranges, A smattering of simpering pinks for coyness, A blood red to mark each carefully placed tongue barb. “You need to understand color,” she said, flicking her hair, As if reading the trepidation for these things in my mind, A witchy feat, which I certainly didn’t doubt she could do, Her pent-up, mother-in-law magic at an all-time high. I watched as he sponged up her every last syrupy word, Until I wanted to pull out the Hoover and vacuum them up, Store her passive-aggressive poison deep at the bottom of the bag, Tangled up and pureed with the skin dust, foot dirt and Muffy’s hairballs. “You must give the new wife time with these things,” she said, And I used all my power not to walk over and pick up the bowl, And smash it to bits at her tan, sandaled feet, stomping petals, But instead, I said, “How beautiful,” and walked onto the lanai. —Michelle M. Mead
—Nathaniel J. Krenkel
NOT A GIFT OF TONGUES TOPOGRAPHY OF THE BIT PLAYERS Tonight I miss her like a dying man misses a country he never saw. In fact, he never left this town we’re in together where the weight of air pushes our veins towards our bones and dust flickers in the spot lights between the shadows that indicate people taking the scene in. The scene is this: Me at a mic with a dim sense of perspective. Also, you on a stage in the middle of a dark sea. Between us a group of men on a corner speaking French. It’s late of course, the way it must be when reconciling a life unlived to the blue hue lent the sky by those gold domed capital lights. —Chris Garrecht-Williams
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She spoke in the dialect of mist and persistent drizzle that never lets up, barely takes a breath. Nonetheless, she rarely finished a story or answered a direct question. Her punctuation was carved in fallen trees, or sometimes rode a leaf to an unconcerned earth. After storms, heavy downpours of chaos and obscenity-laced raining, she sighed, resigned to failure, her inability to communicate what she really meant. “I love you,” often rendered in translation as, “The atmosphere is heavy with uncertainty; A ubiquitous humidity Smothers the air between us.” He never understood this, and Took her lack of clarity and directness For insensitivity and absence of feeling. Had she understood this, she might have learned the language of dusk, and wrapped him in evening’s first tease, when light and dark balanced perfectly, with no exact hue ever settled upon. To this he might have responded better And offered the comfort She needed and desired. —Anthony DeGregorio
RITUAL
AUBADE
SIX MONTH RESULTS
In the caged-in cage of safety, the children bounce and freeze and play dead man who tags himself back to life, the trampoline shredding its edges with foam emerging and flakes of plastic tumbling between feet.
At first light a splotch of cardinal plunges into the dense green of July maple, bleeding into inconsequence. A sudden rain rinses the mind of all ambitious aftertaste.
Every seven years our bodies change, so one day we’ll have never met.
Undetectable! (0.04) That’s what’s known as a little less than perfect Double zeroes the wanted goal Blessed with reserved happiness— the real deal in spades Other stuff waiting in the wings— should things go downhill; actually uphill to be more exact Meanwhile softness still reigns— maybe the needle will help Manufactured hardness, dry sensations— new version of manhood left to thrill the soul Quiet prayer filled with gratitude— near double zeroes much better than one Thank you, Lord, for your mercy Gives a brother some hope.
—Emily Finnemore
—Eddie Bell
And then there are the wild geese, Mary. Whose moving stitches across the sky suture me inside something Reminding me that whether I go or stay, I am not without my own migration.
THE CHIPPING SPARROW
Holding the netting, the frogs hop higher squeezing their knees to pop their young heads above the rim of this canister of youth elastic energy released in angry nervous leaps caught in kid-game rules and the need to move. Down below in a dry field coming reluctantly to spring, the grown-ups gather, circling a ceremony for the girl’s dead mother as hawks swoop overhead and smoke and song travel to the loved one gone and to the other who jumps her rage and never turns her eyes away. —Sarah Wyman
SHUFFLE I have seen this shuffle The diminution of muscle Legs pared down to turkey bones Knees too large for thighs. I have seen this thinning Of hair and wrist and hand Pants that hang flat behind Watches that slip and slide. I have seen this shrinking Of mind and matters Dreams cut into bite-sized pieces To avoid an awkward choking. I have seen it all before In Mom and Dad and Uncle Joe And in others not as close to me As brother, sister, wife, and child. I have seen my future in my past And know my shuffling days approach Too certain and too soon To let today be ruined by tomorrow. —JDK
—Robert Lewis
And then there is this mulch pile, given freely from the town full of sleeping snakes and baby mice. I stab into it—the only way to get a satisfying bite and turn it over into the barrow. The raspberry brambles and their red thorns have thrust themselves into the ground and argue with my efforts to do my good work. And then, this cool and creamy breeze thickens the space around me, the sweat and chill I create under my tired coat leaves no room for questions. The barrow fills and then I dump it again and again onto the berries the burning bushes the muddy patches by the shower Creating my own stitches across the yard. —Elizabethanne B Spiotta
AN ESCAPIST’S DAYDREAM
Somewhere, somewhere in the hills this feathered beast comes without frills. I see you there in the tree. Pretending that you don’t see me. What are you doing? You know full well Chipping sparrow spawn of hell; Oh, wing -ed demon, foul wicked fowl. Chip chip chip Chip stop it NOW! Searing like a burning coal; I feel your chipping in my soul. Flee! Fly! Go away! I can’t take another day! Any more would be a curse! There’s no way it could get worse. Thou feathered fiend, you’re in my head! Another chipping starts instead! A chipping battle, if you will. Another bird I’ll have to kill. Yes, that’s what I will have to do. Kill the one, then number two! Thwick! Thwack! Feathers fly! Die, you chipping bastards, die!
I needed that key to open the filing cabinet. It’s full of yellowing paperwork. I’m sure you handed me the key. I can picture it in my grasp. In my hands, I’m directing it into the keyhole. Now it’s gone. I haven’t moved, I’ve been sitting right here, in this exact spot. The thing is, I need that key. I need it for that old yellowy stack of my most important documents. The death certificates, car title. Who will I become if I lose my social security card, my insurance. Have you seen it? I didn’t hear it fall. Maybe it’s on the steps or, or just down the block. I’ll just go, and check. I should be right back. Just five minutes, just a step out the door...
—Jennifer Schimmrich
—Amalie Remsen
In the wake of a shadow is the rise of a reflection
OUTDATED “Hi Baby” “Hi Blue Eyes” Swoosh…up into those arms, feet dangling—mile wide smiles We like to keep things simple Could this be love? —(F) Flower
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Food & Drink
Meat Your Match Provisions Deli & Barb’s Butchery Story and photos by Eve Fox
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call it “happy meat.” It’s my shorthand for meat from animals that are raised humanely, eating a natural diet in their natural environment and meeting their makers in as stress-free a manner as possible. “Happy meat” stands in stark contrast to meat from animals raised in factory farms where they are routinely dosed with antibiotics, fed a diet that often bears little resemblance to what they would eat in the wild, and subjected to a (mercifully short) lifetime of profit-maximizing cruelties. As awareness of the meat industry’s unappetizing practices spreads, so, too, has the demand for meat that is humanely raised by local farmers—a shift in consumer consciousness that is taking place both nationally and locally. Fortunately for us, supply is following closely on demand’s heels, and the Hudson Valley recently welcomed not one, but two new shops offering locally and humanely raised meat products. A Different Kind of Deli On Woodstock’s main drag, Provisions is offering up what some are calling “the best sandwich I’ve ever had,” made with local, humanely raised meats that are butchered and prepared in-house and paired with goodies like the fresh mozzarella and focaccia that are made each morning by co-owner Anthony Heaney. Heaney, a veteran of the local restaurant community who has also worked as a stone mason, landscaper, and beekeeper, trained as a whole-animal butcher at Dundore & Heister in Pennsylvania last year. “This is the first time in my life that I’ve been able to make a connection between what I was cooking and an actual animal—there was a whole pig on the table and now it’s a sausage, egg, and cheese on our homemade bread. And that’s pretty much the coolest thing ever—connecting it from the pasture to the plate,” says Heaney. 82 FOOD & DRINK CHRONOGRAM 6/15
Co-owner Emily Sherry-Bonilla also got her start working in local restaurants before going to graduate school. While she was finishing up her masters in social work, she answered a Craigslist ad for a part-time job as an assistant to Jessica Applestone of Fleisher’s Meats in Kingston. Long story short, the part-time job morphed into a very full-time gig and Sherry-Bonilla eventually became Fleisher’s COO. “When I met Josh and Jessica (of Fleisher’s) I was pretty close to a vegetarian, as were my children. I was really concerned about getting them clean food with no antibiotics in it—that I could afford, and they really opened my eyes to what existed,” says Sherry-Bonilla. Heaney and Sherry-Bonilla have been friends ever since the sixth grade at Rondout Valley Elementary school. After spending many years putting in long hours for other local establishments, both were ready to step out on their own. “We realized that we had very different strengths but that they could work together,” says Sherry-Bonilla. The fact that they were financing and staffing the venture on their own allowed them to move quickly, opening for business at 65 Tinker Street in mid-April, a mere two months after signing the lease for the space. According to Sherry-Bonilla, business has been nonstop ever since—a mix of loyal locals and tourists who either wander past or actively plan a pilgrimage after reading one of the glowing reviews on TripAdvisor or Facebook. Although the sandwich offerings change daily, early favorites include the Bird Is the Word—pulled roasted chicken with a roasted lemon and dill aioli, arugula, and fresh tomato, and The Horse You Rode in On, Provision’s housemade roast beef with house-made pickled onions, fresh arugula, and a beautiful bright purple horseradish roasted beet crema.The breakfast sandwiches get plenty of love too, with one patron describing the house-made sausage, egg, and cheese on focaccia as “a party, actually a full-on rager (keg stands and all)
Clockwise from top left: Anthony Heaney and Emily Sherry-Bonilla, co-owners of Provisions; Rooster in the Henhouse sandwich at Provisions; Sloppy Joe lunch special with seasoned fries at Barb’s Butchery; The Brat Pack sandwich at Provisions. Opposite: Soppressata at Barb’s Butchery.
in my mouth.” But the sandwich that’s inspired the most devotion is the Provisions Banh Mi—roasted pork belly, pickled jicama and daikon radish with a cilantro-hoisin slaw. For my part, my heart belongs to the pastrami—the result of a complicated, weeklong process that results in a mouth-watering mouthful of meat. “We let the beef brine for many days and then it dry cures and we smoke it—we have a wonderful smoking partner in Steve Slutsky at Hickory Smokehouse on Route 28. Then it gets steamed here and we cool it for 24 hours,” explains Sherry-Bonilla. Although both owners have many years of experience in the kitchen, SherryBonilla credits some of the food’s appeal to Heaney’s butchery training. “When you understand the animal that way, you’ve got way more power to make it taste delicious.You know what part of the animal the meat is from, what kind of work that muscle did and how much fat is in it—and all of that matters.” Despite being a new venture, Provisions already has the feel of an old favorite, with friends and customers popping in to say hello even on Wednesdays, the one day of the week they’re closed. “For us, the biggest surprise has been the community—how invested people are in us succeeding. People have been so kind and are really looking out for us. I think some of it is because they know Anthony or me, and some of it is just because we make really good food,” says Sherry-Bonilla. Everyone who walks in the door gets the same friendly treatment, from the folks who work in the store down the street to construction workers to second homers to Jogger John or one of Woodstock’s other beloved street people. “There’s a lot of disparity in Woodstock—people with second or even third homes and people with literally no means, and they all converge here.We never turn anyone away—we feed everyone. We started our pay-it-forward board so people who can afford it can buy a cup of coffee or sandwich for someone who can’t—it takes the stigma out of it for them,” says Sherry-Bonilla.
Keep an eye out this summer for the introduction of soft-serve ice cream, as well as an emphasis on cold sandwiches, salads, and more of Sherry-Bonilla’s divine pickled vegetables. Bringing Really Good Bacon to Beacon In early December, Barbara Fisher opened Barb’s Butchery, Beacon’s first nose-totail butcher shop, at 69 Spring Street. “I didn’t do it to be a foodie or because it was trendy. I just really care about the source of my food,” says Fisher, who eschewed meat of any kind for about a decade after reading the work of Temple Grandin. “It grossed me out sufficiently that I was pretty much a vegan for the entirety of the `90s. But then I started running and I began to crave iron, so I started eating meat again. And it was really hard to find anything I felt okay about in terms of my own health and the sustainability of the practices involved,” says Fisher. A math professor for many years, Fisher began to feel the need for a change after her two young daughters were born. After carefully considering what Beacon needed and what she felt she could do, she began to explore the world of whole-animal butchering and sausagemaking with Mark Elia of Hudson Valley Sausage Company. “Sam Wildfong, the farmer at Obercreek, my CSA, suggested I reach out to Mark, and we hit it off right away. I worked with him for about a year and a half—he taught me how to break down different animals, helped me with the equipment here, gave me the sausage recipes. He’s just been awesome,” says Fisher. Barb’s now offers any cut you can imagine (just ask and they’ll cut it) of humanely raised, local beef, pork, chicken, veal, and turkey, as well as a huge selection of house-made sausages, jerky, pub grubs, and cured meats. Fisher sources her animals primarily from Meiller Farm in Pine Plains, Meili Farm in Amenia, and Fazio Farms in Modena, among others. 6/15 CHRONOGRAM FOOD & DRINK 83
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If you’re looking to grab a meal, Barb’s offers a decadent daily lunch special ,featuring soups like posole or smoked ham, potato, and leek, and heartier fare like the smoked brisket sandwich or the roasted pork belly on brioche with apple slaw. The lunch menu, which changes on a weekly basis, is devised primarily by Fisher’s staff—almost all of whom are current or former culinary students. “I tell them what we have to work with in terms of meat and then they come up with the recipes and make sure everything tastes amazing,” says Fisher. No matter what you choose, I recommend getting the fries—soft on the inside, crispy on the outside, and dusted in an addictive blend of celery salt, smoked paprika, onion powder, Hungarian paprika, salt, and pepper that is reminiscent of Five Guys’ famous spice mix. The sloppy Joe sauce is similarly habit forming—a perfect mixture of savory, sweet and spiced made from tomato paste, garlic, chili powder, cumin, salt, tomato puree, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, dark brown sugar, smoked paprika, and mustard powder. Served on a fresh brioche bun, it makes for a very memorable meal. But opening a nose-to-tail butcher shop is not all beer and skittles. Not surprisingly, Fisher has done the math and she acknowledges the challenges inherent in this type of business. “Our success depends so much on the strength of the local economy—we can never compete with Stop & Shop or even Adams. We can never charge $3.99 for pork tenderloin—not from a pig that’s been raised right.” Fortunately, the rewards are equally clear. “I like taking a whole animal and turning it into something someone can eat for dinner and I love that I can feel really proud of the meat—it’s just a truly good product,” says Fisher. Fisher’s plans for the future of the shop include starting a “Second Sunday” pop-up, potentially developing a partnership with a local CSA, and offering a series of butchery classes. “I’d like to teach people things like basic knife skills and how to debone a chicken so that they can start buying whole birds and save some money. Plus, it’s super satisfying,” says Fisher. RESOURCES Provisions Deli Facebook.com/provisionsdeli Barb’s Butchery Barbsbutchery.com 84 TASTINGS DIRECTORY CHRONOGRAM 6/15
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tastings directory Bakeries The Alternative Baker 407 Main Street, Rosendale, NY (845) 658-3355 lemoncakes.com 100% All Butter Scratch, Full-Service, Small-Batch, made-by-hand bakery. Best known for our Lemoncakes, scones, sticky buns, Belgian hot chocolate--both Hot and Iced, sandwiches (Goat Cheese Special is still winning awards). Plus a whole menu of Allergy-Friendly treats. Special Occasion and Wedding cakes that are a direct reflection of the couple.. Our Lemon Cakes shipped nationwide Closed Tues/Wed but open 7 AM for the best egg sandwiches ever!
Butchers Fleisher’s Craft Butchery 307 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 338-MOOO fleishers.com info@fleishers.com
Jack’s Meats & Deli 79 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2244
Cafés
LaBella Pizza Bistro 194 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2633 labellapizzabistro.com
Max’s Memphis BBQ 136 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-6297 maxsbbq.com
Osaka Restaurant
Red Hook Curry House 28 East Market Street, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-2666 redhookcurryhouse.com
120 North Road, Highland, NY (845) 691-9883 thewould.com
Frida’s Bakery & Café
Tuthill House
26 Main Street, Milton, NY (845) 795-5550 facebook.com/Fridasbakerycafe
20 Grist Mill Lane, Gardiner, NY (845) 255-4151 tuthillhouse.com
Dohnut.
Yobo Restaurant
Water Street Market, New Paltz, NY (845) 464-0756
Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 564-3848 yoborestaurant.com
Restaurants Cinnamon 5856 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7510 cinnamoncuisine.com
Frogmore Tavern 63 North Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 802-0883 frogmoretavern.com
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948 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 340-9800 bluemountainbistro.com
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22 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY, (845) 876-7338 or (845) 757-5055, 74 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 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 20 years! For more information and menus, go to osakasushi.net.
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Culinary Institute of America 1946 Campus Drive (Route 9), Hyde Park, NY (845)-452-9600 ciachef.edu
Specialty Food Shops Love the Chef Inc. lovethechef.com
Wine Bars Jar’d Wine Pub Water Street Market, New Paltz, NY jardwinepub.com 6/15 CHRONOGRAM TASTINGS DIRECTORY 87
business directory Alternative Energy Hudson Solar (845) 876-3767 www.hvce.com
Antiques Beekman Arms Antique Market
at the Beekman Arms Hotel, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3477
Fairground Shows NY
P.O. Box 3938, Albany, NY (518) 331-5004 www.fairgroudshows.com fairgroundshows@aol.com
Hudson Antiques Dealers Association Hudson, NY www.hudsonantiques.net hudsonantiques@gmail.com
Architecture Irace Architecture
Warwick, NY (845) 988-0198 www.IraceArchitecture.com
Richard Miller, AIA
28 Dug Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4480 www.richardmillerarchitect.com
Attorneys Traffic and Criminally Related Matters. Karen A. Friedman, Esq., President of the Association of Motor Vehicle Trial Attorneys 30 East 33rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY (845) 266-4400 or (212) 213-2145 k.friedman@msn.com newyorktrafficlawyer.com
Representing companies and motorists throughout New York State. Speeding, reckless driving, DWI, trucking summons and misdemeanors, aggravated unlicensed matters, appeals, article 78 cases. 27 years of trial experience.
Audio & Video Markertek Video Supply www.markertek.com
Auto Sales & Services Fleet Service Center
185 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4812
Kinderhook Toyota
1908 New York 9H, Hudson, NY (518) 822-9911 www.kinderhooktoyota.com
Art Galleries & Centers Albert Shahinian Fine Art
22 East Market Street, Third Floor, Rhinebeck, NY
(845) 876-7578
Binnewater
(845) 331-0504 www.binnewater.com
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Books Monkfish Publishing
Bennington Museum
22 East Market Street, Suite 304, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4861 www.monkfishpublishing.com
Crawford Gallery of Fine Art
Mirabai of Woodstock
75 Main Street, Bennington, VT (802) 447-1571 www.benningtonmuseum.org
www.nssupply.com info@nssupply.com
Paul G Fero Plaster and Paint
731 Oliverea Road, Big Indian, NY (845) 254-4175 All kinds of plaster work and repair. Unique fresco; beautiful, durable colored plaster. All types of paint and finishes, Some finish carpentry.
Robert George Design Group
27 West Market Street, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-7088 robertgeorgedesigngroup.com
Williams Lumber & Home Centers 6760 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-WOOD www.williamslumber.com
Lumber, Building Materials, Millwork, Paint, Kitchen, Hardware, Plumbing, Electrical. Williams Lumber and Home Centers has been meeting the needs of the Hudson Valley for 69 years. Williams provides unsurpassed excellence in service, quality, and price, seven days a week. Rhinebeck, Hudson, Hopewell Junction, Tannersville, Red Hook, Pleasant Valley, High Falls, and Hyde Park.
Cinemas
Beverages
Beacon Arts Community Association 506 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 231-6100 beaconarts.org
N & S Supply
Bookstores
Rosendale Theater Collective Rosendale, NY www.rosendaletheatre.org
Upstate Films
6415 Montgomery St. Route 9, Rhinebeck (845) 876-2515, 132 Tinker Street, Woodstock (845) 679-6608, NY www.upstatefilms.org
Clothing & Apparel
23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2100 www.mirabai.com
Lea’s Boutique
SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3844 www.newpaltz.edu/museum sdma@newpaltz.edu
Oblong Books & Music
Sundog Shoe & Leather
Equis Art Gallery
Olde Warwick Booke Shoppe
65 Main Street, Pine Bush, NY (845) 744-8634
Dorsky Museum
Red Hook, NY (845) 901-4074 WWW.EQUISART.COM
Gallery of Dreams
156 Gay Street, Sharon, CT (860) 364-0265
Kent Art Association
21 S. Main Street, PO Box 202, Kent, CT (860) 927-3989 www.kentart.org
Mark Gruber Gallery
New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 www.markgrubergallery.com
North River Gallery
29 Main Street, Suite 2B, Chatham, NY www.northrivergallery.com
Re Institute
1395 Boston Corners Road, Millerton, NY (518) 567-5359 www.thereinstitute.com
Sierra Lily
1955 South Road Square, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 297-1684
Vassar College: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 437-5632 fllac.vassar.edu
WAAM - Ulster Artists On-line 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2940 www.woodstockart.org
Williams College Museum of Art wcma.williams.edu
Art Supplies Catskill Art & Office Supply
Kingston, NY: (845) 331-7780, Poughkeepsie, NY: (845) 452-1250, Woodstock, NY: (845) 679-2251
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6422 Montgomery Street, (Route 9), Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-0500 www.oblongbooks.com 31 Main Street, Warwick, NY (845) 544-7183 www.yeoldewarwickbookshoppe.com warwickbookshoppe@hotmail.com
Broadcasting WDST 100.1 Radio Woodstock Woodstock, NY www.wdst.com
Building Services & Supplies Associated Lightning Rod Co.
(518) 789-4603; (845) 373-8309; (860) 3641498 www.alrci.com
Cabinet Designers
747 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2200 www.cabinetdesigners.com
Glenn’s Wood Sheds (845) 255-4704
Building Services & Supplies H. Houst & Son
Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2115 www.hhoust.com
Herrington’s
Hillsdale, NY: (518) 325.3131 Hudson, NY: (518) 828.9431 www.herringtons.com
John A Alvarez and Sons 3572 Route 9, Hudson, NY (518) 851-9917 www.alvarezmodulars.com
L Browe Asphalt Services (518) 479-1400 www.broweasphalt.com
Millbrook Cabinetry & Design
2612 Route 44, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-3006 www.millbrookcabinetryanddesign.com
33 Hudson Avenue, Chatham, NY (518) 392-4666 25 North Main Street, Kent, CT (860) 927-0009
Willow Wood
38 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4141 willowwoodlifestyle@gmail.com
College Advising EduCoates
Rhinebeck, NY (718) 350-1265 EduCoates.com
Computer Services Tech Smiths
45 North Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 443-4866 www.tech-smiths.com
Events Amma’s Woodstock Program
291 Tinker Street/Route 212, Woodstock, NY (845) 384-6787 Joyforamma@gmail.com
Aston Magna Music Festival (888) 492-1283 www.astonmagna.org
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Inc Katonah, NY (914) 232-1252 www.caramoor.org
Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 232-2320 www.centerforperformingarts.org
Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Festival
Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (845) 418-3596 www.clearwaterfestival.org
Country Living Fair
The Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (866) 500-FAIR stellashows.com
Dan Smalls Presents
656 County Highway 33, Cooperstown, NY (607) 544-1800 Dansmallspresents.com
Grey Fox Blue Grass Festival Oak Hill, NY greyfoxbluegrass.com
Hudson River Exchange
Hudson River Front Park, Hudson, NY hudsonriverexchange.com
Kaatsbaan International Dance Center
www.facebook.com/kaatsbaan www.kaatsbaan.org
Newburgh Illuminated Festival
www.newburghilluminatedfestival.com
Phoenicia Festival of the Voice Phoenica, NY (888) 214-3063 www.phoeniciavoicefest.com
SPAC: Desmond Media
108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY (518) 584-9330 www.spac.org
Windham World Cup racewindham.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
Hawthorne Valley Farm Store
Custom Home Design and Materials
327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7500 www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org
Atlantic Custom Homes
Late Bloomer Farm & Market
2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY www.lindalny.com
Dance Instruction D’amby Project
7270 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY (845) 705-4345 www.thedambyproject.com
Education Center for Metal Arts
44 Jayne Street, Florida, NY (845) 651-7550 www.centerformetalarts.com/blog
Primrose Hill School - Elementary and Early Childhood Education inspired by the Waldorf Philosophy 23 Spring Brook Park, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-1226 www.primrosehillschool.com
3100 Route 207, Campbell Hall, NY (845) 742-8705 www.latebloomerfarm.com summerset@frontiernet.net Area’s best-kept secret! Farm store well stocked & open all year. Everything grown here with love & without chemicals or locally & carefully sourced. Winter CSA, Summer CSA Farm Card, U-Pick, Spring organic seedling sale, farm dinners & events, petting zoo, local crafts & outdoor furniture, and more. Know where your food comes from. Follow us on Facebook.
Mother Earth’s Store House
1955 South Road, Poughkeepsie (845) 296-1069, 249 Main Street, Saugerties (845) 246-9614, 300 Kings Mall Court, Route 9W, Kingston (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!
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15 Boices Lane, Kingston, Next To Office Depot 845.336.5155 Mon. - Sat. 9am-9pm, Sun 12pm-6pm
1955 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 845.297.1684 (Same plaza as Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse)
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Pawling Farmers Market
Charles Colman Boulevard, Pawling, NY www.pawlingfarmersmarket.org
Sunflower Natural Foods Market 75 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5361 www.sunflowernatural.com info@sunflowernatural.com
Thompson-Finch Farm
750 Wiltsie Bridge Road, Ancram, NY (518) 329-7578 www.thompsonfinch.com
Financial Advisors Third Eye Associates, Ltd
38 Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 752-2216 www.thirdeyeassociates.com
Gardening & Garden Supplies Phantom Gardener
Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-8606 www.thephantomgardener.com
The Crafted Garden
(845) 858-6353 www.thecraftedgarden.com
Graphic Design Annie Internicola, Illustrator www.annieillustrates.com
Hair Salons Allure
47 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7774 allure7774@aol.com
Androgyny
5 Mulberry Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-0620
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Le Shag.
292 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (845) 338-0191 www.leshag.com
Insurance Devine Insurance Agency
58 North Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-7806 www.devineinsurance.com
Interior Design New York Designer Fabric Outlet 3143 Route 9, Valatie, NY (518) 758-1555 www.nydfo.myshopify.com
Jewelry, Fine Art & Gifts Dorrer Jewelers
54 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 516-4236 www.dorrerjewelers.com
Dreaming Goddess
Daryl’s House
130 Route 22, Pawling, NY (845) 289-0185 www.darylshouseclub.com
Musical Instruments Imperial Guitar & Soundworks 99 Route 17K, Newburgh, NY (845) 567-0111 www.imperialguitar.com
Organizations Anderson Center for Autism
4885 Route 9, P.O. Box 367, Staatsburg, NY (845) 889-4034 AndersonCenterForAutism.org
Buy In Greene
www.buyingreene.com/catskill
Dutchess Tourism
www.dutchesstourism.com
Go>Local
www.rethinklocal.org
Kingston Library
55 Franklin Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-0507 www.kingstonlibrary.org
Walkway Over the Hudson Poughkeepsie, NY www.walkway.org walkway@walkway.org
YMCA of Kingston
507 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 338-3810 www.ymcaulster.org
Wallkill Valley Writers
New Paltz, NY (845) 750-2370 www.wallkillvalleywriters.com khymes@wallkillvalleywriters.com Write with WVW. Creative writing workshops held weekly and on some Saturdays. Consultations & Individual Conferences also available. Registration/Information: www.wallkillvalleywriters.com or khymes@wallkillvalleywriters.com.
Performing Arts Bard College Public Relations
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (845) 758-7900 www.fischercenter.bard.edu
5 Hanna Lane, Beacon, NY (212) 777-2101 www.nichemodern.com
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Picture Framing Atelier Renee Fine Framing
The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth Street, Suite 3, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-1004 www.atelierreneefineframing.com renee@atelierreneefineframing.com A visit to Red Hook must include stopping at this unique workshop! Combining a beautiful selection of moulding styles and mats with conservation quality materials, expert design advice and skilled workmanship, Renee Burgevin, owner and CPF, has over 20 years experience. Special services include shadow-box and oversize framing as well as fabricwrapped and French matting. Also offering mirrors.
Pools & Spas Aqua Jet
1606 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-8080 www.aquajetpools.com
Printing Services Beacon Fine Art Printing
Beacon, NY (914) 522-4736 www.beaconfineartprinting.com
Fast Signs
1830 South Road Suite 101, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-5600 www.fastsigns.com/455 455@fastsigns.com
Real Estate Catskill Farm Builders
catskillfarms.blogspot.com
45 Rolling Ridge Road, Hyde Park, NY (845) 889-8880 www.RiverRidgeAtHydePark.com
Maverick Concerts
Willow Realty
120 Mavervick Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-8217 www.MaverickConcerts.org Poughkeepsie, NY www.midhudsonciviccenter.org
Shadowland Theater
157 Canal Street, Ellenville, NY (845) 647-5511 www.shadowlandtheatre.org 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY (845) 236-7970 www.liveatthefalcon.com
The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio
Coral Acres, Keith Buesing, Topiary, Landscape Design, Rock Art
Niche Modern
Turnquist Photography
River Ridge at Hyde Park
The Linda provides a rare opportunity to get up close and personnel with world-renowned artists, academy award winning directors, headliner comedians and local, regional, and national artists on the verge of national recognition. An intimate, affordable venue, serving beer and wine, The Linda is a night out you won’t forget.
Lighting
www.kenroizu.com
Bethel, NY (800) 745-3000 www.bethelwoodscenter.org
Augustine Landscaping & Nursery
(845) 532-2152 ndagriculturalcontracting@gmail.com
Kenro Izu Studio
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY (518) 465-5233 www.thelinda.org
Northern Dutchess Agricultural Contracting
Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 www.fionnreilly.com
West Market Street, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-5555 mondellorealestate.com
The Falcon
(845) 255-6634
Fionn Reilly Photography
Mondello Upstate Properties, LLC
Hummingbird Jewelers
9W & Van Kleecks Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 338-4936 www.augustinenursery.com
1 Jacobs Lane, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-5255 mgphotoman.com
35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org
Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Landscaping
Corporate Image Studio
Bardavon 1968 Opera House
44 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2206 www.dreaminggoddess.com Hudson Valley Goldsmith 11 Church Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-5872 www.hudsonvalleygoldsmith.com 23A East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4585 www.hummingbirdjewelers.com hummingbirdjewelers@hotmail.com
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Pet Services & Supplies Hoppenstedt Veterinary Hospital 3040 Route 32 South, Kingston, NY (845) 331-1050 www.hoppvet.com
Pet Country
6830 Rt. 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-9000
120 Main Street, Gardiner, NY (845) 255-7666 friendlycircle.weebly.com LWillow@Aol.com
Record Stores Rocket Number Nine Records 50 North Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-8217
Recreation Ultimate Gymnastics
Gardiner, NY (845) 255-5600 ultimategymnasticscenter.com
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
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.
Hotchkiss School
11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, CT (860) 435-3663 www.hotchkiss.org/arts
Montgomery Montessori School 136 Clinton Street, Montgomery, NY (845) 401-9232 www.montgomeryms.com
Montgomery Montessori encompasses students from PreK-8th grade. We are a learning community where children are inspired to realize their academic, personal, and social potential to become global citizens. The historically proven Montessori education model supports the whole child, creates lifelong learners, and educates for peace. The resulting academic excellence is supported by a prepared classroom environment that inspires self-paced, individualized discovery and love of learning, as well as respect for self, others, and the environment.
SUNY New Paltz School of Fine and Performing Arts New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3860 www.newpaltz.edu/artnews
Shoes Pegasus Comfort Footwear
New Paltz (845) 256-0788 and, Woodstock (845) 679-2373, NY www.PegasusShoes.com
Specialty Food Shops Savor the Taste
527 Warren Street , Hudson, NY (845) 417-6776 www.savorthetasteoilandvinegar.com
Tourism Town Tinker Tube Rental Bridge Street, Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-5553 www.towntinker.com
Tutoring Hudson Valley eTutor
(845) 687-4552 ScienceTeachersOnline.com Need help with science or nursing classes? Fulfill Regents lab time with NY State Certified Biology & Earth Science teachers. Learn from certified teachers, college professors & other educators highly trained in their field. Access assistance through an educational online platform. Live, personalized, private education. Learn more with Hudson Valley eTutor at scienceteachersonline. com or call 845-687-4552.
Weddings Historic Huguenot Street
Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1660
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 www.byrdcliffe.org events@woodstockguild.org
Wine & Liquor Kingston Wine Co.
65 Broadway on the Rondout, Kingston, NY www.kingstonwine.com
Miron Wine and Spirits
15 Boices Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 336-5155 www.mironwineanspirits.com
Nostrano Vineyards
14 Gala Lane, Milton, NY (845) 795-5473 www.nostranovineyards.com
Workshops 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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isten up, multiple sclerosis: You don’t mess with Beth Broun. The fasttalking, black-clad native New Yorker, who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of multiple sclerosis in 2010, is determined to halt the progression of the autoimmune disease that is laying waste to her central nervous system. Broun, 50, walks with a cane and has to deal with daily ignominies such as weakness in her left leg and hand, severe drop foot, bladder problems, and faulty balance (“I look like I’m drunk when I walk without a cane,” she says), but that doesn’t stop her from waging all-out war against her disease. “MS is not for pussies—write that down,” she says in an interview at her home in Woodstock. “I exercise like an animal at the gym every day and do tons of yoga and Pilates. I’m very conscious of food and eat no wheat or dairy. I practice Buddhism and chanting—that’s another piece of the puzzle, you have to get spiritual. My mantra is ‘Stop progression.’ I’m a little over four years into this, and hey, I’m still walking.” Now Broun has another big gun on her side: her Manhattan-based neurologist, Saud Sadiq, MD, who is heading up a trailblazing FDA-approved stem cell trial for MS that’s already showing promising results. It’s important to note that these are not the controversial stem cells derived from human embryos—in this trial, the regenerative, powerhouse cells are harvested from the patient’s own bone marrow. One year into the Stage I trial to determine the procedure’s safety, preliminary results show early improvements in five out of nine patients, many of them badly affected by progressive MS. One patient, a mother of two, can now walk without a cane for the first time in six years and has regained sensation and function that she thought was lost forever. It’s too soon to tell if the effects will last or if they’ll transfer to a larger body of patients. But Broun and many others in the MS community are feeling something they hadn’t dared to feel before: hope. “One of the challenges in taking care of these patients is, can we repair neurological function? [In this trial] we’re using the body’s own stem cells to heal, because that would be a natural way of replacing lost cell structure,” says Sadiq, who directs the Tisch MS Research Center of New York and runs his own state-of-the-art clinical facility next door, the International Multiple Sclerosis Management Practice (IMSMP). “So far, we haven’t had any bad outcomes. It’s early and we have to be cautious—there’s a lot of work to be done. At least the trend we’ve seen in the first patients we’ve treated is that the procedure is safe and well tolerated.” As for the unprecedented improvements in some patients, he adds, “We’re very encouraged by these early results that we may actually be on to something.” Oh My, Oh Myelin For Broun, meeting Sadiq was like finding a life raft in a sea of medical ineffectiveness. Her journey with MS started long before her diagnosis, when one spring day, walking along the Upper West Side with her husband, her left foot suddenly refused to budge. She went to a neurologist at Mt. Sinai Hospital
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who put her into physical therapy for six months and ordered an MRI of her lower back (not the place to find MS, which is in the brain and spinal cord). Broun had a high-powered, high-stress job selling ad space for Condé Nast—and very little time to seek the second opinion that she finally received two years later from a doctor at NYU. “He said, get your head into an MRI, and I did. In his office the next day, there was a picture of my brain on the wall and I said, wait a minute, do I have cancer? He said no. I said, do I have a brain tumor? And he said no, you have MS. I said, great, what’s that?” Suffice it to say, Broun would soon learn everything about her disease—in which a misfiring immune system attacks the body’s own healthy cells that produce myelin, the fatty substance that coats the nerves. With a loss of myelin, the nervous system literally shortcircuits and cannot conduct electrical impulses across long distances—such as from the brain to the leg when walking. Fast forward to more doctors and a slew of useless pharmaceuticals. “They put me on a medication that you inject every day, but it did nothing for me—it was a year of torture, sticking myself with needles,” remembers Broun. Next came a pill, Gilenya, that wasted another two years with no results but carried a risk of serious side effects. One of Broun’s doctors, who “had the bedside manner of my left toe,” walked into the exam room one day when she was crying hysterically because her legs were burning in pain—and all he could say was “I hope you have a good psychotherapist.” After almost giving up on neurologists’ ability to help her, Broun found Sadiq through Judy Bachrach, the Bearsville-based co-author of The MS Recovery Diet (Avery, 2007). At her initial consultation, Sadiq, who doesn’t take insurance and doesn’t come cheap, spent two-and-a-half hours with Broun. He took her off Gilenya and put her on Tysabri, a monthly chemotherapy infusion. For the first time, she got results: a return of some mobility in her left leg. Broun sees Sadiq as an out-of-the-box thinker who uses experimental therapies along with mainstream medicines—and who doesn’t shy away from a special involvement and connection with each of his patients. At IMSMP, the clinic he built in 2006, the comprehensive team includes an MS-specializing naturopathic doctor and a physical therapist who works with neuroplasticity. Says Broun, “I’ve had appointments where Sadiq would lie down on the floor with me and show me how to talk to my muscles. He’d say, ‘Leg, move.You need to do this.’ I’ve never been more hopeful than with this doctor, with this place. It’s unbelievable care.” Cells with Superpowers Meanwhile, the MS stem cell research marches along, yet the FDA has limited the Stage I clinical trial to only 20 patients. Many others are hoping to be a part of the extended trial when that gets approved; Broun herself has started the process with a battery of tests, an MRI, venipuncture to remove 40 vials of blood, and the most harrowing procedure so far: a bone marrow aspiration, which she underwent on May 15 to harvest adult stem cells from her breastbone. To Broun’s relief, the aspiration wasn’t painful; the next step
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is to have her mesenchymal stem cells (or “msc’s”) separated out from the rest of her bone marrow, put into petri dishes, and fed nutrients that will make them divide and grow. “We might start with 1,000 cells and grow them to 100 million cells, a process that will take two to three months,” says Violaine Harris, PhD, senior research scientist at the Tisch Center and a co-investigator with Sadiq on the clinical trial. There’s a helluva lot of potential in 100 million stem cells. These cells, which have not yet acquired a special function in the body, have the unique ability to renew themselves through cell division; this can allow them to replace or repair worn-out or damaged tissues in the body. “Stem cells can respond to signals to become specialized,” says Harris, “so in that way they’re very exciting for treating neurodegenerative disease, or any disease where you need to generate new cells. Thinking about MS, the goal is to give the stem cells signals to specialize into cells that will make new myelin for regenerating nerve tissue.” Once Harris and her team have about 100 million stem cells, they introduce specific growth factors. This signals the cells to become neural progenitors— special cells that may help to rebuild the nervous system. As neural progenitors, the cells are ready to be re-introduced back into the patient. Sadiq’s method is to inject them into the spinal fluid in three doses, spaced three months apart over a total of six months. In animal models, researchers found that the cells respond to the stimuli of injured areas, going right to the root of the problem. “Probably the most important thing they do is turn on your own resident brain stem cells that have been lying dormant for some reason,” he says. “We think that’s what actually does the repair, if there is any repair.” One risk in stem cell therapy is that the cells will keep multiplying and become cancer cells. “Luckily, we haven’t seen any of that in animal studies,” says Sadiq. Other dangers include infections and seizures, but so far, no instances of either have come up. If the trial continues to show efficacy, the treatment could also help patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease—all considered incurable right now. Some overseas clinics already offer stem cell treatments, but their methods have not been tested. “They’re taking advantage of people’s desperation,” warns Harris, who advises waiting for the science. “If no one has done the studies, you really don’t know what you’re getting.” A Need for Brain Power—and Bucks The only thing threatening to hold back the Tisch trial right now is money: Surprisingly, the major MS nonprofit organizations have not yet stepped up to the plate to fund this particular stem cell research. Up to now, Tisch has relied on private, grassroots fundraising—much of it spearheaded by dedicated Sadiq patients such as Liz Maslow Montesano, a Rhinebeck resident who was diagnosed with MS 13 years ago and who will have her own stem cells harvested on July 24. The former co-owner of a wedding photography business with her husband, Montesano (who, like many MS patients, has had to stop working) has struggled with considerable disability in her left leg; daily challenges have ranged from walking and putting on her clothes to symptoms such as pins-and-needles pain, numbness, and a crushing fatigue that comes and goes. Cognitively, she’s clear, “and that’s a gift to me,” she says. In addition to fundraising for Tisch, she also mentors newly diagnosed MS patients: “I walk them through the first part of the journey and maybe alleviate some of their fears. I let them take a look at me and see that even though there’s a disability, I’m still here. I have the greatest doctor in the world and the greatest support team.” Every case of MS is different—many people get around in wheelchairs and some lose their eyesight and other vital functions, while an increasing number of relapse-remit patients do extremely well with today’s available medicines and may never become diasbled. As for the stem cell developments that are brewing right here in New York, Montesano views them with what she calls “guarded optimism.” Broun, her friend, permits herself to dream big. “If I keep walking, I promise I’ll tap dance naked down Tinker Street,” she says. “With Sadiq, with yoga, with stem cells—I’m totally going to win.” To donate, visit Tischms.org. RESOURCES International Multiple Sclerosis Management Practice Imsmp.org Tisch MS Research Center of New York Tischms.org CHRONOGRAM.COM WATCH videos of journalist Richard M. Cohen’s experience with stem cell therapy for MS.
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Acupuncture Creekside Acupuncture and Natural Medicine, Stephanie Ellis, LAc 371A Main Street, Rosendale, NY (845) 546-5358 creeksideacupuncture.com Private treatment rooms, attentive oneon-one care, affordable rates, sliding scale. Accepting Blue Cross, no-fault and other insurances. Stephanie Ellis graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University in pre-medical studies. She completed her acupuncture and Chinese medicine degree in 2001 as valedictorian of her class and started her acupuncture practice in Rosendale that same year. Ms. Ellis uses a combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Classical Chinese Medicine, Japanese-style acupuncture and trigger-point acupuncture. Creekside Acupuncture is located in a building constructed of non-toxic, eco-friendly materials.
Hoon J. Park, MD, PC 1772 South Road, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-6060 Transpersonal Acupuncture (845) 340-8625 transpersonalacupuncture.com
Aromatherapy Joan Apter (845) 679-0512 apteraromatherapy.com joanapter@earthlink.net See also Massage Therapy
Astrology Planet Waves Kingston, NY (845) 797-3458 planetwaves.net
Dermasave Labs, Inc. 3 Charles Street, Suite 4, Pleasant Valley, NY (845) 635-4087 hudsonvalleyskincare.com
Dentistry & Orthodontics Center for Advanced Dentistry 494 Route 299, Highland, NY (845) 691-5600 thecenterforadvanceddentistry.com Tischler Dental Woodstock, NY (845) 679-3706 tischlerdental.com
Healing Centers Izlind Integrative Wellness Center & Institute 6369 Mill Street (Route 9), Suite 101, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 516-4713 izlind.com Jenna Smith Stout 3457 Main Street, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 430-4300 jennasmithcm.com
Herbal Medicine & Nutrition Empowered By Nature 1129 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Fishkill, NY (845) 416-4598 EmpoweredByNature.net lorrainehughes54@gmail.com Lorraine Hughes, Registered Herbalist (AHG) and ARCB Certified Reflexologist offers Wellness Consultations that therapeutically integrate Asian and Western Herbal Medicine and Nutrition with their holistic philosophies to health. This approach is grounded in Traditional Chinese Medicine with focus placed on an individual’s specific
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Holistic Health Cassandra Currie, MS, RYT‚ Holistic Health Counselor 41 John Street, Kingston, NY (845) 532-7796 holisticcassandra.com Emotional Rescue 2 LaGrange Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 243-0168 facebook.com/existential.guide Susan Linich is an intuitive empath with a background in philosophy. Employing a Socratic and holistic approach, she provides the insight necessary to guide you toward recovery and management of your emotional self. Sliding scale payment. Phone and video sessions available. Available in Manhattan by appointment only.
John M. Carroll 715 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8420 johnmcarrollhealer.com John is a spiritual counselor, healer, and teacher. He uses guided imagery, morphology, and healing energy to help facilitate life changes. He has successfully helped his clients to heal themselves from a broad spectrum of conditions, spanning terminal cancer to depression. The Center also offers hypnosis, massage, and Raindrop Technique.
Kary Broffman, RN, CH (845) 876-6753 Karyb@mindspring.com Omega Institute for Holistic Studies (800) 944-1001 eomega.org
Seeds of Love Rhinebeck, NY (845)-264-1388 seeds-love.com
Hospitals Health Quest 45 Reade Place, PoughkeepsieNY, (845) 454-8500 health-quest.org MidHudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 483-5000
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Hypnosis Clear Mind Arts Hypnosis Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-8828 clearmindarts.com sandplay555@frontier.com In a safe and supportive space, adults and children find tools to overcome obstacles and process overwhelming life events. Offering Past Life Regression, Expressive Arts, Medical Hypnosis, Life Between Lives™ and Certification in Hypnosis. Inner exploration though Hypnosis brings greater clarity, renewed sense of purpose and wisdom. Sand play bridges meditation, symbol formation and Jungian Principles to integrate experience beyond words.
Massage Therapy Bodhi Holistic Spa 323 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 828-2233 bodhistudio.com
Joan Apter (845) 679-0512 apteraromatherapy.com joanapter@earthlink.net Luxurious massage therapy with medicinal grade Essential Oils; Raindrop Technique, Emotional Release, Facials, Hot Stones. Animal care, health consultations, spa consultant, classes and keynotes. Offering full line of Young Living Essential oils, nutritional supplements, personal care, pet care, children’s and non-toxic cleaning products. Consultant: Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster with healing statements for surgery and holistic approaches to heal faster!
Meditation Rangrig Yeshe (860) 435-9904 shyalparinpoche.org info@shyalparinpoche.org
Mindfulness Woodstock Mindfulness Woodstock, NY woodstockmindfulness.com margaret@woodstockmindfulness.com
Osteopathy Stone Ridge Healing Arts Joseph Tieri, DO, & Ari Rosen, DO, 3457 Main Street, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-7589 stoneridgehealingarts.com Drs. Tieri and Rosen are NY State Licensed Osteopathic Physicians specializing in Osteopathic Manipulation and Cranial Osteopathy. Please visit our website for articles, links, books, and much more information. Treatment of newborns, children, and adults. By appointment.
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Resorts & Spas Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa 220 North Road, Milton, NY (877) 7-INN-SPA (845) 795-1310 buttermilkfallsinn.com
Retreat Centers
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Yoga Clear Yoga Iyengar Yoga in Rhinebeck 17B 6423 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6129 clearyogarhinebeck.com Classes for all levels and abilities, even days a week, including weekly beginner classes. Iyengar Yoga builds strength, stamina, peace of mind, and provides a precise framework for a yoga practice based on what works for you. June 6th, 2-3.30pm: 108 Sun Salutations. A fundraiser.Sign up at clearyogarhinebeck.com/events
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CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA, I AM BIG BIRD: THE CAROLL SPINNEY STORY, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, EX MACHINA, IRIS, SPLASH (1984), PITCH PERFECT 2
NATIONAL THEATRE FROM LONDON
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EVENT PREVIEWS & LISTINGS FOR JUNE 2015
Melissa McGill’s “Constellation” will be installed at Bannerman’s Castle this month.
Stars Fell on Pollepel “I’m looking forward to seeing it from every angle,” says Melissa McGill, creator of “Constellation,” an installation on Pollepel Island in the Hudson River. The work has its public launch June 28, and remains up until fall of 2017. After moving to Beacon in 2007, McGill became fascinated by the ruins of Bannerman Castle, which appear in the windows of the Metro-North train like a medieval Flemish fantasy. The shape of “Constellation” is based on the original outline of the castle, but is not a precise rendering. The project has taken almost three years since its inception to complete. Seventeen tapered aluminum poles, each holding a single LED globe, rise above the ruins to heights ranging from 40 to 80 feet. Every evening the lights will be illumined, one by one, remain lit for two hours, then fade away. This is crepuscular art, tracking the shadowy transition from day to night. “Constellation” is a trick of perspective; in the night sky, a 60-foot-high globe looks as distant as Alpha Centauri. This piece uses up-to-the-minute engineering—including solar panels and a computer program—yet points upward to the stars, which maintain the same technology eon after eon. “When I met my friend Hadrian Coumans of the Lenape Center, I told him about the project, and he said, ‘You’re making Opi Temakan!’” McGill reports. “I said, ‘What’s Opi Temakan?’ And he said, ‘That’s the White Road; the stars are the Milky Way that connects this world to the next.’” Bannerman Castle was built in 1901 by a wealthy Scotsman who made his fortune buying up Union Army military surplus after the Civil War. David Bannerman stored his munitions in Manhattan until the city government ordered him to vacate. Finding Pollepel Island on a canoe trip, Bannerman envisaged a Scottish citadel made from concrete and brick—a pre-Disney World Cinderella’s Castle. A fire in 1969 reduced the edifice to ruins.
“Originally I was saying that a constellation of people helped develop this project— but now it’s a galaxy!” McGill remarks. Many of these collaborators are local. The lighting designer, Deke Hazirjian, lives in Cornwall. Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry, of Rock Tavern, installed the poles. Niche Modern, who donated the glass globes, is in Beacon. Other partners include Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson, and the New York State Parks Department. I suspect this work will succeed where the great Danish installation artist Olafur Eliasson failed in 2012. His four “New York City Waterfalls” in the East River ultimately seemed trivial, because he misjudged the crucial element of scale. Eliasson’s mechanisms were huge, but looked like toys next to the Brooklyn Bridge. McGill’s work, magnified by the surrounding darkness, will seem larger than it is, and cosmically persuasive. “I’m very fortunate to have some amazing poets as friends,” remarks McGill. The forthcoming book on the project from Princeton Architectural Press will include poems by Edwin Torres and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith, as well as “One Today,” the poem read at President Obama’s 2013 inauguration by Richard Blanco. To see “Constellation” from every angle, you must take a boat. Boat tours will be organized by the Bannerman Castle Trust and kayak trips provided by Storm King Adventure Tours. A free downloadable audio tour will be available on McGill’s website. Distance will profoundly affect one’s view of “Constellation.” From a kayak next to the island, you’ll probably see the globes, whereas from Newburgh they’ll look like 17 newly risen stars. “Constellation,” an installation on Pollepel Island near Beacon, will have its public launch June 28, and will be installed until fall of 2017. Melissamcgillconstellation.com. —Sparrow
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MONDAY 1 WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Dutchess One Stop
MUSIC
Gaelic Storm
8pm. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
6-8pm. One on one Job Ready sessions. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.
Leon Russell
Saving for College with Ben Dubinski
Popa Chubby & Friends
7pm. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.
TUESDAY 2 HEALTH & WELLNESS
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group
First Tuesday, Thursday of every month. Support Connection, Inc., a not–for-profit organization that provides free, confidential support services for people affected by breast and ovarian cancer. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. (800) 532-4290.
8pm. $48. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Sonic Soul Band
8:30pm. Jazz. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
Wednesday Morning Concert, Flamenco Artist to Be Announced
11am-1pm. $22.50, $52.50 with lunch. Our Wednesday Morning Concert Series includes an exceptional 45-minute concert in the majestic Music Room of the Rosen House followed by a docent-led tour of the Mediterranean-style mansion and the vast collection of fine and decorative art amassed by our founders, Walter and Lucie Rosen. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
served in the most exquisite vintage china. The Tea is preceded by a tour of the historic Rosen House. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
Mountain Jam
HEALTH & WELLNESS
10pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000.
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group
First Tuesday, Thursday of every month. Support Connection, Inc., a not–for-profit organization that provides free, confidential support services for people affected by breast and ovarian cancer. Open to women with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. (800) 532-4290.
Self-Care From Your Spacious Heart With Wendy Wolosoff-Hayes
We will learn how important it is to be with various states of consciousness, to let go of what no longer serves us, and to move joyfully and easily toward more freedom, more creativity and more play. Marbletown Community Center, stone ridge. 687-0880.
$75-$649. 3 stages and 40+ bands. See website for daily line-ups and times. Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. Mountainjam.com.
Open Mike Night with Tony Moza Tani Tabbal Trio
8pm. $6. Arts Upstairs, Phoenicia. 688-2142.
THEATER
Clybourne Park
8pm. Tickets start at $34. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, this sharp and funny collision of race and real estate is one of the finest plays written in recent years. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Playing with Voice and Rhythm with Pete Blum and Bill Ross
Autism & ADHD Support Group
First Thursday of every month, 8-9pm. $10. An opportunity for musicians and those with no prior musical training at all to explore some of the basic ways that we can communicate non-verbally through the beautiful medium of pure vocal tones and rhythmic improvisations. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
LITERARY & BOOKS
DANCE
KIDS & FAMILY
First Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm. This support group is designed to meet the psychosocial needs of parents with children affected by autism and/or ADHD. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-8500.
FRIDAY 5
Presentation, Q&A & Book Signing: Matthew Thomas, We Are Not Ourselves
Beginner Swing Dance Classes
6:30-7:30pm. $80/series. Beginner Swing Dance Class Series in Newburgh. New series starts every four weeks. No experience or partner needed. Taught by professional teachers Linda & Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios. APG Pilates, Newburgh. 236-3939.
7-8pm. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
Ori Alon: Letters of All Sorts
7-9:30pm. Typewriter-based performance art. Quinn’s Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
MUSIC
104th St. Mary’s Benevolent Society Bazaar
Big Joe Fitz and the LoFis Blues and Dance Party
7-9:30pm. Bring your dancing shoes and boogie down with the boys. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Beginner Swing Dance Classes
6-7pm. $80/four week series. With professional instructors Linda & Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios. New series begins every four weeks. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939.
Innisfree Garden Over 50 years in the making, the 165-acre garden in Millbrook was designed by landscape architect Lester Collins, with contributions by his mentor and artist Walter Beck and gardener/heiress Marion Burt Beck. With rock, water, and wood features, the garden offers a peaceful moment in an increasingly hectic world. Guided tours conducted by the landscape curator are available for $15 per person, while regular admission costs $6 Wednesdays through Fridays and $7 on weekends and holidays. (845) 677-8000; Innisfreegarden.org
Oil Painting Class with Loman Eng
1-3pm. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.
WEDNESDAY 3 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Coxsackie Earth Day Movie Series
First Wednesday of every month, 6-8pm. Free environmental movies/documentaries. Jeffrey Haas, Coxsackie. (518) 478-5414.
FILM
Clouds of Sils Maria
1pm. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
About Dementia: Get the Facts
5:30-6:30pm. free. Hudson Valley Mall, Community Room, 1300 Ulster Ave, Kingston Sometimes the conditions that cause dementia are reversible. Early diagnosis could make a big difference. Find out about prevention, warning signs and treatments. For more information, call: (845) 871-1720, Ext. 4. Hudson Valley Mall, Kingston. 336-8000.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Gardiner Library Book Club
3pm. Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
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THURSDAY 4 BUSINESS & NETWORKING
Own It! Entrepreneurial Women’s Conference
8:30am-4pm. $60/$40 in advance. One-day conference designed to provide women entrepreneurs with actionable, useful information supplied by local experts that can be applied to their businesses to help them succeed. Mindy Kole, Stone Ridge. 688-6041.
Surfing the Waves of Devotion
7:30-9pm. With Radhanath Swami. Radhanath Swami returns to Hudson to share his wisdom and insight into the nature of Bhakti. Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation, Hudson. (518) 828-1034.
Tai Chi & Qigong
10-11:30am. $15. Tai Chi and Qigong lessons for health, healing, longevity and defense. Village of Cold Spring, Cold Spring. 265-2825.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
LECTURES & TALKS
First Thursday of every month, 6-8pm. A prison re-entry support group (formerly known as the New Jim Crow Committee). Come join us to assist the new Exodus Transitonal Community in Newburgh, (a re-entry program for those being released from prison). The Hope Center, Newburgh. 569-8965.
12:15-2pm. $135/$67.50 members series/$15 drop-in/$7.50 members dropin. Participants are always rewarded with an invigorating combination of deeper understanding of the Jewish tradition and the wisdom that our ancestors’ inquiries bring to bear on our own lives. Meets for 9 Thursday sessions. The Woodstock Jewish Congregation, Woodstock. 399-3505.
Exodus: Newburgh Extension
DANCE
Swingin’ Newburgh
First Thursday of every month. Beginner swing dance lesson provided by Linda and Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios 7-7:30. Swing Shift Orchestra plays 7:30-9pm. Newburgh Brewing Company, Newburgh. Got2lindy.com.
FILM
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One by William Greaves 8pm. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. (518) 822-1050.
FOOD & WINE
Afternoon Tea at Caramoor
1:30-3:30pm. $32.50. Tea service includes a variety of tea sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and preserves, delicious desserts and a variety of fragrant teas all
Jewish Texts That Illuminate Our Lives
MUSIC
Cafe Singer Showcase with Barbara Dempsey and Dewitt Nelson
7-9:30pm. Three individual acts join Barbara and Dewitt for an evening of music and song. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
Fred Tackett & Paul Barrere of Little Feat
8pm. $35/$25. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
6-10pm. Kingston Point Beach, Kingston. 338-9810.
Country Living Fair
10am-5pm. $16/$20/$40. Unique shopping experience featuring more than 200 vendors including antiques sellers, food purveyors, artists, furniture makers, crafters, and more. Guests will also have access to cooking, crafting, and DIY demonstrations, will be able to sample locally-sourced, artisanal food, and can shop the Specialty Food Market. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. (866) 500-FAIR.
FILM
On the Side of the Road
7-8:30pm. Former West Bank settler Lia Tarachansky looks at Israelis’ collective amnesia of the fateful events of 1948 when the state of Israel was born and most of the Palestinians became refugees. She follows the transformation of Israeli veterans trying to uncover their denial of the war that changed the region forever. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 331-2884.
MUSIC
Alexis P. Suter Band
7pm. Opener: Jim Hayes. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Bill’s Toupee
8:30pm. Shadows On the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 486-9500.
The Chain Gang
9:30pm. Classic rock. Billy Bob’s BBQ, Poughkeepsie. 471-7870.
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
8pm. $45. A blend of their signature funk, jazz and African folk. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Jesus Christ Superstar
7:30-10pm. $20/$14 students and seniors. The Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Broadway Musical. A stage production with full orchestra. Taconic Hills Central School, Craryville. (518) 329-6293.
Gene Ess & Fractal Attraction “Eternal Monomyth” Album Release
The Machine “Unplugged”
7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
8:30-11:45pm. $40/$35 in advance. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300.
John Simon and The Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio
Mountain Jam
7pm. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000.
$75-$649. 3 stages and 40+ bands. See website for daily line-ups and times. Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. Mountainjam.com.
FESTIVAL NEWBURGH ILLUMINATED
Photos courtesy of Safe Harbors of the Hudson Newburgh Illuminated takes place on June 20 at the intersection of Liberty Street and Broadway.
A Light That Never Goes Out There’s an imbalance when it comes to the people who live in the City of Newburgh and those that hear about it from afar. From the outside, the city seems to be crawling with crime and economically slumping. Yet step inside the city limits and there’s a quiet—but exciting—hustle, one where abandoned warehouses are turned into art galleries and empty houses are restored to life. The spirit of Newburgh is quickly transforming, especially with the influx of Brooklyn-based artists traveling up the Hudson to stay. While this shift has been happening for years, it just hasn’t been loud enough. “We need something to change the energy of the city,” says Newburgh Mayor Judy Kennedy. Enter Newburgh Illuminated Festival—a coming-out party, if you will. Though in its third year, this summer’s bash will trump the rest as Newburgh celebrates its 150th year as a city. From 11am to midnight Saturday, June 20, the family-friendly, free fest will show off the city’s resurgence and one of its most prized assets: diversity. Blocking off historic downtown’s Broadway and Liberty Street, the mayor says she expects thousands to attend to sample the city’s eclectic offerings. Quite the mix of activities and vendors will showcase the best of Newburgh as well as surrounding Hudson Valley communities. First, there’s the World of Food, with ethnic treats ranging from Jamaican and Spanish to Greek and Ecuadorian, not to mention the farm-to-table tastes from Hudson Valley purveyors. There’s something for everyone with the countless local vendors and small businesses, like Middletown’s Beyond the Picket Fence (all-natural bath and body works), Newburgh’s La Maison du Bien-Etre (yoga/dance/massage therapy wellness house), and Cornwall’s Stylo Furniture & Design (handmade, contemporary furniture). In conjunction with Newburgh’s birthday celebration, Mid Valley Medallions, a commemorative coins company, will display a Newburgh 150th anniversary coin.
A Newburgh trolley tour will visit historic sites around the city, stopping at Washington’s Headquarters, the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and Highlands, and the Ritz Theater, which has featured notable stars like Lucille Ball, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald. The festival will also host its first Chalk Artist Expo, vintage car show, book readings by local authors, and an Indian Holi Celebration of Color. The streets will be flooded with art, including pop-up art shows with light installations, and open-studio visits. Carnival games, bouncy houses, horseshoe competitions, and beanbag tosses will be ready for the kids. And don’t forget about the music, which ranges everywhere from rap to classical to acoustic to punk. Hip hop artist and poet Saul Williams, a Newburgh native, will headline along with Living Colour frontman Corey Glover. Rapper and artist Decora, owner of Space Create, a 24-hour collaborative creative space at 115 Broadway, takes the stage midway through the festival. Decora, who’s lived in Newburgh the past nine years, has noticed a significant increase in the number of artists working in the city. “We want to showcase that change, showing people this is not staged,” says Decora. There’s so much to do and almost too much to see at Newburgh Illuminated, but that’s the point the city and the festival’s committee are trying to get across. Newburgh is a city that needs to be revisited again and again. “This is just our first go-around at highlighting not only the fact that there’s a lot going on here in Newburgh, but that it’s the center of the Hudson Valley,” says Eric Jarmann, chair of the Newburgh Illuminated Vendor Committee and owner of the Newburgh Gift Shop at 75 Broadway. “It’s time that we get comfortable with that and start being in the spotlight for the right reasons.” The Newburgh Illuminated Festival takes place on Saturday, June 20, from 11am to midnight on Liberty Street and Broadway in Newburgh. Newburghilluminatedfestival.com. —Zan Strumfeld 6/15 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 101
Quiet in the Head
8pm. $5. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
16th Annual Chamber Agricultural Awareness Tour
8pm. $10. Inspired by the music of Cuba and Puerto Rico, Conjunto Sazon rocks the rhythms of the Caribbean; Salsa, Son, Rumba, Bomba, Plena, as well as Merengue. Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701.
10am-2pm. $18. Coach bus transportation and a boxed lunch. The annual tour was created to educate and increase awareness of the socioeconomic impact that the agricultural sector has on Columbia County. Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, Hudson. (518) 828-4417.
Singer-songwriter Martin Sexton
COMEDY
Salsa Night with Cuboricua
9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
The Skye Jazz Trio
Bill Maher
8pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
7pm. Whistling Willie’s, Cold Spring. 265-2012.
DANCE
Spillway Band
First Saturday of every month, 7:30pm. Proceeds go towards our scholarship fund. Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster Counties, Inc. MISU, Ellenville. 399-1293.
8pm. Country. Boiceville Inn, Boiceville. 657-8500.
The Bar Spies
8pm. Classic rock. Mahoney’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, Poughkeepsie. 471-7026.
Vomit Fist
9pm. With Cadaveric Spasm. Metal music. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES
Berkshire Playwrights Lab Opening Night Gala
8pm. $50. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
Open Studios Kickoff Party
Benefit Ballroom Dance
Figures in Flight
7pm. $20. The group’s final performance. They are a professional modern dance company of 14-18 year olds who have been dancing together for over 12 years. Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge. 687-5263.
Mid-Hudson Performing Arts Group/ Poughkeepsie City Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty 2 & 6pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
6-9pm. Enjoy our party showcasing an exhibit with examples of works to be found in each participating artist’s studio plus poetry and performance on stage. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
THEATER
With live music and entertainment. Cornell Street Studio, Kingston. 679-8348.
Rabbit Hole
8-10pm. $20/$17 for Friends of the Playhouse/$10 for students with ID. A drama infused with moments of humor and glimpses of hope, charts the Corbett’s bittersweet search for comfort following a family tragedy and a path that will lead them back to finding one another and into the light of day. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (800) 838-3006.
The Producers
8pm. $25/$27. CENTERstage productions performs the classic Tony-award-winning musical comedy about two scheming theatrical producers. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Clybourne Park
8pm. Tickets start at $34. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, this sharp and funny collision of race and real estate is one of the finest plays written in recent years. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES African Dance
First Friday of every month, 6:15-7:45pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.
Healing Circle to Nourish Your Soul
First Friday of every month, 6:30-8pm. $35. A sacred circle to connect, explore and expand. Acupuncturist and intuitive healer Holly Burling will guide you through a soulful healing experience – acupuncture, meditation, aromatherapy, crystals, mantras and writing in a beautiful and serene setting. Start your month feeling restored, balanced and inspired! SkyBaby Yoga & Pilates, Cold Spring. (646) 387-1974.
SATURDAY 6 ART
Studio Visit: Jeff Shapiro & Tim Rowan 2pm. Ceramicists. Byrdecliffe, Woodstock. 679-2079.
18th Annual Peekskill Open Studios 12-5pm. 100 artists in their studios. Peekskill. DowntownPeekskill.com.
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104th St. Mary’s Benevolent Society Bazaar
5-11pm. Kingston Point Beach, Kingston. 338-9810.
4th Annual Car & Motorcycle Show 8th Annual Children’s Earth & Water Festival
Uncle Rock’s Interactive Songs & Stories
10:30am. Sing and dance along as Uncle Rock performs great, lively, original music. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507.
LECTURES & TALKS
Garden Picnic: Olana’s Flower Garden
1-3pm. $15/$10 members. Join Julie Cerny, education director and garden manager at The Sylvia Center at Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, in Olana’s flower garden for a garden picnic. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Woodstock Library Forum
5-6pm. Readings from the Fiction and Personal Narrative Workshop with instructor, Nancy Kline. Readers include: Hope Brennan, Judith Emilie, Laurie Heaven, Elaine Hencke, Jillen Lowe, Will Nixon, Vito M. Piccininno, Denise Ranaghan, Prudence See, and Donna Wolven. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-2213.
MUSIC
Bell Bottom Blues
8pm. Eric Clapton 70th birthday and final tour tribute show. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Black Music Symphony
9:30pm. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
Ed Palermo Big Band’s The Wizard of Zodd 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
FLY 92.3 Summer Jam
2pm. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. 518-584-9330.
Frank Vignola and Bucky Pizzarelli
8pm. $20. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.
The 34th Asbury Short Film Concert
7:30pm. An Asbury short film concert is a non-competitive and highly entertaining showcase of short films specially selected from the world’s top film festivals. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
FOOD & WINE
11th Annual Taste of Millbrook
$100/$85 in advance. The Millbrook Educational Foundation will celebrate over a decade of giving at its premier fundraiser. Millbrook Vineyards, Millbrook. 677-8383.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Yoga with Yona Schurink
8-10am. Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie.
Yoga at Stom King Art Center
10:15-11am. Beginners welcome. Bring your own mat. Storm King art Center, Mountainville. 534-3115.
KIDS & FAMILY
Saturday Social Circle
First Saturday of every month, 10am-noon. This group for mamas looking to meet other mamas, babies and toddlers for activities, socialization and friendship. New Baby New Paltz, New Paltz. 255-0624.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES 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.
For Goodness Bake
10am-4pm. A bake sale to raise funds and awareness for the Green Teen Community Gardening Program. Catalyst Gallery, Beacon. 204-3844.
Community Dinner
4:30-7pm. Enjoy a pasta dinner with homemade meatballs, garlic bread, veggies and many great desserts. Gardiner Fire House, Gardiner. 750-7729.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Best Mud Run
10am. $60/$27.50 children. 3-mile mud run. Kids’ run at 1:30pm. Dirty Farm Run, Rhinebeck.
Kayak Skills Session
9am. Plum Point Park, New Windsor. 549-4671.
Stockade District Walking Tour
First Saturday of every month, 1pm. $10/$5 children. Walking tour highlights include viewing the many eighteenth century limestone houses still standing in the Stockade District. Friends of Historic Kingston, Kingston. 339-0720.
Watershed Bird Walk with Dr. Kenneth Schmidt
8pm. The slide, lap steel, and dobro wizard Natalia Zukerman shapes folk, jazz, and blues sounds into songs of intense beauty. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
FILM
8pm. $5. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006.
Mountain Jam
Country Living Fair
1-4pm. $60. Fund Raiser to support student scholarships for the 2015 Summer Study Tour to South Africa, Tanzania and Zanzibar by the School of Social Welfare at the State University at Albany. Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck. 389-7950.
Tonic Train
Walking Public Tours
6:30pm. Jazz. Village Market and Bakery, Gardiner. 255-1234.
Tastes, Sights and Sounds of Africa
8pm. Motown/R&B. Unframed Artists Gallery, New Paltz.
The Gman Band
11am-5pm. Entertainment all day, including a special performance by Arm-of-the-Sea Theater. Lots of free activities & games for kids, green vendors, crafts, jewelry, clothing, food, farm market products and so much more. Thomas Bull Memorial Park, Montgomery. 615-3868. 10am-5pm. $16/$20/$40. Unique shopping experience featuring more than 200 vendors including antiques sellers, food purveyors, artists, furniture makers, crafters, and more. Guests will also have access to cooking, crafting, and DIY demonstrations, will be able to sample locally-sourced, artisanal food, and can shop the Specialty Food Market. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. (866) 500-FAIR.
Soul Purpose
$75-$649. 3 stages and 40+ bands. See website for daily line-ups and times. Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. Mountainjam.com.
Natalia Zukerman
Open Mike and Pot Luck
6pm. Featuring performer Sean Schenker. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
Decora’s Bread and Oats
8-11pm. A curated night of the arts. 299 Washington Avenue, Newburgh. Iamdecora.com.
Paul Tryon
8:30pm. Singer/songwriter. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466.
Positive Force
9pm. African rhythms and gritty textures with horn-laced funk in songs laced with social and political messages. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Ray Blue Quartet
8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Rex and the Rockabilly Kings
9-10:30pm. $20. Renowned folk-rock artist Rex Fowler of Aztec Two-Step will take the stage with The Rockabilly Kings to perform a concert of Elvis Presley’s early Sun and RCA Records classics. Turning Point Cafe, Piermont. 359-1089.
Sin City
8:30-11:30pm. Cosmic Americana and Rock n’ Roll Songs you know and love by Cash, Stones, Dead, Bonnie, Dylan, Ronstadt, Lucinda, The Band, Waylon and more. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
Singer-Songwriter Kristin Hoffmann with Multi-instrumentalist Premik Russell Tubbs
8-10pm. $14-$20. If you like art-rock with elegant, baroque tinged melodies, hypnotic rhythms and out-of-this-world gorgeous, dynamic vocals, Kristin Hoffmann is playing an intimate show accompanied by Premik Russell Tubbs and special guest Seth Davis, owner of Karma Road in New Paltz. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
10am & 1pm. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 229-0425.
8-9:30am. Join Dr. Kenneth Schmidt, an avian behavioral ecologist, for a walk in the Wappinger Creek watershed. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook. 677-5343.
SPORTS
THE Dirty Farm Run
8am-1pm. 60 adults 27.50 children. Irty Farm Run is a 3 mile obstacle adventure mud run featuring a challenging course that includes cargo nets, tires, climbing, crawling, strength, balance. Dirty Farm Run, Rhinebeck. Dirtyfarmrun.com.
THEATER
Jesus Christ Superstar 7:30-10pm. $20/$14 students and seniors. The Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Broadway Musical. A stage production with full orchestra. Taconic Hills Central School, Craryville. (518) 329-6293. Clybourne Park 8pm. Tickets start at $34. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, this sharp and funny collision of race and real estate is one of the finest plays written in recent years. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
Rabbit Hole
8-10pm. $20/$17 for Friends of the Playhouse/$10 for students with ID. A drama infused with moments of humor and glimpses of hope, charts the Corbett’s bittersweet search for comfort following a family tragedy and a path that will lead them back to finding one another and into the light of day. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (800) 838-3006.
The Producers
8pm. $25/$27. CENTERstage productions performs the classic Tony-award-winning musical comedy about two scheming theatrical producers. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Life Drawing Intensive
10am-4:30pm. $45/$35 members. 10am4:30pm. $45/$35 members. Professional artists and students will have the chance to work with experienced models under controlled lighting for an entire day. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
DANCE "LAR LUBOVITCH AT KAATSBAAN
The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company performs at Kaatsbaan on June 20.
Interstellar Movement While looking at the stars recently, noting I was seeing a synthesis of our galaxy’s past in the light of today, I was reminded of the dances of the illustrious choreographer Lar Lubovitch, whose recent works (he’s created over 100), also sparkle with the light of the works of his past. Though a mover all his life (first as a gymnast), Lubovitch originally started as a painter. Studying at the Art Institute of Chicago (in his hometown), he didn’t discover his true calling until a fortuitous meeting with a choreographer. Moving to New York City to attend Juilliard, he trained with numerous esteemed ballet and modern dance teachers during their heydays, Antony Tudor, José Limón, and Martha Graham among them. Making his debut in 1962 with the Graham-influenced Pearl Lang Dance Theater, Lubovitch also performed with companies as varied as the Harkness Ballet and the jazzy, topical Donald McKayle and Dancers, before forming the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company (LLDC) in 1968. Though his mentor’s influences may be seen fleetingly in his work, Lubovitch’s style is singular. His novel approaches to grouping and juxtapositioning dancers has a strong sense of flow, yet is never predictable. As his choreography can include lyricism, boldness, eloquence, musicality, and intensity, only dancers with the widest ranges and of the highest caliber have populated the LLDC, some having come from, or gone on to the Joffrey Ballet and Graham, Limon, and Pilobolus companies, with several, such as Doug Varone and Mark Morris, founding their own highly successful companies . Lubovitch’s choreography is also in high demand by other companies and he has created dances for (among others), American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, and the Alvin Ailey and Jose Limon companies. He’s created choreography for many Olympic figure skaters, including John Curry, Dorothy Hamill, and Peggy Fleming and among his many TV, film, and Broadway works are “Othello” (shown on PBS’s “Great Performances”), Robert Altman’s film The Company, and “Into the Woods,”
which earned him a Tony nomination. Committed to educating children and young adults, Lubovitch created a New York City school program 25 years ago in which former and current company members teach students dance history and techniques as well as introduce them to other career opportunities in the dance field. After performing in more than 30 countries and every state for 46 years, the LLDC has recently cut back on touring, so it’s a coup for Kaatsbaan to be able to book them—a nod to the four founders of Kaatsbaan, who met Lubovitch 40 years ago when all were dancing with ABT and he was a guest choreographer. The program will include three works, all inspired by other art forms. A jazz aficionado, Lubovitch has choreographed to many jazz scores and will be presenting Coltrane’s Favorite Things (2010), to John Coltrane’s version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “My Favorite Things, in which the full company occupies every inch of the stage. A sextet danced to a Debussy string quartet, Transparent Things (2012), was inspired by Picasso’s “Family of Saltimbanques” (street acrobats). Per Lubovitch: “Their pensive expressions speak of the uncertain and fragile terms of existence they must accept in order to practice their art,” and “they are very like dancers today who have committed their lives to an art so ephemeral that it exists in reality only when it is actually happening.” Inspired by ancient legends predating the written word, The Black Rose (2014) features a couple, soloist, and chorus of dancers who take viewers into a fantasy realm accompanied by excerpts of music from familiar epic stories in ballets, films, and songs. The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company will be appearing at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in Tivoli on Saturday, June 20, at 7:30pm. Tickets: $10 to $30. (845) 7575106; Kaatsbaan.org. —Maya Horowitz 6/15 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 103
Swing Dance
First Saturday of every month, 7:3010:30pm. $10. Basic lesson at 7:30 and a bonus move at 9pm with instructors Linda and Chester Freeman. MAC Fitness, Kingston. 853-7377.
SUNDAY 7 ART
18th Annual Peekskill Open Studios 12-5pm. 100 artists in their studios. Peekskill. DowntownPeekskill.com.
Dave Johnson’s Wildlife Photography
2-3:30pm. Discussion of his work. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. MohonkPreserve.org.
DANCE
Swing Brunch
First Sunday of every month, 10:30am2pm. $12.95. Eagle’s Nest 2 at Dinsmore, Staatsburg. 475-4689.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
MUSIC
Della Mae 8pm. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION 9th Annual Ride the Ridge Bike Challenge
Jesus Christ Superstar
50-mile Bud Clarke Memorial Shawangunk Ridge Ride: 8:30 am start, 30-mile Countryside Ride: 9:30am, 11-mile Intermediate Scenic Ride: 10 am, 5-mile Family Ride: 11 am. High Meadow School, Stone Ridge. Ridetheridge.org.
3-5:30pm. $20/$14 students and seniors. The Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Broadway Musical. A stage production with full orchestra. Taconic Hills Central School, Craryville. (518) 329-6293.
Reading the Landscape
10am-4pm. $75. This one-day field program will offer an introduction to ecological tracking and natural history. Wild Earth, New Paltz. 256-9830.
Liz Menezes
THEATER
Guillermo Klein’s “Symmetrical Moon Vamps” Residency 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
8pm. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Marki Zintz 8:30pm. Folk, traditional. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
First Sunday of every month, 2pm. $15/$10. Kaliyuga Arts presents a contemporary re-telling of the first great work of world literature, the ancient Babylonian poem. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill.
3rd Annual Community Multi-Cultural Block Party
12-4pm. Hosted by the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History. Showcase for area’s ethnic & traditional foods, dance & music groups. T.R. Gallo West Strand Park, Kingston. Rehercenter.org.
10am-noon. Come join us for a day of celebration and hope at the CYson Center for Cancer Care. Refreshments, music, activities and butterfly release. Family members are welcome. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 483-6264.
Sound Healing and Yoga with Lea Garnier
First Sunday of every month, 2-3:30pm. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
KIDS & FAMILY
23rd Annual Birds of Prey Day
10am-4:30pm. $15/$5 kids and seniors/$35 family pass/military and scouts free. The day of fun, flight and falconry will feature more than 100 birds of prey on display with falconers. Demos, shows, and bird release. Green Chimneys, Brewster.279-2995 x307.
LECTURES & TALKS
Time Travel Through American Art History
5:30-7:30pm. $10. Columbia County Council on the Arts, Hudson. (518) 671-6213.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Poetry Reading by Joan Murray
2-4pm. Murray reads from her new book, “Swimming for the Ark: New & Selected Poems 1990-2015.” A conversation with Thomas Chulak from the bookstore and Q & A will follow a brief reading. The Chatham Bookstore, Chatham. (518) 392-3005.
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8:30pm. $15. Full Moon Resort, Big Indian. 254-5117.
Studio II Open Mike for Music and Vocals with Host Andy Phillips 6-9pm. $5. All types of music, instruments and vocals are welcome! Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701.
THEATER
The Little Things 7pm. $6. A docudrama about one family’s journey through the enigma of Lyme Disease, based on transcribed conversations with the Elone Family of Poughkeepsie. Written by Jeremy Davidson. Directed by Mary Stuart Masterson. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
Through June 12. Workshop features intensive workshops, jam sessions and intimate concerts. Full Moon Resort, Big Indian. Creativemusicfoundation.org/cmsspring-2015-workshop.html.
TUESDAY 9 BUSINESS & NETWORKING
Country Living Fair
National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration
Creative Music Studio’s Spring Workshop Evening Concert
Creative Music Studio’s Spring 2015 Workshop
11am-2pm. Children of all ages are invited to climb on the trucks, backhoes and cranes-and even have the chance to beep the horn! The fire department and ambulance corps will be on hand to demonstrate their equipment and talk about their volunteer organizations. Enjoy the jumpy castle, concession stand and visit our Construction Zone Game Carnival. Julia L. Butterfield Library, Cold Spring. 265-3040.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
MUSIC
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Big Truck Day
10am-5pm. $16/$20/$40. Unique shopping experience featuring more than 200 vendors including antiques sellers, food purveyors, artists, furniture makers, crafters, and more. Guests will also have access to cooking, crafting, and DIY demonstrations, will be able to sample locally-sourced, artisanal food, and can shop the Specialty Food Market. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. (866) 500-FAIR.
multiple books on bees with his recent book called “Honey Bee Democracy.” Rosendale Recreation Center, Rosendale. UlsterBees.org.
Solopreneurs Sounding Board
Beer, Bourbon, and Bacon 2015 You can almost hear Julie Andrews skipping to the Dutchess County Fairgrounds on June 20, belting out the final line, “These are a few of my favorite things,” before gobbling strips of bacon between sips of craft beer and artisanal bourbon. The event, presented by the Hudson Valley Craft Brew Fest, offers samples of the finest brews and whiskeys, complementary tasting glass, and all-day live music and entertainment from 2 to 6pm. VIP tickets include all of the above, plus one-hour early admission, access to the VIP section, the VIP Whole Hog and Bacon Pig Roast, a swag bag, and exclusive beer selections. Heavily discounted designated-driver tickets are available online. The event is only available to those 21 and over, rain or shine. Beerbourbonbacon.com
Mountain Jam $75-$649. 3 stages and 40+ bands. See website for daily line-ups and times. Hunter Mountain Resort, Hunter. Mountainjam.com.
Platte Clove Nature Theater 8pm. Unique and theatrical blend of electronic and organic sounds, complex compositions, looped and layered vocals, video projections, and aerial movement. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Sunday Brunch with Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis 11am. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Susan Kane and Judy Kass 4pm. Singer/songwriter. 6pm. Singer/ songwriter. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701 6-8pm. $10. Susan Kane and Judy Kass will each play a set accompanied by one of the Hudson Valley’s most sought after bass players, Jeff Eyrich. Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701.
Vocal Concert with Tenor Monte Stone and Pianist Anne Voglewede Green 4-5:30pm. $15/$10 seniors and students/ under 12 free. Classically trained tenor, Monte Stone and pianist Anne Voglewede Green will perform a variety of songs from Handel, Schubert, Duparc, Finzi songs of Shakespeare and Copland Old American Songs. The concert will include both 19th and 20th century selections. Proceeds from the concert help support the North East Community Center’s programs. First Congregational Church, Sharon, CT. (518) 789-4259.
The Producers
3pm. $25/$27. CENTERstage productions performs the classic Tony-award-winning musical comedy about two scheming theatrical producers. Rhinebeck Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Clybourne Park
8pm. Tickets start at $34. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, this sharp and funny collision of race and real estate is one of the finest plays written in recent years. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
The Wizard of Oz
2-6pm. $25/$15. Paramount Hudson Valley, Peekskill. (914) 940-7588.
MONDAY 8 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Jewish Federation of Ulster County Annual Meeting 7pm. Awards presentations, election of board officers and directors, dessert reception. Congregation Ahavath Israel, Kingston. 338-4409.
Meeting of End the New Jim Crow Action Committee
6-8pm. The End the New Jim Crow Action Network! (ENJAN) is a Hudson Valley network dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the “new Jim Crow”). New Progressive Baptist Church, Kingston.
LECTURES & TALKS
Beekeeper Lecture from Author/ Professor Thmas Seeley
7-9pm. Ulster Bees host Author and Cornell Professor Thomas Seeley on “The Collective Intelligence of a Honey Bee Swarm” (also plant sale) Thomas Seeley has authored
Second Tuesday of every month, 6:30-9pm. donation. Struggling with a work issue? Need a perspective shift? Take advantage of collective intelligence (“hive mind”) and an inspiring meeting place to work out creative solutions to problems. Beahive Beacon, Beacon. Beahivebzzz.com/events/ solopreneurs-sounding-board-2014-07-08/.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Meditation Workshop
6:30pm. Rev. Susan Olin-Dabrowski, BS, CHt Certified Consulting Hypnotist & Reiki Master Teacher will lead this program on meditation. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.
KIDS & FAMILY
Kids N’ Clay After School with Jon Torres 5:15-6:45pm. $200 + $48 materials fee. 8 Tuesday classes. An introduction to clay exploring basic methods of hand-building. Students create projects where they use their imagination, learn technical clay skills, and have fun making both functional and sculptural projects. Age 7-14 Peekskill Clay Studios, Peekskill. (914) 739-2529.
LECTURES & TALKS
Monthly Open House with Dharma Talk Second Tuesday of every month, 7pm. free. Shambhala Buddhist teachers talk on a variety of topics at our Open House. Second Tuesday of every month, after community meditation practice. Meditation: 6-7pm, Talk 7pm, followed by tea, cookies, and conversation. Sky Lake Lodge, Rosendale. 658-8556.
MUSIC
Creative Music Studio’s Spring Workshop Evening Concert 8:30pm. $15. Full Moon Resort, Big Indian. 254-5117.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
Safe Harbors Informational Tours Second Tuesday of every month, 9am. The tours highlight how Safe Harbors’ transformative supportive housing, awardwinning contemporary art gallery and performing arts theater is instrumental to the revitalization of downtown Newburgh. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-6940.
DANCE FIGURES IN FLIGHT
Figures in Flight dances for a final time on June 6 at SUNY Ulster.
Final Flight Susan Slotnick has spent six hours behind bars every week for the last 15 years. “Other people are out playing golf—women my age—or getting brunch,” the 69-year-old choreographer says, laughing. Then, softly, “I love it there.” Slotnick has been teaching inmates at Woodbourne Correctional Facility modern dance in coordination with the Rehabilitation for the Arts program for a quarter century. Every Sunday, she instructs them the same way she does her latest and last youth modern dance troupe, Figures in Flight 4. Since her original Figures in Flight company, Figures in Flight 1, which she founded 25 years ago, Slotnick has molded tiny dancers from kindergarten up through high school. The members of her original dance group are now in their early to mid-30s. Slotnick teaches both her high school and Woodbourne dancers how to move, but also how to think. “I teach philosophy besides dance, based on the practice of life skills. I don’t care if they keep dancing,” Slotnick says. “It’s like a self-development school through dance.” The irony of teaching the two companies—one, teenagers, and the other, incarcerated men—how to move with grace and poise, both on stage and through life, is how similar their foundations are. “Their circumstances are mirrored because I train them exactly the same way with exactly the same philosophy. [The prisoners] have never danced before, so they’re a clean slate with modern dance,” she explains. “They’re also in a perfect situation to create talent.” While some advised against allowing teenagers and convicted inmates to perform together, Slotnick’s students, like 18-year-old Cassidy Kristal-Cohen, say that those interactions have been inspirational. “Because of my work with Susan, I’ve decided that I’d like to go into criminal justice reform after hearing all of [the inmates’] stories,” Kristal-Cohen says, having recently taken a criminal justice course at SUNY Ulster. She plans on continuing her studies at Hunter College this fall. “Her influence has opened
my eyes to how screwed up the justice system is and how much reform is needed.” Slotnick doesn’t believe anyone is born talented. She argues that talent is created under three conditions: repetition, imitation, and “when the conditions arise for it to be very difficult.” In Woodbourne, there’s a concrete floor with no barres or mirrors. Still, she says, she’s teaching the inmates “exactly the way you’d train an eight-year-old going to an expensive ballet school.” Despite their environment or prison sentence, Slotnick is consistent in teaching all of her students to become the best dancers they can; she never stops raising the bar, which Kristal-Cohen attests to. “I’ve been dancing with Susan for 12 to 13 years now, and the first thing that comes to mind is the amount of discipline that Susan asks of her students in class from a really young age. When we’re dancing, the amount of discipline that she asks of us is pretty great.” “I would say I’m constantly making them reach beyond what they’ve ever done before,” Slotnick agrees. “I’m constantly saying, in a sense, ‘This isn’t good enough yet. This could be better, do it differently, be more present.’” The control Slotnick exerts in her teaching, particularly with her Woodbourne prisoners, has earned her plenty of critical acclaim. She’s been featured in the New York Times, on CBC, in Dance Magazine, and more, including the Huffington Post, where she was named one of the “Greatest Women of the Day” in recognition of Women’s History Month. Now that the last bow of a lifelong dance is near, Slotnick is ready to take her final flight this June. “Life is this long journey. Now that I’m in the end of my seventh decade, facing retirement, I wouldn’t remove one day of my life, because everything led to what I’ve done with my life—and I’ve done some really great things.” On June 6 at 7pm, Slotnick’s Figures in Flight 4 takes the stage for its final performance, at Quimby Theater at SUNY Ulster. Tickets: $20. Figuresinflight.eventbrite.com. —Kelly Seiz 6/15 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 105
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
1:30-4:30pm. $280 + $48 materials and firing fees. 8 Tuesdays. Learn new techniques on and off the potters wheel. Students will work with combined and altered form, creating sets as well as continuing to build on throwing skills. Some handbuilding techniques will also be included. Peekskill Clay Studios, Peekskill. (914) 739-2529.
6:30-9:30pm. $280 + $48 materials and firing fees. 8 Wednesdays classes. For beginners who are interested in experimenting with both throwing on the pottery wheel and handbuilding. On the wheel covers basic wedging, centering and trimming to create functional forms. Handbuilding includes pinch, coil, and slab methods of building. Peekskill Clay Studios, Peekskill. (914) 739-2529.
Advanced Wheel Level II with Deborah Lecce
Beginner Swing Dance Classes
6-7pm. $80/four week series. With professional instructors Linda & Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios. New series begins every four weeks. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939.
Intermediate Wheel Level I/II with Deborah Lecce
6:30-9:30pm. $280 + $48 materials and firing fees. 8 Tuesdays. For students who have taken a prior wheel class. This class continues to explore wheel technique, building the necessary skills to take pieces to the next level. A variety of handbuilding techniques will also be covered. Peekskill Clay Studios, Peekskill. (914) 739-2529.
Introduction to Clay with Jon Torres
the wisdom that our ancestors’ inquiries bring to bear on our own lives. Meets for 9 Thursday sessions. The Woodstock Jewish Congregation, Woodstock. 399-3505.
Antonio Sanchez & Migration: Meridian Suite
7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Charlie Hunter Trio
Student Loans 101 Seminar 6:30pm. Field Library, Peekskill. (914) 737-1212.
Creative Music Studio’s Spring Workshop Evening Concert
BUSINESS & NETWORKING
Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting Second Thursday of every month, 7pm. Shawangunk Town Hall, Wallkill. 418-3640.
8:30pm. $15. Full Moon Resort, Big Indian. 254-5117.
Midnight North
8pm. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Open Mike Night with Jeff Entin
6:30-9:30pm. Jeff Entin welcomes musicians from all around the Hudson
What’s Your Story?
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Feel Calmer, More Relaxed and More Confident Using the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
Second Wednesday of every month, 6:308:30pm. $67/$57 early reg. Jeff Schneider, New Paltz. 255-4175.
Meditation and Intention Circle
Second Wednesday of every month, 6:30-7:30pm. Susan Linich will guide you through a meditation on love of self. We will be actively work on issues of anger, forgiveness, and the impact of words on identity. Emotional Rescue, Poughkeepsie. 243-0168.
LITERARY & BOOKS
EFCL Afternoon Book Club
1pm. Discussing The Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.
MUSIC
Creative Music Studio’s Spring Workshop Evening Concert
8:30pm. $15. Full Moon Resort, Big Indian. 254-5117.
Hickory Smoked Band
8:30pm. Modern rock. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
Kingston High School Jazz Cabaret 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
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DANCE
Beginner Swing Dance Classes
6:30-7:30pm. $80/series. Beginner Swing Dance Class Series in Newburgh. New series starts every four weeks. No experience or partner needed. Taught by professional teachers Linda & Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios. APG Pilates, Newburgh. 236-3939.
Dutchess County Singles Dance
7:30-10:30pm. $20. There will be a wide range of music from 40’s, 50’s, 60’s to the present by DJ Johnny Angel and a light dinner buffet with dessert and coffee. Southern Dutchess Bowl, Beacon. 831-3220.
Out To Kill
7pm. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
FOOD & WINE
Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea, Beautiful Art and the Gardens
Meeting of End the New Jim Crow Action Committee
7pm. $15/$10 students. With special guest Calpernia Addams. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
7pm. Annual event to elect members of the Board of Governors, report of the year just ended, and enjoy some entertainment. County Players, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491.
8:30pm. Forsyth Park, Kingston. 338-3810, x 102.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Transamerica
County Players Annual Meeting
Movies Under the Stars: Frozen
WEDNESDAY 10
FILM
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
FILM
5pm. Tuesdays and Thursdays through July 2. Writer Jono Naito aims to create a challenging, but nonjudgmental, environment in which writers can improve their work. Over the course of four weeks, the group will examine the elements of short fiction, conduct exercises, and write and revise their own prose. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook. 758-3241.
6-8pm. The End the New Jim Crow Action Network! (ENJAN) is a Hudson Valley network dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the “new Jim Crow”). Family Partnership Center, Poughkeepsie.
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MUSIC
8pm. Seven-string guitar wizard Charlie Hunter brings his new funk-jazz trio featuring Hudson’s own Bobby Previte on drums and Curtis Fowlkes on trombone. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
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and firing techniques will also be covered. Ages 12-18. Peekskill Clay Studios, Peekskill. (914) 739-2529.
“The Little Things” Hudson Valley locals—hikers and indoorspeople alike—know that with the warmer weather come the dangers of Lyme disease. “The Little Things” shines a personal spotlight on the deadly effects of the tick-borne disease, based on transcribed conversations with the Elone family of Poughkeepsie. In August 2013, 17-year-old Poughkeepsie High School honor student Josephe Elone died after contracting Lyme disease, which tragically spread to his heart. Writer Jeremy Davidson and his wife, director Mary Stuart Masterson, both Dutchess County residents, are staging a theatrical reading at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie on June 8 at 7pm. A Q&A session with Hyde Park-based Lyme disease specialist Dr. Richard Horowitz will follow. Admission is a suggested donation of $6. (845) 473-2072; Bardavon.org
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Meeting of Middle East Crisis Response
7-8:30pm. The Middle East Crisis Response is a group of Hudson Valley residents joined together to promote peace and human rights in Palestine and the Middle East. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-4693.
FILM
CitizenFour
8pm. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. (518) 822-1050.
Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine 7pm. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
KIDS & FAMILY
Rhyme Time by The Hudson
9:30-10:15am. $45/$30 members per session. Ages 1-5. 3 week session. Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org.
Support Groups for Relatives Raising Children
Second Thursday of every month, 6-7:30pm. The Relatives As Parents Program (RAPP) implements monthly Coffee and Conversation support groups for grandparents and other relatives raising children. The Coffee and Conversation support groups are designed to provide education and resources to address the needs and concerns experienced by relative caregivers. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie. 452-8440.
LECTURES & TALKS
Jewish Texts That Illuminate Our Lives 12:15-2pm. $135/$67.50 members series/$15 drop-in/$7.50 members dropin. Participants are always rewarded with an invigorating combination of deeper understanding of the Jewish tradition and
Valley to Open Mic night. Bring your instrument and talent to perform or enjoy a tasty dinner listening to the music. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
THEATER
The Epic of Gilgamesh
7:30pm. $15/$10. Kaliyuga Arts presents a contemporary re-telling of the first great work of world literature, the ancient Babylonian poem. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Anita Williams Peck Public Speaking Competition
7-9pm. Ulster Community College Foundation, Inc. Presents the Anita Williams Peck Public Speaking Competition. Kingston High School students will compete for $6,000 in scholarship awards for the best public speaking presentations. Each student will deliver a five minute persuasive speech on a current event topic before a panel of judges. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5283.
Relatives As Parents Program Coffee & Conversation Support Group Second Thursday of every month, 6-7:30pm. The Coffee and Conversation support groups are designed to provide education and resources to address the needs and concerns experienced by relative caregivers. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie. 677-8223.
Teens on the Wheel with Jon Torres
5-7pm. $240 +$48 firing and materials fee. 8 Thursday sessions. Teens on the Wheel provides an introduction to wheel throwing for teenagers. Students will learn basic wheel techniques, create bowls, vases, and other fun and useful forms! Basic glazing
1:30-4pm. $37.50. Tea service includes a variety of tea sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and preserves, delicious desserts and a variety of fragrant teas all served in the most exquisite vintage china. The Tea is preceded by a tour of the historic Rosen House. Following the Tea, you may join other garden lovers on a guided tour of Caramoor’s stunning grounds and learn about the history embedded within the foliage. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
The Cider Project
5-10pm. $10-$35. Taste a mix of local and French hard ciders along with delicious entrees created especially to enhance the hottest alcoholic beverage in the country. 5 Hard ciders, 4 Special Entrée Pairings and the “Apple Blossom” a new and spirited mixed drink. 10% of sales benefit the new Hudson Area Library. Cafe Le Perche, Hudson. (518) 822-1850.
KIDS & FAMILY Cub’s Place
Second Friday of every month, 6-7:30pm. Activities and support for children in grades K-5 and their parents dealing with a serious family illness or crisis. Children engage in age-appropriate supervised games and activities facilitated by a licensed clinical social worker. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-8500.
Rhyme Time by The Hudson
9:30-10:15am. $45/$30 members per session. Ages 1-5. 3 week session. Boscobel, Garrison. Boscobel.org.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Emmanuelle Linard Presents Angelings: Book of Values, From Spirit to Business: A Manual of Creative Integration
7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
MUSIC
Birchwood
9pm. $15-$20. Blues. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
The Felice Brothers
8pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300.
Four by Fate
7pm. $15-$25. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.
Jesus Christ Superstar
7:30-10pm. $20/$14 students and seniors. The Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Broadway Musical. A stage production with full orchestra. Taconic Hills Central School, Craryville. (518) 329-6293.
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams wth Bill Payne
7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Original Music by Derek Knott 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
Reality Check
8pm. Classic rock. La Puerta Azul, Salt Point. 677-2985.
Roger McGuinn
8pm. $38. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Salted Bros
9:30pm. Blues. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
Second Friday Jams with Jeff Entin & Bob Blum
8-11:30pm. Influenced by everything they heard, they play a wide variety of music with an almost infinite song list including many originals, with a bit of jam band attitude thrown in. The emphasis is on fun for both Jeff and Bob and the audience, with familiar, obscure, and original tunes and jams making the show. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
Sundad
8-10:30pm. $10. Sundad is a world fusion, new age and acoustic jam-band. Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701 8pm. Acoustic. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
United Way Benefit Gold Tournament
8am. $125/$500 foursome. Lazy Swan Golf Club, Saugerties. 247 0075.
THEATER
5th Annual Ten Minute Play Festival
8pm. $25. Half Moon Theatre will close its exciting inaugural season at The Culinary Institute of America with its fifth annual Ten Minute Play Festival. This year’s theme, All You Can Eat, celebrates the new partnership between HMT and the CIA with ten 10-minute plays—all written by nationally recognized playwrights expressly for this festival—set in familiar local eateries or featuring food-related themes at hot spots around the Hudson Valley. Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Hyde Park. 452-9430.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
7:30pm. $15/$10. Kaliyuga Arts presents a contemporary re-telling of the first great work of world literature, the ancient Babylonian poem. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill.
Clybourne Park
8pm. Tickets start at $34. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, this sharp and funny collision of race and real estate is one of the finest plays written in recent years. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
SATURDAY 13 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS 20the Annual Historical Dinner
5-9pm. $150. The evening will include a colonial era inspired dinner and the presence of Thomas Paine, 18th century writer and author of Common Sense, as finely portrayed by an actor from the American Historical Theatre. The guest of honor will be Jerry Husted, Board Trustee and Past President of the Mount Gulian Society. Mount Gulian Historic Site, Beacon. 831-8172.
DANCE
Close Encounters with Music Presents Invitation to the Dance 6pm. $30-$50. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
Saugerties Ballet Center presents 2015 Dance Presentation 2pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host
8pm. $45-$75. A special pre-Festival performance starring Ira Glass. Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, MA. (413) 243-0745.
Body, Mind, Spirit Fair
10am-5pm. Free admission, less than $1 a minute for samples. Treat yourself to a variety of healing modalities at the 11th annual Body, Mind, Spirit Fair. A great way to find practitioners who are a good fit for you. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston. 518-5947.
(Freak) Flag Day
8am-2pm. A ritual recognition of the beloved Flag Day tradition in Hudson. Basilica extends an open invitation: create your own flag, and contribute to a body of work supporting future programming at Basilica Hudson and celebrating the independent spirit of our community! The event will raise flags and funds for Basilica’s nonprofit arts programming, bringing innovative and avant-garde artists and art happenings to upstate NY. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. (518) 822-1050.
Kingston’s 3rd Juneteenth Celebration
5pm. Keynote Speaker: Colia Liddell Lafayette Clark, National Voter Rights Hall of Fame. Music by New Pro Choir and Josh Otero, a master at using Poetry and Hip Hop to help change consciousness. With Special Tributes to Robin Dassie, Recreation Leader City of Kingston and Ben Wigfall, former SUNY New Paltz professor and artist. New Progressive Baptist Church, Kingston.
Dinner and Conversation with Thomas Paine
5-9pm. $150. Mount Gulian Historic Site will hold its 20th Annual Historical Dinner. The evening will include a colonial era inspired dinner and the presence of Thomas Paine, 18th century writer and author of Common Sense, as finely portrayed by an actor from the American Historical Theatre. Mount Gulian Historic Site, Beacon. 831-8172.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Walkway Marathon
$65 full marathon/$45 half marathon/$25 5K. The Walkway Over the Hudson organization, in partnership with MidHudson Road Runners Club, Dutchess County Government, Dutchess Tourism Inc., and Marist College (Division 1 Athletics), hosts three premier running events: marathon, half-marathon, and a 5K— which will be USATF certified as a Boston Marathon qualifying race. Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-9649.
LECTURES & TALKS
Dia;Beacon Gallery Talk: Taylor Walsh on Bruce Nauman 2-3pm. Taylor Walsh is a PhD candidate in the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she is writing a dissertation on the early work of Bruce Nauman. Dia:Beacon, Beacon. 440-0100.
History of Science Series: Exploring Church’s Library and 19th Century “Evolution” Writings
3-5pm. $5/members free. Dr. Lloyd Ackert, Professor in History of Science at Drexel University lectures on the Church’s understanding of the debates on evolution, concepts that relate to the origin of species, and scientific agriculture. This talk and discussion will take us back to the time when Church and his peers were engaging with contemporary science. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872.
Living Large: Wilna Hervey and Nan Mason
2-4pm. Gallery Talk and book signing with Joseph P. Eckhardt. “Living Large: Wilna Hervey and Nan Mason” will serve as companion volume to a retrospective celebration of Hervey and Mason set to open at the Historical Society of Woodstock. Historical Society of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-8111.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Presentation, Q&A, and Book Signing: Beth Hughs, The Loved Ones
7-8pm. In The Loved Ones Hughes takes her gimlet eye deep into the secret places between men and women to give an incisive portrayal of one family’s struggle to stay together against stacked odds of deception, adultery, and loss. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival
2pm. Featuring poets Andy Clausen and Pamela Twining followed by open mike. The Golden Notebook, Woodstock. 679-8000.
MUSIC
Abby Hollander Band
8pm. $10. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.
Brian Carrion Band
8pm. Classic rock. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975.
Catbird
2pm. Acoustic. Robibero Family Vineyards, New Paltz. 255-9463.
Catskill Cabaradio
6pm. Community potluck at 6 and then a variety show broadcast live on WIOX Community Radio. Special guests from The Phoenicia Festival of the Voice, beekeeper Chase Kruppo, storyteller Ann Epner and of course the Pine Hill Playboys, Elly Wininger, trivia, Your Mother Should Know etc. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.
Close Encounters With Music Presents Invitation to the Dance 6-8pm. $30/$50. From ritual to romance, from the pagan Fire Dance of Manuel de Falla to waltz and tango, music provides the pulse and sensuous gesture to the choreographic wonders of dance. Mahawie Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100.
Cuboricua
8pm. Cuboricua identifies with the rhythms and melodies of the caribbean; Salsa, Son, Rumba, Bomba, Plena, as well as Merengue. This conjunto creates a traditional/modern energetic sound by placing the interlocking rhythmic figures of percussion and Cuban Tres under a smoothly swinging melody to create a new sound. Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh. 784-1109.
Eric Person Trio
8pm. Jazz. 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701 8-10:30pm. $10. Jazz. Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701.
JB3 Trio
7-10:30pm. Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor. 534-4227.
Jesus Christ Superstar
7:30-10pm. $20/$14 students and seniors. The Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Broadway Musical. A stage production with full orchestra. Taconic Hills Central School, Craryville. (518) 329-6293.
Violinist JinJoo Cho and Pianist Hyunsoo Kim
7pm. $5-$30. Performing works by Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Joan Tower, John Corigliano, and Franz Waxman. Olin Auditorium at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7003.
Joey Eppard
9:30pm. Acoustic. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
The Levin Brothers
7pm. Opener: Liz Queler & Seth Farber. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
The Nathans CD Release Concert 8pm. $12-$18. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
The Nathans: CD Release
8-10pm. $12-$18. The Nathans will celebrate the release of their newest CD, “Up the Hill”.The evocative tales set to permeating pulses of jazz progressive and funk will move you to sway with their rhythms. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Neglected Gems of the American Parlor 4-6pm. $30/$50 for two. A piano performance by Peter Muir. Arts Mid Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-3222.
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra
8pm. $47.50. An engaging mix of subdued flamenco guitar with South American percussion, rock, jazz, and pop influences. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Parsonsfield
9pm. Rootsy folk-rock. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
The Pop Ups
11:30am. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
ShoeString Union
8:30pm. Classic rock. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466.
Thunderbear’s Rock & Roll Dance Party
8-10:30pm. Featuring Bill Barrett, Rob Stein, Russ Cashdollar and Jon Coghill, playing in various “roots music” styles. The Creekside Grille, Woodstock. 679-2620.
West Point Band Celebrating the Army’s Birthday
7:30pm. West Point Military Academy, West Point. Usma.edu.
OPEN HOUSES
Niche Modern Factory Sale
12-6pm. Shop modern lighting. Niche Modern, Beacon. Nichemodern.com.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Kingston Kayak Festival
10am-4pm. $10. There will be activities for first-time paddlers, as well as for experienced paddlers. You can test paddle the newest kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddleboards on the market. Beginners can take a guided tour (kayaks and gear provided). Experienced paddlers can bring their own boats and gear and take a more advanced guided tour. Kingston Point Beach, Kingston. 297-5126.
Sacred Tree Ceremony
7-8:30pm. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
THEATER
5th Annual Ten Minute Play Festival
2 & 8pm. $25. Half Moon Theatre will close its exciting inaugural season at The Culinary Institute of America with its fifth annual Ten Minute Play Festival. This year’s theme, All You Can Eat, celebrates the new partnership between HMT and the CIA with ten 10-minute plays—all written by nationally recognized playwrights expressly for this festival—set in familiar local eateries or featuring food-related themes at hot spots around the Hudson Valley. Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Hyde Park. 452-9430.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
7:30pm. $15/$10. Kaliyuga Arts presents a contemporary re-telling of the first great work of world literature, the ancient Babylonian poem. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill.
Monster Intelligence: A Musical Journey for the Whole Family
11am. $20/$15 children. Up In Arms presents their new puppet musical. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf. 610-5335.
Clybourne Park
8pm. Tickets start at $34. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, this sharp and funny collision of race and real estate is one of the finest plays written in recent years. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
E S DeSanna: Seeing in Black and White
1-4pm. 2nd class on June 20. Students will learn, using just a few cutting tools, how to create a dynamic design in a block of linoleum and they will print their blocks on archival paper using a press. Art School of Columbia County, Harlemville. (518) 672-7140.
Maj Kalfus’s About Face: Drawing the Head, Face, and Features
9am-noon. Art School of Columbia County, Harlemville. (518) 672-7140.
SUNDAY 14 DANCE
Dancing With The Stars
7:30pm. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330.
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Maya Dance Theatre
2:30-4:30pm. $30/$10 student rush and children. The company’s bold explorations and collaborations with different partners across various disciplines have yielded provocative and stimulating productions that seeks to push the envelope of Asian Contemporary Dance. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 2.
Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host
2pm. $45-$75. A special pre-Festival performance starring Ira Glass. Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, MA. (413) 243-0745.
Nature Walk with the Delaware Highlands Conservancy
1-2:30pm. Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy for a free guided Nature Walk this summer at our office in Bethel, NY. You’ll learn about what you see and hear on a hike on our woodland trail, led by one of our knowledgeable volunteers—and you’ll help us find the different plants and wildlife we have on the property. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 583-1010.
DANCE
7pm. Take one young man who cannot tell the truth, his manservant who cannot tell a lie, add two beautiful young women, a jealous lover, and then, kapow! witness the hilarious consequences of David Ives’s adaptation of Corneielle’s classic comedy. Boscobel, Garrison. Hvshakespeare.org.
8pm. 8-10:30pm. $30. One of America’s most versatile, popular, and highly acclaimed choreographers brings his singular style of modern dance to Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330.
The Liar
TUESDAY 16
Pine Hill Community Center Plant Sale 10am-2pm. Plants, garden accessories, books, guest speaker, vendors, and all things garden and plant related. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
THEATER
Second Sunday of every month, 2-3:30pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
3pm. $20. Noms de Guerre by Jacqueline E. Lawton directed by Jayne Atkinson. Part of the Lift E’vry Voice Festival. No. 6 Depot, West Stockbridge, MA. (413) 232-0205.
Meditation, Intention and Zero Point Healing
THEATER
Fresh Takes Staged Reading
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Community Holistic Healthcare Day Third Tuesday of every month, 4-8pm. A wide variety of holistic health modalities and practitioners are available. Appointments can be made on a first-come, firstserved basis upon check-in. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. Rvhhc.org.
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
FILM
Let Go
7:30pm. $10/$7.50 seniors/$5 students. Actor Ed Asner and writer/director Brian Jett will be on hand for the Q&A. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Skin Cancer Screening
4:30-8pm. Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel. 279-5711.
MUSIC
LECTURES & TALKS
Framing Hanley
5:30-7:30pm. $10. Columbia County Council on the Arts, Hudson. (518) 671-6213.
Wednesday Morning Concert, Romantic Miniatures: A Classical Tasting
6pm. $15. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.
Time Travel Through American Art History
LITERARY & BOOKS
Hudson Valley Ya Society: Michael Buckley, Maria Dahvana Headly & Anne Heltzel
4-5pm. The HVYAS brings the best and brightest YA authors to the Hudson Valley in a memorable and fun party-like “literary salon” atmosphere, with refreshments, conversation, and giveaways for attendees. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
MUSIC
Doug Marcus
8:30pm. Americana. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
Greg Westhoff’s Westchester Swing Band
5:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
Guillermo Klein’s “Symmetrical Moon Vamps” Residency 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Jesus Christ Superstar
3-5:30pm. $20/$14 students and seniors. The Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Broadway Musical. A stage production with full orchestra. Taconic Hills Central School, Craryville. (518) 329-6293.
Melissa Etheridge: This is M.E. Solo 7pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
BRAWL Men’s Beauty Pageant Beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, and genders. The Hudson Valley Broad’s Regional Arm Wrestling League (BRAWL), an organization celebrating female strength both on and off the table, is seeking out 12 masculine contestants to compete for the BRAWL King of Beauty crown on June 19 at the Rosendale Theatre. Whether you’re straight, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or anything in between, if you identify as male, you’re invited to vie for the throne. Pageant contestants will compete in evening wear, resort/swimwear, talent, and a brief Q&A/op-ed session. There are no attire regulations. For example, if you typically sport a Speedo to the resort, that’s wonderful. If you prefer a bandeau and silk cover-up? Perfect. As BRAWL says, “Let nothing stop you—you’re beautiful!” Brawlnewyork.wordpress.com
Clybourne Park
LITERARY & BOOKS
8pm. $5. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
$20. Live music, comedy, performances, food. Accord Train Station, Accord. Accordtrainstation.com.
$10/$5 children. Ambidextrous art, drawing with both hands at the same time. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill. (914) 788-0100.
Graham Parker and The Rumour
Mira Fink: A Day with Watercolor
8pm. $68-$148. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390.
11am. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Tica Douglas + Double King
Accord Train Station Opening
Niche Modern Factory Sale
12-6pm. Shop modern lighting. Niche Modern, Beacon. Nichemodern.com.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION 9-10 Mile Strenuous Hike
Starting from the lower Awosting parking lot, we will walk along Mossy Glenn by the Peters Kill stream, up the Blue Berry run to Castle Point to enjoy a view of the Hudson Valley, along the Shawangunk Ridge Trail to Rainbow Falls and head back along the Peters Kill. Minnewaska State Preserve Park, Kerhonkson. 462-1909.
The Makers’ Market 2015
9am-3pm. Makers Market on the Railroad Green, Warwick. Hudsonhandmade.com.
All Ages Ambi Art Workshop
10am-4pm. Art School of Columbia County, Harlemville. (518) 672-7140.
Permaculture Workshop: Home and Garden 10am-3pm. In this workshop, students will learn how to design their own home and communities with permaculture principles and design methods. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
MONDAY 15 HEALTH & WELLNESS
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WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Dutchess One Stop
6-8pm. One on one Job Ready sessions. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.
THURSDAY 18 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Exodus: Newburgh Extension
8pm. Tickets start at $34. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, this sharp and funny collision of race and real estate is one of the finest plays written in recent years. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511.
Sunday Brunch with Buffalo Stack
11am-1:30pm. $22.50. Our Wednesday Morning Concert Series includes an exceptional 45-minute concert in the majestic Music Room of the Rosen House followed by a tour of the Mediterraneanstyle mansion and the vast collection of fine and decorative art amassed by our founders, Walter and Lucie Rosen. Praised by critics for his poetic and lyrical style, pianist Jiyang Chen made his concerto debut at the age of seventeen with the Ruby Mountain Symphony Orchestra and performed the Gershwin Piano Concerto with the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra as well as the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Reno Chamber Orchestra. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
2pm. Advance care planning is the process of making decisions regarding your wishes for future medical care, especially in serious situations. Learn strategies for talking to loved ones and how to complete the necessary forms. Northern Dutchess Hospital Center for the Healthy Aging, Rhinebeck. 871-1720 x4.
Open Mike
7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
MUSIC El Yeah
8:30pm. Rock. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760. 8pm. $50. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Melissa Etheridge: This is M.E Solo
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Beginner Swing Dance Classes 6-7pm. $80/four week series. With professional instructors Linda & Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios. New series begins every four weeks. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939.
Resume Writing & Cover Letter Workshop 4:30-6pm. Presented by Meghan HeadyAmara of Dutchess One Stop. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.
WEDNESDAY 17 COMEDY
Daniel Tosh 7pm. $49.50-$69.50. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
Third Thursday of every month, 6-8pm. A prison re-entry support group (formerly known as the New Jim Crow Committee). Come join us to assist the new Exodus Transitonal Community in Newburgh, (a reentry program for those being released from prison), as well as other matters related to Mass Incarceration. The Hope Center, Newburgh. 569-8965.
FILM
Screening and Discussion: Bumps on a Level Playing Field 7pm. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz. Newpaltz.edu/museum.
FOOD & WINE
Afternoon Tea at Caramoor
1:30-3:30pm. $32.50. Tea service includes a variety of tea sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and preserves, delicious desserts and a variety of fragrant teas all served in the most exquisite vintage china. The Tea is preceded by a tour of the historic Rosen House. As they take you through the mansion, the docents describe the Rosen family, their much loved country home and its art collection. Leave yourself time after the Tea & Tour to stroll through Caramoor’s dazzling gardens and bucolic grounds. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
Third Thursday Luncheon
Third Thursday of every month, 11:30am1pm. $6/$7 takeout. As part of Messiah’s Outreach Programs, each luncheon benefits a local organization to support its ongoing programs. Luncheon includes soup, sandwich and delicious desserts. Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck. 876-3533.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
7-9pm. Open to people living with breast, ovarian and gynecological cancers. Join us as we discuss this story of a young girl and the evolution of her newfound lust for books and the power of words in World War II Germany. Cheryl Lindenbaun Comprehensive Cancer Center at Hudson Valley Hospital Center, Cortlandt Manor. (914) 962-6402.
Third Thursday of every month, 7-8pm. Sit and knit in the beautiful Gardiner Library. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
Book Club
Breast Cancer Support Group
Third Thursday of every month, 7pm. Support Connection, Inc., a not–for-profit organization that provides free, confidential support services for people affected by breast and ovarian cancer. Open to women with breast cancer. Join other women who have also heard the words “you have breast cancer” as we discuss issues pertaining to all stages of diagnosis, treatment and posttreatment. Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel. (800) 532-4290.
KIDS & FAMILY Doo Wop Circus
7pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
LECTURES & TALKS
Jewish Texts That Illuminate Our Lives 12:15-2pm. $135/$67.50 members series/$15 drop-in/$7.50 members dropin. Participants are always rewarded with an invigorating combination of deeper understanding of the Jewish tradition and the wisdom that our ancestors’ inquiries bring to bear on our own lives. Meets for 9 Thursday sessions. The Woodstock Jewish Congregation, Woodstock. 399-3505.
MUSIC
Barbara Dempsey & Dewitt Nelson’s Cafe Singer Showcase
7-9:30pm. Three individual acts join Barbara and Dewitt for an evening of music and song. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
Composer-Pianist Rachel Grimes 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
David Bixler Auction Project
7pm. Featuring Arturo O’Farrill!. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Family Feud
5:30pm. $5. Acoustic. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
In These Woods
7:30pm. $10. Siren Baroque presents deliciously spirited pastoral songs for the solstice. Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster Counties, Inc. MISU, Ellenville. 399-1293.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES Celebrate Community
5:30-9pm. $75. You too can create homes, support people and improve communities. Join us for the 13th Annual Celebrate Community, where fundraising and friend gathering meet to raise monies for RUPCO’s programs and services. Senate House and Museum, Kingston. 331-2140 ext.210.
Artists + Friends Potluck Dinner
6-9pm. Potluck to share artwork. First Presbyterian Church, Hudson. (518) 828-4275.
SPIRITUALITY
Mediums Circle with Adam Bernstein and a Guest Psychic Medium
Third Thursday of every month, 7-9pm. $25. Join me for our monthly guest Mediums Circle where myself, Adam Bernstein, and one other talented Medium will deliver messages from your loved ones in Spirit in a positive setting of love and validation. Kingston’s Opera House Office Bldg., Kingston. 687-3693.
THEATER
The Epic of Gilgamesh
7:30pm. $15/$10. Kaliyuga Arts presents a contemporary re-telling of the first great work of world literature, the ancient Babylonian poem. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill.
Spring Awakening Gala Event
8-10:15pm. $75-$125. Opening Night Gala of the Summer Theatre Festival of 2015. Complimentary refreshments, champagne & chocolate post-reception with meet-andgreet with the cast. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-6900.
Library Knitters
FRIDAY 19 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Men’s Beauty Pageant
8:30pm. $15/$25 front row. The Hudson Valley Broads’Regional Arm Wrestling League (B.R.A.W.L.), an organization celebrating women’s strength, is now reaching out to man friends. People who identify as men, whether straight, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex, will be sharing their vision of gorgeous. music by the Rosendale Improvement Association Brass Band and Social Club gets you in gear starting at 7:30. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
DANCE
Beginner Swing Dance Classes
6:30-7:30pm. $80/series. Beginner Swing Dance Class Series in Newburgh. New series starts every four weeks. No experience or partner needed. Taught by professional teachers Linda & Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios. APG Pilates, Newburgh. 236-3939.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS 5th Annual Let’s Move
5pm. Let’s Move! Ulster kicks off with Kingston’s First Diverse Day Parade, gathering 5pm on Broadway in front of City Hall and ends at Kingston Plaza where Let’s Move! Ulster will be held. Kingston City Hall, Kingston. 338-7664.
Kingston Night Market
Third Thursday of every month, 5-9pm. Pop-up street festival featuring local artists, makers, businesses, food vendors and nonprofits. Uptown Kingston, Kingston.
KIDS & FAMILY
Toddlers on the Trail: What’s Blooming?
10am-noon. $12 non-members. Explore the forest searching for Mountain Laurel and wildflowers. Bring water and snacks. Please leave your pets at home. Jogging strollers are not appropriate; little ones in carriers are always welcomed. Children ages 2 to 6 are welcome. This program includes a 1.5-mile hike, and moves at a toddler’s pace. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Jason Stanton Presents Feeble Minds: The Ghosts of Letchworth Village
Singer-Songwriter Showcase
Third Friday of every month, 8pm. $6. Acoustic Music by three outstanding singersongwriters and musicians at ASK GALLERY, 97 Broadway, Kingston 8-10:30 pm Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0311.
Singer/Songwriter Jill Sobule
8pm. $20-$26. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Train
7pm. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330.
Triform Camphill Community Annual Benefit Concert: Livingston Taylor
7-8:30pm. $75. Triform Camphill Community Phoenix Center, Hudson. (518) 851-9320.
THEATER
7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
MUSIC
Aston Magna Presents Monteverdi’s Warring Lovers
8pm. With Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Lettera amorosa, Tempro la cetra, and other operatic madrigals, plus instrumental works by Monteverdi’s peers Castello, Marini and Cima. The concert features return performances by soprano Dominique Labelle, and Frank Kelley and William Hite, tenors, and guest Asako Takeuchi, violin. Olin Auditorium at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7003.
The Bacon Brothers
8pm. $70. Their trademark gritty rock incorporates a roots–folk-country vibe that’s won them an ever-growing following. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Michael Powers Frequency
9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Peter Calo & Band
8-10:30pm. $10. Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701.
Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show
8pm. $30-$50. Benefit fundraiser. MidHudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800.
Simone Felice with Anna Mitchell
7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Hudson Valley Wine Tours
11am-4pm. 75.00. Meet at the Metro North train station in Poughkeepsie at 11 am and get whisked away for a day-long tour of Hudson Valley wineries and wine tasting at two of the region’s most popular family-owned wineries – Whitecliff Vineyard and Robibero Family Vineyards. Enjoy a farm-fresh boxed lunch at the winery, and round out your tasting experience with more sampling of world-class wines at Hudson Valley Wine Market – all just minutes apart. Tickets are only $75.00 and include tour, wine tastings, box lunch, souvenir wine glasses, and more. The bus will return to the train station at 4pm. Hudson Valley Wine Market, Gardiner. 255-0600.
Say Cheese, Part 1: Small Batch Cheeses Made at Local Farms
8pm. $48-$80. Direct from Broadway, Chazz Palminteri performs his one-man stage version of the hit movie A Bronx Tale. Based on his childhood memories of working men and gangsters in the Italian-American neighborhood where he grew up. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390.
5:30-7pm. $20/$35 series. Join Dena Moran of Olde Hudson and Peg Patterson of Dish Hudson as they present small batch cheeses made at local farms and beyond using perfectly paired platters, bowls, etc. Taste wonderful cheeses, peruse beautiful tabletop wares, learn about cheesemaking and sip seasonal punch all while helping the New Hudson Area Library. DISH Hudson, Hudson. (518) 828-1792.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
LECTURES & TALKS
Chazz Palminteri: A Bronx Tale
7:30pm. $15/$10. Kaliyuga Arts presents a contemporary re-telling of the first great work of world literature, the ancient Babylonian poem. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill.
Spring Awakening
8pm. Tony-award winning musical. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-6900.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES African Dance
Third Friday of every month, 6:15-7:45pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.
Food Entrepreneur Workshop
9:30am-2:30pm. $25. Guest speakers: Elizabeth Keller Sullivan of Cornell University Food Venture Center in Geneva, NY will speak on food safety and sound manufacturing practices and the Food Venture Center as a resource; John Lukor from NYS Department of Ag and Markets will speak about regulatory issues related to starting a food business; Pika’s Farm Table in Lake Katrine, will talk about starting their own food business, as well as their co-packing facility. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Education Center, Kingston. 340-3990 ext. 326.
7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Storytelling with Janet Carter
FOOD & WINE
SATURDAY 20 DANCE
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
7:30pm. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 2 or 10.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Celtic Festival
12-6pm. $10/lids under 12 free. With the cooperation of AOH of Orange County, the AOH pipers will start it out at 12:00 with a grand entrance, then follows Irish step dancers, music performances including “Celtic Cross”, The Rose of Tralee and more. Enjoy local artist and vendors on the grounds with plenty of Beer, Wine, Hard Cider, Mead and more Beer. Kids activities and tastings as well. Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills. 928-5384.
Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival
$48/$72. The Clearwater Festival is the country’s oldest and largest music and environmental festival, bringing together major musical acts and Clearwater’s own brand of green activism. Founded by Pete Seeger. Croton Point Park, Croton. Clearwaterfestival.org.
Newburgh Illuminated Festival
Family friendly activities, food from around the world and more than 40 bands. Newburgh Urban Market, Newburgh. Newburghilluminatedfestival.com.
Phoenicia Flea
11am-6pm. Parish Field, Phoenicia. Phoeniciaflea.com.
21st Century Damsels and Dragons
10am-noon. $5/members free. Join Larry Federman, Audubon NY education coordinator, for a fun-filled outing with dragonflies and damselflies. Larry will present an introduction to these creatures, dispel some myths, and give an overview of the New York State Dragonfly and Damselfly Survey. We will then attempt to catch these beautiful insects. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872.
Curator’s Talk: The Stories We Tell with Mary-Kay Lombin 4pm. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz. Newpaltz.edu/museum.
Woodstock Library Forum: Woodstock Zero-Carbon: An Update
5-6pm. The third in a series of presentations about Woodstock’s Zero-Carbon Initiative. For the past four years, Woodstock’s carbon dioxide contribution from governmental sources has been carefully tracked, and this year Woodstock can claim that it has achieved net zero carbon dioxide. Ken Panza, Woodstock Town Councilman. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-2213.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Marc Fried Book Release: Notes From the Other Side 4pm. Cragsmoor Historical Society, Cragsmoor. 647-6487.
Presentation, Q&A and Book Signing: Guy Lawson Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History
7-8pm. Journalist Guy Lawson tells the thrilling inside account of how three kids from Florida became big-time weapons traders— and how the US government turned on them. It’s a trip that goes from a dive apartment in Miami Beach to mountain caves in Albania, the corridors of power in Washington, and the frontlines of Iraq and Afghanistan. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
MUSIC
The ABC’s of Jazz with Art Hightower, Bill Conway, and Clifford Carter 8-10:30pm. $10. Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701.
The ABC’s of Jazz
8pm. Art Hightower (drums), Bill Conway (bass), Clifford Carter (piano). BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Abraham and the Groove
9-11:30pm. Abraham and the Groove puts the fun back into Funk and Soul. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
Acoustic Music with Frank McGinnis
7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
All Out War
6pm. $15. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.
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The Bacon Brothers
Walking Public Tours
Ben Williams “State of Art”
THEATER
8pm. $48-$58. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390. 7pm. Opener: Isabella Englert. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Boston Early Music Festival: Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610
8pm. $25-$70. Pre-opera talk at 7pm by Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, BEMF musical directors. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
Da Flash Band
9:30pm. Funk. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
Davey O.
7:30-9:30pm. $12/$10 in advance. Davey O. writes pretense-free Americana with themes that reflect working class realities. Empire State Railway Museum, Phoenicia. 688-9453.
10am & 1pm. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 229-0425.
Actors and Writers
7pm. A reading of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. 679-8217.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
7:30pm. $15/$10. Kaliyuga Arts presents a contemporary re-telling of the first great work of world literature, the ancient Babylonian poem. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill.
Spring Awakening
8pm. Tony-award winning musical. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-6900.
Tango Lesson & Dance
MUSIC
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
8pm. $47.50. Elegant Gypsy & More Electric Tour 2015. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
$48/$72. The Clearwater Festival is the country’s oldest and largest music and environmental festival, bringing together major musical acts and Clearwater’s own brand of green activism. Founded by Pete Seeger. Croton Point Park, Croton. Clearwaterfestival.org.
Ana Vidovic: Guitar in the Garden
5pm. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival
Phoenicia Flea
11am-6pm. Parish Field, Phoenicia. Phoeniciaflea.com.
Father’s Day Brunch
9am-2:45pm. Outdoor dining available. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
Johnny Feds & Friends
9:30pm. Blues. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
11am. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
8:30-11pm. $20/$30/$40/$50/$65/$110. Caramoor’s 70th anniversary, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s 40th anniversary, smashing choral symphonies, and an exciting, cocommissioned world premiere ensure that this year’s Summer Music Festival will start with a bang. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
Guillermo Klein’s “Symmetrical Moon Vamps” Residency 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Jonny Lang & Kenny Wayne Shepherd
7pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
Sonny & Perley Cabaret NightBrazilian Romance
Dog Days of Summer Hike
8pm. $18-$24. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Spring for Sound
The West Point Band Saturday in the Park
7:30pm. Join us for a musical tribute to some of the greatest soul and funk bands of the 60’s and 70’s. West Point Military Academy, West Point. Usma.edu.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
2015 House and Barn Exposition: Preservation for the Future
10am-3pm. A free exposition of “hands-on” demonstrations and resource information for old house and barn enthusiasts. Experienced artisans, architects, designers, historians, planners and preservationists will be on hand to talk about sustainable preservation, restoration and adaptive re-use of period houses, barns and outbuildings. People are urged to bring photos and questions about their houses and buildings for “show and tell” with the experts. Live music and tasty food round out the day. Elmendorph Inn, Red Hook. 758-8181.
Mountain Laurels in Bloom Hike
10am. Byrdcliffe Theater, Woodstock. 679-2079.
Ramshorn Creek Paddle
5.5 mile paddle. Dutchman’s Landing, Catskill. (914) 497-1698.
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4:30-6:30pm. $25. Sor Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 Torroba Sonatina, Allegretto, Andante, Allegro Mangore Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios Albeniz Granada, Asturias Intermission Bach Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998 (Edited for Guitar by Frank Koonce) Takemitsu From 12 Songs for Guitar, Yesterday Mangore La Catedral, Preludio saudade, Andante religioso, Allegro solemne Lauro El Marabino, Vals Venezolano No. 2, Vals Venezolano No. 3. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
Father’s Day Sunday Brunch: Alexis P. Suter & the Ministers of Sound
Opening Night 70th Anniversary Celebration
8:30pm. Motown/R&B. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466.
Ana Vidovic Guitar in the Garden
3pm. $25-$85. Pre-opera talk at 2:00pm by Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, BEMF musical directors. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
7pm. $5. Carol Wincenc, flute; Cynthia Phelps, viola; and Nancy Allen, harp will perform works by Ibert, Bax, Ravel, Faure, Devienne, and Debussy. Olin Auditorium at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7003.
Take Two
4:30-5:30pm. $25. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
Boston Early Music Festival: Monteverdi’s Orfeo
Les Amies
11am. $15. Proceeds going to support the vital programming of the North East Community Center. Three sound stages, lots of live music and dancing, jam sessions, drum circles. See website for specific events and times. The Annex @ NorthEast-Millerton Library, Millerton. Springforsound.com.
Al di Meola
Behold! New Lebanon The first living museum of contemporary American rural life, Behold! New Lebanon, will be offering tours July 4 through September 26 in the Columbia County town. Rural guides bring visitors through their farms, artisan studios, and micro-businesses to offer an inside look into this living, experiential museum. From harvesting hops to firefighting, auctioneering, and draft horse plowing, there are 24 different areas to explore at Behold! New Lebanon. Follow environmentalist Craig Westcott’s “Living Machine,” as he demonstrates how his contraption mechanically recycles waste from the surrounding buildings to be sent back to the Hudson River. Cynthia Creech, a herder of Randall Cows, gives visitors the chance to live the life of a ranch hand and get up close and personal with the heritage breed. Master jeweler Heather Naventi will show you how to tell real from fake jewels, how to detect flaws in diamonds, and how to make simple repairs to broken jewelry. Rural guides will show visitors everything New Lebanon has to offer as far as its citizens and industries, from making New Lebanon’s famous Slab Pie and stuffing sausage to building terrariums and dog training. Beholdnewlebanon.org
10am-noon. Andrew Bajardi, Mohonk Preserve Ranger. Bring your favorite furry friend along today for a romp through the fields and forests! All well-behaved dogs on short leashes welcome. Children ages 10 and up are welcome. This program includes a moderate, 4-mile hike. Meet at the Mohonk Preserve Spring Farm Trailhead. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.
Vanderbilt Garden Monthly Interpreter Tour
1-4pm. Tours begin at the entrance to the gardens. The volunteer interpreters will discuss the history of the gardens, with a focus on the Vanderbilt ownership and the mission of the not-for-profit Vanderbilt Garden Association to rehabilitate and maintain the plants, shrubs, trees, and statuary in the gardens as they were in the 1930’s just prior to Mr. Vanderbilt’s death. Vanderbilt Garden Association Inc., Hyde Park. 229-6432.
THEATER The Liar
The Liar
Sunday Afternoon Tea
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
2-3:30pm. $53/$37.50 without concert. Tour our Mediterranean-style villa showcasing the Rosen’s fine and decorative arts collection before relaxing in the Summer Dining Room for an Afternoon Tea with an array of tea sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and preserves, scrumptious desserts, a variety of aromatic teas and sparkling wine. Stay for the 4:30pm concert in the Sunken Garden with guitarist Ana Vidovic and savor the beautiful gardens on your stroll there. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
8pm. Take one young man who cannot tell the truth, his manservant who cannot tell a lie, add two beautiful young women, a jealous lover, and then, kapow! witness the hilarious consequences of David Ives’s adaptation of Corneielle’s classic comedy. Boscobel, Garrison. Hvshakespeare.org.
Edible Landscaping
10am-1pm. $50/$300 for entire series. This course is a great introduction to the fruit plants of the world as well as the fruits in your own backyard. An intensive step-bystep class designed to introduce gardeners and food fanatics to the cultivation of flavorful ornamental plants such as Paw Paw, Goumi, Gooseberry, Medlar and Artic Kiwi. Includes snack (fresh and preserved fruit from the gardens), tea and seedlings. Wild Earth, New Paltz. 256-9830.
SUNDAY 21 DANCE
Square and Contra Dance with The Tremperskill Boys
1-4pm. $10. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Community Sound Healing Circle Third Sunday of every month, 2-3pm. Facilitated by Jax Denise. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
LECTURES & TALKS
Time Travel Through American Art History 5:30-7:30pm. $10. Columbia County Council on the Arts, Hudson. (518) 671-6213.
8pm. Take one young man who cannot tell the truth, his manservant who cannot tell a lie, add two beautiful young women, a jealous lover, and then, kapow! witness the hilarious consequences of David Ives’s adaptation of Corneielle’s classic comedy. Boscobel, Garrison. Hvshakespeare.org.
Spring Awakening
7pm. Tony-award winning musical. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-6900.
MONDAY 22 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Meeting of End the New Jim Crow Action Committee
6-8pm. The End the New Jim Crow Action Network! (ENJAN) is a Hudson Valley network dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the “new Jim Crow”). New Progressive Baptist Church, Kingston.
KIDS & FAMILY
Rock Band Boot Camp
$275. Week-long camp for ages 12-16. Beacon Music Factory, Beacon. 202-3555.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Mixed Media: Painting on Paper
6-9pm. 4 Monday series. Students will be inspired by photographs, sketches, and memory to explore acrylic, oil, charcoal, and graphite combined with collage, taught by Tim Ebneth. Art School of Columbia County, Harlemville. (518) 672-7140.
TUESDAY 23 MUSIC
Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa
7pm. $27-$69.75. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Summer Reads Event: Elin Hilderbrand, The Rumor 7-8pm. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.
Word Cafe Salon 6:30-8pm. $10. Open mike. Outdated: An Antique Café, Kingston. 331-0030.
MUSIC
Anonymous in Love: Bel Canto Young Artists
8pm. $45. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
7-9pm. $40/$32/$24/$15. This program celebrates the thread that ties us all –love– and features playful, dramatic and romantic songs ideal for warm nights and summer loving. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Asleep at the Wheel
Singer-songwriter Madeleine Peyroux
Beginner Swing Dance Classes
6-7pm. $80/four week series. With professional instructors Linda & Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios. New series begins every four weeks. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939.
WEDNESDAY 24 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Meeting of End the New Jim Crow Action Committee
6-8pm. The End the New Jim Crow Action Network! (ENJAN) is a Hudson Valley network dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the “new Jim Crow”). Family Partnership Center, Poughkeepsie.
8pm. $40. Texas swing. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Chris Botti 8pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
The Groover Quartet with Mike LaDonne & Peter Bernstein 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Keith Newman 8pm. Acoustic. The Golden Rail Ale House, Newburgh. 565-2337.
NIGHTLIFE
Trivia Night at the High Falls Cafe
Screening: Here come the Videofreex 7pm. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
7-9:30pm. Paul Tully and Eric Stamberg host Trivia Night at the High Falls Cafe. Test your knowledge of current events and popular culture, entertainment, sports, New York State history, music, and literature. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
MUSIC
SPIRITUALITY
FILM
Caramoor@KMA: Roots Spuyten Duyvil 6:30-8pm. Performing an elaborate mix of electrifying riffs, dance-worthy stompin’ beats, and soaring vocals of the talented Beth Kaufman. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-9555.
Joey Eppard
9:30pm. Acoustic. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
Jonah Smith with Buffalo Stack
7pm. Opener: Big Thief. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Shanghai Quartet
8pm. Benjamin Hochman, piano, Haydn: String Quartet No. 66 in D Major, Op.77, No. 1, Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Op. 47, for cello and piano, Claude Debussy: 3 Preludes (1915), Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. 679-8217.
THEATER
Berkshire Playwrights Lab Staged Reading
Sound Healing Retreat Intensive Through June 28. Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center, Phoenicia. 688-6897.
THEATER
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Jeffrey Neumann: Introduction to Realism in Oil Painting
6-9pm. 4-class series. Students will learn both traditional and modern methods, and will create paintings from direct observation or their own photographic source material in order to develop skills of perception, discrimination and memory of detail. Art School of Columbia County, Harlemville. (518) 672-7140.
THURSDAY 25 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Meeting of Middle East Crisis Response
1:30-3:30pm. $32.50. Tea service includes a variety of tea sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and preserves, delicious desserts and a variety of fragrant teas all served in the most exquisite vintage china. The Tea is preceded by a tour of the historic Rosen House. Explore the mansion and learn the history of the Rosen family, their much loved country home and its art collection. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
Afternoon Tea, Rosen House Tour & Garden Stroll
1:30-3pm. $32.50. Relax with friends and enjoy formal tea in the grand Summer Dining Room of the historic Rosen House, overlooking the romantic Spanish Courtyard. Preceding Tea is a tour of the Rosen House. Explore the mansion and learn the history of the Rosen family, their much loved country home and its art collection. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
KIDS & FAMILY
A Nest for Every Bird
10:30am-3pm. An exploration of the world of birds and their natural habitats at the Marsh, followed by an afternoon of bird-inspired stories and creativity at the library. Garrison Art Center, Garrison. 424-3960.
LECTURES & TALKS
Mannahatt:- Dr. Eric Sanderson
7-8pm. Join the Cary Institute for a special lecture by Conservation Ecologist Dr. Eric Sanderson. Sanderson will reveal the ecology of Manhattan when Henry Hudson sailed into New York Bay in 1609. Discover changes of the last 400 years and visions for the future. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook. 677-5343.
LITERARY & BOOKS
D.W. Gibson Presents The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the 21st Century 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
Alexis Cole Ensemble
7pm. Take one young man who cannot tell the truth, his manservant who cannot tell a lie, add two beautiful young women, a jealous lover, and then, kapow! witness the hilarious consequences of David Ives’s adaptation of Corneielle’s classic comedy. Boscobel, Garrison. Hvshakespeare.org.
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Oklahoma! 7:30pm. $25. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
Spring Awakening 8pm. Tony-award winning musical. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-6900.
FRIDAY 26 COMEDY
Rosendale Comedy Tonite Fourth Friday of every month, 9:30pm. Aspiring comics take to the stage. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
DANCE
Beginner Swing Dance Classes 6:30-7:30pm. $80/series. Beginner Swing Dance Class Series in Newburgh. New series starts every four weeks. No experience or partner needed. Taught by professional teachers Linda & Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios. APG Pilates, Newburgh. 236-3939.
7-8:30pm. The Middle East Crisis Response is a group of Hudson Valley residents joined together to promote peace and human rights in Palestine and the Middle East. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-4693.
Swing Dance to Crazy Feet
FILM
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
8pm. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. (518) 822-1050.
MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
Sugarcoated Arsenic + Other Recent Films by Kevin Jerome Everson
Afternoon Tea House Tour, Tea & Garden Stroll
MUSIC
The Liar
7:30pm. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
FOOD & WINE
8-11:30pm. $15/10 FT students. Lesson at 8pm. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
Solid Sound: Wilco’s Music and Art Festival
8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Aston Magna Music Festival 2015: Le Monde de Marin Marais: La Musique et La Danse
8-10pm. $30-$35. Works by Marais include Sarabande à l’espagnole; Les Voix Humaines; Sonate à la Maresienne. Dressing and Baroque Dancing at the court of Louis XIV: La Toilette, Fêtes et Bals, Dancing Lessons, Rituals and Intricacies. Lully: Dance Interludes, Courantes, Sarabande; Louis de La Coste: Gigue. Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Catherine Liddell, theorbo; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Carly Fox Horton and Olsi Gjeci, dancers, and Patricia Forelle, narrator. Aston Magna Artistic Director Daniel Stepner, Baroque violin, leads each event and delivers a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. Olin Auditorium at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. (800) 875-7156.
Aston Magna Presents Le Monde de Marin Marais: La Musique et La Danse 8pm. Olin Auditorium at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7003.
Keith Newman
8pm. Acoustic. The Publik House, Ellenville. Thepublikhouseny.com.
Professor Louie & The Crowmatix
7pm. Opener: Dylan Doyle. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
A Summer Evening at the Rosens’: Cocktails, Dinner & Concerts
5-7:30pm. $82. Enjoy a social cocktail hour in the Sense Circle Garden before entering the magnificent Music Room for a brief presentation on the Rosen Family and a short theremin concert and demonstration, followed by an elegant and delicious dinner on the stunning East Porch. The evening ends with an uplifting performance in the Spanish Courtyard with cellist Edward Arron and Friends. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
Thrown Together Band
9:30pm. Classic rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
NIGHTLIFE
Late Night/Date Night
Fourth Friday of every month, 6-9pm. Join us for our monthly late night, open studio session for adults only. Fiberflame Studio, Rhinebeck. 679-6132.
THEATER
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Oklahoma! 7:30pm. $25. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
Spring Awakening
8pm. Tony-award winning musical. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-6900.
SATURDAY 27 COMEDY
Comedian Vic Dibitetto
8pm. $25/$35. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf. 610-5335.
DANCE
Learn to Swing Dance Workshop
Last Saturday of every month, 6-7:30pm. $30/$25 pre-register. APG Pilates, Newburgh. 236-3939.
Pam Tanowitz Dance & FLUX Quartet 8pm. $25. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
Tom Gold Dance
8pm. $20-$55. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9040.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
Annual Hudson River Day
10am-5pm. Celebrate the history and bounty of the Hudson River Valley. Learn about historical industries, visit heritage vessels, entertainment, vendors and children’s activities. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080.
Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival
noon-midnight. $60-$85. A two-day event featuring world-renowned jazz legends. Saturday’s line-up will include Erykah Badu, Sheila E, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Cassandra Wilson, Theo Croker, the Pedrito Martinez Group, and many more. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330.
Solid Sound: Wilco’s Music and Art Festival
MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
FOOD & WINE
A Moveable Feast
5pm. $150 all-inclusive. \Your evening begins with a “Meet the Chefs” reception in the glorious Farquharson Hall.Then it’s on to an amazing meal during which you will move through our three restaurants. You’ll enjoy a four-course meal. A guide will take you from restaurant to restaurant and point out highlights of the CIA campus along the way. Culinary Institue of America —American Bounty Restaurant, Hyde Park. 451-1014.
KIDS & FAMILY Repair Cafe
11am-4pm. We fix everything for free! Bring your broken but beloved items, small appliances, electrical, mechanical, wood, toys, clothes, books, china, glass, knives for sharpening. Come and learn how to fix it, chat, have a snack, and there is a take-itapart table for kids as well. Clinton Avenue United Methodist, Kingston. (914) 263-7368.
LITERARY & BOOKS
Kingston’s Spoken Word
7pm. $5. Singer, songwriter and author Bar Scott and author Abigail Thomas. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston. 331-2884.
Woodstock Library Forum: Marshall Karp: A Reading
5-6pm. A Woodstock writer with a national reputation, Marshall Karp achieved fame and best seller status with his big hit novel, The Rabbit Factory. When he joined forces with James Patterson, king of the best sellers, to write a series of police procedurals, his many fans rejoiced. He will sign copies of his latest, NYPD RED 3, at this reading. Woodstock Library, Woodstock. 679-2213.
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MUSIC
American Roots Music Festival
12-11pm. $30-$85/children half price. With legendary stars and up and coming artists, the festival offers an eclectic mix of folk, country, bluegrass, gospel, blues, early jazz, singer/songwriter, string band, old time, traditional and contemporary roots music. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
The Rondout National Historic District Tour
Last Saturday of every month, 1pm. $10/$5 children. This tour traces the rapid transformation of Kingston’s waterfront area from farmland into a thriving maritime village and Hudson River port when it became the terminus of the Delaware and Hudson Canal 1828. Ulster County Visitors Center, Kingston.
Blue Food
THEATER
Breakaway Featuring Robin Baker
7:30pm. $25. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
9:30pm. Funk. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760. Last Saturday of every month, 8-11:30pm. Music ranges from rock n roll, R&B, standards, and pop songs. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
The Garcia Project
8pm. $20. This will be an invigorating evening of the actual, full, classic Jerry Garcia Band music from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
The Hudson Valley Jazz Festival
8-10:30pm. $15. Shunzo Ohno, David Berkman (keyboard), Clifford Carter (keyboard), Billy Drummond (drums), Bill Moring (bass). Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill, United States. (914) 737-1701.
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
7pm. $5-$30. Works by Beethoven, Dvorak, and Tchaikovsky. Olin Auditorium at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7003.
Live in the Landscape Concert Series: Keely Schmerber 7pm. $20/$50 family. A prodigy of classical music, Keely will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Debussy on a magnificent Steinway Grand Piano while the audience also enjoys the architecture and views. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872.
Nexus
8pm. Peter Schickele: Percussion Sonata No. 3, “Maverick”, Steve Reich: Drumming Part I, Suite of Persian Songs: Arranged by Russell Hartenberger and featuring Sepideh Raissadat, Iranian singer and instrumentalist. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. 679-8217.
Sean Austin
8:30pm. Acoustic. Piano Wine Bar, Fishkill. 896-8466.
Shunzo Ohno
8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Soñando
7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Soul Asylum
7pm. $22-$33. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.
Tani Tabbal Trio
8pm. $10. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.
The West Point Band: Heroes and Villains
7:30pm. The West Point Band is proud to present this performance celebrating heroes of literature, television and film, video games, and service to the nation. West Point Military Academy, West Point. Usma.edu.
Young People’s Concert: Nexus Percussion
11am. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. 679-8217.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION 2-3 Mile Leisurely Walk
1:30pm. Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center, Wappingers Falls. (518) 402-8049.
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Rodgers and Hammerstein: Oklahoma!
Spring Awakening
8pm. Tony-award winning musical. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-6900.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Draga Šušanj’s: Sculpture: Art &Environment
10am-4pm. 2-day workshop. Art School of Columbia County, Harlemville. (518) 672-7140.
Pigment Stick Mixed Media Lab
11am-4pm. $65. Our Pigment Stick Mixed Media Lab allows artists to explore the many possible applications of R&F Pigment Sticks, encompassing traditional and alternative approaches and materials. Class begins with basic instruction in the use and application of the paint. There will also be demonstrations of basic encaustic technique for those who are interested in combining these two highly compatible media. R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston. (800) 206-8088.
SUNDAY 28 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Repair Café
Yale Epstein, Artist Talk
SPIRITUALITY
LITERARY & BOOKS
Last Sunday of every month, 2-3:30pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
4pm. The first book to fully capture the story of the exotic and exciting game of Mah Jongg, offering an intimate look at the history of the game as well as the visual beauty of the tiles. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
THEATER
MUSIC
Spring Awakening
2-4pm. Albert Shahinian Fine Art Gallery, Rhinebeck. 876-7578.
Gregg Swain Presents Mah Jongg: The Art of the Game
All That Jazz
1-5pm. $45. Buffet lunch and a variety of Jazz performances. Altamura Center for the Arts, Jewett. (518) 610-3332.
Beacon Riverfest Music and Food Festival
12-8pm. $15-25. Produced by Beacon Music Factory in partnership with BeaconArts, Beacon Riverfest is an annual outdoor rock, world music and food festival. The lineup includes Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars, Decora, Tracy Bonham, Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents, Breakfast in Fur, What Moon Things, Schwervon!, Gato Loco, Shana Falana, Sidewalk Chalk, M Shanghai String Band, and more. Pete and Toshi Seeger Riverfront Park, Beacon. (917) 806-1348.
Guillermo Klein’s “Symmetrical Moon Vamps” Residency 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Happy Together Tour 2015
7pm. $58-$128. The annual summer tour returns the Music Hall. This year the tour features 56 Billboard Solid Gold Hits. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390.
Jasper String Quartet
Akashic Records Revealed with June Brought
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Oklahoma! 2pm. $25. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. 2pm. Tony-award winning musical. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-6900.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Extended AUM with Dahlia Bartz Cabe 10:30am-noon. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
MONDAY 29 KIDS & FAMILY
“Project Funway” Fashion Summer Camp $250/session. Fashion designers-in-training will spend the week testing their fashion design skills by designing their own fashion line through sketching and sewing. They will put new spin on old and create unique one of it’s kind clothing and accessory items. At the end of each session we will have a fashion show where family will be invited. Beacon Art Studios, Beacon. 728-2542.
Rock Band Boot Camp $275. Week-long camp for ages 12-16. Beacon Music Factory, Beacon. 202-3555.
Summer Camp Omi 2015 9am-3pm. $325 week/ $300 a week for 2 or more weeks. Summer camp for children ages 4 1/2-12. Camp Omi is a unique, artsbased day program where kids explore contemporary art and ideas through a variety of media and experiences. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.
Fourth Sunday of every month, 12-4pm. The Repair Café features tools and materials to help attendees make the repairs they need on furniture, small appliances, housewares, clothes and textiles, jewelry, lamps and lighting, artwork, crockery, toys and more. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
4:30-6:15pm. $20-$55. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.
DANCE
Los Lonely Boys
MUSIC
Porches and Frankie Cosmos
2pm. Acoustic. Storm King Art Center, Mountainville. 534-3115.
7:30-10:30pm. $26-$85. 360-member ensemble and 68-member orchestra. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330.
Rick Altman Trio
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Sunday Brunch with Erik Lawrence Quartet
6:30pm. $10. Theresa Stufano of Stampin’ Up will lead this workshop and help participant make three different cards. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.
Pam Tanowitz Dance & FLUX Quartet 3pm. $25. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.
FAIRS & FESTIVALS Beacon Riverfets 2015
12-8pm. Music and food festival. See website for details. Riverfront Park, Beacon. Beaconriverfest.org.
Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival
noon-midnight. $60-$85. A two-day event featuring world-renowned jazz legends. Saturday’s line-up will include Erykah Badu, Sheila E, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Cassandra Wilson, Theo Croker, the Pedrito Martinez Group, and many more. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. (518) 584-9330.
Phoenicia Flea
11am-6pm. Parish Field, Phoenicia. Phoeniciaflea.com.
Solid Sound: Wilco’s Music and Art Festival
MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Self-Compassion Retreat
9:15am-4:30pm. $50. The focus of this retreat is compassion for ourselves. During this retreat we will explore the nature of compassion as a mindfulness practice. This retreat is open to all and appropriate for anyone who wishes to explore the role of compassion in their own life. Woodstock Mindfulness, Woodstock. 389-3850.
KIDS & FAMILY
Cylindrical Giants
1-2pm. Explore Alexander Lieberman’s large-scale sculptures. Storm King School, Cornwall. 534-7892.
LECTURES & TALKS
Time Travel Through American Art History
5:30-7:30pm. $10. Columbia County Council on the Arts, Hudson. (518) 671-6213.
Keb’ Mo’
8pm. $70. Singer, songwriter, guitarist and contemporary blues. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. 7:30pm. Rock. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf. 610-5335.
8:30pm. Jazz. Harmony Music, Woodstock. 679-7760.
11am. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Tenth Annual Paul Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert
2pm. $35/$30 members/$20 students. This year’s all-Bach program features The Broad Street Chorale and Orchestra directed by David Smith, performing works of Johann Sebastian Bach for chorus, orchestra, and both vocal and instrumental soloists. ps21, Chatham. (518) 392.6121.
OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES First Annual Rosendale Mermaid Parade
1-2pm. Mermaids of all ages and both genders will be gathering community, raising funds for the Rosendale Town Pool, and celebrating children and the arts. The Rosendale Farmer’s Market will be hosting children’s water based activities from 10-1pm and everyone can socialize and snack at the Farmer’s market while we get organized to march. Rosendale, Rosendale. Rosendalevictorian.wix.com/mermaid-parade.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION
Fishkill Creek Clean-Out & Paddle
Come help us build a water trail on the Fishkill Creek. We’ll paddle the creek as we clear it for canoes and kayaks. If you don’t have a boat, gear or tools, but want to help, contact the leader. Bring lunch, water & work gloves. Fishkill, Fishkill. 297-5126.
Tour de Kingston
9am-2pm. Bike ride distance for all level of riders. Forsyth Park, Kingston. 338-3810, x 102.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Card Making Class
TUESDAY 30 FILM
School of Rock 8:30pm. ps21, Chatham. (518) 392.6121.
OUTDOORS & RECREATION Sunset/moonlight Walk
7:30-9:30pm. Join us for a walk from New Paltz south toward Gardiner, with views of sunset over Shawangunk Ridge and a return stroll by moonlight.Wear comfortable shoes and bring hat, jacket and flashlight or headlamp. New Paltz Rail Trail, New Paltz. 338-0300.
SPIRITUALITY
Amma Sri Karunamayi Amma, speaking to all faiths, brings her message of peace, selfless service, divine love and compassion. Saraswati Mantra Diksha ($41) for students age 4-24. Silent Meditation Retreat Wednesday July 1st, 8 AM to 6 PM. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Beginner Swing Dance Classes 6-7pm. $80/four week series. With professional instructors Linda & Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios. New series begins every four weeks. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939.
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Planet Waves BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO
The robot Ava from Ex Machina.
Life With and Within the Robot
T
he other night I went to the movies with my cousin Dominick Vanacore, and we saw Ex Machina. One of my principles of film is that any movie worth seeing once is worth seeing twice, and Ex Machina qualifies. It’s the story of a programming genius (modeled after a search-engine billionaire who goes into other stuff, much in the spirit of Google) who develops both the mental algorithm and the physical engineering for extremely vivid human-styled robots. The action begins when one of his employees arrives at the research and development compound, which looks like it’s located in rural Alaska with the weather of Hawaii. The employee’s job is to perform the Turing test on one of the robots—to engage with the robot and determine whether it’s convincingly human. The Turing test was conceived by Alan Turing, one of the inventors of computing (such as the concepts of “computation” and “algorithm”—or automated reasoning). His test involved whether a human can distinguish human intelligence from machine intelligence. In Ex Machina, it’s performed as a series of interviews between Caleb Smith and the robot, who’s called Ava. Director Alex Garland (a Brit—this ain’t from Hollywood) intentionally did the film low-budget, because with less money you have to have a stronger concept and rely on acting rather than special effects. That said, the CGI used to create the human robots is utterly convincing. They spent their budget well. The scenario is set inside a massive, mostly underground facility that is designed for security and surveillance. Every move, sound, activity, entrance, and exit is controlled by computer programming. But Ava indeed has a mind of her own. Caleb is charmed by Ava from the first moment. The test is over when it begins. 114 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM 6/15
We find out, though, that Ava has been specifically designed based on Caleb’s own preferences, as discerned from studying what and where he searched on the Internet—especially his preferences for porn. She’s designed to play right into his needs and desires. Ava passes the Turing test, and a lot of bad things happen in the process. I would love to tell you exactly what, but I don’t want to reveal too much. What we get, however, is the perfect metaphor for the current Internet and the potential future of society: machines that cannot be distinguished from humans. Currently this is not because the machines are so advanced but rather because most humans are so easy to fool. Most perception is really projection. We see what we think we are. But then something odd happens, which is that we become like the environment in which we function. Humans are becoming like machines more rapidly than machines are becoming humans. This takes some perceptive skill to see. The Internet is an environment, and by a definition I like to work with—that of Marshall McLuhan—an environment is an invisible phenomenon. Most people do not consider the Internet a robot, but that’s exactly what it is, and it’s exactly how we use it. It becomes visible when we have problems, or some other factor changes the patterns we’re used to processing below the surface of consciousness. Mercury is currently retrograde in Gemini, making several contacts to Neptune in Pisces. Mercury is the worldly god of technology and communication. Neptune is the worldly god of the imagination, deception, dreams, and intoxicating substances. Put them together in the digital environment and we are likely to get some observable effects, or rather, effects worth observing. Mercury retrogrades are a time to pay attention and tune into the environment; the challenges make that environment more noticeable, and your responses to it easier to feel. This blend of retrograde Mercury plus Neptune would alone be the perfect
blend to create this effect, but currently we also have Mars in the mix, which is adding energy in the form of impulse, determination, frustration, and anger. In sussing this out, let’s start with anger. Many people are pretty pissed off as it is. We normally tend to gloss over this with social graces or, alternately, ignoring one another. Various numb-out substances, predominantly liquor and prescription meds, also push anger below the surface. They are coping mechanisms. But if you look at the constant state of war, and its popularity, and the prevalence of violence and why people indulge in so much psychic violence in the form of films, TV, and games where people are constantly dying (or being possessed by evil spirits, or raped, or stolen from), the shadow side of society is easier to see. The current mix of energies has some real potential to be self-destructive. It also has an “unconscious” quality. Now, take this state of mind and transplant it onto the Internet. Consciousness, already bound up in so much frustrated struggle, engages an environment where we are basically prisoners. We know we’re observed like prisoners. Any honest assessment reveals that the Internet and the NSA (the previously unheard-of National Security Agency, whose supposed real job is to spy on encrypted communications of foreign governments) are one and the same. The Internet is a surveillance tool. That it’s so useful makes it all the better as one. Your search results are being tracked, and if they are not, you’re likely to feel like they are. If you sit at a desktop computer or use a mobile device, there’s a camera constantly pointed at your face, and microphones listening to you. Add this to the security cameras now placed in every corner of the world (including many people’s homes) and it’s easy to see that the environment of the R&D facility in Ex Machina is close to the current state of affairs. Here’s the real problem: many people seek freedom on the Internet. That’s where we go, most of the time, at our current phase of history. There’s a level of freedom that is indeed seductive. The Net is not a substitute for experience, it is an experience, but it’s one that tends to leave people feeling empty. Yet most people have imported pre-existing emptiness with them to their experience of the Internet. I have observed that, as digital technology takes over, we’re leading lives less based on tangible experiences and more based on abstract concepts. Back in the AOL days, there used to be that Surf Safely message on the welcome page. Every time I saw it, I would think, what actual danger lurks on the Internet? What can actually happen to a person from “surfing” a website? (Clearly, the implication was to avoid photos of sex, which is funny, since Hot Chat was the feature that made AOL profitable at the time the company went public—a fact that was concealed from investors.) It’s true that the Craigslist Killer (whatever happened to that?) is not so much an imaginary threat, but you would have to go way out of your way to get from a website to an in-person encounter with a murderer. So really, that’s a lot more than an “Internet danger.” If the dangers of the Internet are largely imaginary, or require someone’s full participation, so too is its satisfaction. People go to the Internet most often because they are lacking in some tangible experience, then they don’t get that thing at all. Most of the time, unless you’re really focused and know exactly what you’re doing, you get something else—particularly in social experiences online. You get an abstraction, a description, a photograph, that leaves you wanting. It’s an advertiser’s dream come true. One variable is that the more you contribute to the Internet the more real it is to you, because you’re investing more creative energy. Where you invest creative energy you will have a more satisfying experience—that’s true of just about everything. Cooking a basic meal for yourself has a sense of accomplishment that paying for an expensive meal in a restaurant does not have.
So, we now go looking for food in the land of zeros and ones. We seek human contact in the midst of programmed systems, whether you’re talking about texting someone you could be sitting with, or seeking a partner on one of the many, many dating and marriage websites that have become extremely big business these days. Instead of going out and talking to people, we’re training ourselves to rely on robots to do it for us. Robots may be good for some things, like making a random playlist work. But they are terrible for actual human interaction because they filter out everything that truly makes us human—the nuances, the sensory experiences, the rich silence, eye contact, warmth, and touch. An e-mail petition is not a protest or a community meeting. An online course is not sitting in a classroom with your peers. A YouTube video is not a performance. Yet the Internet by its nature demands a kind of participation. The problem is that most of the time that participation leads nowhere. It’s true that there are circumstances where the Internet is very helpful, especially for isolated people, those who cannot leave the house, or those in areas where no other culture is easily available. To the extent that we have some experiences that seem real or relevant, we bring most of the material, and do a heck of a lot of projecting of our own human traits onto who or whatever we’re interrelating with through millions of lines of code, all while being observed by some authority figure that is the equivalent of a cyber god. While the universal fear associated with robots is that they will rise up and take over the world, I think the real issue is that they are slowly training us to be like them, to respond without emotion, instantly, providing exactly what is demanded. They are training us to expect people to be like them. That’s a subtle way to take over the world, and consciousness, and its evolution. Remember that when you go out on the street and people are walking around staring into their little computer screens. Remember that every time you hear about a car accident caused by someone who was texting. Even when people get together, there’s an increasingly stilted quality to the interchanges. Many young people consider it intimidating to meet people in person, or to be in any social circumstance where what’s expected of them is not made explicitly clear. It’s as if social interactions now must be part of an algorithm or nobody knows quite what to do. It’s as if the risk factor is too high in merely having an unscripted encounter with another person. Now for the quest—reclaiming our souls in the midst of a time when advanced programmers are trying to figure out how to synthesize the soul, or distract you from remembering that you have one. There’s no easy answer to that, nor is there an easy way to state the issue. One problem with all this automation is that instead of leading us to lives of leisure, every waking minute seems to be occupied and time is running out of control. If you choose to explore some variant on physical reality, tangible experiences and in-person encounters, you may discover that fewer people than ever are interested—especially if it’s a situation where they must “be themselves.” To be yourself means to be who you are, thinking on your feet, unscripted, while being seen and listened to. Soul means being you without a role to play, such as serving coffee, selling insurance, or being a girlfriend. Soul means facing the risk of rejection. Soul means allowing random things to happen. Soul means allowing a conversation to go for more than a few moments. Soul means that your body and your senses are central to your life experience. And therein lies the rub: Being in your body reminds you that you won’t have that opportunity forever.
Many young people consider it intimidating to meet people in person, or to be in any social circumstance where what’s expected of them is not made explicitly clear. It’s as if social interactions now must be part of an algorithm or nobody knows quite what to do.
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You may have changed your mind about something in the past month, something that really matters. You may even rethink that same thing several times in the coming few weeks. And you may be wondering why you’re not able to get a clear fix on your real position, though you’ve learned a lot from working through the question so many times. What you’re about to discover is that what matters is not what you think, but how you feel. Emotions are the real motivator for most people, if not for everyone. You can test this out by noticing how often the facts are ignored entirely and people respond only to their emotional impulses. You may find that in doing so, you harness a lot more of your authentic motivation. It will help immensely if you remember what you’ve learned in sorting out things like harboring two perfectly contradictory desires or opinions simultaneously. It can be really annoying while you’re working through that, then you start to get the benefits. One of them is seeing how what seems to conflict does not have to. Often opposites contain one another, and support one another more than they compete. The ability to hold contradictions cultivates profound strength. From there, when you make a decision, you align yourself with some deeper core reality of who you are and move forward with bold determination.
TAURUS (April 19-May 20) The return of Saturn to your opposite sign, Scorpio, will slow down the movie and allow you to evaluate whether a new commitment is right for you. Evaluation does not imply that something is wrong, or that you need to step back; rather, it implies an experiment that will help you suss out what you really want. What you also get is a reminder of what your life was like going back a few years. If any old fears or sadness come to the surface, you can trust that they’re arising in your awareness so that you can see where you were and remember how you felt. This is for the purpose of gaining clarity and resolution. The resounding message of your charts, and the reminder going forward, is about keeping your commitments loose enough that you have room to move. As someone born under a fixed sign, you tend to think in terms of permanence. This can include the desire to honor tradition, or to maintain bonds with others for the sake of doing so. Those have a real value, which does not conflict with leaving some options open. Seen one way, what you seem to be doing is revising a time-honored tradition and making it suitable for your life (and the world) as they are now. That is progress.
GEMINI
(May 20-June 21)
You’re never one to keep silent for long, though you may be pushing things lately. Between Mars in your sign and Mercury retrograde there as well, you’re speaking with unusual boldness, though some may perceive you as arguing both sides of an issue. While I would never urge you to dial back your eloquent views, I suggest that you pay attention to the limits of others in your environment. This would include your intimate partners, business partners, and those with whom you have a strong disagreement. You live the idea that dialog, debate, and repartee are a friendly sport. Others not so enlightened have the potential to take offense. You may get a warning at some point this month to mind your politics, for example, those in the workplace, or when dealing with any legal or government authority. Make sure that how you express your views is appropriate to your situation. Please take extra care wherever and whenever alcohol is involved. That’s the time to avoid the whole in vino veritas thing and stick to less controversial matters. Let the presence of alcohol, in your environment or in your body, be a caution that you’re closer to the edge than usual. You may write some excellent stuff, though set a delay and publish after Mercury stations direct on the 11th or better still, after the Sun leaves your sign on the 21st.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) Emphasize what works, especially where money is concerned. Over the past few seasons you’ve likely figured out where there are resources to be had, and where they are less likely to turn up. Those are not absolute truths, however. Leave yourself room to experiment. Most of all, make sure you invest most of your time and energy into what you’re the most devoted to. Current aspects so strongly support your finances that if you’re ever going to get a monetary reward from what you love to do the most, now is the time to take that chance. I say this knowing that you may be confronting some deep fears, including how you may have used up a “last chance” of some kind. You may also be questioning your integrity and whether it’s possible to maintain it in your current environment. It’s worth noticing these thoughts going through your mind, in as detached a way as possible. When the Sun and Mars enter your sign later in the month, you’ll see that you were really experiencing a lack of confidence. It will be best to address this by moving forward, taking the most direct route that you can. Remember that confidence leads to success more effectively than success leads to confidence. This is a matter of faith in yourself, which ultimately requires no proof or even evidence of validity.
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LEO (July 22-August 23) Self-improvement is a real distraction from growth. It’s like the theory as compared with the reality. Growth means change, and for you right now, change means expansion. The quest to “be a better person” is questionable; to make the most of your life, and to use every experience as an opportunity to facilitate learning, is a mature approach. You’re in a phase of considering your many possibilities; you have not felt this kind of potential in a long time. You can safely ignore any mixed signals you seem to be getting from your environment, such as what others think you want to do is really a good idea. You don’t need to guide yourself by any form of public opinion. It looks like you’re being guided in the direction of an opportunity to put potential and opportunity together. This may seem like a stroke of pure luck until you figure out that you will have to make some adjustments to a current commitment in order to bring this to fruition. Yet I suggest you consider whatever impact that any potential choice will have on a partnership as something working in your favor. You will raise issues such as the extent to which a certain connection affords you the freedom you need to make positive moves. You will get a look at what adjustments are necessary to facilitate this. Know what you want; remember that everything is negotiable.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22) So much is happening behind the scenes that you’ll be amazed when it starts to emerge. At the moment it may seem like your most ambitious actions and your very best plans amount to little more than a windstorm. At least you aspire to greater things and you’re taking action. Yet it’s as if a whole other show is developing behind the one that’s currently apparent. Therefore, I suggest you use current events as more of a study than as a surefire course of action. Get to know people, particularly those with authority and influence. You are likely to be meeting them in droves, especially in informal contexts or places you least expect. Keep in contact with them and develop relationships that exist outside of any specific plans. This includes making sure that the people around you are organized and working effectively. Pay particular attention to work flow. Notice the ways in which technology helps, or gets in the way—and remember those vital discoveries. You don’t need to be the boss as much as you need to be a facilitator. If there is any troubleshooting to be done, make sure you do it yourself or are directly involved. The current timeframe into July is the time to set the stage for greater things to come.
LIBRA (September 22-October 23) Pay attention to how you think others perceive you. It may not be true, but your ideas will tell a story. Then you can check whether that story teaches you anything useful. The reality, as I see it, is that you have tremendous respect and admiration coming from your peers. You can turn that into support or creative opportunity. Yet secretly, you may have your doubts. You may be wondering whether you’re really worthy of anyone’s high opinion of you, or their recognition of your talent. The doubts you may be feeling very likely belong to someone else. I know they seem real, but consider the possibility that they are part of someone else’s legacy. Let’s take this a step further. Imagine for a moment the most frightening, negative things that you heard about religion as a child: the rules, the threats, the twisted logic. Did that in any way set limits on your bliss? Consider what your parents were told, and how that may have filtered through to you in language that was not obviously dressed in the garb of religion. Once you see these things for what they are, it will be easier to acknowledge them and make choices that are not covertly misinformed by them. The thing to hunt for are messages that somehow establish the validity of a negative self-image. Be bold about finding them—and laughing at them.
SCORPIO (October 23-November 22) Saturn spent more than two years in your sign, and now it’s about to make one last visit to Scorpio before taking up residence in Sagittarius till late 2017. This is a reminder that an emotional growth phase is not quite over. You’ll also figure out how little you need to do, in order to reach a state of true resolution. In the end, I think that you’ll discover that this was all about being at peace with who you are. Look for that one last little place you’re holding out; that one condition you’re holding against your self-acceptance. I am going to take an educated guess and say this has something to do with sex. You seem to be of two opinions about something or someone, and the more you focus on it, the more opinions you seem to have. You’re someone who prefers to know exactly where you stand, though the current scenario is really making you wonder if that’s even possible. Maybe it’s not. Maybe your viewpoint keeps changing and that’s natural. Maybe you’re aware that there are many potentials. Maybe it’s just fine if you contradict yourself from day to day. I would ask, though: Do you talk about your desires and experiences, or do you tend to keep them to yourself? Opening up will help—a lot. Secrets are about power. This is about pleasure. 6/15 CHRONOGRAM PLANET WAVES 117
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SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 22) If you added it up, you would be surprised how much time you spend solving the problems of others. By that I mean people you know are in your environment, and people who lived on Earth before you (parents and other ancestors). By problems, I mean their hang-ups; their anxieties; the things they didn’t resolve. Their regrets over the experiences they didn’t have. Right now life is offering you many people, places and things to explore. Some of them will approach you; others you must take a small chance and reach out to. You will also have to sort out which of them is friendly, or a positive influence. You may encounter a kind of ambiguity that will, in itself, be seductive. The thing that you’re prepared to do that many people in the past could not handle is to embrace variables, unknowns and mixed signals, and not have your mind explode. Take a light approach and listen to what people say; notice how their story changes. Notice how they really feel underneath the story. As you do this you will make some interesting observations about yourself. For example, an overload of small talk may remind you that you really have some ambitious plans for what to do with your talent. You have no need to be deterred by the ways in which others fall short of their own potential.
CAPRICORN (December 22-January 20) You may be in the midst of a struggle about where you fit into society. This goes beyond what job you do, and what calling you follow. I’m talking about the most basic elements of establishing your unique place in the world. And that’s precisely the thing—unique means one of a kind, and this is very much about your individual place in a very complicated world. The situation seems to have reached the point where you gave up on the question for a while; in some ways the past few months have come with a sense of isolation that you could not quite understand or describe. I suggest you take up the question of your involvement in the world not as a theoretical thing but as something you experiment with actively. It’s true that this may disrupt certain established patterns. But the reward will be going beyond your expectations and theories and experiencing the results of an actual experiment. If you say you want to do some thing in the future, try doing it now. If you have an idea of who you are, step into the world as that person, today. This is not a time to be attached to stability for its own sake. All of your real potential is contained in your ability to shuffle the deck, adapt, explore and observe the results that you get.
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You may be wondering what kind of crazy romantic karma you have going on. What, exactly, is the purpose of your involvements? Where are they leading you? They seem to start off as one thing and end up as another. The current mix of Mercury retrograde plus Mars is a reminder to everyone that life is a creative experiment. That includes every dimension of eroticism, of art, of pleasureseeking and for you, of that place where minds meet and reveal to you something about yourself. Though I’m not certain of this, my current theory is that every encounter of this kind is designed as a self-revelation. Following that theory, you may be discovering that your relationship to yourself is presently the most complicated one in your life. Doubts about what you stand for, questions about your priorities, and a need to truly honor your healing process are swimming around your deepest feelings. The sensation of having no solid ground on which to stand is one of the most relevant themes of our time in history, and you can embody it fully. It would seem a scary place to be, except for the fact that it’s got so much to offer you. You might say that if life right now is governed by the uncertainty principle, then you are a master of the game.
PISCES (February 19-March 20) First, the question of the month is: how good do you think your life can be? Keep that in mind for a moment. Meanwhile, you may be going through a phase of insecurity beyond what’s normal for you. This has a great benefit—you’re asking questions about what makes you feel safe, which translate into questions about what you want. Insecurity is usually considered a bad thing. Raised to full consciousness, it’s one of the most productive feelings you can have. So I suggest you do the full consciousness thing and see what comes up. Your astrology is drawing two closely related pictures right now. One of them describes you working to resolve a seeming split in your emotional body. That could be two competing sets of feelings; the influences of radically different childhood family backgrounds; or some other inner division that you are currently exploring one side of, then the other side of. Over in another corner of your chart, your life is illustrated as something in a state of continual improvement. So potent is this developing event that you’re likely to get a taste of the life you want in a way you’ve never seen or felt it before. I suggest you remember that this is not so much a point of arrival as it is a demonstration of what is possible. Remember—this is actual proof.
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Sculptures by Magnus Agustsson. Photos by Samantha Sapienza; Parkavenueartphoto.com.
When Magnus Agustsson was eight years old, he enrolled in a drawing class, where his teacher left him alone with a lump of clay for an hour while he went downtown. “When I got the clay, I feel, looking back, I was addicted immediately,” Agustsson tells the cameraman in the documentary based on his life, The Art of Being Magnus Agustsson. “I didn’t care about drawings or paintings, I wanted to make sculpture.” The Icelandic-born pediatric cardiologist and surgeon would juggle art classes with his family, medical practice, and professorship (he was also teaching at the Rockford Medical College) until 1989. He retired from pediatric cardiology to sculpt full-time, though he continued to practice medicine part-time well into his 80s. He died last June at the age of 89. Over the course of his artistic career, Agustsson produced more than 100 faces and busts, most of which are on display at his namesake, the Agustsson Gallery in Kingston. The late artist’s widow, Diane, estimates he may have created as many as 150 pieces. Diane now acts as the gallery curator and garden cultivator, tending to the jungle of trees and blossoms tucked behind the gallery, her late husband’s stone sculptures scattered throughout. The Agustsson Gallery shows not only the artist’s work for whom it’s named, but also paintings by local, New York City, and Boston artists. Both the paintings and Augustsson’s sculptures are available for purchase. Agustssongallery.com. The Agustsson Gallery in Kingston will hold an open on June 6 from 5-9pm. —Kelly Seiz 120 CHRONOGRAM 6/15