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NEWS AND POLITICS

CULINARY ADVENTURES SUPPLEMENT

26 HEAVY TRAFFIC

79 CURRANT EVENTS

Adair K. Fincher reports on the modern-day slave trade: human trafficking, what Foreign Affairs editor Moises Naim calls “one of the five wars of globalization.”

30 BEINHART’S BODY POLITIC Larry Beinhart follows the money: Thus far in Iraq, the US has spent $434 billion. Who has benefited from the infusion of capital into the region?

COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK 32 AGING IN PLACE Abby Luby reports on an innovative program in the Orange County town of Montgomery that is helping seniors remain in their own homes.

36 SUSTAINABILITY: STANDING ON THE SOURCE Laurie Capps taps into the potential of geothermal energy at home.

38 ART OF BUSINESS: TEA MASTERS Ann Braybrooks visits Harney and Sons Tea factory and tasting room in Millerton and learns how to brew a successful family business.

Miriam Leberstein takes a literary tack to jam-making.

83 FARMERS’ MARKETS A directory of cooperative farmers’ markets in the Hudson Valley.

WHOLE LIVING GUIDE 88 ADVANCE DIRECTIVES Lorrie Klosterman explains the importance of end-of-life medical care preferences.

92 MESSAGES FROM MERTON Damien Tavis Toman reflects on the life and writings of Thomas Merton.

BUSINESS SERVICES 67 TASTINGS A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 84 BUSINESS DIRECTORY

94 WHOLE LIVING DIRECTORY

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ARTS & CULTURE 44 PORTFOLIO Sculptor Pamela Wallace.

46 LUCID DREAMING Beth E. Wilson previews the Kingston Sculpture Biennial.

49 GALLERY AND MUSEUM GUIDE What's hanging in galleries and museums throughout the region.

52 MUSIC Peter Aaron profiles Great Barrington-based old time outfit The Hunger Mountain Boys. Plus local scenester DJ Wavy Davy’s Nightlife Highlights and reviews of CDs by Sheri Bauer-Mayorga and Lincoln Mayorga American Snapshots Reviewed by Peter Aaron. Preferably Tapioca Girl Scout Pocket Songbook Reviewed by DJ Wavy Davy. Kat Mills Two Reviewed by David Malachowski.

56 BOOKS Nina Shengold visits the storybook home of author and James Patterson collaborator Maxine Paetro.

58 BOOK REVIEWS Kim Wozencraft reviews Nine Ways to Cross a River by Akiko Busch. Pauline Uchmanowicz reviews Varieties of Disturbance by Lydia Davis. Caitlin McDonnell reviews Quinnehtukqut by Joshua Harmon.

62 POETRY Poems by D.A. Bird, Lori Esmond Calderon, Steve Clark, Alyse Dietrich, Cecele Allen Kraus, Frank LaRonca, Sharon Nichols, Joanna Preston, Christopher Porpora, Jesslyn Roebuck, J.R. Solonche, and Phoebe Wray.

64 FOOD & DRINK Pauline Uchmanowicz profiles Columbia County’s latest culinary star, Local 111 in Philmont.

140 PARTING SHOT Devotion, a digital photograph by Kelly Sinclair.

THE FORECAST 111 DAILY CALENDAR Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates of calendar listings are posted at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 107 “Metaphysical Ground,” an exhibit of images by Vincent Serbin at Galerie BMG in Woodstock. 110 Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival stages “Richard III” in repertory with “As You Like It” this summer at Boscobel Restoration in Garrison. 113 A preview of the Maverick Concerts season in Woodstock, featuring soprano Nancy Allen Lundy in a “Woodstock Legends” concert on July 28. 117 Time and Space Limited in Hudson screens Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox, a biopic on the peculiar life of Emanuel Bronner. 121 Eilen Jewell plays at the Rosendale Cafe on July 14 in support of her latest release Letters from Strangers and Sinners. 122 Director Daniel Fish stages “The Elliot Smith Project,” a theatrical presentation of the disaffected singer-songwriter’s music, in Bard’s Spiegeltent. 125 Bard’s SummerScape features music, theater, dance, film, and more, connected to the legacy of English composer Edward Elgar. 129 Free103point9 presents a concert of experimental, avant-garde, and improvisational music at its Wave Farm in the Greene County hamlet of Acra.

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Eric Francis Coppolino explains the social and political consequences of the current phase of Neptune in Aquarius. Plus horoscopes.

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LEADING LIGHTS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY dependence and domestic violence—almost always free of charge. Berg’s dedication to these issues has led him to hold numerous leadership positions for a variety of organizations; he’s the chair of the Ulster County Legislative Affordable Housing Consortium, is on the board of directors for School-to-Work (a program designed to integrate classroom and vocational education), and has participated on the domestic violence advisory board for the New York State Department of Social Services.

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Michael Berg has committed more than 35 years to the human services agency Family of Woodstock. Berg began volunteering with the agency in 1971, joining the board of directors shortly thereafter. In 1972, Berg accepted a full-time position as Family’s treasurer, and became executive director in 1982, a position he has now held ever since. Family has flourished under Berg’s guidance, providing crisis intervention services, emergency shelter and food programs, dependent care programs, and case management programs for people recovering from drug

What takes your breath away? Living in a place where you can come in contact with wild animals. Recently, on a walk near my house, I saw four fox cubs sunning themselves on the rocks. They weren’t afraid and I was able to come fairly close to them. Also, the sight of an eagle in flight always leaves me in awe. Why did you choose to live in the Hudson Valley? My parents bought a second home in Woodstock in 1957, and my brother, a highly skilled sculptor, has lived here most of the time since. I came up in the summer of 1970 to start a factory with him and never left. However, I still wish I had my loft in Lower Manhattan, and still miss New York City. What are some of the things you would like to see change about this area. What are some things you’d like to stay the same? I would like the community to come together to commit to building housing that would allow young families, starting out in employment, to remain in the community. We must balance open space with affordable family housing. In the process, we must keep the wonderful balance of rural and cosmopolitan, and the diversity that makes the Hudson Valley so rich. What must happen to give you the feeling that a day has been well lived? I, unfortunately, have become a workaholic, and so I generally value days where I get a lot done. But the sense of well-lived is much more personal. Increasingly, taking a long bike ride, or spending quiet time, is very precious to me. Working with my hands also makes me feel good. What ordinary thing is very hard for you to do? Take time off for myself.

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EDITORIAL EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Brian K. Mahoney bmahoney@chronogram.com ART DIRECTOR David Perry dperry@chronogram.com SENIOR EDITOR Lorna Tychostup tycho56@aol.com BOOKS EDITOR Nina Shengold books@chronogram.com HEALTH & WELLNESS EDITOR Lorrie Klosterman wholeliving@chronogram.com POETRY EDITOR Phillip Levine poetry@chronogram.com MUSIC EDITOR Peter Aaron music@chronogram.com VISUAL ARTS EDITOR Beth E. Wilson visualarts@chronogram.com CAPITAL REGION EDITOR Timothy Cahill tcahill@chronogram.com EDITORIAL INTERN Kelley Granger kgranger@chronogram.com PROOFREADERS Christopher Hewitt, Laura McLaughlin CONTRIBUTORS Emil Alzamora, Larry Beinhart, D.A. Bird, Jay Blotcher, Ann Braybrooks, Lori Esmond Calderon, Laurie Capps, Amber S. Clark, Steve Clark, Eric Francis Coppolino, Jason Cring, DJ Wavy Davy, Alyse Dietrich, Adair K. Fincher, F-Stop Fitzgerald, Hillary Harvey, Thomas Jack Hilton, Teresa Horgan, Annie Dwyer Internicola, Mike Jurkovic, Cecele Allen Kraus, Frank LaRonca, Miriam Leberstein, Abby Luby, David Malachowski, Jennifer May, Caitlin McDonnell, Sharon Nichols, Christopher Porpora, Joanna Preston, Fionn Reilly, Jesslyn Roebuck, Nina Shengold, J.R. Solonche, Damien Tavis Toman, Tom Tomorrow, Beth E. Wilson, Pauline Uchmanowicz, Phoebe Wray, Kim Wozencraft

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POETRY Submissions of up to three poems at a time can be sent to poetry@chronogram.com or our street address. See above.

FICTION/NONFICTION Fiction: Submissions can be sent to fiction@chronogram.com. Nonfiction: Succinct queries about stories of regional interest can be sent to bmahoney@chronogram.com.

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FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS

Abby Luby is a freelance journalist for the New York Daily News, a regularly featured art critic for the Stamford Advocate/Greenwich Time and, for the past five years, a feature writer with Valley Table magazine. She writes about the environment for the North County News, a Westchester weekly newspaper and writes an occasional feature Bedford magazine. She was an independent video producer with “Voices From History Video Productions” which produced aural history and documentaries such as Paul Robeson and the Peekskill of Riots of 1949 and Pastures of Plenty, about Latino workers in Westchester County. Abby’s article on Montgomery’s Aging in Place program appears on page 32. Damien Tavis Toman was born in the early 1980s and spent his childhood moving from place to place throughout the Hudson Valley. Having been extracted from school at a delicate age, he spent his adolescence in nearly unbroken solitude, staring out of windows and reading books about religion. Damien is now a freelance journalist for Ulster Publishing, a senior at SUNY New Paltz, and a singer-songwriter whose self-recorded albums number in the dozens. He lives in Kingston with his wife and six-year-old daughter. Damien’s meditation on the life and writings of Thomas Merton appears on page 92. Teresa Horgan is a freelance photographer who grew up in New Jersey of Irish immigrant parents. Marriage moved her to the Hudson Valley two years ago, where she currently resides in Tillson. After a period of photo assisting and studio managing a variety of photographers after graduating with a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts, she stepped into the world of freelance photography. Her portraits have been featured in magazines including Ladies Home Journal, Money, and Ms. magazine. Teresa shoots portraits, travel, weddings, and food and finds the Hudson Valley an inspiration for all of these subjects. Portfolio: www.teresahorgan.com. Teresa’s images of Harney and Sons Tea factory and tasting room appear on page 38. Barbara Strnadova was born in Prague, in the former Czechoslovakia. Escaping with her parents as a baby to the USA, Barbara grew up in Huntington, NY and now resides in the lovely town of High Falls. A photographer and artist, Barbara has been shooting for over 25 years. She has exhibited her work nationwide, and locally at Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson. Portfolio: www.dova-imagery.com. Barbara, aka Barushka, is also a tribal belly dancer and teaches in Kingston: www.barushkadance.com. This is Barbara’s first issue as Chronogram’s advertising coordinator.

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“Imagine you were looking at a textbook and you came across an illustration that didn’t quite make sense; it seemed like it was for another story or was a printing mistake,� artist Richard Deon says. “That’s what my work is like.� Deon’s work derives from his childhood fascination with defacing textbook illustrations. As an adult, he rediscovered that thrill with Visualized Civics, a textbook from the ‘50s used to introduce junior high schoolers to public institutions, American history, and politics. It became the stimulus for figures and situations in his art. Deon paints in processed colors—magenta, yellow, blue—that prompt recollections of social studies books rather than acrylic on canvas artwork. “The flatness and brightness [of the colors] is a graphic, arresting kind of combination,� Deon says. “You’re not aware if you’re looking at a printed piece or a painting. You come back to it and you can see there’s some painterly aspect, but not much.� The messages are less clear, and this is part of Deon’s purpose. He takes pleasure in combining disparate elements—in Death in the Long Grass, a white man’s head on a Native American’s body, a spear, and a domestic cow—to create scenes of confusion. “What inspires me is when I can make a confluence of three separate entities work together and unify them as if they’re created for one,� Deon explains. “I like to create a universal platform, a painting that will pose a lot of questions, so that people will want to look at it two or three times.� Deon calls Death in the Long Grass a “tortured painting� that went untouched for six months until he decided to add the cow as a relational element to the spear, completing a “triad of confusion.� The painting was featured last year in the “Got Cow? Cattle in American Art, 1820-2000� exhibition at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers. “Paradox and Conformity, the Paintings of Richard Deon� will be exhibited at the Hudson Opera House through July 14. Deon’s work is also being featured in “Hudson Valley Artists 2007: The Uncanny Valley� at SUNY New Paltz’s Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art through September 9. For more information on Deon’s solo show at the Hudson Opera House, call (518) 822-1438 or visit www.hudsonoperahouse.org; for the Dorsky Museum exhibit call (845) 257-3844 or visit www.newpaltz.edu/museum. Portfolio: www.richarddeon.com. —Kelley Granger

CHRONOGRAM SEEN PHOTOS: MUDDY CUP (THOMAS JACK HILTON); PETE SEEGER (F-STOP FITZGERALD); MASQUERADE (FIONN REILLY); NEW PALTZ PRIDE (MORGAN GWENWALD)

The events we sponsor, the people who make a difference, the Chronogram community. Here's some of what we saw in June: CAFE CHRONOGRAM / MASQUERADE BALL / CLEARWATER FESTIVAL / NEW PALTZ PRIDE MARCH AND FESTIVAL.

Clockwise from top left: Jim Svetz of the Muddy Cup; Harvey Kaiser, Nina Shengold, and band at Cafe Chronogram in New Paltz on June 9; Pete Seeger performing at the Clearwater Festival on June 17; Meghan Davis and Danielle Krom at the Chronogram Masquerade Ball at the Bearsville Theater on June 23; marchers at the New Paltz Pride Festival on June 3.

CHRONOGRAM SPONSORS IN JULY: KINGSTON SCULPTURE BIENNIAL (7/16-10/1), CAFE CHRONOGRAM IN HUDSON (7/21), KINGSTON LATINO FESTIVAL (7/22), ROSENDALE STREET FESTIVAL (7/21-7/22).

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FIRST IMPRESSION Bumper Sticker Report I have been writing poems since I was 10 (in 1964). Originally, my poems were the usual size of American verse: about 18 lines. Then in 1996, they began to shrink. My poems became as short as haiku—then shorter. For example: Mature Eggs One may refer to birds as “mature eggs.� One day I realized I was writing bumper stickers. I began keeping a list: WARNING: ANARCHIST ON BOARD DON’T BLAME ME—I VOTED FOR BRITNEY SPEARS IF THOUGHT IS OUTLAWED, ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE THOUGHTS On February 13, 2005, I published a series of these in an Op Ed piece in the New York Times. Here is my progress report since then. One of those slogans is now a true sticker. (In fact, it’s on my own bumper.) A sticker-making company saw the article and now prints this message: DON’T SHOOT TROUT—FISH FOR DEER! I just received my third royalty check. I have experienced the American dream—from obscure poet to successful bumper-sticker creator. Further, I have noticed two of my other slogans on bumper stickers: I’D RATHER BE HERE NOW and HONK IF YOU LOVE HONKING

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Esteemed Reader A student asked, “Why did Bodhidharma Go to China instead of Japan?� Old Risu answered, “No Japan.� “Then why did he stay in China?� Kneeling down Old Risu said, “No legs.� From Old Risu’s Toenails, a Zen anthology Esteemed Reader of our Magazine: About a week ago my two-year-old woke up with a new word on his tongue: Why. It has become the constant and dependable refrain in our conversations. “Please get in the car,� I ask. “Why?� “Because it’s time to go home.� “Why?� “Because that’s where we live?� “Why, daddy, why?!� He even asks himself. “I want to watch a train movie!� he announces, and then pauses as though to question himself. “Why?� “Why?� has been called the Devil’s question. The word devil, of course, comes from the same root as double. And doubt. It is the question that hangs us on the horns of dilemma. It is inherently unanswerable. Despite all the efforts of theology, science, and etiology, there are only explanations—not answers. “Why� is often used as fulcrum in contemplative practice. For instance a commonly used Zen koan (a question or concept to ponder in meditation) is “Why did Bodhidharma go to China?� (Bodhidharma is the patriarch of Zen, who is attributed with bringing Buddhism from India). One successful response simply states: “Hair grows on wide teeth.� What kind of answer is this? Obviously not one aimed at satisfying the questioner. But perhaps the questioner has been given something else. And perhaps this something else is what he wanted in the first place. This is what I have discovered with my son. He doesn’t want an answer to “why.� He wants me to look at him, listen to him, engage with him, to reflect him to himself. If I get exasperated with the unanswerable question, I have missed the point. With a sister July issue, we have launched a separate and distinct edition of Chronogram in the Capital Region. There is even an independent office with a seasoned and professional staff. Which of course begs the question: Why has Chronogram gone to the Capital Region? Other than “hair grows on wide teeth� I will say that we have gone to pay attention. As the magazine has done for 14 years in the Hudson Valley, our aim is to reflect the best of the Capital Region community to itself; to help create a fertile environment for all things conscious, creative, and community-building. As in the pages of this Hudson Valley edition readers will find within its pages articles, poetry, artwork, and reviews that are about the invisible something that arises in the space between. This is more than reporting about what people think, do, suffer, and say. It is a contribution to the ferment of a culture (not unlike yogurt) that gives rise to creativity, ingenuity, generosity, and brilliance. This is what we are here to pay attention to, amplify, and make real. Which reminds me, there is a story from the East about a certain Mullah Nasruddin, the subject of many stories there, whose comic shenanigans are often cosmic in their significance: One day people found Mullah Nasruddin pouring the remains of his yogurt into the lake. “Mullah Nasruddin, what are you doing?� a man asked. “I am turning the lake into yogurt,� Mullah Nasruddin replied. “Can a little bit of yeast ferment the great river?� the man asked, while others laughed at Mullah Nasruddin. “You never know, perhaps it might,� Mullah Nasruddin replied, “but what if it should!� Chronogram is here to be that little bit of yeast.

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SLEEPING The gist of what you may have missed.

On June 4, the Nigerian government filed a $7 billion suit against Pfizer, the world’s largest drug company, for its alleged part in the deaths and injuries of Nigerian children. During a 1996 meningitis outbreak in Kano, 200 children were treated with an unapproved antibiotic, Trovan, as part of a clinical trial. Officials charge that the drug resulted in the death of some of the children, leaving others blind, deaf, paralyzed, or brain-damaged. “The plaintiff contends that the defendant never obtained approval of the relevant regulatory agencies . . . nor did the defendant seek or receive approval to conduct any clinical trial at any time before their illegal conduct,” Nigeria contends in court documents. Pfizer denies the allegations and claims it acted ethically, stating that the drug was in late-phase development and had been evaluated in 5,000 patients. The Washington Post obtained internal Pfizer records showing five children dying after being treated by Trovan, but also shows six children dying after taking a comparison drug used in the trial. Pfizer discontinued the drug in 2003, for “marketing reasons.” Source: Reuters In 1995, Bosnian Serb forces slaughtered more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys who had sought refuge in a supposed UN safe area. The killings, known as the Srebrenica massacre, are the worst Europe has seen since World War II. Families of the victims filed suit against the United Nations and the Netherlands on June 4. The families charge the UN and the Dutch with denying air support that could have contained Bosnian Serb forces and prevented the massacre. Lawyers for the families say the Netherlands faults the UN, claiming air support was not authorized although public documents show it was. Lawyers claim the Dutch worked to reverse the decision out of fear their soldiers would be hit by friendly fire. The Dutch government denies accountability and has refused to compensate victims’ families. The UN, which has publicly apologized but failed to respond to families, claims it is immune from legal action. Source: Reuters Two American ex-employees of First Kuwaiti General Trading and Contracting Co., which is currently building the US Embassy in Baghdad, have accused the company of human trafficking and mistreatment of workers. John Owens, one of the former employees, told prosecutors that West African and Pakistani workers were duped into believing they were hired for work in Dubai, and were unwillingly sent to Iraq to work on the embassy. Once there, their passports were taken and they were unable to leave the country. Owens said he witnessed them boarding First Kuwaiti charter flights with boarding passes labeled for Dubai and said he saw a safe that held hundreds of passports that had been stripped from workers. Rory Mayberry, the other former employee making allegations, said he actually received one of the mislabeled boarding passes while knowing he was bound for Baghdad. “It was the first sign something was a bit off with the company,” Mayberry said. First Kuwaiti has already been visited by State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard, in September 2006, for similar charges, but Krongard reported no evidence of misconduct. Federal prosecutors have opened a new human trafficking investigation. Source: Wall Street Journal Zheng Xiaoyu, ex-commissioner of China’s Food and Drug Administration, was sentenced to death on May 22 after pleading guilty to corruption and accepting bribes to issue drug production licenses. China has been subject to increased scrutiny since the pet food recalls earlier this year, in addition to exporting antifreezelaced toothpaste this past May and cough syrup that killed 100 people in Latin America in 2006. Domestically, China administered phony or tainted medications to its citizens, resulting in the deaths of at least 17 people and the illness of at least 80. Last year the US FDA blocked twice as many shipments from China as from all other countries in the world combined. Many of these shipments are foods officially labeled as “filthy,” which smell rotten or are obviously contaminated. Others, typically seafood shipments, have been tested and found to be contaminated with antibiotic and antifungal residues. Over the last year, China has increased its exports to the US by 20 percent. The US FDA inspects one percent of all food that crosses the border and tests half of one percent. Source: New York Times and National Public Radio

On May 10, Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, agreed to pay $600 million in fines and other payments relating to fraudulent branding of the narcotic painkiller. The company president, top lawyer, and former medical director pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of misbranding the drug and have agreed to pay a total of $34.5 million in fines. Over $1 billion of OxyContin was sold per year under misleading claims that a time-release formulation made the drug less addictive than faster-acting counterparts. The drug gained popularity with recreational drug users, and could be chewed, crushed and snorted, or injected with heroin-like effects. Presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani’s law firm was hired to represent Purdue Pharma in May 2002. Giuliani had ties to Asa Hutchinson, who was an administrator at the Drug Enforcement Agency and met with the DEA privately to negotiate Purdue Pharma penalties. Source: New York Times and Washington Post REUTERS/MIKE SEGAR

A June 2007 report by the Foreign Affairs Council, a nonpartisan group of 11 organizations concerned with diplomatic readiness, states that 1,100 new foreign service officers need to be hired by the State Department. These numbers are in spite of the 1,069 officers hired between 2001 and 2005, a resource that was quickly depleted by emerging situations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The report blamed declining morale for the staff shortage, citing the 18.6 percent base pay cut that junior and midlevel officers posted to an overseas assignment must take and 750 perilous positions in which officers are separated from their families for a year, making frequent moves in dangerous regions. Source: Foreign Affairs Council Task Force Report, June 2007

On Monday, June 4, the Federal Trade Commission moved to block the proposed merger of Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats Markets, two of the country’s largest premium natural and organic supermarkets. The FTC contends that Whole Foods’s $565 million acquisition of Wild Oats would create a near monopoly in the natural and organic food sector. Jeffrey Schmidt, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, said, “If Whole Foods is allowed to devour Wild Oats, it will mean higher prices, reduced quality, and fewer choices for consumers.” Stephen Calkins, a law professor at Wayne State University and former FTC general counsel, said that the complaint was reminiscent of a successful effort by the agency in 1997 to thwart a merger of Staples and Office Depot. While the stores argued that office products were widely available at other stores, the FTC said that prices at both stores depended on the proximity of other office superstores. “In terms of Whole Foods,” Calkins said, “the single most important question will be: Are prices higher when the other store is not present?” Executives at Whole Foods said they were disappointed with the FTC’s decision to stop the merger and intended to challenge the commission’s action vigorously. Source: New York Times On Sunday, May 27, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won 97.6 percent of the vote in a national referendum that won him a second seven-year term in office. The 41-yearold president was the only person allowed to put his name forward in the run-up to the referendum, which was boycotted by the opposition and widely regarded as a formality. “This great consensus shows the political maturity of Syria and the brilliance of our democracy and multiparty system,” Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majeed said at a news conference, declaring the results. “There has been some repetition of votes but we caught them by reviewing the voting lists,” Majeed said in response to a question about the possibility of vote-tampering. The US denounced the election, citing that the Syrian people were not offered any choice between candidates. Source: Reuters Fox News Channel apologized on June 5 for running footage of House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers of Michigan while reporting on the indictment of Rep. William J. Jefferson on bribery charges. Both congressmen are black. Fox blamed the snafu on a 22-year-old production assistant, who mistakenly grabbed the wrong videotape. “Fox News has a history of inappropriate on-air mistakes that are neither fair, nor balanced,” Conyers said on June 5. “This type of disrespect for people of color should no longer be tolerated. I am personally offended by the network’s complete disregard for accuracy in reporting and lackluster on-air apology.” Fox was moved to air a second apology a day later after Conyers criticized the network for broadcasting a tepid and nonspecific apology which did not acknowledge that he was the misidentified legislator. Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum explained to viewers on June 6: “We regret this mistake. We in no way meant to suggest that there was any connection between the Jefferson indictment and Congressman Conyers. We have extended our apology privately to the congressman and we do so here as well.” Source: Associated Press —Compiled by Kelley Granger

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NEWS & POLITICS World, Nation, & Region

HEAVY TRAFFIC

The Modern-Day Slave Trade By Adair K. Fincher In Alexandropoulos, Greece, a Nigerian woman spends her nights servicing men in the hopes of paying off the 40,000 euro debt that she owes the man who smuggled her there. Promised a better life working in a Greek bar, she has instead been forced into a life of sexual servitude. She cannot leave because the man has made sure she fears the native African voodoo spell that has bound her to repay the 40,000 euros. In Seoul, a Filipina dances naked on a tabletop. Lured to Korea with the promise of marrying an American GI, her third day there finds her bound by her travel debt and unable to speak the language. In Bombay, a premenstrual girl, bought in the rural Indian countryside, cries out as a silver-haired brothel patron, who has paid for her virginity, rapes her. If she starts to bleed, the madam of the brothel will give the girl ice before sending the next man in.This night, 25 men or more may rape her. If she resists, she will be beaten. On May 13 of this year a wild-eyed Indonesian woman covered in bruises runs into a Dunkin Donuts dressed only in pants and a towel. Forced to work as an indentured servant for a wealthy couple in Muttontown, Long Island, her life is a hell of physical abuse involving sticks, knives, and cigarettes. Trafficking of human beings—the domestic or global transfer of people for cash, through deceit, exploitation, or force—is one of the most lucrative forms of international illegal trade, second only to drug smuggling. According to the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report, approximately “600,000 to 800,000 people—mostly women and children—are trafficked across national borders” each year.This does not include the millions trafficked within their own countries. Human trafficking—a contemporary form of slavery—is a global industry with sticky, money-hungry tendrils that extend to every nook and cranny of the world. According toWenchiYu Perkins, director of the NewYork office of VitalVoices Global Partnership, an international nonprofit organization that has worked closely with issues surrounding the trafficking of women, the term “human trafficking” was coined in the late ‘80s to early ‘90s as both a tool and a weapon by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to address a brutal industry that was beginning to attract more attention. The term “trafficking in women,” however, has been around since 1910, when prostitutes known as “white slaves” were trafficked for sexual exploitation. While trafficking has been happening for thousands of years, thinking of it in terms of the sexual exploitation of women is a modern phenomenon. Perkins believes this is due to two factors: that the media finds the subject of women being sold into sexual bondage “sexier” and induces more sympathy than labor exploitation, and the fact that the anti-trafficking movement originated from the women’s rights struggle. Moisés Naím, editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, claims that the $7 billion migrant smuggling industry, which includes the smaller human trafficking industry, is one of the “five wars of globalization,” along with the drug, illegal arms, money laundering, and counterfeit goods industries. TRAFFICKING VS. SMUGGLING “Smuggling and trafficking are two very different things,” said Perkins. “You could be a smuggled person in the beginning, but then end up being trafficked. It’s all about whether you are exploited or not. A smuggled person is a criminal and should be [considered] a criminal. But if you are taken advantage of in the process [of being smuggled] you are exploited. If you are forced or if you are deceived in some way then you become a trafficked person. Then, you are a victim.” “Here we are in the 21st century and we’re talking about slavery,” said Ambassador-at-Large on International Slavery John Miller upon release of the 26 NEWS & POLITICS CHRONOGRAM.COM 7/07

State Department’s sixth annual Trafficking in Persons Report in June 2006. “Wouldn’t this be a shock to our abolitionist ancestors who thought they finished the job back in the 19th century?” More recently in an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, Miller commented further, “The international slave trade reaches into every country around the world and involves, at the least, a few million people and, by some estimates, as many as 27 million. It includes exploitation and ‘bonded’ labor—in which people are held against their will and forced to work on farms or in factories to pay off obligations that never end.” PAINTED SMILES In Chiba, Japan, provincial Filipina and Malaysian girls in short shorts and skirts, cheap sleeveless shirts, and painted smiles circulate around a large room taking a moment to refill drinks and exchange flirty words with the foreign and Japanese customers. Emboldened by alcohol, the customers grow louder and their banter shifts to that of a more sexual variety. The scene is that of a typical hostess bar, a style of establishment that dots Japan’s cityscape and countryside. There, overworked businessmen pay to be in the company of women, foreign and Japanese alike, who pour their drinks and engage them in conversation. The only difference is that this hostess club is impersonating a Filipino restaurant, complete with menu posted out front, but the smiling girls inside are not serving food.They are serving sexual satisfaction. These girls have been trafficked. “They were obviously being exploited and they were all really unhappy,” Maria Panana, aTagalog-English translator for a US State Department HumanTrafficking project, told me during an interview. She had visited the club a number of times, under the guise of a secretary for a foreign customer, and had attempted to extract the stories from the women sitting with her and her “boss.” Although many of the girls were wary, Pacana did manage to coax one hostess into divulging the club’s secrets.The girl, somewhere between the ages of 18 and 24 years old, had been in Japan for three months. Like the others, she wore cheap, revealing clothing and was heavily made up. In the Philippines, a “recruiting” company had hired her for a song and dance troupe that was to perform in Japan. Young, poor, and naïve, she embraced the opportunity and set out for Japan on a temporary six-month entertainer’s visa. When she arrived she found a life far different than she had imagined. The girl had been living in a tiny, Japanese-style dorm directly above the bar along with a number of other girls. Those who did not live in that room lived one train station away. Their movement was limited to the dorms and the club, unless they had surpassed the three-month grace period, in which case they were forced to go on dohan. “Dohan is basically when you go with a customer, off to a restaurant or something like that, then he takes you to a hotel and you sleep with him,” explained Pacana.The practice varies from establishment to establishment, with some bars encouraging their employees to dine with customers and keep them interested—but never submit to sexual pressures. Others, like the bar in Chiba, force the girls full-on into sexual relations. In all cases, going on dohan means more money for the bar and, quite often, the girl. In the case of the bar in Chiba, however, Pacana sees it as a psychological trick. For the first three months, the girls act like typical hostesses, their sole responsibility to smile and pour drinks. Month four is when the dirty work begins. The catch to the whole situation is that the girls are not paid until the six months are up. If they leave after three months, they will leave as poor as when they came. Most girls, according to Pacana, see it in their best interest to grit their teeth, do as the customer says, and get it over with. Get it over with on a

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ABOVE: AN INDIAN SEX WORKER DURING A PROTEST IN NEW DELHI DEMANDING REHABILITATION FOR VICTIMS OF COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ON OCTOBER 25, 2004. OPPOSITE: ANCA, A FORMER ROMANIAN SEX SLAVE, HIDES HER FACE BEHIND A POSTER IN BUCHAREST.

continual basis until their visas expire and they return home. The girls, on the whole, are incredibly wary of immigration and of being deported back to the Philippines. Besides having to sleep with the customers, they also have to follow a drill set in place to hide from immigration. Whenever immigration officials enter the bar, the owner of the bar yells, “Line Dance!”—the cue for the girls to get up and leave the room. If the girls are caught, they are thrown in jail and deported in the typical law-enforcement approach to human trafficking.This punitive approach paints those trafficked as criminals, not victims, who upon arriving home face possible dangers, including violence from traffickers and pressures to pay the debt they may have incurred during the trip—not to mention the stigma of returning home empty handed. Although this is a tale in a faraway land, it is a tale that is being repeated in various forms around the globe. The industry is not limited to the sexual exploitation of women, it also encompasses the sexual exploitation of children and the labor exploitation of men, women, and children alike.The tale is one that is unfolding in our backyards. A GLOBAL INDUSTRY According to Andrea Bertone of Humantrafficking.org, a web-based human trafficking watchdog organization, due to the underground nature of this modern-day slave trade, truly accurate numbers of the mass of people trafficked and exploited annually are elusive, as are which countries have the worst human trafficking records. “One thing that everyone agrees on is to take a victim-centered approach, meaning that, really, you should take the victim’s spin, and think from the victim’s perspective,” said Perkins of VitalVoices.This shift in perspective, combined with an increasing number of voices in the international nonprofit sector, is beginning to push the media and academics into giving a more in-depth look at the human trafficking industry.

Each country has specific issues that it must tackle and each country must tackle their issues differently. According to Humantrafficking.org’s Bertone, overall it can be said that countries with large migrant populations typically have the largest reports of abuse. Internationally, the US is the most progressive country in the fight against human trafficking, with the Bush administration, in particular, being the most aggressive. Although former president Bill Clinton signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 directly prior to his leaving office, incoming president George Bush was left to implement the act—a task he took on with great vigor. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act led directly to the publication of the Trafficking in Persons Report, which addresses “severe forms of trafficking in persons” defined as: “(a) sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age; or (b) the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.” The US Trafficking in Persons Report places the countries in one of three tiers and one “watch list” subtier. Tier 1 is reserved for the countries whose governments fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. Countries whose governments do not fully comply, but are making significant efforts are placed in Tier 2. Countries who fall under Tier 2 and have a very significant or increasing number of victims, fail to show increasing efforts to combat trafficking from the previous year, or have been assessed as making significant efforts to comply based on commitments to take steps over the next year are placed in the Tier 2 watch list. Countries that do not meet with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so are placed in Tier 3. “Shaming and blaming”—a technique used by NGOs and governments alike, 7/07 CHRONOGRAM.COM NEWS & POLITICS 27

especially in cases where no legal recourse is available—has been used to point fingers at nonconforming countries by bringing intense media attention to issues within those countries that may not be on par with international standards.This negative spotlight “shames” the non-conforming country into adjusting its laws in order to reach the international standards or to avoid sanctions. With this report, the game of shaming and blaming begins and those governments who are affected by this technique will endeavor to be in Tier 1. Western Europe, where almost all the countries fall into Tier 1, is next in line in terms of progressive action toward the trafficking of human beings. However, the focus on these countries is more on sexual than labor exploitations, according to Bertone.Western European countries not included inTier 1 are Greece, where Albanian Roma children are trafficked and are forced to beg and steal; Malta, which is a destination country for sexual exploitation; and Portugal, where the exploitation of women from its former colony of Brazil is rampant. These countries are all listed in Tier 2, while some, such as Monaco and Liechtenstein, are not listed at all because of a lack of data. Asia is next in terms of its progressive stance. This is due to interest generated in the 1980s to rampant child-sex tourism. All Asian countries, save South and North Korea (Tier 1 and Tier 3, respectively), fall into the Tier 2 category. Africa, with its internal conflicts and underfunded NGOs, lags behind, according to Bertone, as does South America, which is just now starting to develop NGOs. Data has been lacking on migration linkages between the West and South America. However, both Africa and South America have many of their countries falling into the Tier 2 category. As for the Middle East, where gender inequality is pronounced, most of the countries fall into the Tier 2 and the Tier 2 Watch List. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Syria, however, have all been listed in Tier 3. Due to “extenuating circumstances in transitioning states, and information that is incomplete, unclear, contradictory or difficult to corroborate,” Iraq, along with eight other prominent nations, which include Liberia, Somalia, Haiti, Brunei, The Bahamas, Lesotho, Swaziland, and Turkmenistan have not been included at all. However, each of these nations “merit special mention because there are indications of trafficking in each of these countries.” STOPPING THE TRAFFIC Interestingly, the US is not mentioned in any of the tiers. Perkins attributed this to the State Department’s purpose of highlighting what is happening in other countries, while another department, the US Department of Justice, puts out an annual report to assess internal issues. “The US tends to be much more out there in terms of going to other countries and saying, ‘This is what you should do,’ whereas other countries don’t take that approach,” explained Perkins. Other countries and organizations that have shown great interest in human trafficking include Sweden, the United Kingdom, most of theWestern European countries,The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (primarily composed of European states, but also includes countries from Central Asia and North America), and the UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (UNIAP), which includes Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar,Thailand, andVietnam and brings together 13 UN agencies and eight international NGOs. The UNIAP, said Perkins, is “kind of a pioneer project for the UN.There is no other region with this kind of initiative. It’s purely for high-level governmental officials who get together several times a year to really mobilize their governmental forces on this issue.” Sweden, for example, is targeting brothel owners, traffickers, pimps, and customers instead of targeting prostitutes. The result? People are scared of prosecution and since this program was enacted, numbers regarding known trafficking in Sweden are down. WHO ARE THE TRAFFICKED? “Anybody can be trafficked,” regardless of gender or age, said Gabriela Villareal, an anti-trafficking program coordinator for Safe Horizon, a New York-based NGO that aids trafficking survivors. The desire for economic upward mobility and the promise of greater earning power in a more economically prosperous location are typical traits of those trafficked. The Filipinas trafficked to Japan are a good example. Poor young girls from the countryside who see the money earned in Japan as a way to better their quality of life, they were easy prey for traffickers. “Here in NewYork, the majority of the victims that I have seen come through Safe Horizon, have been from Central America, South America, and the Caribbean,” said Villareal, which are all poorer countries. Villareal further testifies that 51 percent of the victims aided by Safe Horizon have been victims of labor exploitation.This statistic has stayed consistently above 28 NEWS & POLITICS CHRONOGRAM.COM 7/07

the 50 percent mark. “There have been a really wide variety of cases identified with human trafficking exploitation in the area,” claimedVillareal. “For example, there is the case of indentured servitude and debt bondage out in Long Island; there was a family trafficking ring that operated between Mexico and the US for the exploitation of women for commercial sex. [There’s also a] UN diplomat who was forcing somebody into indentured servitude. It’s quite a wide range.” Perkins credits the US government’s shift in focus to Ambassador Miller, who over his course as ambassador-at-large, came to see human trafficking for labor exploitation as a much bigger issue. The focus on trafficking has grown tremendously since 2002. WHO ARE THE TRAFFICKERS? “Like the victims, the traffickers can be anybody,” saidVillareal. “Traffickers can be those least expected such as diplomats who work for the UN or international organizations, intimate partners, employment agencies, as well as family members, or friends and acquaintances.” Specifically, in relation to indentured servitude, the traffickers “can also come in the form of highly educated professionals that are contributing members of society that you wouldn’t necessarily assume to be violating someone’s human rights.” In January 2001, the Washington Post reported on a Zambian UN official charged with paying a man, also from Zambia, $160 dollars a month to clean his 11-room Westchester home and care for his autistic son. When asked for a raise and permission to work a part-time job, the official told the man that immigration officials would deport him. According to the Post story, the diplomat’s co-workers showed genuine surprise over the allegations and said that he was a “perfect gentleman.” That case followed hot on the trail of another case reported in the NewYork Times in April 2000. An indentured servant from Bangladesh, brought to the US to work in the high rise apartment of a high-ranking UN diplomat from Bahrain in New York City, was forced to work seven days a week on meager wages. The money she did earn was sent directly back to her husband in Bangladesh. Unable to speak English, she finally escaped with the help of a friendly street vendor who spoke Bengali. “There is also an element of informal criminal networks [involved in trafficking and] that are transitional in nature,” explained Villareal. These networks include such standard hierarchy networks as organized crime, and core groups, which are multi-ethnic with a strong core membership and an ever-transitioning periphery. SUPPLY AND DEMAND Human trafficking is one of the most brutal versions of the mercantile system of supply and demand.The victims, known as the supply, are drawn into the industry via economic means—the idea of a better life elsewhere, to escape poverty—and also via more dire means—violence, organized crime, governmental corruption, local instability, armed conflict, and kidnapping. Children are drawn in because families, in desperate need of cash, sell the children, or because the families are led to believe that their child will be well taken care of, receive an education, and/or send home remittances. This is often not what happens. In an interview conducted by the TV show “Adventure Divas” with Ruchira Gupta, founder of Apne Aap, a nonprofit organization in India which works with women and children trafficked domestically and forced to work in the country’s brothels, Gupta gave a typical account. “In a village, a couple has a small child, and she’s a daughter.They are in desperate need of money.They might mortgage the child to the local agent—everybody knows who the trafficker is in the village—and they might say, ‘Give 3,000 rupees now, and when she’s seven or eight or nine, we’ll give the girl to you.’ So they would borrow against their daughter, then when she was seven or eight or nine, the trafficker would say, ‘Okay, now it’s time for me to take the daughter.’” Economic need—parents so desperate, they sell their children to an uncertain life and, in the case of sexual exploitation, most likely a life of AIDS and violence. The demand side, facilitated by technology, involves a growing sex industry and an increasing demand for exploitable labor. THE STAGES OF TRAFFICKING The act of human trafficking happens in three stages: recruitment in the origin country, transportation and potential illegal entry of the trafficked person in the transit country, and exploitation in the destination country. Stage one starts with the traffickers approaching the victims either through “recruitment” practices or through more extreme means, such as kidnapping. Often, women and children are sold by family members lured by deceptive ads placed by employment and travel agency employees—the actual traffickers.

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VIETNAMESE VOLUNTEERS LISTEN TO A SPEAKER TALK ABOUT ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING, HANDLED BY THE WOMEN’S RESCUE FOUNDATION OF TAIPEI, IN TAIWAN, MAY 4, 2007.

Often unaware of the danger they are putting their loved ones in, family members cling to promises of receiving high profits through remittances. The deceptive nature of recruitment also pulls in grown adults, who may know the nature of their work, whether it is sex or labor, but are unaware of the level of exploitation they will suffer. Stage two is not only confined to the point in time when a trafficking victim crosses a national border, but is considered to be part of the whole process. Common tactics include taking the victim’s passport, confining, coercing, or forcing the victim to be part of a forged document scam, manipulation of immigration and border control, and deals made with corrupt governmental officials. In stage three, the victims, as they are now accurately called, often find themselves facing language barriers, illegal residency status, forced work against their will with very little pay, a huge debt “incurred” while traveling, and violence. The victims are completely dependent on the legal system in a country where they are fearful to speak out for risk of deportation. The traffickers and new “owners,” who have paid for the victims, play on this fear. TAKE ACTION! At the Trafficking in Persons Report briefing in 2006, Ambassador Miller told those gathered that both from the US State Department’s prerogative and from his own travels around the world, it is apparent that “more and more shelters are opening up to care for trafficking victims.” Along with more shelters, said Miller, there has also been a rise in traffickers convicted worldwide—from only hundreds several years ago, to roughly 3,000 convictions in 2005, and 4,700 in 2006. This, according to Miller, is sending the message that trafficking will be fought and traffickers will be prosecuted. In order to encourage this message, Polaris Project, a Japan- and US-based NGO with a mission to combat human trafficking, has published a list on its website of “Eleven Ways to Fight Modern-Day Slavery.” Based on the premise that anybody can become involved in combating the horrors of trafficking, steps one and two encourage self-education and educating others on the topic. Another anti-trafficking NGO, Humantrafficking.org, provides a tool kit for identifying signs of trafficking, and what do if someone is suspected of being

a victim of trafficking. Once armed with this information, anyone can report a suspected trafficking case by calling the Human Trafficking Information and Referral Hotline, getting in contact with the state attorney general victim coordinator, contacting the FBI, or contacting an NGO, such as Safe Horizon, that directly helps victims of trafficking. There are roughly 12 million undocumented illegal immigrants in the US. If the most recent immigration bill put before the Congress were to pass, proponents cite that border security will be strengthened, a guest-worker program will be established, and those 12 million undocumented illegal immigrants will have the ability to stay in the country regardless of their mode of entry or activities since entering and possibly become citizens. However, of those 12 million it is not known just how many are actually victims of trafficking. According to US State Department figures, between an estimated 14,000 and 17,500 people are trafficked into the US annually. With much of the controversy surrounding the bill focused on illegal Mexican laborers, there has not been mention as to what will happen to the trafficked victims who have come from all corners of the world. Nor has there been mention as to what mechanisms the US government will implement if the bill is passed that will ensure victims do not disappear into the woodwork and not become victims twice over—first, from the trap of the modern day slave industry and second, from an immigration bill that has not adequately assessed their predicament, nor has made any attempt to put an end to these violations of international law. Adair K. Fincher was born inWoodward, Oklahoma, but raised in the international setting of Tokyo, Japan. Fincher is now pursuing her MS in Global Affairs at NewYork University. Visit Chronogram.com for links to resources Visit on www.chronogram.com human trafficking and the organizations that form the vanguard of the anti-trafficking FOR LINKS TO RESOURCES movement.ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT FORM THE VANGUARD OF THE ANTI-TRAFFICKING MOVEMENT.

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Commentary

Beinhart’s Body Politic

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS The war in Iraq has cost about $434,000,000,000 (four hundred and thirty-four billion dollars) to date. That’s pretty hard to grasp—especially on my income and probably on yours. Let’s bring that home and make it a little more understandable. Albany County’s share of this is $597 million. The cost to the residents of Ulster County is $354 million.The folks of Saratoga County are kicking in $469 million. Berkshire County, $201 million; Rensselaer, $309 million. So far. It keeps ticking away at $2 billion a week. (These figures, and an explanation of how they were allocated, can be found at costofwar.com.) What did we get for our money? The original deal—as presented to us—was to disarm Saddam Hussein for $50 billion. If we didn’t do it right away, the smoking gun would be a mushroom cloud. Bizarre, but true, that was actually accomplished. And for far less. It wasn’t difficult, since Saddam was already disarmed. But by massing our troops and demanding UN resolutions, Saddam was forced to let the inspectors in so that we got to see it for ourselves. But the administration was set on war! We’re not actually sure why. Perhaps they aren’t either. So they told us that the inspectors were associated with the UN, Switzerland, France, or some other foreigners, and therefore easily conned. Not like Americans. Not finding the weapons really meant that Saddam was supertricky as well as superevil. So the goal slipped from disarming Saddam to removing him. Removing Saddam was going to be a magic moment. It was going to be like a Disney animated feature. When the ogre was slain, the entire kingdom would break out with flowers and the flowers would dance and sing. And welcome the Americans as liberators! We were going to get so much more on our investment! Strike a blow in the war on terror! Keep (nonexistent) weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of a dictator who might give them to terrorists. Establish a democracy in the Middle East. Bring stability to the region and hope to other people under evil dictators. Make Israel safer. Most of all it would be a demonstration.We would smite our foe like the Lord God Almighty, throwing thunderbolts and parting the very seas, so that all who saw would quake in fear and tremble before us. That’s the colorful, theological version, but it is, in fact, what the administration expected. We were a beneficent power, too. We were going to rebuild Iraq. George Bush said it was going to be “the greatest financial commitment of its kind since the Marshall Plan!” Were we committing to more money down the road? No. “We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon,” said the ever-astute Paul Wolfowitz, deeply knowledgeable about third world countries, war, and finance. “What a deal,” as they used to say, throwing in a second pair of pants and a genuine silk tie, when you bought your bar mitzvah suit down on Orchard Street. But it wasn’t a Disney movie. The commander-in-chief and his crew were wrong in their assumptions and incompetent in execution. If they stop, they have to admit that. It’s not their money. Or their bodies. So while it may not be in our interests, it’s in their interest to turn the war into the Energizer Bunny, endlessly, mindlessly, going and going and going. One question that should be asked, is: Where did the money actually go? The answer is that nobody really knows. 30 NEWS & POLITICS CHRONOGRAM.COM 7/07

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BY LARRY BEINHART

To give you some idea of how bad the bookkeeping is, the Congressional Budget Office reported that from 2001 to 2006 we had spent $290 billion on the war in Iraq. But the Congressional Records Office had the number at $318.5 billion. A gap of $28.5 billion. The Government Accounting Office said that because of the way the Department of Defense handles its money, “neither DOD nor the Congress reliably know how much the war is costing and how appropriated funds are being used.” We don’t even know how many troops are deployed to Iraq. One Defense Department system says 260,000, another says 207,000, and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, which does their payrolls, says 202,000. A difference of as many as 58,000 troops. The Armed Forces have been so privatized that General Petraeus is not guarded by soldiers, but by private contractors. When we pass a bill for billions to “support the troops,” we have no way of knowing how many troops we’re supporting or how much money is supporting them. It would be at least as accurate to say it’s a bill to support Halliburton, Blackwater, and the general’s private security guards. George Bush’s version of the Marshall Plan, the reconstruction, is even worse. Paul Bremer III burned through an estimated $40 billion. Billions were handed out in cash. People were playing football with shrink-wrapped bricks of $100 bills. Nobody knows where the money went. Nor is there much to show for it. Alright, there was waste, corruption, and profiteering on a grand scale.What did we get for our money? We didn’t get rid of the WMDs, because they weren’t there. We got rid of Saddam Hussein. He was replaced by a nominal democracy, and an actual chaos. Murder, rape, gang violence, civil war, revenge killings, and semitribal war have become the norm. Al-Qaeda not only survived, it got stronger. The Middle East is less stable. Israel looks more vulnerable. Iran has been strengthened. Instead of being a demonstration of irresistible power, the war has exposed the limits of American power. George Bush said this was a war for civilization. In the course of it, we have rejected the Geneva Conventions, the Nuremberg Principles, and the rule of law. We have embraced torture, failed to protect and provide for civilians in a country under our occupation, and allowed the monuments and treasures of an ancient civilization to be looted and destroyed. Who is it that’s fighting for civilization? Has anyone benefited from this war? Yes. Before the war Halliburton was facing bankruptcy. Now they’re doing very well, along with a host of other military contractors. The big winners are Iran and al-Qaeda. Osama bin Laden was a murderous madman, an outlaw hiding in the caves of Tora Bora. Now al-Qaeda has a new base in Iraq and controls at least one province. His goal was to get America into a war like the one the Soviets fought, and lost, in Afghanistan. Which he did. He also wanted an actual worldwide conflict between Islam and the West. He got that, too. Iran wanted Saddam Hussein gone.To have Shia groups, with ties to themselves, come to power afterward. Iran wanted for America to be weakened and to have its forces tied down so they could pursue their nuclear ambitions. They got all that. As I wrote this, I heard a story on the radio about a kid from Saugerties who got both legs blown off in Iraq. I didn’t catch his name. I’m sorry. He’s one of the 25,830 that the DOD reported as officially wounded. Along with 3,500 US dead. The 650,000 Iraqi dead. No one counts their wounded. Millions driven into exile. Those are some of the costs. Now you know who’s benefited.

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hen 66-year-old Josephine Halsteed was stricken with cancer that impaired her ability to walk, she needed someone who could get her to the doctor on a day’s notice. Halsteed, a 40-year Montgomery resident, was able to make a single call and enlist the help of volunteer Joseph Cardonne, a local retiree. For the last three months Halsteed has felt fortunate to have Cardonne’s assistance as well as his company. This is good news for the town of Montgomery whose ground breaking Seniors Independence Project was the program that initially connected Cardonne with Halsteed. “This project is a life saver,” said Halsteed. “It lets me stay here—I wouldn’t want to give up my home.” Aging in place, a national movement among the elderly that helps seniors remain in their homes, fueled the Town of Montgomery to create the Seniors Independence Project. Growing numbers people 65 years and older favor living and aging in their homes over institutional housing or nursing homes. According to the American Association of Retired Persons more than 80 percent of Americans 45 and older say they want to stay home as long as possible. As the oldest baby boomers become senior citizens in 2011, the population of 65 and older is projected to grow faster than the total population in every state. Municipalities are realizing that they need to have resources in place for the aging baby boomers. For the year 2015, the New York Census projects 3.7 million people will be 60 years old, 2.6 million people will be 65 years old, 1.1 million people will be 75 years old and more than a third of a million people will be 85 years or older. The growing senior citizen population in Orange County has reached beyond the 2000 US Census count of 62,721 for those 55 and over. Projections for 2015 say 89,003 senior citizens will be living in Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties, a 25 percent increase from today’s numbers. The New York State Office for the Aging has projected that 25 percent of the working population will be at retirement age by 2012. “Very soon there will be different types of needs that will likely reach a crisis level,” said Susan Cockburn, town of Montgomery supervisor. “We need to be prepared.” Cockburn was initially approached by Sandy Altman, who suggested the town formally assist seniors living at home. Altman, of the Waldenbased law firm Jacobowitz & Gubits, practices elder law, estate planning, and probate, and volunteered his legal expertise for the town’s senior project. The effort quickly attracted community members, professionals, and local nonprofits, creating the Seniors Independence Project, the first broad-based assistance program for seniors run by a municipality. BEWILDERING SMORGASBORD OF SERVICES For most seniors needing a ride to the store, the doctor, or help changing a light bulb, means they have to sort through an often bewildering smorgasbord of volunteer organizations until they find a good fit in terms of need and scheduling, often enlisting multiple groups to suit their needs. Ann Caldwell is completely bedridden in her home from her struggle with cancer, and the 69-year-old has a rotating assortment of people helping her on a daily basis. “My 24-hour homecare aide is from WellCare, who subcontracts other agencies for this and other services,” said Caldwell. (WellCare is a healthcare plan that manages different health services). She called Faith in Action, a national interfaith volunteer organization with a Middletown-based program, for someone to come and fix a leaky faucet and another call for someone to do her shopping. Hilda Long, 63, a Montgomery resident of 38 years, called Faith in Action to get a home aide. “[The aide] helps me with my bathing and she helps me get dressed,” said Long, who has suffered a series of operations including open heart surgery. For transportation she calls Magda Skermo, who arranges rides for seniors and works for both Faith in Action and the Seniors Independence Project. The Seniors Independence Project aims to offers “one-stop- shopping”

for seniors, providing one number at Town Hall for their day-to-day needs. The project hopes to become a blueprint for local and state governments nationwide. The goal, Cockburn said, is to develop a program that coordinates volunteers and vendors who provide services to the elderly with the town acting as a logistical umbrella, overseeing essentials such as background checks of volunteers and liability issues. Work on the project started in February, 2006, and got off the ground just a year later this past January. Getting the program started was a challenge. The town board had to be assured that additional liability insurance for volunteers would not be costly to the taxpayer and that the working partnerships between the private, nonprofit agencies would run smoothly. It took about eight months for the town to give the project the go-ahead. When Cockburn put the word out about the proposed town service, she was contacted by Doris Rubinsky, program director with Middletown’s Faith in Action. “The town of Montgomery is breaking ground,” said Rubinsky about the Seniors Independent Project. “There are no other municipalities doing this.” Faith in Action has joined with Montgomery by offering to run background checks on volunteers and give them training before they actively join the project. “We provide two sessions where they learn the ‘do’s and don’ts’ of the program,” said Rubinsky. “It’s important that the volunteers keep everything confidential. They can’t tell anyone else in the community what they are doing. Also they can’t administer any medicines and they are not allowed to accept money or monetary gifts.” Rubinsky said volunteers also learn listening skills, what to do in emergencies, learn what it’s like being with a frail person and how to deal with the visually impaired. “We also need to make sure that our volunteers will be in a safe situation,” she explained, adding that volunteers need to monitor elderly people who are hoarders and live in a cluttered environment. “We have to make sure [seniors’] homes are safe and there is no risk of fire and that they can easily get out of their homes if they have to.” Also involved with the project is the Orange County Office for the Aging (OCOA) who runs the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. “Our role in the Seniors Independence Project is to offer support and benefits for volunteers,” said Mary Stewart of the OCOA, whose volunteer program is federally funded. “We are a clearing house for volunteers,” Stewart explained. “We give insurance coverage, including liability, to volunteers working with the nonprofit sector in case they suffer any kind of personal injury.” Altman, who chairs the project, said taxpayers would also benefit from more seniors aging in place. “There is a strong desire on the part of seniors to spend their later years at home rather than in a nursing home or in even in assisted living,” he said. “There are many reasons aging in place is good for not only seniors but for the county as well.” Altman was referring to the Federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 which cut back available Medicaid funds by tightening the eligibility requirements. “Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal, state, and county governments which means that part of federal, state, and county taxes go toward nursing homes costs. In our area nursing homes cost $10,000 to $12,000 a month [per senior],” Altman explained, adding that the bonus for helping seniors remain in their houses would eventually cut down government expenses spent on nursing homes. The fledgling project seeks to efficiently administer each volunteer based group that participates in the project. “We hope to have the infrastructure in place soon,” said Cockburn. “That will tell me how well the project is working which makes me more confident in convincing the town to make this a budget line item.” Cockburn and Altman said local taxes won’t be affected because most of the services are provided by volunteers. The only funding needed is for an office and a phone line staffed by a project representative for seniors to call or visit. “We have already received small donations,” said Cockburn. “And we will also be writing grants for additional funding.” 7/07 CHRONOGRAM.COM COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK 33

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LEFT: VOLUNTEER JAYNE FIERO AND 89-YEAR-OLD BELLE LEVINE IN HER NEWBURGH HOME, WHERE LEVINE CHOOSES TO LIVE OVER AN ASSISTED-LIVING FACILITY. RIGHT: SUSAN COCKBURN, MONTGOMERY TOWN SUPERVISOR, DORIS RUBINSKY, FAITH IN ACTION OF GREATER MIDDLETOWN PROGRAM DIRECTOR, AND SANDY ALTMAN, PROJECT CHAIRPERSON, TOWN OF MONTGOMERY SENIORS INDEPENDENCE PROJECT.

FLEXIBLE LIVING That most seniors need rides more than other services was no surprise to Peter Galati, transportation program assistant for the town. Galati said the town’s transportation services for seniors includes the Dial-a-Bus and his statistics indicate that more and more seniors are moving into the area. “Montgomery provides about a total of 11,500 one way trips for seniors every year,” said Galati. But transportation, the service most needed, is just one of the project’s goals in helping seniors; assisting with simple chores is the other. “It could be as mundane as giving them clerical assistance, picking up the mail or putting sheets on the bed,” said Faith in Action’s Rubinsky. “It’s the little things—like changing a light bulb.” Cockburn said they were also working to connect volunteers with local vendors who might offer discounted services to seniors. “It’s a way that keeps local businesses local—which is part of Montgomery’s sustainability program,” she said. “We have a pharmacy that will deliver medications and we are contacting area supermarkets to see if they will deliver groceries.” The effort will benefit both business and seniors, she said. The program is attracting attention from other state and county organizations who are gauging its progress as the word gets out. Anne Coon, program coordinator from the Orange County Office for the Aging, said she was intrigued when she first heard about the project. “The idea that a municipality was behind this indicated that we could use it as a model to replicate elsewhere in the county. Every county is going to need something like this because the senior baby boomers will not put up with being shut away just because they can’t get around. They want to be active.” The only other program vaguely similar to Montgomery’s Seniors Independence Project is Beacon Hill Village in Boston. Now five years old, the nonprofit Beacon Hill provides services around the clock and is supported by sliding scale membership fees and grants. The popularity of Beacon Hill affirms that an active senior community is becoming the norm and local governments that support their seniors may see positive impacts their entire constituency. Rubinsky clearly sees a shift in attitudes. “When I first started [at FIA] it was different. If seniors I knew went into a nursing home I wrote them off because they weren’t coming home,” she said. “But now with people wanting to age in place, my sole job here is to make them as independent as possible with a quality of life that brings in as many services as possible.” But even with help, some seniors loose the battle to stay at home. Beverly Stark is the sole caregiver of her husband, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Although she has some help from outside groups, she can no longer to fully care for her husband on her own.

“My husband is 87 and I’m 85 and its too much now. He’s not getting any better,” said Stark, who lives in a small apartment complex in Walden. “I wanted to live at home for a long time and I thought I could manage it.” Stark said staying at home let the couple sleep and eat whenever they wished without conforming to any set schedule. “If we all of a sudden wanted to go for a ride we could do it. It’s just more flexible living at home.” But even though Stark enjoys where she lives, her husband’s deteriorating health make the day-to-day care too difficult for her and she is has started to look at some local nursing homes. Volunteers helping senior citizens say that the real benefit of this type of project is befriending a senior citizen who needs that essential, social contact—something that diminishes as an unfortunate consequence of aging. If the match between volunteer and the person they help is a good one, sharing an hour or two together a few times a week can be personally rewarding and fulfilling. “Volunteering is like eating chocolate without the calories,” said Rubinsky. “It creates the release of endorphins and gives you that good feeling.” And that may be the case for Joseph Cardonne when he helps Josephine Halsteed. Just after driving her to the doctor’s office a few weeks ago, Cardonne became a little more familiar with Halsteed and complimented her. “I see you got a new hairdo—it looks great. And look how much better you are walking!” “Thank you,” said Halsteed, smiling. For a senior citizen like Ann Caldwell who requires a lot of help, there is no question that aging in place allows for certain freedoms never found in nursing homes or assisted-living residences. Caldwell is crippled after treatment for uterine cancer but she opted to stay at home despite her failing health and limited movement. She said the town of Montgomery has the right idea with their Seniors Independence Project because it helps people remain in their homes. “Living at home provides me a greater opportunity to interact with my family,” Caldwell said. “With a little assistance I can do the usual grandmother thing with my five-year-old granddaughter when she comes to visit. We can bake cookies, play with makeup, watch TV together.” After her cancer treatment Caldwell needed to go into a nursing home for rehabilitation. “I tried to do things in the nursing home with my granddaughter but it was extremely difficult,” she said. “Arranging for supplies and space so we could paint was hard and baking cookies was totally out. But here in my own home I have more accessibility and I can do a variety of normal activities that all families do.” 7/07 CHRONOGRAM.COM COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK 35

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by Laurie Capps

Tapping into Geothermal Heating and Cooling

THE CREW FROM HUDSON VALLEY CLEAN ENERGY INSTALLING HORIZONTAL GEOTHERMAL LOOPS.

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n an area that often experiences temperature extremes, from bonechilling winters to heat-stroking summers, homeowners are faced every month with a reminder of just how much it costs to keep their indoor environments comfortable. The price of heating and cooling seem to be on an ever-increasing trajectory, and the expense of oil is in an almost constant, upward spiral. Taking the time now to invest in alternative energy sources may be the best way to prevent heating and cooling bills from taking an even bigger bite out of the household budget, whether you’re planning new construction or renovating an existing home. But what are the options? And where should you begin? Relax! Look no further than the ground beneath your feet. Many of us have heard of geothermal heating and cooling, but may not have a clear idea of how it works, and how it can be used to provide for a home’s energy needs. Basically, ground source heat pumps, or GSHPs, use electricity to extract heat from below the earth’s surface and transfer it into a home. And in the summer, when outside temperatures rise, heat is transferred from inside, back into the ground. Why does this work? Heat moves much more efficiently through the ground than through the air, and 10 feet below the Earth’s surface, temperatures are a fairly consistent 55 degrees. Once tapped, this storehouse can be used to heat a house in the winter, or cool it down in the summer. As an added bonus, the heat generated in the exchange process can be used to heat domestic hot water. But how, exactly, does this system operate? First, a little technical information. There are two types of GSHPs, a closed-loop system and an open-loop system. The closed-loop system is composed of loops of plastic pipe buried at depths of six feet and greater. In this system, the heat pump continuously moves the water and a transfer fluid (such as antifreeze) through the pipes. An open-loop system, on the other hand, uses an existing well, pond, or other source for the water required for heat exchange. The water is pumped in from the source, provides heat exchange, and then is returned to the intake source. Hence the name “open loop.” If a pond is the source, says John Wright, of Hudson Valley Clean Energy, a solar electric and geothermal installer, it must be a minimum of a half acre in size and maintain a depth of eight feet all year round. So, where do all these loops go? Well, there are two different methods of installing them, either vertically or horizontally. If you have limited land space, placing the loops vertically may be the only option. However, drilling to the necessary depths, often of 200 feet or more, can get expensive. Larger areas are best covered with horizontal loops placed in trenches, but this area’s rocky soil can make this option less than ideal. The best way to determine which system is appropriate for your home is to speak with the installation experts and schedule an in-person site assessment of the home and property. Once the pipes enter the house, they carry the water to the geothermal heat pump. This is generally installed in the basement or in a utility closet, and is just a bit louder than a refrigerator. If noise is a concern, however, the closet can always be soundproofed. In addition to the outside loops and the geothermal heat pump, there are two other important elements of a GSHP. All that warm and cool air has to travel through your house somehow, right? The most popular, and least expensive option, says Wright, is simply ductwork. And lastly, in order to ensure proper ventilation, an HRV, or Heat Recovery Ventilator, is used to preserve indoor air quality and dehumidify the air. But don’t think that a GSHP can only be considered before your home is designed or built. Charles Lazin, President of Altren Alternative Energy, estimates that while 60 percent of the company’s installations are in new construction, 40 percent are retrofits in existing homes. Since many existing homes are already outfitted with ductwork, this can simplify the process further, and work towards reducing the overall cost. In fact, the system can be considered at any phase, Lazin says, whether the architects are in the process of planning and designing the home or the general contractors are in middle of construction. But in an ideal situation, says Wright, the best time to consider a GSHP is during the planning stages of a new home. Not only because

it’s easier to start from the ground up, but also because the entire home can be constructed in the most energy-efficient manner possible. In wellsealed homes, more of that environmentally friendly warm or cool air will be kept where you want it: inside. So now you’re sold on the science, but how long will it take to install? And how much TLC do these heat pumps need? Typically, installation time can range from two weeks to two months, depending on the size of the system and whether it’s a new install or a retrofit. And for existing construction, a lot depends on the house itself. As Wright points out, a single-story ranch with an unfinished basement will be easier to equip than, say, a two-story brick colonial with a finished basement and attic. Maintenance is almost a nonissue. Just like your refrigerator, says Lazin, the GSHP is nearly self-sufficient, requiring only regular air filter replacement and an annual checkup: “Usually, the heat pumps will run for 20 to 30 years. And when homeowners look to replace them, it will usually be because there are more efficient units on the market.” An added bonus: no emissions! Cost is always a concern, and a GSHP will take its biggest bite at the beginning, as it costs approximately $10,000 to $15,000 more to install than a conventional system. The average price of a new system will range from $30,000 to $47,000, but can be as low as $15,000 or up to $70,000 or higher. But, as Wright points out, since oil prices keep climbing, the system has an almost airtight future of economic and environmental benefit. There are other cost-saving incentives as well, in the form of a $500 tax credit, and a $1,000 rebate from Central Hudson Gas and Electrical for the installation of a residential geothermal heat pump. Generally, the biggest rewards will be seen by homeowners who plan to stay put for at least five years, as it typically takes at least three years for the system to recoup the initial investment and begin paying for itself. Lazin suggests “stretching the window to five to ten years in the home, to more fully reap the benefits.” Since we live in an age of ubermobility, it’s wise to take a realistic view of your future plans before making the jump. How large a slice of your heating and cooling demand can a GSHP be expected to handle? For a new home, says Wright, the goal is to provide 100 percent of the heating and cooling, and 80 percent of the domestic hot water, all but eliminating reliance on traditional fossil fuels. According to HVCE, units are currently providing heat at a 50 to 70 percent higher rate than traditional systems, and cooling 20 to 40 percent more efficiently than air conditioners. However, it’s not a totally self-sufficient system, and some electricity is required to get things moving (and keep them moving!). Lazin suggests contacting Central Hudson, which produces some electricity with renewable resources. This can be an option if you’re looking to retrofit an existing home, which may not be as adept in energy efficiency as a newer home. Relying on a GSHP and supplementing “green energy” might be a good compromise if you’re looking towards reducing bills and fossil fuel consumption, but aren’t planning to move or to build completely from scratch. Another option, says Wright, is to consider a solar-assisted GSHP, so that on sunny days your heating and cooling needs will be completely environmentally generated. Ultimately, all three options keep the systems in the “green,” and allow them to run entirely independently of fossil fuels. And indeed, the benefits extend farther than reducing indoor air pollution and electricity bills. As Lazin says, relying on a GSHP “encourages the growth of alternative energy sources and local resources, and improves air quality for everyone.” While many consumers use the system as a method of cutting costs, Wright says just as many do so out of a larger concern for the environment: “It’s probably a 50-50 mix. If your goal is to reduce your carbon footprint, this is one of the major ways to do that.” So as you look towards a renovation or plan for new construction, consider the possibilities in geothermal heating and cooling. For an up-front investment, you can create a long-term solution to meet your needs, decrease your household dependency on fossil fuels, and lighten the punch of those energy bills. But maybe most importantly, you can stop feeling so guilty about all those long, hot baths. 7/07 CHRONOGRAM.COM COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK 37

ART OF BUSINESS

TEA MASTERS Harney & Sons Tea by Ann Braybrooks Photographs by Teresa Horgan

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nside a two-story brown building surrounded by neat lawns and a company running trail, John Harney removes the lid from a large, blue plastic barrel, one of dozens of similar barrels at the 89,000-square-foot Harney & Sons tea factory in the northeastern Dutchess County village of Millerton. A sweet-smelling mixture of green tea, coconut, lemongrass, and ginger perfumes the air. The 120-pound barrel is labeled Bangkok, and its contents represent one of the more than 250 single-estate and blended teas that Harney sells through its catalog, website, and retail shop. Tins of Harney tea can be purchased at luxury department stores and through gift and gourmet-food sellers, including Williams Sonoma and Crate and Barrel. Brewed Harney tea is also available in Barnes & Noble cafes. In the factory, Harney opens one barrel after another, releasing the warm, bold scent of Hot Cinnamon Spice (the company’s most popular flavored tea); the evocative aroma of Rose Scented (a mixture of Ceylon and Keemun black teas, rose oil, and pink rosebuds), and the tangy, calming fragrance of Mint Verbena (an herbal, not a true tea). Almost 25 years ago, Harney founded the tea business in the basement of his home in Salisbury, Connecticut, not far from the company’s current location. He had served in the US Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952, attended Cornell on the GI Bill, graduated from the university’s School of Hotel Administration, and run one nightclub and two inns. After operating the White Hart Inn in Salisbury for 23 years, he was eager to start his own family-run business. While managing the White Hart, he had noticed that guests often 38 COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK CHRONOGRAM.COM 7/07

asked about the tea he served. In 1960, just before Harney took over the inn, an Englishman named Stanley Mason had asked Harney to purchase tea from him. Mason had opened his own small tea company after retiring from the corporate tea world. Harney didn’t care what kind of tea he served, so he told Mason, a third-generation tea master, “that as long as he [Mason] taught my people how to brew it, then it was fine.” In 1967, after Harney had been using tea bags at the White Hart for seven years, Mason convinced him to switch to loose tea. Mason instructed Harney and staff how to properly brew and serve the tea, a process that included providing each tea drinker with a smaller, separate pot of hot water. If the brewed tea sat for a while, and consequently became stronger, then the customer could still pour it into a cup and dilute it with water. “We probably became the only inn, and the only hotel, in America that served loose-leaf tea exclusively,” says Harney. “We didn’t have a tea bag in the place.” Three years later, in 1970, Harney made a deal with Mason to run Mason’s tea business, which was called Sarum, the Roman name for the earliest settlement in Salisbury, England. Mason was born there, and he coincidentally ended up selling tea in the town of Salisbury, Connecticut. According to Harney, Mason used to say “one was the town of my birth, the other was the town of my heart.” While Harney didn’t actually purchase Sarum outright, he promised Mason that he would employ the tea expert for the rest of his life, as well as provide him with an office and “half a secretary,” as Harney puts it. In turn, Mason introduced Harney to his business contacts and taught him everything he knew about the tea trade.

ABOVE: MAGGIE ZAN, A SUPPLIER TO HARNEY & SONS, MEASURES 2.25 GRAMS OF TEA PER CUP FOR GREEN TEA; MIKE HARNEY, SHUNYONG LU (A SUPPLIER), AND ELVIRA CARDENAS DISCUSS DIFFERENT GREEN TEAS AND BLENDS; JOHN HARNEY SCOOPS BLENDED TEA; HARNEY SILKEN TEA SACHETS. OPPOSITE: JOHN HARNEY POURS A PERFECT CUP OF TEA, AND SHOWS OFF ONE OF THE MANYU HARNEY BLENDS.

In 1983, Harney ended his affiliations with the White Hart Inn and the Mason tea business to start a new, separate tea company. (Mason died in 1980.) Initially, there were three investors—sons Michael, Keith, and John. According to Harney, in the early ‘80s hotel owners across the US wanted to upgrade their tea service. Out of the six or so American tea companies that existed at the time, only the Harneys conducted staff training. This willingness to educate customers about the art of tea has contributed to the company’s success. Some of Harney’s first customers were Chuck Williams, of Williams and Sonoma, and Starbucks. “They didn’t know that I was doing it [blending tea] in the cellar of my house,” says Harney. In time, Harney moved his operation from the cellar to a garage, then to a barn. (All Harney children began packing tea when they were still in grammar school.)

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efore returning to the company, Mike Harney graduated from the School of Hotel Management at Cornell, lived and worked in Paris, and became the general manager of the Richmont Hotel in Chicago. Paul graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and completed a four-year tour in the US Marine Corps as a captain in the Special Forces. In 1987, Mike became vice president of the company. Paul assumed an active role, also as vice president, in 1995. Keith remains an investor and acts as a business advisor. The company was incorporated in 1990, and it continues to be run under the Harney & Sons banner. In 2004, the business moved to Millerton, after the factory building at the junction of Routes 22 and 199 became available. Mike’s wife Brigitte runs the gift shop next to the Harney tea lounge

and tasting room located in the village of Millerton, a mile or so from the factory. Paul’s wife Mimi runs the Parlour boutique next to the Harney tea lounge with a business partner. A few grandchildren and at least one nephew are also involved in the tea business. Altogether the company employs about 80 people, including factory workers and salespeople. Mike and Paul do most of the buying, which includes annual trips to tea-growing estates in India, China, Japan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The company’s catalog and website list teas that are currently available, although some teas “retire” as new teas, or harvests, replace them. Harney & Sons sells black, green, oolong, and white teas, along with flavored, floral, fruit, herbal, kosher, organic, and decaffeinated varieties. Many teas for sale in the catalog are accompanied by ratings from Mike, who uses a scale of 0 to 5 to rate briskness, body, and aroma. Earl Grey Supreme has a rating of 1 for briskness, 2 for body, and 5 for aroma. Organic Assam GBOP (Golden Broken Orange Pekoe) has more briskness (a rating of 3) but is rated lower in aroma (a 2). Mike Harney and Elvira Cardenas are the company’s official tea tasters. They select which teas to buy, and they test product that has been blended and packed, all in an effort to maintain consistency and quality. In a room on the second floor of the factory, Harney and Cardenas taste about 50 teas a day. First they smell the tea. If it doesn’t smell right, they discard it. Next they weigh the tea on a small scale. To make sure that they brew, and taste, the same amount of tea each time, they use a dime as a counterweight. After the tea is brewed, Harney and Cardenas look at the liquid, evaluating it for clarity and brightness. If the appear7/07 CHRONOGRAM.COM COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK 39

g r a n d o p e n i n g saturday, jul y 7 KI NGSTON SCULP T URE BIENNIAL 2007 O ve r 5 0 wo r k s b y 4 5 a r t i s t s , i n l o c a t i o n s throughout the Cit y of Kingston Free, guided City of Kingston trolley tours traversing the Biennial on opening day, starting at the Arts Society of Kingston (ASK) from 1:00-6:00 p.m. Opening receptions from 5:00-10:00 pm at ASK (97 Broadway) and The Livingroom Gallery (45 N. Front Street)

Special performance events in the former Ulster County Jail at Golden Hill (just off Rt. 32, near Hillside Manor) Saturday, July 7

Noon-7:00 pm Lighten Up, art/life counseling by Linda Montano Saturday, July 14 3:00-4:00 pm Ghost Dance, performance by Adrian Frost Saturday and Sunday, August 4 &5 3:00-5:00 pm Jailbird Opera, presented by Blackbird Theater, handpuppet selections from the Beggar’s Opera & the 3Penny Opera, written by inmates and former inmates

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SARAH STEVENS IN THE TASTING ROOM AT HARNEY & SONS

ance meets their satisfaction, they smell it. If the tea smells good, they then taste it by sucking it through the back of their mouths, making sure that it hits all of their tastebuds. Among the many hotels that serve Harney tea is the Dorchester in London. Last April, the Tea Guild of the nonprofit UK Tea Council awarded the Dorchester with the tea world’s “Oscar” (so named by the Council): the Top London Afternoon Tea Award 2007. The Tea Guild’s inspectors, who travel incognito while scouting out tearooms throughout Britain, were impressed by the Dorchester’s “excellent range of teas that are beautifully brewed and expertly served by very knowledgeable staff.” In another coup, Harney & Sons was selected by the Historic Palaces of England to blend and pack tea under the organization’s private label. The teas are sold in the palace shops and in hotels and retail outlets in the UK. American consumers can purchase the tea through the Harney website and catalog. Starting this summer, Harney & Sons will be producing ready-todrink, bottled iced tea. All five flavors will be made from fresh-brewed organic teas. Says John Harney, “The day we package it will be the day we make it.” Each bottled tea will be sweetened with a minimal amount of cane sugar and honey, and the calorie-content will be relatively low—around 40 calories per bottle). In 2005, Bon Appetit magazine named John Harney its Food Artisan of the year. The publication lauded Harney for helping make tea respectable in the US and for starting a company that provided artisanal-quality product at decent prices. What does John Harney drink on most days? In the morning, he has a few cups of Harney & Sons Sencha green tea at home. He drinks a cup of coffee on his way in to the factory. And around 3pm, he has a mug of his company’s own Irish Breakfast. Harney & Sons Tea, 1 Railroad Plaza, Millerton. www.harney.com. 7/07 CHRONOGRAM.COM COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK 41

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Pamela Wallace splitting hot steel open with her handmade chisel and a hammer made by Jeffrey Funk.

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Portfolio Pamela Wallace

Dutchess County resident Pamela Wallace has crafted for herself a life with a single organizing principle—the sheer act of making. Having studied sculpture at Bard College and Southern Illinois University, she has focused on, for lack of a better word, a makerly aesthetic, which involves fabricating, forging, sewing, carving, casting or welding virtually every element of her work. Often her sculptures locate the unexpected intersection where nature and industry meet, as forged steel rusts, or raw wood weathers to a bleached, silvery sheen. Her poetic forms frequently invoke abstract grids, but this abstraction inevitably breaks down, as the logic and the process of the physical materials take center stage. Wallace has most recently been working on a large site-specific piece made of plastic sheets sewn together with wood wool inside titled Still, Between My Arm and Shoulder (pictured on this page), which will fill a broad expanse of wall in the main gallery at the Arts Society of Kingston. The work is a key component of the exhibition “Allusive Objects,” a show-within-the-show that is part of the Kingston Sculpture Biennial, which opens on July 7 (and which I am the curator). —Beth E. Wilson

PAMELA WALLACE IN HER STUDIO

PAMELA WALLACE ON HER WORK Making and thinking I can’t really imagine not doing it, or living without it. It’s about making things, using my hands, manipulating material, and it’s gotten to the point where it’s in every aspect of my life. I work part time as a carpenter, part time teaching art, I’m building a new studio, and I guess I’m a part-time—or is it full-time?—artist on top of all that. I love it. I think art making is about using your hands. In the 20th century, this separation happened between making and concept, and I don’t understand why that happened. I see them as being part of the same thing. I don’t think you can separate the two. How many people do I know that try to make art on concept alone and it fails, it almost always fails. I think there’s some fantastic conceptual art out there, but I don’t think it’s all successful. I don’t think a student learning to make art can just say “I’m gonna make conceptual art and it’ll be great.” That works for one in a million. The two [aspects] have to go together. So it’s about liking to manipulate things and making things with my hands, but also thinking about having these ideas

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come to me of how to put something together, how to make something. Those ideas can come to me totally unexpectedly as I walk down the street, while I’m eating my bowl of cereal, while I’m in the studio when I just pick up a piece of metal and ask, “What if I take this thing and cast it?” Or, “What if I soak it in plaster and then in resin and sit it outside and let the weather get to it?” Suddenly it hits a point when it makes sense to me. The faux found object Often people walk up to my works and assume that I found a part. They’re surprised to find out that I made it, especially when I forge something intricate. If I find an object I like, because I know how to make these things, I want to make a version of that myself. I feel like I need more control [than using found objects provides]. I want to be the one where it originated from, rather than having it originate from someplace I don’t know. There’s an allusive quality, where people don’t really know where to tie it down—where does it come from, what are its roots, what’s its history? I don’t know

what it is either, and I don’t want it to be an easy answer. If it’s found from an old factory that made machine parts, then people fix that object into that place. Oh, it’s a machine part; oh, it’s a gear from a factory. Then it’s fixed there, and the ephemeral isn’t allowed to come out, they can’t wander into someplace where they don’t know what it is. So I think it keeps them from fixing an originating point to that form. When I’m making something, when I’m sewing all those bags [for the Biennial piece], I cut all the plastic, I sew it, stuff the fibers inside, over and over. I become a workman—sewing bags, doing my factory job, repetitive stuff, over and over again. But I’m allowed to have accident come in—I don’t have to make them all perfect [like a factory worker], so I can make one with one piece of fiber in it, and then another that’s stuffed full, and another where the fiber’s sticking out through the seam. I allow the randomness and accident to come into the process. And then in hanging it, there’s not a particular order to the bags—there’s no necessary relationship between one bag and the next. The randomness of that is exactly what I want.

Clockwise from top left: So Many, forged steel, oak, 10” x 54” x 6”, 1997; photo: Rob O’Neil. Suspended Pod Bodies (Kameradeschaft), cast iron, bookbinding thread, 1996. 10’ x 14” x 20”, 1996; photo: Rob O’Neil. Just One Row, An Army Massed So Small, forged and fused steel, beeswax, and string installation, 11” x 17’ 4” x 2”, 1997; photo: Rob O’Neil. Elegy, plaster, string, forged steel, 11’ x 5’6” x 9’, 2006; photo: Andy Wainwright. Just A Few Bundles The Least Bit Attached, forged steel, 15’ x 11’ x 2’, 2005. Neverending stories

(non-)monumentality

Engendered acts

When I think of the work that I want to go back and look at, that I’m constantly drawn to (people like Eva Hesse, or someone not quite so obvious would be Bruce Nauman) it’s because I can constantly go back to this work and enjoy what I’m seeing. What it’s about isn’t immediately apparent. So I can look at it again, and think about it differently, and think about it some more in yet another way. Someone like Juan Munoz, who works with the figure, and he creates these narratives with the figure (totally unlike my work) but I can continue to go back to that and wonder what it’s about. I don’t want to be told immediately what it’s about. I can’t stand art that does that. What do I do after that? Is there room for me to go back to it and enjoy it again? It’s like the second time you hear a joke, the second time you hear a funny story, do you like it? Sometimes yes, but most of the time it’s done [after the first telling]. In art, I don’t want the answer too quickly.

Someone once said to me, your work is monumental with a small m. I thought that was really funny, but really on the mark. I use the grid, but then I have these moments of what I call punctuation. You can’t have a run-on sentence. If you’re listening to music, there are dynamics, short notes, long notes, you have to be careful to put in some punctuation. So I have the grid, but with moments of punctuation in it. I love Agnes Martin’s work, but I couldn’t have it hanging in every room of my house.

In my family, my dad was in the basement all the time making things, and my mom was in the kitchen all the time, making great food, or sewing. So if I wanted to have a relationship with my mother and my father, I had to be in the basement half the time, and in the kitchen half the time. I always loved working with my hands, so it didn’t matter whether I was rolling out a pie shell, and if I was downstairs where my dad taught me how to use a band saw—I think he put a stool in front of it—and I cut out wooden puzzles for myself. I didn’t think about art, but I just wanted to make things. It didn’t really matter what it was, in a way, or if it had gender attached to it, I didn’t know any better. I think there are gender issues in my work, I think they have to be there. I wonder sometimes if I like including both sides of me, mixing up the two gender-specific identities in one piece, the sewing and the forging. I think I can’t deny that there are gender issues there. People just can’t believe that I’m forging, or welding, and that I’m a good welder, too. I believe, at this point, if it’s makeable, I could make it. And that’s a great feeling.

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Lucid Dreaming BY BETH E. WILSON

ART AND ALLUSION

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he lede for most of the stories about the Kingston Sculpture Biennial this year will focus on its most overtly intriguing venue: a series of installations and performances at the former Ulster County Jail on Golden Hill. As curator of the exhibition, it has certainly been one of the more exciting elements of the show to put together—every time I made a visit to the facility in the company of various artists, invariably they walked out the front door bursting with ideas, inspired to do one thing or another or another. The secret of the jail’s allure (to viewers and artists alike) lies largely in the emotional energy resonating through the place—the dynamic of discipline and punishment, of transgression and confi nement, of power and powerlessness. It’s a heady environment, to say the least, and the work resulting from this place magnifies and channels that energy in a number of different ways—looking at the jail as dysfunctional social institution (Sam Sebren), jail as life metaphor (Linda Montano), jail as bleak backdrop for hope (Don Bruschi). Without a doubt, the sheer intensity of experience available at the jail is unmatched anywhere else in the Biennial. But to focus on the jail at the expense of the (many) other varieties of artistic/ aesthetic experience available in this wide-ranging exhibition would be a great mistake. As we put the show together, we encouraged artists to think about and create work made specifically for Kingston—itself a city of many identities, different communities, and widely varying topographies, in many ways an astonishing cross-section of contemporary American society, given the relatively modest size of the city. As a result, there is work that seeks to insinuate itself into the urban landscape (Sarah Mecklem, Denise Orzo, and Franc Palaia), or that reflects something of the history of Kingston (Anthony Krauss), or that underscores the spectacular appeal of the Hudson River landscape (Shelley Parriott, Basha Ruth Nelson). In a public art exhibition of this scale, there is plenty of room to offer a range of entry points for the many different kinds of people that will be its audience. Steve Heller’s life-size T. Rex, welded together from found metal, looms, Jurassic Park-fashion, at the intersection of Chandler Drive and Albany Avenue, is bound to be a crowd-pleaser. Naomi Teppich has added a fantastically oversized cactus form just outside the Forsyth Park Nature Center, appealing to children of all ages. 46 LUCID DREAMING CHRONOGRAM.COM 7/07

A more traditional approach to sculpture is found in beautiful carved stone works by Kevin Van Hentenryck, Christopher Lewis, and Bradford Graves. Similarly, Alejandro Dron makes a powerful formal statement, in monumental painted steel, with his enormous abstract sculpture near Lucas Avenue in Forsyth Park. Karl Saliter’s Rondouts gambols down the rolling hills of Hasbrouck Park, both playful and monumental. Others take a more political tack. Iain Machell transforms a simple park bench on Academy Green into a reflective commentary on contemporary popular culture, carving into the bench snippets of the blaring headlines and unbidden advice offered by the newspapers and magazines at the grocery-store checkout. Rees Shad works in what has been called “new media”—a notoriously undescriptive term that lumps together electronic, digital, interactive, video, and sound mediums, a list that offers just a glimmer of the possibilities explored in his work. Shad’s Declarative Light Project will likely provide a lightning rod for controversy in this Biennial. A series of otherwise innocuous solar garden lanterns, he’s reworked the guts so that instead of casting light at dusk, they’ll play sound chips of voices repeating “I am not a bomb” in one of 22 different languages. A statement on the atmosphere of fear generated by the war on terror, the political message is both important and potentially unwelcome, depending on how you feel about Homeland Security in the post-9/11 era. Out at Kingston Point, Simon Draper has built one of his signature sheds, a colorful bricolage of architecture, painting, and sculpture. Based on the form of the humble outhouse, Draper’s Point Out House offers a bench inside (no seat holes, though!), from which the viewer is invited to open a number of shuttered apertures, each window framing a part of the gorgeous Hudson/ Rondout riverscape beyond while offering a little primer on the history and geography of Kingston in the form of various written/scribbled texts inside. Situated close to the water, the tidal flow of the Hudson provides a powerful sonic backdrop to the work, as the whooshing water reverberates inside the shed and turns it into a sounding board. The siting of Draper’s work is every bit as important and powerful as the work at the jail—it happens in a less overt fashion, but on just as intense a level, if you’re willing to see it. Art demands that we pay attention, that we at least try to think differently, to open ourselves up to another point of view, a different reading of the world. Some artists are more challenging than others;

ABOVE: SKETCHES FOR SIMON DRAPER’S POINT OUT HOUSE. OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: HEART AND LUNGS, MIMI CZAJKA GRAMINSKI; UNTITLED (DETAIL), DEVON THOMAS; NAILED GRID (EVERY INCH A TARGET) (DETAIL), LYNDON PRESTON.

some work will “click” immediately for one viewer, yet leave another cold. But in any event, if it’s worth its salt, the artwork at hand will call us to experience the world—and ourselves—differently. This effect is something that can be engineered for a particular location (aka “site-specific” art), or that can be revealed by thoughtful placement of an already-existing work. Especially with sculpture, which exists physically in space, the work invariably alludes to its context (whether symbiotically or confrontationally), alludes to the reality of its materials, and casts an allusive net over the viewer, binding viewer, work, and world together in a way that did not exist before. Which brings us to the show-within-the-show, the exhibition staged in the main gallery space of the Arts Society of Kingston (ASK) for July and August. “Allusive Objects” brings together work by Mimi Czajka Graminski, Lyndon Preston, Raquel Rabinovich, and Pamela Wallace. Each of these artists has an amazing sense of touch, a way of working with materials that impresses itself immediately on the viewer. Using rich, basic materials—wood, metal, gravel, vellum, river mud—these works move beyond simple representation, embracing both presence and abstraction, the natural and the artificial, in a deconstructive mode that rejects simplistic readings, and, on a certain level, even the penetration of language itself. Rabinovich’s rich River Library, encrustations of river sediment on dense, handmade paper, speak to what Robert Smithson once called “non-site” works (natural materials wrenched from their original contexts), alongside Pamela Wallace’s site-specific installation that is literally unthinkable without the architecture of the ASK space. Lyndon Preston’s gravity-bound, obsessive-compulsive work, bristling with over 37,000 nails pounded into four low, flat planes of wood, creates a sense of movement through her artful direction of the nail heads, while Mimi Graminiski’s Heart and Lungs engages actual movement, as graceful hanging columns of stacked vellum drift gently in the air currents of the room. Inside/outside, self/other, reality/representation, process, place. All of these allusive dimensions permeate the sculpture on view throughout the Biennial, whether they’re in the jail or not—it’s up to you, the viewer, to respond to it, if it so moves you.

G. Steve Jordan MOHONK IMAGES GALLERY

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THE KINGSTON SCULPTURE BIENNIAL 2007 WILL BE OPEN JULY 7 THROUGH OCTOBER 20 AT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF KINGSTON. THE OPENINGDAY PERFORMANCE BY LINDA MONTANO WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FORMER ULSTER COUNTY JAIL AT GOLDEN HILL FROM NOON TO 7PM. THE OPENING RECEPTIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE ARTS SOCIETY OF KINGSTON AND THE LIVING ROOM GALLERY IN KINGSTON FROM 5 TO 10PM ON JULY 7. WWW.KINGSTONBIENNIAL.ORG. “ALLUSIVE OBJECTS,” WORK BY MIMI CZAJKA GRAMINISKI, LYNDON PRESTON, RAQUEL RABINOVICH, AND PAMELA WALLACE, IS PART OF THE KINGSTON SCULPTURE BIENNIAL, AND WILL BE OPEN JULY 7 THROUGH AUGUST 26 AT THE ARTS SOCIETY OF KINGSTON. (845) 338-0331; WWW.ASKFORARTS.ORG.

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galleries & museums ALBERT SHAHINIAN FINE ART

EAST VILLAGE COLLECTIVE

THE GALLERY AT ARTEMIS

198 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 454-0522.

8 OLD FORGE ROAD, WOODSTOCK 679-2174.

33 BROADWAY, KINGSTON 339-2494.

“Regional Neo-Expressionist & Pattern Paintings.” Genre paintings and mixed media by Bernard Greenwald and Vera Kaplan. July 28-September 8.

“Emotions in Paint.” Works by Nathalie van Mulken. Through August 7.

“Holy/ Unholy Womanhood.” Work by Sadee Brathwaite, Miranda Varela and Eleana Pellegrino. July 7-29.

Opening Saturday, July 14, 5pm-7pm.

Opening Saturday, July 7, 6pm-9pm.

FLAT IRON GALLERY

THE GALLERY AT R&F

Opening Saturday, July 28, 5pm-7pm. ANN STREET GALLERY 140 ANN STREET, NEWBURGH 562-6940 x119.

“In The Mix.” Group exhibit. Through July 21. THE ARTS CENTER OF THE GREATER HUDSON VALLEY 7392 SOUTH BROADWAY, RED HOOK 758-8708.

“Reverence.” Work of 33 internationally renowned artists from 13 countries. Through September 30.

105 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 734-1894.

84 TEN BROECK AVE, KINGSTON 331-3112.

“New York Landscapes.” Works by Jan Aiello. Through July 1.

“The Walks.” Oil paintings by Matthew Kelly. Through July 28.

FOVEA EXHIBITIONS 143 MAIN STREET, BEACON 765-2199.

“It Is Our War.” Photographs that tell three stories from the Iraq War. July 14-August 31. Opening Saturday, July 14, 4pm-8pm.

“Green.” Through July 15. BARD COLLEGE EXHIBITION CENTER/UBS

FRESHMEN FINE ARTS GALLERY 4 SOUTH CHESTNUT STREET, BEACON 440-8988.

“Plantscapes-Transforming Images.” Large-scale color drawings by Denise Mastrosimone Smith. Through July 10.

7401 SOUTH BROADWAY, RED HOOK 758-7481.

GALERIE BMG

Opening Sunday, July 22, 2pm-5pm.

“Metaphysical Ground.” Photographs by Vincent Serbin. Through July 23.

BAU

“Painted Photographs.” Brigitte Carnochan. July 27-September 3.

“Fresh Ink.” A print making event by Elizabeth Winchester. Through July 8.

“Painting From Three Perceptions 2004-2007.” Representational and abstract painting works by Edward A. Burke. Through July 31. GCCA CATSKILL GALLERY

12 TANNERY BROOK ROAD, WOODSTOCK 679-0027.

Opening Saturday, July 28, 5pm-7pm.

“Cat’n Around Catskill.” Street art project. Through August 4. “Dynamic Patterns and Colors.” Works by Molly Pomerance. Through August 4. “Journeys in Clay 2007.” Utilitarian objects and sculptures. Through July 29. GO NORTH GALLERY 469 MAIN STREET, BEACON . WWW.GONORTHGALLERY.BLOGSPOT.COM

“Skin Trade.” Works by Christopher Albert. Through July 1. “Human Remains.” Sculpture by Thomas Doyle. July 7-29. Opening Saturday, July 7, 6pm-9pm.

“Flowers and Birds.” Paintings and sculpture by Elia Gurna and James P. Quinn. July 14-August 5.

GALLERY 384 384 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 947-6732.

HESSEL MUSEUM OF ART

Opening Saturday, July 14, 6pm-9pm.

“The Shadow of Babel.” New work by John Mullen and Alexander Weiss. Through July 7.

“Feelings.” Work of Martin Creed. July 7-September 16.

CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY

“Flashpoint.” Recent works by Gail Gregg. July 14-September 1.

622 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1915.

Opening Saturday, July 14, 4pm-8pm.

BARD COLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON 758-7598.

Opening Saturday, July 7, 5pm-7:30pm.

“New Paintings.” Works by Greg Decker, Douglas James Maguire, and David Eddy. Through July 8.

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“Bard MFA Thesis Exhibition.” Artwork by 3rd-year students. July 22-29.

161 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7584.

25 NORTH DIVISION STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 293-0811.

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

ARTS UPSTAIRS 60 MAIN STREET, PHOENICIA 688-2142.

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Group show: Jessica Houston, Stevan Jennis, Jenny Nelson, and Allyson Levy. July 12-August 12. Opening Saturday, July 14, 6pm-8pm. CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION FINE CRAFTS AND ART GALLERY 7950 MAIN STREET, HUNTER (518) 263-2060.

“Hues, Hews, Yews & You.” Sculptures and paintings by Elena Agostinis. Through August 12. THE CATSKILLS GALLERY 106 PARTITION STREET, SAUGERTIES 246-5552.

“Recent Works.” Works by F. Tor Gudmundsen & Nancy Cambell. Through July 8. CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK 59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-9957.

“Rough Beauty.” Photography by Dave Anderson. Through August 18. “Photography Now ’07.” Group show juried by Alison D. Nordstrom. Through August 18. CHISHOLM GALLERY 3 FACTORY LANE, PINE PLAINS (518) 398-1246.

“The World of Polo.” Polo pictures and sculpture. Through July 12. COLUMBIA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 209 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 671-6213.

“Collaborations Exhibit.” Through August 4. DIA: BEACON 3 BEEKMAN STREET, BEACON 440-0100.

“An-My Le: Trap Rock, 2006.” Photography exhibit. “Drawing Series.” 14 key works from Sol LeWitt. Through September 10.

Caricature of Peter Schickele Bruce Ackerman, ink on paper. From “Semblance & Spirit: Portraits by Woodstock Artists,” through October 7 in the Towbin Wing of the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum. (Photo by Ben Caswell)

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HUDSON OPERA HOUSE

PUTNAM NATIONAL GOLF CLUB

327 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-1438.

187 HILL STREET, MAHOPAC 628-4200.

“Paradox and Conformity.� New works by Richard Deon. Through July 14.

“Art After Seventy-Five.� Works by artists 75 and older. Through July 16.

Gabe Brown and Erin Butler. New works. July 21-August 18.

RIVER STONE ARTS 37 WEST BROAD, HAVERSTRAW (917) 532-3090.

HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

“Ink, Scissors, Paper.� New works by Sky Pape and Jung Eun Par. Through July 21.

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

“Size Matters: XS.� Recent small-scale paintings. Through November 10.

RIVERWINDS GALLERY

“First Look II.� Works by 16 art students from around the country. Through September 30.

“Color and Light.� Landscapes by Linda Puiatti. July 14-August 6.

172 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-2880.

Opening Saturday, July 14, 5pm-8pm. JOHN DAVIS GALLERY 362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907.

“New Paintings by Sara Jane Roszak.� Through July 15.

“Peter Billman Retrospective.� Plein air paintings. Through July 9. SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART

“Sculpture by Trudy Solin & Renee Iacone Clearman.� Through June 30.

SUNY NEW PALTZ, NEW PALTZ 257-3858.

KINGSTON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

“Interpreting Utopia.� Through October 7.

105 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON

“Susan Freda: Aumakua.� Works made of wire. July 7-28.

“A Designed Life: Arts and Crafts of Byrdcliffe.� Through December 9.

“The Uncanny Valley.� Works by Hudson Valley artists. Through September 9.

Opening Saturday, July 7, 5pm-7pm. SILENT SPACE GALLERY KINGSTON SCULPTURE BIENNIAL

596 BROADWAY, KINGSTON 331-7432.

LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT KINGSTON. WWW.KINGSTONBIENNIAL.ORG

“Body States.� Figure painting and drawing by Kathleen McGuiness. July 7-31.

Group site-specific show. 50 works by 45 artists. July 7-October 1.

Opening Saturday, July 7, 5pm-8pm.

KLEINERT/JAMES ARTS CENTER

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34 TINKER AVE, WOODSTOCK 679-2079.

462 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 945-1808.

“2007 Byrdcliffe Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit.� Through October 8.

“Landscape.� Landscape paintings drawn from gallery collection span 19th-century to present. July 14-September 1.

“Black and Light.� Painting, photography and sculpture exhibition. Through July 29.

UNFRAMED ARTIST GALLERY 173 HUGUENOT STREET, NEW PALTZ 255-5482.

M GALLERY 350 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-0380.

“Healing Waters.� Paintings and sculpture. July 28-August 31.

“Attempting Grace.� Paintings by Jimmie James. July 14-August 8.

Opening Saturday, July 28, 5pm-8pm.

Opening Saturday, July 14, 6pm-8pm.

UNISON ARTS AND LEARNING CENTER 68 MOUNTAIN REST ROAD, NEW PALTZ 255-1559.

MILL STREET LOFT GALLERY 455 MAPLE STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-7477.

VAN BRUNT GALLERY

“Art Institute of Mill Street Loft—Alumni Artists.� Works by Leigh Bromer, Nate Gorgen, Jessica Montrose. July 30-August 18.

Richard Butler, Michael Ricardo Andrew, and David Barratt. July 7-August 6.

MONTGOMERY ROW SECOND LEVEL 6423 MONTGOMERY ST, RHINEBECK 876-6670.

“5 Dispatches from the Hungry Synapse.� 22 digital C prints by Dan Morse. July 23-August 26.

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“Varga Gallery June Invitational.� Through July 15.

331 MCKINSTRY ROAD, GARDINER 255-4613.

“Art Institute of Mill Street Loft - Alumni Artists.� Works by Whitney Flanigan and Tina Spataro. Through August 22.

WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM

ORANGE HALL GALLERY

“Family Album.� Photographs by Elise Pittelman. Through July 8.

ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MIDDLETOWN 341-4790.

“Applied Vision.� Works by Joan Kehlenbeck and Rosalind Hodgkins. Through July 31.

PEARL GALLERY

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130 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-4005.

“Up Here and Down There.� Photographic images by Tom Ligamari. Through October 31.

Opening Sunday, July 8, 2pm-4:30pm.

VARGA GALLERY

MUDDY CUP

“River Valley Artists Guild Summer Show.� Through July 31.

Opening Saturday, July 21, 6pm-9pm.

WHITECLIFF VINEYARDS

Opening Sunday, July 8, 2pm-4:30pm.

2ED (OOK

460 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-2995.

Opening Friday, July 27, 5:30pm-7:30pm.

305 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-7477.

(IRING (AAKON TO FRAME YOUR ART

“9th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition.� Through October 31.

“Art Institute of Mill Street Loft—Alumni Artists.� Works by Ursula West Minervini and Jonathon Poliszuk. Through July 14.

Opening Saturday, July 21, 4pm-7pm.

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3572 MAIN STREET, STONE RIDGE 687-0888.

“Redefining Evolution.� Paintings and sculpture. Through August 12.

28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-7851.

“Semblance & Spirit: Portraits by Woodstock Artists.� Through October 7. WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD 34 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2079

“Paths: Real and Imagined.� Group outdoor sculpture show. Through October 8.

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THE HUNGER MOUNTAIN BOYS

PHOTO BY FIONN REILLY

Hunger Mountain is in Monterey, Massachusetts, about 10 miles east of Great Barrington. But on this early June day its peak is pretty much impossible to make out, thanks to the thick, rainy mist that blankets the Berkshires and makes the roads a sopping mess. On the other hand, the disagreeable weather also means it’s especially nice to be warm and dry in the Victorian parlor-like coziness of Club Helsinki’s dining room, sharing tea and veggie burgers with Hunger Mountain Boys’ singer, guitarist, and dobro player Teddy Weber and string bassist Matt Downing. “Kip [Beacco, 37, sings and plays guitar, fiddle, and mandolin in the group] built a timber-frame house on that mountain,” says the sideburned, 30-year-old Weber from beneath his ever-present, beat-up fedora. “He and his family even live on Mount Hunger Road,” adds Downing, lean, scruffy, and 29. Country-derived sounds have, of course, never fully disappeared from America’s musical landscape. But far too much of what’s been pumped out of Nashville in the name of country over the last several years has been either signifier-driven, boot-scootin’ schmaltz or, far worse, jingoistic, chest-beating hate music. Part of a burgeoning scene of new, tradition-conscious American acoustic artists, The Hunger Mountain Boys bypass the ill turns country has made in recent times, instead taking the music back to its 1920s and ’30s rural, string-band roots and injecting it with just the right amount of Noughties consciousness. The roots in Weber’s life, however, haven’t only been of those of the musical variety. “I grew up in a little town in northern New Jersey called Branchville,” he recalls. “And in 1996 I moved to Maine to study forestry.” While each of his fellow members also sports a noteworthy performing resume (Beacco played in garage and jazz-fusion bands; Downing did time in top Philadelphia bluegrass outfit Jim & Jennie and The Pinetops), Weber’s is easily the most eclectic, including classical trumpet training and stints in ska bands and college jazz ensembles. After his tree-lined days in Maine, he went to Colorado for a year (“There’s a really big ‘newgrass’ scene there, but I wasn’t part of it.”) before ending up in the Berkshires/Hudson Valley area in the fall of 2001. “When I got here, right away, I was like ‘I gotta meet the local musicians. I gotta find out what’s going on around here,’” Weber says. After spying one of their posters, he checked out a few gigs by The Beartown Mountain Ramblers,

an early band that featured Beacco and Downing. (“We weren’t very good, but people loved us,” Downing says.) But Weber didn’t approach them directly. “I had put up an ad saying, ‘Dobro player available for jamming or recording’ in a music store,” remembers Weber. “Of course, since there aren’t that many players around here who are into this stuff, Matt found the ad and called me up. We all started jamming at Kip’s house, me and about half the guys from the Ramblers and some other local musicians, and Kip and I just instantly hit it off. Matt was just about to go on the road with Jim & Jennie and The Pinetops, so the Ramblers were winding down and Kip was really gung-ho to start something with me.” And so with a hearty nod to legendary old-time country and bluegrass twosomes like those of the Delmore, Monroe, Louvin, Allen, and Stanley brothers, The Hunger Mountain Boys were born. Weber and Beacco hit the festival and club circuits hard, where their trademark vintage suits and charming, microphone-sharing singing style made them stand out right away. But while cool visual elements are nice, they’re not much more than that if the band doesn’t have the goods to back them up. Rest assured, The Hunger Mountain Boys have the goods. In fact, they have the whole darn general store. On heart-tugging tearjerkers like their take on the timeless murder ballad “Katie Dear,” the pair’s aching high harmonies crest and coil around one another as they rise to meet the stars, helped along by the soaring slide of Weber’s steel dobro. On high-speed barnburners like the runaway “Departure Day,” Beacco’s razor-sharp mandolin sprints to the finish like a hunted fox, his agile fingers burning up the frets like pure white lightning. After a time, the Boys decided to capture some of that lightning on disc. So they turned to Off The Beat-n-Track studios in nearby Sheffield, Massachusetts, where they cut their first two rollicking CDs, 2003’s Fashioned in the Old Way and 2004’s Blue Ribbon Waltz. Both were released on the group’s own Old-Fi Records with producer Todd Mack, who also hosts “The Off The Beat-n-Track Radio Show” on WKCR. Both discs are now out of print. “Working with The Hunger Mountain Boys has been a great experience, totally,” says Mack. “Their level of musicianship is just so high, it’s a pleasure just to watch them play. And their songcraft is just amazing. On their records, the split might be 50 percent covers and 50 percent originals, but unless you

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already know the tunes it’s hard to tell which is which. They never sound like they’re trying to be old-time, they just sound real; their whole thing is totally authentic. But they’re still pretty open-minded guys, always game for a little experimentation.” In 2006, the band added Beacco’s and Weber’s old buddy Downing in time to record the appropriately named Three (Old-Fi Records) in Beacco’s basement studio. And the music itself expanded, bringing in elements of ragtime, early jazz, and Western swing. The trio started touring more out West, down South, and overseas, amassing elated new fans on mainland Europe and in the British Isles, where the group has perhaps found its warmest reception outside the US. And in addition to their band’s sharing the stage with some of their heroes— Ralph Stanley, Doc Watson, Taj Mahal, Jim Lauderdale, Del McCoury—the members have even guested on records by hot whippersnappers like Neko Case and Devendra Banhart. Recently, the band has begun gearing up for yet another lineup change. With baby number two on the way, Beacco unsurprisingly isn’t able to tour as much as before, so the band has drafted in ex-Crooked Jades fiddler and mandolinist Adam Tanner to fill his shoes—making The Hunger Mountain Boys a veritable old-time supergroup. But Weber and Downing hope Beacco’s time off isn’t permanent. “Our dream is to have him come back and for us to be a quartet. We’ll see what happens,” Weber says. “But we at least hope to do some regional shows and to record with both Kip and Adam.” During the periods when Beacco’s familial duties have kept him off the road, Weber and Downing have marked time with The Blue Ribbon Boys, a band that developed more or less concurrently with their main group and whose repertoire includes blues, swing, klezmer, and novelty-pop tunes in addition to early country. In the wake of 2000’s hit film O Brother Where Art Thou and its millions-selling, old-time-dominated sound track, a new generation of youthful roots-revisionists has popped up: Old Crow Medicine Show, Crooked Still, The Wiyos, King Wilkie, The Shiftless Rounders, The Crooked Jades, Eilen Jewell, the list grows. But do we really have only the Coen Brothers to thank for this welcome wave? “No, I think the O Brother thing was really just a matter of timing,” Weber

says. “A certain amount of younger people were just ready for this music. It’s why you see a lot of these sort of vagabond, ex-punk-rocker types wandering around with fiddles and banjos. It’s the simplicity. You can just buy a banjo and start out by learning a few easy tunes. “Plus, it’s just such social music,” he adds. “Some of the best times I’ve had in my life have been with the guys in this band, playing this music. Whether we’re on stage, or just driving along at two o’clock in the morning listening to Django Reinhardt. I love it.” Traditionally, whenever there’s been a rise in technology, there’s also been an equal and opposite reaction against it: Witness the aesthetic Arts and Crafts movement during the Industrial Revolution or the folk-music boom on the heels of the Jet Age. Today it’s the explosion of the Internet, although, ironically, the growth of the Web has, like that of radio in the ‘20s, immeasurably helped to spread old-time music. “It’s true. Can you imagine promoting a band now without the Internet, cell phones, all of this stuff?” Weber ponders. “It makes it so much easier.” So how did he and his young bandmates come to discover this seemingly forgotten music in the pre-MySpace age? “For me, it was by listening to ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ on NPR around the house when I was a kid,” Weber says, adding, “That was my ‘Grand Ole Opry.’” (Although the group hasn’t yet realized its collective dream of performing on the Garrison Keillor-hosted program, the Weber-Beacco lineup won a songwriting contest sponsored by NPR’s popular “Mountain Stage” and played on that show in 2003.) For Downing, a carpenter by day, the origins of his love of acoustic music are a little more tactile. “One day it just hit me that the music I was hearing on the big-time, commercial radio stations just sucked. And it had nothing to do with me,” he recalls. “So I figured I had to make the music I wanted to hear myself, not let them do it for me. And that’s what I’m doing. It’s what this band is doing.” The gifts we make by hand are always the ones that mean the most. The Hunger Mountain Boys’ Live & Early Studio Duets is out now on Old-Fi Records. The Blue Ribbon Boys, featuring Teddy Weber and Matt Downing, will play at Claverack Town Park in Mellinville, New York, on July 5 and at Club Helsinki in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, on July 27. www.hungermountainboys.com. 7/07 CHRONOGRAM.COM MUSIC 53

NIGHTLIFE HIGHLIGHTS Handpicked by local scenemaker DJ Wavy Davy.

Anthony da Costa, Abbie Gardner July 6. Da Costa, a 16-year-old musician is wowing audiences and recently racked up big prizes at the Kerrville (Texas) Folk Festival. He’s also a Northeast regional finalist in the Mountain Stage New Song Contest and was just chosen to be showcased as an emerging artist at the upcoming Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in Hillsdale (July 26 through 29). Abbie Gardner (one of this columnist’s fave performers) joins Anthony at for this show at Taste Budd’s Café. Expect sweetness for all the senses. 7:30pm. No cover. Red Hook. (845) 758-6500. www.anthonydacosta.com. Belleayre Music Festival 2007 July 7-29. This summer, music fills the mountains again courtesy of Mr. Mel Litoff and his wondrous crew. Start July with a hot reunion of doo-wop legends featuring The Coasters, The Platters, and The Drifters on July 7, and then boogie on back for Dr. John with special guest Hazmat Modine on July 14. The sublime, immortal Roberta Flack seduces on July 21; then make way for the classic opera “The Barber of Seville” on July 28; and children’s opera(!) “The Three Little Pigs” on July 29. All shows at 8pm, except “The Three Little Pigs,” which is at 1pm. Ticket prices vary. Highmount. (800) 942-6904, ext. 344. www.belleayremusic.org. Rebel Red July 8. Rebel Red extends the known boundaries of swamp rock with a ripe blend of styles that mixes Creedence Clearwater Revival and Little Feat with Captain Beefheart and Patti Smith. The band is led by female singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Red, who was born on Manhattan’s Lower East Side but has lived all over the world. Late local producer Steve Burgh introduced her to the family of talented musicians that make up her band: Ken Pine (guitar), Lester Wilson III (bass), Greg Bal (drums), Rave Tesar (keyboards), and Peter Holmgren (mandolin). Applewood Winery. 2pm. Call for ticket info. Warwick. (845) 986-1684. www.rebelredmusic.com.

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Josh Brooks July 8. Brooks is a country-folk songwriter from Vermont who introduced himself to our area in April 2007 at the illustrious John Street Jam series in Saugerties, then appeared in early May on WAMC’s “Performance Place.” Brooks will visit next as part of the Arts Society of Kingston’s Sunday Songwriter Series to promote his new EP The White House Sessions. Listen to tracks from his last two releases at his MySpace page. 2pm. $10/$8 ASK members. Kingston. (845) 338-0331. www.myspace.com/joshbrooksvt. International Bastille Day Party July 14. Three great performances in three hours presented by producer/publicist Stacy Fine launches Woodstock’s first Rock The Reactors concert. Haale, a Persian-American singer from the boogie-down Bronx stages her area debut after kicking positive ions at the last Bonnaroo festival. This year, David Byrne presented Haale at Carnegie Hall as part of the former Talking Head’s emerging artists series. Local greats Ron Toth and Cheik perform a short opening set and rising star Shamsi Ruhe closes this Colony Cafe show. 9pm. Call for ticket info. Woodstock. (845) 679-5342. www.haale.com. Kingston Latino Festival July 22. The City of Kingston, the Rondout Business Association. and El Coqui restaurant present the town’s fifth annual fiesta on the historic Rondout waterfront celebrating the Latino community. The event features traditional and contemporary cuisine, music by caliente dance bands and DJ Kue, and work by local artists. This year, proceeds will benefit SCORE (the Strand Community Organization to Rehabilitate the Environment). Vamanos! Noon. Free. Kingston. (845) 331-4580. www.cal.ci.kingston.ny.us.

Piano Lessons for Thwarted Geniuses

Saugerties Sunday Jazz Sessions July 1 and 8. Losing longtime Saugerties bistro The Chowhound and the swingin’ Sunday jazz sessions hosted by beloved diva Pamela Pentony last year was a tough blow for the scene. But with a rich serving of irony that’s truly (and literally) delicious, the jams are now back at the same venue’s new incarnation, The Pig Bar & Grill. The always-surprising rotating cast regularly features such top-drawer Hudson Valley musicians as pianist Francesca Tanksley and drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel. You never know who’ll show up! 7:30pm. Free. (845) 246-1058. www.pamelapentony.com. AARONA PICHINSON

with Peter Muir Uniquely qualified to help you ignite your musical spark, no matter what your ability. Peter Muir, PhD, Dip. IMH, is an internationally known pianist, composer, scholar and conductor with over 20 years teaching experience.

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HAALE PERFORMS JULY 14 AT THE BASTILLE DAY PARTY IN WOODSTOCK.

CD REVIEWS S SHERI BAUER-MAYORGA / LINCOLN MAYORGA AMERICAN SNAPSHOTS A TOWNHALL RECORDS, 2007 T

I you’re looking for a rewarding way to celebrate If A America’s greatest gift to the world—its music—this iis a fine place to start. Subtitled Two Hundred Years of AAmerican Song, this 20-track collection by the Valatie hhusband-and-wife duo of Sheri Bauer-Mayorga (vocals) aand Lincoln Mayorga (piano) is the aural equivalent oof a Ken Burns documentary, a broad-scoped survey oof American popular music via works by songsmiths ranging from Stephen Foster to Randy N Newman, Louis Moreau Gottschalk to John Fogerty, Hoagy Carmichael to Tom Lehrer. Ambitious? Very. But the Mayorgas are up to the challenge, and they make it all flow like the rich, resilient, single-cloth epic it is. Arranger and composer Lincoln Mayorga is behind the award-winning scores of such films as The Rose, Chinatown, Fame, and Ragtime; while Sheri Bauer-Mayorga has worked in New York’s theater and new music scenes, and frequently appears on WAMC’s “Dancing on the Air.” With light accompaniment from bass, drums, guitar, violin, and sax, the couple lovingly thumbs the pages of the American songbook, for a warm session of front-parlor intimacy. As the program passes from ballads to bebop to ragtime and pop, one underreferenced aspect hits home about America’s musical tradition: its consistent affinity for protest tunes. (See Otis Blackwell’s “Tell Me Why You Like [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt,” Ochs’s “Love Me, I’m a Liberal,” and Fogerty’s “Déjà Vu [All Over Again].”) So if history has anything to do with it, dissent is far more American than Applebee’s or NASCAR will ever be. www.townhallrecords.com. —Peter Aaron

PREFERABLY TAPIOCA GIRL SCOUT POCKET SONGBOOK INDEPENDENT, 2007

L Late, great bands like Talking Heads and The Clash ccreated a punk-funk vibe that lay dormant until PPreferably Tapioca picked up the spoon on Girl Scout PPocket Songbook. These four lads from Marbletown aand Rochester, New York—Raphael Cohen on bass, ttrombone, and vocals; Anton Cullo on drums; Liam M Mathews on lead vocals and sax; and Weston Minisssalli on guitar and vocals—mash up a style with equal servings for your hips and head. The opening track, “Everybody Loves a Martyr,” uses the word transubstantiation in the second line (so you don’t have to look it up, the term refers to the biblical changing of bread and wine into the body and blood of the Eucharist). Other tight tracks include the twisted “Smokey the Octopus” and the hard-rocking closing tune, “No Reflection.” The band, which often slips under the radar of voters in area teenage band battles, pays no mind and happily plays with reckless abandon. Recorded by Chris Cullo (Anton’s dad and Murali Coryell’s drummer) in their home studio, the sessions are clear and easy on the ear. Way beyond a garage band, Preferably Tapioca is funky-fresh and more than the sum of its ingredients. www.myspace.com/preferablytapioca.com. —DJ Wavy Davy

KAT K MILLS TWO COLLECTIVE WORKS MEDIA, 2007 C

F Former Hudson Valley resident Kat Mills recently rrelocated to Blacksburg, Virginia, but she returned tto this area—and its wealth of musical talent and sstudios—to record her second effort, Two. Mills used Scott Petito’s NRS studio in Catskill, a well as a staggering cast of players including drum as g giant Jerry Marotta, ace multi-instrumentalist Larry C Campbell, Petito on bass, and the impressive Marc S Shulman on guitar. Starting off the proceedings with “Too Far Gone,” Mills’s luxurious low voice digs deep in the verse, and just soars on the chorus, as Marotta provides the perfect groove and Shuman colors it with spatial, echoey lines. “One Time Around” holds haunting vocals, sometimes sung in a round, as Schulman’s eerie guitar serpentines around her. “Why Would You Say That?” takes a while to find its feet (though the stinging guitar solo just kills), but “Silver Dagger” is timeless and true. Mills goes it alone in the effective “Grey” and Petito’s bass just percolates in “Motel Blues” as the singer’s melody careens around like a pinball off a fast flipper. “500 Miles” is a traditional-in-waiting and “Walking Away” is simple and spare, as is “Rip Tide,” with its luscious lyrics and violin. The ideal combination of songs, players, production, and a compelling artist, Two is an extraordinary outing. Mills got it right on this one. www.katmills.com.

—David Malachowski

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Books

COMING UP ROSES MAXINE PAETRO, MISTRESS OF BROCCOLI HALL

by Nina Shengold Photos by Jennifer May

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t’s hard to approach Maxine Paetro’s Amenia home without gasping out loud. The driveway comes out of the woods between an iris-ringed pond and a 300-foot rose border, in full June bloom. At the top of a sweeping lawn sits a tidy white cottage, framed by tall pines and surrounded by peony blossoms the size of small melons. Between the main cottage and its wisteriadraped guesthouse—once a garage—is a courtyard garden with a bubbling fountain. An espaliered apple tunnel leads off to a hedge-framed phlox garden, where a professional gardener (identified only as “Heather” by her employer) is tidying up for the upcoming Garden Conservancy Tour.The gardens at Broccoli Hall comprise a full acre of plantings, with only one spot that looks less than wellgroomed. There’s a small vegetable patch tucked out of sight behind the guesthouse where, Paetro quips, “We do stupid plant tricks.” In one shady corner sits a cafe table with a vintage typewriter. There’s a single chair pulled up to the table, and a box on its seat sprouts catnip and weeds. “That’s my homage to the ghostwriter,” Paetro says with a satisfied grin. 56 BOOKS CHRONOGRAM.COM 7/07

Paetro has done time as a ghost in the machine, penning uncredited books for business writers, celebrity bios, and high-profile thrillers before hooking up with James Patterson as co-author of New York Times bestsellers 4th of July and The 5th Horseman, part of his Women’s Murder Club series. Patterson and Paetro just topped the charts for the second week running with The 6th Target. “It feels great,” she exults. “No one can take that away from you.” Dubbed by Time magazine “The Man Who Can’t Miss,” Patterson is a publishing phenomenon. His books have sold an estimated 130 million copies worldwide, with three different series—the Alex Cross detective novels, the Women’s Murder Club, and young adult Maximum Ride—all reaching the number one spot. He and Paetro will continue the Women’s Murder Club series with 7th Heaven, forthcoming in February 2008, and an untitled eighth due in 2009. She’s also collaborating with Patterson on a stand-alone “scary thriller.” But Max, as she’s known to friends, doesn’t want to talk about any of that. There are gardens to tour.

“It’s an English garden, so I wanted a Wind in the Willows, English fairy-tale, children’s book name—whimsical, not pretentious,” she says of Broccoli Hall, “It’s an Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, woman-who-never-had-kids-of-her-own kind of fantasy.” She leads her two guests past a sign that says “Please Back Out Slowly—Watch For Cats” and into a woodland “wild garden” of native plants such as jack-in-the-pulpit and meadow rue. Next comes the rose border, a breathtaking mix of rugosa, beach roses, heirloom “French ladies” from the 1700s, and wild dog roses (“That guy came in off the road by himself, and he gives the border a lot of heft,” she says, telling another interloper. “I did not plant you, and I think you’re getting carried away”). A winding trail leads to the Teddy Bears’ Picnic, a rustic cedar pavilion tucked into a grove. Then it’s up the stone steps to the koi pond and on to the five-sided treehouse for “the long view.” Gazing down from above, Paetro says, “There are no murders here. Unlike my actual work, where I can kill off 20, 30 people, whatever it takes. The only people doing murders here are the cats.” (She has six at the moment, including an avian serial killer named Harry.) Paetro’s gardening and literary lives merged when she married consultant John Duffy—where else?—in the gardens at Broccoli Hall. Her wedding photo shows a beaming James Patterson and numerous publishing-world heavy hitters among the guests. The newlyweds, 55 and 53, were both marrying for the first time. Deeply entrenched in their independent lives, they’ve forged a sort of inverted “Green Acres” arrangement. Paetro spends time in her husband’s Manhattan apartment when pressed, but prefers him to stay upstate, where the inveterate New Yorker tries to cope with the bucolic beauty. “He has a real Woody Allen relationship to the country: hates bugs, dirt, insect bites, rain, weather,” laughs Paetro. Born in Miami to Hungarian-Jewish parents, Maxine Paetro dropped out of college and moved to New York in the 1970s. She found work in advertising, eventually becoming an executive headhunter. Her first publication, How to Put Your Book Together and Get a Job in Advertising, debuted in 1980 and has since been reprinted at least 15 times. Paetro also published three novels, Manshare, Babydreams, and Windfall, smart-girl urban romances in the proto-feminist mode of Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying. Emboldened by her success, she left work to write fulltime, freelancing for New Woman, Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle, and other glossies. Unable to place her fourth novel, she turned to ghostwriting such works as Dream Lovers: The Magnificent Shattered Dreams of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee by Their Son, Dodd Darin. (Perhaps spooked by his ghostwriter’s prowess, the nominal author included his name in the title.) Paetro calls these “the skinny cow years.” “It’s a shock to leave corporate life,” she recalls with a shudder. “Life becomes much, much more real.” In 1992, she moved upstate year-round. Before that, Broccoli Hall was a weekend escape, where she’d tried in vain to teach boyfriends to weed. (She commuted by train, sometimes wending her way through Grand Central Station with three cat kennels stacked on a luggage wheelie.) Now it was home. “You find out how squirrely you really are,” Paetro says of that first long winter. “Writers are squirrelly anyway. Some of us are really shouting for high eccentricity.” She serves cookies and tea, apologizing for her instant coffee. “I actually can’t taste the difference,” she says, dropping tea bags in mugs. “Martha Stewart does not live in Broccoli Hall.” During the ‘90s, Paetro rekindled her friendship with an advertising legend she’d met back when he was a young copywriter from Newburgh. Coining the phrase “I’m a ToysRUs kid,” James Patterson rose through the ranks to become worldwide creative director at J. Walter Thompson. He also wrote books on the side, and before long, his Alex Cross novels were notching their way up the bestseller lists. Patterson’s oeuvre is geared to the airport-lounge attention span, with fastflipping plotlines and many short chapters; Stephen King once called them “dopey thrillers.” Paetro says, “We never let the adrenaline flag. They’re page turners. People read them in two or three days.” In a recent appearance on “Larry King Live,” a relaxed-looking Patterson said he had “more ideas than I could possibly do.” He’s published literally dozens of books, sometimes as many as six in one year. There are rumors on Internet book sites, and even in certain reviews, that the maestro no longer writes all his books, but farms out ideas to his writing staff—Paetro is one of five credited co-authors—as a TV showrunner might. (Indeed, Patterson is executive producer of ABC’s upcoming “Women’s Murder Club” series.) But Paetro insists that every book begins and ends with James Patterson. “He comes up with the idea for the novel and a detailed story structure,” she explains. “I work on this idea and structure, sending the writing to him as the novel progresses and receiving input over the entire life of the work in progress.” In practical terms, this means turning in pages every two weeks to Patterson’s Palm Beach home base, with numerous phone calls along the way.

Paetro spends the first week working out plot kinks and doing research, and the second in a single-minded frenzy, “writing as hard as I can.” She turns off the TV, ignores the cats’ clamor, cuts phone conversations short. “It gets a little bit maniacal around here,” she admits. Patterson gives her extensive notes, “kicking some ideas to the curb and giving me new ones.” Once she’s completed a first draft and polish, “Jim takes full possession of the novel, editing, writing, and shepherding the book through to publication.” He also does all the author appearances and gets all the press, which Paetro claims she doesn’t mind. “I’ve had my name big on bookjackets before,” she asserts, “I’ve been taken out to dinner by publishers, done booksignings. If not, I might wonder what I was missing, but having done that, I’ve done that. I love working with Jim because he’s so fricking smart. And I can move on to the next book and know that it’s not going to fail.” She has no ambition to write solo thrillers, though she dreams of writing a memoir about Broccoli Hall. Finding time may be tricky, though: Paetro’s day job proceeds at the same breakneck pace as a Patterson thriller. Asked how many Women’s Murder Club titles will follow the eighth, she gushes, “Oh, man, I hope 30 or 40. I love writing this series, I love the girls. I can feel these characters, what they care about, what pisses them off. For a writer, it’s divine.” Recently, Paetro told a friend she’s reached the point where her name will be linked to Patterson’s in her obituary. The friend said, “They’ll probably be linked on your tombstone: Maxine Paetro, with James Patterson.” Paetro told this to Patterson, who deadpanned, “Why should your name be first?” Paetro demurred, “Well...it’s my body,” to which he replied, “I see it as ‘James Patterson Presents.’” Retelling the story, she laughs long and hard, shaking her head with affection. “How could you not love working with a guy like that?” The gardens at Broccoli Hall will be open to the public on July 14 as part of Amenia’s Hidden Gardens Tour. Visit www.broccolihall.com for details.

Above: A French rose from a 300-foot-long border at Broccoli Hall. Opposite: Maxine Paetro and Harry on the courtyard garden steps at Broccoli Hall.

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SHORT TAKES There must be something elemental in upstate New York that gathers poets to these rocky riverbanks. Here’s a flotilla of verse launched by some of our finest small presses.

Varieties of Disturbance Lydia Davis

THIRST TH PATRICK CARRINGTON PAT CODHILL PRESS, 2007, $10 COD

Th winner of Codhill’s inaugural poetry The chapbook contest crafts poems of glistening ch simplicity; as clear, hard, and vivid as si stained-glass church windows. Selected by sta series editor and Chronogram writer Pauline se Uchmanowicz, U Thirst slakes the craving evoked e by its title and Carla Rozman’s striking s cover, leaving the reader sated.

VAN VANGUARD VOICES OF THE HUDSON VALLEY: POETRY 2007 POE EDITED BY NAN ALDERSON ED MOHONK MOUNTAIN STAGE COMPANY, 2007, $15 MOH

Tw Twenty-two area poets take wing in this impressively diverse anthology. Contest im winners Christine Lilian Turczyn, Ken Holland, wi and Jo Pitkin were chosen by eminent poet an and Vassar professor Eamon Grennan, an who cites “their ability to compact their w experience into a language that bristles ex with sensuous immediacy and affecting w implication.” im

SORRY, TREE SO EILEEN MYLES EIL WAVE BOOKS, APRIL 2007, $14 WAV

Th former director of the St. Marks Poetry The Project, “openly female” write-in candidate Pr for president, and instructor in Bard’s MFA fo program writes rambling, free-associative pr verse infused to the spiky roots with a lesbianve punk sensibility. “I don’t mind today, but the pu everyday makes me barf.” Guaranteed to flip ev fatuous wigs. fa

THE WYTHEPORT TALES TH LAURENCE CARR LAU CODHILL PRESS, 2006, $12 COD

Pla Playwright and poet Carr subverts genre boundaries with these works of “microfiction bo set in, around, and under the mythical town se of Wytheport.” Formatted like blank verse, teasing the ear like theatrical monologues, te these dense, often mystical tales conjure th worlds with grace and economy. “To each, w oone’s own oblivion.”

SAI SAINTS OF HYSTERIA: A HALF-CENTURY OF COLLABORATIVE COL AMERICAN POETRY EDITED BY DENISE DUHAMEL, MAUREEN ED SEA SEATON AND DAVID TRINIDAD SOFT SKULL PRESS, 2007, $19.95 SOF

In this lively collection of collective verse, John Ashbery jams with Kenneth Koch; Violet Snow As and Sparrow scat-sing cat song; and dozens an more poets get funky together. “Process m Notes” explicate collaborative methods: N e-mail, postcards, sharing one typewriter, eimprovising. T. Begley and Olga Broumas im write, “Who speaks? Collaboration is w ccompassion. Erasure of ‘ego’ and ‘muse.’”

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hat is a short story? The more one reads of Varieties of Disturbance, the seventh collection of fiction by genre iconoclast and award-winning French translator Lydia Davis, the less apparent the answer may be. Largely devoid of setting, defi nitive narrative structure, character development, and other familiar conventions, these 57 stories defy easy categorization. Ironic in tone and sparse in detail, they vary in length from six words (“Index Entry,” inclusive of title) to 41 pages (“Helen and Vi: A Study in Health and Vitality”). They are often voiced by remote yet oddly distinctive narrators, combining economical and inventive language with formal experiments that flash virtuoso brilliance, as with the Gertrude Stein-like repetitions dotting brief philosophical discourses such as “Enlightenment” and “Jane and the Cane.” Yet in Disturbance a postmodern identity emerges overall: that of an intellectual both absorbed and disturbed by language and the play of signifiers. Language has obsessed Davis for most of her 60 years. Daughter of a literary critic/professor and a creative writer, she began writing at around age 12. An acclaimed translator of Marcel Proust and Michel Foucault (among others) and recipient of a MacArthur “genius” fellowship, she currently teaches fiction writing at SUNY Albany. Her personal history and professional life have provided obvious material for Disturbance. “The Walk” (the volume’s only story with a recognizable narrative arc) borrows standard tropes from the “academic novel,” foreshadowing a rivalrous face-off in its opening sentence: “A [female] translator and a [male] critic happen to be together in the great university town of Oxford, having been invited to take part in a conference on translation.” Despite respecting the translator’s talent, the critic prefers flashy rhetoric to her translation method, which adheres accurately and faithfully “to the style of the original.” Actual translations excerpted from two English versions of Proust’s Swann’s Way (one, Davis’s own) appear in the story, leaving the verdict of the “fictional” debate up to the reader. Davis also parodies the scholarly article in the longish, wholly plausible, and richly satisfying rhetorical analysis “We Miss You: A Study of Get-Well Letters from a Class of FourthGraders,” which may contain the collection’s most sophisticated and sustained writing. Davis’s mock-sociological study “Helen and Vi” is less convincing. Other pieces might be mistaken (deliberately?) for undergraduate writing-class exercises (“Cape Cod Diary”). Elsewhere, Davis touches upon familial ambivalence, as in “The Good Taste Contest,” in which a husband and wife compete in matters concerning household ambiance and backyard horticulture, “judged by a jury of their peers.” Domestic matters return in the mock self-help guide “What You Learn About the Baby,” as well as in the fictional case history of a wife, mother, and short-story writer, “Mrs. D and Her Maids,” which features a revolving door of domestics, the title character’s anxiety comparable to the eponymous protagonist’s in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” Another narrator investigates her feelings toward her dying father in “Grammar Questions,” a monologue concerned with how language shapes relationships and loss. Revisiting this theme in the form of 61 interrogatives, the litany “How Shall I Mourn Them?” deploys anaphora at the beginning and ending of every line (“Shall I keep a tidy house, like L.?” / Shall I develop an unsanitary habit, like K.?”). Among the most intriguing—and vexing—selections in Disturbance are its epigrams, composed of terse blank-verse lines. These bare-bones encapsulations at times suggest the throwaway wisdom of fortune cookies and poetry magnets (as in “Collaboration with Fly,” which reads, “I put that word on the page, / but he added the apostrophe”), and at times the eloquence of haiku crossed with the knowingness of a Zen koan, exemplified by “The Busy Road” (“I am so used to it by now/that when the traffic falls silent, / I think a storm is coming”). Readers may be tempted to dismiss these minimalist fictions at first glance, but might be reminded of Varieties of Disturbance when they least expect it, as when the “Maintenance Required” light suddenly flashes on a car’s dashboard, prompting the question of how Lydia Davis might turn the annoyance into something that gleams. —Pauline Uchmanowicz

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Quinnehtukqut Joshua Harmon Starcherone Books, July ď™…ď™ƒď™ƒď™Š, 

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n a defense of Michael Ondaatje’s writing on his blog, Joshua Harmon quotes Barbara Einzig’s “a plot was originally a clearing in the woods.� Harmon seems to have taken this notion to heart. His fi rst novel, Quinnehtukqut (a Mohican spelling of Connecticut meaning “place of the long river�), is not a story so much as a meditation on place. The book is divided into four sections connected by setting—a region of northern New Hampshire that was declared an independent nation in the 1830s—and a central character named Martha Hennessey, a beautiful young woman longing for love and freedom, away from her father’s farm. Reading experimental novels can go two ways. It can feel like an exhilarating redefi nition of narrative, closer to what experience is actually like: fragmented, half imagined, interior as much as exterior. At other times, it feels more like reading notes for a novel the author didn’t quite get around to writing. I felt both when reading Quinnehtukqut. Harmon, who is also a poet and teaches at Vassar, understands the musicality of line. As I read, I found myself writing down poetic fragments that were particularly arresting: “their mouths wet breathing holes,� “the sky was sudden,� “the swinging motion of everything so far from home.� What Harmon sets out to do with this novel is enormously admirable and ambitious. The four sections open with epigraphs, which serve to inform the reading of them. A quote from experimental poet Susan Howe’s “Thorow� introduces the fi rst section, which tells the legend of Jimmy Frye (this may or may not be his actual name), a wayward hobo seeking gold and Martha’s heart. His story is told in a cacophony of voices that, while fascinating, are often hard to distinguish and incorporate phonetic spellings of regional speech. The second and most successful section, “Toward the Interior,� is introduced by a quote from Paul Auster’s White Spaces. It is the first-person, lyrically narrated account of a man who drifts in and out of consciousness as he lies in a hospital bed (remember The English Patient?), haunted by his memories of Martha and the expeditions of Admiral Richard Byrd. The third section, “Quinnehtukqut,� opens with a cryptic quote from Marguerite Allis’s Connecticut River and is subdivided into three sections that interweave the story of Martha, her mother’s employment with the Currier family, and a fairy tale about a princess and the huntsman forced to banish her to the woods. The fi nal quarter of the book, introduced by a quote from John Ashbery’s “Litany,� imitates the form of that poem; according to Harmon’s notes, it is meant to be read as two parallel stories. This section looks the most like verse—it’s in couplets—and tells the (interior and exterior) stories of a woman forced by a flood to leave her home. The origin of the word “plot� also harps back to the idea of a ground plan or map, and I often found myself lost while reading Quinnehtukqut. It demands sustained and intense attention, and for the right kind of readers, will probably deliver exactly the education and challenge they seek in a book. The rest of us can take pleasure in the gorgeousness of Joshua Harmon’s lines. —Caitlin McDonnell CHRONOGRAM PUBLISHES REVIEWS OF BOOKS BY LOCAL AUTHORS. SEND US YOUR RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOK FOR CONSIDERATION. 314 WALL STREET, KINGSTON, NY 12401

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Nine Ways to Cross a River: Midstream Reections on Swimming and Getting There from Here Akiko Busch Bloomsbury USA, July ď™…ď™ƒď™ƒď™Š, ď™“ď™„ď™Œ.ď™Œď™ˆ

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ou’re reading a book, and you’re getting sleepy, sleepy. The words begin to blur, a pattern emerges on the page, a roughhewn, unintentional optical illusion: currents of white seem to flow downward through the print toward the bottom of the page. In graphic design, these currents are known as rivers, and designers try to avoid creating them because they distract the reader’s eye from the text. Real rivers, too, invite the eye to meander, and, in the case of Dutchess County resident and design writer Akiko Busch, rivers invite her to enter the water, body and soul, to experience the sensual pleasure of swimming, to speculate, to ponder, to dream. Her thoughtful volume chronicles nine swims across eight rivers (she swam the Hudson twice) over the course of four years. The collection begins with recollections of her early childhood in Bangkok, where her father built a small cement pool in the garden of their home, defining the perimeters of the pool by laying spread-eagle on the ground and outlining his reach in an oval shape. When three-year-old Akiko contracted tuberculosis, the family came the US for treatment. Busch does not dwell on the disease, but recollects that, as an elementary school student in upstate New York, she saw a print of da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, with his outstretched arms and legs, and thought surely he was “planning on building a swimming pool for his daughters!â€? This kind of interplay between the serious and the delightful is put to good use throughout the book. Each crossing not only provides the occasion to recall details of the swim itself, but functions as a creative springboard for meditations on a variety of diverse subjects: history (including Native American history), literature, poetry, natural science, philosophy, art, ecology (especially efforts at reclaiming and healing rivers and riverfronts), psychology, and that mixed bag of critical analysis: self-examination. Swimming the Monongahela and Cheat (one of those rare rivers that seems to flow up), the author expects that the “northerly flow would somehow contradict the current of blood in my own veins,â€? imagining “not chaos so much as a small incident of anarchy in the natural world, a defeat of intuition.â€? Approaching the Susquehanna (in recovery since the Three Mile Island crisis) after being warned away from swimming it by practically everyone, the author “felt almost as endangered as the river itself.â€? But, treading water midstream, she fi nds the river “benign‌quietly gracious, just cool enough to make a difference on a July day, just deep enough here and with a current that told you the river was alive, but without threat.â€? Throughout the book, we meet an assortment of real-life characters: river keepers, park rangers, Winnebago-driving adventurers, fi shermen, other swimmers. There’s Dennis Chillemi, an Irvington, New York, police officer whose fi rst swim across the Hudson was simply an attempt to prove that one could swim in the river without becoming radioactive, and who went on to organize an annual charity swim that most recently raised more than $150,000 for the MS Society. Even Pete Seeger makes an appearance. The epigraph, a quote attributed to Heraclitus, best captures the essence of these essays: “You could not step twice into the same river, for other waters are ever flowing on to you.â€? —Kim Wozencraft

READ LOCAL READ GLOBAL Elizabeth Cunningham grew up and lives still in the Hudson Valley. She is descended from nine generations of Episcopal ministers. Her religious background, the magic of fairytales, and the numinous experience of nature continue to inform her work. Her creation is the Celtic Mary Magdalen, Maeve, who tells her own unorthodox version of the story of Jesus, their relationship and the scriptures. The paperback is now available and makes a great summer read!

Stimulating and often startling discussions between three friends, all highly original thinkers: Rupert Sheldrake, controversial biologist, Terence McKenna, psychedelic visionary, and Ralph Abraham, chaos mathematician. Their passion is to break out of paradigms that retard our evolution and to explore new possibilities. Their discussions focus on the evolution of the mind, the role of psychedelics, skepticism, the psychic powers of animals, the structure of time, the life of the heavens, the nature of God, and transformations of consciousness.

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Edited by Phillip Levine. Submissions are accepted year-round. Deadline for our July issue is August 5. Send up to 3 poems or 3 pages (whichever comes first), by regular mail, to: Poetry, 314 Wall St., Kingston, NY 12401, or via e-mail (preferred) to poetry@chronogram.com. Subject: Poetry Submission. Full submission guidelines at www.chronogram.com\submissions.

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You Can Do All of These Things

And There They Are For the Wordless

You can wipe the floor clean with bread. You can pick up the filth, put it in your mouth, because it is safest that way. You can use the long hairs you find in your clothing as silk for sutures, bind them into cord, or eat them when no one is looking. You can sweep the dust down the stairs, carry it around on the tops of your feet. You can count the creaks in the floor, guess at the grit under your nails, discover yourself in the shower, spill your tea on a thirsty carpet. You can do all these things. You can gather the dust to the center of the room, polish the silver or a statue with the oils on your skin. You can rub the way ahead smooth with your cheek, collect everything thrown away on a plate, eat it with your bread, because then you will know where it is.

mother and father laughing in the corner because their arms are becoming branches. There burst the apple blossoms. and the leaves greener than money even. Brother nourishes them With the watering can. Stays home. Says he can’t leave them alone. Somebody has to tend to them. He says the most difficult part Was the roots. How she complained from the aches and how her toes buried through the floorboards. And then dad, my brother says just shrugged his shoulders, now giant knots of trunk of course, and you’d have been amazed at the breeze that caused. —Jesslyn Roebuck

Cricieth I walked the length of the beach into the wind off Tremadog Bay. Shingle, not sand under my feet. Ropes of kelp wrenched free in the storm last night marked the limit of the tide. By the mouth of the Dwyfor the bleached hide and scattered bones of a long-dead sheep warned against straying. I found a stone, pupil black, and as smooth as the egg of some great seabird. It fitted into my palm, and filled my hand as your hand did. —Joanna Preston

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All day, all you could say was “Thank you.” This wasn’t the time to weigh in, nor the forum for decorum, as you nodded in assent to each possibility they passed you. What’s one more unopened envelope you reasoned. Really you were waiting for all the things you had no control over to come to pass. Dispense with this list, sweating up your palms, cross off the audit, death by boredom, baby girl about to change your life forever. You felt an urgency and contentment leading you to question other uncomfortable pairings. Wired and exhausted, you explained to the judge the morality of specific embezzlements, along with arguments for breaking probation. She was impressed enough to give you a somewhat reasoned rejection

You can do all of this. —D.A. Bird

They were throwing jobs at you the self-respecting had rejected.

Evening Walk in Late November It is cold, I have not brought gloves, and I can put only one hand at a time in my pockets. Is it true that the light of a flashlight, even one as feeble as this, goes on forever into space, which also goes on forever? I have heard it is true. I envy the lake, which forgets it is water as it becomes the sky. I have heard that photons, like fireflies, find one another in the dark.

with the assurance you’d reinvent yourself down the line, like all good philosophers. —Frank LaRonca

“Death is irrevocable” My student had a vocabulary list. It was Tuesday. He sent his father’s Ashes to Mexico the previous Friday. A family who lived a doorway From the fight said that maybe He died from the fall, a mishap.

I don’t know which is the greater mystery, the stars I cannot touch or the trees I can.

So on Tuesday we studied “Resilience” and “embalming” In our vocabulary, and for “irrevocable,” He said, “Death is irrevocable.”

—J.R. Solonche

—Steve Clark

Maine in Summer

The Art of Napping

The gull-crying coast of Maine Smelling of kelp and wild thyme You picking your way toward me through rocks at the shore. Was anyone ever so blond? Sea winds had tousled and gilded you I longed to touch the long muscle on the top of your arm Closed my eyes wrapped you round with love kept you warm on star-chilled nights Let you go When the water went gray When the city Washed in with the tide.

Something about curling up on my right side in fetal pose on taut bedcovers closing off the afternoon and its world is like stealing silk and not getting caught. —Lori Esmond Calderon

—Phoebe Wray

I Am Still Consider Old Women Consider the vulnerability of old women: soft folds of flesh around their necks, wide waists, variegated moles and age spots prominent after years of shifting flesh. Horrified to see my mother’s thighs loosen, her posture shrink as her bones betrayed her, I averted my eyes and hoped for a firmer future. Judi Dench, aged, enters the screen in Notes on a Scandal, feet awry, skirt just over her knees, hair permed and lifted for youthfulness. We know she is in trouble, yet she lowers herself into a tub of hot water, hair off her face, over bite adding to her beauty; sloping shoulders, melting neck, bare skin: we are nervous. How much flesh will the camera expose? My Aunt Mamie Lois feared rape in her old age, having read of young men breaking into homes and raping old women in her city of Birmingham, so she put bars on her windows and wrapped a scarf around her aging neck.

Feet curled beneath me Early morning light filters past Bright like crystal Through the windows I hear only the sounds of the old refrigerator Listening to the high hum The low whir I lose myself between them —Alyse Dietrich

Peril One leaned over to the other and exclaimed, “I tried dating for a while, but it was so depressing, I just became celibate—it was easier—it’s a control thing.” She said this as she stabbed a poached egg with her fork, and then carefully sliced a medallion of pork with her slender fingers, as straight as the knife she was holding. —Christopher Porpora

—Cecele Allen Kraus

track 7 the scene stealer swallowed tuesday, 10 am. as the novocaine subsided, the night bled into folly and hubris. the celestials snickered sovereign as she crawled inside the cube. jingle jangle! the caterwaul between the black frames demanded the violets unfurl. the glare curled in orbit around the halogen anatomy. interpolate, you miraculous bitch! the dancers memorexed their strokes as unhemmed laughter cascaded down the walls like stickum. hallowed be thy head! the mortar dried black in her ringlets with a shiver. i simply must know why you looked back. —Sharon Nichols

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he modernist design movement Bauhaus, associated with simplified forms and rational function, dismantled the boundaries between fi ne and applied arts. Its concepts come to mind when dining at Local 111, a restaurant housed in a former service station in the Columbia County village of Philmont. Local 111’s chef, David Wurth, uses the bistro’s close proximity to regional farmland to create new, rustic American cuisine that emphasizes local organic and grass-fed ingredients. The 39-seat eatery’s architectural elements also typify the Bauhaus idea that industrial materials and practical techniques may be reconciled with an individualist spirit and aesthetic. Drawn to upstate farm culture, Local 111’s owners, transplanted Manhattanites Linda Gatter and Max Dannis, purchased the then-abandoned Schermerhorn’s Garage on impulse in 2004, motivated by a lecture about the revitalization of main streets delivered at the village hall. “We didn’t know what to do with it at first,” says Gatter, speaking in her airy, daylight-brightened establishment, which has been in operation since August 2006. “But we loved this walkable village of 1,200 people and wanted to contribute to its mainstreet vitality.” Despite having no prior experience in food service, the couple decided to convert the building into a restaurant—part destination eatery, part local hangout. Gatter, an architect who graduated from MIT in the 1980s, came up with the design: an “adaptive” restoration. “For every project I try to think, ‘What does the space want to become?,’” she explains. “This is a service station, so I didn’t want to make it a farmhouse. I was aiming for something approachable, serene, clear, and not boring.” Viewed from a Stewart’s Shop located directly across from its Main Street location, Local 111 (the name merges the concepts of “openness” and “accessibility” with the street address) looks like its former incarnation’s bohemian doppelgänger, in keeping with the tiny hill town’s farrago of sporadically rundown 20th-century storefronts and renovated Victorians. Framed by original cement blocks, now painted a soothing cream-beige and joined by a mocha lintel, the facade is still dominated by mullioned-glass, roll-down garage doors. Adjacent cedar planters create an affable boundary between the parking lot and a dog-friendly patio with seating for 20, suitable for sipping morning latte and relishing a freshly baked scone, while, as Gatter says, “watching who gets a speeding ticket.” The exterior’s details include the pinstriped awnings that flank the garage doors, above which the restaurant’s humble, block-lettered sign suggests that of a firehouse. In the evenings, subtle overhang lighting illuminates the mise-en-scène.

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The main entrance opens onto a foyer refurbished in local black walnut and including a built-in bench. Plush, burnt-orange drapes along the far wall provide a dash of glamour. The opposite-facing walls are graced by large windows; installed across one, as if by Christo, a billowy scrim creates a grid between antechamber and dining room. Accessed across a doorless threshold, a sense of expansiveness permeates the cozy central eating area, its stone-ground, earth-colored interior rising 13 feet. A discretely placed mirror provides the illusion of additional space while a ceiling fan, salvaged from the service station, heightens the effects of minimalist decor. Buffed and sprayed to achieve a yellow-tinted, marblelike finish and now featuring a radiant heating system, poured-concrete floors have replaced the grease pits. Bounded by a garage door, a row of dark leather banquettes forms an agreeable sightline along a far wall, complementing a singular artwork that stretches its length. Commissioned by Gatter and Dannis to capture the spirit of the surrounding rural landscape, The Promise of Light (2006), an oil painting by Great Barrington artist Gabrielle Senza, depicts a pastoral view looking north from Craryville, New York. Made of mixed materials that evoke the industrial heritage of Philmont and crowned by a slotted wine rack spangled with miniature luminaries, the bar centers and unifies the main room. “I wanted something more rugged for the bar,” says Gatter, who hired a local steelworker to fabricate its frame and a Hillsdale woodworker to craft walnut and plywood into the top and underside, outfitting it with a foot rail. Edged in steel, square wooden tables elsewhere in the dining room repeat the bar’s patterning. Behind where a server would stand, a diner-style analogue clock floats on a backboard above a countertop where a chrome espresso machine rests like a combine in the garden. Projecting an inviting ambiance, the ingenuity of the building’s redesign is reinforced by Chef Wurth’s inventively prepared, less-is-more food. A graduate of the Restaurant School in Philadelphia during a time when cooking was considered a trade skill as much as a culinary art, he nevertheless set out to elevate basic technique to fi ne craft, seeking an inspired and elegant, yet straightforward form. In 1986, Wurth found work in a small, open-kitchen Philadelphia restaurant that served seasonal local food. He became an advocate of Alice Waters-style unfussy, ingredient-driven recipes, also fi nding inspiration in provincial French and Italian dishes. Wurth landed in the Big Apple in 1990, and for the next decade worked as sous chef at Savoy. “They were getting almost all their produce from green markets supplied by growers from up here,” he recalls, which induced him

ABOVE: ASPARAGUS FROM SAMASCOTT ORCHARDS IN KINDERHOOK; A FIRST-COURSE SPECIAL: SALAD OF ASPARAGUS AND TURNIPS WITH SORREL, PEA SPROUTS, AND BLUE CHEESE FROM LOCAL SOURCES. THE TURNIPS AND PEA SPROUTS ARE FROM LITTLE SEEDS GARDEN IN CHATHAM, THE ASPARAGUS IS FROM SAMASCOTT ORCHARDS, THE BLUE CHEESE IS FROM THE OLD CHATHAM SHEEPHERDING COMPANY, AND THE SORREL IS FROM THE GARDEN OF DINER CAROL CLARKE; EXECUTIVE CHEF DAVID WURTH PREPARES ORGANIC STRAWBERRIES FROM SCHNACKENBERG FARM. OPPOSITE: DINERS ON THE PATIO OF LOCAL 111; SUNDAY EVENING DINERS AND WAITSTAFF; JUST BEFORE OPENING, WURTH BRIEFS THE STAFF ON THE EVENING’S SPECIALS.

to move nearer to the original source. Twin principles presently defi ne his cooking philosophy at Local 111: “Let the ingredient guide you; it will tell you what to do. Get to know your local farmers and trust that they are doing right by their animals and fields.” Grateful for regular deliveries from neighboring Threshold Farm, and supplemented by an expanding roster of regional purveyors, Wurth likewise consults his CIA-trained sous chef, Brian Williams, formerly of Aubergine in Hillsdale, in protean menu planning. He also benefits from contemporary food writing, lately Rogers Gray Italian Country Cookbook. Dining at Local 111 is typically a bustling community affair. Its convivial bar crowd is a boon to lone diners, and its children’s menu is welcoming to families. Soothing jazz wafts through the sound system as an efficient team of locals overseen by front-house manager Tim Deak warmly attend to patrons. Though the eatery’s location (200 yards from a church) prohibits a full-beverage license, its limited yet savvy selection of potent potables includes winsome sherry or sake cocktails as well as such artisan beers, such as Sierra Nevada Pale Ale ($2.50) and 16-ounce draft Chatham Porter ($4). Focused without being intimidating, French and Italian red wines by the bottle range from Vrac Cotes du Rhone ($15) to Aleramici Brunello Di Montalcino ($55, the most costly). From among four whites one may choose chardonnay or Riesling, along with Chateau Haut Rian Bordeaux, all dry, crisp, and delicious at $4.75 by the glass. The central attraction at Local 111 remains the kitchen’s honest, wellportioned, and reasonably priced variations on familiar dishes. According to Wurth, “A restaurant should be affordable enough so that the farmer who delivers fennel in the morning on his tractor can come back later for fennel salad.” Exalting even the humblest food group’s most basic elements through tiny accents, he offers hamburgers and pork sandwiches on store-baked hard rolls ($8), accompanied by blanched then fried-to-order russet potatoes tossed in salt seasoned with crushed rosemary and paired with a salad comprised of 90 percent mixed greens (red or green oak, romaine, arugula, wild nettle, heirloom lettuce, and others) fi nished with a judicious amount of olive oil, herb vinegar, sea salt, and vegetable puree. Another recently featured salad combined white beans and sheep’s ricotta with asparagus spears, sublimely fixed between raw and cooked and arranged like teepee poles over a log pile of garlic-infused, oven-steamed fi ngerling potatoes and topped with a drizzle of lemon and olive oil. The soup of the day might sound offbeat, as in an eggplant recipe that began as rich and buttery liquid, fortified by a zing of crumbled goat cheese and

laced with chiffons of Italian parsley adding depth to the central vegetable’s already creamy texture ($5). Other subtle manipulations involve using store-made condiments. For instance, a spoonful of classic Spanish romesco sauce (chilies, olive oil, canned tomato, garlic, and breadcrumbs) becomes a tiny pedestal for enhancing a plate of sea scallops with background heat and a smoky, underlying flavor. In preparing duck confit ($8), Wurth keeps his attention on the shredded texture of the essential boned meat, tossing it with dandelion greens and sauteed carrots and fi nishing with a mélange of rosemary and cherry vinegar to create various levels of crunchiness and savory sweetness. Served with choice of two hefty vegetable sides, rotating entrees extend to nightly variations on familiar land, sea, and air dishes reminiscent of European peasant food. The chewy, grass-fed consistency of grilled steak ($22) may take some getting used to, though it is pleasingly graced with a red-wine reduction and quietly sweetened with butter, black peppercorn, and caramelized shallots to echo Old World au poivre. In contrast, the addicting taste of a springtime offering of Chatham cod ($22) unfolded gradually, sensitively layered with clams, barley, fiddleheads, and bacon and elevated by a whole artichoke prepared à la Greque, a light pickling method involving steaming and searing. Pan-roasted chicken ($19) results in bright, sharp notes when its beautiful juices release into seasonal herbs such as aromatic lovage. Vegetarians, meanwhile, may order a medley of three vegetables, such as honey-glazed carrots, grilled beets, and steamed kale, accompanied by grilled bread ($8). Dessert master Heather Morris’s homemade baked goods are equally inventive; for instance, cornmeal almond cake ($6) married to citron curd and candied lemon slices simmered in sugar syrup to cut their tartness. Since Local 111 also runs a continental breakfast cafe on weekday mornings, Morris concocts a changing roster of bakery items, including muffi ns, sweetbreads, and sticky buns, offered alongside egg sandwiches and coffeehouse-inspired drinks. “Stylistically, it’s a restaurant that speaks for itself. It’s an old garage with tables and chairs,” says Wurth. And the food? “Well, we went to the farm that day and got the stuff.” As if voicing Local 111’s motto, Gatter adds, “We’re our own little biosphere.” Local 111 is located at 111 Main St. in Philmont, New York. Dinner is served Wednesday through Sunday from 5 to 9pm and Friday and Saturday until 9:30pm. (Reservations are recommended.) The restaurant operates a continental cafe Wednesday through Sunday from 8am to 12pm. (518) 672-7801; www.local111.com. 7/07 CHRONOGRAM.COM FOOD & DRINK 65

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BEVERAGES Leisure Time Spring Water Pure spring water from a natural artesian spring located in the Catskill Mountains. The spring delivers water at 42 degrees Fahrenheit year-round. The water is filtered under high pressure through fine white sand. Hot and cold dispensers available. Weekly delivery. (845) 331-0504.

CAFES Bread Alone Cafe Bread Alone cafĂŠs offer fresh breads, pastries, soups, and sandwiches at four mid-Hudson locations. Boiceville, NY Route 28 (845) 657-3328 (headquarters). Rhinebeck, NY 45 E. Market St., (845)876-3108. Woodstock, NY 22 Mill Hill Road (845) 679-2108.

CATERING Blue Mountain Bistro Catering Co. On and off-premise catering. Sophisticated Zagat-rated food and atmosphere in a rustic country setting, wide plank floors, rough hewn beams and a stunning zinc bar. Chef-owner

Claudia’s Kitchen Personalized celebrations and weddings, using fresh local ingredients to create delicious and elegant menus. Homemade artisanal breads, Hudson Valley cheese, fabulous appetizers, meat and vegetarian entrees, out-ofthis-world desserts. Claudia works one on one to custom design your menu, your party, your wedding or special event. (845) 868-7338 or (914) 475-9695. www.claudiascatering.com.

Fresh Company At our kitchen in the Hudson Highlands, we gather great local and imported ingredients for events of all sizes and pocketbooks, from grand affairs to drop-off parties. True to our name, we emphasize the freshest, finest ingredients, because great food is the spark that ignites a convivial gathering. Our style is reflected in meals that encourage hospitality and leisure at the table, the elemental enjoyment of eating and drinking well. Garrison, New York. (845) 4248204. www.FreshCompany.net

Pad Thai Catering Delicious, affordable, and authentic Thai cuisine served with authentic Thai hospitality to your group of six or more. Lunch or dinner served in your home by Chef & Owner Nuch Chaweewan. Please call for prices and information. (845) 687-2334.

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“The Village Baker of the Rondout.� 100% Scratch Bakery. Stickybuns, Scones, Muffins, Breads, Focaccia, Tartes, Tortes, Seasonal Desserts featuring local produce, plus Sugar-free, Wheat-free, Dairy-free, Vegan, Gluten-free, and Organic Treats! Cakes and Wedding Cakes by Special Order. We ship our Lemon Cakes nationwide, $30 2-pound bundts. Open Thursday-Monday 8am-6pm; Sunday 8am-4pm. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Well Worth The Trip! 35 Broadway, at the historic waterfront district, Kingston. 35 Broadway, Kingston, NY. (845) 331-5517 or (800) 399-3589. www. lemoncakes.com.

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DAIRY Bobolink Dairy & Bakeyard Bobolink Dairy & Bakeyard features raw milk cheeses made from the milk of our own grass-fed cows. We also make rustic breads on the farm in a single-chamber, wood-fired oven designed by Alan Scott. Also available are free range eggs and pasture raised beef. Set on a 200-acre farm in the hills of Vernon, you can see pastured animals and taste food as it should be! Bobolink LLC, 42 Meadowburn Road, Vernon, NJ. For class schedule, directions, and mail order visit www.cowsoutside.com. (973) 764-4888.

FARMERS’ MARKET Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market

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The Hudson Valley’s best farmers bringing you farm-fresh vegetables, fruit, meat, poultry, dairy, eggs, wine, honey, bread, flowers, jam, pickles, herbs and much more. Free live music every week. Tastings and special events all season long. Municipal Parking Lot on East Market St. www.rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com.

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Come home to fresh, delicious, gourmet meals cooked in your own kitchen by your own personal chef. Chef Elisa Winter (formerly of Mother Earth’s Storehouse and a graduate of The Natural Gourmet Cookery School) does the meal planning, grocery shopping, cooking, storing, and clean up. Dinner time is pure pleasure instead of a chore. Special care for those managing diabetes, celiac, allergies. Extra special care for elders. Licensed, insured, and ServSafe certified. www.orderplease.com. (845) 594-7415.

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proprietors L.T. & Kitty Sherpa are dedicated to serving the Hudson Valley with a complete selection of products that are good for you and good for the planet, including an extensive alternative health dept. Nutritionist on staff. 348 Main Street, Beacon, NY. (845) 838-1288.

PASTA La Bella Pasta Fresh pasta made locally. Large variety of ravioli, tortellini, pastas, and sauces at the factory outlet. We manufacture and deliver our excellent selection of pastas to fine restaurants, gourmet shops, and caterers throughout the Hudson Valley. Call for our full product list and samples. Located on Route 28W between Kingston and Woodstock. Route 28W. (845) 331-9130. www.labellapasta.com.

RESTAURANTS Catamount Restaurant Located near Phoenicia and Woodstock, the Catamount Restaurant has been a locals and visitors favorite for years. Experience the pastoral beauty of the surrounding Hudson Valley as you dine creekside in the warm, inviting dining room. Enjoy the locally-inspired menu that features perfectly seasoned steaks and chops, creatively prepared fish and poultry and several vegetarian dishes. And don’t miss the house-made desserts. Available for private parties and business functions. 5368 Route 28, Mt. Tremper, NY. Call (845) 688-2828 for reservations. www. emersonresort.com.

Gilded Otter A warm and inviting dining room and pub overlooking beautiful sunsets over the Wallkill River and Shawangunk Cliffs. Mouthwatering dinners prepared by Executive Chef Larry Chu, and handcrafted beers brewed by GABF Gold Medal Winning Brewmaster Darren Currier. Chef driven & brewed locally!. 3 Main Street, New Paltz, NY. (845) 256-1700

Hana Sushi Best authentic sushi in the Hudson Valley! Superb Japanese sushi chefs serve the best authentic sushi with extended Dining Area. Sit at the counter or tables and enjoy all your favorites from Chicken Teriyaki and Udon to Yellowtail and Special rolls. Eat-in, Take-out, and private room is available. 7270 South Broadway,

Red Hook, NY. (845) 758-4333. www.hana-sushi.com.

Hickory BBQ Smokehouse Located on historic Route 28 between Kingston and Woodstock, Hickory offers diners Hudson Valley’s finest barbecue and smokehouse cuisine such as ribs, pulled pork, smoked beef, fish and free-range chicken. Whether enjoying your meal by the fireplace in Hickory’s three-star dining room or sipping a cocktail at the wood bar, Hickory’s staff is trained to make you feel as comfortable as you would at home. Hickory also features several vegetarian options, steaks, homemade desserts, happy hour specials, a complete take-out menu, and catering and special events in our private dining room. You can enjoy live music featuring the area’s hottest bands on Friday and Saturday night. Open daily for lunch and dinner. 743 Route 28 (3.5 miles from NYS Thruway Exit 19.), Kingston, NY. (845) 338-2424. www.hickoryrestaurant.com.

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Kyoto Sushi Kyoto Sushi. 337 Washington Ave., Kingston, NY. (845) 339-1128.

Luna 61 “Best Vegetarian Restaurant.” Hudson Valley Magazine. “Food is simply delicious, four stars.” Poughkeepsie Journal. “Imagine spicy Thai noodles, delicate spring rolls, and the best banana cream pie you’ve ever eaten. Join the Culinary Revolution.” Dutchess Magazine. Luna 61 is relaxed and funky, candlelit tables, cozy, and romantic. Organic wine and beer. 55 Broadway, Tivoli, New York. (845) 758-0061. www.luna61.com

Machu Picchu Peruvian Restaurant The only authentic Peruvian restaurant in Orange County, NY. Family owned and operated since 1990. Serving the community traditional

Main Course Four-star, award-winning, contemporary American cuisine serving organic, natural, and free-range Hudson Valley products. Wednesday and Thursday nights, food and wine pairing menu available. Voted “Best Caterer in the Hudson Valley.” 232 Main Street, New Paltz, NY. (845) 255-2600. www. maincourserestaurant.com.

Mariner’s Harbor Restaurant Mariner’s Harbor Restaurant is casual waterfront dining at its best. Patio Dining on the water in the historic Rondout district of Kingston, Mariner’s has for years taken regional awards for their high quality of cuisine and service at affordable prices. Serving the freshest seafood and raw bar, Angus steaks and a wide variety of time tested classics, Mariner’s now offers new and even more healthy menu choices like fresh local produce, organic wild salmon, grass-fed beef and vegetarian dishes. From intimate dinners for two to large gatherings, a meal at Mariner’s is more than just eating out, our friendly ambiance and recently refurbished décor, and our not to be outdone waterfront location, makes dining at Mariner’s Harbor a treat for the palette and the senses. Party and In-House catering menu available. Open Tuesdays – Sundays for lunch and dinner, open on Mondays at 4 pm for dinner. Find our menu and schedule of special events online at www.marinersharbor.com. Mariner’s Harbor, 1 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 340 -8051.

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Is it any wonder that Joyous Café is the most exciting new eating experience in Kingston? Whether it’s Breakfast, Lunch, or Sunday Brunch, the wonderfully prepared food and attentive service are outstanding. Open Monday through Friday 8am-4pm. Sunday Brunch 9am-2pm. Serving Dinner evenings of UPAC events. 608 Broadway, in The Heart of Broadway Theater Square, Kingston, NY. (845) 3349441. www.joyouscafe.com.

dishes from the mountains and coast of Peru. Trained in Peru, our chefs make authentic dishes come alive. Wine list available. 301 Broadway, Newburgh, NY. (845) 562-6478. www.machupicchurest.com.

Marion Nestled inside the beautiful compounds of the Woodstock Lodge, near Woodstock. 20 Country Club Lane, Woodstock, NY. (845) 6793213. www.MarionsCountry Kitchen.com.

Mexican Radio Voted Best Mexican Restaurant in NYC and Best Margaritas in the Hudson Valley, Mexican Radio features fabulous, homemade dishes made fresh daily. Extensive vegetarian/ vegan choices. A Great Place for Parties! Hudson, NY and 9 Cleveland Place, NYC; (212) 343-0140. 537 Warren Street, Hudson, New York. (518) 828-7770. pmljs@ecoipm.com. www.mexrad.com. 7/07 CHRONOGRAM.COM TASTINGS DIRECTORY

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Monster Taco When you have a hunger that only Mexican food can satisfy, visit Monster Taco. With fresh food, reasonable prices, and a funky atmosphere. 260 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY. (845) 4523375. www.monster-taco.com.

Neko Sushi & Restaurant Voted “Best Sushi� Restaurant by Chronogram readers and rated four stars by Poughkeepsie Journal. Serving lunch and dinner daily. Eat in or Take Out. We offer many selections of Sushi & Sashimi, an extensive variety of special Rolls and kitchen dishes. Live Lobster prepared daily. Parking in rear available. Major credit cards accepted. 49 Main Street, in the Village of New Paltz, NY. (845) 255-0162.

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CURRANT EVENTS PRESERVING LITERARY JAM-MAKING TRADITIONS by Miriam Leberstein When the “U-Pick” signs start to sprout at our local orchards and farms, and canning supplies are massed in the supermarket aisles, the urge to make jam comes upon me. But so does the urge to remain in the hammock, reading. So I was delighted when I came upon an essay by Mary McCarthy, in which she claims, “You can learn how to make strawberry jam from Anna Karenina.” Here was an opportunity to do some literary browsing in the interests of honing my skills, while remaining comfortably horizontal. McCarthy isn’t suggesting that Tolstoy had actually included a recipe in his classic work, as do many of today’s authors, especially mystery writers. Rather, she is celebrating the richly detailed, factual descriptions that she believed to be a hallmark of the great novels of the past. As I found, however, her claim is a bit of an exaggeration. Anna Karenina will not serve you well as a cookbook. Nor will the jam-making scenes I tracked down in a couple of other 19th-century novels. What’s more, these fictional portrayals of fruit preserving uniformly present a rather negative view of that wonderful summertime activity. The jam-making scene in Anna Karenina takes place in the sphere of the novel that centers on Konstantin Levin, the idealistic owner of a country estate trying to make it on the land. It is summer, and Levin and his pregnant, young bride, Kitty, have been joined on the estate by her sister, Dolly, and their mother, the Princess Shcherbatskaya. These city-bred noblewomen are determined to introduce into the Levin household their own method of jam

making, which eschews the use of water. Levin’s lifelong servant, the peasant Agafya Mikhailovna, who gets to do the work, is resisting—she’s always used water, so why mess with the tried and true?—and has already engaged in sabotage by sneaking water into the strawberry jam. To avoid this happening with the raspberries, the Shcherbatsky women have gathered on the terrace to oversee the process. The ladies try to be tactful, pretending to be absorbed with knitting and chat, and complimenting Agafya Mikhailovna on her pickles, but it’s clear that this is a battle of wills, with the princess issuing periodic instructions while the peasant woman silently fumes, praying that the jam will burn. The depiction of the actual making of the jam is too sketchy to serve as a recipe. We learn that you have to move the pan of fruit over a brazier, that the foam has to be skimmed from the surface, that the jam is ready when it leaves a tail when poured from a spoon. But important details about ingredients (how much sugar?) and techniques are missing. Worse, no one seems to be having a good time. There’s very little description of the sensual rewards of the process—the smells, the colors, the taste; no mention of a sense of achievement or satisfaction in the result. We don’t even learn how the waterless jam turns out. Compare this with the famous scene in which Levin spends a day reaping hay, another skill McCarthy claims you can learn from this novel. While it, too, fails as a how-to guide, it is thrilling in 7/07 CHRONOGRAM.COM CULINARY ADVENTURES 79

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its depiction of how Levin is brought to a state of near rapture by his harmony with the peasants, the beauty of the fields, and the hypnotizing effect of his rhythmic toil. It makes you want to snatch up a scythe and head to the nearest meadow. The jam scene makes you want to stick to Smuckers. You won’t get any rosier a picture in Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, that other famous tale of an unhappy adulteress. When Emma Bovary returns home to Yonville after a brief escape in the big city, she fi nds her claustrophobic, provincial town suffused with a pinkish steam emanating from piles of currants cooking on every corner. It is jam-making time and, as you might expect of a place marked by stultifying conformity, the townspeople all make their jam on the same day. In the household of the pharmacist Monsieur Homais, Emma comes upon a chaotic and somewhat comical scene of large-scale food processing gone amok. Furniture has been overturned, pans have overflowed, and the pompous apothecary is having a temper tantrum because his servant has fetched an extra pan from a room where the medical supplies are stored. From his ranting, Emma learns where the arsenic is kept—a bit of information that comes in handy when she later decides to do herself in. So the jam making here proves, albeit indirectly, to be the death of Emma! Granted, Tolstoy and Flaubert were more concerned with character and plot development than in teaching their readers to cook. It’s also fair to assume that they had no personal experience of the preserving process, and so couldn’t appreciate its rewards. But what of our women writers? George Sand is said by her biographer to have adored making jam, but I’m not aware that this was reflected in any of her novels. And it is interesting that even Louisa May Alcott in Little Women takes a break from championing domestic pursuits to serve up a scene of fruit preserving as a comical disaster. In an episode worthy of “I Love Lucy,” the newly-wed Meg, striving to become the perfect little housewife, decides to make jelly from her homegrown currants. After a day of exhausting labor, the fruit has refused to jell, and Meg ends up sobbing in the kitchen, amidst multiple batches of fruit in various stages of boiling, burning, and dripping. Then her husband, outdoing even Ricky Ricardo, comes home with an unexpected guest in tow, chuckles at the mess and her tears, and asks that she serve them dinner! Not a pretty picture. So if you want to make jam or jelly you’d be better off seeking out a good cookbook than a novel. And please, don’t let these grim fictional portrayals discourage you from engaging in one of summertime’s most gratifying experiences. Just as wood is said to warm you twice—first, when you cut it, the second time, when you burn it—so can jam and jelly delight the senses not only when you eat them, but when you make them. The aroma of the cooking fruit, the jewel-like colors, the magical moment of transformation—the “jelling”—and the gratification of seeing the fruits of your labors tucked away—these rival the considerable pleasure you will have from the actual eating of your homemade preserves. You can even add even another layer of pleasure by picking your own fruit. As in those old recipes that start “First, catch the chicken,” you have to first pick your fruit. And you owe it to yourself to do it yourself, in the many fantastic farms and orchards of the Hudson Valley. Not only will you get the best and freshest fruit, you will have a wonderful time. Lodged forever in my memory is a magical day I spent with friends picking sour cherries in a Columbia County orchard. It was a transporting experience to plunge into the trees, reaching for the neon-red fruit glowing against a bright blue sky, surrounded by spectacular views of the mountains and valleys. Before you tackle a specific recipe, here are some helpful general hints. Jam and jelly Jams and jellies are both made from fruit and sugar. Jam is made with the flesh of the fruit, chopped or crushed into various degrees of chunkiness, so that in the fi nal product bits of fruit are dispersed throughout a soft jell. Jelly is made just with the juice of the fruit, with the fruit pulp strained out, so that the fi nal product is a clear jell, usually somewhat stiffer than jam. (From whence come the lyrics of that great jazz and blues favorite, “It Must Be Jelly [Cause Jam Don’t Shake Like That],” which describe the effect of certain movements on certain anatomical parts.) Pectin and jelling There is a kernel of truth to the portrayal of fruit preserving as a technically difficult process. A lot of it has to do with what the poet Elma Mitchell called the “terrible chemistry of … [the] kitchen,” specifically, the vagaries of pectin, the substances that turns the sugared juice into a jell. Pectin is a kind of carbohydrate found in all fruits and vegetables, where it helps to maintain the structure of the

cell walls. When fruit is cooked, the pectin is liberated from the cells, causing the fruit to soften, and the juices to emerge. To get the juices and sugar to jell, the pectin molecules need to reassemble in the liquid. The reassembling process is helped along by heating, stirring, and by the chemical effects of sugar and acid. Lots of things can prevent proper jelling, including overcooking (what probably happened to Meg in Little Women) or insufficient amounts of sugar or acid. One way to deal with this is to add commercial pectins, extracted from fruit, which come in both powdered and liquid forms. When I first started making jam, the only such available products had additives that I wanted to avoid, and the directions called for much larger proportions of sugar than traditional recipes without added pectins. So I did without the added pectin, relying on the pectin naturally in the fruit, and haven’t found any reason to change my ways. I’m willing to risk a less-than-fully-jelled product, since I actually prefer a runny, relaxed jam to the stiffer kind. And if it doesn’t jell at all, I call it syrup or sauce and get on with it. But I won’t be like the Shcherbatskys and insist you do it my way. By all means, add commercial pectin if you prefer, especially since you can now fi nd purer, even organic, pectins on the market, and some don’t even require sugar at all. If you use these, follow the recipes and directions that come with them, which stipulate the amounts you need for optimum results. If you choose to proceed the old-fashioned way, without added pectin, be aware that some fruits are higher in natural pectin than others, and are more likely to turn out well. These include berries, sour cherries, apples, and citrus. Unripe fruit is higher in pectin than fully ripe fruit, so when you pick or select fruit, try to include some that isn’t fully ripe. How to tell if your cooking fruit has jelled? Princess S. said you’ll know it has if it leaves a “tail” when poured from a spoon. We call this “sheeting.” When you dip a metal spoon into the jam or jelly, and let it drip off, the droplets that fall from either side of the spoon will coalesce in the middle and form a sheet. Another method is to periodically put a dab of the cooking liquid on a plate, where it can cool quickly, and you can assess its texture at room temperature (jam thickens as it cools). Sterilizing and sealing The origin of fruit preserves lies in the discovery that cooking fruit in sugar is a way to stave off rot and keep it edible for months, even years, past the time it came off the tree or vine. That both the sugar and the fruit are transformed into something wonderfully greater than their individual selves is a bonus. While the sugar and the acid both help to make the fruit inhospitable to harmful microorganisms, you need to take some additional measures to fend off spoilage if you’re keeping the preserves for any significant period of time. First, you must sterilize the jars (and their lids) into which you’ll pour the jam or jelly by covering them with water and bringing it to a boil. Leave jars and lids in the hot water until they are needed. To keep it for more than a couple of weeks longer, you’ll need to take further measures. You can simply put the filled jars in the refrigerator and rely on the cold to keep them. (I was surprised to read in Anna Karenina that Agafya was used to keeping her stuff on ice, which seems to have been available in Russia even into the summer.) This is a good solution if you make a smallish batch of preserves and/or have lots of room in your refrigerator. In fact, making only small amounts of jam or jelly is a good solution for reducing the general level of effort entailed in a somewhat arduous process. After all, unlike our forebears, most of us are not relying on our own jam to provide us with food through the winter. And in these carbophobic times, you may not want huge quantities around. If, however, you’re looking forward to stocking your pantry, or just don’t want to crowd your fridge, you need to provide some kind of air-tight barrier to protect the surface of the fruit from contamination while it sits at room temperature. The old-fashioned way is to pour a layer of paraffi n onto the surface of the fruit. Or, as Princess S. instructed Agafya, if you place a piece of rum-soaked paper on top of the jam, you can do without ice. Today, there are special canning-jar lids that automatically form a vacuum seal as the contents of the jar cool. I prefer these; I like to hear the tops go ping! when the seal is formed. 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HUDSON VALLEY FARMERS’ MARKETS Compiled by Kelley Granger Arlington Baked goods, organically grown produce, spices, flowers, salsa, organic chicken, lamb, New York wines, and crafts. Vassar College lawn, Collegeview and Raymond Avenues. Thursday, 3-7pm. Through October. (845) 629-9097.

organic produce, cheesecake, seasonings, jams, wine, and more. Village Square, at Main Street and Route 207. Friday, 10am-5pm. Through October 26. (845) 294-7741.

Peekskill Fresh and organic produce, eggs, bread, cheese, quiches, chickens, jam, pickles, pasta, meats, desserts, tarts, wine, flowers, and plants. Bank Street. Saturday, 8am-2pm. Through November 17. (914) 737-2780.

Kinderhook Beacon Fruits, vegetables, organic produce, local cheese, smoked fish, wine, hot food, soy candles, honey, maple syrup, pottery, mushrooms, and fresh bread. Beacon Train Station, waterfront at the ferry landing. Sunday, 10am-4pm. Through November. After November, Saturday, 10am-4pm at the Beacon Sloop Clubhouse, an indoor shopping area with fieldstone fireplace and wood-burning stove. (845) 562-0192.

Catskill Artisanal breads, baked goods, jams, jellies, sauces, cheeses, organic produce, flowers, plants, arts and crafts. Live music. Catskill Point Park at the bottom of Main Street. Saturday, 9:30am-1:30pm. Through late October. (518) 622-9820, ext 27.

Cold Spring Seasonal fruits and vegetables, eggs, specialty cheeses, homemade pies, breads, cookies, candies, soap, organic produce, plants, herbs, maple sugar products, fresh honey, wines, hard cider, grass-fed meats, chocolate, cut flowers, herb bundles, cookbooks, herbal tinctures, scrubs, and soaps. The Nest, 44 Chestnut Street (Route 9D opposite Foodtown Market). Saturday, 8:30am-1:30pm. Through Thanksgiving. (845) 265-3611. www.csfarmmarket.org.

Fresh fruits and vegetables, homemade baked goods, jams, jellies and preserves, maple syrup, honey, cider, fish, chicken, turkey, pork, beef, herbs, cut flowers, perennials, annuals for the garden, and organically grown produce. Village Square and Green Street. Saturday, 8am-12pm. Through mid-October. (518) 758-1232.

Florida Vegetables, organic produce, fruits, wine, pickles, seafood, pastas, cheese, pork, beef, lamb, baked goods, prepared foods, greenhouse stock, and dried flowers. A featured local business and merchant per week. Arts and music series and special events during the season. 190 North Main Street, Route 94 and Route 17A, across from QuickChek. Tuesday, 10am-4:30pm. Through October. (845) 651-6000.

Hudson Eggs, dairy, fruits, baked goods, prepared foods, jams and jellies, various fruits, vegetables in season, honey, wine, potted plants, cacti, wool yarn, various crafts, local coffee blend (by the pound or by the cup), and meat. Various events. Sixth Street at Columbia Street. Saturday, 9am-1pm. Through mid-November. (518) 828-7217.

Hyde Park Baked goods, organic oil, maple syrup, honey, falafel, lunch, homemade soap, sundries, wines, produce, and cooking demonstrations. Hyde Park Drive-in lot, Route 9. Saturday, 9am-2pm. Through October 27. (845) 229-9111.

Goshen Fresh produce, fruits, honey, body lotions, baked goods, eucalyptus, plants, flowers, soap, breads, biscotti, cookies, pies, homemade meals, frozen fish, mozzarella, soups, pickles,

A variety of vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, cider, maple syrup, pesto, pies, natural meats, baked goods, cheese, wine, candles, and plants. Features a local artist every week. Special events. Municipal Parking Lot, at the Main Street and New Street intersection. Saturday, 9am-2pm. Through late October. (845) 744-6763. www.pinebushfarmersmarket.com.

Kingston Old Town Stockade Locally grown or produced traditional and organic fruits and vegetables, herbs, flowers and potted plants, hearth-baked breads and baked goods, cheeses, meats, poultry and venison, wines, herbal bath and body products, teas, honey and maple syrup, ethnic prepared foods, and more. Special events and chef demonstrations weekly. Appropriate vendors accept EBT and FMNP coupons. Wall Street, between Front and John Streets. Saturday, 9am-2pm. Through November. (845) 853-8512.

Middletown Produce, fruits, wine, cheese, cut flowers, and gourmet baked goods. Music and cooking demonstrations. Sponsored by the Middletown Business Improvement District. Erie Way, from Grove Street to Cottage Street. Saturday, 8am-1pm. Through October. (845) 343-8075.

Fishkill Fresh fruits, vegetables, homemade baked goods, flowers, and plants. All are sold directly by producers and bakers. Fishkill Plaza, Route 52. Thursday 9am-3pm. Through October. (845) 897-4430.

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Millbrook Locally grown, fresh produce (including organic), seasonal fruits, hearth-baked breads, cakes, pies, donuts, cider, granola, soap, lotion, lip balms, bath teas, candles, hand-carved bowls, salad dressings, goat cheese and milk, hand-crafted utility knives, plants, prepared foods, farm products, cut flowers, lawn art, hand-crafted furniture, and organic meats. Live music every other weekend as well as various special events. Franklin Avenue and Front Street Tribute Garden Parking Lot. Saturday, 9am-1pm. Through October. (845) 677-3125. www.millbrookfarmersmarket.org.

Monroe Locally-grown fruits and vegetables, herbs, flowers, breads, cheeses, cured meats, jams and jellies. Appropriate vendors accept FMNP coupons. Museum Village, 1010 Route 17M. Wednesday, 9am-3pm. Through October. (845) 344-1234.

Newburgh Honey, fruits, fresh meats, cheese, produce, plants, and herbs. Downing Park at Route 9W and South Street. Friday 10am-5pm. July 13 through October. (845) 565-5559.

Pleasant Valley Vegetables, fruits, berries, jewelry, gourmet bread, pastries, jam, honey, eggs, maple syrup, cut flowers, and plants. Town Hall, Route 44. Friday, 3-7pm, through September. Friday, 3-6pm, through late October. (845) 635-9168.

Poughkeepsie Fresh produce, plants, venison, rabbit, lamb, sausage, dried fruit, nuts, honey, maple syrup, fresh mozzarella and bread, crafts, and wines. Poughkeepsie Plaza parking lot, 2600 Route 9. Friday, 12-5pm. Through October 19. (845) 471-4265.

Rhinebeck Locally grown produce, homemade jams, dairy foods, artisanal condiments, pasta, pickles, plants, meats, cheeses, specialty breads, herbs, baked goods, wine, flowers, honey, live music, and various special events. East Market Street Municipal Parking Lot. Sunday, 10am-2pm. Through November. (845) 679-7618. www.rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com.

Rosendale Organic produce, flowers, seedlings, eggs, exotic meat vendor, organic meat, breakfast food, specialty breads, cakes, and pies. Rosendale Recreation Center, Route 32. Sunday, 9am-2pm. Through October 28. (845) 658-3467.

Saugerties Artisanal bread, produce, berries, eggs, regional cheese, honey, maple syrup, jams, sauces, bottled milk, fresh herbs, cut flowers, ice cream, organic coffee, and pasture-raised meats. Chef demonstrations, free tastings, a variety of entertainment, and free cooking classes for kids. Market and Main Streets. Saturday, 9am-2pm. Through October. (845) 2469371. www.saugertiesfarmersmarket.com.

Walden Locally grown fruits and vegetables, homemade breads and pies, sweets, jams, and entrees. Village Square, in front of library on Scofield Street. Thursday, 12-4pm. Through October. (845) 294-5557. www.villageofwalden.org.

New Paltz Certified organic and heirloom vegetables, artisanal bread, cheese, baked goods, plants, fruits, eggs, flowers, jams, jellies, Oliverea Maple Syrup, honey, fudge, organic meats, herbs, cut flowers, and cooking and canning demonstrations. Half block west of Main Street and Chestnut Street in downtown New Paltz. Sunday, 10am-3pm. Through October. (845) 255-6093. www.newpaltzfarmersmarket.com.

Warwick Jams, jellies, baked goods, organic produce and fruit, wine, artisanal breads, cheese, honey, maple syrup, mushrooms, chickens, grassfed beef, eggs, sausages, cut flowers, and garden plants. Chef demonstrations and music events. South Street Parking Lot. Sunday, 9am-2pm. Through October. (845) 987-9990. www.warwickinfo.net/farmersmarket.

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business directory ANTIQUES River Stone Antiques & Design Center Featuring 10,000 square feet of elegant booths and showcases of fine antiques, mid century furniture, and decorative accessories in the newly renovated historic Stone Building. In addition there is River Stone Arts, a spectacular 10,000square-foot gallery of sculpture, paintings and mixed media installations with new shows regularly. 37 West Broad Street, Haverstraw, NY. Hours 11-6 Fri-Sun. For information contact: (845) 786-8600 (River Stone Antiques), (917) 532-3090 (River Stone Arts).

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Earl B. Feiden A full-service appliance store with a long history in the community and pioneers of the home-appliance industry. We provide premium products, premium service and stock name-brand appliances. Our commitment to customer satisfaction is the cornerstone of our business. Visit us when you decide to shop for your next appliance at 661 Broadway, Kingston, New York, (845) 331-2230 or 785 Route 9, Latham, New York, 12110 (518) 785-8555.

Center for Photography at Woodstock 59 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY. (845) 6799957. Info@cpw.org.

Mark Gruber Gallery New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY. (845) 2551241. www.markgrubergallery.com.

Pearl Arts Gallery An elegant backdrop for a wealth of talented local and international artists. The intimate setting allows for clients to view work up close in a residential “salon” style setting Outside, clients may stroll down the landscaped walkway through the Sculpture garden and view larger scale sculptural installations in a natural setting. 3572 Main St., Stone Ridge. (845) 687-0888. www. pearlartsgallery.com.

Van Brunt Gallery Exhibiting the work of contemporary artists. Featuring abstract painting, sculpture, digital art, photography, and video, the gallery has new shows each month. The innovative gallery Web site has online artist portfolios and videos of the artists discussing their work. 460 Main Street, Beacon, NY. (845) 838-2995. www. vanbruntgallery.com.

ARCHITECTURE

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DiGuiseppe Architecture

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Inspired, sensitive, and luxurious. These are the words that describe the quintessential design work that is Diguiseppe. The firm, with design studios in Accord, New York City, and Boca Raton, provides personalized architecture and interiors for each and every client. Whether the project is a sensitive historic renovation, a Hudson Valley inspired home or luxurious interiors, each project receives the attention of the firm’s principal, Anthony J. Diguiseppe, AIA RIBA, an internationally published architect and award-winning furniture designer. Accord (845) 687-8989; New York City (212) 439-9611. diarcht@msn.com. www. diguiseppe.com.

EcoArch DesignWorks Award winning design, harmonizing spirit, health and the environment, solar and “green” design. Licensed in New York, New Jersey and California, EcoArch DesignWorks specializes in planning, architecture and interiors for single family or multi-family homes, entertainment, retail or office environments. Recent projects in New York include the Oriental Emerson Spa, the Ram Dass Library @ Omega and numerous private homes and additions. Unlock the potentials of your site, home or office, to foster greater design harmony, prosperity, spirit, health, and ecological integrity. (845) 247-4620. ecoarchitect@hvc.rr.com. www. JanusWeltonDesignWorks.com.

ART CENTERS Garrison Art Center 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison NY. (845) 424.3960. www.garrisonartcenter.org.

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A source for locals and tourists selling art and design-related gifts, specialty papers, kids stuff, note cards, books & journals in addition to art supplies. Papers. Paint. Gifts. Canvas. Crayons &Then Some. Create Something! Open daily 12-6, Thurs until 8 pm, closed Tues. 506 Main Street, Beacon, NY. (845) 4407904. www.beaconartsupply.com.

Catskill Art & Office Supply Traditional fine art materials, studio furnishings, office products, journals, cards, maps, and gifts. Creative services, too, at all three locations: photo processing, custom printing, rubber stamps, color copies, custom picture framing, and full-color digital output. Pushing the envelope and creative spirit for over 20 years. Woodstock (845) 679-2251; Kingston (845) 331-7780; Poughkeepsie (845) 452-1250.

Manny’s Since 1962, big city selection and small town service have made Manny’s special. We offer a full range of art materials, custom picture framing, bookmaking supplies, and the best selection of handmade and decorative papers north of Manhattan. Manny’s, it’s more than just an art store. 83 Main Street, New Paltz, NY. (845) 255-9902.

Terenchin Fine Art “Ether.” Inaugural show explores the notion “change is the only constant.” International artist roster includes Hudson River painters of the 19th century, contemporary photographers, Formalist sculptors. May 12 - July 8. 462 Main St, Catskill, NY (518) 943-5312. Opening Saturday, May 12, 6pm.

AUTOMATED WATERING SYSTEMS H2O Sullivan Custom Automated Watering Systems for gardens and lawns. Gives you controlled watering where you want it and when you need it. Perfect for time saving and water savings that is more important that ever. These systems are ideal for weekend homeowners and people on the go. Designed, Installed, and maintainanced, fully insured. (845) 626-2085. jerryo1317@ hvc.rr.com

BANQUET CENTER Mount Tremper The Catamount Banquet Center. Located at the Emerson Resort & Spa, 5340 Route 28. For more than 10 years, weddings and special events have taken on a magical quality at the Catamount. A large pavilion lends itself to stunning outdoor weddings or parties, while the warm, comfortable interior of the Catamount dining room provides many flexible options for hosting a oneof-a-kind gathering. For your wedding or special event, call the Catamount’s in-house event planner at (845) 688-2828 or e-mail msmith@emersonresort.com.

BED & BREAKFASTS / INNS Storm King Lodge Bed and Breakfast Come and enjoy our cozy lodge, converted from an early 1800s post-and-beam barn, and guest cottage in a country setting with gardens, pool, and mountain views. The Great Room offers a comfortable place to relax, with a roaring fire on winter evenings; or enjoy those summer nights on the covered veranda. Choose from six comfortable guest rooms with private baths. Comforts include central AC, several fireplaces, spacious lawns, gardens, and the grand swimming pool. Located near Storm King Art Center, West Point, DIA: Beacon, Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, and 1 hour from NYC. Great restaurants nearby. 100 Pleasant Hill Road, Mountainville (Cornwall), NY. (845) 5349421.

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R & F Handmade Paints Internationally known manufacturer of Pigment Sticks and Encaustic paint right here in the Hudson Valley. Stop in for a tour of our factory, get paints at discounted prices, sign up for an Encaustic or Pigment Stick workshop, or check out bi-monthly exhibits in the Gallery. 84 Ten Broeck Ave, Kingston, NY. (845) 331-3112. www.rfpaints.com.

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Leisure Time Spring Water Pure spring water from a natural artesian spring located in the Catskill Mountains. The spring delivers water at 42 degrees Fahrenheit year-round. The water is filtered under high pressure through fine white sand. Hot and cold dispensers available. Weekly delivery. (845) 331-0504.

BICYCLE SALES / RENTALS / SERVICE Overlook Mountain Bicycles 93 Tinker St. Woodstock, NY 12498. (845) 679-2122. Open everyday except Tuesday, 10-6, 11-5 on Sunday. Brands: Kona, Giant, Marin, Scott, Seven Cycles, Intense Cycles, Vicious Cycles, Mondonico/Torelli. Friendly, Integral sales repairs, and rentals. Professional bicycle fitting on site. Come check out Woodstock for the day and see for yourself why Overlook Mountain Bikes was voted Best Bicycle Shop in the Hudson Valley in 2006!

BOOKSTORES Mirabai of Woodstock The Hudson Valley’s oldest spiritual/holistic bookstore, providing a vast array of books, music, and gifts that transform, renew, and elevate the spirit. Exquisite statuary and other art works from Nepal, Tibet, Bali. Expert Tarot reading, astrological charts/ interpretation available. 23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY. (845) 679-2100. www. mirabai.com.

BUILDING SUPPLIES WIlliams Lumber & Home Centers The name you know and the name you trust. Our Design Centers are located at our Rhinebeck and Millbrook locations. Come meet with our outstanding design team and start creating your perfect kitchen or bath today! www.williamslumber.com.

CARPETS / RUGS Anatolia Tribal Rugs & Weavings Direct importers since 1981. Natural-dyed Afghan carpets; Balouchi tribal kilims; Russian sumaks; antique Caucasian carpets; silk Persian sumaks; Turkish kilims. Hundreds to choose from, 2’x3’ to 9’x12’. Kilim pillows, $20-$55. We encourage customers to try our rugs in their homes, without obligation. MC/Visa/AmEx. 54G Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY. (845) 6795311.

CHILDREN’S ART CLASSES The School for Young Artists An Extraordinary Art Experience! The School for Young Artists provides you with the tools, materials, instruction and support to achieve your goals. Our studio is about the joy of learning and the power of making art. Classes and individual sessions for children and adults. Call Kathy Anderson. (845) 679-9541.

CINEMA Upstate Films Showing provocative international cinema, contemporary and classic, and hosting filmmakers since 1972 on two screens in the village of Rhinebeck, NY. 26 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY. (845) 876-2515.

CLEANING

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MerryMaids

Chronogram Is Everywhere!

One thing you can count on when the rest of the afternoon has let you down. (845) 297-1009.

Have you ever noticed how wherever you go, Chronogram is there? That’s because our distribution is so damned good. We can distribute your flyer, brochure, business card, or publication to over 700 establishments in Ulster, Dutchess, Columbia, Greene, Putnam and Orange counties. Now in Westchester county with new stops in Peekskill. (845) 334-8600. distribution@chronogram.com.

CLOTHING Pegasus Footwear Offering innovative comfort footwear by all your favorite brands. Merrell, Dansko, Keen, Clarks, Ecco and Uggs and lots more. Open 7 days a week - or shop online at PegasusShoes.com. 10 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock and New Paltz, NY. (845) 6792373. www.PegasusShoes.com.

White Rice Clothing & accessories for women & children. Furniture & home furnishings. With an Asian sensibility. 531 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 697-3500. Open 7 days.

COLLEGES

DOG BOARDING Dog Love Personal Hands-On Boarding and Daycare tailored to your dog’s individual needs. Your dog’s happiness is our goal. Indoor 5x10 matted kennels with classical music and windows overlooking our pond. Supervised playgroups in 40 x 40 fenced area. Homemade food and healthy treats. New Paltz. 240 N. Ohioville Road, New Paltz, NY. (845) 255-8254. www.dogloveplaygroups. com.

Mount Saint Mary College Mount Saint Mary College, a private liberal arts college in Newburgh, offers more than 50 programs leading to undergraduate degrees and graduate degrees in education, nursing and business. Our quality small-college experience provides a stimulating and supportive environment for students who want to make a difference in the world. (845) 569-3222. www.msmc.edu.

M. T. Abraham, MD, FACS Facial Plastic, Reconstructive & Laser Surgery, PLLC Dr. Abraham is Double Board Certified and a Clinical Instructor in Facial Plastic Surgery. He is an expert in the latest minimally invasive techniques (Botox, Restylane, Thermage, Thread Lifts, Lifestyle Lifts, IPL Laser Hair & Vein Treatments), and specializes in rhinoplasty. Offices in Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck & NYC with affiliated MediSpas. Poughkeepsie, NY. (845) 454-8025. www.NYfaceMD.com.

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

CUSTOM HOME DESIGNERS Atlantic Custom Homes Atlantic Custom Homes is an independent distributor of Lindal Cedar Homes, the world’s largest manufacturer of quality cedar homes. Lindal is known around the world for their signature post and beam home designs, quality building materials and detailed craftsmanship. We believe that your home should be a realization of your wishes. We take the time to explore them with you, and to develop your design in accordance with those wishes, your budget and your property. (845) 265-2636.

Carol Rogovin Experienced editor will edit manuscripts with a focus on optimizing reader understanding. Will also consult on whether graphics could be a persuasive addition to the text. Carolrogovin@earthlink.net.

ELECTRONICS Burts Electronics Over 30 years experience. Exclusive Authorized Dealer. 549 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY. (845) 331-5011.

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FENG SHUI Eco-arch Design Works Janus Welton, AIA, BBEI is an awardwinning design architect, offering over 15 years of Traditional Chinese Feng Shui expertise to her Ecological and Healthy Building Design Practice: combining Building Biology, Solar Architecture, and Feng Shui to promote “Inspiring and Sustainable” environments for the 21st Century. Unlock the potentials of your site, home, or office to foster greater harmony, prosperity, spirit, health, and ecological integrity. Services include: Architecture, Planning, Commercial Interiors, Professional Seminars and Consultations. (845) 247-4620. Email:ecoarchitect@hvc.rr.com or www. JanusWeltonDesignWorks.com.

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Blazing fast broadband internet access. Featuring symmetrical bandwidth, superior personal attention and technical support, rock-solid security and reliability, and flexible rates. Complementary services include e-mail, Web hosting, accelerated dialup, server collocation and management, and customized networking solutions. Webjogger is a locally grown company with offices in Tivoli and Kingston. Kingston, NY. (845) 757-4000. www.webjogger.net.

LANDSCAPING Robert George Design Group Landscape, construction, consulting, design, masonry, project management. woodstockbob@aol.com. (845) 679-1095.

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FURNISHINGS 508 Main Street (845) 440-7904. Home accessories for the contemporary design lover, selling organic sheets and towels, funky textiles, exotic botanicals and fine art in addition to tableware, lighting and decorative items. Open daily 12-6, Thursday until 8pm. Closed Tuesday.

SUPPLIES Mac’s Agway in Red Hook/ New Paltz Agway Specializing in all your lawn and garden needs. We carry topsoil, peat moss, fertilizers and organics, grass seed, shavings, straw, fencing, pet food, bird seed, bird houses, and more. Mac’s Agway, 68 Firehouse Lane, Red Hook, NY. (845) 876-1559; New Paltz Agway (845) 255-0050.

The Phantom Gardener At Phantom we provide everything you need to create and enjoy an organic, beautiful landscape. Our dedicated and knowledgeable staff will help you choose from an unbeatable selection of herbaceous or woody plants, garden products and books. We offer professional design, installation, and maintenance services. Visit us! Rhinebeck, NY. (845) 876-8606. www.thephantomgardener.com

HOME DECOR Nectar Fairtrade Items & Unique Gifts from Around the World. (845) 687-2870, Rt. 213. High Falls. www.nectarimports.com.

HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING Hearth n Home Take what you’re good at and marry it to your passion. That’s how we created Hearth n Home. Our vision — a “holistic” business that addresses all aspects of making your house a home; repairs/upkeep to additions/renovations; fantastic dinner parties to a quiet evening at home with loved ones. www.HnHGateway.com

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Writing workshops and private instruction for writers. (845) 339-5776.

Submit to Chronogram Seeking submissions of poems, short stories, essays, and article proposals. Accepting pieces of all sorts. With SASE, send submissions to Chronogram, 314 Wall Street, 1st floor, Kingston, NY. info@ chronogram.com.

satisfying future. Cornwall, New Paltz, and NYC. Cornwall, NY. (845) 534-7668. www.mediated-divorce.com.

call for rates and availability. (917) 4495020. www.chinajorrin.com.

MOVING & STORAGE

Artistic headshots of actors, singers, models, musicians, performing artists, writers, and unusual, outlandish, offthe-wall personalities. Complete studio facilities and lighting. Creative, warm, original, professional. Unconditionally guaranteed. The Corporate Image Studios, New Paltz, NY. (845) 255-5255. www. michaelgoldsphotos.com and click on to the “Headshots” page.

Always Moving & Storage Accurate - Free Estimates. 85 Grand Street, Kingston, NY. (845) 339-5676. www.allwaysmovingandstorage.com.

MUSIC Burt’s Electronics Good music deserves quality sound! Avoid the malls and shop where quality and personal service are valued above all else. Bring Burt and his staff your favorite album and let them teach you how to choose the right audio equipment for your listening needs. 549 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY. (845) 331-5011.

Deep Listening Institute, Ltd. (845) 338-5984. www.deeplistening.org.

Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild 34 Tinker St. Woodstock NY. (845) 6792079. wguild@ulster.net.

MUSIC LESSONS Center for Personal Development Through Music Piano Lessons for Thwarted Geniuses with Peter Muir (845) 677-5871. www.cpdmusic. com.

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France Menk Photography events / portraits / advertising. iam@francemenk.com. www.france-menk.com. (845) 750-5261

PIANO Adam’s Piano Featuring Kawai and other fine brands. 75 pianos on display in our Germantown (just north of Rhinebeck) showroom. Open by appointment only. Inventory, prices, pictures, at adamspiano.com. A second showroom will be opening in New Paltz in November. Superb service, moving, storage, rentals; we buy pianos! (518) 537-2326 or (845) 343-2326. www.adamspiano.com.

Piano Clearing House Piano Clearing House. 8 John Walsh Blvd. Suite 318A, Peekskill, NY. (914) 788-8090. www.pianoclearinghouse.com.

LUMBER & WOOD PRODUCTS

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McCoy’s Guitar Shop

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Is your guitar or bass performing up to its fullest potential? Do you have fret buzz? Is your action too high/ too low? Is your instrument just plain old hard to play? Guitars and basses regularly need set ups, much like cars need oil changes and tune ups to keep them running well. Here at McCoys Guitar Shop our aim is to make your instrument play as well, or better than, you ever thought possible. Remember, if your instrument isn’t playing up to par, perhaps neither are you! Come to McCoys Guitar Shop and fall in love with your instrument all over again! McCoys Guitar Shop: Expert repairs, restoration, guitars and basses bought, sold and traded. Give us a call; you’ll be glad you did! Rosendale, NY. (845) 658-7467.

483 Rte 217, Hudson, NY. (518) 672-7021. meltzlumber.com.

MAGAZINES Chronogram The only complete arts and cultural events resource for the Hudson Valley. Subscribe and get the lowdown first. Whether you live in the Hudson Valley or just visit, you’ll know what’s going on. Send $36 for yearly subscription to: Chronogram, 314 Wall Street, 1st floor, Kingston, NY 12401. info@ chronogram.com.

MEDIATION & CONFLICT RESOLUTION Pathways Mediation Center We are a unique mediation practice for couples going through divorce or for families in conflict. Josh Koplovitz has over 30 years as a Matrimonial and Family Law Attorney and Myra Schwartz has over 30 years as a Guidance Counselor working with families and children. This male/female, counselor and attorney team can effectively address all your legal and family issues. Use our one hour free consultations to meet us or visit us on the web at www.PathwaysMediationCenter.com. (845) 331-0100.

Rodney Wells, CFP, Member AFM & NYSCDM If you’re separating, divorcing, or have issues with child support, custody, or visitation, choose mediation. On average, mediated agreements are fulfilled twice as often as litigated court decisions and cost half as much. I draw on my experience as a Financial Planner, psychotherapist, and pro se litigant to guide couples in a responsible process of unraveling their entanglements, preserving their assets, and creating a

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PERFORMING ARTS Lehman Loeb Art Center/ Powerhouse Theater Season (845) 437-7404. Vassar College Box 9, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY. jekosmacher@vassar.edu.

PET SERVICES & SUPPLIES Pussyfoot Lodge B&B The Pioneer in Professional Pet Care! Full house-pet-plant sitting service, proudly serving three counties for 32 years. Experienced, dependable, thorough, and reasonable housesitting for your pets. (845) 687-0330. www.pussyfootlodge.com.

PHOTOGRAPHY China Jorrin Photography A Hudson Valley based photographer dedicated to documenting weddings in a candid and creative style. While remaining unobtrusive she is able to capture key, quiet and personal moments of the event. Please

N & S Supply. 205 Old Route 9, Fishkill, NY. (845) 896-6291. cloijas@nssupply.com.

PRINTING SERVICES New York Press Direct At NY Press Direct we exist for one reason - to delight our customers! What does that mean to you? Worry-free shopping for all your printing and fulfillment needs. Our solutions are leading edge in the industry. Our pricing is among the most competitive in the northeast region. Call John DeSanto or Larry Read for more information. (845) 896-0894.

SCHOOLS High Meadow School Mission: To create a learning community that is inclusive & tolerant, and prepares students to be positive contributors as well as constructive problem solvers within our diverse society. Route 209, Stone Ridge, NY. (845) 687-4855. www. highmeadowschool.org.

Hudson Valley School of Massage & Skin Care Our graduates have gained a reputation in the aesthetic and massage therapy industry as knowledgeable, qualified, and disciplined workers. Aesthetics School: Maria Ferguson (845) 255-0013. 256 Main St., New Paltz, NY. info@hvsaesthetics. com. www.HVSAesthetics.com. Massage School: Rosanna Tudisco (845) 6912547. 72 Vineyard Ave., Highland, NY. info@hvsmassagetherapy.com. www. HVSMassageTherapy.com.

Institute of Transpersonal Psychology ITP is an accredited graduate psychology school offering clinical and nonclinical certificates, MA and PhD degrees. The

curriculum combines mind, body, and spiritual inquiry with scholarly research and self discovery. Graduates have strong clinical skills and can communicate in a variety of complex relational circumstances. (650) 493-4430. itpinfo@ itp.edu. www.itp.edu.

or by phone. Also see ad. Rhinebeck, NY. (845) 876-5797. rachel@rachelpollack.com.

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Cultivating creativity, compassion and a lifelong love of learning. Serving children 3 years through 3rd Grade in a country schoolhouse surrounded by gardens, woodlands and streams. (845) 256-1875. www.mariasgardenmontessori.com.

Poughkeepsie Day School Bringing joy to learning since 1934. Prekindergarten through 12th grade, college preparatory school serving 330 students from throughout the mid-Hudson Valley. We encourage independent, critical, and creative thinking through a challenging, interdisciplinary curriculum. 260 Boardman Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603. For more information, call the Admissions Office at (845) 462-7600, x201. or email admissions@poughkeepsieday.org. www. poughkeepsieday.org.

Woodstock Day School Work Play Inform Inspire. At Woodstock Day School, we believe there is no such thing as an average student. Admissions office Liza Mones (845) 246-3744, x103, lmones@woodstockdayschool.org. www. woodstockdayschool.org.

SINGING LESSONS

Concepts of classical, Italianate technique complimented by alignment and deep breathing rhythms of Eastern callisthenics; repertoire grounded in 17th-19th century Art Song extending to vintage and contemporary musical theater; training at Oberlin College and San Francisco Opera; performing professionally on three continents for twenty years. (845) 677-1134. annpandora@aol.com.

SNACKS Mr. Snacks, Inc. Call Vinny Sciullo at (845) 206-7256 for distribution of the finest snacks in the Hudson Valley. Visit our Gift Shop at www. mistersnacks.com.

SUNROOMS Four Seasons Sunrooms Hudson Valley Sunrooms has been selling and installing Four Seasons Sunrooms since 1984. We offer sales, skilled installation and service, as well as exprienced consultation on residential and commercial sunroom projects. We welcome you to visit our showroom located just south of Kingston on Route 9W. We provide free in-home estimates. Call us at Kingston: (845) 339-1787 Beacon: (845) 838-1235. Visit our website at: www.hvsk. fourseasonssunrooms.com.

TAROT Tarot-on-the-Hudson - Rachel Pollack Exploratory, experiential play with the Tarot as oracle and sacred tool, in a monthly class, with Certified Tarot Grand Master and international Tarot author Rachel Pollack. All levels welcome. Tarot Readings in person

For all your tree care needs. We are a small personalized business dedicated to our customers and their trees. Free estimates and consultations. (845) 658-9507. www. midaviestreeservice.com.

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For websites with a personal touch and a marketing focus, we offer face-to-face design and marketing support, with offices in Kingston and Red Hook. Call for a free consultation! Our new division, Game Face Web Design, specializes in sites for a competitive online marketplace. Game Face sites are designed for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and ROI (Return On Investment). Hosting for web design clients is $120/year. (845) 750-6204. beyondboxweb.com. (845) 750-6554. gamefacewebdesign.com.

Curious Minds Media Inc. Want a website that works for you? We’ve got solutions to fit any budget, and we understand the needs of small businesses. Flash, E-commerce, database applications. CMM has what it takes to get you results. Mention this ad and receive 3 months FREE hosting! Call now toll-free, at (888) 2271645. (888) 227-1645. www.curiousm.com.

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WEDDINGS HudsonValleyWeddings.com The Only Resource You Need to Plan a Hudson Valley Wedding. Hundreds of Regional Wedding Service Providers. FREE, Extensive, On-line Wedding Guide & Planner and much more. 120 Morey Hill Road, Kingston, NY. (845) 336-4705. judy@hudsonvalleyweddings.com. www. HudsonValleyWeddings.com.

WRITING SERVICES CenterToPage: Moving Writers From The Center To The Page Invite your muse to visit every day. Author & workshop leader with 19 years’ experience offers writers truthful, compassionate guidance. Nonfiction & fiction book proposal & manuscript consultations, editing, rewriting. Coaching relationships. Yoga As Muse facilitator training. Workshops: Woodstock, Taos, & elsewhere. Jeff Davis, Director. Accord, NY. (845) 6799441. www.CenterToPage.com.

WRITING WORKSHOPS Wallkill Valley Writers Creative writing workshops in New Paltz led by Kate Hymes, poet and educator. Aspiring and experienced writers are welcome. WVW provides structured time, a supportive community and a safe place for you to fulfill the dream of writing your stories, real or imagined. Many writers find the community of a workshop benefits their work and keeps them motivated. (845) 2557090. khamherstwriters@aol.com.

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ADVANCE DIRECTIVES DESIGNING YOUR QUALITY OF (END OF) LIFE YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH TO ENJOY A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE. BUT WHAT ABOUT A GOOD QUALITY OF END OF LIFE? APPOINTING A HEALTH CARE AGENT AND SPECIFYING YOUR MEDICAL CARE PREFERENCES ARE TWO THINGS YOU MUST DO—NOW.

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knew little about advance directives as I drove to a public presentation on the topic at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston a few months back. I recalled my parents mentioning forms they had filled out, suggesting I do the same. Something about putting in writing the medical procedures I would want, and not want, if I had a health crisis. But I hadn’t taken any tangible steps to do so, nor spent more than a few minutes envisioning medical details I might face “one day.” Thanks to that superb presentation, I have done a 180-degree turnaround regarding advance directives, from a noncommittal “I guess I should” to an exigent “This is one of the most important things anyone can do! Tell everybody!” Hopefully, by the time you’ve finished reading, you will feel the same—and take action.

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A different scenario happens far more often: An elderly person or someone in late stages of a terminal illness has a crisis. Perhaps an elder, with a heart that is still keeping her going—but barely—passes out at home for the third time that year. Loved ones call 911 and she is rushed to the hospital. Standard medical interventions are set into motion to revive and sustain her as soon as the ambulance arrives and are continued at the hospital, no matter the physical, emotional, spiritual, (and financial) implications. Medical care providers must do these things unless specifically refused by a patient who is conscious and deemed of sound mind—or unless a legal document states that the patient wishes to decline certain medical interventions. Indeed, a hospital and medical staff risk being sued if they don’t try everything.

THE UNWANTED SCENARIO A near drowning, a car crash, or a sudden heart attack are situations where jump-starting a life makes sense. And medical interventions that sustain life, such as artificial nourishment and a ventilator, can avert death during a critical recovery period. Most of us are blessed to have access to the latest life-saving or life-sustaining interventions. But we’ve seen in the headlines how this can go awry. A patient slips into a coma that lasts for months or years, and continues to register brain activity but cannot sustain any other mortal function without assistance. A battle ensues over continuing or ending life support, rending family ties and turning a patient’s fate over to lawyers, judges, and, perhaps, the president of the United States.

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OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME “We all have a terminal event,” says Kristin Swanson with gentle humor, meaning death. An organizer of the advance directives event at Benedictine Hospital, Swanson’s many years with Hospice, Inc., give her a perspective many of us don’t have. She helps people plan the transition from life to death, instead of going in a powerless tangle of medical equipment and fear. “How your dying experience will go is up to you. But being in the middle of a life-altering illness is not the time to make the decisions.” And what if you’re not on death’s door, but the victim of a sudden accident and arrive unconscious, unable to participate in medical-care decisions?

This is where advance directives come in. They are legal documents that communicate your wishes when you cannot indicate them yourself. Medical advance directives are those that have medical or end-of-life implications (in contrast to certain “power of attorney” documents applicable to nonmedical matters). Three medical advance directives you should know are the DNR (do not resuscitate) order, the health care proxy, and the living will. Terminology for these can vary from state to state, somewhat complicating matters. Each document has a different purpose. Once you have filled out the ones you wish to complete, distribute copies to your doctor and a handful of loved ones. They won’t do any good stashed secretly away. There is even an Internet service, the Living Will Registry, which provides online access to your documents by medical personnel.

DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER The simplest advance directive, a DNR order, states your desire not to have cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Why would you decline these efforts to get your heart or breathing going? When a terminal illness is ever worsening, or you are near death, you may wish heart or respiratory failure to escort you across the life-to-death threshold. Note that you will need two DNR order forms, one for hospital care and one for EMTs. An EMT’s fundamental goal is to deliver a living human to the emergency room, so they will initiate CPR and other lifesaving strategies.

HEALTH CARE PROXY A health care proxy (or “durable power of attorney for health care”) is a document that appoints a single person (not a pair or a committee!) to make decisions for you when you are too ill or impaired, including mentally, to do so. That person will become your “health care agent” (or “patient advocate”). Health care providers must contact your agent and follow the decisions of that person as though they were your own. Wallet-size versions are available, with room for special instructions and organ donation information, so that it would be among your personal effects in an emergency. If the idea of having someone make medical decisions for you raises some worries, be assured that: • A health care agent begins to make decisions for you only when your doctor affirms that you are not able to do so (for physical or mental reasons). • Your agent can act temporarily, such as when a decision about the course of your surgery must be made, but you regain the right to represent yourself as soon as a doctor deems you able. • Your agent is legally required to follow your wishes, including moral and religious beliefs, and to act in your (and no other person’s) best interests. • You can limit your agent’s authority. For instance, you can stipulate he or she can authorize a blood transfusion, but not authorize an organ transplant. • An agent cannot decide about artificial nutrition and hydration unless you have specifically indicated your wishes about that (if not, medical specialists will decide). • If a doctor deems you physically and mentally competent to make decisions, you may do so even if they differ from what you told your health care agent.

• A divorce or legal separation nullifies a spouse as agent, unless you request in writing he or she continues as such. • Your agent cannot be sued for health care decisions made in good faith. In New York State, anyone over age 18 may appoint an agent by filling out a health care proxy. Similarly, your agent may be anyone over age 18 (but not your doctor or other health care provider). You may designate an alternate if your first choice cannot make decisions for you for any reason. It’s best to choose someone who lives reasonably close by. Be sure the person you designate agrees to do so, and talk honestly with them about your wishes. Keep in mind that a loved one or dear friend may not be the best choice; in the midst of distress about your condition, making decisions or carrying out wishes they disagree with could devastate them emotionally.

THE LIVING WILL A living will is your chance to express details about your healthcare preferences (beyond a DNR order). You can—and should—have this document whether or not you want to appoint a health care agent. Medical personnel (and your agent, if you have one) will use it to guide their actions. The living will specifies what kinds of medical interventions you want and don’t want, under what circumstances you want them made or not made, and for how long. Do you want to be on life support for years if you are in a coma? Do you want nutrition but not breathing assistance? What about implanted medical devices, organ removal and transplant, blood transfusion, medications to keep you in a coma during recovery, and a host of other offerings of modern medicine? How can you know what to ask for or decline? Fortunately, there are organizations, public lectures, videos, websites, and documents to help you. Five Wishes is a good place to start.

FIVE WISHES Five Wishes is an eight-page form from the national nonprofit Aging with Dignity. This document has been accepted by 38 states, including New York, as meeting the legal requirements for a living will. It was created by Jim Towey, who learned, during his dozen years of assisting Mother Teresa with seriously or terminally ill people, that families often aren’t prepared to make medical decisions for a loved one. Five Wishes comes not just as a blank form but in a user-friendly booklet that guides you through making those decisions. It even provides multiple-choice questions and lists of statements to agree with, decline, or modify to your liking. (The form is $5 online.) The Benedictine Hospital’s presentation included an excellent video about this, provided by Aging with Dignity. The first “wish” is simply a health care proxy form, with the same purpose as a stand-alone health proxy (to designate a specific person to make decisions for you when you cannot). The second wish covers details of medical treatment. For instance, you choose which life-support efforts you wish or decline, and then select a wording that expresses how you want lifesupport to be applied in three scenarios: close to death, in a coma, and permanent/severe brain damage. In addition, you are prompted to write instructions for other circumstances, such as if your medical condition deteriorates such that you will not be able to care for yourself physically or mentally. The additional wishes, though not legally binding, are applauded by both doctors and loved ones as guidance about a very important—and 7/07 CHRONOGRAM.COM WHOLE LIVING 89

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I discovered the writings of Thomas Merton (1915-1968), a Trappist Catholic monk, after spending two hours in an enormous “chain” bookstore turning countless volumes of religious and philosophical thought over in my hands, and concluding that what I needed was something absolutely new. Two miniscule volumes of selections from Merton attracted me because together they weighed less than a pound, and they both began with paragraphs railing against the corpulent society that allowed the existence of massive and impersonal bookstores such as the one in which I stood. I took the books home and learned that Merton was more than just an angry Catholic monk. He was a champion of the Individual—and of any means a person required, be it Christian or otherwise, to realize the True Self. I delighted in his other writings after that, and hope that you, too, will find inspiration in his story and works. One morning in the first half of the 1960s, Thomas Merton sat alone in his cabin, reading the sixth-century Syrian theologian Philoxenos by lamplight, and listening to the cold Kentucky rain that Elvis would make famous in a song. Whether or not Merton, who had entered the monastery in 1941, had ever heard of Elvis, he certainly understood the society that made Elvis the idol and the icon that he was—that made him “the King.” It was a nagging revulsion with popular culture and its idols of plaster and gold that chased Merton to 92 WHOLE LIVING CHRONOGRAM.COM 7/07

the seclusion of the Abbey of Gethsemani. And later—when his own writings became so famous that the abbey was flooded with new novitiates— it drove him to his hermit’s cabin in the neighboring forest, where he sought even greater solitude. He considered the writing of a bestseller (the autobiographical The Seven-Storey Mountain, which sold over a million copies) one of his greatest mistakes. As one of the most influential Catholic authors of the 20th century, Merton would have recoiled in disbelief at the notion that Gethsemani might have become some manner of Catholic Graceland on account of his fame. Merton reveled in his aloneness: He found the apex of his own humanity in the reality that the rain could not be stopped, could not be controlled nor manipulated, nor commanded, nor even used in any direct sense by him or any other person. And since Merton could not go very long without writing something, he wrote about this. He wrote: “The time will come when they will sell you even your rain. At the moment it is still free, and I am in it. I celebrate its gratuity and its meaninglessness.” So what—or whom—was Merton at this moment? He was a man, in a cabin, in the rain. He was writing, but that didn’t necessarily make him a writer. He was wearing the heavy woolen robe of his Cisterian order, but that didn’t necessarily make him a monk. And he was doing his best to run away from society, although in no way did this make him a misanthrope. At this moment

he would not admit to being anything but a man, in a cabin, in the rain. If it were any other way, he would have run the risk of being useful, and therefore marketable, and therefore something that society could adopt for the furtherance of its own falseness—its great, life-consuming, mask-making industry. The words that he was writing would eventually become an essay, “Rain and the Rhinoceros,� in a book of essays called Raids on the Unspeakable (1966). One of the things that Thomas Merton liked most about Zen was that it could no longer retain its purity after it ceased to be “just� Zen, and became instead Zen Buddhism. Naturally, he found the idea of Zen Catholicism to be just as untenable. One could be a Buddhist or a Catholic (or any kind of Christian) and align themselves to the ideas associated with or defined as “Zen�— but the instant one regarded oneself as a member of a school of thought or a religious faction, one acted in betrayal of Zen. In a paradox that is typical of Zen (and really, of most advanced religious thought), to be truly oneself is to be simultaneously as much and as little as possible. Or, in Taoist terms, to become great in one’s smallness. For, as Jesus of Nazareth said, “the last shall come first,� and “the meek shall inherit the Earth.� Merton was like any of us in his pursuit of his own central being, his desire to know who he really was. We read in The Seven-Storey Mountain that his youth was spent in this struggle for self-definition, in trying to be a vagabond, a bohemian, a libertine, a communist, a novelist, later a Catholic, and later a monk. In none of these states was he able to find the happiness that was advertised, although there is little question that the contemplative life agreed with him, or he agreed with it. It was at the moment that he stopped striving for self-definition that self-definition came, in the form of a “yes.� In his Confessions of a Guilty Bystander (1966), he says, “Basically my being is not an affirmation of a limited self, but the ‘yes’ of Being itself, irrespective of my own choices. Where do ‘I’ come in? Simply in uniting the ‘yes’ of my own freedom with the ‘yes’ of being that already is before I have the chance to choose.� In the same book, he writes, “The more I am able to affirm others, to say ‘yes’ to them in myself, by discovering them in myself and myself in them, the more real I am.� Merton believed in solitude, because he believed—along with many mystics before him—that it is only when one is alone (and preferably alone in nature) that one is truly oneself. One’s sense of being is no longer directly informed by the world of magazines, billboards, television, the Internet, and the selfdestructively self-interested machine of advertisements, consumption, and obligatory dissatisfaction that drive the whole system. He believed that in some sense, we must all embrace a life of solitude, not by becoming hermits or abandoning society, but by acknowledging that there is nothing anybody else can do to help us understand who we are. We must come to know ourselves as the Divine knows us—as a mother knows her child—as something perfectly unique, something absolutely true, regardless of external circumstance. “This,� says Merton in No Man Is an Island, “is a difficult job. It can only really be done by a lifetime of genuine humility. But sooner or later we must distinguish between what we are not and what we are. We must accept the fact that we are not what we would like to be. We must cast off our false, exterior self like the cheap and showy garment that it is.� What lies beneath the “cheap and showy garment� is what we actually are: the parts of us that were not found in advertisements and cannot themselves be marketed—our absolute love for friends and family, our capacity for goodness and generosity, our sense of beauty, our desire to find the truth and represent it in ourselves, and, most importantly, our solitary and unique relationship with the Divine, which neither began at our births nor will end with our deaths, but was constant and unbroken from the beginning. You are, at this moment, what the Divine sees you to be: a being of love and truth and eternal reality—reading a magazine. Read Help Yourself to Healing by Puja Thompson at www.chronogram.com.

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Acupuncture Health Care, PC Peter Dubitsky, L.Ac., Callie Brown, L.Ac., and Leslie Wiltshire, L.Ac. Mr. Dubitsky is a faculty member and the Director of Clinical Training at the Tri-State College of Acupuncture, and a member of the NY State Board for Acupuncture. Ms. Brown and Ms. Wiltshire each have years of acupuncture experience in private practice and in medical offices. We are all highly experienced, national board certified, NYS Licensed acupuncturists. We combine traditional Asian acupuncture techniques with a modern understanding of acupuncture and oriental medicine to provide effective treatments of acute and chronic pain conditions, and other medical disorders. In addition to our general practice we also offer a Low Cost Acupuncture Clinic which is available for all people who meet our low income guidelines. 108 Main Street, New Paltz, NY. (845) 255-7178.

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Hoon J. Park, MD, PC For the past 18 years, Dr. Hoon J. Park has been practicing a natural and gentle approach to pain management for conditions such as arthritis, chronic and acute pain in neck, back, and legs, fibromyalgia, motor vehicle and work-related injuries, musculoskeletal disorders, and more by integrating physical therapy modalities along with acupuncture. Dr. Hoon Park is a board-certified physician in physical medicine and rehabilitation, pain medicine, and electrodiagnostic studies. His experienced, friendly staff offer the most comprehensive and individualized rehabilitative care available. Please call the office to arrange a consultation. New patients and most insurances are accepted. Half mile south of the Galleria Mall. 1772 Route 9, Wappingers Falls, NY. (845) 298-6060.

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Transpersonal Acupuncture Transpersonal Acupuncture is the practice of Jipala Reicher-Kagan L.Ac. Jipala is a New York state licensed acupuncturist and a graduate of Tri-State College of Acupuncture. She has completed a three year post-graduate study in Alchemical Acupuncture, which specializes in psychological and spiritual healing. She has over eight years of experience working with a certified nutritionist and knowledge of Western herbology, homeopathic medicine, nutritional supplements and dietary/lifestyle counseling. Her main goal is to restore balance and to facilitate the innate healing power within each of her clients. She focuses on connecting the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the self and breaking blocks that contribute to pain, disease, trauma and

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Nori Connell, RN, DC Nori combines 28 years as a registered nurse with 18 years of chiropractic experience to offer patients a knowledgeable approach to removing the interferences in the body that lead to disease. She combines accredited techniques such as Neuro-Emotional technique, kinesiology, and Network Chiropractic to work with the body’s innate intelligence and its ability for healing. Dr. Connell also offers workshops on natural health care for the family and is also one of the directors of Alternatives Health Center of Tivoli. (845) 757-5555. Rhinebeck Cooperative Health Center, Rhinebeck, NY. (845) 876-5556.

CLEANING SERVICES, NON-TOXIC Bless Your Hearth Experienced, Professional, Non-Toxic Cleaning and Organizing Service. Pet sitting. Home/Office Blessing. Excellent References. (845) 706-8447. Soundofspheres@aol.com.

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Colon Hydrotherapy is a safe, gentle, cleansing process. Clean and private office. A healthy functioning colon can decrease internal toxicity and improve digestion; basics for a healthy body. See display ad. New Paltz, NY. (845) 256-1516.

COOKING CLASSES Nourishing Wisdom Nutrition Holly’s Cooking Classes have been inspiring people to cook since 1999, and will inspire you too! We use seasonal, organic ingredients including produce from local farms. At the end of each class we sit around the table to enjoy a delicious feast. So come on your own or grab a friend, and join us for a great class that is sure to spark creativity in your kitchen! Visit www.nourishingwisdom.com or call (845) 687-9666 for a list of upcoming classes.

COUNSELING IONE - Healing Psyche IONE is psycho-spiritual therapist, Qi Healer and inter-faith minister, who is director of the Ministry of Maüt, Inc. Specializing in myth and heritage, dream phenomena and women’s issues, she facilitates writing workshops and Women’s Mysteries programs and leads retreats to sacred locations throughout the world. An author and playwright, her works include Pride of Family; Four Generations of American Women of Color and Listening in Dreams. Offices in Kingston and New York City. (845) 339-5776. Fax: (845) 331-6624. www.ionedreams.org.

Philmont Family Dentistry Caring, modern dental practice for year-round and second-home owners in Upper Hudson Valley (Columbia, Greene, Dutchess, Ulster, Albany, Rensselaer, Berkshire). A sophisticated urban practice in a beautiful rural setting, one mile from Taconic Parkway in Philmont. Restorations (crowns, bridges, veneers, implants), cosmetic dentistry (whitening, bonding), root canal, extractions, emergencies. Call for appointment. 1078 Rte. 217, Philmont, NY. (518) 672-4077. www.philmontfamilydentistry.com.

The Center For Advanced Dentistry - Bruce D. Kurek, DDS, FAGD; Jaime O. Stauss, DMD Setting the standards for excellence in dentistry for more than 25 years, the Center for Advanced Dentistry attracts clients from throughout the northeast and abroad. Their client-centered approach to providing comprehensive dental services for adults and children includes “old school� care and concern combined with the latest technologies. The office is conveniently located 1.5 miles east of the NYS Thruway, exit 18. 494 Route 299, Highland, NY. (845) 691-5600. www.thecenterforadvanceddentistry.com.

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ENERGY HEALING Nancy Plumer, MS - Energy/ Spiritual Healing & Sacred Ceremony Nancy is an intuitive healer, teacher and guide. Integrates visualization, breath work and grounding with her hands on touch to support physical, emotional and spiritual healing. She has helped people with life threatening illnesses as well as those who have chosen the path of higher levels of consciousness. A certified One Light Healing Touch Instructor and Practitioner, a long time Kripalu yoga teacher and a gifted intuitive. Offices in New Paltz and Stone Ridge, distance healings or telephone consultations. She also

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EQUINE FACILITATED HEALING Ada Citron, Taoist Counselor and Instructor EquisessionsÂŽ with Ada, a life-long rider, are therapeutically oriented, equine facilitated encounters based on the Epona Method from The Tao of Equus, by Linda Kohanov. Riding is involved in later sessions. This year Ada will present an all day pre-conference workshop for Region 1 of NARHA, the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, on Chi Kung as a tool for mounted equine facilitated healing work. She will also present, for the second time, her Chi Kung for Horse People at the conference itself. (845) 3390589. www.adacitron.com.

FENG SHUI Janus Welton, AIA, BBEC, IFSG Architect and Feng Shui & Ecological & Building Health Consultant

FACILITIES The Sanctuary: A Place for Healing A quaint healing center in a quiet part of downtown New Paltz. Offering Craniosacral Therapy, Massage, Psychotherapy, Reiki, Dr. Hauschka Facials, Counseling, Restorative Yoga and Kabbalistic Healing. Classes in Spontaneous Theater, Toning, NVC, Pathwork. Call for an appointment (845) 255-3337.

HERBS Monarda Herbal Apothecary In honoring the diversity, uniqueness, and strength of nature for nourishment and healing, we offer organic and ecologically wildcrafted herbs using tradition as our guide.

Priscilla A. Bright, MA Energy Healer/Counselor Specializing in women’s stress, emotional issues, and physical illness, including stress-related anxiety, depression, and physical burnout. Women in transition, businesswomen, mothers, all welcome. Experienced counselor. Faculty, Barbara Brennan School of Healing. Convenient offices in Kingston & New Paltz. Initial phone consultation no charge. Kingston, NY. (845) 688-7175.

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Omega Institute for Holistic Studies Omega Institute welcomes the local community as we celebrate 30 years of awakening the best in the human spirit. Join us for an evening event on our Rhinebeck campus or sign up for a women’s only Saturday workshop with holistic fitness expert Sierra Bender. www.eomega.org or (800) 944-1001.

Kimberly Woods C. HOM. With 25 years of experience and extensive training with world renowned master homeopaths and herbalists, she has helped 1000’s of individuals suffering from acute and chronic disorders, from physical problems to psychological illnesses. Kimberly is truly gifted at educating the individual in natural approaches to health and well-being. (845) 688-2976. www.naturalhealthsource.us.

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Freddie Blue Fox NGH Certified Hypnotherapist in practice since 1994. Freddie’s revolutionary, three session, smoke ending program helps clients stop smoking for as long as they desire. Freddie asserts that smoking is a symptom, and that once the cause of the symptom is eliminated, the symptom, smoking, drops away.

Kary Broffman, RN, CH A registered nurse with a BA in psychology since 1980, Kary is certified in Ericksonian Hypnosis, Hypnobirthing, and Complementary Medical Hypnotism, hypnocoaching with the National Guild. She has also studied interactive imagery for nurses. By weaving her own healing journey and education into her work, she helps to assist others in accessing their inner resources and healing potential. Hyde Park, NY. (845) 876-6753.

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Building on my success with smoking cessation in 1978, I have continued to help clients with weight loss, pain, childbirth, stress, insomnia, habits, phobias, confidence, and almost any behavior you can think of. Known for my easy, light manner and quick results, I have an intuitive knack for saying just the right thing at the right time so that a major shift can be initiated. Groups, home visits, gifts and phone sessions are available. Kingston, NY. (845) 336-4646. info@CallTheHypnotist.com. www. CallTheHypnotist.com.

JEWISH MYSTICISM/ KABBALAH Irene Humbach, LCSW, PC Kabbalistic Healing in person and long distance. 6 session Introduction to Kabbalistic Healing based on the work of Jason Shulman. See also Body-Centered Therapy directory. (845) 485-5933.

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Certified Life Coach & Psychotherapist. I specialize in helping people have more satisfaction in all areas of their lives. Life coaching is a dynamic and exciting process that can help you acheive the life you dream about. Free initial phone consultation. Poughkeepsie area office or phone appointments available. (845) 462-1182 or www.JeanneAsma.com .

MASSAGE THERAPY Ada Citron, LMT A licensed practitioner since 1988, Ada currently prefers the modalities of Chi Nei

Tsang, Chinese internal organ massage, and Shiatsu, pressure point massage. Classes offered in CNT. House call fees are commensurate with travel time. Kingston. (845) 339-0589. www.adacitron.com.

Madhuri Yoga Spa Bodywork‌ with a twist! Pamper yourself, relieve stress & pain, and nourish body, mind & spirit — our tranquil healing space in downtown New Paltz offers personalized aromatherapy massage, Therapeutic Yoga, Ayurvedic treatments & products, and master-level Reiki. By appointment only; call (845) 797-4124 or visit www.MadhuriYogaSpa. com. Alice Madhuri Velky LMT, RYT. 69 Main Street, New Paltz, NY. Integral YogaŽ Hatha I Beginners class starts 6/19.

Joan Apter Offering luxurious massage therapy, including Raindrop Technique, with therapeutic essential oils to relieve stress, boost the immune system, and address system imbalances. Natural animal care, individual consultations for a healthy home and personal concerns, spa consultant, classes, and keynotes. Essential Oils, nutritional supplements, personal care, pet care, children’s and home cleaning products from Young Living Essential Oils. For more information, contact Joan Apter. (845) 679-0512. japter@ulster.net. www.apteraromatherapy.com.

Michelle Renar L.M.T Custom Massage therapy for all body types and conditions. Modalities include: Deep Tissue, Hot Stone, Swedish, Shiatsu. I also offer Aromatherapy massage using the purest grades of essential oils. Come enjoy a therapeutic touch tailored to your specific needs. Gift Certificates available. Appointment only. 224 Fair Street Kingston NY, (914) 388-5007.

Violet Alchemy Dona Ho Lightsey, LMT, IET Master Instructor. 44 S. Ohioville Rd. New Paltz. (845) 883-7899. www.violetalchemyhealing.com.

MEDITATION Zen Mountain Monastery Offering year-round retreats geared to all levels of experience: introductions to Zen meditation and practice; programs exploring Zen arts, Buddhist studies, and social action; and intensive meditation retreats. South Plank Road, Mt. Tremper, NY. (845) 688-2228.

MIDWIFERY Homebirth and Gynecology Practice of Judy Joffee, CNM This practice offers a unique and exquisite opportunity for woman care in a powerfully compassionate and sacred manner. I offer complete prenatal care focused toward homebirth. For the nonpregnant woman, individualized gynecological care, counseling, and self-determination await you. Also offer-

ing school, work, and general physicals for all ages. Call for consultation. (845) 255-2096.

Jennifer Houston, Midwife Since the 1970s Jennifer has been actively involved in childbirth. She is expert in perserving natural birth and has attended over 3,000 births in hospitals, high risk medical centers, birth centers, and homes. She is uniquely qualified to provide women with personal, safe and supportive pregnancy & birth care in their homes. Certifed Nurse Midwife & NYS licensed with excellent medical backup. Contact Jenna at (518) 678-3154. womanway@gmail.com.

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NUTRITION Jill Malden, RD, CSW Prominent Nutritionist specializing in eating behavior and eating disorders for 15 years. Warm, nonjudgmental treatment. Understand the effects of nutrition on your mood, anxiety level, cravings, concentration, energy level, and sleep, in addition to body weight. Recover from your eating issues and enjoy a full life! 1 Water Street, New Paltz, NY. (845) 489-4732.

Holly Anne Shelowitz, CNC Director of Nourishing Wisdom Nutrition In addition to private sessions, our programs include cooking classes, teaching tangible ways to incorporate nourishing foods into your life. Shopping trips to natural food stores and local farms are part of our work together, as well as telephone classes and retreats. For the most effective and supportive nutrition counseling you will ever experience, call (845) 6879666 or visit ww.nourishingwisdom.com. Long distance telephone clients welcome.

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Applied Osteopathy Joseph Tieri, DO & Ari Rosen, DO. Drs. Tieri and Rosen are New York State Licensed Osteopathic physicians specializing in Cranial Osteopathy. As specialists in Osteopathic manipulation, we are dedicated to the traditional philosophy and hands-on treatment of our predecessors. We have studied with Robert Fulford, DO, Viola Freyman, DO, James Jealous, DO, and Bonnie Gintis, DO, and completed a two-year residency in Osteopathic Manipulation. We treat newborns, children, and adults. 3457 Main St, Stone Ridge, (845) 687-7589. 138 Market Street, Rhinebeck, (845) 876-1700. 257 Main Street, New Paltz, (845) 256-9884. By Appointment. For more information call or visit the website. www.stoneridgehealingarts.com.

PHYSICIANS Women’s Care Center Empowerment through information. Located in Rhinebeck and Kingston. Massage and acupuncture available. Gynecology - treating our patients through the most up-to-date medical and surgical technologies available, combined with alternative therapies. Obstetrics - working with you to create the birth experience you desire. Many insurances accepted. Evening hours available. Rhinebeck (845) 876-2496; Kingston (845) 338-5575.

PILATES Beacon Pilates A fully equipped classical studio that tailors each workout to fit the individual. 181 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Beacon, NY. (845) 8310360. www.beaconpilates.com.

Pilates of New Paltz / Core Pilates Studio These studios offer caring, experienced and certified instruction with fully equipped facilities. Each student receives detailed attention to his/her needs while maintaining the energizing flow of the classical pilates system. Hours are flexible enough to accomodate any schedule. Pilates of New Paltz: (845) 255-0559; Core Pilates in Poughkeepsie: (845) 452-8018.

The Moving Body www.themovingbody.com. 276 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY. (845) 679-7715.

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Psychic Consultations by Gail Petronio, internationally renowned psychic. Over 20 years experience. It is my sincere hope to offer my intuitive abilities and insights as a means to provide awareness of ones life and destiny. Sessions are conducted in person or by telephone. Visit www.pyshicallyspeaking.com. Call (845) 626-4895 or

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PSYCHOLOGISTS

With combination of “talk” therapy for selfknowledge and hypnotherapy to transform negative, self-defeating thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Faster symptom relief. Feel better and make healthier choices. Sliding scale, Certified Hypnotherapist and Counselor. New Paltz, Kingston. See also Hypnosis. New Paltz, NY. (845) 389-2302.

Peter M. del Rosario, PhD Licensed psychologist. Insight-oriented, culturally sensitive psychotherapy for adults and adolescents concerned with: relationship difficulties, codependency, depression, anxiety, sexual/physical trauma, grief and bereavement, eating disorders, dealing with divorce, gay/lesbian issues. Free initial consult. 199 Main Street, New Paltz, NY. (914) 262-8595.

PSYCHOTHERAPY Jeanne Asma, LCSWR Psychotherapist & Life Coach

Kent Babcock, MSW, LMSW Counseling & Psychotherapy Development of solutions through simple self-observation, reflection, and conversation. Short- or long-term work around difficult relationships; life or career transitions; ethical, spiritual, or psychic dilemmas; and creative blocks. Roots in yoga, dreamwork, spiritual psychology, and existential psychotherapy. Sliding scale. Offices in Woodstock and Uptown Kingston. (845) 679-5511 x4.

Judith Blackstone, Ph.D. Offering traditional psychotherapy and EMDR for healing from trauma and changing limiting beliefs, Breathwork for relieving stress and breathing difficulties, and Realization Process, a body-oriented meditation for deepening contact with oneself and others. For individuals and couples. NY State licensed. Offices in Kingston, Willow and NYC. (845) 679-7005. www.realizationcenter.com.

Debra Budnik, CSW-R Traditional insight-oriented psychotherapy for long- or short-term work. Aimed at identifying and changing self-defeating attitudes and behaviors, underlying anxiety, depression, and relationship problems. Sliding scale, most insurances accepted, including Medicare/Medicaid. NYS-licensed. Experience working with trauma victims, including physical and sexual abuse. Educator on mental health topics. Located in New Paltz, one mile from SUNY. New Paltz, NY. (845) 255-4218.

Michelle Rhodes LMSW ATR-BC. Short term counseling and in-depth psychoanalytic arts-based psychotherapy. Activates creative imagination to enhance healing and problem solving for life transitions, bereavement, trauma and dissociative disorders. Women’s group and individual studio sessions. Children, adults, teens. (845) 255-8039 deepclay@mac.com. www.deepclay.com.

Rachael Diamond, LCSW, CHt Holistically-oriented therapist offering counseling, psychotherapy, and hypnotherapy. Specializing in issues pertaining to relationships, personal growth, life transitions, alternative lifestyles, childhood abuse, codependency, addiction, recovery illness, and grief. Some insurances accepted. Office convenient to New Paltz and surrounding areas. Free half hour consultation. New Paltz, NY. (845) 883-9642.

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Individual, couples and group sessions for adults. Women’s issues groups now forming. Specializing in relationship issues, improving self-esteem, binge eating and body image, life transitions including divorce and grief issues, trauma and abuse. Many insurances accepted or sliding scale available. Office located in Poughkeepsie location. (845) 462-1182. www.JeanneAsma.com.

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Amy R. Frisch, CSWR Psychotherapist. Individual, family, and group sessions for adolescents and adults. Currently accepting registration for It’s a Girl Thing: an expressive arts therapy group for adolescent girls and The Healing Circle: an adult bereavement group offering a safe place to begin the healing process after the death of a loved one. Most insurances accepted. New Paltz, NY. (845) 706-0229.

Irene Humbach, LCSW, PC Body of Wisdom Counseling & Healing Services. See also Body-centered Therapy directory. (845) 485-5933.

Jamie O’Neil, LCSW-R Offering a variety of approaches, both short and long tern to help you regain a sense of personal control, meaning, and connections in your life. Specializing in mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, abuse, addictions, loss, eating disorders, and relationship/communcation difficulties. Serving inividuals and couples; adults and adolescents. Rhinebeck & Poughkeepsie (845) 876-7600.

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Dianne Weisselberg MSW, LMSW Individual Therapy, Grief Work and Personal Mythology. Stuck? Overwhelmed? Frustrated? Depressed? THERE IS ANOTHER WAY! Dianne Weisselberg has over 16 years experience in the field of Counseling and over 8 years of training in Depth Psychology. Sliding Scale fees. (845) 688-7570. dweisselberg@hvc.rr.com.

Julie Zweig, M.A., Licensed Mental Health Counselor See also Body-Centered Therapy directory. Offices in Poughkeepsie and New Paltz. NY. (845) 255-3566.

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International Feng Shui Institute Workshops in Woodstock and Manhattan. Starting October 20, 2006 over 6 weekends /year. The IFSI is the only Institute of Professional Feng Shui Training to integrate Classical & Compass Chinese Feng Shui with BTB Tibetan Bhuddist Feng Shui techniques with a focus on Individual Coaching, Consultations, and Design Applications w/ a practicing architect. Brought to you by Director, Eric Shaffert, BTB Feng Shui

Coach and author of Feng Shui and Money; Janus Welton, AIA, Architect, Classical & Compass Feng Shui & Ecology in The 21st Century; and Susanna Bastarrica, President, United Nations FSRC; BTB transcendental teacher and Universal Minister. Call for registration by Oct. 20. (845) 247-4620. ecoarchitect@hvc.rr.com. www.JanusWeltonDesignWorks.com.

SPAS & RESORTS Emerson Resort & Spa There is a Silk Road running through the Hudson Valley. Introducing the new Emerson Resort & Spa. A place just minutes from Woodstock offering the comforting sense that one is no longer part of the outside world. The new Spa, with 10 beautifully designed treatment rooms, celebrates the old world traditions of India and the Orients with Ayurvedic rituals and Japanese and Chinese therapies. Modern spa goers will also appreciate more well known treatment like Swedish, sports and deep tissue massage, manicures, facials and body wraps. Individuallytailored treatments are created by the experienced therapists who are skilled at delivering virtually all the Emerson Spa’s 40+ treatments. Spend the day enjoying the Spa’s hot tubs, steam showers, sauna, resistance pool, cardio equipment, yoga/meditation room and relaxation area... all included with your Spa visit. Day spa appointments available. www.emersonresort.com. (845) 688-1000.

SPIRITUAL Healing, Pathwork & Channeling by Flowing Spirit Guidance It is our birthright to experience the abundance of the universe, the deep love of God, and our own divinity! It is also our birthright to share our own unique gifts with the world. We long to do it. So why don’t we? Our imperfections get in the way. As we purify, we experience more and more fully, the love and the abundance of God’s universe. We can have it in any moment. We can learn to purify our imperfections AND experience heaven on earth. Jaffe Institute Spiritual Healing; Pathwork; and Channeling available. Contact Joel Walzer for sessions. (845) 679-8989. www.flowingspirit.com.

SPIRITUAL COUNSELING Spirit Asked me to Tell You Spiritual channeling and guidance. Individuals and groups, will travel for groups. Native American spiritual teachings. I have spent ten years out West learning Native American teachings and rituals. Telephone sessions by appointment. All information in private sessions are confidential. (845) 679-0549.

TAROT Tarot-on-the-Hudson - Rachel Pollack Exploratory, experiential play with the Tarot as oracle and sacred tool, in a monthly class, with Certified Tarot Grand Master and international Tarot author Rachel Pollack. All levels welcome. Tarot Readings in person or by phone. Also see ad. Rhinebeck, NY. (845) 876-5797. rachel@rachelpollack.com.

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WORKSHOPS Wallkill Valley Writers Creative writing workshops in New Paltz led by Kate Hymes, poet and educator. Aspiring and experienced writers are welcome. Wallkill Valley Writers provides structured time, a supportive community and a safe place for you to fulfill the dream of writing your stories, real or imagined. Many writers find the community of a workshop benefits their work and keeps them motivated. (845) 255-7090. khamherstwriters@aol.com.

YOGA Barbara Boris Woodstock Iyengar Yoga

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niques that integrate therapeutic goals

endurance and correct body alignment

and spiritual practice. The basic prin-

in addition to flexibility and relaxation.

ciples of Buddhism and psychotherapy

Standing poses are emphasized:

are concerned with the goal of ending

building strong legs, increased general

human suffering. Both paths to libera-

vitality and improved circulation, coor-

tion are through greater self awareness,

dination and balance. 12 years teach-

a broader view of one’s world, the

ing yoga, 20 years practicing. Twelve

realization of the possibility of freedom

trips to India. Extensive training with the

and finding the means to achieve it.

Iyengar family. Mt. View Studio, Wood-

In essence, effective psychotherapy

stock. (845) 679-3728. bxboris@yahoo.

moves toward liberation and Buddhist

com. www.barbaraborisyoga.com.

New Summer Classes Yoga, Pilates, dance ďŹ tness and tai chi in the pastoral splendor of the Emerson Spa. Bamboo oors, views of the Esopus Creek and a deck for outdoor classes.

Call for daily schedule. Membership not required for classes. Monthly Fitness Membership Starting at $65.

practice is therapeutic in nature. Eidetic Image therapy is a unique and powerful

Jai Ma Yoga Center

method that encourages the liberation

Offering a wide array of Yoga classes,

of the mind and spirit from obstacles

seven days a week, from Gentle/Re-

that block the way to inner peace. Spe-

storative Yoga to Advanced. Meditation

cializing in life improvement skills, habit

classes free to all enrolled. Chanting

cessation, career issues, women’s is-

Friday evenings. New expanded studio

sues, and blocked creativity. By phone,

space. Private consultations and Phoenix

online, and in person. (845) 339-1684.

Rising Yoga Therapy sessions available.

www.eidetictherapy.com.

Gina Bassinette, RYT & Ami Hirschstein, RYT, Owners. New Paltz, NY. (845) 256-

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STITCH IN TIME Woodstock photographer Vincent Serbin, better known for nudes and still lifes, will be exhibiting new landscape-based work this month at Galerie BMG. “Metaphysical Ground,” Serbin’s exploration of time—as expressed in tattered vertical layers of torn photographs pasted together with tape— chases the elusive metaphysical base that forms the edifice of knowledge (the past) and informs the uncertain future. As metaphors and as objects, Serbin’s images illustrate the ornamented, selfconstructed nature of meaning. “Metaphysical Ground” will be exhibited through July 23 at Galerie BMG, 12 Tannery Brook Road, Woodstock. (845) 679-0027; www.galeriebmg.com.

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THE CAST OF THE HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL’S “RICHARD III,” (L-R): NANCE WILLIAMSON, CHRIS EDWARDS, AND JOEY PARSONS

RUDELY STAMPED RICHARD Visitors from the south of here tell of an annual summer event in Manhattan called

Known for their refreshing takes on Shakespeare classics—last summer’s “A

Shakespeare in the Park. The productions, they insist, are free, but to grab the valuable

Midsummer Night’s Dream” emphasized the humor of the text as much as the

ducats for a seat, one must stand for several hours in line.

carnality—HVSF has slyly reworked the tale of the bloodthirsty hunchback king,

Closer to home, there is the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, a summer program celebrating its second decade at Boscobel Restoration, a majestic mansion

O’Brien saw a parallel between the conniving people and insects.

perched on the Hudson in Garrison. Once again, in a grand stage-tent, the HVSF

“Like the insect world, there is a predatory nature to the society,” he said, “and

company will breathe life into the Bard of Avon with two productions in repertory:

people are ruthless because they need to survive.” Not one person in the play, he

“As You Like It” and “Richard III.”

added, can lay claims to innocence. “Even children have a little edge, and everyone

HVSF Artistic Director Terrence O’Brien, who directs “Richard III,” stressed that

in the court has committed crimes.”

accessibility is a mission that drives their labors. “The main thing for us is that we try

That sensibility is played out in the production costumes, where the regal costumes

to make sure that the audience understands the story without having the complete

of archbishops and cardinals sprout wings and coats and their clasped hands suggest

works in their lap.” While all efforts are made to maintain the integrity of the text, an

the ruthless praying mantis. The armor of the king and his warrior retinue conjure

archaic word will occasionally be struck for a more familiar one, so that audiences

the segmented chitinous bodies of various garden and forest bugs—“spindly and

are not left puzzling and find themselves a stanza or two behind.

not too affectionate,” O’Brien said. In battle, soldiers employ swords as hornets

“Our actors should sound to their audience as familiar as people talking over the hedgerow in the backyard,” O’Brien said. Since wanton abuse of power and unjust wars remain national preoccupations, “Richard III” seems a shrewd choice for the summer 2007 program. But O’Brien says that shoehorning Shakespeare into social satire undercuts the universality of the work. “Despite the ebbs and flows of politics, there are always certain themes that are addressed,” he said. “Fear, hatred, erotic stimulation. If we stay true to those, then people can draw their own parallels to current events.”

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wield stingers. “It’s like a science fiction film,” O’Brien said. “It’s like being on another planet.” When people ask the time period for this offbeat production, O’Brien responds, “One thousand years in the future.” “Richard III” will be staged in repertory at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival through August 18; “As You Like It” through September 2. Tickets $25 to $42. (845) 265-9575; www.hvshakespeare.org. —Jay Blotcher

SUNDAY 1 JULY

THE OUTDOORS 11th Annual Woodstock Playhouse Garden Tour

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

10am-4pm. $35/$40. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-4101.

Celebrating Incarnation

Air to Water Walk

Call for times. Learn to pray with our bodies using the ancient tradition of yoga. $290. Holy Cross Monastery, West Park. 384-6660.

Introduction to Zen Training Call for times. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. 688-2228.

10am-1pm. Survey of wetland and stream areas. Minnewaska State Park, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Paddle at Constitution Marsh Call for times. Easy paddle. Meet at Cold Spring Metro North Station, Cold Spring. 897-4317.

Blue Moon Meditation

SPOKEN WORD

5pm-6pm. Inspired Books and Music, Kingston. 3310644.

Symbols of New York

The Artist’s Way Creative Cluster Call for times. Self-help support group based on the books and seminars of Julia Cameron. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 338-0331.

EVENTS Western and Swing Week Call for times. Jazz, swing, country, western swing classes and dances. Ashokan Field Campus, Olivebridge. 246-2121.

Hudson Harborfest Call for times. Celebration of the Hudson community with local music and artists. City of Hudson Waterfront, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Civil War Encampment

12pm-4pm. Learn interesting facts about our state symbols. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-7781.

THEATER Cyrano Call for times. New adaptation by Jo Roets of the classic play by Edmond Ro. $10-$20. Basilica Industria, Hudson. (800) 838-3006.

Natural History 2pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

The Measure of a Man 12am. $18/$16 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

The Basement

12pm. 2nd annual encampment of the 120th NYS Volunteers. Vintage Village, Highland. 401-7105.

Call for times. Presented by Broken Chain’s Productions. $15. Cunneen Hackett Theater, Poughkeepsie. 4527067.

Patent Day

Thoroughly Modern Millie

10am-5pm. $7-$10/free for HHS members and those living in the Patent Area. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 255-1660.

12th Annual Woodstock Playhouse Garden Tour 10am-4pm. Call for location. 679-4101.

3pm. Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge. 687-4758.

Richard III 6pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

Irish Dinner

WORKSHOPS

5:30pm. Presented by the Hurley Heritage Society. $38. Twin Lakes Resort, Hurley. 331-0593.

A Plant Lover’s Journey

Kingston International Jazz Festival Call for times. Call for specific events and locations. (800) 331-1518.

Beacon Year-Round Farmers Market 10am-4pm. Beacon Train Station, Beacon. 597-5028. 10am-2pm. Call for location. www. rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com.

1pm-3pm. Use your senses and innate intelligences to learn about the plants. $15. Shawangunk Ridge Farm, New Paltz. 256-1206.

Plein Air Painting with Dan Rupe 1pm-4pm. $25 per class. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.

MONDAY 2 JULY Conductors Institute

2pm-3:30pm. For ages 5-10 and their families. Locust Lawn, Gardiner. 255-1889.

Conducting Program for Fellows and Colleagues. Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7425.

2pm/4pm. Hudson’s vaudeville circus performs their summer variety show. Free. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

KIDS Secret Garden Summer Theater Workshop Call for times. Ages 10-14, culminates in theater performance. Walking the Dog Theater Estate, Germantown. (518) 392-2084.

The Miser Summer Theater Workshop Call for times. Ages 14-18, culminates in theater performance. Walking the Dog Theater Estate, Germantown. (518) 392-2084.

Camp Art Omi 10am-Friday, July 13, 3pm. Ages 6-10 learn arts and crafts. Art Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4568.

Nature Explorers Summer Camp

EVENTS Bindlestiff Cirkus 4pm-5pm. City of Hudson Waterfront, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

7:30pm. The Pig Bar, Saugerties. 246-5158.

Hurley Mountain Highway 12pm. Pop, soft rock. Benmarl Vineyards, Marlboro-onHudson. 236-4265.

Maverick Concert Series 3pm. Featuring The Calder Quartet. Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock. 679-8217.

Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams 5:30pm. The Bandstand, Cold Spring.

Showcase Evening 7:30pm. $10. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

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8pm-12am. Hosted by singer-songwriter Bob Lachman. Rhinebeck Cantina Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

David Kraai 11pm-1am. Country folk. Oasis Cafe, New Paltz. 2552400.

Poetry Open Mike

Jazz Jam

Free Parking Surrounds the Market 2 min. from NYS Thruway Exit 19

Open Mike Night

10am-4pm. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 ext. 204.

7pm. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.

all grown or prepared locally

MUSIC

Scrabble Group

Joan Armatrading

Prepared Foods Jams and Jellies Condiments... and more

9am-Friday, July 27, 1pm. Ages 5-7. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

SPOKEN WORD

MUSIC

Poultry Fresh and Dried Herbs Artisan Breads Herbal Remedies

Summer Arts Program

Museum of the Hudson Highlands Discovery Quests

2:30pm. $3/free for members. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

Field-Cut Fresh Flowers Potted Plants Cheeses Meats

KIDS

Call for times. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 ext. 204.

Meet the Animals

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Certified Organic and Traditional Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Classes

Family Fun Day

Bindlestiff Cirkus

Memorial Day ‘til November 18th 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Farmers’ Market

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6pm-8pm. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023. 7pm. Featuring Michael Suib and Irena Cranston. $4. The Colony Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5342.

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Howard Zinn 7pm. Author, political activist, and historian. Monument High School, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 644-9797.

WORKSHOPS Preparing for Grade Five 8:30am-Friday, July 6, 5:30pm. Professional development workshop. Sunbridge College, Chestnut Ridge. 425-0055.

Waldorf Music Education-What Makes it Unique? 8:30am-Friday, July 6, 5:30pm. Professional development workshop. Sunbridge College, Chestnut Ridge. 425-0055.

Preparing for Grade Six 8:30am-Friday, July 6. Professional development workshop. Sunbridge College, Chestnut Ridge. 425-0055.

Preparing for Grade Four 1pm-Friday, July 6. Professional development workshop. Sunbridge College, Chestnut Ridge. 425-0055.

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Explore the Artless Arts of Zen Call for times. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. 688-2228.

Spirit Readings Call for times. With psychic medium Adam Bernstein. $75/$40. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

Guided Imagery and Reiki Healing Circle 7pm-9pm. $20. Spirit of Woodstock, Woodstock. 6885672.

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5:45pm. Heal through the unconditional love of God. $5. Woodstock Sufi Center, Woodstock. 679-7215.

CLASSES 2-D Design 6:30pm-8:30pm. Using acrylics, mediums, printing and glazing. $130. Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro. 888-2519.

The Secret of Good Luck: Understanding Karma 7pm-9pm. American Buddhist teacher Andres Villalon. $8/class. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 297-9243.

Belly Dance Classes: Tribal Fusion Style

DANCE Doug Varone and Dancers

6pm-8pm. A regional Brazilian form of self-defense and dance. $8/class. Capoeira Studio, Peekskill. (914) 382-8765.

KIDS Discovering Animals Together Activities

8pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

EVENTS SummerScape Gala Benefit 5pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

9:30am-10:30am. Ages 2-4. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

Sizzlin’ Singles Skate Session

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Community Music Night

Berkshire Opera Company: Moonlight at the Mahaiwe

8pm-9:45pm. Six local singer-songwriters. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.

Open Mike Night 8:30pm. Hosted by Pete Laffin. Cubbyhole Cafe, Poughkeepsie. 483-7584.

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8am. Observe the morning’s bird activity. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

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Breast Cancer Options Peer Support Group

7:30pm-9pm. Learn Tribal Style Belly Dance movements with a dash of Indian & Flamenco. 77 Cornell Street, Kingston.

Early Birds

Art Fest ’07

Call for times. Receive messages from spirit guides. $40/$75. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

Call for times. $14. Madhuri Yoga Spa, New Paltz. 797-4124.

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Call for times. Ages 4 years and up, for the experienced & the beginner. Center for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz. 658-8540.

EVENTS Nursing Information Sessions

6:30pm-9:30pm. SkateTime 209, Accord. 626-7971.

Call for times. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston.

Live Jazz 7pm. The Emerson, Woodstock. 679-7500.

Jeffrey Roberts 8pm. Acoustic. The Muddy Cup, Kingston. 338-3881.

THE OUTDOORS Hike for Tykes 10am. Short exploration walk for parents and young children up to age 6. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

THEATER Natural History 8pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

Ruins Call for times. Sound-painting performance. Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Richard III 7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

3pm. Information sessions about Nursing degree program that will cover the application process. Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge. 687-5261.

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Call for times. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

Discovering Animals Together Activities 9:30am-10:30am. Ages 2-4. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

MUSIC Music in the Park 7pm-9pm. Featuring classic rock by Johnny Moon and Starz. Dutchmen’s Landing on the Hudson River, Catskill. (518) 943-0989.

Taste Budd’s Hardscrabble Jam 7:15pm. Acoustic jam. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

Celtic Jam Seisun 7:30pm-10:30pm. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

Acoustic Fireworks with Joey Eppard 8pm-10pm. $10. Omega Institute, Rhinebeck. (800) 944-1001.

Open Mike 9pm. Sign up at 8pm. Stray Bar, Hudson. (518) 828-7303.

8pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Susan Marshall & Company 8:30pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

EVENTS SpiegelClub 10pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

MUSIC Hudson Harborfest 6:30pm. Music and performance on the Hudson waterfront. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Kurt Henry & Cheryl Lambert 7pm. Acoustic. Arts Upstairs, Phoenicia. 688-2142.

18th-Century Italian Virtuoso Music for Violin and Guitar 7pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7425.

Anthony da Costa and Abbie Gardner Folk 7:30pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

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8pm. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287.

SPOKEN WORD Symbols of New York

7pm-8:30pm. Deep Clay Art and Therapy, Gardiner. 255-8039.

12pm-4pm. Learn interesting facts about our state symbols. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-7781.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

THEATER

Breast Cancer Options Peer Support Group

Uncle Vanya

Call for times. Palenville Branch Library, Palenville. (518) 678-3357.

Call for times. Outdoor Amphitheater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

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minutes and 33 seconds of silence. This world-famous avant-garde composition debuted at the Maverick Concert Hall in Woodstock in 1952. Pianist Pedja Muzijevic will perform it July 28 as part of this summer’s series, which has the theme “Woodstock Legends.” Muzijevic will also accompany Nancy Allen Lundy, a lyric soprano. Like Bob Dylan, Lundy is from Minnesota. She will perform composer John Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan.” Corigliano set seven of Dylan’s songs to entirely new music, including “Chimes of Freedom,” “Blowing in the Wind,” “The Clothesline,” and “Masters of War.” Dylan wrote some of these songs while living in Woodstock, including the final one of the series, “Forever Young.” This a unique chance to hear Dylan’s achievement in the classical idiom. How often can one re-experience Dylan as a modernist blonde soprano? Lundy will sing “Have Peace Jo” from Mark Adamo’s opera “Little Women.” In this song, she performs the role of Beth, who is dying. Another piece is Ned Rorem’s “The Dancer,” based on a poem by Edmund Waller (1606-1687) beginning: “Behold the brand of beauty tossed! / See how the motion does dilate the flame!” “I can compare [ preparing for this one-night performance] to learning an opera; it’s a lot more difficult,” Lundy observes. “You have to play so many different people in one evening when you do a recital. And note per note, there’s probably more singing in a recital than there is in an opera role. And I love it.” Lundy represents a new generation of opera singers, unlike the classic rotund performers who would “park and bark” (stand in one spot and sing). After receiving a master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music (in Rochester, New York), Lundy attended the Juilliard Opera Center, a kind of diva boot camp, where she studied acting, singing, and languages. Her embrace of modern music began with concerts for the Continuum Ensemble. On July 21 guitarist Jason Vieaux will salute another Woodstock legend, jazz master Pat Metheny. Vieaux will perform works of Metheny’s, along with pieces by Bach and Ponce. Though the Maverick Festival is known for chamber music, September 1 will bring the world premiere of a chamber orchestra adaptation of David Del Tredici’s “Final Alice,” a work for soprano based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Nancy Allen Lundy and Pedja Muzijevic will perform at Maverick in Woodstock, New York on Saturday, July 28 at 6pm. (845) 679-8348; www.maverickconcerts.org. —Sparrow

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Natural History

Pine Bush Farmers’ Market

8pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

10am-2pm. Fresh produce, music, artists and kids’ activities. Call for location. 744-6763.

Cyrano Call for times. New adaptation by Jo Roets of the classic play by Edmond Ro. $10-$20. Basilica Industria, Hudson. (800) 838-3006.

Kingston Farmers’ Market

Company 8pm. Sondheim musical. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

9:30am-1:30pm. Fresh produce, arts and crafts, vendors and music. Historic Catskill Point, Catskill. (518) 622-9820.

Community Playback Theatre

Great Catskill Mountain Quilt Show

8pm. Personal stories told by audience members are brought to life by improv troupe. $6. Boughton Place, Highland. 691-4118.

As You Like It

9am-2pm. Uptown Kingston, Kingston. 331-7517.

Riverside Farmer’s and Artisans Market

10am-6pm. $8/$2 children. Red Barn, Hunter. (518) 263-2062. 12pm. Music, food, vendors, quilt show. $8/$2 children. Catskill Mountain Foundation Fine Crafts and Art Gallery, Hunter. (518) 263-2063.

WORKSHOPS

FILM

Courage to Teach Renewal Retreats

Racing Daylight

Tarot Basics with Cait Johnson 7pm-9pm. Find out how simple it is to use the Tarot and trust your inner guidance. $20/$15. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

SATURDAY 7 JULY

5pm. A ghost story, murder mystery and love story. $20. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.

KIDS Museum of the Hudson Highlands Discovery Quests 10am-4pm. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 x204.

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11am. By Tanglewood Marionettes. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Linda Montano: “Lighten Up”

Meet the Animals

12-7pm. Performance art. Part of the Kingston Sculpture Biennial. Ulster County Jail, Golden Hill, Kingston. www. kingstonbiennial.org.

2:30pm. $3/free for members. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

Susan Freda: Aumakua

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5pm-7pm. Works made of wire. Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston. www.kmoca.org.

Tune Outside

Body States 5pm-8pm. Figure painting and drawing by Kathleen McGuiness. Silent Space gallery, Kingston. 331-7432.

Feelings 5pm-7:30pm. Work of British artist Martin Creed. Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7598.

Holy/Unholy Womanhood

Human Remains 6pm-9pm. Sculpture by Thomas Doyle. Go North Gallery, Beacon. www.gonorthgallery.blogspot.com.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Yoga 1pm-1:30pm. The Beacon Healing Collective, Beacon. 231-2470.

DANCE Susan Marshall & Company 3:30pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 7587900.

Doug Varone and Dancers

3pm-9pm. Explore the grounds while listening to live music. Wave Farm, Acra. (518) 622-2598.

Mr. E aka Greg Englesson 3pm. Rhino Records, New Paltz. 255-0230.

Hudson Harborfest

6pm. Featuring Julia Bentley and Babette Hierholzer. Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock. 679-8217.

Twilight Concert Series 6pm-8pm. Featuring Val Emmich. Town of Rochester Park, Accord. 687-7540. 8pm. Chamber music for electronics. Inspired Books and Gifts, Kingston. 331-0644.

Emily Asen 8pm. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287.

Doo-Wop Legends 8pm. Coasters, Platters, Drifters. Belleayre Mountain, Highmount. (800) 942-6904 x406.

Joe Medwick’s Memphis Soul 8pm. Blues. Rhinebeck Cantina Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816. 8pm. Marking the anniversaries of West Side Story and Candide. $150/$75. PS21, Chatham. (518) 392-6121.

EVENTS Food & Wine Weekends Tour Call for times. Shuttle brings you to various vineyards. Call for location. (800) 445-3131.

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10pm. Dance party. Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900.

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8pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900. 8:30pm-2:30am. Non-smoking, non-alcohol barefoot dancing. $7/$3 teens and seniors/children free. Center for Symbolic Studies, Tillson.

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Big Kahuna 8pm. Dance music. La Puerta Azul, Millbrook. 677-2985.

An Evening with Joey Eppard 8pm-11pm. Solo performances and special guest Jeremy Bernstein. $8. The Colony Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5342.

New York Philharmonic 8pm. “Peter and the Wolf” nominated by Kevin Kline. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (800) 882-CATS.

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wasn’t long before Ralph Bronner approached her for help with a project—crafting a portrait of his father’s life and dynamic business. Lamm signed on as director of her first documentary film, and Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox was born. Emanuel Bronner was born into a family of master soapmakers from Heilbronn, Germany in 1908. After he emigrated to the US in 1929, he married a Catholic and had three children before an illness killed her in 1943. Bronner warned both his parents of the impending Nazi takeover, but they remained in Germany and perished in the Holocaust. Lamm believes these traumatic events triggered a mystical experience in Bronner, while also affecting his mental health. After this, Bronner quit his job at a soap factory and began barnstorming the country to spread the “Moral ABC� of his “AllOne-God-Earth� philosophy, abandoning his children in as many as 15 foster homes and orphanages. His philosophy teaches that all people should unite under one God, and that prophets from all the spiritual traditions recognized and preached this. The intensity of Bronner’s All-One-God-Earth lectures, delivered in a heavy German accent, was legendary. He was arrested at the University of Chicago in 1946 where he was accused of organizing students and refused to leave the dean’s office. He was brought to a mental institution in Elgin, Illinois, where he was given shock therapy. Six months later he escaped to Los Angeles, where he began producing and bottling his peppermint soap out of a small apartment. To each bottle he attached a copy of his “All-One!� philosophy. Bronner’s business blossomed. Alongside preaching his philosophy, he strove

to be ecologically and socially conscious long before the current green business boom. His family carries on the tradition of fair wages and responsible production to this day, selling 4.5 million bottles a year. There is more to this documentary than biography. The film’s subthemes are imbued with Bronner’s message of acceptance and unity. Rewind to the grungy skateboader, an everyday outcast who upon further study is a talented pianist and a caring companion to a girlfriend dying in hospice. Ralph Bronner, his friend of just a few hours, sits with him in his hotel room as he grieves, perpetuating a family legacy of compassion. “I was really moved by Ralph’s optimism,� Lamm said, “and by the way that he had integrated a painful childhood and turned it into a mission to be helpful and kind to other people. And I think Dr. Bronner does the same thing.� Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox will be shown July 13-15, 7:30pm, at Time and Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street, Hudson. (518) 822-8448; www.timeandspace.org. —Kelley Granger

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Martin Creed

KIDS

8pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

10am-4pm. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 x204.

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8:30pm. Jazz. Susan’s Restaurant, Peekskill. 737-6624.

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9pm. Acoustic. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Jazz Jam

Murali Coryell

7:30pm. The Pig Bar, Saugerties. 246-5158.

10pm. Progressive rock. The Firebird Lounge, Rhinebeck. 876-8686.

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THE OUTDOORS

A Bernstein Celebration

1pm. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287.

Bike & Swim

2pm. Marking the anniversaries of West Side Story and Candide. $40. PS21, Chatham. (518) 392-6121.

Call for times. Moderate difficulty. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 462-0142.

Maverick Concert Series

Trees of Minnewaska

3pm. Featuring The Daedalus Quartet. Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock. 679-8217.

10am. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Girl Howdy and Jason Slack

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5:30pm. All-women country and New Orleans Brass Band. City of Hudson Waterfront, Hudson. (518) 8228448.

Stone Ridge Library Knitting Club

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10am-12pm. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023.

Symbols of New York 12pm-4pm. Learn interesting facts about our state symbols. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-7781.

Gerald Slota 8pm. Layered photography. $7/$5. Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-9957.

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5:30pm. The Bandstand, Cold Spring.

Jonathan Talbot & Simple Machines 6:30pm. Pop, country, rock and folk, followed by Jason Slack - New Orleans Brass Band. City of Hudson Waterfront, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

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12pm-4pm. Learn interesting facts about our state symbols. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-7781.

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Richard III 8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

City That Drinks the Mountain Sky 8pm. Arm of the Sea giant puppet show. Hasbrouck Park, New Paltz. 246-7873.

THEATER Uncle Vanya Call for times. Outdoor Amphitheater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

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WORKSHOPS Photographing the Nude in Nature Call for times. $350/$300 members full program/$110/$90 members single day. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

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3pm. Sondheim musical. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

As You Like It 6pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

WORKSHOPS Plein Air Painting with Dan Rupe 1pm-4pm. $25 per class. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.

Applied Vision 2pm-4:30pm. Works by Joan Kehlenbeck and Rosalind Hodgkins. Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown. 341-4790.

MONDAY 9 JULY

River Valley Artists Guild Summer Show 2pm-4:30pm. Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown. 341-4790.

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Summer Intensive Sugar Addiction Support Group

The Artist’s Way Creative Cluster

Call for times. $153/month. The Beacon Healing Collective, Beacon. 231-2470.

Call for times. Self-help support group based on the books and seminars of Julia Cameron. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 338-0331.

EVENTS 7th Annual Mountain Culture Festival 12pm. Music, food, vendors, quilt show. $8/$2 children. Catskill Mountain Foundation Fine Crafts and Art Gallery, Hunter. (518) 263-2063.

CLASSES Conductors Institute Discovery Program. Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7425.

Drawing and Painting Skills 9am-4:30pm. Week-long sessions for ages 11-14. $300/ week. Mill Street Loft, Poughkeepsie. 471-7477.

Great Catskill Mountain Quilt Show 10am-4pm. $8/$2 children. Red Barn, Hunter. (518) 263-2062.

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Bard SummerScape

Skateboard Camp

Call for times. Check website for specific events and times. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Call for times. $250 full-day/$220 half-day. Skate Time 209, Accord. 626-7971.

Beacon Year-Round Farmers’ Market

Dutchess Arts Camp

10am-4pm. Beacon Train Station, Beacon. 597-5028.

Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Call for location. www. rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com.

Community Garden Club of Pine Bush Tea Fundraiser 2pm-4pm. Tea, finger foods & desserts. $15. Pine Bush Fire House Social Hall, Pine Bush. 744-2107.

July 9-August 3. Mill Street Loft arts camp for ages 4-14. Poughkeepsie and Millbrook. 471-7477.

Summer Arts Camp Program 9am-3pm. Featuring local artists of all genres, for ages 5-13. High Meadow School, Stone Ridge. 687-4855.

Junior Art Institute July 9-August 3. Mill Street Loft arts camp for ages 1114. Poughkeepsie Day School. 471-7477.

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Eilen Jewell’s father exposed her to Beethoven’s piano sonatas on a 1,500-mile family

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trek to Anchorage when she was just seven. Perhaps this trip was the catalyst for what

I was 14 or 15 when I heard Dylan sing about Woody Guthrie. I just went backwards

was to come: the development of a thoughtful musician with an old, wandering soul.

from there to Bessie Smith, Howling Wolf, and Billie Holiday.

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EILEN JEWELL

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Jewell learned music while growing up in Boise, Idaho, performed at farmers’ markets and bars in Santa Fe during college, became absorbed in the street-performer scene

Speaking of Woody, I don’t hear anything as topical on the new record as “The

in Venice Beach, and ventured to the East Coast old-time music and folk scenes in the

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Berkshires and Boston, which she now calls home.

That’s true. “The Flood” was a very emotional response to the failure of our leadership

Jewell’s self-released debut, Boundary County, received wide acclaim in 2005.

during Hurricane Katrina that, because of the current situation, has become political. But

She was compared to June Carter Cash and Gillian Welch for her resonating

honestly, I’m just not writing that way lately. I’m afraid the war has left me desensitized.

voice and early country style. Her latest album, Letters from Sinners and Strangers (Signature Sounds), is set for release July 17, fusing elements of blues, jazz, and country. The contents are well-crafted with intriguing twists, like the country twang

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behind jazz-laced vocals in “Where They Never Say Your Name.” Letters feels like a

Is this the sound you’ve always heard in your head?

Midwest barn dance on one track and on the next, Jewell’s sultry, mature voice—at

It’s pretty darn close. Maybe I’d make it sparser.

just 27 years old—resounds like it would in a smoke-filled lounge of another era. Mike Jurkovic spoke to Eilen Jewell in early June. Mike Jurkovic: With the glowing reception of your indie release Boundary County, what was your mindset while recording Letters from Sinners and Strangers, your national debut on Signature Sounds? Eilen Jewell: Because Jason [Beek, drummer], Jerry [Miller, guitarist], Johnny [Sciascia, bassist], and I actually came together as a band while recording Boundary County, I wanted this record to present a picture of what we really do live. Signature Sounds [home of Kris Delmhorst, Richard Shindell] picked you up very quickly. We released Boundary County in April of last year. Then we got an e-mail from Jim Olsen, head of Signature, saying he’d like to help us in any way he could. We took a while to respond because we couldn’t figure out what to say. Finally it was like, “Well...you could

Do you think that’s possible? I suppose if I could I would have done it. I really like to let the songs go off in their own direction. So what goes into your writing and selection of cover songs? All the originals come from me. The guys helped me out with one of the new ones, “Too Hot to Sleep.” I have a penchant for obscure covers. I’ll be listening to a compilation or some other thing and I’ll see and hear the band playing it and think, “Wow, that’s an amazing song!” I don’t understand the Norah Jones comparisons. I mean you’re not at all afraid to change tempo. I don’t hear it either and our material is so different. Maybe it’s the similar timbre of our voices, I don’t know. But I’ll take it as a compliment.

sign us like you did Josh Ritter.” In August Jim came to our show at Club Helsinki in

Anything special planned for the CD release party at the Rosendale Cafe on July 14?

Great Barrington with a contract in his hand. Then he was like, “I suppose I should see

We’ll have two CDs for sale this time! We had cake and candles at one release party

you play first.” Luckily he didn’t have to go back on his words. I was very fortunate.

last year. Perhaps we can do something like that again.

You credit Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series as a major influence. How did something

Eilen Jewell will be at the Rosendale Cafe on Saturday, July 14 at 8pm. 434 Main Street,

so contemporary result in such an authentic sound, like you’re playing alongside

Rosendale. (845) 658-9048; www.eilenjewell.com. 7/07 CHRONOGRAM.COM FORECAST

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“The Elliott Smith Project� opens on July 26 at the Spiegeltent, part of Bard Visit http://summerscape.bard.edu; (845) 758-7900. —Jay Blotcher

MUSIC

KIDS

Open Mike Night

Discovering Animals Together Activities

8pm-12am. Hosted by singer-songwriter Bob Lachman. Rhinebeck Cantina Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

9:30am-10:30am. Ages 2-4. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

SPOKEN WORD Scrabble Group

Story Time with Miss Julia 10am. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

Bilingual Story Time with Miss Julia

6pm-8pm. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023.

4pm. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

Poetry Open Mike

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7pm. Featuring Dennis Wayne Bressack and Susan Maurer. $4. The Colony Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5342.

Open Mike 7pm. $4. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

THEATER Uncle Vanya Call for times. Outdoor Amphitheater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

7:15pm. Acoustic jam. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

Celtic Jam Seisun 7:30pm-10:30pm. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

8:30am-Friday, July 13, 5:30pm. Sunbridge College, Chestnut Ridge. 425-0055.

Open Mike 9pm. Sign up at 8pm. Stray Bar, Hudson. (518) 8287303.

Smart Growing

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

5:30pm-7:30pm. Discover the benefits of community supported agriculture. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Explore the Artless Arts of Zen

THE OUTDOORS

Call for times. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. 688-2228.

Call for times. Easy evening walk. Call for location. 473-9892.

Integral Yoga Hatha I Beginners Class

THEATER

Painting with Acrylics 1pm-4pm. Four-session course. $135. Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro. 888-2519.

DANCE Capoeira Angola 6pm-8pm. A regional Brazilian form of self-defense and dance. $8/class. Capoeira Studio, Peekskill. (914) 382-8765.

KIDS 9:30am-10:30am. Ages 2-4. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

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WORKSHOPS Landscape Workshop in Oils 8:30am-1:30pm. Landscape painting at a local natural site. $70. Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro. 888-2519.

Life Drawing 10am-5:30pm. 6-day workshop for adults and older teens. Shuster Studio, Hudson. (518) 828-0188.

Student and Parent Loan 3pm-4pm. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. (800) 724-0833 ext. 5058.

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MUSIC Open Mike Night 8:30pm. Hosted by Pete Laffin. Cubbyhole Cafe, Poughkeepsie. 483-7584.

THE OUTDOORS Early Birds

ART Women’s Clay Art Therapy Group 7pm-8:30pm. Deep Clay Art and Therapy, Gardiner. 255-8039.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

8am. Observe the morning’s bird activity. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

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5:45pm. Heal through the unconditional love of God. $5. Woodstock Sufi Center, Woodstock. 679-7215.

6pm. New play readings. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 338-0331.

As You Like It

Call for times. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. 688-2228.

CLASSES

7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

Enjoy the Brush

WORKSHOPS

2-D Design

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6:30pm-8:30pm. Using acrylics, mediums, printing and glazing. $130. Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro. 888-2519.

2pm-3:30pm. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. (800) 724-0833 x5058.

Introduction to Kabbalistic Healing 7pm-9pm. Explore the basic principles. $15/$20. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

WEDNESDAY 11 JULY

Call for times. Calligraphy retreat. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. 688-2228.

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7pm-9pm. American Buddhist teacher Andres Villalon. $8/class. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 297-9243.

Belly Dance Classes: Tribal Fusion Style 7:30pm-9pm. Learn Tribal Style Belly Dance movements with a dash of Indian & Flamenco. 77 Cornell Street, Kingston.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

EVENTS

Breast Cancer Options Peer Support Group

Bard SummerScape

Call for times. Catskill Community Center, Catskill. (518) 943-4950.

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Sizzlin’ Singles Skate Session

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6:30pm-9:30pm. SkateTime 209, Accord. 626-7971.

Flying Trapeze Lessons

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Call for times. Ages 4 years and up, for the experienced & the beginner. Center for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz. 658-8540.

Open Studio 1pm-4pm. Still life set-up. $30/class. Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro. 888-2519.

The Last Romantic 7:30pm-9:15pm. Comedy by the Brothers Nee: part of the Undiscovered Gems Series. $5/$5/$7. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

MUSIC

EVENTS

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Nursing Information Sessions

1:15pm-1:45pm. Organ recital. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. 338-6759.

3pm. Information sessions about Nursing degree program that will cover the application process. Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge. 687-5261.

Cover Girls 6pm-1am. Acoustic. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.

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7pm-9pm. Blues by Matt Mirable Band featuring Allison Jacobs. Dutchmen’s Landing on the Hudson River, Catskill. (518) 943-0989.

12-7pm. Performance art. Part of the Kingston Sculpture biennial. Ulster County Jail, Golden Hill, Kingston. www. kingstonbiennial.org.

Live Jazz

It Is Our War

7pm. The Emerson, Woodstock. 679-7500.

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4pm-8pm. Landscapes by Linda Puiatti. RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon. 838-2880.

As You Like It

Attempting Grace

7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-3638.

6pm-8pm. Paintings by Jimmie James. M Gallery, Catskill. (518) 943-0380.

Wedding Story

Emotions in Paint

7:30pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

5pm-7pm. Works by Nathalie van Mulken. East Village Collective, Woodstock. 679-2174.

WORKSHOPS

Houston/Jennis/Nelson/Levy

Affording College

6pm-8pm. Opening reception. Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson. (518) 828-1915.

12am-1:30pm. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. (800) 724-0833 x5058.

FRIDAY 13 JULY CLASSES Bee Buzz for Kids Call for times. Introduce your children to the amazing and valuable world of honeybees. $10. HoneybeeLives, New Paltz. 255-6113.

EVENTS Bard SummerScape Call for times. Check website for specific events and times. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

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6pm-9pm. Paintings and sculpture by Elia Gurna and James P. Quinn. Bau, Beacon. 440-7584.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Breast Cancer Options Peer Support Group 11am-12:30pm. Olive Free Library, West Shokan. 6572482.

Yoga 1pm-1:30pm. The Beacon Healing Collective, Beacon. 231-2470.

DANCE Got2Lindy Dance Party 7:30pm. With a performance by Big Apple Lindy Hoppers. $10. Reformed Church of the Comforter, Kingston. 236-3939.

EVENTS

MUSIC

Call for times. Dinner, drinks, dancing and not-so-silent auction. Wiltwyck Country Club, Kingston. 331-0700.

Testament Call for times. $20. The Chance Theater, Poughkeepsie. 471-1966.

Bach at the Court of Frederick the Great 7pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7425.

Nicole Collins 7:30pm. Singer/songwriter. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

SPOKEN WORD Symbols of New York 12pm-4pm. Learn interesting facts about our state symbols. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-7781. 7pm. Author Wise Secrets of Aloha: Learn and Live the Sacred Art of Lomilomi. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

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Flowers and Birds

7:30pm. Saving the world one bottle of soap at a time. $7/ $5 members and students. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Book Signing with Garnette Arledge

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Color and Light

8pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

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4pm-8pm. Photographs that tell three stories from the Iraq War. Fovea Exhibition, Beacon. 765-2199.

Dancing on the Stars Summer Auction and Gala

Bard SummerScape Call for times. Check website for specific events and times. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Pine Bush Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Fresh produce, music, artists and kids’ activities. Call for location. 744-6763.

Kingston Farmers’ Market 9am-2pm. Uptown Kingston, Kingston. 331-7517.

Riverside Farmers’ and Artisans Market 9:30am-1:30pm. Fresh produce, arts and crafts, vendors and music. Historic Catskill Point, Catskill. (518) 622-9820.

Candlelight Tour 11am-12pm. $10. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 255-1660.

Arts Festival

Reading with Peter Orner

1pm. Music, dance, street painting, and activities. North East Community Center, Millerton. (518) 789-4259.

7:30pm. Winner of the Bard Fiction Prize. Oblong Books and Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.

FILM

THEATER

Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap Box

As You Like It Call for times. Outdoor Amphitheater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

7:30pm. Saving the world one bottle of soap at a time. $7/ $5 members and students. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Company

KIDS

8pm. Sondheim musical. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Museum of the Hudson Highlands Discovery Quests

Cyrano

10am-4pm. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 x204.

Call for times. New adaptation by Jo Roets of the classic play by Edmond Ro. $10-$20. Basilica Industria, Hudson. (800) 838-3006.

Dance of the Holy Ghost Call for times. Susan Stein Shiva Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

The Boy Who Heard Music Call for times. Rock opera. Martel Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Corps of Discovery: Through the Woodland Trail 10am-11:30am. For ages 8-12. $10/$5. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-3638.

Fish: What Will We Find in Our Seine Net? 10am. $5/$3 members. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 x204.

Bubble Trouble

8pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

11am. The science of bubbles. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Richard III

Meet the Animals

8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

2:30pm. $3/free for members. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

Natural History

Wedding Story 8pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

MUSIC Hurley Mountain Highway

SATURDAY 14 JULY ART Outdoor Art 11am-5pm. Works by Woodstock Artists and sculptors. The Colony Cafe, Woodstock. 679-6234.

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8:30pm. Pop, soft rock. Pamela’s on The Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505.

Eilen Jewell CD Release Party Call for times. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.

Legends of Music: New Riders of the Purple Sage Call for times. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston.

Ulster County Day at Manitoga

Maverick Concert Series

Special discount rate for UC residents for House and Landscape tours. $8. Manitoga, Garrison. 424-3812.

11am. Young People’s Concert. Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock. 679-8217.

HUTTON-DEUTSCH COLLECTION / CORBIS EDWARD ELGAR IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS SUMMER’S BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL.

On June 2, English composer Edward Elgar would have been 150 years old. To

in previous eras. A painting the duo made in 1998 looks like it may as well be dated

honor this sesquicentennial, the Bard Music Festival will present “Edward Elgar and

1879. Their famous quote is, “We’ve seen the future, and we’re not going.”

His World” over two weekends, August 10 through 19. “This is probably the most

Doug Varone is a choreographer finely attuned to classical music; he has worked

comprehensive festival ever done on the music of Edward Elgar, and his life and

with numerous opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Minnesota

world,” observes Tambra Dillon, director of the Fisher Center at Bard College in

Opera. Much of Varone’s choreography has a theatrical aspect, with vivid characters.

Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, where Bard President Leon Botstein will conduct

He is also noted for his humor and intimacy—and for “nontraditional dancers” who

the American Symphony Orchestra and several chamber groups will perform. The

don’t look like perfect ballerinas. Doug Varone and Dancers will present a new piece

SummerScape festival offers a play, operas, and other performances from the

set to the works of Elgar and commissioned by Bard, plus other dances.

Elgarian era.

George Bernard Shaw’s “Saint Joan,” often considered his finest play, will be

Best known for the graduation ceremony perennial “Pomp and Circumstance,”

staged. Written in 1923, the work led to Shaw’s being awarded the Nobel Prize two

Elgar stares out from a photograph in the program’s booklet in a starched collar and

years later. Joan of Arc was a religious fanatic, battling an early version of the British

big English walrus mustache. Though he voted Tory and wrote music glorifying the

Empire then occupying France. In present-day parlance, she was an insurgent. Joan

British Empire, Elgar was close friends with socialist George Bernard Shaw, who lent

was burned at the stake at age 19. When Shaw died, his ashes were scattered in the

him 1,000 pounds when he got behind on his gambling debts.

garden of his home in Ayot St. Lawrence, around his statue of Saint Joan.

Elgar was an autodidact who rose out of the English working class (his father was a

“The Sorcerer” (1877) is a rarely performed Gilbert and Sullivan opera, their first

piano tuner) to become a worldwide popular music sensation—as The Beatles would,

full collaboration. Based on William Gilbert’s short story “The Elixir of Love,” it’s the

65 years later; and, like Paul McCartney, he was ultimately knighted. As a Catholic who

comic tale of a Cockney businessman who also happens to be a sorcerer.

left school at age 15, Elgar never quite fit into the society he celebrated.

The SummerScape film festival focuses on British postwar classics, featuring The

Elgar’s most well-known work was composed between 1899 and 1919, from

Third Man (1949), starring Orson Welles, and director Michael Powell’s Black Narcissus

the Boer War to the end of World War I. “It’s the beginning of the late afternoon into

(1947). Topsy-Turvy (1999), Mike Leigh’s semi-improvised story of Gilbert and Sullivan’s

sunset of the British Empire,” according to scholar-in-residence Byron Adams. “The

staging of The Mikado, echoes the turn-of-the-last-century theme.

surprising thing is how relevant the issue of the composer’s relationship to society in a declining empire is to our present day.”

Now in its second year at Bard, the magnificent Spiegeltent will host several commissioned works, including “Blackamoor Angel” by spoken-word legend Carl

“Down among the Dead Men,” a symphony by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924),

Hancock Rux, with music by Deidre Murray. There will also be many free events,

is one of several American premieres the festival will offer. Elgar’s rarely-performed

such as a concert by Trio Loco, the provocative local jazz combo, and numerous

Funeral March, composed as incidental music for the William Butler Yeats play “Grania

specially priced family entertainments. The Spiegeltent serves Hudson Valley beer,

and Diarmid,” will also be performed.

ice cream, and dinner fare.

Panels of scholars will discuss such topics as “Constructions of Masculinity from Dorian Gray to Father Brown.”

“Edward Elgar and His World” runs August 10 through 19. “A Florentine Tragedy” and “The Dwarf” will be performed from July 27 through August 5. Doug Varone and

Elgar wrote three oratorios but no operas, so Summerscape will offer two one-act

Dancers will perform July 5 to 8. “Saint Joan” runs July 12 through 22. “The Sorcerer”

operas by late-Romantic Viennese composer Alexander von Zemlinsky: “A Florentine

will be performed August 3 through 12. The film festival takes place from July 8 through

Tragedy” and “The Dwarf.” Both are based on short stories by Oscar Wilde, another

August 9. Shows in the Spiegeltent are from July 5 to August 19. (845) 758-7900;

British socialist (and martyr) of this period. The sets and costumes will be designed by

www.fishercenter.bard.edu.

the duo McDermott & McGough, two artists who frequently collaborate on works set

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An Evening with The Locks

The Artist’s Way Creative Cluster

6pm-9pm. Rock, acoustic. Griffin’s Corners Cafe, Fleischmanns. 254-6300.

Call for times. Self-help support group based on the books and seminars of Julia Cameron. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 338-0331.

Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra 8pm. $30/$25 seniors/$20 contributors/$5 students. Windham Civic and Performing Arts Center, Windham. (518) 734-3868.

DANCE

Gary Paul Hermus

6:30pm-9pm. Lesson at 6pm. $5. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 339-3032.

8pm. Muddy Cup Coffeehouse, Catskill. 334-8600.

The Levon Helm Band 8pm. “The Ramble on the Road.” W/special guests. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (800) 882-CATS.

Dr. John 8pm. With special guest Hazmat Modine. Belleayre Mountain, Highmount. (800) 942-6904 x406.

Cloudnyne 8pm. Blues. La Puerta Azul, Millbrook. 677-2985.

Maverick Concert Series 8pm. Featuring Alicia Svigals and Pete Rushefsky. Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock. 679-8217.

Joe Medwick’s Memphis Soul 8pm. Blues. Rhinebeck Cantina Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

Cynthis M. & Bistro Blue 9pm. Jazz. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Rock The Reactors Concert 10pm. Featuring Haale, Ron Toth, and Cheik and the Shamsi Ruhe. The Colony Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5342.

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Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap Box 7:30pm. Saving the world one bottle of soap at a time. $7/ $5 members and students. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

KIDS Museum of the Hudson Highlands Discovery Quests 1pm-4pm. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-5506 x204.

Meet the Animals 2:30pm. $3/free for members. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

Sterling Forest to Fire Tower

Lisa Gutkin 1pm. Folk. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287.

Maverick Concert Series 3pm. Featuring The Ying Quartet. Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock. 679-8217.

Bill Perry Blues Band

Stone Ridge Library Knitting Club

5:30pm. The Bandstand, Cold Spring.

10am-12pm. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023.

Cherish the Ladies

Symbols of New York

8pm. Celtic. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

12pm-4pm. Learn interesting facts about our state symbols. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-7781.

THE OUTDOORS

2pm. Featuring poets Christine Lilian Turczyn and Cheryl A. Rice. Woodstock Town Hall, Woodstock.

Robert Glenn Ketchum 8pm. Environmentalist photographer. $7/$5. Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-9957.

THEATER As You Like It

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FILM

Call for times. A week-long festival of traditional Irish music, song and dance. $10-$20. Call for location. (518) 634-2286.

Woodstock Poetry Society and Festival Meeting

Wallkill Valley Writers, New Paltz Kate Hymes, Workshop Leader

7pm-8:30pm. $7. Locust Lawn, Gardiner. 255-1889.

Call for times. Call for location. 635-5187.

SPOKEN WORD

August 5 – September 23

Candlelight Tours

Catskills Irish Arts Week

9am. Meet at the Minnewaska State Park Preserve Awosting Lot, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Sundays

10am-4pm. Beacon Train Station, Beacon. 597-5028.

THE OUTDOORS

Castle Point Hike

Weekly Writing Workshops

Beacon Year-Round Farmers’ Market

MUSIC

8:45am. Moderate 8-mile hike. Holiday Inn, Fishkill.

Using Amherst Writers & Artists Method

EVENTS

10pm. Rock. Cabaloosa, New Paltz. 255-3400.

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Swing Dance Jam

Call for times. Outdoor Amphitheater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

The Boy Who Heard Music Call for times. Rock opera. Martel Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Butterfly Spotting Call for times. Meet at the Minnewaska State Park Preserve Wildmere Lot, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Hike For New Hikers 8:30am. Plaza Diner, New Paltz. 592-0204.

Pittsfield Garden Tour 12pm-4pm. Tours eight private and public gardens. Call for location.

SPOKEN WORD Symbols of New York 12pm-4pm. Learn interesting facts about our state symbols. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-7781.

Company

THEATER

8pm. Sondheim musical. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

As You Like It

Cyrano Call for times. New adaptation by Jo Roets of the classic play by Edmond Ro. $10-$20. Basilica Industria, Hudson. (800) 838-3006.

Dance of the Holy Ghost Call for times. Susan Stein Shiva Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Natural History 8pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

As You Like It 8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-3638.

Wedding Story 8pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

WORKSHOPS Photographing the Nude in Nature Call for times. $350/$300 members full program/$110/$90 members single day. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Tarot-on-the-Hudson 2pm-4:30pm. Monthly Tarot study and play with Rachel Pollack. $25. Call for location. 876-5797.

Call for times. Outdoor Amphitheater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Company 3pm. Sondheim musical. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Cyrano Call for times. New adaptation by Jo Roets of the classic play by Edmond Ro. $10-$20. Basilica Industria, Hudson. (800) 838-3006.

Dance of the Holy Ghost Call for times. Susan Stein Shiva Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Natural History 2pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

Wedding Story 2pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

Richard III 6pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

WORKSHOPS Plein Air Painting with Dan Rupe 1pm-4pm. $25 per class. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.

SUNDAY 15 JULY BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Aura Photos and Readings Call for times. View and identify the energy, light and colors that make you. $60. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

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MONDAY 16 JULY KIDS Skateboard Camp Call for times. $250 full-day/$220 half-day. SkateTime 209, Accord. 626-7971.

Time Travelers

Story Time with Miss Julia

9am-3pm. Summer camp. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 255-1660.

10am. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

Hot Diggity Dog Summer Music Program

MUSIC

2pm-4pm. Ages 5-7. $165/$145 members. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Open Mike

MUSIC

Taste Budd’s Hardscrabble Jam

12am. $4. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Open Mike Night

7:15pm. Acoustic jam. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

8pm-12am. Hosted by singer-songwriter Bob Lachman. Rhinebeck Cantina Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

Celtic Jam Seisun

SPOKEN WORD Scrabble Group 6pm-8pm. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023.

Authentic Poetry Reading Night

7:30pm-10:30pm. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

Open Mike 9pm. Sign up at 8pm. Stray Bar, Hudson. (518) 8287303.

7pm-9pm. Featuring George Nicholson. Inspired Books and Music, Kingston. 331-0644.

THE OUTDOORS

THEATER

10am. Hikes for adults with babies. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Babes in the Woods Hike

As You Like It Call for times. Outdoor Amphitheater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

SPOKEN WORD Lee K. Abbott and Binnie Kirshenbaum

TUESDAY 17 JULY

8pm. Fiction reading. Davis Auditorium, Saratoga Springs. (518) 580-5593.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

THEATER

Explore the Artless Arts of Zen

Wedding Story

Call for times. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. 688-2228.

Guided Imagery and Reiki Healing Circle 7pm-9pm. $20. Spirit of Woodstock, Woodstock. 6885672.

CLASSES Integral Yoga Hatha I Beginners Class Call for times. $14. Madhuri Yoga Spa, New Paltz. 797-4124.

Intro Lecture on Honeybees and Organic Beekeeping 5:30pm-7:30pm. Learn about the lives of honeybees. $25. Sustainable Living Resource Center, Rosendale.

DANCE Capoeira Angola

WORKSHOPS Student and Parent Loan 3pm-4pm. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. (800) 724-0833 ext. 5058.

Guided Buddhist Tonglen Meditation: Cultivating Loving Kindness 7pm-9pm. Centers on sending loving kindness to all beings. $20/$15. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

THURSDAY 19 JULY ART Women’s Clay Art Therapy Group 7pm-8:30pm. Deep Clay Art and Therapy, Gardiner. 255-8039.

EVENTS

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

Grand Wine Luncheon

Breast Cancer Options Peer Support Group

12pm. 5-course lunch paired with wines. $125. Oak Summit Vineyard, Millbrook. 677-9522.

KIDS Discovering Animals Together Activities 9:30am-10:30am. Ages 2-4. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

MUSIC Community Music Night 8pm-9:45pm. Six local singer-songwriters. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.

Open Mike Night

12pm. Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck. 876-3001.

Summer Psychodrama Intensive 1:30pm-5pm. Call for location. 255-7502.

Sufi Zikr 5:45pm. Heal through the unconditional love of God. $5. Woodstock Sufi Center, Woodstock. 679-7215.

CLASSES 2-D Design 6:30pm-8:30pm. Using acrylics, mediums, printing and glazing. $130. Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro. 888-2519.

Belly Dance Classes: Tribal Fusion Style

8:30pm. Hosted by Pete Laffin. Cubbyhole Cafe, Poughkeepsie. 483-7584.

7:30pm-9pm. Learn Tribal Style Belly Dance movements with a dash of Indian & Flamenco. 77 Cornell Street, Kingston.

THE OUTDOORS

EVENTS

Early Birds

Bard SummerScape

8am. Observe the morning’s bird activity. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

THEATER As You Like It 7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

WEDNESDAY 18 JULY CLASSES Flying Trapeze Lessons Call for times. Ages 4 years and up, for the experienced & the beginner. Center for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz. 658-8540.

Open Studio 1pm-4pm. Still life set-up. $30/class. Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro. 888-2519.

Call for times. Check website for specific events and times. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Sizzlin’ Singles Skate Session 6:30pm-9:30pm. SkateTime 209, Accord. 626-7971.

MUSIC Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Call for times. Sparrow Quartet, the Red Stick Ramblers and the James King Band. $15 - $165. Rothvoss Farm, Ancramdale. (888) 946-8495.

David Kraai 6pm. Country folk. $5. High Falls Cafe, High Falls.

Live Jazz 7pm. The Emerson, Woodstock. 679-7500.

Music in the Park

SPOKEN WORD Humanist Book Club

Nursing Information Sessions

7pm. Discussing Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

KIDS Discovering Animals Together Activities 9:30am-10:30am. Ages 2-4. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

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7pm-9pm. Rock by the Dan James Band. Dutchmen’s Landing on the Hudson River, Catskill. (518) 943-0989.

EVENTS 3pm. Information sessions about Nursing degree program that will cover the application process. Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge. 687-5261.

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6pm-8pm. A regional Brazilian form of self-defense and dance. $8/class. Capoeira Studio, Peekskill. (914) 382-8765.

7:30pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

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Wedding Story

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7:30pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

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8pm-9:45pm. Trajectory of personal stories, metaprocessing, and off the cuff remarks. $15/$15/$20. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

8pm. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287.

Belleayrians IV 8pm. Belleayre Mountain, Highmount. (800) 942-6904 x406.

FRIDAY 20 JULY

Neil Alexander and Nail 9pm. The Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Chado: The Way of Tea Call for times. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. 688-2228.

Voice as Practice Call for times. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. 688-2228.

EVENTS Bard SummerScape Call for times. Check website for specific events and times. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

THEATER A Long Fatal Love Chase Call for times. Outdoor Amphitheater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Company 8pm. Sondheim musical. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

As You Like It

Bard SummerScape Call for times. Check website for specific events and times. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Artists’ Residency Open Weekend

Pine Bush Farmers’ Market

Call for times. Art Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4568.

Adults Dig Huguenot Street

10am-4pm. Over 40 artists and artisans display and sell their work. Palace Park, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. (413) 499-9348.

9am-4pm. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 2551660.

Art Institute of Mill Street Loft: Alumni Artists Opening 4pm-7pm. Works by Leigh Bromer, Nate Gorgen, Jessica Montrose. Mill Street Loft Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY. 471-7477.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

The Cripple of Inishmaan

Yoga

8pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

1pm-1:30pm. The Beacon Healing Collective, Beacon. 231-2470.

Harry Potter Midnight Magic Party

8pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

8pm. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

WORKSHOPS MUSIC 7pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7425.

1pm. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2164.

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10am-2pm. Fresh produce, music, artists and kids’ activities. Call for location. 744-6763.

Pittsfield Art Show

8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

Wedding Story

EVENTS

ART

7:30pm. Featuring Regina Petersen. $6/$4 students and seniors. Boughton Place, Highland. 255-7502.

Evenings of Psychodrama

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DANCE Freestyle Frolic Summer Dance Series 8:30pm-2:30am. Non-smoking, non-alcohol barefoot dancing. $7/$3 teens and seniors/children free. Center for Symbolic Studies, Tillson.

Kingston Farmers’ Market 9am-2pm. Uptown Kingston, Kingston. 331-7517.

Riverside Farmers’ and Artisans Market 9:30am-1:30pm. Fresh produce, arts and crafts, vendors and music. Historic Catskill Point, Catskill. (518) 622-9820.

Family Fun on Huguenot Street 1pm-4pm. Dig at the Bevier-Elting House. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 255-1660.

Rosendale Street Festival 1pm. Small town festival featuring 80 bands. Rosendale. 658-7340.

KIDS Invertebrates and Plankton 10am. What does this small world look like? Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 5345506 x204.

DAVID LA SPINA MATTHEW BURTNER AND CO. PERFORMING IN 2006 AT FREE103POINT9’S WAVE FARM IN ACRA.

AIR OF GRACE Since the dawn of the technological age, the musical arts have expanded into new and exciting forms, one of which is the art of transmission. Using the atmosphere as their canvas, specialty artists have learned to experiment with sound sculpture by harnessing and responding to the airwaves that surround us. The nonprofit organization free103point9 has chosen to make this exciting delve into media arts their life’s purpose. In celebration of their 10th anniversary this summer, a day-long musical event called Summer Winds will be held at the Wave Farm in Acra, devoted to the element of air. The event isn’t so much about transmission as about air itself—using wind instruments, breath, or air, sound artists will weave their work throughout the farm’s gorgeous fields, near adjacent ponds, and even inside the forest, performing free jazz, sound art, and various air-related installations.

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“Most of the groups are improvising. Some of the pieces will be conceptual too,� Tom Roe, co-founder of free103point9, explained. “'Experimental sound' is the best description of everything that will go on that day, but it’ll be in all different forms.� Roe, aka DJ Dizzy, leads many of free103point9’s educational workshops and he usually performs with transmitters and receivers using multiple frequencies, CDs, vinyl records, and electronics. For the Summer Winds performance, he will merge with members of the free-jazz ensemble Gold Sparkle Band to create DizzySparkle. Another group, Stars Like Fleas, combines psychedelica, distortion, electronics, and echoes to create soundscapes both visionary and strange, delicate and disturbing. “Stars Like Fleas are an ethereal pop band,� Roe said. “[But] they want to tackle this wind theme. It won’t be a performance like I’ve ever seen of theirs before. There’s 10 to15 of them depending what show it is, so they’ll probably have most instruments known to man at their disposal.� Tintinnabulate is an ensemble of improvisational artists founded by Pauline Oliveros. Oliveros’s Deep Listening Space, a gallery and performance space in Kingston, is notorious for bringing local listeners the latest and most innovative in ambient, improvisational, and intuitive performances. Roe said their set will be in the forest, which they might incorporate into their performance like they did last fall when band members played from up in a large tree. Roe suggested not to miss the trio of Garry Hassay (sax), Dan DeChellis (piano), and Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion), each with a background in the experimental and improvisational. “I’m a big fan of anything Tatsuya Nakatani does,� Roe confessed. “He’s playing with two people I haven’t seen before, so I’m interested in hearing his

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Museum of the Hudson Highlands Discovery Quests 10am-4pm. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 ext. 204.

Skyhunters in Flight 11am. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Meet the Animals 2:30pm. $3/free for members. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

MUSIC

Artists’ Residency Open Weekend Call for times. Art Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4568.

Bard MFA Thesis Exhibition 2pm-5pm. Artwork by 3rd-year students. Bard College Exhibition Center, Red Hook. 758-7481.

Maverick Concert Series

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

11am. Young People’s Concert. Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock. 679-8217.

On the Hudson Jung Seminar Series

Summer Winds

Call for times. Being courageous: the hero within. Belvedere Mansion, Rhinebeck. 256-0191.

1pm-9pm. Artists using wind instruments. $5. Wave Farm, Acra. (518) 622-2598.

The Artist’s Way Creative Cluster

Folk Saturday Music Series 4pm. Folk music of Puerto Rico by Ron Figueroa and Friends. Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum, Poughkeepsie. 454-3222 x11.

Kazi Oliver 8pm. World music. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287.

Joe Medwick’s Memphis Soul

Call for times. Self-help support group based on the books and seminars of Julia Cameron. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 338-0331.

CLASSES Plein Air Oil Painting in the Park with Brian Shapiro 9am-12pm. With Brian Shapiro. $75. Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro. 888-2519.

8pm. Blues. Rhinebeck Cantina Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

DANCE

Off Hour Rockers

Tribal Bonfire 2007

8pm. Rock. Gail’s Place, Newburgh. 567-1414.

5pm-10pm. Dance and drumming workshops, performances and bonfire. $15 show/workshops separate. Center for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz.

David Kraai 8pm. Muddy Cup Coffeehouse, Catskill. 334-8600.

Maverick Concert Series

EVENTS

8pm. Featuring Jason Vieaux. Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock. 679-8217.

Northern Week

Roberta Flack 8pm. Belleayre Mountain, Highmount. (800) 942-6904 x406.

Hotflash and the Whoremoans

Call for times. New England, Quebecois, English, Scandinavian classes, dances and activities. Ashokan Field Campus, Olivebridge. 246-2121.

Bard SummerScape

8:30pm. $27.95. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

Call for times. Check website for specific events and times. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Marc Black Band

Adults Dig Huguenot Street

9pm. Rock. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

The Brothers of the Road Band

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ART

9am-4pm. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 2551660.

10pm. Allman Brothers tribute. East Side Bar, Walden. 778-2039.

Beacon Year-Round Farmers’ Market

SPOKEN WORD

Kingston Latino Festival

10am-4pm. Beacon Train Station, Beacon. 597-5028.

Gerow Family Association

12pm-8pm. Music, food, dance, art. Historic Rondout Waterfront, Kingston. (888) 420-9463.

Call for times. Annual meetings. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 255-1660.

KIDS

Stone Ridge Library Knitting Club 10am-12pm. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023.

Museum of the Hudson Highlands Discovery Quests

Symbols of New York

10am-4pm. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 x204.

12pm-4pm. Learn interesting facts about our state symbols. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-7781.

Shawangunk Place Names 3pm. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Reading with George Minkoff

Meet the Animals 2:30pm. $3/free for members. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

Special Character Story Time 3pm. With Miss Julia. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

7:30pm. Author of The Weight of Smoke. Oblong Books and Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.

MUSIC

Sylvia Plachy

Call for times. Featuring the Flames of Discontent. The Colony Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5342.

8pm. About her recent photographs of Eastern Europe. $7/$5. Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-9957.

Woody Guthrie Celebration

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival

THEATER

Call for times. Bluegrass Gospel Project, Biscuit Burners and Red Stick Ramblers. $15 - $165. Rothvoss Farm, Ancramdale. (888) 946-8495.

A Long Fatal Love Chase

Maverick Concert Series

Call for times. Outdoor Amphitheater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

The Cripple of Inishmaan 8pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

Callie’s Tally Call for times. Three generations of women learn what love is and tally what it costs. Susan Stein Shiva Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Company 8pm. Sondheim musical. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Richard III 8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

Wedding Story 8pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

3pm. Featuring The Pacifica Quartet. Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock. 679-8217.

Jesse Murphy 5:30pm. The Bandstand, Cold Spring.

Widespread Panic 7:30pm. Jam rock. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (800) 882-CATS.

Enation 8pm. Pop, soft rock. Fusion Cafe, Saugerties.

Devon Allman’s Honeytribe 8pm. Rock. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Eric Erickson 8pm. Singer/songwriter. Gilded Otter, New Paltz. 2561700.

Leon Redbone 8:30pm. $30. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

WORKSHOPS Photographing the Nude in Nature Call for times. $350/$300 members full program/$110/$90 members single day. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Arts Community Grants Application Workshop 10:30am. Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh. 563-5400.

Finding Your Voice 2pm. With DCC faculty member Danielle Woerner. $50. Dutchess County Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8000.

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SPOKEN WORD Symbols of New York 12pm-4pm. Learn interesting facts about our state symbols. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-7781.

THEATER A Long Fatal Love Chase Call for times. Outdoor Amphitheater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Callie’s Tally

Open Studio

Call for times. Three generations of women learn what love is and tally what it costs. Susan Stein Shiva Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

1pm-4pm. Still life set-up. $30/class. Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro. 888-2519.

Company

EVENTS

3pm. Sondheim musical. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Nursing Information Sessions

2pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

3pm. Information sessions about Nursing degree program that will cover the application process. Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge. 687-5261.

The Cripple of Inishmaan

KIDS

Wedding Story

2pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

As You Like It 6pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

Story Time with Miss Julia 10am. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

Discovering Animals Together Activities

WORKSHOPS

9:30am-10:30am. Ages 2-4. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

Plein Air Painting with Dan Rupe

Bi-lingual Story Time with Miss Julia

1pm-4pm. $25 per class. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.

4pm. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

MUSIC

MONDAY 23 JULY BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Week-Long Session Call for times. Meditation intensive. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. 688-2228.

Jacob Flier Piano Competition Call for times. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. 257-3858.

Taste Budd’s Hardscrabble Jam 7:15pm. Acoustic jam. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

Celtic Jam Seisun

KIDS

7:30pm-10:30pm. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

Summer Arts Camp Program

Open Mike

9am-3pm. Featuring local artists of all genres, for ages 5-13. High Meadow School, Stone Ridge. 687-4855.

9pm. Sign up at 8pm. Stray Bar, Hudson. (518) 8287303.

MUSIC

THE OUTDOORS

Open Mike Night

Mid-Hudson Bridge and Franny Reese Preserve

8pm-12am. Hosted by singer-songwriter Bob Lachman. Rhinebeck Cantina Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

SPOKEN WORD Scrabble Group 6pm-8pm. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023.

Poetry Open Mike

6pm. Easy evening walk. Call for location. 471-9892.

SPOKEN WORD Book Signing with David Silverman 7pm. Author of Typo...The Last American Typesetter. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

7pm. Featuring Valery Oisteanu and Peter Lamborn Wilson. The Colony Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5342.

THEATER

THEATER

7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

Call for times. Outdoor Amphitheater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Callie’s Tally Call for times. Three generations of women learn what love is and tally what it costs. Susan Stein Shiva Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

TUESDAY 24 JULY BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Explore the Artless Arts of Zen Call for times. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. 688-2228.

CLASSES Integral Yoga Hatha I Beginners Class Call for times. $14. Madhuri Yoga Spa, New Paltz. 797-4124.

Wedding Story 7:30pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

WORKSHOPS Painting Workshop 10am-5:30pm. 6-day intensive for adults and older teens. Shuster Studio, Hudson. (518) 828-0188.

THURSDAY 26 JULY

Portraits of Loved Ones

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A Long Fatal Love Chase

Richard III

ART Women’s Clay Art Therapy Group 7pm-8:30pm. Deep Clay Art and Therapy, Gardiner. 255-8039.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Sufi Zikr 5:45pm. Heal through the unconditional love of God. $5. Woodstock Sufi Center, Woodstock. 679-7215.

DANCE Capoeira Angola

CLASSES

6pm-8pm. A regional Brazilian form of self-defense and dance. $8/class. Capoeira Studio, Peekskill. (914) 382-8765.

2-D Design

KIDS

Belly Dance Classes: Tribal Fusion Style

Discovering Animals Together Activities

7:30pm-9pm. Learn Tribal Style Belly Dance movements with a dash of Indian & Flamenco. 77 Cornell Street, Kingston.

9:30am-10:30am. Ages 2-4. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

MUSIC Open Mike Night 8:30pm. Hosted by Pete Laffin. Cubbyhole Cafe, Poughkeepsie. 483-7584.

THE OUTDOORS Early Birds 8am. Observe the morning’s bird activity. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

6:30pm-8:30pm. Using acrylics, mediums, printing and glazing. $130. Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro. 888-2519.

EVENTS Bard SummerScape

Sizzlin’ Singles Skate Session 6:30pm-9:30pm. SkateTime 209, Accord. 626-7971.

The Treatment

Flying Trapeze Lessons Call for times. Ages 4 years and up, for the experienced & the beginner. Center for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz. 658-8540.

www.binnewater.com

10am-4pm. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 2551660.

FILM

CLASSES

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Archeology Day

ASK Playwrights Lab

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Call for times. Check website for specific events and times. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

THEATER 6pm. New play readings. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 338-0331.

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7:30pm-9:15pm. A comedy about life, love and escaping your shrink. $5/$5/$7. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

MUSIC Tom Sheehan 12:15pm-12:45pm. Organ recital. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. 338-6759.

Music in the Park 7pm-9pm. Country Thunder Ridge. Dutchmen’s Landing on the Hudson River, Catskill. (518) 943-0989.

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Live Jazz 7pm. The Emerson, Woodstock. 679-7500.

SPOKEN WORD Nourishing Wisdom Nutrition Book Group 7pm. Discussing Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

THEATER The Cripple of Inishmaan 8pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

5:30pm-7:30pm. 22 digital C prints by Dan Morse. Montgomery Row Second Level, Rhinebeck. 876-6670.

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SATURDAY 28 JULY ART Regional Neo-Expressionist & Pattern Paintings 5pm-7pm. Genre paintings and mixed media by Bernard Greenwald and Vera Kaplan. Albert Shahinian Fine Art, Poughkeepsie. 454-0522.

Brigitte Carnochan Opening

Breast Cancer Options Peer Support Group

Healing Water

Call for times. Greenport Town Hall, Hudson. (518) 828-4656.

5pm-8pm. Paintings and sculpture. Unframed Artist Gallery, New Paltz. 255-5482.

DANCE

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

Swing Dance

Female Spirit in Action

Bard SummerScape

Call for times. Holistic fitness workshop for women. Omega Institute, Rhinebeck. (800) 944-1001.

On the Hudson Jung Seminar Series Call for times. Psychological types. Belvedere Mansion, Rhinebeck. 256-0191.

Call for times. Check website for specific events and times. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Yoga

FILM

DANCE

Apart From That

Heidi Latsky Dance

7:30pm. Examines human vulnerability in three relationships. $7/$5 students and members. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Friday Summer’s Eve Song Swap with Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell, Mary Gauthier & Marshall Crenshaw

7pm-9pm. Your astrological guide to evolution, healing and spiritual mission. $20/$15. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

5-7pm. “Painted Photographs.” Galerie BMG, Woodstock. 679-0027.

EVENTS

Mainstage Concerts, Dancing, Camping, Song Swaps, Crafts, Workshops, Family Stage, Activities 4 Kids, International Food Court, Emerging Artist Showcase, Accessible & ASL Interpreted

Wedding Story

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

8:30pm-11:30pm. Music by Swingadelic. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.

A Four Day Community of Folk Music & Dance at the Foot of the Berkshires

8pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Chiron

5 Dispatches from the Hungry Synapse

over 40 acts on 4 stages

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

WORKSHOPS

9:30am-4:30pm. Have a family portrait done by a professional artist. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-onHudson. 265-3638.

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8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

Wedding Story

The Gentle Art of Silhouettes

July 26, 27, 28 & 29, 2006

Richard III

8pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

ART

19th Annual

8pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

7pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-3638.

FRIDAY 27 JULY

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The Cripple of Inishmaan

As You Like It

7:30pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

Sensitive Historic Renovations Hudson Valley Inspired Architecture • Luxurious Interiors

THEATER

The Treatment

1pm. The Beacon Healing Collective, Beacon. 231-2470.

8pm. Modern dance. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 679-4101.

EVENTS

7:30pm-9:15pm. A comedy about life, love and escaping your shrink. $5/$5/$7. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Pine Bush Farmers’ Market

MUSIC

Bard SummerScape

Mostly Monteverdi 7pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7425.

Bonfires & Amplifiers Tour 2007 7:30pm. Brad Paisley with special guests Taylor Swift, Jack Ingram, Kellie Pickler. $52.50/$30. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922.

10am-2pm. Fresh produce, music, artists and kids’ activities. Call for location. 744-6763. Call for times. Check website for specific events and times. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Kingston Farmers’ Market 9am-2pm. Uptown Kingston, Kingston. 331-7517.

Rhinebeck Antiques Fair

Johnathan Hepner

9am-5pm. Furniture, folk art, country, and eclectic objects. $7. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. 876-1989.

7:30pm. Pop, soft rock. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

Riverside Farmers’ and Artisans Market

8pm. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287.

9:30am-1:30pm. Fresh produce, arts and crafts, vendors and music. Historic Catskill Point, Catskill. (518) 622-9820.

Big Kahuna

Steamboat Bicentennial Ball

Fred Gillen Jr.

8pm. Dance music. La Puerta Azul, Millbrook. 677-2985.

Cindy Cashdollar with Artie & Happy Traum 8pm. $25. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock. 6794101.

Off Hour Rockers 8pm. Classic Rock. Gail’s Place, Newburgh. 567-1414.

6:30pm. Jazz, dinner, dancing, and more. $150. Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 5374240.

FILM The Treatment

9pm. Singer/songwriter. Bear Creek Landing, Hunter. (518) 263-3839.

8pm-9:30pm. A comedy about life, love and escaping your shrink, with discussion by Chris Eigeman. $7.50/$7.50/$10. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes

KIDS

Eric Erickson

9pm-1:45am. Funk. $17.50. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

“3” Album Release Party 10pm-1am. “The End Is Begun,” with special guests Counterfeit Disaster. $20. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

Museum of the Hudson Highlands Discovery Quests 10am-4pm. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 x204.

Fish: What Will We Find in Our Seine Net?

SPOKEN WORD

10am. $5/$3 members. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 x204.

Readings Festival 2

Dr. Marmalade

Call for times. Susan Stein Shiva Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Symbols of New York 12pm-4pm. Learn interesting facts about our state symbols. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-7781.

Doug Menuez 8pm. Author of Heaven, Earth, Tequila: Un Viaja al Corazon de Mexico. $7/$5. Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-9957.

11am. Puppet show. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Meet the Animals 2:30pm. $3/free for members. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

MUSIC Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra 4pm. Children’s music, classical, symphonic. Newburgh Free Academy, Newburgh. 625-0625.

Maverick Concert Series

2007 Chokhur Festival

6pm. Featuring Nancy Allen Lundy and Pedja Muzijevic. Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock. 679-8217.

10:30am-5pm. Tibetan prayers, food and music, prayer flags, traditional dances and art. $7. Pumpkin Hollow Retreat Center, Craryville. (518) 325-3583.

6pm-8pm. Featuring Dorothy Scott. Town of Rochester Park, Accord. 687-7540.

Joe Medwick’s Memphis Soul

Olde Hurley Guided Walking Tour 2pm. $3. Hurley Heritage Museum, Hurley. 338-5253.

8pm. Blues. Rhinebeck Cantina Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

FILM

The Kurt Henry Band

5pm-6:30pm. A comedy about life, love and escaping your shrink. $5/$5/$7. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

8pm. Progressive rock. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287.

The Original New York Doo Wop Show

The Treatment

8pm. Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Drifters, more. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (800) 882-CATS.

KIDS

Festival Opera: The Barber of Seville

10am-4pm. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 x204.

8pm. Belleayre Mountain, Highmount. (800) 942-6904 x406.

Open Mike

Museum of the Hudson Highlands Discovery Quests

The Three Little Pigs

8pm. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287.

1pm. Children’s opera. Belleayre Mountain, Highmount. (800) 942-6904 x406.

Finn & The Sharks

Meet the Animals

9pm. Rockabilly. $33. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

THE OUTDOORS Mossy Glen Ramble 10am. Meet at the Minnewaska State Park Preserve Awosting Lot, New Paltz. 255-7059.

2:30pm. $3/free for members. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-7781.

MUSIC Kristina Kentigian 2pm. Singer/songwriter. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

SPOKEN WORD

Maverick Concert Series

Readings Festival 2

3pm. Featuring Ursula Oppens. Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock. 679-8217.

Call for times. Powerhouse Theater. Susan Stein Shiva Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Stone Ridge Library Knitting Club

Dar Williams 5:30pm. The Bandstand, Cold Spring.

10am-12pm. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023.

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Symbols of New York

Readings Festival 2

12pm-4pm. Learn interesting facts about our state symbols. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-7781.

Historical Reading: Washington Irving and Aaron Burr

Call for times. Susan Stein Shiva Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Symbols of New York 12pm-4pm. Learn interesting facts about our state symbols. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwallon-Hudson. 534-7781.

THEATER THEATER The Cripple of Inishmaan 8pm. Shadowland Theater, Ellenville. 647-5511.

As You Like It 8pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-3638.

Wedding Story 8pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

WORKSHOPS Plein Air Sketching at the Basherkill Preserve

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As You Like It 6pm. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Boscobel Restoration, Garrison-on-Hudson. 265-9575.

MONDAY 30 JULY

Introduction to Flower Essences

5pm. Photography retreat. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. 688-2228.

Seeing with the Unconditioned Eye

KIDS Farm Camp 8am-2pm. Ages 6-11. $190/$170 Unison members. Phillies Bridge Farm, Gardiner.

Wayfinder Experience 8am-4pm. Ages 8-16. $325/$350. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

MUSIC

17th Annual Deep Listening Retreat

Open Mike Night

Call for times. $725/$950 indoor accommodations. Lifebridge Sanctuary, High Falls. 338-5984.

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2pm. StageWorks, Hudson. (518) 822-9667.

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Wedding Story

Call for times. $350/$300 members full program/$110/$90 members single day. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

10am. Learn how to construct your own. Donskoj and Company, Kingston. 338-8473.

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Photographing the Nude in Nature

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The Cripple of Inishmaan

Call for times. Spend a weekend outdoors with watercolor and mixed media. $150. Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro. 888-2519.

10am-3:30pm. Learn about the history and philosophy of flower essences and how to use and make them. $35. Shawangunk Ridge Farm, New Paltz. 256-1206.

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Twilight Concert Series

8pm-12am. Hosted by singer-songwriter Bob Lachman. Rhinebeck Cantina Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

On the Hudson Jung Seminar Series Call for times. Type vs. archetype: conflict or confluence?. Belvedere Mansion, Rhinebeck. 256-0191.

The Artist’s Way Creative Cluster Call for times. Self-help support group based on the books and seminars of Julia Cameron. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 338-0331.

SPOKEN WORD Scrabble Group 6pm-8pm. Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023.

Poetry Open Mike 7pm. Featuring Michael Platsky and Michael Brown. The Colony Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5342.

EVENTS 17th Annual Deep Listening Retreat

WORKSHOPS

$725-$950. Lifebridge Sanctuary, High Falls. 338-5984.

Preparing for Grades Seven and Eight

Bard SummerScape

1:30am-5:30pm. Professional development workshop. Sunbridge College, Chestnut Ridge. 425-0055.

Call for times. Check website for specific events and times. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Beacon Year-Round Farmers Market 10am-4pm. Beacon Train Station, Beacon. 597-5028.

Introduction to the Waldorf Kindergarten 8:30am-5:30pm. Professional development workshop. Sunbridge College, Chestnut Ridge. 425-0055.

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Planet Waves

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hat if three years ago I had predicted that a swath of Asia would be wiped out by an earthquake and tsunami, with more than 229,866 lost or missing and countless lives disrupted? What if I predicted that a paltry $7 billion in humanitarian aid would be donated? Then this would be followed eight months later by two hurricanes that would flood much of the American Southeast, including New Orleans, damage from which would still not be repaired two years later. Included in that prediction could have been that the occupation of Iraq would go into an endless downward spiral of death and violence, with no sign of the occupied nation stabilizing. In response to this, Bush’s approval rating would sink to the 30-percent range and the American public would finally dump the Republican House of Representatives and Senate. Yet the new Democratcontrolled Congress would soon after write a blank military spending check to the Administration, proving that they are Republicrats after all. I did not predict these things (the closest I came was to say that we would probably have a lot of serious dam breaks starting in the summer of 2005). But they would have been reasonable forecasts, given the astrology. This includes the once-per-35-year opposition of Saturn and Neptune, which made its third and final pass on June 25. Personally, I try to avoid predictions of catastrophe, preferring to give the human family the time and space to make up its mind about what it wants to do with its brief moment on the planet. I view all astrology as an opportunity for change, and I am open to being pleasantly surprised by the possibilities for difficult aspects that are not necessarily considered by predictive astrologers, who typically display little ingenuity. Saturn opposite Neptune is one of the more difficult aspects that comes along, and there were many predictions of disaster. It involves Neptune, whose energy is dreamy, watery, foggy, delusional, creative, and idealistic, being opposed by Saturn, whose energy is typically experienced as structured, solid, heavy, and often as a limit or a boundary. Basically, it is a solid, realistic thing and a big pool of water and imagination meeting face to face, with our world in between. If you want to visualize this, imagine it like the Full Moon, with the Sun to one side and the Moon to the other (an opposition), only replace the Sun and Moon with two vastly larger planets. In an earlier Planet Waves article, I described this as “the unbearable tension of water.” An opposition is the peak of a cycle, or maximum polarity between two planets. It is a culmination, though this is not often logically expressed by history in a way that relates to the beginning of the cycle, the conjunction. The most recent conjunction of Saturn and Neptune occurred in 1989. It was actually an extremely rare triple conjunction between Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (since at the time there was a rare conjunction between the latter two planets, which were then joined by Saturn). Saturn and Neptune together in a conjunction (or any other aspect related to 90 degrees, such as a square) can come with a feeling of structures dissolving and there being no solid ground to stand on. Uranus is a planet whose energy is most often described as revolutionary, electricity in the form of lightening, and forward-thinking in the style of Prometheus. So we had a kind of splashbang-shock-crumble era in history back then. In the immediate aftershocks of 134 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM.COM 7/07

that conjunction, the world witnessed, with all due astonishment, the fall of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall. But it also marked the rise of capitalism in Eastern Europe and China, the kind of freedom that is not about free people but really about so-called “free markets” and, moreover, gloriously free multinational companies. This revolution has now come to full maturity. As I am writing this, an email just came from a reader, describing how China has taken over nearly all vitamin production in the US market as well as that of many other drugs. This is merely an example of our moment in history, and related to the pet-food contamination of several months ago, because the same thing can happen with vitamins. The article begins: “SHIJIAZHUANG, China—If you pop a vitamin C tablet in your mouth, it’s a good bet it came from China. Indeed, many of the world’s vitamins are now made in China. In less than a decade, China has captured 90 percent of the US market for vitamin C, driving almost everyone else out of business.” Though it looked like the “end of Communism” was occurring in the late 1980s and early 1990s, what we were seeing was a capitalist revolution that, nearly two decades on, seems to know no bounds. Yet this is just a small part of the picture of our current existence. Let’s look a little more closely at the Saturn-Neptune opposition and see what we can discern. The slower moving planet is Neptune. It entered Aquarius on January 29, 1998, and will remain there until February 4, 2012. Scanning back in time to 1978, let’s check in with an astrologer named Myrna Lofthus, who, in the book A Spiritual Approach to Astrology, was making some predictions about who would be born during this era, tipping her hand as to the anticipated quality of the time. She gives the keywords “inspirational” and “strong humanitarian ideals.” She goes on, describing the birth of “kindly, gentle individuals who will seek to blend philosophical, political, and social ideals into one doctrine.” It is difficult not to snicker and think of Karl Rove’s or Paul Wolfowitz’s pretty face. Of course, these people were not born with this astrology, though they are doing their part to embody it in an entirely different way than Ms. Lofthus predicted in her book. She was apparently falling under the Prozac-like effects of Neptune in Aquarius at the time of her writing, suppressing the shadowy side of the transit. And what would that be? Does anybody remember that article from the ominous autumn of 2004 by Ron Suskind in the New York Times Magazine, called “Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush”? This includes the famous quote where a Bush administration aide accused the author of being ‘‘in what we call the reality-based community.’’ The article continued: “[These are] people who ‘believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.’ I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. ‘That’s not the way the world really works anymore,’ he continued. ‘We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities,

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which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors‌and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.’â€? In other words, this Bush aide admitted that they are not living in what we think of as the real world. They are making up “realityâ€? as they go along. From this, it is clear why they can afford to be so generous when it comes to screwing up what we think of as the world: They are not actually here. This article came out just prior to Bush being “re-electedâ€? in November 2004, and we can see the effect that it had: At least 49 percent of the participating public voted for Bush, hence, he won. This is the essence of Neptune in Aquarius, or at least one essence. We can look back to the imaginary, alleged “high crimes and misdemeanorsâ€? that got Bill Clinton impeached in December 1998, less than one year into the transit. Is there anyone who does not look back on Monica Lewinsky with abject astonishment? Oh, some people are still mad at Al Gore for being Clinton’s obviously sexually immoral vice president by association. I am sorry I never have anything nice to say about our Prozac Nation moment, what Gore Vidal called the United States of Amnesia, under this 14-year phase of Neptune in Aquarius. (Neptune is in Aquarius for 14 years of its 165-year orbit.) There must be something, of course. It’s a great time if you’re a true believer, smoking the hookah of fundamentalist religion, and if you really just adore the Greenpeace sticker on your Hummer. I think that my iPod Nano, in which I can tote around 100 CDs and a stereo in my passport case, is a good Neptune-in-Aquarius kind of thing. But I am fully aware this is not reality. I guess the good thing about Neptune in Aquarius is that you can’t fool all the people all the time. But you can certainly fool all of them most of the time. Now enter Saturn in Leo, the other half of the opposition. Saturn is in Leo for just over two years of its 29-year orbit, so its movement is much faster than that of Neptune. Saturn in Leo is eminently practical: During this transit, many of the great inventions of the modern world have been created or patented, from moving pictures to recorded music and the transistor. Microsoft got its start under the last Saturn in Leo. It bears the seed of arrogance, persistence and self-centeredness that makes success in a capitalist marketplace possible. (People born with Saturn in Leo have lately been getting another side of the transit, humbling and grounding experience in the form of their Saturn returns.) Saturn in Leo is hot and dry, sober and authoritative, focused and concentrated on one purpose. Neptune in Aquarius is cold and wet, delusional, hyper-idealistic, and falls for just about anything. Put them together face to face, and what do you get? Why, you have the perfect explanation for the paralyzed cynicism that we are living through right now. You get a world where, if you start to think about where we are going to begin to pick up the pieces, you have to hold back tears long enough to get to Starbucks and feel better. The issue of this opposition is integrity. That includes the integrity of the world, of our communities even though we are in denial that they exist, and our individual integrity, for which there are precious few examples and even fewer coherent definitions. It’s not that people don’t know the difference between right and wrong; it’s more like the feeling of there being no actual difference. But we seem to have a vague, nostalgic recollection of one. Who knows, maybe we will remember. During the last Saturn-Neptune opposition, Nixon got caught up in Watergate. Today the notion of a scandal seems nostalgic. For those who happen to be awake, what is wrong is so outrageously wrong and so vast, there seems to be no way to correct it. The integrity issue is difficult to tune into under this aspect; it’s difficult to experience it as real, or to perceive it as worth bothering with. In truth, we live with the question of whether anything is worth bothering with, unless we are obsessed by it. The people who do get it must have an extraordinary gift and that gift is no doubt being tested right now, as the psychic floodwaters of deception push, pull, and tear at the structures of our minds. An opposition aspect this powerful is difficult for relationships as well. It is like the attempt to reconcile irreconcilable differences, or the temptation to merely give up trying. But the good news is this: We humans always learn the most in these days of attempting to stretch ourselves across diametrical contradictions. There is something profound to be gained from confronting the impossible. Indeed, there is something to learn from observing exactly who and what refuses to do so. Praise to all who take on the lonely calling of leadership in these times; to those who make it their business to squarely face deception and self-deception, and be overwhelmed doing so. Hail those who wake up and refuse to flounder, honoring the brevity and transience of life. I assure you all, when the floodwaters recede, you will be glad you did.

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Horoscopes Eric Francis Coppolino

ARIES

(March 20-April 19)

The time has come to confront a sense of loss and angst that seems to take up all the space you need for pleasure and abundance. It’s as if someone took something from you, and you now have the opportunity to go on a hunt for just what that may be. It may seem inappropriate to bring any aggression to this deeply sensitive endeavor, but you must assert yourself in a way that is unusual for you. You are more accustomed to directing your energy outward rather than inward; to seeking answers surfing the usual channels of ideas and emotional sentiment. What you do over the next few weeks will feel like more of a struggle, or even an upheaval against the ways in which you tend to be set in your ways. Just remember, you are looking for a lost item of some kind, but here is a clue: It’s an emotional, spiritual, or sexual quality that you not only did not lose yourself, but which you were never properly given. Someone else lost it, long before you were born.

TAURUS (April 19-May 20) You seem to be hesitating, or creeping around the edges of a romantic situation or creative endeavor without entirely understanding why. You need to live through this one, but I can take an educated guess that the moral of the story will be reassessing why you are so self-critical; indeed, admitting to yourself that this is so. If you can feel this basic condition, you’ll be able to understand how it is that you are so easily paralyzed when it comes time to take certain kinds of chances in life. You may be sad that this quality has cost you so many opportunities, yet the greater loss has been approaching what could be physical and emotional experience from an intellectual perspective. This quality, commonly called “being in your head,� is so natural to you that you may not even notice, though I trust that at times you may be fully aware of the tendency. Yet note, it is only experience—not analysis—that will teach you to liberate yourself.

GEMINI (May 20-June 21) There are some places within yourself that it’s not entirely comfortable to go, but you seem to be going there. There are feelings about yourself that you don’t entirely like to admit, but you seem to be aware of them now. This trip is taking you back, back, back, to places you forgot long ago; to events that shaped your awareness; to the things that were said to you as a child, the impact of which was predominantly emotional. Yet your emotional reaction shaped your relationship to yourself and to existence. I recognize that in these weeks of your life, you may feel out of your element, and be struggling with deep insecurity. You may feel like you’re in a struggle with your own integrity, and, worse yet, you may feel like the entire future is masked from your awareness. At the moment, you don’t need to see the future, or even think about it much. The way to finding the present is through the past, or what is commonly called the past. (&&.'"-2 +-, '- +

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LEO

(July 22-Aug. 23)

Planets are now quite active in the corner of your chart known as the 12th house, which is the sign Cancer, giving you the feeling of living in two entirely different worlds. Mercury and the Sun are quite literally illuminating the dark, like an underwater opera where the stage lights were suddenly thrown on deep in the crevices of coral reefs, caves, and the wide plateaus of your inner awareness. You may notice what seems like your whole life going by before your emotions. Long-forgotten memories will have a tendency to bubble up to full awareness. You may wonder what to do with them, and the only answer to that is to be aware. What Carl Jung called “big dreams� are possible—those revelatory journeys that show us the most poignant symbols of our lives, and reveal the myths we live by. Clearly, it is time for new stories to guide your existence, but to have them you will need to witness and release the old ones. Be gentle with everyone as you do.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) You seem to be in the process of negotiating with your idealism. What is realistic, what is possible, and what from the “impossible� category is worth attempting? There are no right answers to these questions, nor can you know in advance which of your current investments, endeavors, or relationships will bear the fruit you can almost taste. You simply must persist, but it’s not a persistence of logic; rather, you can guide yourself by the tides of your feelings, which at times will seem to be on the ebb and flood simultaneously. The one thing you can do that will set you way ahead is to be completely honest with yourself about how you feel, and how you feel about the people who surround you. The chances are you will learn some things about friends and associates that you were not expecting to find out. Some of this may fall under the heading of what the world these days calls “too much information,� but I assure you there is no such thing.

LIBRA (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) You now have a chance to start over on a crucial business or professional project that you know can make a significant difference in your life, and the lives of many others. This opportunity takes you back to the most basic elements of who you are. You need a profession where you have the actual space and time to take care of people. You cannot stretch the definition of this; working ‘with people’ or with the public is not enough. Your role in life is to convey actual nourishment, where it is actually needed. An idea for how to do this is at hand—indeed, many ideas. They may not have percolated to the surface of your mind yet, though you seem to be on the right track. What you learned in mid-June is still extremely relevant; the strength and assuredness you were feeling at the time of the solstice June 21 are still with you, even though you seem to go through these mad storms of total self-doubt. Your best ideas and most intuitive points of contact are like the Sun shining behind the clouds.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) It would seem that a relationship has come under intense scrutiny the past few weeks. The issue seems to be expectations. On another level, authority issues seem to be popping up every time you flip the channel. What you want to avoid is a showdown. What you’re passing through with a close friend, partner, or loved one is indeed a phase, and, thankfully, the planets keep on moving. You can view it as a test, or as an opportunity to be aware and go to another level. It may be easier for you to be aware than for them, but you’ll need to work with what you’ve got. The other party to this equation is getting the feeling that you absolutely must, somehow, some way, go beyond your past. This is likely to be making them wonder whether what you really want to do is go beyond the relationship. Be reassuring. Speak with your words and your actions, and when in doubt, go hiking or to the movies alone—he or she needs time to reflect, and may not know it. www.planetwaves.net

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You’ll discover that your faith was not misplaced—I feel confident saying this, no matter how challenging the next week or two may be. Certainly, recent events have not exactly inspired you to walk on water, or on hot coals—indeed, even the simplest things may feel impossible. They are not; they are just taking their sweet time at the moment. You will need to tread a fine line with a close partner during all of this, and to be particularly careful in relationships that are formative or not on totally solid ground. Someone needs space, but they also need to know that you are present and attentive. You will need to use your sixth sense; I promise you there is, on the one hand, plenty they are not saying, and on the other, plenty they would say if they had the words. The air is rife with mixed signals, so you will want to keep your signals straight, particularly your inner ones. Even if you don’t know what someone else is feeling, know what you’re feeling.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) Recent fireworks in a key relationship have done nothing to dampen your enthusiasm, but you need to keep careful track of your timing, and that of the someone you care about. It’s been a rocky time for many couples, and if you’d take a survey you’ll discover that most of the people involved don’t really know what’s going on. That will inspire the curious and frustrate the thickheaded, choose your side of the brain. It seems that everything that unfolds these days potentially resembles a relational soap opera, and it will be challenging not to get caught in the psychodrama. But how exactly can you avoid this? Yes, well, how about by going on fewer dates, taking a few long trips alone, and stopping to answer the telephone after 6pm. Of course, you don’t want any part of that, so you may consider doubling your therapy schedule. Just remember, if you try to work it out in bed, do so consciously and moreover honestly—or you’ll be working it out for quite a while.

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You now have all the key pieces of your new financial strategy, and you may be wondering just when you’ll get to put them to work. You’ve already begun to do so, mainly because the key element in your strategy, the winning one, is a two-prong approach and you’re working with both prongs. One is knowing what is important to you, and not forgetting. I mean this and I really mean it: You must maintain a carefully made list of priorities and know exactly when you’re deviating one millimeter. Second is you need to balance out considering the value of planning for the future and the importance of being present in the moment. Both are essential. Foresight is key to your success and prosperity right now, the kind of specific foresight that people wish they had, and to which you have access. Part two is knowing when to apply effort and when to apply strategy. Every time you’re going to apply effort, pause and ask if it’s necessary; your brains currently outweigh your brawn—by a lot, mind you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) I’ve long had this literary dream of remembering as many of my erotic and romantic experiences as I could coax from memory, telling the stories, and feeling for the one thread that connects them all. I know there’s karma in them there hills, and I know there’s gold, too. Current aspects present an opportunity to learn your own history, to discover the hidden truth of your erotic nature, and to experiment. But, most important, it’s time to harmonize yourself with your sexual history. By harmonize, I mean review, consider the people involved, remember the feelings, and get a sense of the journey—particularly your early journey, your very first few lovers and before that, your concepts and ideas about what a relationship would be. Central to the Piscean idea of eroticism is nourishment. What you live through in these weeks can teach you exactly how you may give and receive that nourishment most effectively, and pleasurably, and honestly. www.planetwaves.net

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