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ver the course of three years Michel Delsol walked and photographed the same area of Prattsville forest in the Catskills, creating his “Nature” series. The cover image is temporarily titled Tree Number One. Delsol used a Rolleiflex camera in order to capture images as he saw them. Delsol explained that when you use a single lens reflexive camera (a “regular” camera), a mirror comes up, separating the image that is seen and the image that is captured by about 20 seconds.The Rolleiflex, a twin lens reflex camera, does not use a mirror.There is no interruption in the flow of time. “It is more an exercise in time than photography,” Delsol explained. Tree Number One was the first photograph he took in the “Nature” series. "The inspiration was not any one particular tree, but more the nature walk," said Delsol. “I’m not sure why that one spoke to me first, that is a part of the mystery.” A portfolio of Delsol’s work can be seen at www.pixelnoir.com/delsol.

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Editor’s Note In their documentary Independent America: The Two-Lane Search for Mom & Pop, husband-and-wife journalists Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes travel 13,000 miles through 32 states on a quest to find the soul of the mom-and-pop business. On the road, they follow two basic rules: no interstate highways (only secondary roads) and no corporate chains—no Wal-Marts, no Best Westerns, no Taco Bells—just independently owned businesses. Driving through ghost cities with abandoned downtowns, the commercial sector having relocated to the strip surrounding the big-box stores and chains on the outskirts of the municipalities, the filmmakers offer some frightening statistics about what has happened to independent businesses in the last 15 years and the growth of big-box stores. • Since 1990, 11,000 independent pharmacies have closed. In the same time period, 40 percent of the independent booksellers in the US have gone out of business. • The 100 top chain restaurants capture half of all US restaurant spending. • Starbucks currently has 7,000 locations, with another 1,300 planned by 2007; Wal-Mart, America’s largest retailer and wealthiest corporation, has 4,000 stores, and plans to double the number of its stores by 2010; Borders, America’s biggest bookseller, has 1,000 locations. Hosein and Hughes, to their credit, don’t come to any conclusions about what “mom-and-pop” means. They visit the Farmer’s Diner in Barre, Vermont, where more than half the food served is produced within 50 miles, and they visit Wal-Mart’s corporate headquarters. The most interesting comment in the film, however, comes from a mom-and-pop advocate, and it was dispiriting and empowering at the same time: “Our real vote today in America is with our dollars.” It’s a hoary cliché to state that we have been transformed from citizens into consumers, but to hear a local-business proponent proclaim consumerism as a strategy for a progressive movement felt like that much air being let out of my last semi-deflated balloon of idealism. Nevertheless, where we choose to spend our money, as consumers, is our most potent power. To descend into histrionics about our consumer culture at this point, however, is a bit useless. Independent America contains many fine example of communities that are actively seeking to keep businesses locally owned. In our backyard, Sustainable Hudson Valley, an organization working to create a sustainable regional economy, is launching an initiative to educate communities and help them plan for economic security. SHV’s campaign will kick off with two benefit screenings of Independent America, March 11 at 12pm at Upstate Films and March 19 at 1 pm at the Rosendale Theatre. For more information, visit www.sustainhv.org. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (www.hometownadvantage.org) has put together a list of 10 reasons why we should support locally owned businesses. Think about these the next time you’re hankering for a Vente Marble Mocha Macchiato.

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Local Character & Prosperity In an increasingly homogenized world, communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character have an economic advantage. Community Well-Being Locally owned businesses build strong communities by sustaining vibrant town centers, linking neighbors in a web of economic and social relationships, and contributing to local causes. Local Decision-Making Local ownership ensures that important decisions are made locally by people who live in the community and who will feel the impacts of the decisions. Keeping Dollars in the Local Economy Compared to chain stores, locally owned businesses recycle a much larger share of their revenue back into the local economy, enriching the whole community. Jobs & Wages Locally owned businesses create more jobs locally, and in some sectors, provide better wages and benefits than chains do. Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship fuels America’s economic innovation and prosperity, and serves as a key means for families to move out of low-wage jobs and into the middle class. Public Benefits and Costs Local stores in town centers require comparatively little infrastructure and make more effective use of public services relative to big-box stores and strip shopping malls. Environmental Sustainability Local stores help to sustain vibrant, compact, walkable town centers—think Rhinebeck, or New Paltz, versus the big box-store strips of Wappingers Falls and Kingston. Walkable town centers are essential for reducing sprawl, automobile use, habitat loss, and air and water pollution. Competition A marketplace of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices. Product Diversity A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based not on a national sales plan but on their own interests and the needs of local customers, guarantees a broader range of product choices. —Brian K. Mahoney 3/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM 15

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Esteemed Reader One of the essential points in Buddhism is that confusion is only a temporary event and not our basic nature. Therefore, confusion can dissolve, be cleared up, and cease. —Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche

Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: My first time downhill skiing began terribly. I could get up the practice hill, albeit awkwardly, hauled by the pulley-cable that lurched up the slope, feeling like my arms were being yanked from their sockets. But when I let go and started sliding down, I found that I couldn’t turn. Moving down the slope I realized I was headed for the trees. Unable to change direction I was forced to dive into the snow, tumble aways, and lose both skis—which went sliding the rest of the way down the hill. Needless to say this was frustrating, so I swallowed my 12-year-old pride and enrolled in a lesson. The first thing the instructor taught us was how to turn. Here is what he said: Don’t worry about trying to turn. Just look in the direction you want to go. Putting this advice into practice I was astounded at its effectiveness. Suddenly, armed with a pithy piece of knowledge, I could descend the steep slopes unscathed! The measure of true knowledge is the degree to which it is true on more than one level. In fact, the more diverse situations that knowledge is applicable to, the truer it is. My instructor’s guidance to “look in the direction I wanted to go immediately resounded. I understood that what I had proved on the ski slope is true in everything—we always go in the direction we are looking—whether by accident or design. I recently exhumed another sports-related teaching memory: I was competing in the first US international rock-climbing competition at a ski resort in Utah. The sculpted climbing wall was affixed to the side of the aptly named Cliff Lodge, a 10-story hotel complex in the middle of a remote canyon. One after another climbers started up the course. They grabbed the composite resin holds as though they were trying to squeeze blood out of them, lunged between stances, and otherwise struggled up the face. One after another we fell off without summiting. That is, until a Frenchman—the famed Patrick Edlinger (pronounced Patreeck Edlanjay)—sauntered up to the wall. At the base he took off his Walkman (this was 20 years ago) and casually tied in, chatting with one of the judges. He started up the climb without any pause in his movement as though shifting from the horizontal to vertical planes was one continuous trajectory; his gestures relaxed, like a cat. His fingers seemed to stick to the bolted-on holds without perceptible effort. The audience was in rapt silence as Edlinger floated past the other climbers’ high points, cleared a six-foot roof, paused hanging with one hand over the lip, his feet dangling, as he dipped the other hand into a bag of chalk, did a one-armed pull-up and continued gracefully to the top. Edlinger was known for soloing (climbing without a rope) long (3,000 foot), difficult climbs. He was considered very “zen” among climbers (though the only translated quote from him I can find goes “Ze women zey come and zey go, but ze rock, it remains,” which at least hearkens to the quality of timelessness. Regardless, Edlinger’s approach to climbing was eminently instructive to all who had the eyes to see it. He was totally focused on completing his climbs, but he was also totally focused on the move at hand. Instead of allowing the pressure to “succeed” to get in his way, he used the pressure to help focus his efforts in the moment. This approach is vital on a rock face (particularly without a rope) as well as in life, as we move in the direction of our aim; i.e., “what I am looking at.” There is an ease achieved by having an aim. It clears away the confusion of finding direction and overcoming obstacles. With an aim in view, the immediate challenges become incorporated in the process. They are seen as simply part of the path being traversed in the direction of where we are going. They are not to be swept aside or ignored, but embraced as the next step on the journey. The separation of the goal from the means of achieving it is superlatively expressed in the Buddhist Bodhisattva Vows: • Sentient beings are numberless; I vow to save them. • Desires are inexhaustible; I vow to put an end to them. • The Dharmas (laws of the universe) are boundless; I vow to master them. • The Buddha Way is unattainable; I vow to attain it. The impossibility of the goals is no excuse not to believe that they will be achieved, or to strive for their achievement. The key is looking in the direction we want to go. When we become distracted by the difficulties, we lose our course and crash (or fall, as the case may be). It doesn’t matter if the aim is part of a high-level game of self-mastery or a more prosaic, worldly ambition. Success depends on dividing the attention—between where we are going and what is before us. In other words, be where you are, but look where you are going! —Jason Stern 3/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM 17

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OPERATION ENDURING CAMPS PERMANENT BASES IN IRAQ? The Bush administration claims the US intends to leave Iraq. But its massive military “super-bases” tell a different story.

By Tom Engelhardt Illustrations by Dash Shaw

We’re in a new period in the war in Iraq—one that brings to mind the Nixonian era of “Vietnamization”: A president presiding over an increasingly unpopular war that won’t end; an election bearing down; the need to placate a restive American public; and an army under so much strain that it seems to be running off the rails. So it’s not surprising that the media is now reporting on administration plans for—or “speculation” about, or “signs of,” or “hints” of—“major drawdowns” or withdrawals of American troops. The figure regularly cited these days is less than 100,000 troops in Iraq by the end of 2006. With about 136,000 American troops there now, that figure would represent just over one-quarter of all in-country US forces, which means, of course, that the term “major” certainly rests in the eye of the beholder. In addition, these withdrawals are (we know this thanks to a Seymour Hersh piece, “Up in the Air,” in the December 5 New Yorker) to be accompanied, as in South Vietnam in the Nixon era, by an unleashing of the US Air Force. The added air power is meant to compensate for any lost punch on the ground (and will undoubtedly lead to more “collateral damage”—that is, Iraqi deaths). 18 NEWS & POLITICS CHRONOGRAM.COM 3/06

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It is important to note that all promises of drawdowns or withdrawals are invariably linked to the dubious proposition that the Bush administration can “stand up” an effective Iraqi army and police force (think “Vietnamization” again) capable of circumscribing the Sunni insurgency, and so allowing American troops to pull back to bases outside major urban areas as well as to Kuwait and points as far west as the United States. Further, all administration or military withdrawal promises prove to be well hedged with caveats and obvious loopholes, phrases like “if all goes according to plan and security improves” or “it also depends on the ability of the Iraqis to...” Since guerrilla attacks have actually been on the rise and the delivery of the basic amenities of modern civilization (electrical power, potable water, gas for cars, functional sewage systems, working traffic lights, and so on) on the decline, since the very establishment of a government inside the heavily fortified Green Zone has proved immensely difficult, and since US reconstruction funds (those that haven’t already disappeared down one clogged drain or another) are drying up, such partial withdrawals may prove more complicated to pull off than imagined. It’s clear, nonetheless, that “withdrawal” is on the propaganda agenda of an administration heading into midterm elections with an increasingly skittish Republican Party in tow and congressional candidates worried about defending the president’s mission-unaccomplished war of choice. Under the circumstances, we can expect more hints of, followed by promises of, followed by announcements of, “major” withdrawals, possibly including news in the fall election season of even more “massive” withdrawals slated for the end of 2006 or early 2007, all hedged with conditional clauses 20 NEWS & POLITICS CHRONOGRAM.COM 3/06

and “only ifs”—withdrawal promises that, once the election is over, this administration would undoubtedly feel under no particular obligation to fulfill. Assuming, then, a near year to come of withdrawal buzz, speculation, and even a media blitz of withdrawal announcements, the question is: How can anybody tell if the Bush administration is actually withdrawing from Iraq? Sometimes, when trying to cut through a veritable fog of misinformation and disinformation, it helps to focus on something concrete. In the case of Iraq, nothing could be more concrete—though less generally discussed in our media—than the set of enormous bases the Pentagon has long been building in that country. Quite literally multibillions of dollars have gone into them. In a prestigious engineering magazine in late 2003, Lt. Col. David Holt, the Army engineer “tasked with facilities development” in Iraq, was already speaking proudly of several billion dollars being sunk into base construction (“the numbers are staggering”). Since then, the base building has been massive and ongoing. In a country in such startling disarray, these bases, with some of the most expensive and advanced communications systems on the planet, are like vast spaceships that have landed from another solar system. Representing a staggering investment of resources, effort, and geostrategic dreaming, they are the unlikeliest places for the Bush administration to hand over willingly to even the friendliest of Iraqi governments.

LITTLE AMERICA If, as just about every expert agrees, Bush-style reconstruction has failed dismally in Iraq, thanks to thievery, knavery, and sheer incompetence, and is now essentially ending, it has been a raging success in Iraq’s “Little

America.” For the first time, we have actual descriptions of a couple of the “super-bases” built in Iraq in the last two and a half years and, despite being written by reporters under Pentagon information restrictions, they are sobering. Thomas Ricks of the Washington Post paid a visit to Balad Air Base, the largest American base in the country, 68 kilometers north of Baghdad and “smack in the middle of the most hostile part of Iraq.” In a piece titled “Biggest Base in Iraq Has Small-Town Feel,” Ricks paints a striking portrait: The base is sizeable enough to have its own “neighborhoods” including “KBR-land” (in honor of the Halliburton subsidiary that has done most of the baseconstruction work in Iraq); “CJSOTF” (“home to a special operations unit,” the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, surrounded by “especially high walls,” and so secretive that even the base Army public affairs chief has never been inside); and a junkyard for bombed-out Army Humvees. There is also a Subway, a Pizza Hut, a Popeye’s, “an ersatz Starbucks,” a 24-hour Burger King, two post exchanges where TVs, iPods, and the like can be purchased, four mess halls, a hospital, a strictly enforced on-base speed limit of 10 mph, a huge airstrip, 250 aircraft (helicopters and predator drones included), air-traffic pile-ups of a sort you would see over Chicago’s O’Hare airport, and “a miniature golf course, which mimics a battlefield with its baby sandbags, little Jersey barriers, strands of concertina wire and, down at the end of the course, what appears to be a tiny detainee cage.” Ricks reports that the 20,000 troops stationed at Balad live in “air-conditioned containers” that will, in the future—and yes, for those building these bases, there still is a future—be wired “to bring the troops Internet,

cable television, and overseas telephone access.” He points out as well that, of the troops at Balad, “only several hundred have jobs that take them off base. Most Americans posted here never interact with an Iraqi.” Recently, Oliver Poole, a British reporter, visited another of the American “super-bases,” the still-under-construction al-Asad Airbase in a piece titled “Football and Pizza Point to US Staying for the Long Haul.” He observes, of “the biggest Marine camp in western Anbar province,” that “this stretch of desert increasingly resembles a slice of US suburbia.” In addition to the requisite Subway and pizza outlets, there is a football field, a Hertz rent-a-car office, a swimming pool, and a movie theater showing the latest flicks. Al-Asad is so large—such bases may cover 15 to 20 square miles—that it has two bus routes and, if not traffic lights, at least red stop signs at all intersections. There are at least four such “super-bases” in Iraq, none of which have anything to do with “withdrawal” from that country. Quite the contrary—these bases are being constructed as little American islands of eternal order in an anarchic sea. Whatever top administration officials and military commanders say—and they always deny that we seek “permanent” bases in Iraq—facts on the ground speak with another voice entirely. These bases practically scream “permanency.”

NONEXISTENT COVERAGE Unfortunately, there’s a problem here. American reporters adhere to a simple rule: The words “permanent,” “bases,” and “Iraq” should never

be placed in the same sentence, not even in the same paragraph; in fact, not even in the same news report. While a LexisNexis search of the last 90 days of press coverage of Iraq produced a number of examples of the use of those three words in the British press, the only US examples that could be found occurred when 80 percent of Iraqis (obviously somewhat unhinged by their difficult lives) insisted in a poll that the United States might indeed desire to establish bases and remain permanently in their country; or when “no” or “not” was added to the mix via any American official denial. (It’s strange, isn’t it, that such bases, imposing as they are, generally only exist in our papers in the negative.) Three examples will do: The secretary of defense: “During a visit with US troops in Fallujah on Christmas Day, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said ‘at the moment there are no plans for permanent bases’ in Iraq. ‘It is a subject that has not even been discussed with the Iraqi government.’” Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmett, the Central Command deputy commander for planning and strategy in Iraq: “We already have handed over significant chunks of territory to the Iraqis. Those are not simply plans to do so; they are being executed right now. It is not only our plan but our policy that we do not intend to have any permanent bases in Iraq.” Karen Hughes on The Charlie Rose Show: Charlie Rose: They think we are still there for the oil, or they think the United States wants per-

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manent bases. Does the United States want permanent bases in Iraq? Karen Hughes: We want nothing more than to bring our men and women in uniform home. As soon as possible, but not before they finish the job. Charlie Rose: Do we not want to keep bases there? Karen Hughes: No, we want to bring our people home as soon as possible. Still, for a period, the Pentagon practiced something closer to truth in advertising than did our major papers. At least, they called the big bases in Iraq “enduring camps,” a label that had a certain charm and reeked of permanency. (They were later relabeled, far less romantically, “contingency operating bases.”) One of the enduring mysteries of this war is that reporting on our bases in Iraq has been almost nonexistent these last years, especially given an administration so weighted toward military solutions to global problems; especially given the heft of some of the bases; especially given the fact that the Pentagon was mothballing our bases in Saudi Arabia and saw these as long-term substitutes; especially given the fact that the neocons and other top administration officials were so focused on controlling the so-called arc of instability (basically, the energy heartlands of the planet) at whose center was Iraq; and especially given the fact that Pentagon prewar planning for such “enduring camps” was, briefly, a frontpage story in a major newspaper.

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Schmitt wrote a front-page piece for the New York Times indicating that the Pentagon was planning to “maintain” four bases in Iraq for the long haul, though “there will probably never be an announcement of permanent stationing of troops.” Rather than speak of “permanent bases,” the military preferred then to speak coyly of “permanent access” to Iraq. The bases, however, fit snugly with other Pentagon plans already on the drawing boards. For instance, Saddam’s 400,000man military was to be replaced by only a 40,000-man, lightly armed military without significant armor or an air force. (In an otherwise heavily armed region, this ensured that any Iraqi government would be almost totally reliant on the American military and that the US Air Force would, by default, be the Iraqi Air Force for years to come.) While much space in our papers has, of late, been devoted to the administration’s lack of postwar planning, next to no interest has been shown in the planning that did take place. At a press conference a few days after the Shanker and Schmitt piece appeared, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld insisted that the US was “unlikely to seek any permanent or ‘long-term’ bases in Iraq”—and that was that. The Times piece was essentially sent down the memory hole. While scads of bases were being built—including four huge ones whose geographic placement correlated fairly strikingly with the four mentioned in the Times article—reports about US bases in Iraq, or any Pentagon planning in relation to them, largely disappeared from the American media. (With rare exceptions, you could only find discussions of “permanent bases” in these last years at Internet sites like Tomdispatch.com or Global Security.org.)

In May 2005, however, Bradley Graham of the Washington Post reported that we had 106 bases, ranging from mega to micro, in Iraq. Most of these were to be given back to the Iraqi military, now being “stood up” as a far larger force than was originally imagined by Pentagon planners, leaving the US with, Graham reported, just the number of bases—four—that the Times first mentioned over two years earlier, including Balad Air Base and the base Poole visited in western Anbar Province. This reduction was presented not as a fulfillment of original Pentagon thinking, but as a “withdrawal plan.” (A modest number of these bases have since been turned over to the Iraqis, including one in Tikrit transferred to Iraqi military units, which, according to Poole, promptly stripped it to the bone.) The future of a fifth base—the enormous Camp Victory at Baghdad International Airport—remains, as far as we know, “unresolved”; and there is a sixth possible “permanent super-base” being built in that country, though never presented as such. The Bush administration is sinking between $600 million and $1 billion in construction funds into a new US embassy. It is to arise in Baghdad’s Green Zone on a plot of land along the Tigris River that is reportedly two-thirds the area of the National Mall in Washington, DC. The plans for this “embassy” are almost mythic in nature. A high-tech complex, it is to have “15ft blast walls and ground-toair missiles” for protection as well as bunkers to guard against air attacks. It will, according to Chris Hughes, security correspondent for the British Daily Mirror, include “as many as 300 houses for consular and military officials” and a “large-scale barracks” for marines. The “compound” will be a cluster of at least 21 buildings,

assumedly nearly self-sufficient, including “a gym, swimming pool, barber and beauty shops, a food court, and a commissary. Water, electricity, and sewage treatment plants will all be independent from Baghdad’s city utilities.” It is being billed as “more secure than the Pentagon” (not, perhaps, the most reassuring tag line in the post-9/11 world). If not quite a city-state, on completion it will resemble an embassy-state. In essence, inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, we will be building another more heavily fortified little Green Zone. Even Tony Blair’s Brits, part of our unraveling, ever-shrinking “coalition of the willing” in Iraq, are reported by Brian Brady of the Scotsman (“Revealed: Secret Plan to Keep UK Troops Permanently in Iraq”) to be bargaining for a tiny permanent base—sorry, a base “for years to come”—near Basra in southern Iraq, thus mimicking American “withdrawal” strategy on the micro-scale that befits a junior partner. As Juan Cole has pointed out at his Informed Comment blog, the Pentagon can plan for “endurance” in Iraq forever and a day, while top Bush officials and neocons, some now in exile, can continue to dream of a permanent set of bases in the deserts of Iraq that would control the energy heartlands of the planet. None of that will, however, make such bases any more “permanent” than their enormous Vietnam-era predecessors at places like Danang and Cam Rahn Bay proved to be—not, certainly, if the Shiites decide they want us gone or Ayatollah Sistani (as Cole points out) were to issue a fatwa against such bases.

Nonetheless, the thought of permanency matters. Since the invasion of Saddam’s Iraq, those bases—call them what you will—have been at the heart of the Bush administration’s “reconstruction” of the country. To this day, those Little Americas, with their KBR-lands, their Pizza Huts, their stop signs, and their miniature golf courses remain at the secret heart of Bush administration “reconstruction” policy. As long as KBR keeps building them, making their facilities ever more enduring (and ever more valuable), there can be no genuine “withdrawal” from Iraq, nor even an intention of doing so. Right now, despite the recent visits of a couple of reporters, those super-bases remain enswathed in a kind of policy silence. The Bush administration does not discuss them (other than to deny their permanency from time to time). No presidential speeches deal with them. No plans for them are debated in Congress. The opposition Democrats generally ignore them and the press—with the exception of the odd columnist—won’t even put the words “base,” “permanent,” and “Iraq” in the same paragraph. It may be hard to do, given the skimpy coverage, but keep your eyes directed at our “superbases.” Until the administration blinks on them, there will be no withdrawal from Iraq. This article originally appeared on TomDispatch.com. Tom Engelhardt is the co-founder of the American Empire Project and the author of The End of Victory Culture, a History of American Triumphalism in the Cold War. 3/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM NEWS & POLITICS 23

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light of day

by Rebecca Leopold photos by Tara Engberg

n the brightly lit church hall across from the Memorial Lutheran Church outside Rhinebeck, 12 black-clad young women stand poised in the corners of the room. They wait, cheeks flushed with exertion, as the music swells—a quaint Irish air morphing into the propulsive opening bars of Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath”—and then the stillness explodes in a burst of energy and emotion. Like the torrents of a heavy storm the violent clattering of 24 feet is deafening as the dancers sweep across the floor. The dancers arms are pinned to their sides as their feet fly out from under them as if they were unconnected to their motionless torsos. Yet, like the storm these pockets of focused athletic aggression resemble, they fade out as quickly as they crept in leaving a single figure alone floating amidst the drizzle and delicately swimming in the puddles. Graceful and languid gestures emanate from the dancer’s entire body, her arms now free to explore the space around her until she is again joined by the frenzy of the group. It’s a typical Sunday night at a Solas an Lae rehearsal. The Irish dance school Solas an Lae was founded eight years ago by Deirdre Lowry. Training and performing professionally in New York City since the age of seven, Lowry first began offering lessons to local children out of her parents’ garage at 17, responding to the entreaties of local parents who were interested in Irish dance lessons for their children. In a corner of her family’s garage Lowry set up an eight-by-eight-foot wooden platform, leaned a mirror against a wall and Solas An Lae (“Light of Day” in Gaelic) was born.

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“Before I knew it, I had a garage full of kids,” says Lowry. “I needed to teach on Saturdays because I was still in school during the week and studying dance in the city in the evenings. Saturdays were long, but it was so casual and intimate; it was a very innocent time,” says Lowry. Now 25, Lowry continues to be the sole instructor with an enrollment of 70 dance students hailing from points all over the Hudson Valley, some driving upwards of an hour for a lesson. In 2003 Lowry teamed up with Patrick Brown, a Manhattan-based aesthetic designer and professional musician; together they formed a professional dance troupe of the same name. Lowry teaches, directs, and choreographs, while Brown focuses on creating original compositions and visual tapestries for each performance. Lowry studied with renowned Irish dance instructor and choreographer Donald Golden, and has performed at Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center, and at 19 was a lead dancer in a European tour with Irish musical group Cherish the Ladies. The daughter of a historian and Gaelic speaker, Lowry was brought up in the mainstream of Irish dance culture, and quickly found that the competitive aspects detracted from her deep love of dancing. The conventional model for an Irish dance performance is the feis (“festival” in Gaelic)—a competition involving expensive costumes, strict judging, and little room for innovation. Solas an Lae became a non-competitive venue for Lowry to express herself creatively as opposed to aggressively. “Competitive dancing in itself is not a bad thing, for it does breed a strong incentive to practice, which is absolutely necessary for one

OPPOSITE: TRADITIONAL IRISH DANCE “HARD SHOES”; CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: SARAH SANTOS, KAYLI SINON, SAMANTHA MASON, AND GWENN GIDEON; SOLAS AN LAE FOUNDER DEIRDRE BROWN (CENTER); SARAH SANTOS HELPS CHRISTY KOWALSKY TIE HER SHOES; THE SOLAS AN LAE TROUPE PERFORMING A NUMBER IN SOFT SHOES.

to gain a certain level of perfection and technique,” says Lowry. “On the down side, it creates a conformity and hinders individuality, dancing for points on the marking system, which makes you dance without soul and grace.” In the last 10 years Irish dance has been globally popularized and made commercially viable (and subsequently satirized) due to the great success of professional revues such as Riverdance and Lord of the Dance. Although both Lowry and Brown are happy to see these groups creating interest on a public level and thereby drawing new students to their school, they feel that their professional work is an even greater departure from the stronghold of tradition and, moreover, a far more complex investigation into Irish identity. Dancer Leighann Kowalsky, 15, attests that “Solas an Lae strips away all of the wigs and the poofy dresses and the makeup and the emotionless faces. We portray what Irish dance really is, at its best.” A Solas an Lae performance transforms into a collage of sight, sound, and movement that bombards the audience with an emotional multimedia experience. “Irishness is upbeat,” Lowry says, “but everything doesn’t have to be uppity-up, jigs and reels. We try to dramatize the depth of the culture while staying away from cliché.” Brown interjects, “We intentionally stay away from all that shamrockery—no green, no Celtic crosses.” During performances images are projected behind the dancers, ranging in content from abstracted color planes to historical and political photos and documents from 19th- and 20th-century Ireland. Aside from the rhythmic and visual elements, Brown scores each of the 90-minute performances, using traditional and contemporary Gaelic music, as well as tunes from totally unexpected acts, such as Moby, Television, and the aforementioned Jethro Tull, mixing each original composition in coordination with the visuals and the choreography. The dancers in the Solas an Lae performance troupe were once students in the school but have “graduated” to the professional level. Although ranging in age from

12 to 16, the-all girl group, according to Lowry “may seem young, but when they’re on stage it’s a whole other game. They are very professional—they carry a whole show.” (Interestingly, only one of the 12 girls in the troupe is of Irish descent.) Aside from their school obligations, these young professionals rehearse six days a week. The reason they work so hard has a lot to do with the community that Lowry has created through her work teaching and inspiring children to dance. “Most dance schools,” says Kowalsky, “are training their dancers to collect their talent and guide it into poise and grace. But Solas an Lae does not just teach moves and rhythms—Solas an Lae teaches its dancers how to identify their feelings and how to portray them.” “I was fortunate to have a great teacher who was very inspiring and instilled the love of dance,” says Lowry. “I want my dancers to dance for themselves and find their own strength and determination to succeed in dance. When you find that fire within yourself you can get through anything in your life. I want my dancers to have a freedom, confidence, and character that they take with them and use to get through any obstacles in their lives.” Despite Solas An Lae’s short history the troupe has matured at an accelerated pace, and Lowry, Brown, and the girls have big plans. The troupe kicks off their first theater and festival tour this summer, when they’ll be taking their show all over the Northeast. But before heading off to points as far as Ithaca, Syracuse, Rochester, and Boston, Solas an Lae will be performing three shows at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck the weekend of March 10-12. Lowry hopes the troupe can eventually tour internationally, maintaining its core of Hudson Valley dancers. “We hope to keep it as tight as it is now,” says Lowry. “I would love for there to be a place in dance for Solas an Lae.” For more information, visit www.solasanlae.com. 3/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK 25

Another Roadside Attracton

raveling west into the Catskills on Route 28, a few miles past the junction of 375, your eyes have probably been drawn to a discreet black-and-white sign that reads Rural American Design in small letters, underscored with a stylized graphic of a small heart bursting out of its jagged shell. Beyond the sign sits a 1950s gas station with a glass-paneled garage door and a regularly mutating well-lit window display. The boxy building is punctuated with large logs standing on end, carved into giant threaded spirals. The letters mounted to the wall during the building’s previous life as the Glenford Service Station remain on the facade, adorned with a fresh coat of paint, though minus the i in “Service.” What is not immediately apparent is the nature of this business. Upon entering, it becomes obvious that this former gas station is the love child of a boutique art gallery and a high-end furniture showroom. The building has been gutted to create an open, loft-like space, decorated with paintings, mirrors, and wood sculptures from floor to 15-foot ceiling. In a corner stands a clothing rack adorned with silk-screened T-shirts and canvas tote bags. In the center of the room, a sleek, eight-foot plank dining room table stands on a base joined with unfinished twigs. The table is accentuated by a thick solid-wood bench featuring extraordinary butterfly joints. Sculpted wood stumps and svelte but sturdy three26 COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK CHRONOGRAM.COM 3/06

PORTRAIT BY DANIEL MCCABE

THE ART OF BUSINESS

BY JONATHAN D . KING

legged stools pepper the scene. It’s a striking blend of Nakashima craftsmanship, Danish modernism, and Shaker simplicity. I learned from the owners that this eclectic blend of objects d’art is a showroom created by Tara DeLisio to exhibit furniture and sculptures made by her husband, Jonah Meyer, and painted furniture and country embroideries by her mother, Jill DeLisio. I met DeLisio and Meyer one springlike February afternoon at the Serv ce Station. (The missing i has been incorporated into the pronunciation of the name.) The couple has known each other for seven years and been married for two and a half of them. DeLisio informed me, “I was definitely the only one interested in opening this space.” Fresh from a master’s degree in elementary education, and lacking the desire to continue down that path, she decided to change direction but was not sure how. Pennsylvania native Jonah Meyer graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in the early 1990s with a BFA in painting. He had made one chair during his tenure at school. After realizing that it was far easier to sell a chair than a painting, he crafted his first line of furniture—a sculptural line of twig-based pieces in which no chair was ever duplicated. That success convinced him that furniture

PHOTOS BY TARA DELISIO

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.

here is truth in every cliché, and DeLisio and Meyer attribute much of their success to location. DeLisio informed me, “It just worked out to be a fantastic spot. The flow of people traveling up 28 is just great.” With a clientele that varies from locals to vacationers to second-home owners, inevitably they snag a wide amalgam of people who travel the Route 28 corridor on a regular basis. In addition, being between a classic vacation destination and one of the most populous cities in the world has helped. “This wouldn’t just fly on any small road to anywhere,” DeLisio confirmed. “It’s the fact that people from New York City travel up here and they instantly relate to our concept.” “It’s kind of romantic being out here,” says DeLisio. “Although the Route 66 thing is played out, to me there is still a real mystique to being sort of a roadside attraction and interacting with people when they are going somewhere.”—JDK

OPPOSITE (ABOVE): JONAH MEYER AND TARA DELISIO INSIDE THE SERV CE STATION SHOWROOM; (BELOW, L-R): ZENA LONGHORN, CARVED WOOD AND TWIGS; WALNUT TRESTLE TABLE; CUSTOM-DESIGNED WALNUT TABLE. THIS PAGE: MAPLE “MAGAZINE” CHAIR ; MEYER SCULPTING A WOODEN SPIRAL.

was a viable and lucrative way to harness his artistry. So, with no schooling or woodworking experience, he began teaching himself to produce wood-slab furniture. Entering the design and furniture show circuit, Meyer slowly garnered a reputation as a fine furniture producer. Longing for a headquarters near her native Woodstock, DeLisio found the site. After learning the overhead was manageable, the couple began renting and renovating the dilapidated building with no real idea of what it was going to be. After contemplating a local art gallery and a performance venue, the definition of the business evolved out of the popular response to the furniture that Meyer was producing at his Kingston studio. On a tour of his crowded workshop, cluttered with machinery, tools, pieces of furniture in various states of construction, logs, sticks, slabs, and large hollow stumps, a laid-back Meyer pointed out that he exclusively uses wood and sticks that he collects himself. “The wood I get is mostly local, from tree surgeons, and varies from oak to cherry to black walnut to sycamore. I save a lot of trees from being chopped up for firewood when I see them getting cut down.” After cutting logs into slabs with a huge chainsaw, he slow-cures them to prevent cracking and then it’s time to start sanding, which can be up to 60 percent of the job. It is

that time constraint on producing new work that has brought the couple to the brink of hiring their first employee. Maintaining an inventory with items ranging from $20 for a painted wood block or cutting board to several thousand for one of the large tables or spiral logs has contributed to their success. With inexpensive products such as handmade T-shirts among the offerings, curious walk-in customers are more likely to open their wallet than if the setting was exclusively fine furniture and sculpture. In addition, many of the smaller items dually function as marketing tools, as the limited-edition silk-screened tees that have become collectibles in New York City. With a shrug, DeLisio said, “It has taken a couple of years to even get comfortable with what we are doing here. I didn’t study art or ever intend to have an art-based career. Jonah has been doing art and furniture for 15 years, but since we have opened Serv ce Station, now we actually have a furniture company.” Meyer chuckled, “It’s not a business model that we would recommend for anyone.” A smiling DeLisio added, “It’s just about believing in yourself and working really hard, seven days a week.” Check out www.servcestation.com and www.jonahmeyer.com for more information, or call (845) 657-9788. 3/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK 27

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MARCH 2006

ARTS & CULTURE CHRONOGRAM

Hillary Harvey

PORTFOLIO, page 30 Tanya Marcuse displaying an antique model corset from her collection.

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Portfolio

Tanya Marcuse

Collapsible Bustle, American, 1880s, The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Bronze Cuirass, Greek, Mid-4th century BCE, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

PHOTO OF TANYA MARCUSE BY HILLARY HARVEY TANYA MARCUSE TALKS ABOUT HER WORK Bodily Containers

Wire & Lace

Personal Connection v. Clinical Distance

People have talked about museums as mausoleums, and that feeling, when you go into the costume institute of the Met[ropolitan Museum of Art], is the most potent thing about the place. There are fluorescent lights, it’s freezing cold, it’s very clinical, and yet inside these metal drawers is somebody’s corset. And it’s not just anybody’s corset, the way we buy a size 8, something standardized; it was made for some body. So the costume exhibit is like a morgue in that sense; it is somebody’s personal effects. I did feel a certain kind of holiness in the objects in the sense that they were connected to real individuals. Every single object in these volumes, except for those in the contemporary installation, are earlier than 1900— no one who would have ever worn these things could possibly be alive. They become shells of the body that once contained a real, living person. Flesh is mortal, but these were creations of culture that contain the body for various purposes.

The whole Undergarments and Armor project was all about things that seemed like they were polar extremes, like inside and outside and hard and soft. But every single object in some way challenged that polarity, and even my approach to photographing the objects could somehow challenge it. The delicacy of the adornments on a lot of the breastplates—usually for ceremonial armor—challenged it. The extreme sense of the adornment for war versus the industrial construction of the undergarments. A lot of the bustles from the 1880s are made of wire; they are very industrial. They’re not some kind of lacy, Victorian, flaccid underwear thing. They shape the body, the body doesn’t shape them.

One of the most ambitious things in the project was [the attempt to balance the personal connection and the clinical distance] because I was trying to do both at once all the time. Not in every single picture, but there are pictures that are more or less clinical than others. One of my favorite photographs is this really simple photograph of a sleeve support; you would wear it under your dress to make the shoulder on your dress poof out. The photograph has a clinical, stark way of describing the object, yet at the same time it is such an odd object that it looks truly perverse. I think a lot of times when photographers photograph old stuff there’s a kind of nostalgia and aura around these old objects, and I wanted to specifically counteract that with a clinical way of framing the objects. For the most part my technique is about finding this very, very precise frame around things.

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Medieval Helmet, German, 14th century, Higgins

Manequin, The Costume Institute,

Corset with Hip Pads, late 18th century, The Costume

Armory Museum, Worchester, Massachusetts

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

In her essay accompanying Tanya Marcuse’s book of photographs Undergarments and Armor (Nazraeli Press, 2005), Valerie Steele, chief curator and director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, quotes a passage from Hermann Broch’s 1931 novel, The Sleepwalkers, that illuminates the human need for bodily coverings that Marcuse explores in her book: “It is the uniform’s true function to manifest and ordain order in the world, to arrest the confusion and flux of life, just as it conceals whatever in the human body is soft and flowing.” Marcuse, a Barrytown-based photographer who teaches at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, sought out unusual under- and outer garments for her book, funded in part by a Guggenheim Fellowship. Marcuse traveled to collections in the US and abroad to find the objects featured in her book, drawing extensively on the Harold Koda Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as the Royal Armouries in Leeds, England. In the fall, Undergarments and Armor will be featured in a major exhibition titled “Love and War,” curated by Valerie Steele at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Marcuse will present a slide lecture on her work at SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center 102, on March 1 at 7:30pm. www.tanyamarcuse.com. —Brian K. Mahoney Wooden Corset, 17th century, The Museum at the Fashion

Tournament Helm, possibly English, c. 1510,

Institute of Technology, New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Balancing Art & Motherhood

Trees

Photographing the Enlightenment

It is difficult, yet I feel really lucky. I know people who had babies and felt like it would be impossible to continue putting the time, mental space, money [together], and the physical space that it takes to continue being productive, and I think that it was out of some gut sense of my own survival that I never stopped. I always kept things going. But I think, in the last decade, I’ve had three kids and I’ve made really, a lot of work. But on the other hand I am not out in New York City going to openings, either, and that affects where you are in your life and career. But building this building was a really big thing. We built this studio two or three years ago, and I am 25 yards from my house, so when my baby is napping I can come here, and I have an intercom. I can come here at night. It really enriches my family life. My two older children (Abby is six and Eve is nine) come in here and they do photography projects while I am working. But it’s totally exhausting at the same time.

After 12 years of being focused almost entirely on things related to the body, I somehow started photographing trees. I photograph them the same way I photograph bodies in this very iconic way, centered like portraits. I never expected that this would turn into an extensive series. I was in this strange, empty spot at the end of a big ambitious project and I really wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do. For me, I always need to be working on something. When I go to Simon’s Rock, I drive through all these orchards. I was really moved by the trees that would hold their fruit even into the winter—they would hold these little shriveled-up fruits on their bare branches. And I couldn’t help notice that some of the orchards were for sale. They were going to be bulldozed and developed. The project is called Fruitless. It has been weirdly challenging because the subject itself is so beautiful and is unlike anything I have done. I don’t normally point my camera at something which could be considered so decorative and beautiful.

I want to do a project that I have been calling Wax Bodies, photographing 18th-century wax anatomical models in Italy. It’s about sculpture and the body. It is about science and a scientific way of seeing the body, both clinical and romantic. The models are painstakingly made by taking wax casts of real cadavers. They were made for medical schools, and for public viewings, not unlike the current exhibition “The Body.” The men just look like cadavers, but the wax women are lying on their backs, nude, not skinned; they are beautiful, they have hair, pearl necklaces, carefully sculpted toes. And then you can take their bodies apart, and you can go down one layer at a time. I am interested in a theoretical way of photographing the models. It is so much about an enlightenment idea: knowing the subject; seeing and knowing it. It is very sexual, too; the women are passive erotic forms that you can look into, master, and take their bodies apart.

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Lucid Dreaming

photo provided

BY BETH E. WILSON

an economy that flows both ways

ust what does “regionally-based” art look like in the era of globalization? The answer to that question has a lot to do with both art and economics, among other things. One of the first questions to ask is: Where are we now? Two hundred years of progressively modernizing technology have figuratively shrunk the size of the globe quite dramatically. People, goods, and information now circulate more freely than at any time in human history. We know (and can often appreciate) much, much more about other people and cultures than ever before. Here’s where it gets tricky: One inevitable side effect of all this cultural contact is the global redistribution of wealth and power, spawning a crisis mentality wherever these key commodities are being “lost,” and generating an ever more frantic grasp on whatever arenas of influence seem to remain. So we’ve lost most of our traditional industries—steel, lumber, manufacturing, and so on—to other countries around the globe, reducing large segments of the American population to dead-end service jobs, instead of the reasonably secure, productive (and even comfortable) working-class occupations they were once assured. The tides of change wash regularly up and down the shores of the Hudson River: One day, IBM decides to close down most of its operations, and years later, the region’s depressed real estate prices shoot through the roof as a result of demand for the “country” homes of New Yorkers unnerved by 9/11. The Native Americans must have recognized something unique in the river—even before the advent of the white man, they called it Muhheakantuck, “the river that flows both ways.” While this name originally referred to the estuarial tides of the Hudson (which bring traces of salt water from the Atlantic as far north as Poughkeepsie), it seems oddly apt as a way of describing the economic realities of the towns along the river today. An exhibition at Vassar College, on view through March 10, raises a host of issues tracing the interconnections between the river, public art and urban redevelopment. 32 LUCID DREAMING CHRONOGRAM.COM 3/06

“Muhheakantuck: Changing River, Changing Cities” is centered on a major sculptural project by Barbara Segal that was completed in 2004. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, she created two 70-foot-long, mural-like, burnished aluminum reliefs that are now installed on either side of a railway viaduct, not far from the Hudson River, in Yonkers. Long involved with organizations and projects that seek to use art as a catalyst for reviving the urban landscape, the MTA commission was the capstone of a major renovation of the Yonkers Metro North railroad station, a key element in bringing public space back to life in that city. The piece recalls the pre-settlement past of Yonkers, when the river met a series of rock cliffs, roughly in the location of today’s railway viaduct. Connecting past and present, Segal’s expressively carved forms allow passing light and varied atmospheric conditions to change its appearance from day to day, even moment to moment—a state of flux that neatly captures the impress of human activity on the region itself. According to Segal, “Our goal is to get people to think about the Hudson River, its relationship to the communities of the Hudson Valley, and how to improve the qualityof-life issues through the use of public art.” Now, economically speaking, the train station itself speaks volumes to the twoway flow of people and money along the river. In the Mid-Hudson region, there’s an inevitable tension between the indigenous and the sub/ex-urban character of life, with some folks working (and usually struggling) to make a go of things within the local economy, and those who’ve managed to shuttle back and forth to the city tapping the resources there to support a life up here. The farther upriver you go, the fewer commuters—who run back and forth roughly in proportion to the salt water found in the river. Ironically, perhaps, commuter numbers drop off significantly (just like the brine) at Poughkeepsie as well—mostly because it serves as the terminus for the Metro North line.

Gifts with a Twist 299 WALL STREET KINGSTON, NEW YORK 12401 845-338-8100

In The Heart of The Stockade District LIGHTING • JEWELRY • ART • GIFTS • FUNKYETHNIC

OPPOSITE: MUHHEAKANTUCK, 72” X 4.5”, ALUMINUM, BARBARA SEGAL. ABOVE: BEFORE AND AFTER VIEWS OF THE YONKERS SCULPTURE MEADOW. (PHOTO CREDITS: ABOVE: BARBARA SEGAL; BELOW: RICHARD HALEVY.)

The Vassar exhibition travels the shores of the Hudson through photographic timelines of Yonkers (by Segal) and Poughkeepsie (by Franc Palaia), charting the effects of public art projects on the course of redevelopment in each of these waterfront cities. These revitalization projects are part of a much larger process going on in the valley, and process is at the core of the exhibition as well. Five large sections of Segal’s Yonkers work, models for the enormous final piece, emphasize the development of this important example of public art, and are the centerpiece of the show. In addition, three of four short films on view by Jessica Jacobson, a Vassar senior, focus on the fabrication and installation of Segal’s monumental sculpture, and a fourth looks at the role of art in the emerging redevelopment of Poughkeepsie. Of course, all the recent interest in waterfront development carries with it danger as well as opportunity. As the current heated debate over “The Landing at Kingston” (ironically the brainchild of a Yonkers-based developer) demonstrates, not all building projects are necessarily beneficial to a community. In the interests of advancing the public dialogue on this pressing topic, there will be a panel discussion at Vassar on March 7, featuring Poughkeepsie Mayor Nancy Cozean; artists Segal, Palaia, and Jacobson; Scenic Hudson’s Ray Curran; architect Stephan Aronson; and Peter Leonard, Vassar’s Director of Field Work. With luck, attendees may be treated to a spirited and honest discussion of the economics of development and urban revitalization, one in which the various interests concerned can help strike a balance between the contending realities of our region, commuter versus local, big money versus micro-investment, in an effort to find our way to an improved quality of life that avoids the cookie-cutter suburbanism of Long Island, and instead maintains a healthy respect for the particular textures of space, place, and the environment that make the Mid-Hudson Valley such a special place to live. “MUHHEAKANTUCK: CHANGING RIVER, CHANGING CITIES”IS ON VIEW THROUGH MARCH 10 AT THE JAMES W. PALMER GALLERY AT VASSAR COLLEGE, 124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.PALMERGALLERY.VASSAR.EDU OR CALL (845) 437-5370. A PANEL DISCUSSION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS EXHIBITION, DISCUSSING THE ROLE OF ARTISTS AND GOVERNMENT IN IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE IN URBAN AREAS THROUGH THE ARTS WILL

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GALLERY DIRECTORY CHRONOGRAM.COM 3/06

galleries ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART

COFFEY GALLERY

125 WASHINGTON AVENUE, ALBANY. (518) 463-4478.

330 WALL STREET, KINGSTON. 339-6105.

“Food of the Gods.” The purchase, preparation, and consultion of chocolate. Through April 28.

“Dan McCormack: Pinhole Camera Nudes.” March 4-March 26. Opening Saturday, March 4, Call for times.

“Excavating Egypt.” Through June 4. “Alice Morgan Wright: Sculptor and Activist.” Through April 16.

DEBORAH DAVIS FINE ARTS 345 WARREN STREET, HUDSON. (518) 822-1890.

THE ART AND ZEN GALLERY

“Winter.” Through March 12.

406 MANCHESTER ROAD, POUGHKEEPSIE. 473-3334.

“Watercolors.” Works by Chet Karpinski. March 4-March 31.

DIA 3 BEEKMAN STREET, BEACON. 400-0100.

ARTS SOCIETY OF KINGSTON 97 BROADWAY, KINGSTON. 338-0331.

“Think Green.” “Jay Bedient.” March 4-March 25. Opening Saturday, March 4, 5-8pm.

“Dia’s Andy: Through the Lens of Patronage.” Works by Andy Warhol. “In and Out of Place: Louise Lawler and Andy Warhol.” Includes images of work by Andy Warhol. “Vera Lutter: Nabisco Factory, Beacon.” 4 large scale pinhole photographs of the factory. Through April 10. “Agnes Martin: To The Islands.” Through June 27.

BARRETT ART CENTER 214 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE. 471-2550.

“Poughkeepsie, Then and Now.” Historical art exhibition and benefit art auction. Through March 26.

DEBORAH DAVIS FINE ART 345 WARREN STREET, HUDSON. (518) 822-1890.

“Urban Images.” Group show. March 16-April 30.

BAU

Opening Saturday, March 18, 6-8pm.

161 MAIN STREET, BEACON. 440-7584.

“Remnants, After the Storm.” Photographs in the wake of Katrina. Through March 5.

DEEP LISTENING SPACE 75 BROADWAY, KINGSTON. 338-5984.

“Between Heaven & Earth.” Paintings by Marian Van Der Zwaan. March 4-April 1.

116 WARREN STREET, HUDSON. (518) 828-4539.

Opening Saturday, March 4, 5-7pm.

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BCB ART “Role Playing.” Through April 15.

BELLE LEVINE ART CENTER

ELLENVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY & MUSEUM’S GALLERY

521 KENNICUT HILL ROAD, MAHOPAC. 628-3664.

40 CENTER STREET, ELLENVILLE. 647-1497.

“Putnam Arts Council’s 43rd Annual Members’ Show.” March 18-March 31.

“On a Spiritual Journey? Maybe.” Works by Sean Nixon. Through March 7.

Opening Saturday, March 18, 3-5pm.

EXPOSED GALLERY OF ART PHOTOGRAPHY CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY

318 DELAWARE AVENUE, DELMAR. (518) 475-1853.

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

“Love.” Images of Gail Nadeau. Through March 14.

“Juicy and Wet.” Works by three contemporary painters. Through March 12.

“Night Portfolio.” Images of Bruce Meisterman.

“The Twilight Zone.” Reality and the media. March 16-April 23.

“Double Vision.” Images by Joseph Schuyler & Laurin Trainer. March 18-April 18.

Reception Saturday, March 18, 6-8pm.

Opening Saturday, March 18, 5-8pm.

THE CATSKILLS GALLERY

FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER

106 PARTITION STREET, SAUGERTIES. 246-5552.

VASSAR COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE. 437-5632.

“Celebrating the Catskill Mountain Landscape.” Through April 9.

“Presses, Pop, and Pomade.” American prints since the sixties.

CCCA GALLERY

GARRISON ART CENTER

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

23 GARRISON’S LANDING, GARRISON. 424-3960.

“Family.” Mix of sculpture, painting and photography interpretations of family. Through March 18.

“Hot Flashes: Seven Contemporary Ceramic Sculptors.” Through March 26.

CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES AND ART IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE

GCCA MOUNTAINTOP GALLERY

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

“Dreamscapes.” Inspired by the unconscious and artists’ imaginations. March 4-April 15.

“Curatorial Thesis Exhibitions: Series 1.” March 12-March 26.

MAIN STREET, WINDHAM. (518) 734-3104.

Reception Saturday, March 4, 3-6pm.

CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK

“Outside the Lines.” Greene County students. March 11-April 29.

59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK. 679-9957.

Reception Saturday, March 11, 11am.

“Made In Woodstock III.” Work by artists-in-residence at CPW in 2003 and 2004. “Visceral Landscape.” Works by Fawn Potash. Through March 26.

HOWLAND CULTURAL CENTER

CLARK ART INSTITUTE 225 SOUTH STREET, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA. (413) 458-2303.

“50 Favorites.” 50 works of art follow the Institute’s 50 years history. Through May 17.

477 MAIN STREET, BEACON. 831-4988.

“21 Women Artists of Beacon.” Group show. March 4-April 1. Opening Saturday, March 4, 3-5pm.

HUDSON OPERA HOUSE

“The Clark: Celebrating 50 Years of Art in Nature.” Through September 4.

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

“Paper Trails.” 100 great drawings, prints and photos. Through April 30.

Opening Saturday, March 4, 5-7pm.

“2006 Annual Juried Art Show.” Many genres. March 4-April 1.

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galleries HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

RIVERWINDS GALLERY

1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL. (914) 788-7166.

172 MAIN STREET, BEACON. 838-2880.

“Figure it Out.” Sculpture and video.

“Robert Ferrucci - American Celebration.” Through March 6.

“Nostalgia.” Through March 31.

ROSENDALE CAFE JOHN DAVIS GALLERY

434 MAIN STREET, ROSENDALE. 626-2546.

362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON. (518) 828-5907.

“Recent Paintings by Susan Chrysler White.” March 2-March 26.

“Secret Breathing/Telling Truths.” New works by Tracy Leavitt and Claire Wasser. March 1-March 31.

Reception Saturday, March 4, 6-8pm.

Reception Sunday, March 5, 2-4pm.

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY MUSEUM

SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM

94 BROADWAY, KINGSTON. 569-4997.

SUNY NEW PALTZ, NEW PALTZ. 257-3858.

“Evolution.” Plein air works by Linda Richichi. March 1-March 31.

“Second Nature.” Faculty works. Through April 2.

Reception Saturday, March 11, 4-6pm.

“Visual Offerings.” American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting. Through May 14.

KIESENDAHL+CALHOUN ART GALLERY 192 MAIN STREET, BEACON. 838-1177.

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH

“Home.” Olivebridge artist Kate McGloughlin. March 3-April 2.

352 MAIN STREET, GREAT BARRINGTON, MA. (413) 623-2068.

Reception Saturday, March 11, 5-7pm.

“Sculpture Now.” Outdoor sculpture exhibit. Through August 23.

LIVINGSKIN GALLERY

STEVENSON LIBRARY ATRIUM

653 BROADWAY, NEWBURGH. 561-8624.

BARD COLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON. 758-7480.

“Louis Ponton’s Early Paintings.” March 4-April 1.

“Exhibition: Week of the Young Child.” Works by students of the Abigail Lundquist Botstein Nursery School. April 2-April 8.

Opening Saturday, March 4, 6-9pm.

M GALLERY

TIVOLI ARTIST CO-OP

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

60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI. 757-2667.

“Ain’t Love Grand!” Valentine’s tribute. Through March 31.

“The Relationships Between Man and the Rest of the Animal Kingdom.” Mixed media show. March 3-April 2.

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Opening Saturday, March 4, 6-8pm.

MARK GRUBER GALLERY NEW PALTZ PLAZA, NEW PALTZ. 255-1241.

VAN BRUNT GALLERY

“Flowers in February.” Through March 29.

460 MAIN STREET, BEACON. 838-2995.

“Photography by Grace Knowlton.” March 4-April 3.

MEZZANINE BOOKSTORE, CAFE & WINE BAR 79 BROADWAY, KINGSTON. 339-6925.

“52 Painted Wood Assemblages.” Simon Draper. March 4-April 3.

“Inner Spirit.” Cathy Johanson. March 4-March 11.

Opening Saturday, March 4, 6-9pm.

Opening Saturday, March 4, 5-7pm.

THE VILLAGE TEAROOM MILDRED WASHINGTON ART GALLERY

10 PLATTEKILL AVENUE, NEW PALTZ. 255-3434.

DUTCHESS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE. 431-8622.

“Works by Photographer Joy S. Moore.” Through April 30.

“Black History Month Exhibit.” Through March 22.

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

“Thomas Cale: Infamous Mugs.” March 3-April 9.

MUROFF KOTLER VISUAL ARTS GALLERY SUNY ULSTER, STONE RIDGE. 687-5113.

“Robert The: Ex Libris.” Found-object sculpture. March 11-April 14.

WALLKILL RIVER ART GALLERY 910 OLD FORGE, NEW WINDSOR. 689-0613.

“Inaugural Show.” Many artists in multiple genres. Through May 26.

WASHINGTONVILLE ART SOCIETY 43 EAST MAIN STREET, WASHINGTONVILLE. 926-3490.

“4th Annual Hudson Valley Bodyscapes.” Figurative and anatomical works of art in any medium. Through March 5.

Opening Saturday, March 11, 4-6pm.

NEW PALTZ CULTURAL COLLECTIVE 60 MAIN STREET, NEW PALTZ. (646) 270-3178.

“Celebrating Choice.” Art depicting themes that celebrate women and reproductive freedom. Through March 3.

NO SPACE GALLERY 449 MAIN STREET, ROSENDALE. 658-3275.

WINDHAM FINE ARTS 5380 MAIN STREET, WINDHAM. (518) 734-6850.

“Before Night Falls.” Featuring recent works by John Greene & Ragellah Rourke. Through March 5.

WOODSTOCK ARTISTS’ ASSOCIATION 28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK. 679-2198.

“Clown Room.” Artwork by Wayne Montecalvo. March 4-April 22.

“Color & Pattern.” Fabric collage art of Susan Minier. Through March 5.

Opening Saturday, March 4, 6-9pm.

Marlene Wiedenbaum. Pastels. March 11-April 2. Opening Saturday, March 11, 4-6pm.

NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM 9 GLENDALE ROAD, STOCKBRIDGE, MA. (413) 298-4121.

“National Geographic: The Art of Exploration.” Through May 31. “Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney.” Through May 20.

RIVER ROCK HEALTH SPA 62 RICKS ROAD, WOODSTOCK. 679-7800 EXT. 3002.

“The Mystical Landscape.” Oil paintings of the Hudson Valley by Ellen Perantoni. March 4-May 14. Reception Saturday, March 4, 5-7pm.

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YELLOW BIRD GALLERY 19 FRONT STREET, NEWBURGH. 561-7204.

“Covalence.” Sculpture and paintings by Emil Alzamora & Stephen Spaccarelli. Through March 19.

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Music

BY SHARON NICHOLS

FIONN REILLY

“Welcome into my home it’s a fortress when I’m alone it’s a graveyard when I don’t care it’s a barnyard when everyone’s there and there’s music, chaos and beer it’s a good thing the floor is so near when we climb up the walls to the sky it’s a good thing humans can fly.” —From “Peanut”

SONIC COLLAGE COQUETTE The supreme extreme of Erica Quitzow

’m a little fickle here,” laughs Erica Quitzow when asked about all of the instruments she employs on a single recording. Fickle may not be a fitting enough word. How about this one: multifaceted. Or these, to be specific: violin, cello, guitar, drums, vintage synth. There’s no predicting what strange, thought-provoking, beautiful noises might be lurking around Quitzow’s studio, readying themselves for the journey inside your skull and preparing to roll around on your tympanic membrane. She likens her work to a collage, layering and layering—Moog rumpus, classical string pudding, heavy metal fever, quirky distorted vox (“Take the pieces that felt inspired, felt interesting, and capture those pieces, try to put them together in a cohesive, songlike structure,” she explains). This artist is unclassifiable. Part Rasputina, part Todd Rundgren. Patti Smith? Sure. Hole? Okay. Bach, anyone? It’s unequivocally refreshing and dramatic. “I love having digital equipment,” she says. “It opens up so many possibilities that weren’t accessible to people of any income bracket before. Home recording has been a great part of my process, because I do like to record and write at the same time, write an inspiration, go back through, pick out parts.” Quitzow most often does this alone, but sometimes she brings other artists in. Sets them up on bass, drums, or guitar and has them record the first thing that comes out. She’ll record a drum loop, then have someone record a piano line over that track, and then come back in and listen. She may use a moment of that track, or the entire thing. Then she might grab an electric guitar and write a harmony over it. She might then be compelled to add a vocal line. Or she might scratch the whole thing except for the one part that really works. Sometimes she’ll sit down with just an acoustic guitar and voice and start to write. Or bring in some music theory. Or take it to the extreme. “I think about the Beatles and how clever they were, how they used chord progressions that made sense. I’m inspired by the free-associative half-logic of some of

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their lyrics. And I’ll pick up a book on the theory of songwriting and try to do some things that are theoretically or mathematically considered good craftsmanship.” The end result is something truly unique. The Berkeley, California-born artist had dancer parents, who lured the budding Quitzow into the parallel field of music. Though enrolled in piano initially, the first instrument that felt right was the violin. She was classically trained from the age of seven and joined a youth symphony while growing up in Orlando, Florida. “The violin was the natural instrument for me. It still looks like something out of a parallel universe to me. Not quite from this world. It’s incredibly romantic. It alters my mood.” She lost interest during her teen years, but at 17 she picked up the guitar, and that inspired her to return to the violin as well. What she discovered with guitar, for the first time, was that she could improvise. “Guitar is an instrument where people are teaching each other. Very often people don’t go to a teacher. Sometimes you just trade songs and chords with people you know. Improvisation is a big part of it. That was hard for me being classically trained and knowing how to read music. I approached everything logically. When I picked up guitar, I realized that I could just listen for a melody. Write my own music. Break some of the rules of theory.” That is when Quitzow began applying her new non-theory to violin. Today, she thinks nothing of bringing a really Bach-sounding Baroque phrase into her mix-mosh. In fact, it’s a splendid idea. Quitzow’s first full-length CD, 2004’s simply titled Quitzow, is momentarily out of print. She assures that it will be back within the month—which is a good thing, because this nonpareil stuff should be available to those who are terminally bored with the music scene. Quitzow is a dream for the hipster collector who has everything. Touted as “quirky rock” and “playful medium-fi indie rock with experimental orchestration,” the 13-track debut disc shows off the artist’s skills on Rhodes, Moog, bass,

cello, violin, acoustic guitar, electric guitar loops, MPC-programmed and live drums, and eclectic vocal work. It was self-recorded and produced out of her then-LA home, and she played almost all the parts herself. “Come On” starts off the recording with breathy, layered, echoed vocals over soaring strings and synth. Heavy “Lover” screams of Rasputina-esque stylings that could summon rats from a gutter, as does the dark, scratchy “Drink-Up.” “Victoria” employs a lovely, haunting melody with multilayered vox that gives us a break from the mayhem of the previous tracks. Guitar-based “R. Crumb” deviates even more, light-hearted and less adorned. “Know Me” rocks out in heavy PJ Harvey fashion, while the erratic soundscape of “I’m Sorry” is a distorted trip to the devil’s funhouse. Strangely, the disc ends with a boisterous hip-hop number, “eQu it,” that seems to be a mockery of it all. “I have two major themes,” she says. “The raw emotional release and the surreal, playful reprieve. I’ve always loved the idea of painting a picture and being able to walk into it.” Quitzow is no stranger to stage, studio, or tours, having been bassist and vocalist in the successful psychedelic San Fran rock band Heavy Pebble, and bassist/synth player for the LA indie-pop band Inner (with Jennifer Turner of Natalie Merchant’s band). She spent her NYC years performing the acoustic circuit as “antifolk” at CBGB’s gallery and the Sidewalk Cafe. Today, having settled down in Accord, she plays violin with the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, and drums and cello with Young Love Records’ label-mates, Setting Sun. Young Love is the homebrewed label that she and 10-year partner/musical partner Gary Levitt began in LA just before they moved to the Hudson Valley in 2004. The duo have played in many projects together and worked in grassroots scenes out west, operating as a collective called Caboose Music. Young Love also runs an in-house Pro-Tools recording studio, Young Love Studios. Quitzow will be releasing a new CD this fall, having already produced two signature cuts, “Peanut” and “Art College.” She plans on utilizing more elements of electronica, more programmed drums, more Moog, and more structured string

arrangements. Also on Quitzow’s plate is her own music school, the New York School of Music, where she teaches full-time to students of all ages from Walden, Beacon, Hyde Park, and surrounding areas. “I love teaching. I’ve gained a lot of appreciation for the instruments I play since I began teaching. When I see how much work these kids are putting into it in the beginning—later there’s a lot more play involved, but in the beginning the most discipline is required—I watch their faces and how hard they’re struggling to learn, and I’m constantly reminding them that it gets easier and more fun. But there are moments when it hurts. It hurts their little fingers, it hurts their little necks, and I try not to push them to the point where they get a sour taste in their mouths. I try to remember how far I’ve come. And we forget that sometimes, how we somehow mustered the discipline to get past that.” Quitzow will perform twice this month in the Hudson Valley. First, at the three-day, fourth annual Goddess Festival, which will be held at the Colony Cafe, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock, from March 10 through 12. She’ll hit the stage at 9pm on Friday, March 10, sandwiched between Rainbow Weaver, Tangles Tassles Tribal Belly Dancing, Big Sister, and Daruska Trio. All proceeds will benefit the Ulster County Battered Women Shelter (the only such non-profit shelter in Ulster County), which is run by Family of Woodstock. Quitzow’s set, which will feature several other musicians, will include lots of electronic loops, some solo acoustic songs, straightforward rock with guitar and drums, bass and cello, rhythmic noise, crazy computer sounds, the works. Second, Quitzow will perform a more broken down acoustic and cello gig with Setting Sun, The Virginia Wolves, and The Primary Color on Friday, March 24, at 8pm, at a little coffeehouse in New Paltz called 60 Main (also the address). “A cool scene, run by really cute, politically minded college kids,” says Quitzow. For more on Quitzow’s performance at the Goddess Fest, call the Colony Cafe at (845) 679-5342. To access the shelter’s 24-hour hotline, call (845) 338-2370. For information on Young Love Records and Erica Quitzow, go to www.youngloverecords.com.

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NIGHTLIFE HIGHLIGHTS Handpicked by local scenemaker DJ WAVY DAVY for your listening pleasure.

MURALI CORYELL March 3. Blue-eyed soul star Murali makes his Broadway debut at forum lounge for a Keegan Ales-sponsored dance party. Originally billed as a Hall & Oates (who sadly cancelled) after-party, tonight the club offers free admission with any UPAC ticket stub. With a tight touring band and the thrill of reclaiming his domain name (www.muralicoryell.com) Murali promises a high-energy show topped with Keegan specials and free giveaways. 9pm. $10. Kingston. (845) 331-1116. WWW.FORUMLOUNGE.COM

GREGORY ISAACS March 9. Just back from her annual Jamaican jaunt, Leah from Upstate Reggae hits the sand running with one of her biggest shows yet at The Chance. Isaacs, best know for the ribald classic “Night Nurse,” has been a star on the reggae scene since his appearance in the 1974 film Rockers, which boasted an all-star cast of singers and musicians. No word at press time on the opener or DJ, so bookmark Leah’s website for more info as the date approaches. 7pm. $25/20, student discount with ID. Poughkeepsie. (845) 471-1966. WWW.REGGAEWOODSTOCK.COM

THE FOUNDATION March 17. The Foundation is fast becoming the area’s band in demand, with an irresistible new-funksoul sound that moves hips around. This Tivoli-based quartet comprised of Bard music students (calling Donald Fagen!) has been Dutchess County’s secret, playing mostly at the Black Swan Café. But since Peter Aaron in the Daily Freeman called them “the hottest young local band,” the word is out, and this time Backstage Studio Productions brings the noise. Sample MP3s from their new CD Whitespace at www.itsthefoundations.com. 8pm. $10. Kingston. (845) 338-8700. WWW.BSPINFO.NET

ZEN TRICKSTERS March 17, 18. The Tricksters make their annual ZenFest jaunt to the fabulous Full Moon Resort for a weekend of relaxed jamming, dancing bacchanals, even roundtable chats with promoters from Terrapin Events (Gathering of the Vibes.) The Full Moon, located on over 100 acres near Belleayre, provides a serene backdrop to this full weekend of good karma. Overnight packages include open fireside jams, and rustic rooms (good grub available at additional cost). 21-and-over, please. 8:30pm. $70 full, $15 music only. Oliverea. (845) 254-5117. WWW.ZENTRICKTERS.COM

MARC BLACK’S WOODSTOCK WARRIORS March 24. Some may only know Black from the Colony Cafe dance jams, but music fans (and musicians) know better, especially with this heavy line-up of talent at the Towne Crier. In addition to his “Funky Sex Gods” rhythm section (drummer Eric Parker and bassist Mike Esposito), Black enlists supreme pianist Warren Bernhardt and sublime fiddler Betty MacDonald to embellish his chant-based repertoire. More fun than a barrel of Hanumans! (Original Beatle Pete Best and his band invade April 2.) 9pm. $20/17.50. Pawling. (845) 855-1300. WWW.MARKBLACK.COM

JESSE MOORE THE HOODOO MAN March 24. Bowed but unbroken by Hurricane Katrina, former Ulster resident Jesse Moore pulled himself up by his bootstraps after fleeing NOLA for Little Rock. Six weeks later, he returned to find his home (and CD inventory) thankfully intact. Although life in New Orleans is still far from les bon temps, Moore has released a stellar new CD, More Than Life Itself (Heartfelt Records, reviewed in January’s issue) and embarked on a mini-tour. Not just a performer, Moore has become an ambassador of sorts, bringing hard-earned hope to New World Home Cooking for one special night. 9pm. No cover. Sauger-Stock. (845) 246-0900. WWW.JESSEMOORE.COM

GRAHAM PARKER March 25. The musical history of post-punk lies incomplete without a thick chapter on this unlikely jukebox hero. With a voice as distinctive as his forceful lyrics, Parker has written some of rock’s best tunes (“Discovering Japan,” “Local Girls”) on a plethora of indie and major-label albums. Parker likely refers to himself as a soul singer and his many fans might agree (for proof, refer to his spot-on cover of the J5s’ “I Want You Back.”) Lucky Ulsterites have many opportunities to hear him, but for intimacy, you can’t beat this cozy cafe. 8pm. $15. Rosendale. (845) 658-9048. WWW.ROSENDALECAFE.COM

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CD REVIEWS EDDIE DIEHL W/HANK JONES: WELL, HERE IT IS LINEAGE RECORDS, 2005

First off, I just have to say that guitarist Ed Diehl is the real thing. The fact that he is known only to other musicians is both a blessing and a curse. Yes, he should have more of a profile and career, but what he does have is the enormous respect of his peers, which is something money (and a publicist) simply cannot buy. A longtime fixture on the New York and Hudson Valley scenes, Diehl has always been somewhat under the radar, but his playing is like a beacon in the night. Wes Montgomery may be a mile-marker here, but Diehl sounds like himself, and the decades he’s spent with his guitar show in sheer magnitude and weight of his attack. From Ellington’s “Love You Madly” and Rogers and Hart’s “My Heart Stood Still” to his own compositions, like “Semisamba” and “Be Bu,”Diehl’s masterful touch and sense of harmonic brilliance are staggering. Beyond his mind-boggling technique and lyrical way with melody, it’s Diehl’s pure, creamy tone that’s to die for. This is the way a jazz guitar should sound. Well, Here It Is is the real thing indeed...actually, you could even say it’s the real Diehl. www.linagerecords.com. —David Malachowski

TERI ROIGER: STILL LIFE MAKI RECORDS, 2005

Multiple, finely honed talents are on display when Teri Roiger, a jazz singer’s jazz singer, steps on stage. Roiger is also a composer, lyricist, and active performer who teaches at Bard College and SUNY New Paltz. Still Life features Roiger in partnership with very bright lights on the New York jazz scene: Pianist Frank Kimbrough is a pillar of the innovative Jazz Composers’ Collective; John Menegon is the bassist for two jazz greats (Dewey Redman and David “Fathead” Newman); drummer Matt Wilson, named by the Village Voice as the Big Apple’s most promising young jazz musician, has more than fulfilled his promise; and Gil Goldstein’s creative accordion inserts appropriate Parisian nostalgia. Still Life finds Roiger’s mezzo-range, sensuous voice expressed via “stretched bop,” mainstream jazz nicely peppered with newer ventures. The tracks feature Roiger’s own songs, lyrics she’s written for noted jazz compositions, and striking rarities by Billy Strayhorn and Herbie Nichols. A common thread is the tension between love and life’s sweets and bitters. Most tracks proceed at a stately but very swinging tempo. “Twilight Delight”—a vocal duo with Menegon, Roiger’s partner in both music and life—is a real-life valentine. When the tempo speeds up on “Dewey’s Tune” and “Straight No Chaser,” Roiger’s sure-footed scat singing is a marvel. www.makirecords.com. —Philip Ehrensaft

MONKEY GONE MAD: LISTEN THUMBPRINT RECORDS, 2005

Musical diversity and the pioneering spirit of crossing seemingly impassable musical boundaries (e.g., heavy metal to ska, R&B to punk) are highly commendable and deservedly respected attributes for any musician. But somewhere along the span of total running time, you’ve got to create an identity. Something MGM, despite its claim as a ska/reggae/punk ensemble, doesn’t readily enforce. Is this band R&B or a hip-hop outfit? Metallica champions or torch-carrying punk disciples? MGM—and Listen—is as interesting as it is baffling. Seasoned followers of local music will understand my next reference. Reminiscent of Perfect Thyroid, MGM’s key gland man, Chris “Skunk” Hanson lends support on “Up and Down” and “Beyond”, but without PT’s signature flurry of moxie and merriment. Instead, the nine members of MGM lapse unpredictably into predictable hip-hop rhyme and standard reggae. And they slip an incongruous R&B ballad up against a punk blast. And provide two tracks of silence. Yup, silence. But then again, the punchy inventiveness of songs like “Listen (Intro),” “Sometimes,” “Up and Down,” “Goodbye Grey Skies,” and “Thank You” totally saves the day. Listen bursts with the MGM’s effusive and contagious stage energy. So here’s hoping they continue to define without diluting, bringing their charged diversity to a seamless, coherent whole. www.monkeygonemad.com. —Mike Jurkovic

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Books

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every place writes its own elegy before it is founded. Each beginning is an end to what has preceded it; something has always come before. So excavate your own cellar, then the ruins on top of which it was laid, and the bones beneath the ruins. Then dig some more.â&#x20AC;? Melissa Holbrook Pierson, who wrote these words in The Place You Love Is Gone, is an inveterate digger, unearthing the past with the fervor of a truffle hound.

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ubtitled “Progress Hits Home,” Pierson’s just-published book is an idiosyncratic blend of essay, memoir, and poetic travelogue, in which she revisits her childhood home (Akron, Ohio), the about-to-boom town where she spent her 20s (Hoboken), and the Ashokan Reservoir, just up the road from her current address in Ulster County, whose waters replaced 2,000 homes in the hamlets of Shokan, Brodhead’s Bridge, Brown’s Station, Olive Bridge, West Hurley, Glenford, Olive, and Ashton. We’re meeting at Jack & Luna’s, a recently renovated café on what comprises Stone Ridge’s shopping strip, opposite the mini-mall with the Subway franchise and the vast parking lot of the Towne Centre. Over the phone, Pierson insisted this is the “perfect” place for our interview; she’ll tell me why when we arrive. Jack & Luna’s proprietor Julie Bowman confirms the rumor that the building was relocated from the Ashokan Reservoir, where it served as an engineer’s shack before being “repurposed” and moved overland to its present location. Pierson orders a chai latte, drapes her black mandarin-collared coat over a chair, and gets right down to business. She’s just finished the first four hookups of a satellite-radio book tour arranged by her publisher, W.W. Norton, which will include some 25 on-air interviews phoned in from her home. It seems ironically apt that a book about the loss of specific and actual places should be promoted in absentia. The Place You Love Is Gone earned glowing reviews in the New York Times and the Times Picayune of New Orleans, a city that knows all too well how it feels to lose familiar landmarks. But if New Orleans was drowned by inadequate levees and bureaucratic negligence, the Esopus Creek valley was flooded to slake an insatiable thirst. As New York City’s population swelled at the turn of the 20th century, its water supply dwindled. So what if those fertile creek valleys 100 miles north were home to a few thousand farmers? The city must drink. The scope of the Catskill land grab was dizzying. People were turned out of ancestral homes with a mere two weeks’ notice; even the dead were removed from their graves. “[The book] started in my head when I imagined someone knocking on the door of my house, my own little house, and saying, ‘Sorry, you have to leave, we’re taking it.’ What would that feel like to every one of us?” In print, Pierson’s outrage is even more strongly rendered: “Imagine the Togo Islanders arriving on your doorstep to announce they need the topsoil under your house, so it has been condemned. And you just redid the kitchen!” Pierson’s prose moves at an antic gallop, veering between high and low culture; she can reference Proust and Mr. Peanut in almost the same breath. She has a disarming habit of preempting any possible criticism, cheerfully accusing herself here of narcissism, there of whining, even of leading an army of righteous nostalgists armed with green and red plastic cocktail swords. She’s an audacious writer, drawn to exclamation points, second-person constructions, and odd free-associative leaps—what’s the mortality rate of test dogs for vaginalyeast cream doing in a paragraph about Yi-Fu Tuan’s Topophilia? The book’s first two sections, on Akron and Hoboken, are framed in autobiographical close-up—the remembrance of places past—but the Ashokan Reservoir section chooses the long lens of history. Pierson explains, “The story of these people was just too big. Not only were the places they’d lived in and known taken away from them, but a whole level of human and cultural life was expunged. They were living an agrarian

life, the remnants of a life that was lived in these places 400 years ago. What was lost was much more than the personal. It was a whole way of life.” She’s quick to point out that such rapacious development isn’t a thing of the past. The Catskill reservoirs are a drop in the bucket to China’s vast Three Gorges Dam, which has displaced over a million people. Nor did local construction cease when every steam whistle within a 12-mile radius blew for an hour to signal the Ashokan dam’s completion. Pierson is horrified by current proposals to build a 600-unit gated community off the Hurley rail trail and develop Kingston’s Rondout district with over 2,000 waterfront condos. “Kingston would be ruined in one swoop. It breaks my heart.” She extols the treasures of Kingston’s architecture, from intact Dutch colonial houses to neon “Chop Suey” signs, and the glories of Kingston Point Park, where she walks her dog. The half-hidden acreage, with its magnificent views of the Hudson, “was Kingston’s amusement park in bygone days. There was a carousel, a trolley line—you’d see people in Victorian costumes parading along the paths. I love the feeling of living history there. You can still see the pilings for the gazebos.” The reservoir section of The Place You Love Is Gone opens with a recitation of local mythology: that in times of drought, “the tips of the church steeples emerge and soon the lost towns rise up from their graves.” The speaker was Pierson’s husband, writer Luc Sante, wellknown for his eloquent musings on bygone times and impermanence. (Sante was profiled in these pages last April.) This image ignited her imagination, and when Sante conceded that he’d never get around to writing “that reservoir thing,” Pierson practiced her own bit of eminent domain, seizing the concept and mixing it in with some other ideas she had about definitions of home and the frantic acceleration of change. “When I write, I don’t know where I’m going to end up,” she insists. “My titles are always cliffhangers—I don’t know what to call a book till I’ve written it. Luc can’t write a book until he has the title.” Sante and Pierson met at Time, Inc., where they both worked as proofreaders while trying to jumpstart their freelance careers. She was living in Hoboken, he in Brooklyn. They moved in together, eventually finding a weekend place in Delaware County. When their son Raphael was born, the commute between households became overwhelming. They bought their Lomontville Victorian house in 2000, “just under the wire, before real estate went totally bonkers.”

The two-writer couple rarely read each other’s manuscripts, but they talk constantly about their obsessions and projects. “Luc is my in-house library,” Pierson glows; in her book’s acknowledgments, she calls him her “artistic hero.” Indeed, she credits Sante with giving her the courage to write books at all. When he arrived at their first date with galley proofs of his first book, she was awestruck. Pierson’s first books are meditations on two of her early obsessions: motorcycles (The Perfect Vehicle: What It Is About Motorcycles; 1997) and horses (Black Beauties and Dark Horses: Animals, Women, a Passion; 2000). Does she see a connection between these topics and her new book? “It’s passion. The things people fall in love with, the whole mechanics of love, what drives us in terms of the things we want and can’t do without. Home is one of those things.” In the final section of The Place You Love Is Gone, Pierson mourns the loss of the practical, everyday knowledge that once was the province of every settler, preserved in such “log-cabin writings” as the Little House in the Big Woods series: how to put up food, make a toy from a pig’s bladder, build a house with your own hands. “We’ve become more and more disconnected, not just from the land but from who we were, what we’ve evolved as,” she says, setting her chai aside. “The question is, who are we now?” She’s on a roll, talking heatedly about the displacement of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands—“they were treated like squirrels: move ’em away, shoot ’em, doesn’t matter”—and then moving on to the squirrels themselves. “We always think everything belongs to us. What is this arbitrary law that says land belongs to humans? Am I the only person who cares about this? I must be some kind of weird crank.” Pierson’s voice rises in pitch. She seems unaware that the Kenco-dressed workmen at the next table have turned to listen. “This is the character of our place, the farms and the woods. Take those away and it’s no longer that place. The very ‘placeness’ of a place is taken. In America, we have this religion of private property, that you can take your land and do whatever you want with it. But it affects me, and all the other creatures who live in it. So why is it allowed?” The tremble of hope in her voice suggests an auctioneer, her pauses entreating the listener to stop the gavel from falling. The place you love is going...going... Your move.

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SHORT TAKES Truth or fiction? Here are four new novels with the power and grit of real life, and two striking memoirs that read like novels.

A Primitive Heart Stories by David Rabe Grove Press, 2005, $24.00

SARACENO DJELLOUL MARBROOK OPEN BOOK PRESS, 2005, $25.95

Born in Algeria and raised in Hell’s Kitchen, Woodstocker Marbrook serves a different flavor of Mafia tale with this literary, introspective portrait of a charismatic hitman. Dubbed “Il Saraceno” for his deadly stealth, narrator Billy Salviati confounds expectations with his complex humanity.

THE COULOIR RICHARD MANICHELLO BEHLER PUBLICATIONS, 2005, $16.95

This multifaceted novel by Peekskill author Manichello ranges from the hedonistic excesses of well-heeled American expatriates to a perilous journey through the Swiss Alps. The narrator’s rugged mountaineering exploits mirror his self-exploration as he reflects on his tumultuous, addiction-laden past

HAIL MARY, FULL OF HOLES SIMONE FELICE BURROWSINK, 2005, $14

Performance poet and local recording artist Felice unspools a “fable-noir for a new American century.” In vivid, burnished imagery, he follows half-black, half-Cherokee teenager Mary Washington into the violent heart of America. “Raw love, dear boy. Without it the world dies.” Limited, hand-numbered edition.

THE URUGUAYAN WOMEN’S WALKING CLUB DAVID C. WICKERS IUNIVERSE, 2005, $11.95

Wappingers Falls resident Wickers tells the unique story of prosperous Uruguayan immigrants Ursula and Felipe. When supernatural events from their past begin to dismantle their happy life, a Santerian priestess must help the couple to defeat the spirit and reunite.

BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS: AN AMERICAN ROMANCE WITH RUSSIA LAURIE ALBERTS UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PRESS, 2005, $24.95

In 1982, Alberts taught English in Moscow and Leningrad, and fell in love. Her affair with elusive Kolya unfolds as the Soviet Union unravels, changing lives irreparably. In crystalline, detail-rich prose, the Fault Line author evokes a relationship and a nation in flux.

THE POWER OF ANGELS: REFLECTIONS FROM A GROUND ZERO CHAPLAIN HERB TRIMPE BIG APPLE VISION BOOKS, 2005, $24.95

A big-hearted, inspirational book with an unusual pedigree: High Falls resident Trimpe is a former Marvel Comics artist (known for the Incredible Hulk) and ordained deacon who worked with rescuers, bereaved families, and other “real-life angels” in the months after 9/11.

nside every human being lies a unique universe of perception, built of nature and nurture, full of misapprehensions and fears and sometimes wisdom. Even actions and reactions that may look inexplicable from the outside make sense from within the frame of reference of the actor or reactor, and if more of us kept that in mind on a daily basis, the world might arguably be a better place. Reading A Primitive Heart is a little like becoming an omniscient being for awhile. Noted Broadway playwright and former Stone Ridge resident David Rabe takes us on a wild ride through 21st-century life, swooping down on a succession of folks who are ordinary in their very extraordinariness and the circumstances they face, bringing us within their magic circles so convincingly that we find ourselves seeing the world through their eyes. It’s not always totally comfortable, but it’s definitely worth the trip. We meet a husband questioning his marriage as he and his wife feel their way through the agony of a miscarriage, and are granted a sudden glimpse of his relationship with his own father. A club gal escaping her stifling parents, who’s so hard-wired for disaster that we marvel at her survival. A group of guys down on their luck who very nearly commit a murder without ever actually wanting to do so. A man seeking to establish something real and true with his young son in the wake of divorce. A fallen-away Catholic going head to head, intellectually and spiritually, with the priest who mentored him. A man who endured barely imaginable nightmare circumstances after his mother abandoned him, and who now meets her second family, for the first time, at her deathbed. Like the coked-up Hollywood types in his award-winning play Hurlyburly, the go-go dancers and johns who populate In the Boom Boom Room and the explosive, doomed soldiers in Streamers, the people in David Rabe’s tales do not behave especially well. They’re edgy and have trouble sleeping. They drink, they smoke, and they might leave you feeling unnerved if you ran into them on the street or in a restaurant. The magical part of Rabe’s gift is that we come to understand why, from his characters’ own points of view, their thoughts and feelings are entirely logical and even inevitable. We aren’t always compelled to root for them—at least I wasn’t—but they most certainly become real and thus comprehensible. The America these people inhabit is an unforgiving land, full of false promises and semi-inexplicable glitches and misunderstanding—an all-too-familiar place to anyone who’s ever had even five minutes of depression or suffered some personal crisis and felt temporarily overwhelmed. Rabe’s portraits are action shots. His protagonists are captured in motion: coming home, leaving home, discovering that there is no home to go back to, that there never was. The characters they encounter along the way seem just as lost as they are. Somehow, the end result becomes a powerful endorsement of compassion—of acknowledgment that these moments of confusion and near or actual meltdown can come upon anyone, almost anytime and certainly anywhere. We may not be the ones heading out dressed in Madonna drag or lifting the handgun from a stranger’s dresser drawer, but the people who do these things are nowhere near as alien or distant from us as we might prefer to believe. This is a book that sticks to you. After reading it, I found myself looking at random strangers with new eyes, imagining back stories and circumstances as if I were on some curious hitherto unknown drug—hardly Ecstasy, but certainly Empathy. Given that no such pharmaceutical has yet been crafted, we need to be grateful to writers like Rabe who know how to dole out the dosage. —Anne Pyburn

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Midnight Sun Lawrence Osgood Goose Lane Editions, August 2005, $14.95

ave you ever encountered epic Inuit legend, avian bestiality, sibling incest, and several instances of dismemberment, all in a novel’s opening chapter? I must admit that I was truly taken aback by the first 30 pages of Lawrence Osgood’s Midnight Sun. The broad scope and sheer intensity of Osgood’s story made me wonder more than once, Where is he going with this? I soon found out. As the story began to pick up momentum and to introduce some unique and fascinating characters, I willingly surrendered my disbelief at some of Osgood’s wilder turns, and became utterly engrossed in this unusual Arctic tale. Midnight Sun encompasses a survival chronicle and a character study, a truthful look at modern Inuit culture, and a spiritual comingof-age. Set in 1982 in the Inuit coastal village of Poniktuk, the story splits and follows along several parallel tracks that eventually come together in a kind of well-orchestrated train wreck. These storylines mainly occur in the modern world, with occasional forays into the realm of the forgotten spirits of the ancient Inuit people. The first section of the book brushes up the reader on Inuit mythology by telling the rather brutal stories of how Sedna, the spirit of the sea, and Aningan, the spirit of the moon, came to be. Both spirits feel forgotten by their people, who have given up their traditional nomadic life for an easier, stationary one. Despite Poniktuk’s isolation, technology has been rearing its enticing head. Christian missionaries have been increasingly present among the village’s recent generations, and the townspeople, while still retaining a healthy measure of traditional Inuit values, have nevertheless been acclimating slowly to Western culture. The recurring motif of tradition versus progress appears in diverse forms throughout the novel. Osgood touches upon the many issues that the modern Inuit face, but never stoops to condone, or condemn, their decisions. The spirits, however, are not as forgiving. Furious at being ignored, they begin interfering in the human world, eventually provoking astonishing consequences. A second storyline follows a white couple on their honeymoon—a several-thousand-mile canoe trip through the Arctic’s unpredictable waters, with Poniktuk as their destination. Another follows Nate, a young Inuit man; bored, apathetic, and fresh from dropping out of high school, he finds himself becoming involved in native land-rights programs. Miracles begin to spring up around him when the spirit of the moon gets involved, and a new dynamic, highlighting the sharp contrast between the supernatural and the mundane, begins. Having spent over a decade in the far north, living and working with the Inuit, Osgood (now living in balmier Germantown) holds a love of the Arctic Circle’s land and people that is constantly apparent. His true talent as a writer shines most clearly in his sweeping yet specific descriptions of the flora, fauna, and feeling of the nature of life in northern Canada. “With no wind stirring, the stillness around her was so deep it seemed physical, as if the hills stored silence in them like a mineral.” Osgood’s beautiful descriptions of the landscape don’t hinder the momentum of the story, and add to the richness of his imagery. Despite my original reservations, I truly came to enjoy this novel. It isn’t for everyone—a love of mythology and fantasy certainly helps—but the story also contains rare, true details of a relatively unexplored culture from an obvious expert. Osgood’s imaginings of the spirit world, while occasionally approaching the bizarre, become oddly plausible in the reflection of his human characters’ reactions to these supernatural events. Imagination, mythology, and a keen instinct for human nature coalesce in Midnight Sun, making it a book that is as educational as it is enjoyable. —Bri Johnson 46 BOOKS CHRONOGRAM.COM 3/06

Prima Materia 4: Speeding Through the Night Edited by Brent Robison Bliss Plot Press, 2006, $13.95

ounded four years ago by Brent Robison to showcase new fiction by Hudson Valley writers, the literary journal Prima Materia’s latest volume includes poetry and memoir. Its brief and fleeting 32 selections progress like a slide show, projecting images of family, home, landscape, and travel onto the pages. A fertile travelogue emerges overall, though limited space allotted the prose pieces (some excerpted from larger projects) makes the journey read like closely spaced exit signs along a toll road. While Robison’s inclusiveness (24 local authors in all) is commendable, one might hope for fewer but more expansive pieces in future issues. Still, Speeding Through the Night achieves a consistent sensibility, with several selections worth mining for their deftness and lyricism. Much of the collection’s poetry could have been lifted from an anthology of verse called Heavy Traffic. Lynn Behrendt turns over the ignition with “God’s Little Ticker,” revisiting the drunken-driving death of a brother. Tailgating behind, the best poems in the anthology likewise exploit the automotive motif and reflect on filial relations. Marilyn A. Johnson serves up the admirable “Tires Blown Off,” and the able Al Desetta “The Bastards” and “A Metaphor in Ten Parts.” In “White Slope,” Anne Richey uses the conceit of “slippery roads” to chronicle a child watching her father shave his “snow-capped cheeks.” Additionally, the final line of “Trailways,” her meditation on bus passengers, lends Prima Materia 4 its subtitle. On foot in “The Boar Hunt,” Sigrid Heath cuts a path through the wilds of Guatemala, circa 1946, documenting an expedition undertaken by her parents. Told from the point of view of her mother, Eleanor, a young Air Force officer’s wife encumbered in the outpost by her own intelligence and allegiance to high art, it recalls post-colonial themes favored by Somerset Maugham and Paul Theroux. Closer to home, alpinist Werner Hengst guides readers on an unusual trek through the Hudson Highlands in “Crossing the Bridge,” his personal account of scaling the Bear Mountain Bridge by walking along its 16-inch-diameter cable—350 feet in the air. And trawling a mall where a shooting had recently taken place, Susan Piperato’s story “Glue” captures with candor the colloquial diction of disaffected youths as well as the gestures of tenuous friendship. A young family goes house hunting in Nancy Graham’s “This House Is Talking to You,” a fine-spun story starring an aging seller who is deeply invested in the hundred-year-old historic landmark with which he must part. “There were large rooms with wide openings, gilt-edged mirrors over fireplaces of twin parlors, bookcases framed by deep-set windows for nestling on the margin between outside and in,” one of the would-be buyers notices. Houses also appear in Wendy Klein’s arresting memoir excerpt “Snapshots,” composed of brief, interconnected frames that amplify a quarter-century, beginning in 1963. “In a big white house with hidden passageways and too many bedrooms, a black maid serves us scrambled eggs on sunny mornings,” Klein writes of childhood, games of hide-and-seek foreshadowing secrets that over time splinter and divide the family. Most accomplished of all, Mark Morganstern’s fully realized and satisfying “Zen Master of the Hudson Valley” trenchantly revels in the regional pastime of seeking intuitive enlightenment. Reminiscent of Jeff Greenwald’s Lonely Planet guidebook Shopping for Buddhas, this extended koan turns spot-on satire into virtue. Its narrator-seeker, a freelancer hired to interview “prominent Zen figures,” reveals that “the whole project smelled of patchouli oil, and there was gossip that this was a tourism ploy by the Woodstock Town Council to get bodies on the Village Green during the slow season, keep the legend going as it were.” Felicitous use of thematic metaphor throughout propels the story, as with: “In the fading light, in even rows, the cabbages reminded me of monks’ heads, bowed in evening meditation.” The penultimate selection, Morganstern’s prose uplifts Prima Materia 4 with final resolve, “joyously, incomprehensibly.” —Pauline Uchmanowicz 3/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM BOOKS 47

POETRY

EDITED BY PHILLIP LEVINE. You can submit up to three poems to Chronogram at a time. Send ‘em if you got ‘em, either via snail-

mail or e-mail. Deadline: March 10. 314 Wall St., Kingston, NY 12401. E-mail: poetry@chronogram.com. Subject: Poetry.

I’ve done so little but it’s taken so long —p

Face To Face

Decisions Made In Trees

Propinquity

Face to face we sit in chairs properly speaking at a distance propped up by our crisp cottons: your shirt of fine stripes like prison bars, my knitted sweater a singlet of chains. We play yes and no saying yes, well, no, let’s say no and pretend we said yes. Face to face, calmly sipping coffee sporting smiles as I tear off your shirt. I hate how you wear it when I’m saying yes and my armor is melting but you’re playing no so calmly, I hate it. I do like your jeans when you need a napkin you touch them for me saying yes. For weeks we’ve been sitting as now in our cottons but all I see is sensuality propped against my headboard and the smell of your body escapes from my cup. I pinch the coffee spoon stirring noisily to suggest that your shirt is buttoned too tightly the sleeves too long. You throw down your coffee returning a no but when you shift in your chair I see covers parting as you open your bed.

How far the ground? What color the night?

Writing a poem, the poet daydreams an open window, time, space, like a fog, seep in, bring into view

To cast or keep, blush, weep

a woman studying a cookbook, needing a recipe to excite dinner tonight. She answers the phone, a friend with

Slice wind into ribbon— enamored, the moon: What song the sky?

a problem, the syringe fills, the adrenaline rush shoots into her veins. She’s high on problem solving. The rush

Climb or descend, throw down the mountain flower, seed, stem Flirt with the river, shoulder the sun, bear these wayward kin: Gracious plum, Seckel pear, floorboard, coffin, chair

wears off, she watches “As the World Turns,” tells Bob not to marry again. Another call from a son, a daughter. Her syringe refills, kite-high, she spews forth epitaphs, hangs up the phone, returns to the cookbook. What to make for dinner tonight, but it is tonight. She pours a glass of wine, not red, red makes her weepy over lost cats, dogs, her life. She closes the cookbook, places it back on the shelf. A fog of time, space seeps through

—Andrew Schindel the window. She sees the poet writing, closes the window, pulls down the shade, falls asleep in the chair. The glass

Just Outside Utopia, Texas

of wine slips from her hand, not red, red would stain. The poet turns away from the window, finishes their poem.

Even the mourning doves seem happy

—Bonnie Enes

and the man buying beer

To Gael

at 8 a.m. all smiles bottle in one hand stein in the other

—Lorrie Klosterman as he sets each down then opens to I wish I knew which verse

“...and every fumbling move we made/becomes like crystal...” —from “Poem to Gael” In my mind I see you smile on the night I found you by the fire. The sea beats up across the coral to touch the roots of shadow trees. The wind speaks in the sea grape leaves. You play your new guitar and sing of fire and rain and sunny days.

i will never believe you

his large-print King James.

As through a telescope reversed, I see us golden with firelight, each with a fate we cannot guess, clear and small against the night.

—.thurlo.

—Philip Pardi

—Frank Boyer

with a delicate dawn holding our shadows long like honey holds the summer sun

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Sonnet of the Everyday

My People

Deal Some Gin

Just in case she didn’t see his car was gone or that he’d emptied the closet of clothes or pulled his books from the shelves or disconnected the stereo but left the Technics turntable she got him last Christmas he left her a note no explanation just a note to say so long.

You are my people.

Everything’s lost but it still feels right, we could tear off our clothes and stare at the moonlight, or tell some old jokes and forget all the punch lines.

—Hank Kalet

Winter Garden Parsley and basil on my windowsill. —I’ll grow what I please in January. Ivy and lavender through the steam of morning coffee. I drink to you, and to all loves lost. “Has anyone seen my T.S. Eliot?” Daisies and sweetheart roses leaning toward sunlight and the glare of glass and ice. —I’ll grow anything I please in January. “Where did I shelve my T.S. Eliot?” (This coffee is getting cold.)

You proud Marys with your storied hair and hairy stories; storied heels and healing stories; you, the bravest brashest broadest Babes with Baggage on the beat, pink-lipped and finger-tipped and satin-slipped and Gender-flipped; you steel-skinned Sissies, you Vaginal Variants, you Wombless Women Warriors: I claim you. And you Diesel Daddies, stacked and packing, packed and stacking; you, the baddest Stonewall StoneButch Studs on the strip; you Bois with toys and engine noise and leather chaps and ass to tap; you short-cropped, un-topped, flip-flopped Fags; you, with the weight of tits and trouble: I claim you.

—Kaete Smith

personae “Did I lose my T.S.?” Nothing lost. Nothing wasted. Another pot of dirt, (another pot of coffee) and I’ll grow a field of poppies come February.

I stare at the silence and remember to grin, shuffle the cards and deal some gin, cast out my longing and reel it back in. —Christopher Watkins

On My Last Day And you Invisible Inverts with your accidental closets, or closeted accidents, your passing stages, or your staged passings, you Female Shes and He-man Hes and is-he?s and isn’t she?s; you straight-world spies and girls’ girls and guys’ guys; you skirted Femmes and suited Men with knowing grins and skin that’s kin; you sly-eyed tongue-tied inside Queers: I claim you, too. My People.

My tall, red geranium. My first-born. You were all I brought in from the cold. Red in the cold, alone you stood, but never loveless.

I know I’m no good but I’m as good as I can be after giving up dope, anger and envy, living mostly on poems written by H.D.

i was born a drifter with a gypsy soul and i’ll be history once i make parole —Roger Whitson

On my last day in Woodstock I walked about, in the rain, of course, hands deep in my pockets, sharkstooth hat pulled down, and I didn’t once wonder if I looked like Kerouac or somebody, and nobody was on the street except THE DOG, and in the Golden Notebook I browsed over all the stuff, and I note here that Chekhov’s Complete Works costs as much as The Evolution of Superman Comics Artwork, $39.95. Good for Chekhov! And I went home and stuck all my books in a trunk that I could not take to Ireland, and sat on my bed waiting to feel alone and sad, only I was not, and I sat there with a child’s quivering lip before the Master, penitent and chastened, and anxious to be dismissed.

—Eunice Cunha —Stephen Dodge

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Food & Drink

Hudson Valley Hooch

alph Erenzo stumbled into the whiskey trade. He had planned on building sleeping quarters for rock climbers who visit the Shawangunk Ridge. But after purchasing a 36-acre parcel in Gardiner in 2000, complete with historic farmhouse and 200-year-old gristmill, his neighbors blocked his every attempt to develop the climbing, camping, and bunkhouse concept he had imagined. So he turned to booze. It happened in a roundabout way. Erenzo wanted to put the old farm to work, and he debated the merits of various agricultural products. He thought of grinding flour, but with the competition selling for two dollars a bag in every grocery store in the country it didn’t seem like a winning plan. The answer came when electrical engineer Brian Lee strolled onto the property. At the time, Lee was enrolled in business school and he was looking for a project. They sat on an old wall overlooking a meadow and the Shawangunk Ridge in the distance, and they brainstormed. They discovered a mutual interest in the business of alcohol, and after some talk and a little thought, they decided to build a distillery. “It was a blessing to go in ignorant, because if we knew what we were getting into we would never have done it,” says Erenzo. Erenzo is full of energy. He will scramble up a ladder or trot down the stairs at the least provocation. An avid rock climber and the owner of ExtraVertical, a climbing gym in Manhattan, Erenzo is not intimidated by a challenge. Lee is the mechanical brain behind the operation. Any given day might find the two of them welding pipes, hoisting 100-pound bags of corn, rolling kegs, judging ethyl-alcohol levels, and filing endless forms with the federal and state governments. The latter task—especially—requires a clear mind. As neither Erenzo nor Lee indulge in their products for more than tasting purposes, their faculties stay sharp.

text & photos by jennifer may

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Small-Batch Distilling at Tuthilltown Spirits Text and Photos By Jennifer May

After deciding to build a still, Erenzo flew to Europe. He had already made 30 to 40 climbing trips, but this time he was there to tour distilleries. He visited a grappa manufacturer in Venice, and then he toured other parts of northern Italy and France to learn about making cognac. He explored absinthe distilleries. He noted how European distillers and farmers have organized themselves to work in a symbiotic relationship that moves the raw materials from the farms to the stills. He got the idea that the process could work in the Hudson Valley, and recently he applied for a grant to create a similar collective. Erenzo and Lee studied, they organized, they pooled their resources. Using their own time, money, and labor, they set up shop. They ordered a high tech copper still with a space-age looking alembic helmet from Germany. They researched further and modified the design of the vertical shafts used in the purification process so they could make vodka. They gutted an old granary on the farm. They tore down walls, raised ceilings, laid tile floors, installed plumbing, and wired two furnaces to heat the steam that would warm the fermented corn, apple, grape, cherry, potato, grain—or any other fruit or vegetable—as the mash turns in the still. Simultaneously, they began to navigate the Byzantine regulations that surround the production and distribution of alcohol. “The laws are convoluted, overlapping, and redundant, and no one can explain why they are the way they are except to say they have always been that way. No one knows how to fill out the distillery bond form. Our attorney, who specializes in liquor law, didn’t even know,” says Erenzo. In August 2005 they received an A-1 license for Tuthilltown Spirits, LLC, which makes the granary an official bonded premises. Now that they are allowed to make whiskey, brandy, rum, and vodka (and whatever other distillate they dream), they need convenient

OPPOSITE: “HEADS,” “HEARTS,” AND “TAILS” ARE COLLECTED AND SEPARATED DURING THE DISTILLING PROCESS. ABOVE: BRIAN LEE AND RALPH ERENZO WITH THEIR STILL.

ways of selling their products. They would like to function as a winery by hosting tours and then offering spirits for sale. They would also like to see their beverages available by the glass in local taverns. Erenzo has filed applications for amendments to modernize the outdated laws which restrict a distillery to only sell through a wholesaler. For the producers of well-known spirits such as Jack Daniel’s, Jim Beam, and Seagram’s, wholesaling to liquor stores across the country is good business practice. But the microdistiller rightly fears his unfamiliar and higher-priced product would be lost on the shelves amidst a barrage of heavily advertised labels. The changes that Erenzo proposes to New York State law would allow distilleries to sell their bottled products on site—as do wineries and breweries—without the need of a wholesaler; would allow wineries to sell any distillate made of New York State agricultural products; and would allow people holding a wine and beer license to sell any New York State product containing up to 24 percent alcohol. The bill, sponsored by Kevin Cahill in the Assembly and John Bonacic in the Senate, will likely come up for a vote this spring after a two-year delay. Soju, the hugely popular distillate from Asia (it is something like vodka, though its alcohol content is a much lower 24 percent and its main ingredient is usually rice), is already legally sold with that license in New York and California. Current laws permit the sale of soju as long as it is imported from Korea. Erenzo shakes his head at the folly of this technicality. He wants to know where the sense is in forbidding the sale of a similar drink made locally and from 100 percent New York State-grown products. “The laws are prejudiced against growers of corn, potatoes, wheat, apple, pumpkin,” he says. Today, two-and-a-half years after they sat on the wall by the meadow, Erenzo and Lee are championing a new industry. Much like the boom in microbreweries a decade ago, they feel they are among the first in what is destined to become a booming business. Not that they expect their work to contribute to a rise in alcohol dependency. “Microdistilleries will produce small amounts of highly priced artisanal alcohol. It will

be too expensive to support an alcoholic habit,” explains Erenzo. Rather, they see distillation as a way for small farmers to protect their land and livelihoods against the threat of monster farms and encroaching development. The products will be purchased by discerning consumers—people who want to know the sources of their food and drinks, travelers who wish to capture the flavor of the land, and account executives of corporations who desire a unique and personalized gift product.

n a chilly morning in the middle of winter, Erenzo and Lee are at work. Standing before the monstrous copper, steel, and glass contraption that looks more like it belongs in the Air and Space Museum than on the attic floor of a granary, a tremor of excitement is in the air. For four days, 500 gallons of corn mash, yeast, and water have been fermenting, and now boast an approximate 10-percent-alcohol content. You wouldn’t want to drink it, though; it would be a nasty, chewy mouthful. The concoction bubbles, ever so slowly, and the smell in the lower floor of the historic granary is thick, rich, and reminiscent of breakfast. The spirits are about to be coaxed from the mash. Upstairs, Lee closes the hatch of the still, opens the valve, and the yellow glop flows through a large plastic tube from the fermentation tank and into the still on the upper floor. Erenzo charges the stairs two at a time and arrives to observe as the mash enters the still. The furnaces are on and the steam is forced into the double-walled chamber surrounding the copper pot. Inside, a huge metal arm turns and mixes and ensures even heat distribution. All eyes are on the temperature dials. After about an hour, Lee peers into the glass window on the still. “It’s raining alcohol,” he says. Condensation has begun. The gaseous alcohol rises into the alembic helmet and up through a chamber. When it falls, it is guided out of the still into a metal drum by way of a funnel. An alcoholmeter floats in a tube and reads the distillate as it comes out of the condenser: As the level of ethyl alcohol rises, the alcoholmeter floats higher. “The first vapors off the solution are the “heads” and are full of nasty bits, including amyl,

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TASTE-TESTING VODKA DISTILLED FROM APPLES AT THE TUTHILLTOWN DISTILLERY.

butyl, propyl and methyl alcohols and other volitiles that are the stuff of legendary headaches and hangovers. The distiller cuts these out and discards them totally; the art here is exactly when to make the cuts. The middle of the run, the “heart,” is kept. Toward the end of the run [come] the “tails.” The distiller makes the final cut and returns the tails to the pot for redistillation,” writes Erenzo in an online journal at the distillery’s website. With this in mind, they have named the apple vodka they are developing “Heart of the Hudson.” This is selected from the middle of the run, and at 191 proof it is as pure as it gets. (The 191-proof alcohol, commonly referred to as “grain alcohol,” is converted to beverage alcohol—80 proof in this case—by the addition of water in the final step of the distillation process.) The corn whiskey they culled on this winter day will later be blended with rye and wheat whiskey and aged in oak kegs. Retail sale of the spirits is imminent. Tuthilltown Spirits recieved the approval for the label in mid-February, and they are currently bottling. Local restaurants have put in requests, and consumers should look for Heart of the Hudson at sleected locations by early March. It is perhaps Erenzo and Lee’s proudest achievement that what they are making is all sourced from the region. They poured a glass of an apple spirit from a huge steel drum for a tasting. The strong liquid, which warms a sipper to her very toes, is made from apples grown in Columbia County, at Golden Harvest Farm in Valatie. The corn distilled today arrived as whole kernels from Hasbrouck Farm in Stone Ridge. They will make vodka from apples from New Paltz-area farms such as Dressel’s, and Jenkins and Leuken’s Orchard. “Three hundred small farms are lost per week in the US to big farms and developers,” says Erenzo. “The efforts we’re making on the legal side are as much to help farmers as to help us.” Corn whiskey, brandy, and vodka turn a heftier profit than unprocessed corn, apples, and potatoes. And countless millions of pounds are discarded each season because they are not pretty enough for market. Whether other small farmers build their own microdistilleries, or simply sell their uglier apples and potatoes to Tuthilltown Spirits, in the end farmers will sell what they grow, Erenzo and Lee will fill their still, and throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond, thirsts will be quenched. To find out more about Erenzo and Lee’s small-batch distilling efforts, visit www.tuthilltown.com. 64 FOOD & DRINK CHRONOGRAM.COM 3/06

tastings directory BAKERIES The Alternative Baker “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 Thurs. -Mon.

Street. Featuring organic prepared foods deli & juice bar as well as organic and regional produce, meats and cheeses. Newly opened in Aug. ‘05, 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. (845) 838-1288.

Wed. Well Worth The Trip! 35 Broadway, at the

PASTA La Bella Pasta

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oli, tortellini, pastas, and sauces at the factory

8am-6pm; Sun. 8am-4pm. Closed Tue. and

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 Erickson’s Mediterranean cuisine has garnered praise from Gourmet and New York Magazines

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. Open to the public Mon. - Fri. 10am to 6pm, Sat. 11am to 3pm. Located on Route 28W between Kingston and Woodstock. (845) 331-9130. www.labellapasta.com.

pike, Woodstock, NY 12498. (845) 679-8519.

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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 (845) 687-2334 for prices and information.

HOME MEAL DELIVERY Healthy Gourmet to Go (845 ) 339-7171. www.carrottalk.com. See Vegan Lifestyle in the Whole Living Directory.

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the Hudson Valley 2004). 1633 Glasco Turn-

PUBS Snapper Magee’s

to Hudson Valley Magazine (Best Tapas in

The Kingston Times, and Scenery Magazine. Snapper Magee’s is the Switzerland of pubs, a rock & roll oasis where everyone is welcome. Daily happy hour specials from 4-7 weekdays and noon-2 on weekends. Always open late. 59 N. Front Street, Kingston, NY. (845) 339-3888.

RESTAURANTS 23 Broadway A wine-friendly bistro with creative Mediterranean cuisine. Chef Rich Reeve has developed a menu featuring Spanish tapas, fine steaks, fresh seafood and pastas. In a restored historic building with

NATURAL FOOD MARKETS Beacon Natural Market

exposed brick walls, brass-top bar, and a glass-

Lighting the Way for a Healthier World... Located

is a casual, cool spot with big, bright, bold flavors,

in the heart of historic Beacon at 348 Main

Zagat rated, and a CIA destination restaurant

enclosed, temperature-controlled wine room. This

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(SoHo and Kingston). Dinner Wed. through Sun.;

fireplaces. Panoramic views are the signature

Brunch Sun. www.23broadway.com, 23 Broad-

of The Cat, a perfect location for weddings and

way, Kingston. (845) 339-2322.

banquets under the outdoor pavilion. The Cata-

Agra Tandoor Restaurant Now open: “The Area’s Finest Indian Cuisine.” Open seven days a week with $7.95 lunch specials and $6.95 take-out boxes. BYOB. Open

mount is open for dinner Wed.-Sat. 5pm to 10pm and Sunday from 12pm to 8pm. Call (845) 6882828 for reservations. www.emersonplace.com/ dining/catamount.

for Lunch: 12-2:30pm and Dinner: 4:30-10pm.

The Emerson at Woodstock

Saturday and Sunday Brunch: 12-3pm. Buffet

Experience Woodstock’s newest, hottest restau-

Dinner on Wednesdays: 5-9:30pm. 5856 Route 9

rant. Chef Jessica Winchell uses her creative

South, Rhinebeck, NY. (845) 876-7510.

talents with a menu celebrating the Hudson

Aroma Osteria 114 Old Post Road, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590. (845) 298-6790.

Valley’s bounty of fresh, seasonal ingredients. Local trout and other wild fish, grass-fed poultry and meats, and small-farm produce highlight a menu that changes with the seasons. The

Beso

Emerson features two dining atmospheres, the

Located on Main St. in the heart of New Paltz

romantic Riseley Room or the more spirited

is Beso, formerly The Loft. Spanish for “kiss,”

Rick’s Bistro, with one menu featuring a wide

Beso offers casual fine dining by owners Chef

array of selections, including several vegetar-

Chadwick Greer and Tammy Ogletree. Fresh,

ian options. And wine director Finn Anson has

modern American cuisine, seasonally inspired

hand-picked the Emerson’s wines, appropriate

by local Hudson Valley farmers. Get cozy in

for any occasion and budget. The Emerson is

the intimate dining room under skylights and

available for birthdays/anniversaries, corporate

glowing candlelit tables, or sit at the bar for a

parties and other occasions. Open for dinner,

more casual experience. Housemade pastas like

Tue.-Sun. 5:30pm to 10pm (9pm Sun.), brunch

Acorn Squash Raviolis, Hazelnut Crusted Hali-

Sat. & Sun. 10am to 3pm. Call (845) 679-7500

but, or Braised Beef Short Ribs. And for dessert,

for reservations. www.emersonplace.com/

Maple Mascarpone Cheesecake. Private parties,

dining/woodstock.

families, children welcome. New Hours 5 nights a week, closed Mondays and Tuesdays, dinner from 5pm - 10pm. We no longer serve brunch on weekends. Call or visit our website (845)

Chef Jacques Qualin, former NY Times critically acclaimed chef of Le Perigord in NYC, impresses with his innovative style of cuisine which clev-

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255-1426. www.beso-restaurant.com.

The French Corner

erly combines ingredients typical of his native

Catamount Restaurant

Franche-Comtè, France with the sumptuous in-

Located near Phoenicia and Woodstock, the

gredients available from the Hudson Valley. All of

Catamount Restaurant has been a locals and

The French Corner recipes are made on premise

visitors favorite for years. Experience the pastoral

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beauty of the surrounding Catskills as you dine

and desserts. Route 213 West, just off Route

creekside in the warm, inviting dining room. Chef

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Mike Fichtel and his team have created a locally-

Sunday from 5 pm, Prix Fixe $25 available every

inspired menu that features perfectly seasoned

evening. Brunch Sundays from 11am. Tel: (845)

steaks and chops, creatively prepared fish and

687-0810. Web: www.frcorner.com.

poultry and several vegetarian dishes. And don’t miss the desserts created from the Emerson

Fresh Company

Bakery. “The Cat” as locals call it, has a full bar

At our kitchen in the Hudson Highlands, we

including a great selection of local and regional

gather great local and imported ingredients for

micro-brews and international wines that can

events of all sizes and pocketbooks, from grand

be enjoyed next to one of our two large stone

affairs to drop-off parties. True to our name, we

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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 NY. Tel: (845) 424-8204. www.FreshCompany.net.

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 St., New Paltz. (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

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and Udon to Yellowtail and Special rolls. Eat-in, take-out, and private room is available. Hours: Tuesday-Friday Lunch 11:30am2:30pm. Monday-Thursday Dinner 5-9pm. Friday Dinner 5-10pm. Saturday Dinner 4:3010pm. 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 68

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and Saturday nights. Open daily for lunch and dinner. 743 Route 28 (3.5 miles from NYS Thruway Exit 19). (845) 338-2424. Email: www.hickoryrestaurant.com.

Joyous Café 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 8 am - 4 pm. Sunday Brunch 9 am- 2 pm. Serving Dinner evenings of UPAC events. 608 Broadway, in The Heart of Broadway Theater Square, Kingston. (845) 3349441. www.joyouscafe.com.

Kyoto Sushi 337 Washington Ave, Kingston, NY 12401. (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.

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Join the Culinary Revolution.” –Dutchess Magazine. Luna 61 is relaxed and funky, candlelit tables, cozy, and romantic. Organic wine and beer. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday: 5-9pm. Friday and Saturday: 5-10pm. Now Accepting Credit Cards. 61 East Market Street, Red Hook, New York 12571. Tel: (845) 758-0061.

Machu Picchu Peruvian Restaurant The only authentic Peruvian restaurant in Orange County, NY. Family owned and operated since 1990. Serving the community traditional dishes from the mountains and coast of Peru. Trained in Peru, our chefs make authentic dishes come alive. Wine list available. Serving Lunch and Dinner Sunday through Thursday 10am-10pm and Friday & Saturday 10am-11pm. Closed Tuesday. 301 Broadway, Newburgh. (845) 562-6478. Web: www.machupicchurest.com.

Main Course Four-star, award-winning, contemporary American cuisine serving organic, natural, and freerange Hudson Valley products. 3/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM TASTINGS DIRECTORY

Open Lunch and Dinner Tuesday - Sunday & Sunday Brunch. Wednesday and Thursday nights, food & wine pairing menu available. Voted “Best Caterer in the Hudson Valley.” 232 Main Street, New Paltz. (845) 255-2600. Visit our Web site at www.maincoursere staurant.com.

Marcel’s Restaurant Casual and comfortable dining, warm country inn atmosphere. Price range $13.95 - $32.95. Now offering daily 4-Course Prix Fixe specials starting at $15.95. House specialties: Pate Du Jour, Duck Laprousse Grand Marnier, Coquilles St. Jaques, and Filet Tournedos. Marcel’s is proud to announce it is celebrating 33 years of fine food and service. Check out our web site for our seasonal menu@marcelrestaurant.net or to check the date on our next jazz night. We have a complete take-out menu, and catering is available. We have also recently added a vegetarian menu and a young guest menu. Our hours of operation are Thursday-Monday 5-10pm. Sundays 3-9pm. Located

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at 1746 Route 9W, West Park, New York. Call (845) 384-6700 to place an order or to make a reservation.

Mexican Radio 537 Warren St, Hudson, NY 12534. (518) 828-7770. cpmljs@ecoipm.com.

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, there’s no doubt you’ll keep coming back to feed the monster. Open for lunch and dinner. 260 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. 845-452-3375. www.monster-taco.com.

Neko Sushi & Restaurant Voted “Best Sushi” Restaurant by Chronogram readers and rated four stars by Poughkeepsie Journal. Serving lunch & dinner daily. Eat-in or Take-Out. We offer many selections of Sushi & Sashimi, an extensive variety of special rolls & kitchen dishes. Live lobster prepared daily. Parking in rear available. Sun.-Thur. 12-10pm; Fri. & Sat. 12-11pm. Major credit cards accepted. 49 Main Street in the Village of New Paltz. Tel: (845) 255-0162. 70

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OII Food. Tapas. Wine. Gallery. Catering. The newly opened OII in historic Beacon has wide appeal. Dine on contemporary American fusion cuisine in the elegant yet casual dining room while admiring the work of local artists. Sample a medley of tapas and wine at the bar. Call for your off-premise catering needs. 240 Main Street Beacon, NY 12508. Serving Dinner Sunday-Thursday 5-9pm; Friday and Saturday 5-10pm. Closed Mondays. Reservations recommended. Tel: (845) 231-1084. Web: www.oiiny.com.

Osaka Japanese Restaurant Want to taste the best Sushi in the Hudson Valley? Osaka Restaurant is the place. Vegetarian dishes available. Given four stars by the Daily Freeman. 8 Garden St., Rhinebeck. (845) 876-7338 or (845) 876-7278. Visit our second location at 74 Broadway, Tivoli. (845) 757-5055.

Pastorale Bistro & Bar Eat up, Dress down, in this hip country bistro. High quality, sophisticated cooking that could fit in anywhere says the New York Times. Serving updated bistro classics in a 1760â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s colonial. Bar with signature cocktails, lively ambience. Tuesday-Saturday dinner. Brunch & Dinner on Sundays 12-8pm. Summer Patio. Private dining for up to 50. 223 Main Street (Rt. 44), Lakeville, CT 06093. (860) 435-1011.

Plaza Diner Established 1969. One of the finest family restaurants in the area. Extensive selection of entrees and daily specials, plus childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menu. Everything prepared fresh daily. Private room for parties & conferences up to 50 people. Open 24/7. 27 New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz. Exit 18 off NYS Thruway. (845) 255-1030.

Soul Dog Featuring a variety of hot dogs, including preservative-free and

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vegetarian hot dogs, chili, soup, sides, desserts & many glutenfree items prepared in-house. Open for lunch Mon.-Fri. 11am-4pm. Redefining the hot dog experience! 107 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, New York. (845) 454-3254.

Wasabi Japanese Restaurant 807 Warren Street, Hudson, New York, 12534. Open 7 days a week. Tel: (518) 822-1888.

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THE WISDOM OF AYURVEDA India’s Science & Philosophy of Healthy Living AYURVEDA IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT TRUE HEALTH IS A STATE OF BALANCE AMONG THE DIVERSE ENERGIES OF THE UNIVERSE WITHIN US. Ayurveda, a Sanskrit term meaning knowledge (or science) of life, is one of the oldest healing traditions, dating back some 5,000 years. It is India’s original system of medicine and remains the foundation of medical care in that country. In contrast to the approaches of mainstream medicine in this country, Ayurveda is not just a science but also an art and a philosophy of healthy living. Integral to it are an understanding of nature and the universe, of which the individual is seen as a microcosm. And while allopathic (“Western”) medicine focuses on using pharmaceuticals to alleviate symptoms and eradicate disease once it has taken hold, Ayurveda seeks first to establish a healthy body-mind through specific daily practices, then treat illnesses that arise through an individualized prescription of foods, herbs, aromatic oils, bodywork, and spiritual practices. In the Northeast, the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and the National Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine in Manhattan (with another clinic in Brewster, New York) are highly respected centers of Ayurvedic-based care. Several smaller centers in Manhattan also offer counseling, treatments, and health products. In addition, some “Westerners” like myself have had the privilege to train in India with Ayurvedic physicians and bring this holistic tradition to people seeking complementary health support. This article will introduce the fundamentals of Ayurveda and give examples of how it is applied to maintain and restore health. As you read, set aside your conditioning from a culture steeped in allopathic medicine, which views the physical body as a biochemical machine. Imagine instead what many of us know intuitively: that true health is a state of balance in action, intention, emotion, thoughts, and sense of self, in relation to one’s surroundings.

FOUNDATIONS FROM THE SAGES Ayurveda arose from observations made by nomadic sages thousands of years ago. Their collected knowledge was recorded in what is now known as the Charaka Samhita, the foundational texts of Ayurveda that are part of a larger body of Indian philosophical texts, the Vedas. The sages defined five states of energy/matter: ether (unbounded space, void), air, fire, water, and earth. They perceived that everything, including people, could be described as various combinations of these five “elements.” The sages also observed interactions among nature, food, and health, noting that people reacted to the same foods and living conditions differently. This led them to classify a host of cause-and-effect relationships between individuals and their intake of substances in the environment. It also led to the concept of the doshas—inherent

qualities within each person that are expressions of the elements, and so connect humans with nature and the universe.

ELEMENTS WITHIN: THE DOSHAS There are three doshas, referred to as Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Each dosha has its own suite of qualities resulting from a pairing of elements. Vata is a combination of ether and air; Pitta is a combination of fire with some water; Kapha is a combination of water and earth. All doshas are active within each of us, though in differing proportions, conferring a unique personal doshic constitution. One (or two) often manifests most strongly and creates certain physical, mental, and emotional attributes. In addition, each dosha is more prominent at certain times of the day, seasons of the year, and phases of life. Although this may seem puzzling, a familiar analogy is the sense of having “energy to burn.” Some people seem to have a lot more than others (a personal attribute). But we each have our daily periods of higher energy. And over the course of our lives, too, we are likely to describe having more energy to burn in youth or middle adulthood than in our elder years. You don’t have to fully understand the doshas to benefit from Ayurvedic health practices, but a fuller description of them is a fascinating entrée. As you read a little more about the doshas, you may recognize yourself. To discover your own doshic constitution, you can consult an Ayurvedic specialist or complete an evaluation in a book on Ayurveda, or one I provide online at www.divinaessentials.com.

VATA: ETHER AND AIR Vata, consisting of ether and air, is the principle of movement. In our bodies it governs such things as prana (life force), breath, circulation, and mental activities. Its function is to move everything in our body-mind in its appropriate direction and rhythm. Imagine the qualities of ether and air: spacious, light, dry, and freely mobile. Vata is especially prominent between two and six o’clock, day and night; because of this, early morning hours are the best time to meditate, when prana is abundant. Vata is the dominant principle during autumn and in cold, dry weather. Vata also increases during the elder years. When Vata is dominant in a person’s constitution, he or she is imaginative, good at generating ideas, and able to meditate with ease. But too much (or “aggravated”) Vata causes excessive energy with anxiety, inability to make decisions, involuntary weight loss, irregularity, instability, psychological disturbances, and a sense of being ungrounded. If Vata is blocked, energy flow is disrupted. Symptoms of this include pain disorders, localized weight gain, and poor circulation.

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PITTA: FIRE AND WATER

SELF CARE AND DAILY PRACTICES

Pitta, made of fire with some water, is the principle of transformation. It changes food, ideas, and emotions into usable forms of energy to fuel the body-mind. To understand Pitta, examine the qualities of fire: hot, bright, burning, sharp and penetrating, overtaking anything in its path. Pitta is prominent during the daily cycle from ten to two o’clock, day and night; these periods are the best time to eat because the digestive fire is strongest. Pitta peaks seasonally in summertime; it is the strongest doshic manifestation from late adolescence through middle adulthood, our primary years of striving. The strengths of a Pitta-dominated constitution are a sharp intellect, determination, a keen ability to learn and process information, and powerful digestion. Pitta individuals are accomplished, brilliant, and born leaders—the visionaries and activists working to transform the world. But excessive Pitta stirs anger, competitiveness, and a tendency toward addictive behaviors. Type A personalities fall in this category, subject to burnout and excesses. Physical manifestations include fevers, skin eruptions, and digestive problems such as ulcers and acid reflux. A Pitta excess, whether in a Pitta-dominant individual, or in summer, or during the middle years of adulthood, can be balanced through cooling foods, calming activities, noncompetitive sports, and outlets for an inspired focus.

The doshas in synergistic balance create a strong immune system, good digestion, emotional wellbeing—in short, excellent health of body and mind. In digestion, for example, food is moved along the tract by Vata, transformed into usable nutrients by Pitta and nourishment stored in the body through Kapha. Vata then takes over again governing elimination. This process continues over and over in a harmonious cycle. But an overly active or underactive dosha can cause illness. Maintaining balance becomes a dance of attentiveness to action and reaction. This can be as simple as the recognition that drinking ice water (your action) gives you a chill, or as subtle as a shift in emotional states during different phases of the moon (your environment’s influence). While studying at the International Academy of Ayurveda in Pune, India, I asked my professors how I could best present Ayurveda in the United States. They unanimously replied, “Teach prevention.” That is the focus of my practice, and it also is an easy way to add Ayurveda to your health regimen. Prevention means adopting a healthy lifestyle tailored to one’s individual needs, and maintaining that through daily self-care practices. A main focus of self-care is eating in ways that are conducive to optimal digestion. Regardless of doshic constitution, it is best to eat at times when digestive powers are strongest (Pitta time, from ten to two), with the largest meal at midday and at least five or six hours separating it from other meals. Atmosphere is important, too, because it can enhance, or impede, assimilation of food energy. So eating should be the only activity going on—no reading, watching TV, or other distractions. The environment should be clean, uncluttered, and peaceful. Harmonious companionship will serve digestion best—leave arguments or discussion of the world’s horrors for another time! Ayurvedic wisdom recognizes that people of different constitutions react differently to the same foods. So health maintenance includes choosing appropriate foods. Specifics about which foods suit one’s inherent doshic constitution—or will restore balance when that is disrupted—can be determined either by consulting an Ayurvedic counselor or a good Ayurvedic text. Other elements of a daily routine are tongue scraping to remove toxic buildup, gargling with an herbal rinse, clearing the sinuses with oil or saline solution, pranayama (breathing exercises), evacuating the bowels before eating, bathing with warm water (never using hot water on eyes or scalp), self-massage with specific essential oils, yoga or stretching, and spiritual practices (meditation, mantra repetition, prayer). If doing all this seems overwhelming, you can incorporate

KAPHA: WATER AND EARTH Kapha, made of water and earth, is the principle of cohesion. Kapha nourishes and sustains. Its elemental nature is like moist earth: cool, sticky, slow, even stagnant. Kapha time is six to ten o’clock, morning and night—ideal for bedtime. Kapha season is late winter/spring. Kapha governs childhood, when we experience the most physical development. Kapha-dominant people are stable, easy-going, loving, and nurturing. They have a tremendous ability to stick with a project to completion, are great managers, and are loyal employees and partners. But they also can experience attachment, depression, lethargy, and greed. A Kapha person can go for long periods without experiencing hunger or thirst because of a sluggish digestion. They tolerate fasting well and should do so one day a week, to improve metabolism. Kapha excess is associated with congestive disorders and weight gain. Stimulation and physical activities help to counteract the lethargic tendencies it induces. Warm, drying foods help bring excess Kapha in balance, as does sweating.

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one or two practices at a time, starting with those that address any troublesome conditions. My personal experience of keeping a daily Ayurvedic-based routine is one of greatly improved digestion, complexion, and stronger immunity.

RESTORING BALANCE When doshic harmony is disturbed and illness results, Ayurvedic interventions to restore health focus on detoxification and internal cleansing. Ayurvedic therapies known as panchakarma (five treatments) help rid the body of toxins and include massage, enema, purgatives, steam bath, nasal oil drip, and other localized applications of hot, medicated oil. Changes in daily routine and support with herbal preparations are also important. And these are individualized treatments. As one of my professors, Dr. Sandeep Shirwalkar from Pune, in Maharastra, India, said, “The important fact is that Ayurvedic treatments are personspecific rather than disorder-specific.” Consultation with an Ayurvedic specialist will assess a person’s condition, identify doshic imbalances, and prescribe treatment. In a typical consultation eating habits, digestive functioning, physical activity, and psychological tendencies will be evaluated. Physical assessments will include pulse diagnosis and appearance of tongue, fingernails, eyes, and body frame. Medical history and symptoms of any current conditions are also recorded. A thorough evaluation should be able to identify doshic constitution and imbalances. In India today, health practitioners recognize that life-threatening problems such as traumatic injury and heart attack are best handled by a combination of allopathic medicine for acute care, followed with Ayurveda to stabilize the condition, help correct causes, and rebuild a weakened system. But many chronic illnesses for which we might be given a pharmaceutical (or several) have long been well managed with Ayurvedic approaches. Ayurvedic treatment of adult onset diabetes, for example, includes familiar dietary recommendations of avoiding refined sugar and simple carbohydrates and eating whole grains and vegetables, but also includes certain bitter herbs, cooking with pungent spices, and specific remedies of neem (Azadirachta indica), shilajit (mineral pitch), triphala, and trikatu (two formulas that aid digestion and balance sugar production). Massage with warm medicated oils and anointing of diabetic wounds with them is also indicated. These same strategies greatly aid people with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. In my Ayurvedic internships, I was astounded at the excellent results with these treatments, and diabetic amputations were rarely necessary. For me, the best part of using Ayurveda is that it has given me greater control of my physical and emotional health. It can do the same for you. I believe that no one knows your body better than you do, and you know best when you are off balance. By understanding the dietary and lifestyle requirements of your constitution, you can tailor your habits and see positive changes. Linda Lauretta, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and Ayurvedic counselor in New Paltz who offers individual sessions and workshops on self care and adopting an Ayurvedic lifestyle; next workshop March 11. (845) 863-9194; www.divinaessentials.com. RESOURCES Prakriti, Your Ayurvedic Constitution by Robert E. Svoboda Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing by Vasant Lad Ayurveda: The Ancient Indian Healing Art by Scott Gerson The National Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine; medical director, Scott Gerson, MD, PhD; www.niam.com; locations in Manhattan, (212) 685-8600; Brewster, (845) 278-8700. Pratima Ayurvedic Skin Care Clinic, New York City; www.pratimaskincare.com; (212) 581-8136. 3/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM WHOLE LIVING GUIDE 75

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PLEASURE AND DESIRE:

TANTRIC TOOLS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH By Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson

ontrary to popular notions that it is the Yoga of Sex or some form of couples therapy, Tantra is primarily concerned with inner, mystical experiences. In Tantra, all mundane activities are opportunities to experience the divine, especially when they are approached with consciousness and intention. While Tantra is a deeply personal path in this sense, the inner journey should generate the awareness that everything is connected; in fact, the word Tantra is often translated as web or weaving, implying a weaving together with all that is. Moments of strong desire and intense pleasure are opportunities to experience this sense of connection directly. In Tantric cosmology, the entire universe vibrates with pleasure and desire; Tantrics understand the ever-unfolding process of creation in explicitly erotic terms—the attraction and union of male and female polarities, “Shiva” and “Shakti” in the Hindu Tantric tradition. Thus, in Tantra, the experience of pleasure on an individual, microcosmic level evokes the universal process. At peak moments of pleasure, the practitioner has an opportunity to experience merger—a state of union (or Yoga) with all that is. This attitude toward pleasure is made explicit in the Vijnanabhairava Tantra, a Kashmir Shaivite text from the eighth century and one of the most important Tantric scriptures: “On the occasion of great delight being obtained…one should meditate on the delight 76 WHOLE LIVING GUIDE CHRONOGRAM.COM 3/06

itself and become absorbed in it, then his mind will become identified with it” (translation from Jaideva Singh’s The Yoga of Delight, Wonder, and Astonishment: A Translation of the Vijnanabhairava). Other verses emphasize that desire pervades the universe and that a person can attain an understanding of the ultimate reality by contemplating desire itself, rather than the object of that desire. American culture in particular is permeated by an extraordinary ambivalence about pleasure and desire. Desire drives marketing and consumerism with the idea that pleasure can be found in the next purchase; of course, the pleasure is fleeting. As it recedes, it is replaced by desire for another item in a never-ending cycle. Sexuality is one of the main lubricants that keep this wheel of consumerism in motion. We are conditioned to believe that we will be healthier, happier, more beautiful, that we will attract that gorgeous man or woman in the ad, if we just make the right purchases. At the same time, our society tends to view the body and its pleasures as suspect, at best, and evil, at worst. In spite of the success of marketing that relies on sexual imagery, America remains largely a sex-negative, anhedonic culture that values work and material “success” above all else. Christianity has had a strong influence on this perspective. Our Puritan heritage still has a profound impact on our social mores.

The Puritans saw wealth as a sign of God’s favor, whereas any form of non-marital sexual activity or desire was a pathway to damnation (since Satan could exploit the body to steal the soul). Eastern religious traditions have their own sexual taboos and pleasure-denying attitudes, albeit without the belief in punishment from a judgmental deity who assigns eternal damnation. Many Theravada Buddhists, for example, believe that sexuality must be transcended before enlightenment can be attained. Denial of the body seems to be correlated with the rise of institutional religions that define many natural activities of daily life, including sexual activity and desire, in negative terms. As people begin to view themselves as flawed or worse, they are more willing to surrender autonomy and obey the demands of an institutionalized system—religious, social, political, military, or economic. This completes a wheel of dependence on the values of that system. While many European societies are more accepting of pleasure, the legacy of 2,000 years of messages that negate or seek to control sexuality and enjoyment is difficult to escape. Where is the possibility of freedom? We are caught between the conflicting messages of hedonism as a marketing tool and the omnipresent cultural theme that tells us enjoyment leads to damnation. Some people may overreact and convince themselves that selfindulgence is a form of resistance, but they often remain caught in the wheel. Others may capitulate and snuff out their desires in any one of a myriad of ways. Tantra provides several ways out of this apparent dilemma. By bringing awareness to desire and pleasure, by making a study of what truly makes us feel the vibration of life within us and around us, we can begin to free ourselves from the cultural constructs that confine us. We may never totally find autonomy, but if we bring awareness to our actions and commit ourselves to exploring desire and pleasure, deliberately and consciously, we can begin to find ways to get off the wheel. In practical terms, this means developing new ways of approaching desire and pleasure. Desire is a powerful force that can motivate and inspire. Suppressing it entails suppressing our fundamental humanity, and most people pay a heavy emotional and even physical price for doing so. Desire itself is not problematic, but attachment to outcome is. So as a first step, it is important to cultivate an attitude of non-attachment. To paraphrase the Vijnanabhairava Tantra, we should not focus on the object of desire. Instead, we must bring our awareness to the desire itself and recognize it as an energy that is both within and all around us. Armed with this understanding, it is possible to become a little freer, whether or not we pursue a particular object of our desire. Next, it is important to recognize the sacredness of desire (including sexual desire). Bhagavan Das,

the great American bhakti yogi and kirtan master, taught us that when you feel an erotic charge, you can gaze upon the person who awakens it and view that person with reverence and awe, while mentally repeating a mantra of gratitude and praise, such as Om Namah Shivayah (Praise Shiva) or Jai Ma (Praise the Goddess), or whatever form of praise feels appropriate. Actions to pursue an object of desire may then be undertaken as part of a spiritual path. Doing so requires an awareness that may need to be learned, because people generally understand pleasure either in purely instinctual terms or as it is culturally constructed. Few of us give much thought to what truly brings us pleasure, both erotically and in more general terms. By questioning, discovering, and cultivating the true sources of our pleasure, we can begin to emerge from limiting ideas and conditioned responses. The simplest way to begin this exploration of pleasure awareness is to make a list of things that give you pleasure—a list we call your Pleasure Palette. Then examine the items on the list, identifying the qualities of each one and looking for patterns, connections, and themes. A person might discover, for example, that she really enjoys a good argument. The next step would entail examining the underlying feeling and the nature of the pleasure experienced—is it intellectual, emotional, sexual, all of these? How does it relate to any other personal pleasures on the list? Once you’ve developed an understanding of your pleasure palette, you can begin to cultivate a sense of reverence in the experience of pleasure. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with seeking pleasure for its own sake, but the experience of pleasure is much richer when it is both understood and fully appreciated. This is true for any enjoyable experience, from eating ice cream to feeling a breeze caress the skin. In the context of sexuality, awareness of what brings you to the peak of ecstasy enhances reverence for your partner and for the experience itself. The erotic spark exists wherever pleasure and desire are found. It arises as a reminder that everyone is divine. Recognizing this and cultivating reverence can transform you; people will feel it and reciprocate, energetically. The benefits will come back to you and multiply, leaving you more open to others, more creative, more confident and sexy, and less constricted by mental boundaries, whatever their origin. Mark A. Michaels (Swami Umeshanand Saraswati) and Patricia Johnson (Devi Veenanand) are authors of the forthcoming book The Essence of Tantric Sexuality (Llewellyn Publications, July 2006). They are based in Yorktown Heights and offer private instruction for couples as well as an online program, “The Fundamentals of Tantric Sexuality,” open to anyone. They will be teaching at Akashacon in Poughkeepsie, March 24-26. For information, visit www.tantrapm.com. 3/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM WHOLE LIVING GUIDE 77

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ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

Dylana Accolla, LAc

Judith Youett The Alexander Technique

Treat yourself to a renewed sense of health and well-being with acupuncture, herbal medicine, Chinese bodywork, and nutritional counseling. My emphasis is on empowering patients by teaching them how to practice preventative medicine. Great for gynecological problems, chronic pain, and managing chronic illness. Two locations: Haven Spa, 6464 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, and Woodstock Women’s Health, 1426 Route 28, West Hurley. (914) 388-7789.

The Alexander Technique is a simple, practical skill that, when applied to ourselves, enhances coordination, promoting mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Improve the quality of your life by learning how to do less to achieve more. Judith Youett, AmSAT. (845) 677-5871.

AROMATHERAPY Joan Apter

Acupuncture Health Care, PC

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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 12561, Phone 255-7178.

Stephanie Ellis, LAc, Chinese Herbalist Ms. Ellis is a magna cum laude graduate of Columbia University in pre-medical studies and has been practicing acupuncture in Rosendale since 2001. In 2003 she completed post-graduate work in the study of classical Chinese herbal medicine. Ms. Ellis trained at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for the treatment of cancer patients with acupuncture. Ms. Ellis also has special training in infertility treatment, facial acupuncture and chronic pain. Her new, expanded location is at the medical offices of Rosendale Family Practice. Evening and weekend hours and sliding scale rates. Phone consultations available. 110 Creek Locks Road, Rosendale. www.HudsonValleyAcupuncture.com. (845) 546-5358.

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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, CMT. (845) 679-0512. japter@ulster.net. www.apteraromatherapy.com

ART THERAPY Deep Clay with Michelle Rhodes, ATR-BC, LMSW See Psychotherapy.

ASTROLOGICAL CONSULTING Eric Francis: Astrological Consultations by Phone. Special discount on follow-ups for previous clients from the Hudson Valley. (206) 854-3931. eric@ericfrancis.com. Lots to explore on the Web at www.PlanetWaves.net.

Essential Astrology Free Astrology Consultation. Call with a question and I’ll give you a free 15 minute consultation to introduce you to my work and to the helpfulness of the Western and Vedic astrological traditions. Penny Seator, Essential Astrology. 518-678-3282.

BODY & SKIN CARE

Hoon J. Park, MD, PC

Absolute Laser, LLC

For the past 16 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. 1772 Route 9, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590. Half mile south of the Galleria Mall. Tel:(845) 298-6060.

The leaders in innovative skin care are now offering the Biomedic Facial. A gentle, clinical, deep cleansing facial, for all skin types. Absolute Laser offers commitment to beautiful skin through outstanding care and service. Offering Laser Hair Removal, Microdermabrasion, Vitalize Peel, and Fotofacial RF. The Fotofacial RF is the next generation in high-tech skin enhancement. These gentle, no downtime treatments are used to improve cosmetic appearance of the face, neck, hands, and body. The results are brighter, smoother, more radiant and luminescent skin. This process delivers results that skin care products alone cannot do! Recover and rediscover the youth and vitality of your skin. Call for a complimentary consultation: Janice DiGiovanni, (845) 876-7100. Springbrook Medical Park, Rhinebeck.

Blissful Beauty by Brenda Relax and revive with a professional beauty treatment from Brenda Montgomery, Licensed Aesthetician. Specializing in Burnham Systems Facial Rejuvenation, Belavi Facelift Massage, Anti-Aging facials, Acne treatments, and Body treatments. Also offering airbrushed makeup for a flawless, natural look for your next big event. Your skin is not replaceable; let Brenda help you put your best face forward! Call (845) 616-9818.

Made With Love Handcrafted lotions, crèmes, and potions to nurture the skin and soul! Therapeutic oils, salves, and bath salts made with the curative properties of herbal-infused oils and pure essential oils. No petroleum, mineral oils, or chemicals are used. Host a home party! Products available at Hudson Valley Therapeutic Massage, 243 Main Street, Suite 220, New Paltz. For a full product catalogue e-mail madewithlove@hvc.rr.com or call us at (845) 255-5207.

BODY-CENTERED THERAPY Irene Humbach, LCSW, PC Body of Wisdom Counseling & Healing Services By integrating traditional and alternative therapy/ healing approaches, including Body-Centered Psychotherapy, IMAGO Couples’ Counseling, and Kabbalistic Healing, I offer tools for self healing, to assist individuals and couples to open blocks to their softer heart energy. Ten-session psychospiritual group for women in recovery. Offices in Poughkeepsie and New Paltz. (845) 485-5933.

Rosen Method is distinguished by its gentle, direct touch. Using hands that listen rather than manipulate, the practitioner focuses on chronic muscle tension. As relaxation occurs and the breath deepens, unconscious feelings, attitudes, and memories may emerge. The practitioner responds with touch and words that allow the client to begin to recognize what has been held down by unconscious muscle tension. As this process unfolds, habitual tension and old patterns may be released, freeing the client to experience more aliveness, new choices in life, and a greater sense of well-being. Julie Zweig, M.A., Certified Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner. (845) 255-3566. www.RosenMethod.org.

Allie Roth/ Center for Creativity and Work Career and Life Coaching for those seeking more creativity, fulfillment, balance and meaning in life and work. Offers a holistic approach to career and life transitions. Also specializes in executive coaching, and coaching small business owners, consultants and private practitioners. 25 years experience. Kingston and New York City offices. Tel: (845) 336-8318. Toll Free: (800) 577-8318. Web: www.allieroth.com. Email: allie@allieroth.com.

CHI GONG/TAI CHI CHUAN Second Generation Yang Spiritual alchemy practices of ancient Taoist sorcerers yielded these two treasures of internal arts. Chi Gong prepared the body to withstand rigorous training and overcome the battle with time. Tai Chi Chuan became the expression of the energy in movement and self-defense. These practices have brought health, vitality, and youthfulness to myself and my students. The only requirement is determined practice of the principles and the will to persevere. Call Hawks, (845) 750-6488.

CHI KUNG Ada Citron Explore the basics of Mantak Chia’s Healing Tao System with Ada Citron, Taoist counselor and Healing Tao Instructor for over 10 years. Meet the Six Healing Sounds which transform stress into vitality. Learn the Inner Smile and the Microcosmic Orbit meditations. Also learn standing and gently moving practices that relax and rejuvenate. www.adacitron.com. (845) 339-0589.

CHILDBIRTH Catskill Mountain Midwifery See Midwifery.

Kary Broffman, RN, CH See Hypnosis.

Judy Joffee, CMN, MSN See Midwifery.

BODYWORK

CHINESE HEALING ARTS

bodhi studio

Chinese Healing Arts Center

Through bodywork one can connect with the body’s own inherent wisdom and self healing abilities. With skill, intuition, and care, we offer therapeutic massage, bodhiwork, Reiki, warm stone massage, aromatherapy, earconing, and a full range of ayurvedic treatments including Shirodara, Abyanga, and Swedna. Melinda Pizzano, LMT and Helen Andersson, D.Ay. Call for an appointment. (518) 828-2233.

The Wu Tang Chuan Kung Association was founded by Doctor Tzu Kuo Shih and his family for the purpose of providing the American public with instruction in the ancient Chinese arts of Tai Chi Chuan, Chi Kung, and traditional Chinese Medicine. 264 Smith Avenue, Kingston. (845) 338-6045 or (203) 748-8107.

CAREER AND LIFE COACHING

Nori Connell, RN, DC

David W. Basch, CPCC Transition Coach. Change is inevitable…growth is optional. Get your life, business, or career unstuck and moving forward. You become clearer about who you are and what you really want. We don’t fix you because you aren’t broken. Transitions occur more naturally and powerfully. Whatever you are up to in your career, business or key areas such as money and relationships, coaching can assist

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you in creating a fulfilling life, achieving goals and being more focused, present and successful. Contact David for a free session. (845) 626-0444, www.dwbcoaching.com, dwbasch@aol.com.

CHIROPRACTIC

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 NeuroEmotional 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 Al-

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ternatives Health Center of Tivoli. (845) 757-5555. Also at Rhinebeck Cooperative Health Center. (845) 876-5556.

Gabriels Family Chiropractic

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to Well-Being in the Hudson Valley

Come visit Dr. Christopher Gabriels at 381 Washington Avenue in Kingston. Experienced in a myriad of techniques (Diversified, Applied Kinesiology, SOT, Activator, Nutrition) and providing gentle adjustments in a comfortable atmosphere. You only have one body, let me help you make the most of it by restoring your body’s natural motion and balance. Call (845) 331-7623 to make an appointment.

Dr. David Ness Dr. David Ness is a Certified Active Release Techniques® (ART) Provider and Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner® specializing in helping athletes and active people quickly relieve their pain and heal their injuries. In addition to providing traditional chiropractic ® care, Dr. Ness utilizes ART to remove scar tissue and adhesions in order to restore mobility, flexibility, and strength faster than standard treatments will allow. If you have an injury that has not responded to treatment, call Dr. Ness for an appointment today. (845) 255-1200.

Dr. Bruce Schneider New Paltz, New York 12561. (845) 255-4424.

COLON HYDROTHERAPY Connie Schneider, Advanced Level I-ACT Certified Colon Hydrotherapist 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. New Paltz, NY. (845) 256-1516. See display ad.

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CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY Craniosacral Therapy A gentle, hands-on method for enhancing the body’s own healing capabilities through the craniosacral rhythm. Craniosacral aids in the release of stress-related conditions such as anxiety, nervousness, insomnia, depression, digestive, menstrual, and other problems with organ function, breathing difficulties, and headaches. Increase energy, reduce pain, and improve immune system function. Effective for whiplash, TMJ, sciatica, fibromyalgia, scoliosis, arthritis, low back tension, and chronic pain. Also helpful for children with birth trauma, learning difficulties, chronic ear problems, and hyperactivity. Hudson Valley Therapeutic Massage, Michele Tomasicchio, LMT. (845) 255-4832.

DENTISTRY 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. www.thecenterforadvanceddentistry. com. (845) 691-5600. Fax (845) 691-8633.

ENDERMOLOGIE Endermologie is the mechanical manipulation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues for therapeutic purposes. Elizabeth Troy has been trained and certified as an Endermologist by LPG, the creators of Endermologie and the CelluM6 Key Module machine. Endermologie has been proven and recognized by the FDA to diminish the appearance of cellulite. Contact Elizabeth Troy at (914) 475-8838 or email elizabethtroy11@hotmail.com for additional information.

EQUINE FACILITATED HEALING Equisessions with Ada Citron Taoist counselor of 10 years. Therapeutically oriented equine facilitated encounters are based on the model introduced in The Tao of Equus by

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Linda Kohanov, recent presenter at Omega Institute. Riding can be involved in later sessions. Ada, an equestrian herself, presented her program “Chi Kung for Horse People” at the 2005 Region 1 Conference for NARHA. Website: www.adacitron.com. (845) 339-0589.

FENG SHUI DeStefano and Associates Barbara DeStefano has been the owner of DeStefano and Associates, an interior design business, for 18 years. She received certification in Feng Shui from the Metropolitan Institute of Interior Design and has completed advanced work with several Feng Shui Masters. Feng Shui is the perfect marriage to interior design. It brings a spiritual dimension to your space. Barbara can create a kind of beauty that touches your spirit, and brings balance and harmony to a level that transcends the superficial. Barbara is available for consultations, guest speaker engagements, and workshops. (845) 339-4601.

One Light Healing Touch: Healer Training School Join us for an empowering, life-changing, six-month, transformational training. This comprehensive program includes: Meditation, Visualization, Sound work, Breath work, Movement, Sacred Ceremony, Essential Grounding and Releasing Practices, and 33 Professional Healing Techniques. School starts September 23, 2005. Free special intro evening: Self-Healing with OLHT August 26 + September 9, 7:00-9:00pm; Special Introductory Weekend: Access Your Healing Potential August 27-28 and September 10 -11. (NYSNA CEU’s available). Ron Lavin, MA, founder and director of the international OLHT schools, is a respected spiritual healer with 26 years of experience. He heads seven OLHT schools in Germany and one in Rhinebeck, NY. He has worked with the NIH in Distance Healing for eight years. Appointments and Distance Healing sessions are available in Rhinebeck, NY. Call (845) 876-0259 or e-mail ronlavin@aol.com. www.OneLightHealingTouch.com.

The Sanctuary: A Place for Healing Feng Shui Wei Designing Your Life with Feng Shui. The intuitive practice of Feng Shui balances your individual energy with your home or workplace and harmonizes the effect your surroundings have on all aspects of life: health, wealth, relationship, emotional well-being, mental clarity, peace, self-fulfillment. Sensitive, revitalizing personal and space clearings. Intuitive Feng Shui® certification. Free 15-minute phone consultation. Contact Sharon Rothman: (201) 385-5598; www.fengshuiwei.com.

Feng Shui consultations, classes. Explore how Feng Shui can increase the flow of abundance, joy, and well-being in your life. Create your home or office to support your goals and dreams. Contact Betsy Stang at bebird@aol.com or (845) 679-6347.

Healing, Pathwork and 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.

HEALTH FOOD Pleasant Stone Farm 130 Dolson Avenue, Middletown, NY. pleasantstonefarm@usa.net. (845) 343-4040.

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A quaint healing center in a quiet part of downtown New Paltz. Specializing in Craniosacral Therapy, Stress Point Release through Chiropractic, Swedish & Sports Massage, Shiatsu, and Energetic Reiki. New offerings include karma netrition, womens gentle yoga and quqigong. 5 Academy Street, New Paltz. Call for an appointment. (845) 255-3337. (845) 853-3325.

HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Hudson Valley Healthy Living A comprehensive directory of Mid-Hudson health services, products, and practitioners, along with articles on health issues of interest. Published biannually (April/October) by Luminary Publishing, Inc., the creators of Chronogram, 50,000 copies are distributed in the region throughout the year. Contents are also available on the Web at www.hvhealthyliving.com. See www.hvhealthyliving.com for advertising rates or call the HVHL sales team at (845) 334-8600.

HERBS Monarda Herbal Apothecary In honoring the diversity, uniqueness, and strength of nature for nourishment and healing, we offer organic

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and ecologically wildcrafted herbs using tradition as our guide. Certified Organic Alcohol Tinctures, Teas, Salves, Essential Oils, and more. Product Catalog $1. Workshops and Internships. www.monarda.net. (845) 688-2122.

HOLISTIC HEALTH Julie Barone Certified Holistic Health Counselor Live with vibrant energy! Whole foods nutrition and lifestyle consulting can help you kick the junk food habit, achieve better health, tune in to your body, and eat well for life. Individual programs are customized to your health goals. Special People Pet Wellness program for you and your pet. Whole foods cooking parties – fun, educational, and delicious! Free consultation. (845) 338-4115 julieabarone@yahoo.com. www.peoplepetwellness.com.

Marika Blossfeldt, HHC, AADP Holistic Health and Nutrition Counselor, Yoga Instructor You were meant to lead a happy and fulfilling life. What’s holding you back? Create change now. Discover the foods and lifestyle that truly nourish your body and soul. Infuse your life with radiant health! One-on-one counseling, lectures, wellness workshops, whole foods cooking classes, yoga, summer retreats. (646) 241 8478, marika@delicious-nutrition.com. Beacon.

Priscilla A. Bright, MA, Energy Healer/Counselor

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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. (845) 688-7175.

John M. Carroll, Healer John Carroll is an intuitive healer, teacher, and spiritual counselor, who integrates mental imagery with the God-given gift of his hands. John has helped individuals suffering from acute and chronic disorders, including back problems and cancer. Remote healings and telephone sessions. Call for consultation. Kingston. (845) 338-8420.

HOLISTIC TAROT & EXPRESSIVE HEALING ARTS Holistic Tarot/Expressive Healing Arts Discover more about your inner being and psychic energy powers, changing your life in a compassionate, creative, progressive way. Tarot, Meditation, Expressive Healing Arts/Mandala Dance, Spiritual Art Therapy, Energy/Aura Healing, Spiritual Studies. Classes/workshops for groups/individuals with Cenira - Artist, Expressive Arts Facilitator and Intuitive Counselor. Tel: (845) 594-8612. Email: cenira@ceniraarts.com.

HYPNOSIS Achieve Your Goals with Therapeutic Hypnosis Sharon Slotnick, MS, CHt. Increase self-esteem; break bad habits; manage stress; alleviate pain (e.g. childbirth, headaches, back pain); overcome fears and depression; relieve insomnia; improve study habits, public speaking, sports performance; heal through past-life journeys, other issues. Sliding scale. Certified Hypnotherapist and Counselor, two years training Therapeutic Hypnosis &

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Traditional Psychotherapeutic Techniques. (845) 3892302. New Paltz, Kingston. See also Psychotherapy.

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. (845) 876-6753.

One-Session Hypnosis with Frayda Kafka CHT 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. Please call me at (845) 336-4646. Web: www.CallTheHypnotist.com. Email: info@CallTheHypnotist.com.

INTEGRATED ENERGY THERAPY Integrated Energy Therapy IET heals with the pure energy of SPIRIT and the gifts of the angels. Suppressed emotions, limiting beliefs, and past-life memories are cleared from the Energy Anatomy on a cellular level. Remember and live the true expression of your soul’s purpose. Also combining Spiritual Guidance, IET, and Massage. 17 years experience. Dona Ho Lightsey, LMT, IET Master. New Paltz. Web: www.learniet.com/dona_ ho_lightsey.asp. Tel: (845) 883-7899.

Ione, Director, Ministry of Maat, Inc. Spiritual and Educational organization with goals of fostering world community. (845) 339-5776.

INTUITIVE HEALING Guidance of Spirit, Wisdom of Heart Heart-based Intuitive Healing, Karma Release with Crystals, Space Clearings & Blessings, Long Distance Healings, End-of-Life Transitions, Guided Meditation/ visualization. Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm. Self healing is a process of self-discovery. Within the space of the heart discover what you need to heal. Kate DeChard M.Ed. The Soul Sanctuary, 6052 B Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY 12572.

JEWISH MYSTICISM/KABBALAH Chabad of Woodstock Providing Jewish people from all backgrounds the opportunity to experience the depth and soul of the Jewish teachings and vibrant way of life. Offering Jewish resources, workshops, gatherings, and classes. Rabbi Yisroel Arye and Ilana Gootblatt, co-directors. (845) 679-6407. www.chabadof woodstock.com.

Irene Humbach, LCSW, PC Kabbalistic Healing in person and long distance. (845)485-5933. See Body-Centered Therapy.

JIN SHIN-JYUTSU Kenneth Davis, CPLT See Psychotherapy.

MASSAGE THERAPY Joan Apter See Aromatherapy. For more information, contact Joan Apter, CMT. (845) 679-0512. Email: japter@ ulster.net. Web: www.apteraroma therapy.com.

bodhi studio See Bodywork.

Ada Citron, LMT Practicing since 1988, Ada Citron, LMT, has offered Swedish, Sports Massage, Reiki, Pranic Healing, Chair Massage, Shiatsu, Barefoot Shiatsu and Chi Nei Tsang (CNT) Chinese abdominal massage. Shiatsu and CNT are currently her preferred modalities. Classes offered in CNT. House calls fee commensurate with travel time. www.adacitron.com. (845) 339-0589.

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If you have not experienced the deep, penetrating, and rigorous effects of Tuina massage, you owe it to yourself and your senses to enjoy a session. A myriad of hand and arm techniques provides a detailed massage that’s incomparable for sore muscles, aches and pains. When blended with Swedish massage strokes, the treatment is tempered with soothing comfort and relaxation. Whether you want a leisure hour and a half or a 15 minute “quick relief,” or any other length of time you prefer. Also: Shiatsu, Sports & Medical massage. Call me at (845) 876-1777.

Hudson Valley Therapeutic Massage Michele Tomasicchio, LMT, specializes in Integrative Massage—incorporation of various healing modalities: Swedish, Myofascial Deep Tissue, Craniosacral, and stretching to facilitate the body’s healing process. A session may include all or just one modality. No fault accepted. Gift certificates available. By appointment only. 243 Main Street, Suite 220, New Paltz. (845) 255-4832.

The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center See Yoga.

Shiatsu Massage Therapy Leigh Scott will be moving to Westport, Conn. to continue her practice. She will return every 5 weeks to do housecalls. For an apointment call (203) 247-6451 or email leighmscott@earthlink.net. Blessings to all.

Woodland Massage A healing practice for body, mind and spirit. Attention artists, activists, farmers, executives, builders, teach-

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ers, truckers, healers, helpers, merchants, mothers, and weekend wanderers. Strong, gentle, knowledgeable bodywork, personalized to meet your treatment goals. Flexible schedule and fees. Accord office/ home visits. Call 845-687-4650. Mark Houghtaling, LMT. Keep in touch.

challenging and/or chronic health concerns. I offer naturopathic expertise in a sacred space to help you feel better. Graduate of the prestigious Bastyr University. Call Rhinebeck Cooperative Health Center: (845) 876-5556. www.drfrancescott.com.

NUTRITION MEDITATION Jill Malden, RD, CSW 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. (845) 688-2228.

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! 199 Main Street, New Paltz. (845) 489-4732.

MIDWIFERY Vitamin Navigator Catskill Mountain Midwifery, Home Birth Services Give birth as you wish, in an environment in which you feel nurtured and secure; where your emotional well-being, privacy, and personal preferences are respected. Be supported by a tradition that trusts the natural process. Excellent MD consult, hospital backup. (845) 687-BABY.

Confused about what to eat and what not? Find your own bioindividuality, your diet is as unique as you are, your optimum health can be achieved without serious deprivation. Andrew Wright Randel HHC AADP has 15 years experience with alternative and complementary health care. Call for appointment (914) 466-2928. www.vitaminnavigator.com

NUTRITIONIST Suzanne Berger Certified nurse midwife at the Women's Care Center offering a full range of holistic, alternative and traditional services. Serving Kingston, Benedictine and Northern Dutchess Hospitals. Rhinebeck (845) 8762496. Kingston (845) 338-5575.

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

NATURAL FOODS Beacon Natural Market Lighting the Way for a Healthier World... Located in the heart of historic Beacon at 348 Main Street. Featuring organic prepared foods deli & juice bar as well as organic and regional produce, meats and cheeses. Newly opened in Aug. ‘05, 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. (845) 838-1288.

Sunflower Natural Foods Market At Sunflower we know the food we eat is our greatest source of health. Sunflower carries certified organic produce, milk, cheeses, and eggs; non-irradiated herbs and spices; clean, pure organic products to support a healthy lifestyle; large selection of homeopathic remedies. Sunflower Natural Foods is a complete natural foods market. Open 9am-9pm daily. 10am-7pm Sundays. Bradley Meadows Shopping Center, Woodstock. (845) 679-5361.

NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE Naturopathic Medicine Dr. Thomas J. Francescott, ND. Free Your Mind – Release Your Body – Energize Your Spirit! Solve health issues, enhance wellness, and gain awareness. Scientifically proven naturopathic solutions for

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Valerie Crystal, MS, Clinical Nutritionist "If I don’t make time for healthy eating, I’ll have to make time for illness.” Valerie Crystal, MS, Clinical Nutritionist. Assessments and diagnostic testing for chronic disorders caused by poor eating habits. Learn how, what and when to eat and heal yourself! House calls available. Free Phone consultation. Tel: (518) 678-0700.

NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING Julie Barone Certified Holistic Health Counselor Live with vibrant energy! Whole foods nutrition and lifestyle consulting can help you kick the junk food habit, achieve better health, tune in to your body, and eat well for life. Individual programs are customized to your health goals. Special People Pet Wellness program for you and your pet. Whole foods cooking parties – fun, educational, and delicious! Free consultation. (845) 338-4115. julieabarone@yahoo.com. www.peoplepetwellness.com.

ORGANIC PRODUCTS NewAgeProducts.Org Offers handmade Organic Soaps, All Natural & Organic Herbal Juice Supplements and many Organic Bath & Body Products. All high quality and very competitively pri ced. Your #1 place to get all your organic body care needs. An easy and convenient way to experience the difference of Organic & All Natural Body Care. Web:www.NewAgeProducts.org.

OSTEOPATHY 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 Street, Stone Ridge, (845) 687-7589. 138

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Market Street, Rhinebeck, (845) 876-1700. By Appointment. For more info call or visit www.appliedosteop athy.com.

PHYSICIANS Doctors that Make House Calls Board Certified Family Practitioner with over 15 years will make house calls! Doctors that Make House Calls is now serving the Wappingers, Fishkill, New Windsor, Hopewell, Montgomery, Cornwall, Hyde Park, Balmville and other surrounding areas. Tel: (845) 896-7712. Call for detailed brochure of our services.

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Join us for medicine making and herbal studies in our outdoor classroom along the beautiful Esopus Creek. 2005 Herbal Internships Seasonal Herbal Workshops Weekday & Weekend Sessions Beginning in May 2005 with Jennifer Costa, Herbalist

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Empowerment through information. Located in Rhinebeck and Kingston. Massage and acupuncture available. Gynecologyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;treating our patients through the most up-to-date medical and surgical technologies available, combined with alternative therapies. Obstetricsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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 Pilates of New Paltz We are a fully equipped studio of certified, experienced, caring instructors with the knowledge to challenge students while respecting their limitations (injury/illness, age, etc.). We are offering a special package price for four introductory lessons and offer small group reformer classes and mat classes. We are open 6 days a week with a very flexible appointment schedule. (845) 255-0559.

PSYCHOLOGISTS James Cancienne, PhD Licensed Clinical Psychologist offering adult psychotherapy and couples counseling. Jungian-based psychotherapy for people in crisis, those with ongoing mental health difficulties, and those wishing to expand their personality and gain greater satisfaction from their relationships and work. Some insurance accepted and sliding scale. Hudson. (518) 828-2528.

Carla J. Mazzeo, PhD Licensed Clinical Psychologist offering psychodynamic psychotherapy for adolescents and adults. I have experience working with trauma, mood disturbances, sexual assault, depression, anxiety, grief/bereavement, eating/body image difficulties, alcohol/substance concerns, teenage problems, relationship difficulties, sexuality issues, or general self-exploration. Dream work also available. New Paltz location. Reduced fee for initial consultation. (845) 255-2259.

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Mark L. Parisi, PhD Licensed psychologist. Offering individual psychotherapy for adults. Specializing in gay men’s issues, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, adjustment, issues related to aging, disordered eating, body image, sexual identity, and personal growth. Medicare and some insurance accepted. 52 South Manheim Boulevard, New Paltz. (845) 255-2259.

Jonathan D. Raskin, PhD Licensed psychologist. Insight-oriented, meaningbased, problem-focused, person-centered psychotherapy for adults and adolescents facing problems including, but not limited to, self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, life transitions, family issues, career concerns, depression, anxiety, loneliness, and bereavement. 199 Main Street, New Paltz. Free initial consultation. Sliding scale. (845) 257-3471.

mind like a movie or filmstrip. It is unique in its ability to reproduce important life events in exact detail, revealing both the cause and solution of problem areas. Dr. Toni Nixon, EdD, director. Port Ewen. (845) 339-1684.

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. Located in New Paltz. (914) 706-0229.

Irene Humbach, LCSW, PC See Body-Centered Therapy.

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Author and psychotherapist: Qigong, Meditation, Hypnotherapy, and Dreams. Specializing in the creative process. Healing retreats, Local and Worldwide. (845) 339-5776.

Development of solutions through simple self-observation, reflection, and conversation. Short- or longterm 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.

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Deep Clay Art and Therapy Deep Clay Art and Therapy with Michelle Rhodes Licensed Master Social Worker, ATR-BC. A creative and grounding approach for crisis management, transitions, and deep healing. Individual, couple, and group arts based psychotherapy. Weekly “Dreamfigures” group for Women in transition. Gardiner (845) 255-8039, deepclay@mac.com, www.deepclay.com.

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. 199 Main Street, New Paltz. Free initial consult. Sliding scale. Tel: (914) 262-8595.

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 call (845) 883-9642.

Eidetic Image Therapy A fast moving, positive psychotherapy that gets to problem areas quickly and creates change by using eidetic (eye-DET-ic) images to promote insight and growth. The eidetic is a bright, lively picture seen in the

Elise Lark, LCSW, LMT Body & Creativity-Centered Psychotherapy SYNtegration Therapy utilizes acupuncture and muscular releases, sensation awareness, active imagination, and body-centered dialogue to explore physical symptoms, behavioral patterns, and inner conflicts. Fast-acting, highly effective, it will give you the practical tools, insight, and direction needed to move forward in your life. Sliding Scale. Free Consult. Tel: (845) 657-2516.

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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. (845) 255-4218.

Martin Knowles, LCSW Taking a systemic approach to well-being and relationships for over 20 years, Martin Knowles works with individuals, couples and families in Uptown Kingston. His effective, down-to-earth style amplifies and encourages natural talents and resources, bringing out the best in each of us. (845) 338-5450, ext. 301.

Dr. Nancy Rowe, PhD, CET Heart Centered Counseling & Expressive Arts Therapy Emotional healing for children and adults using talk, imagery, sandplay, expressive arts, and/or movement. Background in transpersonal psychology, play therapy, family therapy, spiritual guidance, authentic movement, and expressive arts therapy. Offices in Woodstock and Kingston. Call Nancy, (845) 679-4827. www.wisdomheart.com.

Change Your Outlook, Heal, and Grow Sharon Slotnick, MS, CHt. With combination of “talk” therapy for self-knowledge and hypnosis to transform negative, selfdefeating thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Faster symptom relief. Feel better and make healthier choices. Sliding scale, Certified Hypnotherapist and Counselor. (845) 389-2302. New Paltz, Kingston. See also Hypnosis.

Richard Smith, CSW-R, CASAC Potential-Centered Therapy (PCT) alters thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that block growth. A psychodynamic approach incorporating NLP, EMDR, and hypnosis, PCT resolves addictions, trauma, limiting beliefs, and destructive behaviors. Twenty years experience and a gentle spirit guide you through an accelerated process of profound healing. Gardiner. Tel: (845) 256-6456. Email: richardsmithcsw@earthlink.net.

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Judy Swallow, MA, TEP Integrative body/mind therapist using Rubenfeld synergy and psychodrama in her work with individuals, couples, groups, and families. Inquire for workshops and training, as well as therapy. New Paltz. (845) 255-5613.

Wellspring Evolutionary coaching using movement and breath to access and clear lifelong patterns and transform relationships. Rodney and Sandra Wells, certified by Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks. (845) 534-7668.

Julie Zweig, MA Verbal Body-Centered Psychotherapy utilizing doctoral level training in psychology and 15+ years of experience as a therapist, as well as the principles of Rosen Method Bodywork, but without touch. See also Body-Centered Therapy. New Paltz, New York. (845) 255-3566.

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Heart-centered therapy for healing the body, mind, and emotions. Improve relationships, release the past, heal the inner child through personal empowerment. (845) 255-6482.

REIKI The Sanctuary - Reiki Rev. Denise Meyer offers Usui Reiki treatments. Experience the benefits of deep relaxation and energetic releases through this method of healing touch. Reiki energy supports and heals the mind, body, heart and spirit through the delivery of Light Energy into the energy field of the receiver. “Denise’s work is way beyond the other Reiki treatments I have had.” Vera P. The Sanctuary 5 Academy Street New Paltz. (845) 255-3337 ext. 2

SCHOOLS & TRAINING 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. Tel: (650) 493-4430. Email: itpinfo@itp.edu. Web: www.itp.edu.

SHIATSU Leigh Scott See Massage Therapy.

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SPAS & RESORTS The Spa at Emerson Place The Emerson Spa is open! This Asian-inspired design invites guests into an oasis of relaxation that is surrounded by the Catskills’ pastoral beauty. Individually-tailored treatments are created by the European-trained staff who are skilled at delivering virtually all the Emerson Spa’s 40+ treatments. Men and women alike will enjoy the personalized attention they receive while enjoying experiences such as Ayruvedic Rituals, Aromatherapy Massage, Deep-Tissue and Four-Hand Massage, Hot Stone Therapy and Detoxifying Algae Wraps. Call (845) 688-1000 or visit our website at: www.emersonplace.com.

SPIRITUAL Healing, Pathwork and Channeling by Flowing Spirit Guidance

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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. Call (845) 679-8989 or visit our website at: www.flowingspirit.com.

Ione Egyptian Mysteries, Scarab Teachings™, Journeys to Sacred Sites. (845) 339-5776.

STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION

Structural integration is a form of soft tissue manipulation based on the lifelong work of Dr. Ida P. Rolf. It is a process-oriented whole systems approach that seeks to improve one’s health and vitality by balancing the body and re-establishing appropriate relationships. Benefits include feeling lighter, more energy, greater freedom of movement, relief from chronic pain, and positive psychological effects. We offer a safe place for exploration and work with sensitivity and compassion. Krisha Showalter and Ryan Flowers are certified practitioners of the KMI method. Rhinebeck, (845) 876-4654.

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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. Appointment/ Info: rachel@rachelpollack.com. (845) 876-5797. Rhinebeck. Also see ad.

animals all at the same time? If the idea is daunting and seems undoable to you, then let your personal Vegan Lifestyle Coach take you through steps A to Z. Whether you’re a cattle rancher eating meat three times a day or a lacto-vegetarian wanting to give up dairy, it’s a process that can be fun, easy and meaningful. You can do it easily with the proper support, guidance and encouragement from your Vegan Lifestyle Coach. (845) 679-7979. andy@meatfreezone.org or www.meatfreezone.org. See display ad.

Healthy Gourmet To Go Try our colossal coconut macaroons dipped in dark chocolate or our delectable pan-seared cornmeal crusted homemade seitan cutlets over rosemary smashed potatoes with mushroom gravy. From oldfashioned home cooking with a new healthful twist to live/raw foods and macrobiotics, HGTG has dishes to please every palate. Weekly Meal Delivery right to your door. Organic, vegan, kosher. Baby Registry. Gift Certificates. Catering. Visit www.carrottalk.com. (845) 339-7171.

WOMEN’S GROUPS THERAPY Toni D. Nixon, EdD Therapist and Buddhist Practitioner

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Offering a unique combination of techniques that integrate therapeutic goals & spiritual practice. The basic principles of Buddhism and psychotherapy are concerned with the goal of ending human suffering. Both paths to liberation are through greater self-awareness, a broader view of one’s world, the realization of the possibility of freedom, and finding the means to achieve it. In essence, effective psychotherapy moves toward liberation, and Buddhist practice is therapeutic in nature. Eidetic Image therapy is a unique and powerful method that encourages the liberation of the mind and spirit from obstacles that block the way to inner peace. Specializing in life improvement skills, habit cessation, career issues, women’s issues, & blocked creativity. By phone, online, and in person. (845) 339-1684. www.eidetictherapy.com.

Honoring the Soul with Adele Marcus,LCSW-R, ACHT See Psychotherapy.

WOMEN’S HEALTH Women’s Health & Fitness Expo womensexpo@hotmail.com. (845) 338-7140.

WORKSHOPS Back to Basics at “The Barn” Life Transformational Metaphysical Workshop Series begins August 5 in Gardiner. Set in idyllic location - 130-year old renovated barn abutting Shawangunk Mountains, Author, Hand Analyst/Life Coach shares joyous process of Evolving Consciously. Discover your Life Purpose/Life Lesson through your unchangeable Soul Goal hidden in your unique fingerprint patterns! To register for this workshop, call (845) 256-1294 or visit www.terrasoleil.com/workshops.

VEGAN LIFESTYLES StoneWater Sanctuary Andrew Glick - Vegan Lifestyle Coach Certified Holistic Health Counselor. The single most important step an individual can take to help save the planet’s precious resources, improve and protect one’s health, and to stop the senseless slaughter of over 50 billion animals a year...is to Go Vegan. What could make you feel better about yourself than knowing you are helping the planet, your own health, and the lives of countless

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YOGA The Children’s School Of Yoga Offering yoga classes to children from infant to teen. We offer classes to Daycares / Preschool, Camps & After School programs. We offer Parent/Child & Family yoga classes, school aged yoga classes and teen yoga

classes. We are currently in over 25+ locations throughout Orange, Dutchess, & Sullivan Counties. Call for your free trial class today at: (845) 791-1553 or contact us directly at: www.thechildrensschoolofyoga.c om. Email: thechildrensschoolofyog a@juno.com.

Jai Ma Yoga Center Offering a wide array of Yoga classes, seven days a week, from Gentle/Restorative Yoga to Advanced. Meditation classes free to all enrolled. Chanting Friday evenings. New expanded studio space. Private consultations and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy sessions available. Gina Bassinette, RYT & Ami Hirschstein, RYT, Owners. New Paltz. (845) 256-0465.

The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center

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Open to the community for over 5 years. Inspiring movements of inner freedom and awareness. We offer Yoga classes for all levels of students, gentle/beginner to advanced. Including Pre & Post Natal Yoga, Family & Kids Yoga, as well as a variety of Dance classes, Massage, Acupuncture, Sauna & Organic Yoga Clothing. New Paltz. (845) 255-8212. www.thelivingseed.com. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main St. New Paltz, NY 12561. Phone: (845) 255-8212. Web: www.thelivingseed.com. Email: contact@thelivingseed.com.

Satya Hudson Valley Yoga Center Satya Hudson Valley Yoga Center is located in the heart of Rhinebeck village, on the third floor of the Rhinebeck Department Store building. We offer classes for all levels, 7 days a week. There is no need to pre-register: we invite you to just show up. For more information, visit www.hudsonvalleyyoga.com or call (845) 876-2528.

Yoga on Duck Pond A new approach to yoga based on the premise that we develop habitual patterns of movement that can effectively be changed by bringing unconscious movement into conscious awareness. Only then can we explore new combinations of ways to move. Learn how to experience yoga poses comfortably and beneficially, from the inside out, without strain or struggle. When we slow down, we can sense and feel more clearly and comfortably how we move. Experience a style of yoga that is dynamic, rejuvenating, empowering and transformational. Donna Nisha Cohen, RYT with over 25 years experience. Classes daily. Privates available. (845) 687-4836. www.yogaonduckpond.com.

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business directory ACTING Sande Shurin Acting Classes Revolutionary new acting technique for Film/ Stage/TV. The book: Transformational Acting...A Step Beyond, Limelight Editions. The technique: Transform into character using current emotions. No recall. No forward imagining. Shurin privately coaches many celebrities. The classes: Thursday eves. at 7pm, Woodstock. Master classes at the Times Square Sande Shurin Theatre. (917) 5455713 or (212) 262-6848.

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. (845) 255-9902.

R & F Handmade Paints

ANTIQUE RESTORATION

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. Open Mon.Sat. 10am-5pm. 506 Broadway, Kingston. (845) 331-3112. www.rfpaints.com.

Antique Clock Repair and Restoration

ATTORNEYS

Specializing in Grandfather clocks, Tubular chime clocks, European, Atmos and Carriage Clocks, Antique Music boxes. Pickup and delivery. House calls available. Free estimates. One year warranty. References available. For appointment call Ian D.Pomfret at (845) 687-9885 or email idp1@verizon.net.

ARCHITECTURE DiGuiseppe Architecture

Offices in Hudson and Manhattan, serving individuals and businesses throughout the Hudson Valley and New York City. Estate Planning (wills and trusts) and Elder Law (planning for you or your aging relatives), Domestic Partnerships (for GLBT families), Family Matters, Business Formations and Transactions, and Real Estate. Intelligent and sensitive approach to your personal and business legal matters. Please call (518) 671-6200 or (917) 301-6524, or email Andrea@LowenthalLaw.com.

Schneider, Pfahl & Rahmé, LLP Manhattan law firm with offices in Woodstock, provides legal services to individuals, institutions, professional firms, companies, and family businesses. Specific areas include: Real Estate, Estate Planning, Corporate, New Media and Arts, and Entertainment Law. Each matter is attended to by a senior attorney who develops a comprehensive legal plan with the client. (845) 679-9868 or (212) 629-7744. See website www.nycrealestateattorney s.com or www.schneiderpfahl.com.

ART GALLERIES

BEVERAGES

Van Brunt Gallery

Leisure Time Spring Water

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, www.vanbruntgallery.com, has online artist portfolios and videos of the artists discussing their work. 460 Main Street, Beacon, NY 12508. Tel: (845) 838-2995.

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

ART SUPPLIES

The Golden Notebook

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) 6792251; Kingston: (845) 331-7780; Poughkeepsie (845) 452-1250.

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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.

Law Offices of Andrea Lowenthal, PLLC

BOOKSTORES

A feast for book lovers located in the heart of Woodstock, we are proud to be a part of Book Sense: Independent Bookstores for Independent Minds. In addition to our huge database, we can special order any book in or out of print. Our Children’s Store located right next door has an extensive selection of books and products exclusively for the under-14 set. We also carry the complete line of Woodstock Chimes. 25-29 Tinker Street, Woodstock. Tel: (845) 679-8000, fax (845) 679-3054. Email: thegoldennotebook@hvc.rr.com Web: www.goldennotebook.com.

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,

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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. (845) 679-2100. www.mirabai.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. Open 6 days a week 12-6pm. Closed Tues. MC/Visa/AmEx. 54G Tinker Street, Woodstock. (845) 679-5311.

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 Great International Cinema. Contemporary & Classic. 26 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck. Tel: (845) 876-2515. Web: www.upstatefilms.com.

CLOTHING Haldora

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Haldora, a family name from Iceland meaning Goddess of the Mountains. Haldora designs a lifestyle in women’s clothing and scarves—styles which are timeless, understated, and have a forgiving elegance. She designs and cuts her own line, then sends it to her seamstress where it is sewn locally in New York State. Her fabrics are mostly natural, including many kinds of silk, linens, and cotton in many colors, with wool added in winter. Also at Haldora, you will find other complimentary lines. In season, she has wool, cotton, and cashmere sweaters, which include Margaret O’Leary and Kincross Cashmere. Haldora carries a full line of Hanro of Switzerland undergarments and sleepwear. Shoes are also important to finish your look. Some of the lines carried are Arche, Lisa Nading, and Gentle Souls. Haldora also carries jewelry in a wide range of prices. Open Daily. 28 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY. Tel: (845) 876-6250. www.haldora.com.

COLLEGES Dutchess Community College Dutchess Community College, part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, was founded in 1957. The College offers an educational policy of access, quality, opportunity, diversity, and social responsibility. DCC’s main campus in Poughkeepsie is situated on 130 scenic acres with facilities that are aesthetically pleasing and technologically advanced. The College has a satellite campus, Dutchess South, in Wappinger Falls, and learning centers in Carmel, Staatsburg, and Pawling. (845) 431-8020. www.sunydutchess.edu.

Mount Saint Mary College An independent liberal arts college offering more than 30 undergraduate programs; graduate programs in business (MBA), education, and nursing; and noncredit courses. 2,500 women and men. Its beautiful campus overlooks the Hudson River and is conveniently located off I-84 in Newburgh. (845) 569-3222. www.msmc.edu.

CONSIGNMENT SHOPS Past ‘n’ Perfect A quaint consignment boutique that offers distinctive clothing, jewelry, shoes, and accessories, and a unique variety of high quality furs and leathers. Always a generous supply of merchandise from casual to chic, contemporary to vintage, with sizes 94

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from infant to adult. Featuring a diverse and illuminating jewelry collection. Open Tuesday to Friday 10am-5pm, and Saturday 10am-4pm. Conveniently located at 1629 Main Street (Route 44), Pleasant Valley, NY–only 9 miles east of the Mid-Hudson Bridge. (845) 635-3115. Web: www.pastnperfect.com.

The Present Perfect Designer consignments of the utmost quality for men, women, and children. Current styles, jewelry accessories, and knickknacks. Featuring beautiful furs and leathers. Open MondaySaturday 10am-5pm, & Sun. 12-5pm. Located at 23G Village Plaza, Rhinebeck, NY 12572. (845) 876-2939.

DISTRIBUTION Chronogram Is Everywhere! Have you ever noticed that wherever you go, Chronogram is there? That’s because our distribution is so damn good. We can distribute your flyer, brochure, business card, or publication to over 800 establishments in Ulster, Dutchess, Columbia, Greene, Putnam, and Orange counties, and now with new stops in Peekskill, Westchester County. Call us at (845) 334-8600 or e-mail distribution@chronogram.com.

EDITING Manuscript Consultant See Literary.

COSMETIC & PLASTIC SURGERY Bethany Saltman M. T. Abraham, MD Facial Plastic, Reconstructive & Laser Surgery, PLLC. Dr. Abraham is one of few surgeons double board certified and fellowship trained exclusively in Facial Plastic Surgery. He is an expert in the latest minimally invasive and non-surgical techniques (Botox™, Restylane™, Thermage™, Photofacial™), and also specializes in functional nasal surgery. Offices in Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, & Rhinebeck with affiliated MediSpas. (845) 4548025. www.NYfaceMD.com.

CRAFTS Crafts People

EDUCATION RESOURCES Math Tutor Customized, creative tutoring for students of all ages. Get help with arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and precalculus. Prepare for Regents, SATs, GREs, and GEDs. I emphasize fundamental concepts, number sense, real life application and problem solving skills. Individual and group sessions. Contact Halle Kananack at (917) 232-5532 or learn@mathwithhalle.com. Please visit my website at www.mathwithhalle.com.

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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. Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday 10:30am-6pm. 262 Spillway Road, West Hurley. (845) 331-3859. www.craftspeople.us.

I am a professor of writing & literature as well as a professional writer & editor who most recently edited local writer Erin Quinn’s Pride and Politics. I have over a decade of experience working with teens, grad students, professionals and editors and I am available to help you with your writing projects. References available. Call or email for a free consultation. Tel: (845) 688-7015. Email: bethanysaltman@gmail.com.

EVOLUTION Discovery Institute

Deep Clay Showroom Pottery and Dreamfigures Wood-fired, raku, and stoneware. From everyday mugs and bowls to Tea Ceremony ware. Simple forms, natural colors, islands of calm, created by artist/therapist Michelle Rhodes. Studied pottery in Bizen and Tea at Urasenke. Open by appointment yearround. (845) 255-8039. www.michellerhodespot tery.com.

DANCEWEAR First Street Dancewear First Street Dancewear in Saugerties, NY offers quality dancewear for Adults and Children. We have dancewear, knit warm-ups, ballet, jazz, tap shoes, gymnastics wear, skatewear, accessories, and gift items. We also feature a line of women’s active wear clothing suitable for Yoga and Pilates. Call (845) 247-4517 or visit our website at www.firststreetdancewear.com.

DESIGN

To Know. To Understand. To Be. Offering intensive training in a living school of psycho-transformism in the tradition of G.I. Gurdjieff. Web: www.discoveryinstitute.org.

FAUX FINISHES Faux Intentions Cat Quinn, professional decorative artist, setting the standard for excellence in Custom Faux Finishes for your home and business. With infinite possibilities, your walls, floors, ceilings, fireplaces and furniture can be transformed using my faux finishing techniques. A full spectrum of decorative finishes using plasters, glazes, and many other mediums, help to fill your home full of your unique personality and spirit. Don’t miss the beauty and exhiliration of transforming the rooms you live and work in every day into spaces that reflect your sense of style. Portfolio showing a phone call away. (845) 532-3067.

FINANCIAL SERVICES Center for Financial Wellness, Inc.

Actionpact Solutions Actionpact Solutions is your premiere, awardwinning, full-service graphic, Web, and multi-media design firm located in Kingston, New York. We offer fresh, fun, and functional advertising and design solutions for businesses of all sizes. Make a pact for action and contact us today for your free consultation! Call (845) 532-5398 or email support@actionpactsolutions.com.

I don’t sell anything! I help you become financially independent – retire early, reduce your taxes, build an investment portfolio, do work that you love, get out of debt! Robin Vaccai-Yess, Certified Financial Planner™, Registered Investment Advisor, Fee-Only. Visit www.financiallywell.com to receive my free Enewsletter and to register for workshops. (845) 255-6052. www.financiallywell.com. 3/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM BUSINESS DIRECTORY

FOOD SERVING PRODUCTS

HAIR SALONS

Cool Cover™

Trends Hair Design

CoolCover™ keeps food cool, fresh and visible for hours using patent-pending air flow design. Perfect for entertaining at home, indoors and outdoors. CoolCover™ can be tipped back into stable, upright position for easy self serving. Clear, durable, food safe polycarbonate protects food from insects and pets. Great for everyday use as practical tool for healthy eating. No ice. 15 7/8” L x 11 7/8” W x 5 5/8” H. Price - $34.99. Web www.coolcover.us. Toll Free: (800) 601-5757.

Trends is a cutting-edge hair design center offering New York City styles at Hudson Valley prices, specializing in modern color, cut, and chemical techniques for men and women. Waxing and nail services available. Open Tues. through Fri, 9am to 7pm; Sat. 10am to 3pm. Gift certificates available. 29-31 West Strand, Kingston. Tel: (845) 340-9100.

FRAMING Catskill Art & Office See Art Supplies.

Manny’s See Art Supplies.

GARDENING & GARDEN SUPPLIES Mac’s Agway in Red Hook/New Paltz Agway

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Specializing in all your lawn and garden needs. We carry topsoil, peat moss, fertilizers, 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, 145 Route 32N, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0050. Hours for both locations: Mon.-Fri. 8am-5:30pm; Sat. 8am5pm; Sun. 9am-3pm.

GIFTS Earth Lore Walk into a world of natural wonder: amethyst caves and heart-shaped druzies, quartz crystal spheres and sculptures, orbs of obsidian, lapis and jasper. PLUS a gallery of wearable art. Navaho necklaces of turquoise and coral, pendants and bracelets of moldavite, tektite and meteorite; watches crafted from oxidized copper, brass, sterling; an array of Baltic amber in all its hues: honey, lemon, butterscotch, cognac...., fashioned into jewelry that makes a statement. Earthlore also offers unique objects of home decor such as a 100 yr old camel bell from Afghanistan, a Thai rain drum, and fossilized salt lamps from the Himalayas. A great place to find gifts from around the globe. 2 Fairway Drive, Pawling N.Y. (845) 855-8889. Open Tues. thru Fri. 10am - 6pm. Sat 10-5.

GLASSBLOWING Glassblowing.com The glassblowing.com studio offers Beginner Workshops in both Glassblowing and Beadmaking. Lee Kind has been teaching glassblowing since 1990 and has the ability to make this hot medium safe for anyone to try. In addition to teaching, Lee creates a line of “one of a kind” lamps and lighting installations for both homes and businesses. For more information call (845) 297-7334 or www.glassblowing.com.

GUITARS McCoy’s Guitar Shop Specializing in professional stringed instrument repairs and the best set-ups in the area at reasonable, musician friendly rates. Psychotherapy extra. Used guitars and basses bought and sold. Services available by appointment only. Conveniently located in Rosendale. 96

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HOME DESIGNS Eco-Arch Design Works - Janus Welton, AIA, BBEI An award-winning 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. E-mail: ecoarchitect@hvc.rr.com or see www.JanusWelton DesignWorks.com. (845) 247-4620.

HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS Frog Hollow Farm English riding lessons for adults and children. Solar-heated indoor, large outdoor, crosscountry course, extensive trails. Summer camp, boarding, training, and sales. Emphasis on dressage as a way of enhancing all horse disciplines. Holistic teaching and horse care. 572 Old Post Road, Esopus. Tel: (845) 384-6424. Web: www.dressageatfroghollowfarm.com.

INTERIOR DESIGN DeStefano and Associates Barbara DeStefano has been the owner of DeStefano and Associates, an interior design business, for 18 years. She received certification in Feng Shui from the Metropolitan Institute of Interior Design and has completed advanced work with several Feng Shui Masters. Feng Shui is the perfect marriage to interior design. It brings a spiritual dimension to your space. Barbara can create a kind of beauty that touches your spirit, and brings balance and harmony to a level that transcends the superficial. Barbara is available for consultations, guest speaker engagements, and workshops. Tel: (845) 339-4601.

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS Webjogger 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. Call (845) 757-4000 or visit us online at www.webjogger.net.

LITERARY ENTELECHY Biofiction Prize. Two cash prizes (and publication) awarded for

the best fiction/creative nonfiction that is significantly informed by advances in the biological understanding of the human mind and behavior. Enter throughout March. First place: $350; 2nd place: $150. Judge: Rebecca Goldstein. For details, see www.entelechyjournal.com

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, 2nd floor, Kingston, NY 12401. info@chronogram.com or check out our web site: www.chronogram.com.

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PAINTING Quadrattura Painting - Interior/Exterior & Interior Decorator Finishes. Serving the area since 1997 with pristine jobs for the economy-minded homeowner, as well as decorator and faux finishes, completed with old-world craftsmanship and pride. Wallpaper removal, light carpentry, plaster. Environmental paints available. Free estimates. Call: (845) 679-9036.

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

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, 2nd floor, Kingston, NY 12401. info@chronogram.com. www.chronogram.com.

MEDIATION & CONFLICT RESOLUTION Pathways Mediation Center

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

Powerhouse Summer Theater/ Lehman-Loeb Gallery Vassar College Box 225, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604. (845) 437-5902. Email: befargislanc @pop.vassar.edu.

PET SERVICES & SUPPLIES Pussyfoot Lodge B&B The Pioneer in Professional Pet Care! Full housepet-plant-sitting service, proudly serving three counties for 32 years. Experienced, dependable, thorough, and reasonable house-sitting for your pets’ health and happiness. Also offering a cats-only resort with individual rooms. Extensive horticulture and landscaping knowledge in addition to domestic and zoo animal experience. Better Business Bureau Metro NY/Mid-Hudson Region Member. (845) 687-0330.

PET SITTING Dog Love, LLC Personal Hands-On Boarding and Daycare tailored to your dog’s individual needs. Your dog’s happiness is our goal. Indoor 5x10 windowed matted kennels with classical music. Supervised playgroups in 40 x 40 fenced area. Homemade food and healthy treats. Dog Love, 240 N. Ohioville Road, New Paltz, NY, (845) 255 8281 www.dogloveplaygroups.com.

A Light in the Window Why have your dog spend its day in a kennel, when it can stay comfortably at home and I’ll take care of it for you. Pine Bush, Walden, Newburgh, Middletown. Tel: (845) 406-8932.

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France Menk Photography & Photodesign

Burt’s Electronics

A fine art approach to your photographic and advertising requirements. Internationally exhibited. Major communications/advertising clients. My work is 100% focused on your needs. www.photocon.com. (845) 256-0603.

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. Monday through Friday 9am-7pm; Saturday 9am5pm; and Sunday 12pm-4pm. (845) 331-5011.

WVKR 91.3 FM Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. A listener-supported, non-commercial, student-run, alternative music station. Programming is provided by students and community members, and includes jazz, new music, folk, hip hop, polka, new age, international, blues, metal, news, and public affairs programming. WVKR Web casts at www.wvkr.org. Tel:(845) 437-7010.

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A unique mediation practice for couples going through divorce, or families in conflict, with the innovative, combined services of two professionals. Josh Koplovitz has 30 years as a Matrimonial & Family Law Attorney, and Myra Schwartz has 30 years as a Guidance Counselor. This male/female team can effectively address all your legal and family issues. Use our one-hour free consultation to find out about us. Tel: (845) 331-0100.

PERFORMING ARTS

Michael Gold Artistic headshots of actors, singers, models, musicians, performing artists, writers, and unusual, outlandish, off-the-wall personalities. Complete studio facilities and lighting. Creative, warm, original, professional. Unconditionally guaranteed. www.michaelgoldsphotos.com and click on to the “Headshots” page. The Corporate Image Studios, 1 Jacobs Lane, New Paltz. (845) 255-5255.

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and creative style. While remaining unobtrusive she is able to capture key, quiet and personal moments of the event. For rates and avalibilty please call (917) 449-5020.

Marlis Momber Photography LTD ‘KEEP IT REAL’ Call Marlis for all your photographic needs: Commercial Photography, advertising, annual reports. Personal portraits, head shots, fine art reproduction. Weddings, family reunions, life’s events. Free in-depth consultations to meet your photographic needs and budget. Digital files send directly to you. PHOTO CDs or film and great prints all seizes. Studio in the heart of New Paltz. www.marlismo mberphoto.com. (845) 255-4928.

PIANO Adam’s Piano

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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. adamspiano.com.

A radically different form of education based on the belief that children are driven by a basic desire to learn and explore. We trust that children, given the freedom, will choose the most appropriate path for their education. Our democratic School Meeting expects children to take responsibility for their lives and their community. Year-round admissions. Sliding-scale tuition. Web: www. hudsonvalleyschool.org. Tel: (845) 679-1002.

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Cultivating creativity, compassion- and a lifelong love of learning. Serving children 3 years through second grade in a country schoolhouse surrounded by gardens, woodlands and streams. Combining the outstanding materials and attention to detail of Montessori education with an emphasis on creativity and child-generated curriculum inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach. 8: 30 am-3:30 pm, with part-time options for preschoolers. Half or full day kindergarten. 62 Plains Road, New Paltz, NY 12561. (845) 256-1875. Email: info@mariasgardenmonte ssori.com.

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Monkfish publishes books that combine spiritual and literary merit. Monkfish books range from memoirs to sutras, from fiction to scholarly works of thought. Monkfish also publishes Provenance Editions, an imprint devoted to elegant editions of spiritual classics. Monkfish books are available at your favorite local or online bookstores, or directly from us. Rhinebeck, NY. Tel: (845) 876-4861. Web:www.monkfishp ublishing.com.

REAL ESTATE Willow Realty Willow Realty is a small, personalized Real Estate Agency in Ulster County, New York. We have access to all the properties in the Multiple Listing Service, but high-pressure tactics are not part of our sales kit. We have extensive experience in buyer agency and new construction. We listen to you! New Paltz. (845) 255-7666.

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Pre-kindergarten through 8th grade, committed to a child-centered education that engages the whole child. Intimate, nurturing, with small class size and hands-on learning. A program rich in academic, artistic, physical, and social skills. Fully accredited. Route 209, Stone Ridge, NY. Call Suzanne Borris, director. (845) 687-4855.

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5-21) with autism and related developmental disabilities, in Staatsburg, New York. Education and residential programs are designed to foster continuous growth, independence and social interaction. Students are accepted year-round. Funded by NYS Dept. of Education, OCFS and OMRDD. Contact Kate Haas (845) 889-4034 x534 or visit www.andersonschool.org.

At the Mountain Laurel Waldorf School, not only can all students do their best in academic basics, they can find and achieve a balance in rich programs of drama, speech, Spanish, Russian, painting, music, creative writing, woodwork, and more. Waldorf Education: for the head, heart, and hands. Nursery-8th Grade. 16 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz. Call Judy Jaeckel. (845) 255-0033.

Woodstock Day School Woodstock Day School, a state-chartered, independent school and member of NYSAIS, providing quality education for pre-school through high school students since 1972. Small classes and a 6:1 student-to-teacher ratio allow us to give each child the individualized consideration necessary for a positive learning experience. PO Box 1, Woodstock. (845) 246-3744. Web: www.woodstockdays chool.org.

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WRITING 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. Email:khamherstwriters@aol.com. 3/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM BUSINESS DIRECTORY

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EVENT LISTINGS FOR MARCH 2006

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BUGLISI/FOREMAN DANCE

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION The Buglisi/Foreman Dance Company, founded by four members of Martha Graham's revolutionary company, was present for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center and the opening of its Tivoli campus in 1997. Recognizing that spaces like Kaatsbaan are integral to the creation and proliferation of contemporary dance, the company has maintained a strong relationship with Kaatsbaan over the past nine years, returning frequently for workshops and residencies. This month, the Buglisi/Foreman company will return to Kaatsbaan for three weeks to work on Sounds of Innocence, a dance opera in which Caravaggio meets Hopper, says Jacquelyn Buglisi, company co-founders. The new production has been inspired by children s reactions to Hurricane Katrina. "I am collecting stories and testimonials from children in America and, if I can, throughout the world," says Buglisi. "It seems far-fetched, but the idea actually came while I was in New Orleans last year. I saw a wall of children s poetry and art and I began to investigate doing something." The dance opera will feature the music of Daniel Rounard Roumain, whose work fuses hip-hop and Beethoven. Buglisi and Roumain have collaborated on many of the company pieces in the past, and Buglisi stresses that the company was founded in the spirit of collaboration. Whenever the company develops a new piece, she explains, its members try to reach out to the community in which it is being developed by incorporating the local environment into the dance performance. Buglisi/Foreman not only invites local dancers to join them during their residencies at Kaatsbaan but conducts classes for regional.groups. "We visit schools, and they come to us," says Buglisi. However, the company's program is not limited to those interested in dancing; Buglisi/Foreman will also offer a lecture on the creative process and its relationship with music composition, lighting, and set design on Thursday, March 16, at 6pm. The Buglisi/Foreman residency culminates in performances on March 18 at 7:30pm and March 19 at 2:30pm in the Kaatsbaan studio theater in Tivoli. Tickets are $25 at the door, $10 for students. (845) 757-5107; www.kaatsbaan.org. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jenna Hecker

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TOSHI REAGON WILL PERFORM AT THE ROSENDALE CAFE ON

SATURDAY, APRIL 1.

ANOTHER RIGHTEOUS BABE How many of you artists out there have been hankering for an award from the New York Fellowship of the Arts? Well, Toshi Reagon was one of us in 2004, and she succeeded—she was the recipient of an NYFA award for Music Composition. It’s not hard to see why. The moment I put on the latest disc from this lovely big mama, I was instantly captured by her energetic performance, that oh-so-powerful voice, those

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gritty guitar tunes—an amalgamation of folk, rock, pop, urban blues, and gospel. If Reagon is some sort of rock ’n’ roll evangelist, then I’m a believer. Born in Atlanta and raised in Washington, D.C., Reagon grew up within a musical family. Her parents were part of The Freedom Singers, a political folk group that toured the country singing about civil rights. Reagon’s mother, Bernice Johnson Reagon, is also the founder of internationally renowned Sweet Honey in The Rock, an a capella ensemble that’s been around for three decades. (In fact, Toshi joined her mom in helping produce many of their recordings.) Having been nestled in harmony from her early years, Reagon began releasing her own music in 1990; she now has six solo CDs to her credit and has collaborated on many compilation and benefit recordings. Her biggest moment in the limelight so far came when she was discovered by Lenny Kravitz in the late ’90s, just after she dropped out of college, and was asked to open for him on his first world tour. Since then, she’s also toured with Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco. Speaking of DiFranco, Reagon’s latest recording, Have You Heard, is her debut on DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records. Produced by Craig Street, one of the sound experts behind Cassandra Wilson, k.d. lang, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Chris Whitley, Have You Heard was released last October. Calling in her devoted “Big Lovely” band, Reagon summons local favorites such as electric guitarist Adam Widoff and drummer Robert “Chicken” Burke to provide the funk, the folk, and the fresh. The propelling opening title track is mighty enough to call down the Holy Ghost (“I got chills in my eyes from lookin’ above / I am sure it’s a sign of the Lord / Did you breathe the silky air, the breath of life / I am sure it’s a sign of the Lord”). But “22 Hours,” a slick, bluesy number, moves quickly from the spiritual to the sexual. If the bass-infused “Didn’t I Tell You” doesn’t get you moving, nothing will. Reagon even pumps out a sly version of “Heartbreak Hotel” on this must-have recording. With Have You Heard, Reagon has set herself up to be one of the great female singers of this generation. And Reagon’s not just a stage temptress. She’s worked in film as a musician, composer, and producer; and for many dance and theater companies as a music director, performer, composer, and arranger. She’s also performed at numerous folk festivals, including at Central Park, and even with Elvis Costello on “Late Night with David Letterman.” For now, however, she’s content with intimate stage settings, like the Rosendale Café (434 Main Street, Rosendale). So come let Toshi Reagon make a believer out of you when she plays there on Saturday, April 1, at 8pm. (845) 658-9048; visitwww.toshireagon.com. —Sharon Nichols

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calendar WED 1 CLASSES Swing Dance Class 6:30 Essential Swing/7:30 Essential Lindy Hop/8:30 Inter. 4-week session. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939. $60/class.

Group Personal Training 2-3:30pm. 8 Mon/Wed sessions. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2025. $99.

MUSIC

Mike Quick Band

Rockslyde

9pm. Blues jam. Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

10pm. Alternative, heavy metal, rock. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277.

SPOKEN WORD Are We There Yet? The Past, Present, And Future of Feminism

SPOKEN WORD

12:30pm. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8050.

Call for times. Calling All Poets series. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-0077. $4.

THEATER The Illusion

THEATER

8pm. Parker Theater, SUNY New Paltz. 257-3872.

Community Playback Theater

Galen Razzaq 12:30-2pm. Flutist, composer, educator. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262.

Jay and Molly’s Old Time Jam 7-10pm. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

Robert Kopec Trio 9pm. Jazz jam. Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

Xoch 9-11pm. Pop, rock. The Cubbyhole Coffee House, Poughkeepsie. 483-7584.

Open Mike with Setting Sun 10:30pm. Oasis Café, New Paltz. 255-2400.

SPOKEN WORD 10:30am. “The Prophets” by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Kingston Library, Kingston. 334-8404.

Women in Jazz with Jazz Flutist Galen Abdur-Razzaq 12:30-2pm. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5245.

WORKSHOPS Tarot-on-the-Hudson 7-9:30pm. Rhinebeckian Institute for Tarot and Esoterica, Rhinebeck. 876-5797.

THUR 2

FRI 3 ART 6-9pm. Montgomery Row Second Level, Rhinebeck. 876-6670.

Melissa Harris Slide Show

The Illusion

7-9:30pm. The Garden at Thunder Hill, Rensselaerville. (518) 797-3373.

8pm. Parker Theater, SUNY New Paltz. 257-3872.

FILM Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

ART

Zizek

3-5pm. Opening reception. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

MUSIC Peggy Atwood 6-8:30pm. Acoustic Thursdays. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699. $5.

Broadway Showbook with Charles Pistone 7:30pm. Show tunes. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262.

Coupe and Her Groovemobile

Setting Sun 8-9:30pm. Song-based indie-rock/pop. Oasis Café, New Paltz. 255-2400.

Denis Sung-Ho & Boris Gaquere

EVENTS

8-10pm. Classical. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Wine Tasting

Ethan Campbell and Robin Leah

7pm. Heavy metal, rock. The Chance, Poughkeepsie. 486-0223.

Ambient Musical Performances by Zero‘s End and Chris Utzig 8:30pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

New Vanguard presents Rick Altman & David Oliver

8-11pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

Four Guys in Disguise 9pm. The Skytop Steakhouse and Brewery, Kingston. 340-4277.

Solas

4-9pm. Works by Chet Karpinski. The Art and Zen Gallery, Poughkeepsie. 473-3334.

Marian Van Der Zwaan 5-7pm. Opening. Deep Listening Space, Kingston. 338-5984.

2006 Annual Juried Art Show 5-7pm. Many genres. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 671-6213.

Inner Spirit 5-7pm. Cathy Johanson. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

The Mystical Landscape 5-7pm. Oil paintings of the Hudson Valley by Ellen Perantoni. River Rock Health Spa, Woodstock. 679-7800 ext.3002.

Jay Bedient 5-8pm. Arts Society of Kingston, Kingston. 338-0331.

Think Green 5-8pm. Arts Society of Kingston, Kingston. 338-0331.

Recent Paintings by Susan Chrysler White

9pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.

6-8pm. John Davis Gallery, Hudson. (518) 828-5907.

Dean Scala Band

Tithe Relationships Between Man and the Rest of the Animal Kingdom

9pm. Pop, rock. Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

Harvey Citron Band

8:30pm. Gallery at Deep Listening Space, Kingston. 338-5984.

10pm. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

Little Scotty and the Knockouts

Murali Coryell

8:30pm. Blues jam. Spanky‘s, Poughkeepsie. 485-2294.

Dan McCormack: Pinhole Camera Nudes Watercolors

8pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

Downfire Live With W.A.S.P

3-6pm. Inspired by the unconscious and artists‘ imaginations. GCCA Mountaintop Gallery, Windham. (518) 734-3104.

5-7pm. Coffey Gallery, Kingston. 339-6105.

7-8:30pm. Acorn Hill Healing Arts, Olivebridge. 657-2516. $10.

MUSIC

Dreamscapes

7pm. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.

Peter Morrison

7pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

21 Women Artists of Beacon

The Strawberry Hill Fiddlers

LGBT Guided Meditation Group

7-9:30pm. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 246-1122. $12.

SAT 4

State of Fear

8pm. Jazz. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.

Woodstock Tango: Argentine Tango

Songs for a New World 8pm. Presented by Marist College Council on Theater Arts. Nelly Goletti Theater at Marist College, Poughkeepsie. 575-3133.

Thomas Cole: Infamous Mugs

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

CLASSES

8pm. Improvisation based on real-life stories of audience members. Boughton Place, Highland. 691-4118. $6.

10pm. Forum Lounge, Kingston. 331-1116.

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Classics in Religion

Shotsie Gorman and Will Nixon

6-8pm. Mixed media show. Tivoli Artist Co-op, Tivoli. 757-2667.

Clown Room 6-9pm. Artwork by Wayne Montecalvo. No Space Gallery, Rosendale. 658-3275.

Louis Ponton‘s Early Paintings 6-9pm. Livingskin Gallery, Newburgh. 561-8624.

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Four Guys in Disguise

Swing Dance Jam

6-9pm. Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon. 838-2995.

10pm. Joe‘s East West, New Paltz. 255-9727.

6:30-9pm. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 339-3032. $5.

DANCE

THE OUTDOORS

EVENTS

Contra Dance

Singles Snowshoe or Hike – Spring Farm

Oscar Night Party

8pm. Music by Fennig‘s All-Stars, Caller: Gail Griffith. Old Songs Community Arts Center, Voorheesville. (518) 765-2815. $10.

Vassar Repertory Dance Theater

Maple Sugar Tours

8pm. Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 454-3388. $10/$7.

11:30am-3pm. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 ext. 204.

EVENTS George Cole Estate Auction Call for time. George Cole Auctioneers, Red Hook. 758-9114.

FILM Viewing of Clown by Wayne Montecalvo 4pm. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-3275.

State of Fear Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Zizek Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

KIDS Cinderella 11am. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

MUSIC

Oh Baby – Baby 1-2:30pm. Enter the world animals. Trailside Museum and Zoo, Bear Mountain State Park. 786-2701 ext. 293.

SPOKEN WORD Conference: Human Rights and Technology

OliveJazzChoir Concert 7:30pm. Woodstock Artists‘ Association, Woodstock. 679-8587. $8.

Matt Finley 7:30-9pm. Brazilian jazz. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8000.

Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

KIDS Magic at the Center 3pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. $13/$11 children.

8:30am-1pm. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8550.

Da Capo Chamber Players

Reading and Book Signing with Jon J. Muth 11am. Stone Ridge Public Library, Stone Ridge. 687-7023.

Reading by Alison Gaylin 7:30pm. Author of You Kill Me. Oblong Books and Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.

11am. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080 ext. 13.

Pains of Youth

Bernstein Bard Trio

3pm. Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7425.

Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series 3pm. Featuring Gregg Michalak. Wesley Hall, Montgomery. 457-9867.

Traditional Irish Music 4pm. American Legion Hall, Rhinebeck. 876-4429. $8.

Michelle Valastro, Alexea Lawson & Francine Saltares 7pm. Love songs. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

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

Open Mike Night

Songs for a New World

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

8pm. Presented by Marist College Council on Theater Arts. Nelly Goletti Theater at Marist College, Poughkeepsie. 575-3133.

7:30-10pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

8pm. Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.

Kenetic Chaos

The Illusion

8pm. Dance music. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.

8pm. Parker Theater, SUNY New Paltz. 257-3872.

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WORKSHOPS

8pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

10am-6pm. The Garden at Thunder Hill, Rensselaerville. (518) 797-3373.

Kenetic Chaos

Sing From the Soul

8pm. Dance music. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.

11am-4pm. Reformed Church Annex, Saugerties. 679-9140. $20.

Paul McMahon, Frankie and His Fingers, and Baba Yaga

Healthy Heart Cooking Series

1-3pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

1pm. Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh. 563-3619.

SPOKEN WORD

Live Jazz with Peter Einhorn 8-11pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

Ain’t It A Beach? 8:30pm. Surfettes and The Beach Balls. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

Painting Workshop with Melissa Harris

Bookmaking Workshop for Artists 2-4pm. 3 sessions. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.

Siberian Shamanism: Activate Your Spiritual Magician 2-4pm. Mirabai, Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

SUN 5

Hip Hop: Theory in Concert

11am. Peter’s Kill, New Paltz. 255-2011.

Beavers & Otters 1-2:30pm. Trailside Museum and Zoo, Bear Mountain State Park. 786-2701 ext. 293.

Third Annual Kids’ Day in the Sugar Bush

Novelist Robert Crooke 2pm. Merritt Bookstore, Cold Spring. 334-8600 ext. 116.

Poet Laureate Billy Collins and Cathie Ryan Band 8pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.

THEATER The Illusion

9pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. $10.

ART

2pm. Parker Theater, SUNY New Paltz. 257-3872.

Modern Man

Melissa Harris Spirit Essence Portraits

Fully Committed

9pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.

The Essentials 9pm. Blues, jazz, Latin, r&b, swing. The Firebird Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-8686.

Bill Perry Blues Band

Call for times. Have a portrait of yourself done. The Garden at Thunder Hill, Rensselaerville. (518) 797-3373. $150.

Secret Breathing /Telling Truths

7:30pm. Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-4561. $10.

Pains of Youth 8pm. By Ferdinand Bruckner. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

9pm. Blues, r&b, soul. Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

2-4pm. New works by Tracy Leavitt and Claire Wasser. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 626-2546.

Church and State

DANCE

What is This Thing Called Love?

Vassar Repertory Dance Theater

6:30-8:30pm. 2 sessions. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2025. $39.

9pm. Alternative, grunge, heavy metal, progressive, punk, rock. Forum Lounge, Kingston. 331-1116.

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Zizek

Ambient Musical Performances Christine Sweeny and King‘s Highway

8pm. Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-5342. $5.

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Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

3pm. Redeemer Lutheran Church, New Paltz. 255-0051.

Cinderella

7pm. Trinity Church, Lakeville, CT. (860) 435-4866. $25/$15 students.

State of Fear

Math and Science Matter… Especially for Young Women

Call for times. Troy Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-0038.

Crescendo Plays I Fagiolini

FILM

MUSIC

Dizzy Gillespie All Stars

1pm. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8916.

7pm. Boiceville Inn, Boiceville. 657-8500. $10.

Call for times. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7110.

THEATER

Student Recitals

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10am-3pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

3pm. Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 454-3388. $10/$7.

MON 6 CLASSES

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UCCC ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE CHARLES PISTONE WILL PERFORM BROADWAY HITS ON MARCH

BROADWAY SONGBOOK

“People go to the theater to see something that’s alive and real,” says Charles Pistone. “It’s akin to going to a rock show—it affects you on a visceral level, which is what makes it different from any other medium. But what it is is a live experience. The theater has the capacity to educate you, to make you think.” Pistone, a Broadway veteran, works in the area as a teacher and director. This semester, he is SUNY Ulster’s artist-in-residence, teaching American Musical Theater at the school’s campus in Stone Ridge. Part of Pistone’s residency is the performance of “Broadway Songbook,” a musical revue he has put together with wife Andrea Rivette, also a Broadway veteran. The duo will be performing songs from shows they have appeared in, including “Saturday Night Fever,” “The Most Happy Fella,” and “Jekyll and Hyde.” The revue will feature a range of Broadway material, both old and new. Pistone, a Kingston resident, is heavily involved with local theater. He is a member of the SUNY Ulster theater co-op, a playwriting group, and has directed plays for many of its members. Currently, Pistone is directing “On My Own” by Lew Gardner, a one-woman show starring Kimberly Kay, which will be performed March 24 and 25 at 7:30pm at the Inquiring Mind Bookstore in Saugerties. His course at Ulster focuses on the historic, socioeconomic, and cultural forces that have helped to shape musical theater. Pistone explains that while musical theater’s prominence has dwindled in the last 50 to 100 years due to the popularity of television, the modern musical can still be relevant and enlightening. “There are still new shows being developed and being written; the art form is still alive and well,” says Pistone. “‘Rent,’ for instance, is topical. It’s not all just singing, dancing, nonsense and fluff. There’s plenty of serious storytelling and lots of serious messages. [There are] lots of things that can be taken seriously about it, and I think that’s why it survives.” Pistone will be appearing at the Quimby Theater on the Stone Ridge campus of Ulster County Community College on Friday, March 3. The suggested donation is 8$ at the door. (845) 687-5075. —Jenna Hecker

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Daniel Pagdon, Bass at Open Mike Night

Classics in Religion

8pm. Rhinebeck Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

Seth Ray: Open Mike and Hootenanny 8-11:30pm. Rhinebeck Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

SPOKEN WORD Lecture Series: Revolution and the Limits of Reason 4:30pm. Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Major, Opus 135. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7512.

Mary Leonard and Guy Reed 7pm. Poetry, prose and performance open mike. Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-5342. $3.

THEATER

10:30am. “The Prophets” by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Kingston Library, Kingston. 334-8404.

Luncheon Lecture Series 12pm. The Bible as Literatures. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7388.

How to Create a Rewarding Social Life 7pm. Bill Colagrande. Institute for Human Development, Kingston. 339-6250.

WORKSHOPS The Ancient Art of Ear Coning 10am-1pm. The Garden at Thunder Hill, Rensselaerville. (518) 797-3373.

Making Flower Essences 3-6pm. The Garden at Thunder Hill, Rensselaerville. (518) 797-3373. $50.

Pains of Youth 7pm. By Ferdinand Bruckner. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

TUES 7 MUSIC Richie Colan 8pm. Blues. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.

Little Scotty and the Knockouts 8:30pm. Blues jam. The Downtown Sports Bar, Fishkill. 897-3686.

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THE OUTDOORS YMG Indoor Rock Climbing 6:30pm. YMCA, Poughkeepsie. (518) 851-9089. $8.

SPOKEN WORD Greening Health Care 7pm. Sustainable Living Resource Center, Cottekill. 331-2670.

Mystery of Death and Dying 7:30-9pm. 4 week series with Ken Pollinger. New Age Center and Point of Infinity, Nyack. 353-2590.

THEATER Pains of Youth 7pm. By Ferdinand Bruckner. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Psychometry: Receiving Information from Objects 7pm. Mirabai, Woodstock. 679-2100.

LGBT Guided Meditation Group

AMERICAN SCENERY

7-8:30pm. Acorn Hill Healing Arts, Olivebridge. 657-2516. $10.

CLASSES Woodstock Tango: Argentine Tango

The Hudson River School, an American group of 19 century painters, not only paid homage to

7-9:30pm. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 246-1122. $12.

the magnificent landscapes surrounding America’s first river, but changed our perception of

FILM

protection. In fact, history has credited the school’s painters with inspiring the founding of the

Thursday Film Night 7pm. Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh. 563-3619.

wilderness from something to be feared and tamed to a beautiful, precious resource in need of conservation movement. Thanks to these artists, the National Parks System was established, allowing regional gems like the Catskills, Adirondacks, Palisades, and Shawangunks to be preserved.

MUSIC Kurt Henry and Guests

Currently on exhibit at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz is “American

6-8:30pm. Acoustic Thursdays. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.

Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting.” Because the show is being held

New Vanguard presents Bora Berman & Joe Giardullo

“American Paradise,” hosted at the Metropolitan Museum, and more recently, the New York

8:30pm. Gallery at Deep Listening Space, Kingston. 338-5984.

Mike Quick Band 9pm. Blues jam. Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

in the very birthplace of the genre, it has drawn comparison to similar exhibitions, including Historical Society’s showing of its own collection of Hudson River School art. However, according to curator Judith Hansen O’Toole, of the Westmoreland Museum, “American Scenery” is different than other exhibitions because it illustrates the Hudson River School’s underlying themes. The show is a rich collection of artists’ explorations of philosophical

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issues such as the sublime versus the picturesque, man’s intrusion into or harmony with nature,

Thomas Mounkhall

and the cycles of life.

5pm. Egypt Through the Eyes of a World Historian. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. 257-3933.

to Dorsky Museum director Neil Trager, “was compelled to share his paintings and passion

WORKSHOPS

Poetry Slam

with the public.” The exhibit is organized in groups of predominately small, intimate paintings,

Unseen America Photography Workshops for Workers

9pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

reflecting the way the majority of Hudson River School artists worked—by creating paintings

6-8pm. Tuesdays. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.

THEATER

scene at different times of day, or during contrasting seasons

Songs for a New World

WED 8 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Beginners Meditation 7:30-9pm. 4 week series with Ken Pollinger. New Age Center and Point of Infinity, Nyack. 353-2590. $10/session.

2pm. Presented by Marist College Council on Theater Arts. Nelly Goletti Theater at Marist College, Poughkeepsie. 575-3133.

The Illusion 8pm. Parker Theater, SUNY New Paltz. 257-3872.

MUSIC

WORKSHOPS

Celtic Jam Seisun

The show’s 116 landscape paintings are on loan from an anonymous collector who, according

in pairs or scenes, exploring changes in light, mood, and atmosphere by depicting the same Many of the groups of paintings included in the show were separated over time, and it became their anonymous collector’s mission to rejoin them.The show includes works by famous figures of the genre, as well as many lesser-known artists, beginning with a pair of European Romantic—style paintings by school founder Thomas Cole and his one-time student Frederic Church. Other artists include Asher B. Durand, whose Woodland Interior represents his classic vertical treatment of forest trees; Sanford Gifford, who included war symbolism and created an illuminist atmosphere in A Lake Twilight; and Clinton Boutelle, whose Dewitt in Sunset offers a

Get Ready for Spring

crescent moon at sunset and a man with a red lantern, seemingly guiding the viewer through the

7-10pm. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

7-9pm. Plants and gardening. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 340-3990.

pastoral landscape. Others painters of note include Ralph Albert Blakelock, Benjamin Champney,

Maia Sharp:

Psychometry: Receiving Information From an Object

John Frederick Kensett, Homer Dodge Martin, and Laura Woodward.

Singer/Songwriter 8pm. The Philipstown Depot Theater, Garrison. (914) 204-7289.

7-9pm. Mirabai, Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

FRI10

Abby Hollander Duo 10pm. Blues, country, jazz. Bacchus, New Paltz. 255-8636.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

Open Mike Hosted by Setting Sun

Art, Yoga, Knitting Retreat

10:30pm. Oasis Café, New Paltz. 255-2400.

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HOMER DODGE MARTIN SARANAC LAKE (MORNING), 1857 OIL ON CANVAS, 18 X 32 INCHES PRIVATE COLLECTION

THURS 9

Thousand Years Waiting 6pm. Storytelling, dance, and puppetry. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

photo provided

MUSIC

Call for times. The Garden at Thunder Hill, Rensselaerville. (518) 797-3373. $295.

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Jasper Cropsey, Gustevus Johann Grunewald, James McDougal Hart, Daniel Charles Grose, All in all, the brilliant artists included in “American Scenery” come together to present Hansen’s unifying vision of the Hudson River School’s motifs and concerns, including circular tone, nature’s atmospheric moods, and man’s place within nature. “American Scenery” will be exhibited through May 14 at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, located on the campus of SUNY New Paltz. (845) 257-3844; www.newpaltz.edu/museum. —Michael Boyajian

DANCE

Robert The: Ex Libris

Nicholas Leichter Dance Company 7:30pm. North Pointe Cultural Center, Kinderhook. (518) 758-9234.

4-6pm. Found-object sculpture. Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, Stone Ridge. 687-5113.

Solas an Lae

Marlene Wiedenbaum

8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

4-6pm. Opening. Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock. 679-2940.

EVENTS

Home

Woodstock Goddess Festival Call for times. Joyous Lake, Woodstock. 246-1625.

Slow Wine Dinner 6:30pm. Blue Mountain Bistro, Woodstock. 679-8519. $68.

4th Annual Benefit for the Ulster County Battered Women‘s Shelter 8pm. Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-5342.

FILM Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 8pm. Friday night film series. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8050.

6-9pm. Bau, Beacon. 440-7584.

Outside the Lines 11pm. Greene County students. GCCA Mountaintop Gallery, Windham. (518) 734-3104.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Siberian Shamanism: Activate Your Spiritual Magician 2-4pm. Mirabai, Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

CLASSES

8pm. Performed by the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 246-7045.

Reiki I

Niamh Parsons: Irish music

Relationship Enhancement Skills

8pm. Old Songs Community Arts Center, Voorheesville. (518) 765-2815. $17/$5 children.

10am-3pm. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 339-2025. $45.

Teri Roiger 8pm. Jazz. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.

Ethan Campbell and Robin Leah

8am. Gnosis Magick Supply, Woodstock. 679-2626.

Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners: Ages 15-Adult 10:15am-12pm. 8 sessions. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2025. $149.

8-11pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

DANCE

Larry Hoppen & Robbie Dupree 8:30pm. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

7-7:45pm lesson followed by open dance. First Presbyterian Church, Highland. 494-0224. $10.

Hothouse Flowers

Contradance With Eric Hollman

9pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.

8pm. Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock. 246-2121. $8/$7 members/ kids 1/2 price.

Magic in Vienna 9pm. Woodstock Chamber Orchestra. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7425. $15/$5.

Riversedge Band

East Meets West Swingdance Mix

Solas an Lae 8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

9pm. Country, rockabilly. Monticello Racino, Monticello. 794-4100.

EVENTS

Johnny Unstoppable

Call for times. Joyous Lake, Woodstock. 246-1625.

9-11pm. Alternative, rock. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 255-1901.

the famous americans are having a party.

Beyond Me: Works by Christopher Staples

Love Whip

Woodstock Goddess Festival

Stop Violence Against Woman

10pm. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

11am-4pm. Events and performances all day. Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh. 563-3619.

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FILM

Hair of a Different Color – African American Women and Hair Grooming

State of Fear

12pm. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8432.

FORECAST

www.thefamousamericans.com

MUSIC Magic in Vienna

5-7pm. Olivebridge artist Kate McGloughlin. Kiesendahl+Calhoun Art Gallery, Beacon. 838-1177.

Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Zizek Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

THEATER Side Man 8pm. Performing Arts of Woodstock. Town Hall, Woodstock. 679-7900. $15/$12 students and seniors.

KIDS

Peter Pan 8pm. New Rose Theater, Walden. 778-2478.

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

The Illusion

MUSIC

8pm. Parker Theater, SUNY New Paltz. 257-3872.

WORKSHOPS Reinventing Ourselves Call for times. Weekend Retreat for Women. Linwood Retreat Center, Rhinebeck. 687-2252.

SAT 11 ART Evolution 4-6pm. Plein air works by Linda Richichi. Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, Kingston. 569-4997.

Steve Johnson‘s Magic Variety Show

John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band 7:30/10pm. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

Ulster County Choral and Jazz Festival 4pm. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5245.

Judy Norman, Mason Bell, Nick Butterworth, Artie Bauer 4-7pm. Let‘s Jam Music Store, Poughkeepsie. 471-4400.

Denise Jordan Finley 7pm. Laid back acoustic mix. Griffins Corners Café, Fleischmanns. 254-6300.

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THEATER

8pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

8pm. Mohonk Mountain Stage Readers Theater. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Claire Daley and Joel Forrester

Peter Pan

Del Rey & Steve James

Side Man

8pm. Acoustic, country, blues. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 658-9048.

8pm. Performing Arts of Woodstock. Town Hall, Woodstock. 679-7900. $15/$12 students and seniors.

8pm. Woodstock Chamber Orchestra. Pointe of Praise Family Life Center, Kingston. 246-7045. $15/$5.

Shannon McNally 8pm. Singer/songwriter. Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-5342.

Music in Desperate Times

My Utopia 8pm. A one woman show/Susan Vinett. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

The Illusion 8pm. Parker Theater, SUNY New Paltz. 257-3872.

WORKSHOPS

The Jerusalem

10am-4pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

8pm. Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7425.

Todd Giudice 8pm. Peekskill Coffee House, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287.

Mark Raisch & Michael Morano 8-10pm. Jazz, swing, vocals, American Standards. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 464-5836.

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5pm/8pm. New Rose Theater, Walden. 778-2478.

8pm. Remembering the Women‘s Orchestra at Birchenau. Temple Emanuel, Kingston. 679-8172. $12/$20 at the door.

Symphony Orchestra

Heartbeat Photography: A Wildlife Photography Workshop

Learn to Waltz Workshop 10:30am-12:30pm. Reformed Church of the Comforter, Kingston. 236-3939. $30.

De-Clutter De-Stress Your Life 2:30-3:30pm. Cornwall Library, Cornwallon-Hudson. 227-3190.

SUN 12 DANCE

Live Jazz with Peter Einhorn

Solas an Lae

8-11pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

3pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson & The Magic Rockers

EVENTS

9pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.

The Kurt Henry Band 9pm. Dance. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.

Project Mercury 9pm. Acoustic rock & modern folk. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000.

Riversedge Band 9pm. Country, rockabilly. Monticello Racino, Monticello. 794-4100.

The Jamhogs 10pm. Rock and roll. The Crest Bar, Woodstock. 679-3213.

FreeRange 10pm. Contemporary, pop, rock. The Captain‘s Table, Monroe. 656-6617.

THE OUTDOORS Cross Country Ski at Fahnestock State Park 9am. Meet at the Apple Valley Shopping Center. 454-4428.

Singles Hike – Millbrook Mountain 9:30am-2:30pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

Woodstock Goddess Festival Call for times. Joyous Lake, Woodstock. 246-1625.

Women & Identity Gathering 4-7pm. Gallery at Deep Listening Space, Kingston. 338-5984.

FILM State of Fear Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Zizek Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

BILLY COLLINS SINGS

(!) AT THE TOWNE CRIER WITH THE CATHIE RYAN BAND ON MARCH 5.

GET YOUR IRISH UP “It seems only yesterday I used to believe there was nothing inside me but light. If you cut me I would shine.

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But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life,

Cherish the Ladies

I skin my knees. I bleed.”

Call for times. Troy Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-0038.

—Billy Collins, “On Turning Ten”

Mostly Mozart 2:30pm. Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh. 563-3619.

Daughter of the Regiment 3pm. Opera Company of the Highlands. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.

Magic in Vienna

Former National Poet Laureate Billy Collins is renowned for being a man of the people, a regular guy who can write about the stuff of everyday life with grace and tenderness—but as evidenced in many of his poems, he’s got a funny side too. In fact, in 2004, after his tenure as National Poet Laureate ended, Collins’s Irish sense of humor won him the Poetry Foundation’s Mark Twain Award for Humorous Poetry. “Humor is a doorway into the serious,” Collins remarked at the time. “My father was subversively

3pm. Woodstock Chamber Orchestra. Bearsville Theater, Bearsville. 246-7045. $15/$5.

funny” and a “sadistically methodical practical joker.” Although Collins shares DNA with his subversive

Music in Desperate Times

from the Emerald Isle

1-2pm. Trailside Museum and Zoo, Bear Mountain State Park. 786-2701 ext. 293.

3pm. Remembering the Women‘s Orchestra at Birchenau. Holy Cross Church, Kingston. 679-8172. $12/$20 at the door.

joining voices with Cathie Ryan and her bandmates, Sara Milonovich and Greg Anderson, at the Town

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Traditional Irish Music 4pm. American Legion Hall, Rhinebeck. 876-4429. $8.

her son to carry on the singing traditions of their home country, performed with the renowned Celtic

The Power in Nonviolence Motivational Discussion 2-4pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

Susan Trump: Songwriter/Performer

Lecture Series: Revolution and the Limits of Reason

4:15-6pm. Unitarian Center, Poughkeepsie. 896-3981.

4:30pm. On St. Petersburg. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7512.

The Commitments

Maple Sugar Tours 11:30am-3pm. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 ext. 204.

Some Trailside History

Palestine: An Eyewitness Report 5pm. Hannah Mermelstein. Woodstock Public Library, Woodstock. 679-2821.

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Shadowlands

8pm. North Pointe Cultural Center, Kinderhook. (518) 758-9234. $20/ members $15/students $10.

Magic in Vienna

Jersey Walz

Andi and Natalie Cline, Thomas Patrick McGuinet & Friends

7pm. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

Tom Rush 8pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.

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dad, his own sense of humor, as a poet, is decidedly gentle and sweet, more like the other poets And this month, a few weeks shy of St. Patrick’s Day, Collins will display his Irish sensibility by Crier Café. Ryan, who was born in Detroit to a Tipperary father and a Kerry mother who encouraged musical group Cherish the Ladies for more than seven years before venturing out as a solo artist. Ryan’s four solo recordings have won acclaim, and her voice has been described as nothing less than “emerald.” Together with Collins—who will recite poetry, sing, and perhaps even play piano and saxophone in this rare performance—Ryan offers an honesty and accessibility that invites listening with the heart. Billy Collins and the Cathie Ryan Band will perform at the Towne Crier Café, 130 Route 22, Pawling, on Sunday, March 5, at 8pm. Tickets are $35. (845) 855-1300; www.townecrier.com. —J. Spica

Jersey Walz

THE OUTDOORS Mohonk Preserve – Rock Rift Snowshoe or Hike 9:30am-2pm. Strenuous 7 miles. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

SPOKEN WORD Palestine: An Eyewitness Report 9am/11am. Hannah Mermelstein. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Kingston. 679-2821.

Conference: Human Rights and Technology Call for times. Wielding the Double Edged Sword—Theoretical. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7110.

Flirting: a Field Guide 2pm. Bill Colagrande. Mezzanine Bookstore, Kingston. 339-6250. $5.

A Jewess Knows a Jewish Nose: Stories about Stereotypes 6-7:30pm. Bau, Beacon. 440-7584.

THEATER The Illusion 2pm. Parker Theater, SUNY New Paltz. 257-3872.

WED 15 MUSIC Celtic Jam Seisun 7-10pm. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

Mezzo-soprano Joan Fuerstman With Pianist Sharon Bjorndal 8pm. Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7425.

Open Mike Hosted by Setting Sun 10:30pm. Oasis Café, New Paltz. 255-2400.

SPOKEN WORD Classics in Religion 10:30am. “The Prophets” by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Kingston Library, Kingston. 334-8404.

Luncheon Lecture Series 12pm. The Bible as Literatures. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7388.

Reading by Thaddeus Rutkowski 7:30pm. World‘s End Books and Music, Beacon. 831-1760. $3.

WORKSHOPS

Peter Pan

Digital Photography Workshop

2pm/5pm. New Rose Theater, Walden. 778-2478.

7pm. Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh. 563-3619.

Roger the Jester 3pm. North Pointe Cultural Center, Kinderhook. (518) 758-9234. $7.50/$5 children.

THUR 16 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT LGBT Guided Meditation Group

Side Man 4pm. Performing Arts of Woodstock. Town Hall, Woodstock. 679-7900. $15/$12 students and seniors.

Fully Committed 7:30pm. Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-4561. $10.

10am-4pm. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. $90/$100.

MON 13 MUSIC Open Mike Night 7:30-10pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

Seth Ray: Open Mike and Hootenanny 8-11:30pm. Rhinebeck Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

SPOKEN WORD Andrew Jay Bernstein ’68 Memorial Lecture 4:30pm. The Perils of Prejudice: Emotional Biases in Brain, Mind, and Culture. Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7388.

Sweet Talk by Marika Blossfeldt 6-7pm. The way sugar affects our bodies. Grinnell Library, Wappingers Falls. (646) 241-8478.

Poets Sparrow and Philip Pardi 7pm. Poetry, prose and performance open mike. Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-5342. $3.

CLASSES Dan Halquist of Bill Evans Modern Dance Company 7pm. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.

Woodstock Tango: Argentine Tango 7-9:30pm. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 246-1122. $12.

MUSIC Plastic Highway 8pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

New Vanguard presents David Arner & Michael Bisio 8:30pm. Gallery at Deep Listening Space, Kingston. 338-5984.

Mike Quick Band 9pm. Blues jam. Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

SPOKEN WORD Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee: Regional Final 7pm. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5245.

The River as Connection to the Earth 7:30pm. Garrison Institute, Garrison. 424-4800.

THEATER Side Man 8pm. Performing Arts of Woodstock. Town Hall, Woodstock. 679-7900. $15/$12 students and seniors.

FRI 17

WORKSHOPS Create a Multi-layered Learning Styles “Portrait” of Your Child

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

4-6pm. Kingston. 338-2030.

7-9pm. Mirabai, Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

TUES 14 DANCE Dan Halquist of Bill Evans Modern Dance Company 7pm. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.

Emotional Cleansing

EVENTS Cub Scout and Boy Scout Outdoor Weekend Call for times. Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville. 985-2291 ext. 205.

FILM

MUSIC

Friday Night Supper Club

Little Scotty and the Knockouts

7pm. Showing of the movie The Quiet Man. North Pointe Cultural Center, Kinderhook. (518) 758-9234. $10.

8:30pm. Blues jam. The Downtown Sports Bar, Fishkill. 897-3686.

FORECAST

WORKSHOPS Photographing the Nude in the Studio

7-8:30pm. Acorn Hill Healing Arts, Olivebridge. 657-2516. $10.

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Urban Images

Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

6-8pm. Opening. Deborah Davis Fine Art, Hudson. (518) 822-1890.

MUSIC

The Twilight Zone

Cherished Memories 7-10pm. A cappella. Silo Ridge, Amenia. 373-7000.

Buglisi/Foreman Dance 7:30pm. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106.

Spring Dance Recital by Hudson River Performing Arts

Spring Dance

9pm. Spons. By WDST. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock 679-7266.

Ethan Campbell and Robin Leah 8-11pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

The Clancy Tradition 9pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.

Zen Tricksters 9pm. Rock and roll. Full Moon Resort, Big Indian. 254-5117.

Mambo Kikongo 10pm. Afro-Cuban. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

The Big Heavy 11pm. Blues, dance, funk, reggae, rock. Bacchus Restaurant, New Paltz. 255-8636.

SPOKEN WORD Hudson Poetry Circle 8pm. Share poems with the group. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.

THEATER

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DANCE

8pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

Railroad Earth

Friday Night Supper Club 7pm. Showing of the movie The Quiet Man. North Pointe Cultural Center, Kinderhook. (518) 758-9234. $10.

Fiddler on the Roof 8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. $22/$20 children and seniors.

Shadowlands 8pm. Mohonk Mountain Stage Readers Theater. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Side Man 8pm. Performing Arts of Woodstock. Town Hall, Woodstock. 679-7900. $15/$12 students and seniors.

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

EVENTS Great American Meat-Out 5pm. Tom Regan: keynote speaker. Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck. 876-2626. $5/$15.

New Shanghai Circus 8pm. Chinese acrobats. UPAC, Kingston. 339-6088.

FILM Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

10:30am. With real animals. Kingston Library, Kingston. 331-0507.

Celtic Heels Irish Step Dancers 11am. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra will emphasize the living struggles of music in a concert at Bard College on March 11.

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wide, including pieces by contemporary Israeli composers. A number of the orchestra members

Spring Dance Recital by Hudson River Performing Arts 3pm/8pm. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.

The Complete Beethoven Cycle 6pm. St. James Church, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100.

public—although nearly everyone in Israel can afford to buy a radio, not everyone can afford concert tickets. “My influence is to help shape the programming so that it has, if you will, a point of view,” explains and conductor. “The concerts we’re coming with to the United States are all about a period of time

Community Café Concert with Lauri des Marais and Kris Thompson 8pm. Gallery at Deep Listening Space, Kingston. 338-5984.

Live Jazz with Peter Einhorn

Sucio Feo

Call for times. Heal the self through empowering the mind. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.

9pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

Deuce 9pm. Acoustic, oldies, original, rock, rockabilly. Rondout Bay Café & Marina, Kingston. 339-3917.

Dynamic Stew & Cerulean City 9pm. Experimental, funk, jazz, soul. The Forum Lounge, Kingston. 331-1116.

This Side Down 10pm. Alternative, rock. Dominick‘s, Newburgh. 568-0981.

THE OUTDOORS

3-5pm. Belle Levine Art Center, Mahopac. 628-3664.

Silvermine: YMG Hike in Harriman

Double Vision

Call for time and meeting place. (518) 764-2887.

5-8pm. Images of Bruce Meisterman. Exposed Gallery of Art Photography, Delmar. (518) 475-1853.

training, which produces a large, lush, and expressive sound. The orchestra also serves a broad

Leon Botstein, president of Bard College and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra’s music director

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emigrated to Israel from Russia, so the string section in particular is influenced by the Russian

8pm. French love songs with Kelly Ellenwood. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

8:30pm. Surfettes and The Beach Balls. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

5-8pm. Images by Joseph Schuyler & Laurin Trainer. Exposed Gallery Of Art Photography, Delmar. (518) 475-1853.

As the radio orchestra of Israel, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra’s repertoire is eclectic and

Chansons D‘Amour

Call for times. Union Street Guest House, Hudson. (518) 828-0958.

Putnam Arts Council’s 43rd Annual Members’ Show

not busts—they were men who wrote their symphonies against the pressure of historical time. The

3pm. Soovin Kim, violinist. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

Ain’t It A Beach?

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One pictures the Great Composers as marble busts in the alcoves of concert halls. But they were

Classic for Kids Concert

Botanical Illustration Workshop

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THE ERASURE OF HISTORY

The Robinsons: Wildlife

WORKSHOPS

7-9pm. The Spiritual Journey Toward a Clear Heart. Mirabai, Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

LEON BOTSTEIN, MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR OF THE JERUSALEM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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8-11pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

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6-8pm. Reality and the media. Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson. (518) 828-1915.

Jazz with Wet Paint and Douglas Elliot

8pm. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.

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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Iron Mine Walk Harriman State Park 8am. Meet at McDonalds, Wappingers Falls. 876-4534.

Singles Ski, Snowshoe, or Hike – Northeast Trail 9:30am-4pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

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in history between 1930 and 1945, during wartime.” The symphony Bohuslav Martinu’s Memorial to Lidice, for example, was composed with the purpose of mourning the destruction of a town by the Nazis in 1942 in retaliation for the assassination of Hitler’s Bohemian proconsul, Reinhard Heydrich, by Czech partisans. Composer Martinu was a Czech patriot living in exile in New York City, and the music lifts defiantly against fascism. Richard Strauss’s Concerto in D Major for Oboe and Orchestra was commissioned by John deLancie, an American officer, at the end of World War II, in 1945. DeLancie was also the principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. This concerto “is the first attempt to come to terms between victor and vanquished,” Botstein observes. The conductor is known for his choices of underrepresented musical works, to expand to the classical repertoire. “The fact is we’re fighting the natural process of the erasure of history,” he explains. I asked Botstein if the orchestra’s program represents a political statement. “No, there’s not a statement,” he replied, “but there is the framing of a question, which is the relationship of music to wartime, and also its relationship to freedom, because in the case of the Shostakovich and Prokofiev pieces, they come out of the period of Stalin. The question of the role of the artist in democracy and dictatorship—this is a living issue.” I asked Botstein what music he himself listens to. “Really, my time is spent working on the music that I have to perform. I don’t, in the ordinary sense, listen to music,” he answered. This is the Jerusalem Orchestra’s first tour of the United States with Botstein, who has been its music director since 2003, and will feature three weeks of performances along the East Coast. Frequently, says Botstein, performances evolve during the course of a tour, and since the Bard performance will be the orchestra’s penultimate show, the fruits of their recent labors may well manifest. Laura Albeck is the oboe soloist. The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra will perform at the acoustically superb Sosnoff Theater of the Richard B. Fisher Center for Performing Arts at Bard College on Saturday, March 11 at 8pm. (845) 758-7900; www.fishercenter.bard.edu. —Sparrow

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Maple Sugar Tours

Pianist Melvin Chen

11:30am-3pm. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 ext. 204.

3pm. Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7425.

Calling All Frogs

3pm. Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.

1-2pm. Trailside Museum and Zoo, Bear Mountain State Park. 786-2701 ext. 293.

SPOKEN WORD Fly-fishing in Chile Call for times. Hudson Valley Angler, Red Hook. 758-9203.

Phillip Fennell & Marie King 1pm. Editors of John Devoy‘s Catalpa Expedition. The Book Cove, Pawling. 855-5405.

History of Bluestone: Tad Richards 2pm. Part of the history of Rondout. D&H Canal Museum, High Falls. 687-9311.

Songs to Bring on the Spring 3pm. Denise Jordan Finley. CunneenHackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.

Unplugged Acoustic Open Mike 4-6pm. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. $5 for members / $6 for non-members.

Lee Roy Parnell and AJ Swearingen 7pm. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

Maura O‘Connell

Jane Hirshfield

8pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.

7:30pm. Poetry reading. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mount Tremper. 688-2228. $5.

THE OUTDOORS

THEATER Fiddler on the Roof 8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. $22/$20 children and seniors.

Shadowlands 8pm. Mohonk Mountain Stage Readers Theater. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

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Singles Ski or Hike – Duck Pond 10am-3:30pm. 8 miles. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

Spring Equinox Snowshoe / Hike 11am. Upper Parking Area, New Paltz. 255-2011.

Eighteenth Annual Signs of Spring Walk 2:30-4pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

8pm. Performing Arts of Woodstock. Town Hall, Woodstock. 679-7900. $15/$12 students and seniors.

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WORKSHOPS Helping Children Through Divorce

3pm. Center for Performing Arts, Woodstock. 876-3080. $22 adults/$20 seniors/children.

10am-3pm. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2025. $45.

1-2pm. Kingston Library Community Room, Kingston. 338-2030.

Living in the Present – The Real Job of Self Care 1-4pm. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2025. $49.

Conscious Parenting 10pm. The Garden at Thunder Hill, Rensselaerville. (518) 797-3373.

SUN 19 DANCE Spring Dance

Side Man 4pm. Performing Arts of Woodstock. Town Hall, Woodstock. 679-7900. $15/$12 students and seniors.

Fully Committed 7:30pm. Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-4561. $10.

WORKSHOPS Introduction to Flintknapping: Ages 12-Adult 9am-1pm. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 339-2025. $59.

Sunday Swing FlingA Mini Dance Camp 1-4:30pm. Reformed Church of the Comforter, Kingston. 236-3939. $45.

3pm/8pm. Student choreography. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

MON 20

Buglisi/Foreman Dance

DANCE

2:30pm. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106.

Spring Dance

Swing Dance Jam

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

6:30-9pm. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 339-3032. $5.

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EVENTS Taste of Hyde Park

7:30-10pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

12:30pm. Sample food from Hyde Park‘s restaurants. FDR Presidential Library, Hyde Park. 229-8972. $15/$5 children.

Seth Ray: Open Mike and Hootenanny

Open Mike Night

Meet Sherlock Holmes

8-11:30pm. Rhinebeck Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

3pm. Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh. 563-3619.

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Lecture Series: Revolution and the Limits of Reason

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

MUSIC Unplugged Acoustic Open Mike Call for times. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

4:30pm. On Friedrich Nietzsche. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7512.

Alexandra Morgan and Ron Drummond 7pm. Poetry, prose and performance open mike. Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-5342. $3.

New Vanguard Fundraising Concert 2-6pm. Gallery at Deep Listening Space, Kingston. 338-5984.

Denise Jordan Finley 3pm. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.

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TUE 21 MUSIC Little Scotty and the Knockouts 8:30pm. Blues jam. The Downtown Sports Bar, Fishkill. 897-3686.

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Civil War Women: Their Roles and Legacies 12:30pm. Civil War re-enactor Trish Chambers. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8432.

8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Woodstock. 876-3080. $22 adults/$20 seniors/children.

WORKSHOPS Get Ready for Spring 7-9pm. Plants and gardening. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 340-3990.

FRI 24

It Takes a Village 7pm. Sustainable Living Resource Center, Cottekill. 331-2670.

WED 22 FILM Dinner & A Movie - Spiritual Cinema Circle 6-9:30pm. The Garden at Thunder Hill, Rensselaerville. (518) 797-3373.

Celtic Jam Seisun

EVENTS Call for times. Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville. 985-2291 ext. 205.

7:30pm. Thurman Barker and Mikhail Horowitz with the Trinity Trio. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7425.

FILM Memoirs of a Geisha

10:30am. “The Prophets” by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Kingston Library, Kingston. 334-8404.

Luncheon Lecture Series 12pm. The Bible as Literature. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7388.

Discussion on Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

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7pm. Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh. 563-3619.

How to Make Your Marriage Better 7pm. Bill Colagrande. Institute for Human Development, Kingston. 339-6250.

Nina Shengold, Author of Clearcut 7pm. Barnes and Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

THUR 23 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT LGBT Guided Meditation Group 7-8:30pm. Acorn Hill Healing Arts, Olivebridge. 657-2516. $10.

CLASSES Woodstock Tango: Argentine Tango 7-9:30pm. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 246-1122. $12.

EVENTS Career Conference

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MUSIC Little Toby Walker 1-3pm. Acoustic, blues, country, original, ragtime, storytelling, swing. Peekskill Coffeehouse, Peekskill. (914) 739-1287.

Annie Rorick & Ambivalent Elephant 8pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

New Vanguard presents John Heward, Joe Giardullo, Michael Bisio 8:30pm. Gallery at Deep Listening Space, Kingston. 338-5984.

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9pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

Mike Quick Band 9pm. Blues jam. Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

Open Mike Hosted by Setting Sun 10:30pm. Oasis Café, New Paltz. 255-2400.

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Women‘s Wellness Week

Jazz and Poetry

Classics in Religion

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Call for times. A multi-faith spiritual conference. Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.

8:30-10:30pm. Featuring The Blue Rays. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571. $10.

7-10pm. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

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BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Akasha Con

12pm. Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7279.

THEATER Fiddler on the Roof

Intelligent Design

8pm. Friday night film series. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8050.

2 Square Miles Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

MUSIC Greg Englesson 7-10pm. Original funky roots rock. Oasis, New Paltz. 255-2400.

Setting Sun, Virginia Wolves and Erica Quitzow 8pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

Todd Giudice

8pm. Maia Restaurant & Lounge, Poughkeepsie. 486-5004.

Retro Dance Party 8pm. Dance, funk, pop, punk, rock, disco. Knights of Columbus, Beacon. 831-5161.

Ethan Campbell and Robin Leah 8-11pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

Hoodoo Man and his Sweet Magnolia 10pm. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

SPOKEN WORD Jenny Lombard, Author of Drita, My Homegirl

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

THEATER I‘m Not Rappaport 8pm. New Rose Theater, Walden. 778-2478.

Fiddler on the Roof 8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. $22/$20 children and seniors.

Four Cats & a Wolf 8pm. A modern tale for adults. CunneenHackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.

Side Man 8pm. Performing Arts of Woodstock. Town Hall, Woodstock. 679-7900. $15/$12 students and seniors.

SAT 25 ART Cody Michaels & Gustav Verderber 8pm. Nature photography, expressive solo piano pieces and original poetry. North Pointe Cultural Center, Kinderhook. (518) 758-9234. $20/$16 members.

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ARS CHORALIS AT OPUS 40 FOR MYSTERIUM SOLARE, JUNE 2003

DESPERATE MEASURES “When I came to Birkenau I understood that, even more than in ordinary life, one could count only on oneself, one’s own intelligence, one’s own authority. As soon as I learned that there was an orchestra here I told [the camp commandant] I played the violin, and was taken on as a musician,” recounts Irene, a fellow prisoner and musician in Fania Fenelon’s Holocaust memoir Playing for Time. The Birkenau Women’s Orchestra was made up of 50 women who had been sent to AuschwitzBirkenau as prisoners. To these women, the orchestra acted as a form of salvation. While in Birkenau, their participation in the orchestra assured them showers, clothing, and a daily food supply. Led by

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famous Austrian violinist and kapo (prison guard) Alma Rosé, the orchestra served a number of functions: entertaining SS officers, during prisoner roll calls and marches, and often as a way of calming prisoners who were being sent to gas chambers. For many of the musicians in the orchestra, music became a bittersweet occupation. While it protected the women and helped them escape from the tedium of camp life, what had once been many musicians’ most precious release became a mark of their enslavement. “For me, singing was a free act,” writes Fenelon, “and I was not free.” Ars Choralis, a Woodstock-based choral ensemble, will be paying tribute to the orchestra’s brave musicians in their concert “Music in Desperate Times—Remembering the Women’s Orchestra of Birkenau.” The concert is intended to give a small-scale representation of the Women’s Orchestra’s unique instrumentation. The women of the camp used what instruments they had, so the orchestra included mandolins but had no brass section. The music has been arranged from the original repertoire to accommodate a smaller ensemble. Local author Elizabeth Lesser, an expert on spirituality, will read from memoirs of the orchestra women, accompanied by the vocal performances of Ars Choralis, and two local sopranos, Danielle Woerner and Cecelia Keehn, singing songs related to the text including “Solitude,” a composition by holocaust survivor György Ligeti. There will be two performances of the concert in Kingston, the first at Temple Emanuel, 243 Albany Avenue, on Saturday, March 11, at 8pm, and the second at Holy Cross Church, 30 Pine Grove Avenue, at 3pm on Sunday, March 12. Tickets will be $20 for adults and $10 for children. (845) 679-8172. —Jenna Hecker BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Crystal Spirit Medicine: Laying on of Stones 2-4pm. Mirabai, Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

DANCE Nicholasleichterdance 7:30pm. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106.

Eric Hollman and Friends 8-11pm. Contra dance. United Methodist Church, New Paltz. 883-4467. $10 Adults/ $5 Teens, Undergrads/$1 Children.

EVENTS George Cole Estate Auction Call for time. George Cole Auctioneers, Red Hook. 758-9114.

FILM Kent Film Festival Call for times. Community House, Kent, CT. (860) 927-3528.

2 Square Miles Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

KIDS Cottontails Tales 10am. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 ext. 204.

Dog on Fleas 11am. Kids music. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

MUSIC “Little” Bobby Barton & Paige Sessa 2-5pm. With special guest Kyle Hancharick. Warwick Valley Winery, Warwick. 258-4858.

Ulster County Band and Orchestra Festival 4pm. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262.

Another Serving Of Irving Berlin: A Cabaret Evening Of Berlin‘s Buried Musical Treasures 7pm. Temple Emanuel, Kingston. 338-4271. $18.

Deep Listening Space Farewell Party 7pm. Gallery at Deep Listening Space, Kingston. 338-5984.

Elly Wininger 7-10pm. Blues, country, neo-folk, original. Griffin‘s Corners Café, Fleischmanns. 254-6300.

Bob Franke: Incisive Original Songs 8pm. Old Songs Community Arts Center, Voorheesville. (518) 765-2815. $15/$5 children.

Spit it Out 8pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

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Live Jazz with Peter Einhorn 8-11pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

Denise Jordan Finley Trio 9pm. Folksy, jazzy originals and covers. Manna Dew Café, Millerton. (518) 789-3500.

Mike Cross 9pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.

THE OUTDOORS Singles Snowshoe or Hike – Catskill’s Giants Ledge 9am-4pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

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Fully Committed 7:30pm. Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-4561. $10.

Fiddler on the Roof 3pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. $22/$20 children and seniors.

Four Cats & a Wolf 8pm. A modern tale for adults. CunneenHackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.

WORKSHOPS Humor Writing Workshop 10am-3pm. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. $25/$30.

Jack Bankowsky on Louise Lawler

MON 27

1pm. Dia, Beacon. 440-0100.

Peregrines in the Shawangunks

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7-8:30pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

Open Mike Night

Modern Man 8:30pm. Comedy. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

THEATER

Open Mike Featuring Seth Ray 8-11:30pm. Rhinebeck Grille, Rhinebeck. 876-6816.

I‘m Not Rappaport

SPOKEN WORD

4pm/8pm. New Rose Theater, Walden. 778-2478.

David Applebaum

Kit’s Kaboodle – Mother Nature Call for times. For family audiences. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8050.

Fiddler on the Roof 8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. $22/$20 children and seniors.

Side Man 8pm. Performing Arts of Woodstock. Town Hall, Woodstock. 679-7900. $15/$12 students and seniors.

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7:30-10pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

WORKSHOPS Crystal Spirit Medicine: Laying on of Stones 2-4pm. Mirabai, Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

SUN 26

5pm. Jacques Derrida‘s Ghost. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. 257-3933.

Susan Piperato and Nina Shengold 7pm. Poetry, prose & performance open mike. Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-5342. $3.

THEATER The Summer at Emmaus 7:30pm. Play reading series. Lycian Center, Sugar Loaf. 469-ACTS.

WORKSHOPS Create a Multi-layered Learning Styles “Portrait” of Your Child 4-6pm. Kingston. 338-2030.

Writing Workshop with Author and Inventor Bonnie Neubaur 7pm. Barnes and Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

TUES 28

ART Artist Slide Slam

CLASSES

1-4pm. Forum for artists to share their work. Kleinert James Art Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.

Build/Buy a Better Home and Save Money Too!

DANCE Nicholasleichterdance 2:30pm. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106.

FILM 2 Square Miles Call for times. TSL Warehouse, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

7-9:15pm. 3 sessions. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2025. $55.

MUSIC Community Shape Note Sing 7pm. Songs from the Sacred Harp. Holy Cross Church, Kingston. 658-3485.

Little Scotty and the Knockouts

Banshanachie & Friends

8:30pm. Blues jam. The Downtown Sports Bar, Fishkill. 897-3686.

Robert Cray Band

WORKSHOPS

7pm. Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.

Grant Writing Essentials for Artists & Arts Organizations

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9:30am-12:30pm. Arts Council of Rockland, Spring Valley. 956-0005. $20.

Singles Hike – Lost City 10am-3pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

Birding for Beginners 1-2pm. Trailside Museum and Zoo, Bear Mountain State Park. 786-2701 ext. 293.

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ClutterBusting: A Basic Organizing Class

MUSIC 4-6pm. Traditional Irish music. American Legion Hall, Rhinebeck. 876-4429. $8.

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6-9pm. 4 sessions. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2025. $110.

WED 29 CLASSES Poetic Tools for Dying Well

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5:45-7:15pm. 7 sessions. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2025. $99.

I‘m Not Rappaport

Magick 101

12pm/4pm. New Rose Theater, Walden. 778-2478.

6pm. Gnosis Magick Supply, Woodstock. 679-2626.

Side Man

Traveler’s French

4pm. Performing Arts of Woodstock. Town Hall, Woodstock. 679-7900. $15/$12 students and seniors.

6:30-8:30pm. 3 sessions. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2025. $59.

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Celtic Jam Seisun

Common Threads Mardi Gras Community Night

7-10pm. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

Songs In A Moribund Idiom 8pm. Marist College Student Center Theater, Poughkeepsie. 575-3242.

SPOKEN WORD Classics in Religion 10:30am. “The Prophets” by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Kingston Library, Kingston. 334-8404.

Luncheon Lecture Series 12pm. The Bible as Literatures. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7388.

WORKSHOPS West Meets East: Meeting Jesus in the Buddha’s Eyes 2-4pm. Mirabai, Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

THUR 30 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT LGBT Guided Meditation Group 7-8:30pm. Acorn Hill Healing Arts, Olivebridge. 657-2516. $10.

West Meets East: Meeting Jesus in the Buddha’s Eyes 7-9pm. Mirabai, Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

Woodstock Tango: Argentine Tango

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8pm. Bluegrass, Americana. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

Seahorse 8pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

Elly Wininger 8-10pm. Acoustic, alternative, blues, country, folk, neo folk. High Falls Café, High Falls. 687-2699.

Ethan Campbell and Robin Leah 8-11pm. Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925.

Cherish The Ladies 9pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.

Meg Johnson Band 10pm. Mix of Americana, bluegrass, pop and psychedelia. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900.

The Sam Kinninger Band 11pm. Experimental, funk, jazz. Bacchus Restaurant, New Paltz. 255-8636.

Sue Erikson Bloland

7-9:30pm. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 246-1122. $12.

7pm. Her experience in the field of psychoanalysis. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5263.

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Live Jazz with Kat and Lara

The Spell of Sleeping Beauty

8pm. New Paltz Cultural Collective, New Paltz. 257-0611.

New Vanguard presents Joseph Jarman & Chris Chalfant 8:30pm. Gallery at Deep Listening Space, Kingston. 338-5984.

Mike Quick Band 9pm. Blues jam. Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

SPOKEN WORD Reading Women 12:30pm. Readers share excerpts from stories about women. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8050.

THEATER The Spell of Sleeping Beauty 9:30am/12:30pm. Presented by Marist College Council on Theater Arts. Nelly Goletti Theater at Marist College, Poughkeepsie. 575-3133.

9:30am/12:30pm. Presented by Marist College Council on Theater Arts. Nelly Goletti Theater at Marist College, Poughkeepsie. 575-3133.

Fiddler on the Roof 8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. $22 adults/$20 seniors/children.

My Utopia 8pm. A one woman show/Susan Vinett. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.

WORKSHOPS Joy of Letting Go Call for times. Discover the beauty, depth, and qualities that are at your core. Peace Village Learning and Retreat Center, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.

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DANCE

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

East Meets West Swing Dance Mix

WORKSHOPS

7-7:45pm lesson followed by open dance. First Presbyterian Church, Highland. 494-0224. $10.

Writing Group

KIDS

7pm. Barnes and Noble, Kingston. 336-0590.

The Science of Magic

FRI 31 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT The Healing Drum Weekend Retreat Call for times. The Garden at Thunder Hill, Rensselaerville. (518) 797-3373.

EVENTS Girl Scout Eco-Challenge Call for times. Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville. 985-2291 ext. 205.

FILM Fun with Dick and Jane 8pm. Friday night film series. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8050.

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Hunger Mountain Boys, Lonesome Sisters, and Moonshine Creek

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6:30-9:30pm. Celebrate the many cultures of Louisiana. Haldane School, Cold Spring. 265-7942. $10/$20 family.

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

MUSIC Student Recitals 1pm. Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie. 431-8916.

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra and Chorale 8pm. Classical, solo, symphonic. Newburgh Free Academy Auditorium, Newburgh. 562-1800.

Hassan Akmoun & Hamza el Din 8pm. Songs of the Sufi Brotherhood. Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.

California Guitar Trio 9pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.

THE OUTDOORS Singles Hike – Table Rocks 10am-2pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

SPOKEN WORD Alternative Schools Forum 12-3pm. Panel discussion. Kingston Area Library, Kingston. 679-1002.

Elizabeth Cunningham Call for time. Author of The Passion of Mary Magdalen. Merritt Books, Millbrook. 677-5857.

THEATER The Spell of Sleeping Beauty 2/8. Presented by Marist College Council on Theater Arts. Nelly Goletti Theater at Marist College, Poughkeepsie. 575-3133.

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Fiddler on the Roof 8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. $22 adults/$20 seniors/children.

SUN 2 APRIL DANCE Swing Dance Jam 6:30-9pm. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 339-3032. $5.

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MUSIC Pete Best Band 8pm. Towne Crier Café, Pawling. 855-1300.

THE OUTDOORS Lost City Hike or Snowshoe 9:30am-3:30pm. Strenuous 7 miles. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

Singles Hike-Bonticou Crag 10am-2:30pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

FORECAST

Birding for Beginners 1-2pm. Trailside Museum and Zoo, Bear Mountain State Park. 786-2701 ext. 293.

SPOKEN WORD Hudson Valley Stoneware: George Lukacs 2pm. Part of the history of Rondout. D&H Canal Museum, High Falls. 687-9311.

THEATER The Spell of Sleeping Beauty 2pm. Presented by Marist College Council on Theater Arts. Nelly Goletti Theater at Marist College, Poughkeepsie. 575-3133. 3pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. $22 adults/$20 seniors/children.

WORKSHOPS Birth a Book, Raise Your Voice, Change the World 2-4pm. Mirabai, Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

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Planet Waves BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO

Emil Alzamora

the 3/29 cluster

istorical events each have their own ongoing story, for those who would look. A single point in time commences a sequence of events that can be tracked astrologically, using the original event as a reference point. The presidential inauguration of January 20, 2005, is an excellent example—and we’ve been looking at that chart in this column since August 2004, some months before George Bush and Dick Cheney were supposedly reelected. Of course, you cannot be reelected if you weren’t elected in the first place. When I’m in a good mood, I find it entertaining how many people are sure that Bush and Cheney stole the first election but won the second one legitimately, and that this viewpoint is somehow considered sensible. Yet anyone who followed the ‘“hack the vote” story by Paul Krugman in the

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New York Times, or who knows the names Wade O’Dell or Diebold, realizes that the second election had its problems as well. But, somewhat miraculously, it led to an inaugural ceremony, and that ceremony has a chart, and that chart is presently a central horoscope for our nation. (While we don’t have the space to publish astrology charts in the magazine edition, look for the online version of this article at www.chronogram.com, which will be linked to the charts and more detailed explanations.) Because astrology is mathematical, the inaugural chart gave us two dates to look at, both of them previously published in this space. The first was October 28, 2005; the second is March 29, 2006. In the summer before the election, I suggested that late October would be about when the media would start to figure out what was really going on. Not a very precise prediction, but I’m not here to dictate. The

first date turned out to be when Scooter Libby was indicted for obstructing justice in the Valerie Plame spy-outing case. I recognize that this is seen by many as one of those business-as-usual items, or another scandal du jour, but given the national security issues involved, and the fact that the alleged crimes involve covering up other probable crimes committed in the run-up to the Iraq war, it really is a big deal. The Libby indictment marked what we could reasonably describe as a serious downslide in the credibility of the Bush administration. In the two months that followed, a more serious issue, also involving espionage, surfaced, and for a while now it has overshadowed the Libby indictment: the fact that the National Security Agency has been spying on the American people, without the authorization of the court system. Bush has taken responsibility and said the program will continue, using the old Nixonian argument that whatever the president does is legal. But whatever he may have thought, it didn’t work so well for Tricky Dick, as spying on the American people was listed in the articles of impeachment that were never used because Nixon quit just in time. (And then, if you recall, he was pardoned.) While the spy-outing story has failed to capture the public imagination or spark off much of a debate, mainly because it’s so complicated, turning the NSA loose on American citizens has got a pretty good discussion going. Neither issue is going to go away. It would appear, however, that something entirely new comes to the surface in late March, some time between the equinox on March 21 and the first few days of April. The epicenter of a cluster of astrological events is a total solar eclipse on March 29. This eclipse happens in the sign Aries, close to what is called the Aries Point—the first degree of the first sign of the zodiac. Though the eclipse occurs on the ninth day of the spring—that is, eight days and 12 hours after the Sun has entered Aries—experience shows that it’s well within range of a worldwide event. Eclipses have a wide reach, and Aries always delivers high amperage. The Aries Point has as its theme “the personal is political.’” Events that involve this point have the quality of bringing a lot of people together, and giving the news an extraordinarily personal feeling. We get the sense that we’re somehow personally involved, that we must take action, or that we will actually be affected by world events. In today’s atmosphere, when nothing seems to matter, this usually points to pretty noteworthy news. The fact that the inauguration chart goes off the same day offers some insight into what might be developing, and is, of its own, a truly stunning synchronicity. The inauguration chart event (in the progressed horoscope, in case you’re curious) involves the Gemini Moon opposing Pluto in Sagittarius. It would seem that something, some

action of the administration, backfires. Could it be attacking Iran? Well, it would be something that self-destructive. Something occurs that divides the population: Gemini (division) Moon (the population) opposing Pluto: an emotional force that people respond to without even really deciding. In Sagittarius, we have something that might be religious, is surely international, and could involve bankers (for instance, in China or Saudi Arabia). There is money involved; the issue of the squandered wealth of the nation may come home to roost. Will it stick around for breakfast? We shall see. There is a third factor. That is Pluto reaching the Galactic Core for the first time in the history of the United States. Pluto, with a 248-year orbit, was on the Galactic Core at the time the founders were coming up with their ideas for a better way to run a country, and recognizing that the colonies had fallen under the tyranny of the English monarchy. Pluto on the GC is astrology of enlightenment and awareness. Pluto, a soul-level force, reaches the center of our local cosmos, which has some very high-minded themes, and if it could talk would sound a lot like Martin Luther King. This process stretches over the next two years that it will take for Pluto to cross and clear the GC, and this will be a dominant theme of the final years of the BushCheney presidency. Events surrounding March 29 are the first big turning point in that story. It would seem that, once again, we get another shock that wakes us up for a while. This one may do a pretty good job. Yet what is genuinely frightening is how many awakening events like this go by and how few people seem to care; how many people cannot be bothered, because the “news,” “politics,” and the “fate of the Earth” are rarely equated as one concept. It’s unfortunate that most people don’t know they’ve been ripped off till they have no food to eat. Then, anger trumps their fear-based “conservatism,” and politics is abandoned altogether for a deeper level of social action. I really hope it doesn’t come to that. The 3/29 cluster should help speed things along, and it comes at a good time—the spring—when protest is both possible because the weather is breaking, as well as traditional, and allows a nice energy vent after being trapped indoors for six months. In the sign-by-sign horoscope, I’ll look at how these events affect us, as best as it’s possible to tell using Sun-sign astrology. There are some clues available, but for sure we’ve arrived at one of those points where it will be possible to shed a few layers, drop some baggage, and leave at least some of the past behind. That we’ll be seeing some intense news at the same time will add excitement and a touch of devil-be-damned at a time that should, by all indications, be a momentous and inspiring era in our lives.

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Horoscopes Eric Francis Coppolino

ARIES

(March 20-April 19)

You have learned by now not to make too many assumptions, but for better or worse you’re not working with complete information and will need to make a leap based on a few good guesses. What matters most is that you use the information you have available. Gather that information sooner rather than later, even if the task seems impossible, or certain delays seem interminable. Actually, nothing is really taking as long as it seems, and much that seems to make no sense will actually seem more than sensible. So, you will need to do something rather un-Arian, which is be patient in the face of gradually building pressure that may, by the time the Sun enters your sign, feel somewhat overwhelming. But the sense of excitement will be palpable, and you will know you’re approaching a real turning point. At such times, keep in mind what you want, do your best, hope for the best, and forget the rest.

TAURUS

(April 19-May 20)

You may feel shaky about counting on a friend whose reliability is not always what it should be, particularly where a financial factor is involved. But truth be told, you really should have bigger things on your mind these days, and you would be wise to focus all of your energy on getting your life to the next level. While you cannot exactly plan for a quantum leap, I suggest you look at other times when you’ve made a similar move: when you were able to scale a new height, either creatively, financially, or emotionally; surmount a major obstacle and have it make a difference; or make a physical adjustment that has done quite well for you. I suggest that the thing to do is “the thing you thought you could never do” or the one that you really know you need but seems impossible. That’s the one.

GEMINI

(May 20-June 21)

There comes a time when we all need to adjust our ambitions—and for you, this is in the general direction of upward. You may feel on one level like you’re giving up your goals, but then, it’s important to make a tradeoff in the tradition of a theoretical sacrifice to the gods, exchanging what is not important for what genuinely is. It’s all a matter of prioritizing. Imagine that the universe is infinite but that a human mind only has a certain amount of bandwidth to devote to its objectives. People tend to have short attention spans, anyway. Developments this month can, if you let them, take you a long way toward getting your priorities in order, which is, as you will see, one of the best ways you can define the singular entity known as your Self.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22)

The shortest distance between you and your highest goals is a total solar eclipse. The thing is, your goals are on the level of a public resource. We may ask why in the human experience some people emerge as leaders and some as followers (with plenty who need to get out of the way). It may be that there’s a cycle; it may be that some keep reincarnating in positions where the strength of their character and the clarity of their visions are what is emphasized. Or, in your case, there is a feeling of being compelled and in a sense destined to guide a certain dimension of existence on the physical plane in a certain direction, at this certain time in your life. There may be a big change involved for you—or you just may rise gracefully to what you know you need to do. In any event, the time is at hand. www.planetwaves.net 120 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM.COM 3/06

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LEO

(July 22-Aug. 23)

Whenever something big happens in somebody’s ninth house, I start to ponder the whole idea of belief and the power of belief. One of my very favorite quotations from A Course in Miracles addresses the theme of the ninth house: “Every decision you make stems from what you think you are.” Part of the beauty of being a Leo is that you don’t have an inferiority complex when it comes to God. It comes as no shock to you that you exist, God exists, and we can all coexist together. The message of this month’s total solar eclipse—which takes place in the house of your highest visions, faith, wisdom, and all the great possibilities—is that you are who you believe you are, and that somebody is going through a change that can have a tremendously positive impact on both you and those around you. Give us a nice big roar, little kitty.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sep. 22)

Your life recently has been like an experiment in the laboratory of Nikola Tesla. (I would say Thomas Edison, but he wasn’t nearly as cool.) You have been on the receiving end of revolutionary ideas, stunning influences, and all kinds of new energy. People have come into your life—or you have invited them into your life—and they have shaken up your reality. These are all having an influence on you, which may be stressful, inspiring, downright strange, or even a bit nerve-wracking. The truth is, you need these influences, and you can benefit greatly from them. But to maximize these changes, you must use your most precious gift, which is your flexibility. This will allow you to adjust your selfconcept quickly and without resistance, so that you can open your life up to a greater sense of both strength and freedom. Remember, these things are all ideas—but you are also an idea.

LIBRA

(Sep. 22-Oct. 23)

You’ve known something big was up for a while. There’s been a slow development process in the area of life where you relate to others as an equal, from the standpoint of being an individual. Indeed, you may have been through a significant struggle for balance and equality, but that is the bottom line. The world claims to think is this is “normal,” but it is really anything but. In fact, it’s about the weirdest thing in existence. And you know it’s not only possible but it’s your destiny to actually engage other members of the human race, no matter how “special” they may be, as your fellow travelers. This month’s solar eclipse in your opposite sign, Aries, brings this process to a peak. Certain individuals in your life may soon go through a bit of a shock or sudden awakening to reality, but at least they will be met by the light of day.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23 - Nov. 22)

You are in the midst of an artistic breakthrough. I know this means different things to different people. For some, it means making a house out of glass bottles. Others need to have a child. What I see in your life is a clearing away of work responsibilities, so that you can finally begin to infuse your daily life with the intensity, inspiration, and the satisfaction of doing something really new and different. The ideas are coming—that is for sure, no worries there. All you need to do is begin a gentle clearing process. Start with your desk. Then delegate one annoying task to someone else, on the condition that it is something they like to do. When that works, do it again. This will begin a cascade process that will allow you the time, space, and energy to do what you do best, a long-awaited privilege I am sure you will appreciate. www.planetwaves.net 3/06 CHRONOGRAM.COM PLANET WAVES 121

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SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

You are the kind of person who not only likes to push yourself, but needs to do so. In the process, you create quite a lot of energy movement, and those who are less inclined to take initiative, or who have less energy than you, can ride along in the draft you create. At the moment, with increasing intensity as the month progresses, you are opening the way for both yourself and for others to take risks they would not normally take. When we describe people or the world as “stuck,” another way to say that is that there is a lack of courage. And most of that is involved with a curious problem people have of “struggling to be themselves.” For you, this is perhaps a ridiculous notion. But you are striving to go further than you ever have, and the breakthrough that you reach will help many people—indeed, everyone around you.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 21 - Jan. 22)

Capricorns are said to be ambitious people, but little do others know the extent of their struggle for security. You seem to be determined to feel safe in this world, which is another way of saying free to express yourself in your environment. You are going through some kind of major adjustment in this regard, where it seems like you or the world around you has to change radically in order for you to be happy. There is a solution to the situation, and it will develop in time (and, fortunately for you, not a lot of time). For now, you may need to live with some discomfort, and you may need to push a little more than you like. I suggest that you be a little more assertive, rather than passive; state your needs out loud, and make sure you know exactly what they are. There will come a moment when the world gives in.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 19)

I would normally be reluctant to say that the planets are aligning in some kind of ideal position for anyone, but this month, for you, I’m going to say it. There is a “best of all worlds” scenario developing where the unlikely but brilliant seems probable, even inevitable, if you will only go along with the program. What, exactly, does that entail? Making choices, for one thing. Seeing things entirely differently, for another. So I suggest you give your imagination a stretch and make the commitment to life that everything is a choice; there is always an option; you are always free to decide, and in doing so, you initiate the power of creation. The most important help to taking this vital step—indeed, in creating the life you want—will come from where you least expect it: right nearby.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Anything is possible. This may seem like a typical over generalization from a Sun-sign horoscope column. But I mean it. Recent events seem to have set your life in motion in some unexpected and highly unusual ways. Potent influences are compelling you to see yourself differently, and to accept what you see as real and valid. Forthcoming events will prompt you to continue a radical reevaluation of your priorities, and to reach for the most important among them. To the extent that you have paid a price in life, it has usually been for not doing what you need to do, rather than daring to do so. And, for sure, there have been plenty of times you have seen substantial rewards for doing what is right for you. I trust you’ll discover that these benefits come with each step in that direction. Take them one at a time. www.planetwaves.net 122 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM.COM 3/06

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Parting Shot Trevor Traynor Untitled image from “My Piermont,” black-and-white print, 2006

Twenty-six-year-old Piermont native Trevor Traynor is in the process of documenting his hometown in his “My Piermont” series. Traynor is going about the project in a decidedly subjective way, however. “I’m not photographing the police chief, the fire chief, the mayor,” says Traynor. ‘I’m photographing people who’ve meant something in my life, from the neighborhood bully to the people I rode the bus with as a kid.” Using a medium-format Hasselblad camera, Traynor is shooting what he calls “selective landscapes” of his hometown, in stark black-and-white, a departure from his four-color portrait work for music magazines like Rime, Mugshot, and Tablist. “I want to take my work back to angles, shadows, and shapes,” says Traynor. Traynor’s “Chromocore Project” will be exhibited in a group show at the L Street Gallery in San Diego in April. An online portfolio of Traynor’s work can be seen at www.trevortraynor.com.

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